A history of St. Joseph County, Indiana, Volume 2, Part 101

Author: Howard, Timothy Edward, 1837-1916
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Chicago, New York, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 887

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The maternal grandfather, Anthony Al- bert, was born in Germany, locating in the City of Brotherly Love when a young man. Soon afterward he married Barbara Beck, a countrywoman, and from Philadelphia they removed to Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where they resided until 1850. In that year the parents with their family started west- ward to seek a home and better opportunities for their children. They made the journey overland in a one-horse wagon, first locating in Madison township, St. Joseph county, where Anthony Albert secured a tract of government land. He at once built a log house in the wilderness and industriously set to work to clear his land, finally bringing it to the condition of a well cultivated and valuable farm, which he occupied until his death.

It was in this locality that Charles Albert. the father of Mrs. Hunsberger, was reared. He assisted his father until 1865, when he bought eighty acres in Penn township on an independent venture, and thereafter, by in- dustry and good judgment, was enabled to add and profitably develop other farming property, until he owned about eight hun- dred acres of choice lands in various sections of the county. He was actively engaged in agricultural operations until 1905, when he removed to Mishawaka, where he now lives in comfortable and honored retirement.

Mr. and Mrs. Hunsberger have become the parents of two children-Charles A., born November 28, 1886, and Grace, born August

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6, 1891. Mr. Hunsberger is a member of South Bend Lodge No. 294. A. F. & A. M., and St. Joseph Chapter No. 29, R. A. M., and is also identified with South Bend Lodge No. 235, B. P. O. E.

ROBERT F. LUCAS, D. D. S., who has gained an enviable prestige as one of the most able and successful of the younger practitioners of dental surgery in the city of South Bend, is numbered among its native sons, his birth occurring on the 24th of August, 1881. His father, Sylvester John Lucas, was also a native son of South Bend, born in 1856, and was a son of John Lucas, a native of Ashland county, Ohio, but who came to St. Joseph county, Indiana, at an early day, and was thereafter numbered among its honored pio- neers. For many years he was a prominent and well known merchant of South Bend. His son. Sylvester John was throughout the most of his active business career connected with the Studebakers, his mother, a native of Ashland county. Ohio, having been a mem- ber of the Studebaker family and a sister of the Studebaker brothers so well known in this city. Mr. Lucas married Anna Agnes Moreland, whose father, John Moreland, was a native of Ireland. She, however, was born in Marshall, Calhoun county. Michigan, and was reared in Battle Creek, that state. They became the parents of four children, three of whom are living at the present time: Rob- ert F., whose name introduces this review ; Edgar S., a ranchman of Montana; and George M., who is yet a student. The wife and mother was called to the home beyond in 1899. when only thirty-six years of age, and on the 10th of February, 1905, the fa- ther joined her in the spirit world.

Dr. Lucas has spent his entire life in his native city of South Bend, receiving his edu- cation in its public schools, while for a time he also attended school at Louisville, Ken- tucky. His professional training was re- ceived in the Chicago College of Dental Sur- gery, in which he was graduated in 1904, and the same year engaged in the practice of his profession in South Bend. his well equipped office being located at 301 South Michigan street. He holds membership rela- tions with the Chicago College Alumni Asso- ciation, the Odontographic Society, the In- diana State Dental Society. also with the Knights of Columbus, the Elks, the Eagles, the Hibernians, the Catholic Society and the Saint Vincent de Paul, a charitable organiza-

tion. In his political affiliations Dr. Lucas is a Republican.

STUART MACKIBBIN. A corporation lawyer of high standing, broad education and suc- cessful practice, Stuart Mackibbin, of South Bend, was born at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, on the 22d of November, 1860. Darius Mac- kibbin, his father, was connected with the United States regular army during his earlier years, but later followed mercantile pursuits. and was a farmer from 1862 until his death in 1900.

