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In 1885 George Ford was united in mar- riage to Josephine Oliver, a daughter of James Oliver, the great inventor of the Chilled Plow and one of the most venerable and best beloved citizens of South Bend. In his fraternal relations Mr. Ford is a member of the Masonic order and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is sociable and popular. possesses a keen intellect and is logi-
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cal and liberal in his deductions. Regarded as a citizen. he belongs to that public spirited and useful type of men whose ambitions and desires are centered and directed to those channels through which flow the greatest and most permanent public benefits.
CHARLES M. KRIEGIIBAUM. There are few who can more justly elaim the prond Ameri- can title of a self-made man, than Charles M. Krieghbanm, who without any extraordin- ary family or peenniary advantages at the commencement of life has battled earnestly and energetically, and by indomitable cour- age and integrity has achieved both character and influence. By sheer force of will and un- tiring effort he has worked his way upward. He was born near Plymouth, Marshall county, Indiana. March 13. 1867. a son of Edwin and Mary (Ringer) Krieghbaum, both natives of Ohio. The father, who was born in Stark county. Ohio, came to Indiana when a young man, taking up his abode within the borders of Marshall county. where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. His death occurred in 1901, when he had reached the age of sixty- three years.
Charles M. Krieghbaum received his ele- mentary edneation in the country schools of Marshall county, this being supplemented by attendance at the Normal College of Logans- port and the normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana. He thereafter taught for two years in Marshall county, and in 1889 beeame a resi- dent of St. Joseph county. where he also fol- lowed the teacher's profession for four years. During this time he had been taking a course in the South Bend Business College, and he also studied law in the office of W. A. Funk. while in 1894 he graduated from the law de- partment of Notre Dame University. In the same year he opened an office in South Bend for the practice of his profession. He is able and well posted in his profession, clear and convincing as a speaker before judge and jury, painstaking and accurate in the prepa- ration of his cases, and conscientiously adheres to the spirit as well as to the letter of the law. He gives his political support to the Demo- cratie party, and although an active worker in its cause he has never desired the honors or emoluments of publie office.
In 1896, Mr. Krieghbaum was united in marriage to Miss Lillian Kellar, a daughter of Howard M. and Annie Kellar, of Misha- waka, Indiana, and they have one son, F. Wal- lace, born May 22. 1898. In his fraternal rela-
tions Mr. Krieghbaum is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Order of Owls. His friends have the highest appreciation of his many excellent qualities, and his life history furnishes a splendid example of what may be accomplished through determined purpose, laudable ambition and well directed efforts.
CHARLES E. CROCKETT, secretary and treasurer of the Tribune Printing Company, was born in South Bend, August 8, 1876, being a son of the president of the Tribune Company, whose sketch is given elsewhere. Educated in the public sehools and grad- nating from the South Bend High school in 1894, he then entered Wabash College at Crawfordsville, where he was graduated in 1898 with the degree of B. A. He showed his talent and inclination for journalism while a student in college, having been chief editor of "The Wabash" while there. Sinee leaving college he has been connected with the South Bend Tribune, and became secre- tary and treasurer of the company. In col- lege his fraternal connections were with the Delta Tau Delta and the Phi Beta Kappa Greek letter societies. He is a member of the First Presbyterian ehnreh in South Bend. He married, April 17, 1906, Miss Edna Sum- mers, and they have one child. Elizabeth Ann Crockett.
ED B. REYNOLDS. In the death of Ed B. Reynolds, St. Joseph county lost one of its most valued citizens. His entire life was spent within its borders, and for a number of years he was connected with one of the chief industries of the county, having been vice president of the First National Bank. Many business concerns and moral enter- prises, however, owe their excellence and progress largely to his influence. He was in touch with the people, and from a sincere and deep-felt interest in their welfare la- bored for all that would prove of publie bene- fit until the busy and useful life was ended.