In 1881, then twenty years of age, Mr. Mackibbin commenced to read law in Colum- bia City, Indiana. He was thus busily and profitably engaged for two years in the of- fices of Hon. J. W. Adair and Marshall & McNagny. Mr. Mackibbin has been honored with the degrees of M. A. from Wabash Col- lege, at Crawfordsville, Indiana, and LL. M. from the Valparaiso (Indiana) University. He was admitted to the bar in 1883 and prac- ticed in Michigan for ten years, having been a resident of South Bend since 1893. He has achieved a high reputation both as a practitioner in the higher courts, a shrewd and broadly able manager and counselor in various corporate interests, and an educator in professional lines.

Mr. Mackibbin is a member of the bar of the supreme court of the United States, of the supreme courts of Indiana and Michi- gan, United States court of appeals (seventh circuit), and the United States circuit courts of Indiana, western district of Michigan, western district of Wisconsin, northern dis- trict of Illinois and West Virginia. He is also a registered attorney of the United States patent office. For two years he was a lecturer on corporation law in the law de- partment of the Valparaiso (Indiana) Uni- versity. On June 17, 1885, Mr. Mackibbin married Miss Susie M. Brown. and they have one child, Mary Wilnot Mackibbin, born in 1886.

HARRY A. LUNDY. During a period of twenty-two years the name of Harry A. Lundy has been found upon the roll of South Bend's business men, and he is now serving as buyer for one of the leading de- partments of the Elsworth store. He is pub- lic spirited and progressive, and thoroughly interested in whatever tends to promote the material welfare of his comunity, and during the past four years he has served as secretary of the board of public safety, his faithful

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service in public life, as well as his personal worth, making him an honored resident of South Bend. His birth occurred in Green- castle, Indiana, September 11, 1869, a son of R. W. and Lucy (Robinson) Lundy, the former a native of Sherman, Pennsylvania, and the latter of Greencastle, Indiana.

Harry A. Lundy, the eldest of their five children, received his education in the com- mon schools of the city of New York and in the high school of South Bend, he having located in this city in 1885. For two years after the completion of his education he served as a salesman in the carpet depart- ment of the store of George Wyman, and in 1889 transferred his connection to the Els- worth store, as salesman in their carpet and drapery department, but with the passing years he gradually ascended higher and higher on the ladder of success until he is now filling the important position of man- ager and buyer of the cloak department. He was tendered this position in 1897, and has ever since continued to discharge its du- ties. His public spirted interest in the af- fairs of the city led to his selection for the office of secretary of the board of public safety, of which he has been the incumbent for four years, and in which he has been true and faithful to the trusts reposed in him. The Republican party receives his unfalter- ing support, and his fraternal relations con- nect him with the order of Elks in South Bend.

In 1898 Mr. Lundy was united in marriage tc Hannah E. Clifford, a daughter of Dennis Clifford, one of the honored old pioneer resi- dents of this city. During the long period of twenty-two years Mr. Lundy has been identified with the interests of his adopted city, spending two years of the time in school and the remainder with two of its leading mercantile houses. His identification with his present firm covers a period of eighteen years, and he is now one of their most trusted employes, while he also has the confidence and esteem of all who know him, and his friends are many.

FRANK P. HARTZELL. In an early day in its history the Hartzell family took up their abode within the borders of St. Joseph county, and as the years have grown apace its representatives have taken an active and prominent part in its development, have aided in its wonderful transformation and in many ways have promoted the progress

and advancement which have since taken place. One of its members is Frank P. Hart- zell, who has lived and labored in the county for many years, and is now living in quiet retirement in his pleasant home at 123 East Ohio street, South Bend. He was born in Akron county, Ohio, July 1, 1848, a son of George Hartzell, who was also born and reared in that county. In Canton, Ohio, he was married to Mariah Cristman, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1809, and they be- gan their married life in Akron, Ohio, where Mr. Hartzell was engaged in the manufac- ture of sash and blinds until his removal to South Bend in 1855. In this city he con- tinued his chosen occupation in company with Jacob Ryder, the firm of Hartzell & Ryder becoming well known throughout this section of the state, and Mr. Hartzell was actively engaged in the manufacture of sash and blinds until his retirement from business in 1882. In his early life he gave his politi- cal support to the Whig party, and at the organization of the new Republican party he espoused its cause, and at one time served as chief of the city fire department. His busy and useful life was ended in death after having passed the Psalmist's span of three score years and ten, for his birth occurred in 1819, and his wife was ninety-one years of age ere she joined him in the home beyond. In their family were five children, three sons and two daughters, all of whom are living at the present time.

Frank P. Hartzell, the youngest of the family, was but a little lad of seven years when the family home was established in South Bend, receiving his education in its pioneer schools and early becoming identi- fied with its business interests. From 1880 until 1884 he was engaged in the lumber business in this city, during the following three years was connected with its grocery trade, and for six years was employed as a pattern-maker. During the past six years he has lived retired from the active cares of a business life, his industry and enterprise in former years enabling him to enjoy the com- forts and many of the luxuries of life. Fifty- two years have passed and gone since he became identified with the interests of St. Joseph county, and thus for a long period his name has been prominently connected with its annals.

On the 26th of December, 1872, was cele- brated the marriage of Mr. Hartzell and Miss

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Mary F. Weaver. She is a daughter of An- drew and Sarah F. (Nunnally) Weaver, who became identified with the interests of St. Joseph county in a very early day, their ar- rival dating as early as 1834. Mrs. Hartzell has been a life-long resident of South Bend, her birth having occurred in this city on the 17th of February, 1852, and by her mar- riage she has become the mother of two sons, Horace, who is serving as a mail carrier in South Bend, and Louis, a resident of Steger, Illinois. In his fraternal relations Mr. Hart- zell is a member of the Knights of the Mac- cabees, and politically has been a life-long Republican. He is highly esteemed in the community for his honorable, upright life.

WILLIAM P. O'NEILL. Everywhere in our iand are found men who have worked their own way to places of leadership and high esteem, and thus it has been with the emi- nent member of the bar of Mishawaka, Wil- liam P. O.Neill, whose birth occurred in South Bend, Indiana, February 7. 1874, a son of Dennis and Margaret (McMahon) O'Neill, the father a native of Ireland and the mother of Montreal, Canada, although of Irish descent. When a young man the father came to America and first located in Cleveland, Ohio, but in the late '50s came to South Bend, where he was for a time asso- ciated with the Studebaker Brothers, and at the time of his death was serving as street commissioner. He was but a young man when death claimed him, passing away in 1879, but his widow survived until 1905.

William P: O'Neill, the seventh child and second son of his parents' nine children, was reared and received his educational training in his native city of South Bend. He was only a little lad of nine years when he se- cured work in the drygoods store of George Wyman, and after leaving his employ was in the office of the Studebaker Brothers until attaining his thirteenth year. So diligently had he labored and so economically. had he lived that at this time he was able to enter Notre Dame University, where he pursued the literary and scientific courses and left the institution at the age of seventeen years. Immediately afterward he entered the news- paper business, establishing the Mishawaka Democrat, which was for years one of the most widely circulated journals in the entire state of Indiana. It had always been the wish of Mr. O'Neill's life that he might some day enter the legal profession, and as this

became possible he returned to Notre Dame and completed the law course, after which he was admitted to the bar. He had previously disposed of his newspaper interests, and from that time forward has given his entire time and talents to his chosen profession of the law, practicing in partnership with Ed H. Schwab and under the firm name of O'Neill & Schwab. He has always been an ardent supporter of the principles of the Democratic party, and in 1900 was the successful candi- date for the office of prosecuting attorney. while in 1906 he entered upon a four years' term in the office of city attorney. In all of his public duties he has given general sat- isfaction and has met the requirements of the office with fidelity and ability. In addi- tion to his other manifold duties he is also serving as secretary of the Milburn Place Land Company and secretary and treasurer of the North Side Land and Improvement Company.