Mr. Reynolds was born in South Bend on the 28th of June, 1859, being a son of Ethan S. and Janette (Briggs) Reynolds, the fa- ther having been for many years an honored and respected business man of this city. The public and high schools of South Bend fur- nished their son with the educational train- ing which fitted him for life's duties, and his first employment was in his father's paper mill, where he remained for fifteen years. The father had been one of the organizers
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of the First National Bank of South Bend, of which he was also a director, stockholder and vice president, and at the time of his death his son E. B. took his place therein. He was a keen and reliable business man, an able financier, a sympathetic and kind- hearted man and his loss was deeply felt throughout the community in which he had so long made his home. During his lifetime he had been an extensive traveler. having visited all parts of the United States, also Mexico and Alaska. and traveled all over Europe, the Holy Land and many oriental countries, including China and Japan.
Mr. Reynolds withheld his support from no philanthropic or benevolent movements or en- terprises for the public good, and labored earnestly for the betterment of mankind, realizing most fully that financial success, fame or high position count for naught un- less supplemented by an upright, honorable character. He was a member of the leading clubs of South Bend and was prominent in fraternal societies. In 1901 he was appointed by Mayor Schuyler Colfax as a member of the board of public works. He passed away October 1, 1906. but in the hearts of his friends are enshrined many pleasant mem- ories of him, and his influence for good will long remain with those who knew him.
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FREDERICK A. MILLER. As mentioned in the history of journalism on other pages of this work. the name Miller has been connected with South Bend newspapers for nearly forty years. Alfred B. Miller, the father of the present editor of the Tribune, was born in South Bend. the son of B. F. Miller, one of the pioneers of the city. B. F. Miller was of Scotch-Irish ancestry, a native of Penn- sylvania, and after settling in this county was honored by election as one of the early sher- iffs. Alfred B. Miller was born, reared and educated in this county. He enlisted at the breaking out of the Civil war and was com- missioned second lieutenant of the Twenty- first Indiana Battery, serving with that com- mand through the entire war. On his return from the field he clerked for D. M. Shively and John Brownfield and later entered news- paper work, purchasing an interest in and becoming editor of the St. Joseph Valley Register, founded by the late Vice-President Colfax. In 1872 he and Elmer Crockett founded the South Bend Tribune, the first issue of which appeared March 9 of that year. He continued as editor and as one of the
active heads of this paper until his death. December 10. 1892. His wife was Esther A. Tarbell, a native of Ohio and a daughter of William Tarbell, a pioneer of the county. Mrs. Miller died January 15, 1906.
Frederick A. Miller has been engaged in newspaper work in South Bend for over twenty years. Graduating from the South Bend High school with the class of 1887. on the 3d of July following he began work as a reporter for the Tribune, and since his father's death has been the editor of this flourishing index of affairs and opinion in South Bend. June 8. 1892. Mr. Miller mar- ried Miss Flora Dunn, second daughter of B. F. Dunn. (See sketch elsewhere.) Mr. Miller is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Royal Arcanum.
WILLIAM A. MCINERNY. The law has ever called into its circle of devotees the brightest minds. the most gifted sons of the nation. The most careful analysis, closest reasoning and most logical thought are brought into play. and the lawyer of ability, by reason of his strong intellectuality. rises above the many to become a leader in thought and action. Among the members of the legal profession of St. Joseph county who are rap- idly forging to the front may be mentioned William A. MeInerny, a native of Cutler, Carroll county, Indiana, born on the 14th of October, 1875, his parents being Matthew and Mary (Barrett) MeInerny, both natives of Ireland, the former of County Clare and the latter of Roscommon. The father came to the United States with his parents when a boy, the family home being established in Carroll county, where the son Matthew became a prominent merchant. During the Civil war he served as captain of the Eighty-sixth Indi- ana Volunteer Infantry, Company H, parti- cipating in the entire campaign. In 1889 he removed with his family to South Bend. where he is now well known as a commercial traveler. Mr. and Mrs. McInerny became the parents of five sons and one daughter, four of whom are living in South Bend.