On the 5th of February, 1894, Mr. O'Neill was united in marriage to Gertrude Feiten. who was born in Mishawaka, the daughter of John and Isabella (Black) Feiten. Four children have been born of this union, Ron- ald. Geraldine, Angela and Dennis. Mr. O'Neill holds membership relations with the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Foresters.

CHARLES W. COLE, who has gained an en- viable prestige as one of the younger repre- sentatives of the business interests of Misha- waka, where he is now serving as assistant city engineer, was born in Pierre, South Da- kota, November 19, 1883. His father, Henry C. Cole, a traveling salesman in the interests of the Mishawaka Woolen Manufacturing Company, was born in New York, but came to St. Joseph county, Indiana, with his par- ents, Charles and Miletta Cole, during his early boyhood days, attaining to years of maturity on his father's farm here and re- ceiving his education in the Mishawaka schools. In South Bend he was united in marriage to Helen M. Whitmon, also a na- tive of the Empire state, and of their family of four children, three sons and a daughter. Charles was the third child and second son in order of birth. Two of the children were born in South Dakota and two in St. Joseph county. Mr. H. C. Cole gives his political support to the Republican party, and fra- ternally is a member of the Masonic order. To the public schools of Mishawaka

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Charles W. Cole is indebted for his educa- tional training, and after completing his studies therein pursued a course of practical surveying in the Scranton School of Corre- spondence. In 1903 he became an employe of the city, and gradually, by his ability and straightforward methods, has worked his way to the front. and to his present position of assistant city engineer.

On the 6th of February, 1907, Mr. Cole was united in marriage to Hazel F. Moore, who was born in Three Rivers, Michigan, December 12, 1887, and when twelve years of age she came to St. Joseph county, In- diana, completing her education in the city schools of Mishawaka. Mr. Cole gives a stanch and unfaltering support to the prin- ciples of the Republican party. Judging by his past his future may be forecast as char- acterized by great activity in the important things that concern the interests of society and good government.

ED S. CHIRHART, manager of the East Side lumber yard of South Bend, with office at 131 South Emerick street, was born in Notre Dame, Indiana, September 20, 1869, a son of Jacob Henry and Mary M. (Talley ) Chir- hart, the former born in Canton, Stark county, Ohio, and the latter in Hartford, Connecticut. The paternal grandfather was Apolina Chirhart, a native of Germany, who, a few years after his marriage to Mary Meyer, came to America and settled at Can- ton, Ohio, where he died within a few years. His widow, having married John Beglin, came to Indiana, the family becoming pio- neers of St. Joseph county, living for a time in Clay township and later on Harris prairie, .where Mr. Beglin spent his last years, his widow passing her declining years in Misha- waka. Jacob H. Chirhart, the father, having come to Harris township in pioneer times, was a successful farmer there until his life's labors were ended in death, in about his fiftieth year, while his wife reached the age of about sixty before death called her. Mr. Chirhart's mother was a daughter of Alfred Morris Talley, a noted man in South Bend and elsewhere in the middle west. He was a Southerner by birth, his parents being slave- owners, but he himself became resolutely op- posed to this institution and is to be counted among the prominent abolitionists who were so successful in molding sentiment during the two decades before the war. Going to Chi- cago in 1835 he became an associate of John

Wentworth in conducting a newspaper in that city, and several years later established the Ave Maria at Notre Dame, a paper that . became a definite power in St. Joseph county.

Ed S. Chirhart, the third child and second son among his parents' three sons and three daughters, all of whom are living at the pres- ent time, was reared on his father's home- stead near Notre Dame, receiving his educa- tional training in Notre Dame University. Remaining at home until about twenty-three years old, he was then associated for one year with the South Bend Implement Com- pany as traveling salesman, was connected with the Baker grocery store until 1902, and in that year turned his attention to the lum- ber business. Since 1905 he has been mana- ger of the East Side lumber yard, and has directed the business with such ability that the credit for the success of that well known enterprise largely rests with Mr. Chirhart.

In October, 1903, Mr. Chirhart was united in marriage to Anna M. McCabe, daughter of John and Hannah McCabe, and one son, Edward S., has blessed their union. Mr. Chirhart gives his political support to the Democratic party, and his fraternal relations are with the Knights of Columbus. His en- tire life having been spent in St. Joseph county, he is well known among its citizens and is held in uniform esteem.

ANDREW BYERS, SR. Among the first fam- ilies to establish their home in the wilds of St. Joseph county were the Byers, and Mr. Andrew Byers, who was only a little lad of seven years at the time of his parents' ar- rival, is therefore numbered among the hon- cred pioneers who have not only witnessed the remarkable growth and transformation of the region, but have been important factors in its progress and advancement. He was born in Morgan county, Ohio, January 11, 1830, a son of Andrew and Mary (Price) Byers, who took up their abode within the borders of St. Joseph county in 1837, about the 1st of May. In the southern part of the county their little son Andrew grew to years of maturity, and when he was but eight years old his father died, he remaining on the farm with his mother until his twenty-first year. In 1843 they left the southern part of the county and moved to Warren township, and after his marriage Mr. Byers spent one year in Mt. Pleasant, going thence in 1853 to Fa- yette county, Iowa, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1865. During

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the following ten years he was a resident of Muscatine county, Iowa, whence he returned to St. Joseph county and located on the In- wood farm, seven miles south of South Bend in Union township. After a three years' residence on that place and two years on the old Chamberlain farm on Portage Prairie he came to South Bend and began teaming, haul- ing sand principally, and during the seven years in which he was thus engaged he hauled all the sand for the Clem Studebaker resi- dence, known as the Tippecanoe place. He also handled the short wood at the Mishler's mill for three years, for three years dealt in wood and coal for the South Bend Wood & Coal Company, and then entered upon his relations with the Grand Trunk Railroad Company, with whom he has been associated for four years.

In 1851 Mr. Byers was united in marriage to Lucinda Umbarger, and they have become the parents of five children: Mary, the wife of Theodore Patterson, of Iowa; Ellen: Hor- ace, a resident of North Dakota; Ora, at home; and Ella, the wife of G. A. McIron, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mr. Byers also has ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchil- dren. During the long period of sixty-four years he has been a member of the Grace Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has been an active and efficient worker, and has served as steward, class-leader and as super- intendent of the Sunday-school. He is an active worker in the cause of temperance, and his own life is a worthy example of its benefi- cent teachings, for he has never used tobacco or liquor in any form. He is numbered among the honored pioneer residents of St. Joseph county whose names and deeds should be held in perpetual reverence by those who enjoy the fruits of their toil.

HENRY C. ECKLER, president of the Eckler Manufacturing Company, has been promi- nently identified with the business and social life of South Bend during the long period of thirty years, and to such as he are the life, character and services worthy of study, not only on the part of the student of biography, but also of every citizen who, guided by the past, would in the present wisely build for the future. The birth of Mr. Eckler occurred in Sandusky, Ohio, August 19, 1855, his parents being George and Catherine (Liphart) Eck- ler. who were born in the fatherland of Ger- many. After their marriage they came to the

United States in 1850, establishing their home in Sandusky, Ohio, where the husband and father engaged in the manufacture of wagons, for his trade was that of wagon-making. His busy and useful life was ended in death when he had reached the age of eighty-five years, long surviving his wife, who died at the early age of thirty-two years. In their family were seven daughters and two sons, but one son and one daughter have joined their parents in the home beyond.

Henry C. Eckler, the third child in order of birth and the only surviving son, spent the first twenty-four years of his life in his na- tive city of Sandusky. attending its publie

HENRY C. ECKLER.

schools, and there also learning the carpenter and cabinet-maker's trades. which he followed as a journeyman until 1888. In that year he began contracting in South Bend. for he had taken up his abode in this city a few years previously in 1878, while in 1896 he bought out the C. Liphart furniture factory and entered upon his present relations. He has also continued his building.operations to the present time, and in addition conducts a lum- ber yard and planing mill. furnishing employ- ment to one hundred and fifty men. The Eck- ler Manufacturing Company. of which he is

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the president, manufacture store and office furniture, also do estimating on all kinds of buildings, and in connection with their lum- ber yard they carry building materials of all kinds. The plant is located at 1306-1314 South Franklin street. During the long period of thirty years Mr. Eckler has been promi- nently connected with the business interests of South Bend, and in addition to being at the head of one of its largest corporations many of the business houses and residences of this city and Mishawaka stand as monuments to his ability and industry.