William A. McInerny supplemented the early educational training which he had re- ceived in the public schools of Carroll county by attendance at the high school of South Bend, while his legal training was obtained in Notre Dame University, graduating in that institution in 1901. Previous to entering Notre Dame, however. he was for five years employed in the money order department of
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the South Bend postoffice. Immediately after his graduation he began the practice of his chosen profession in South Bend, where he is now associated in business with his brother, Joseph Walter, the firm of MeInerny & Me- Inerny being well known throughout this sec- tion of the state. William A. MeInerny is also interested in several land companies, is a director and secretary of the South Bend Iron Bed Company, also president of the M. B. Bieger Realty Company, of Mishawaka, and president of the Mishawaka Folding Carriage Company.
In October. 1902, occurred the marriage of Mr. MeInerny and Miss Ann Murphy, she being a daughter of Frank J. Murphy, of South Bend. Two children have been born of this union,-Dorothy Agnes, born on the 26th of August, 1903, and Anna Marie, born Octo- ber 6, 1905. In his fraternal relations Mr. MeInerny is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Elks and the Ancient Order of Hiber- nians. Throughout the years of his majority he has been a prominent worker in the ranks of the Democratic party, and for a number of years has been a member of the county committee, while in 1902 he was appointed by Mayor E. J. Fogarty as president of the board of public works.
HARRY G. SCHOCK, a member of the firm of Bugbee and Schock, attorneys at law and abstracters, with offices at 122 North Main street, South Bend. is a represen- tative of a family that from an early period has been prominently identified with the his- tory of St. Joseph county. Ilis paternal grandfather, Joseph Schock, located in the county in the '30s, as did also the maternal grandfather, George Replogle, the latter at that time taking up his abode in South Bend. Since that early day the various members of the families have won for the name an envi- able distinction by their true worth of charac- ter. The parents of Harry G. were James J. and Emma (Replogle) Schock, a native son and daughter of St. Joseph county, and the father is now employed by the Studebaker Manufacturing Company, but the mother is deceased. passing away in 1901, at the age of forty-seven years. Their younger son, James E., resides in South Bend.
Harry G. Schoek was born in New Carlisle, St. Joseph county, Indiana, March 8, 1872, but his education was received in the public schools of South Bend. in which he graduated
in 1890. He then entered the literary depart- ment of the Michigan University, while later he was a student in the law department of that institution, spending in all six years in that temple of learning. Thus with an excel- lent training to form the foundations of his future life work he formed a partnership with W. A. Bugbee in the law and abstract busi- ness in 1899, and this firm has continued to the present time and has won a distinguished position at the bar of northern Indiana.
In 1904 Mr. Schock was united in marriage to Evalyn, the daughter of W. A. and Evalyn (Badet) Bugbee. She was born in the city of South Bend and after attending its public schools completed her education at Ferry Hall Seminary at Lake Forest, Illinois. Mr. Schock is a musician of note, and during the past twenty years has been connected with the Elbel Band as a cornet player. His politieal support is given to the Republican party. In his business relations he is thoroughly up- right and conscientions. is publie spirited and progressive in all his ideas, and has won an enviable position among the younger repre- sentatives of the legal profession.
THOMAS M. HOBAN. One of the early fami- lies to make a settlement in South Bend is that now worthily represented by the gentleman whose name introduces this review. For many years the Hobans have been identified with the business interests of this eity, aiding materially in the development of the resources of their sections and taking an active part in everything tending to promote the welfare and happiness of the majority. Martin Ho- ban, the father of Thomas M., was a native of Bath, Maine, but when only seven years old was brought by his parents to South Bend, and he beeame a well known and prominent resident of this city. For many years he was a general contractor, and was also prominent in the publie life of his community, having served as the Democratic alderman of the Eighth ward for eight years. His death oc- curred in 1903, when he had reached the age of fifty-five years. He was thoroughly in touch with the people, and from a sincere and deep- felt interest in their welfare labored for all that would prove of publie benefit until the busy and useful life was ended. Mrs. Hoban bore the maiden name of Julia E. Downey, and was a native of Rome, New York.
Thomas M. Hoban, a worthy son of these honored pioneer settlers, was born in South Bend on the 20th day of July, 1878, and to
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its public schools he is indebted for the early educational training which he received, while later he became a student in Notre Dame Uni- versity, from which he was graduated in law in 1899, but in 1900 he took a post graduate course therein. He has spared neither time nor labor in his preparation for the legal pro- fession, and is recognized as a young man of great promise, with a bright future before him.
COURTLAND P. DUCOMB. The man who wins prominence at the bar of America's thriving eities, of which South Bend is one, must have a thorough understanding of the law, a keen perception, logical reasoning, for- cible argument, and, above all, habits of pains- taking, patient industry. In like manner with all others Courtland P. DuComb started out to win a name and place for himself, and his suc- cess has made him one of the leaders of the South Bend bar.
Mr. DuComb was born in Union township, St. Joseph county, Indiana, August 12, 1872, a son of Philip P. and Bertha E. (Wright) DuComb, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Indiana. During the '50s the father came to St. Joseph county, Indiana, and when the Civil war was inaugurated he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry, Company K, in which he served for four years, and after the close of the struggle he resumed the quiet pursuits of a farm life. Subsequently, however, he removed to Lakeville, Indiana, where he engaged in general agricultural pur- suits, for awhile. He was then engaged in the general merchandising business but selling out, returned to the farm and remained about fifteen years, when he again entered the gen- eral mercantile field, and is still in business there.
Courtland P. DnComb, the second in order of birth of his parents' four sons, received his elementary education in the country schools, and for a number of years thereafter was en- gaged in teaching in St. Joseph county. While thus engaged he conceived the idea of entering the legal profession, and to perfect himself in that calling he entered the law department of the Indiana State University, from which he graduated in 1895, but prior to entering that institution he had also had a year's preparatory work in DePauw Univer- sity. After his graduation Mr. DuComb came to South Bend, and has since been engaged in active practiee. He enjoys a large clientage, which has connected him with much of the im-
portant litigation heard in the courts of the district for the past few years. His political support is given to the Republican party, and on one occasion he was the candidate of his party for the office of city judge, being de- feated by only a small majority, although he ran ahead of his ticket. For four years he served as a deputy prosecuting attorney, and has been engaged in some important county litigation and several noted murder trials. He was appointed to assist the state in the celebrated Koonsman murder trial, and suc- ceeded in convicting the three Koonsman brothers and several others.
In 1896 Mr. DnComb was united in mar- riage to Miss Clara B. Augustine, a daughter of William Augustine, an old and honored resident of Warren township, St. Joseph connty. This union has been blessed with one son. Noel V., who was born on the 15th of October, 1897. In his fraternal relations Mr. DuComb is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 29, and of other societies. His religious connection is with the Christian church.
BENJAMIN F. SHIVELY. For a number of years a distinguished member of the legal pro- fession, honored and respected in every class of society, Mr. Shively has long been a leader in thought and action in the public life of the state. His name is a familiar one in political and professional circles throughout the north- ern portion of Indiana, and by reason of his marked intellectual activity and superior ability he is well fitted to aid in upbuilding the poliey of the state, to control general inter- ests and form public opinion.
Mr. Shively was born in St. Joseph county, Indiana. March 20, 1857, a son of Rev. Joel and Elizabeth (Penrod) Shively, natives of Pennsylvania who came to St. Joseph county in 1854. Their son Benjamin F. spent the days of his boyhood and youth in attend- ance at the district schools and in assisting in the work of the home farm, while later he be- came a student in the Northern Indiana Nor- mal College at Valparaiso. From 1875 until 1880 he was engaged in teaching, and in the latter year came to South Bend and embarked in the newspaper field. Mr. Shively has long been recognized as a leader in the ranks of the Democratic party, and in 1884 he was elected to congress to represent the Thirteenth district, and on the expiration of his term of service, in 1885, he entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, in which he gradu-
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ated in the law department in 1886. He was then again elected to congress, and in 1888 and 1890 re-elected, while in 1906 he was nom- inated for the same position, and although he was defeated by less than three hundred votes he succeeded in reducing a majority at pre- vious elections of over six thousand. While in congress Mr. Shively proved himself one of its most indefatigable members and ren- dered excellent service to his constituents. While a member of that body he served on banking and currency, Indian affairs and ways and means, and on the expiration of his term he returned to South Bend and has sinee devoted his time to his large legal prae- tice, having secured a distinctively represen- tative clientele. In 1896 he received the Democratic nomination for governor, and although defeated in the race, he polled more votes by thirty thousand than had ever been east for governor up to that time. His name was also mentioned for vice-president in 1896, but he absolutely declined to allow it to be put forward, although his ability would en- able him to grace any position which he might be called upon to fill. He is a brilliant lawyer, an eloquent speaker, a deep thinker and stu- dent of affairs, and it is believed that still higher honors await him.
In 1889. Mr. Shively was married to Miss Laura Jenks. a daughter of the Hon. George A. Jenks, of Brookdale, Pennsylvania, who from 1880 to 1886 was solicitor general of the United States. He has also been for a num- ber of years trustee of Indiana University.
GAYLORD H. CASE, is becoming con- spicuously identified with the bar of St. Joseph county. Ile was born in La Grange county, Indiana, on the 25th day of July, 1878. and was reared on the farm. His father, Zopher Case, for many years a farmer well known in La Grange county, was a native of Ohio, and came to La Grange county and settled there in 1834. Zopher Case was promi- nently identified with the early history of La Grange county and the state of Indiana. He was also a prominent and influential worker in the Democratic party, and among the people with whom he so long resided he was very popular. Mrs. Zopher Case bore the maiden name of Anna Smith and for many years was a teacher of public schools in La Grange county.
Gaylord H. Case received his preparatory education in the public schools of La Grange county. afterwards attending the Wolcottville
High School. In 1895 he entered St. Mary's Institute, Dayton, Ohio, in which institution he graduated in the scientific department in 1899. In 1899 he entered the Law Depart- ment of the University of Michigan, where he graduated in 1902. He was admitted to the bar in the State of Michigan in the same year, and in the spring of 1902 went to North Dakota where he was examined by the Supreme Court of that state and admitted to the bar. He praetieed in North Dakota dur- ing the summer of 1902. and in the fall of the same year he returned to Indiana, located in South Bend and practiced law in partnership with A. I. Field until the year of 1904. Since 1904 he has practiced by himself. In March, 1907, he was married to Miss Nellie Eshel- man, a native of La Grange county, and sinee that time has lived with his wife and mother in South Bend.
He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 45, F. & A. M., the South Bend Humane Society and Crusade Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, and is well known throughout the city.
WILBERT WARD, a lawyer of South Bend in the vigorous prime of early middle life, has achieved high standing in his profession and is also an influential Re- publiean. He has won a most substantial rep- utation as both advocate and counselor, this dual achievement implying and demanding qualities of eloquence and brilliancy as well as of broad knowledge of the law and solid common sense. All of these Mr. Ward pos- sesses ; hence his continuous progress and present standing.
Wilbert Ward is a native of St. Joseph county, his birth occurring April 29, 1861, and his parents were George and Jane (Cobb) Ward, both natives of the county and long residents of Clay township. The paternal grandfather, George Ward, settled in this region about 1837, and resided there until his death in the spring of 1885. The son of George Ward and father of Wilbert, also George by name, is a farmer by ocenpation, as he always has been, and by his wife (nee Jane Cobb) became the father of the follow- ing children : Wilbert, Albert, Cora, the wife of Richard Hicks : Mertie and Grace.
Wilbert Ward, the eldest child of the above named family, attended the publie and high schools of Mishawaka until he was thirteen years of age, when he removed on to a farm which his father had purchased and was also
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trained to the useful and health-giving labors of agriculture. His industry and intelligent application at school enabled him to enter the ranks of pedagogy at the early age of seven- teen, his services embracing Dutch Island School of Penn township and Stover school of Clay township. The latter was his home district and he had among his pupils his own brothers and sisters. In the fall of 1880 he matriculated at De Pauw University, and the succeeding winter taught a term of school in Portage township, after which he returned to the university and completed his collegiate studies in June. 1884. He was principal of the Clayton High School of Hendricks county in the winter of 1884-5, and in the following summer commenced the study of the law in the office of Williamson & Daggy of Green- castle, Indiana. The next winter he completed his law course at De Pauw University, and almost immediately afterward commenced his duties as principal of the high school at An- derson, Indiana, and continued in that posi- tion until June, 1888.
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