The marriage of Mr. Eckler and Miss Sophia Wagner, a native of Laporte, Indiana, was celebrated in 1879, and they have become the parents of four children, two sons and two daughters: Dora May, deceased; George Walter, vice-president and secretary of the Eckler Manufacturing Company ; Charles H., deceased; and Mary Alice, head bookkeeper in the office of the Eckler Manufacturing Company. The fraternal relations of Mr. Eckler are with the order of Elks in South Bend. He is a gentleman of excellent busi- ness ability, broad-minded and patriotic, and merits the genuine regard which is every- where accorded him. He resides at 127 East Paris street.

To GEORGE C. MUESSEL, whose death oc- curred December 4, 1907, belonged the honor of being a pioneer grocer of South Bend, and his long identification with the place and his honorable and straightforward business meth- ods made his name well known to its citi- zens. He was a native son of the father- land, his birth having occurred in Bavaria, November 20, 1842, but when only six years of age, in 1848, he came with his parents J. D. and Catherine Muessel, to America, they making their way at once to St. Joseph county, Indiana, and establishing their home in Penn township. two miles east of Misha- waka. The son George received his first schooling there, and later the family moved to a farm on the present site of South Bend, known at one time as the Bresett farm, but the site is now occupied by the cement works. In 1852 they removed to the city proper, where the son continued his educational train- ing in a private school, but at the early age of thirteen he put aside his text books and be- came a clerk in a general store. which was later transformed into a grocery store, and he continued his clerkship therein until 1865. On the expiration of that period Mr. Muessel

was able to engage in business for himself, and in company with Christ Kunstman con- ducted a grocery store for one year, when he sold his interest to his partner. This was about 1866, and Mr. Muessel then engaged in business by himself, building in 1872 the three-story brick block in which he ever since conducted his grocery business. In addition Mr. Muessel was a stockholder in the South Bend Wholesale Grocery Company and the National Box Factory of South Bend. He made for himself a name and place in the business circles of this city, and there were few who could more justly claim the proud American title of a self-made man, for at an early age he started out in life for himself, ' and, successfully surmounting obstacles in his path, gained recognition for his intrinsic worth of character.

In 1867 Mr. Muessel was united in mar- riage to Caroline Elbel, and of their three children only one is now living, Charles A., engaged in business with his father. Mr. Muessel was a life-long Democrat, while his social relations were with the Turners, and he always took an active interest in the politi- cal and social affairs of South Bend.

B. E. WILLIAMS occupies a distinctive place in the business interests of Walkerton, where he is engaged as a pharmacist and druggist. He was born in Somerville, Massa- chusetts, a suburb of Boston, September 2, 1867, the youngest of the three children, two sons and a daughter, born to Otis and Frances (Slade) Williams. Two of the chil- dren are yet living, the subject of this review and his sister Minnie, both residents of Walk- erton. Mr. Williams, the father, was born in Dunham, Maine, in 1819, and his death occurred in 1890, when he had just passed the Psalmist's span of three score years and ten. He remained in his native common- wealth until young manhood, receiving his educational training in its public schools, and for a time he was a member of the police force in Boston. In 1868 he sought to better his financial conditions by seeking a home in the then far west, and accordingly journeyed to South Bend and thence to Liberty town- ship, where he purchased one hundred acres of land northwest of North Liberty, and re- mained in that locality until 1882, when he located as a retired agriculturist in Walker- ton, Indiana. He was an ardent Republican in his political affiliations, advocating those sterling principles until his life's work was

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ended in death .. Mrs. Williams was born in Hallowell, Maine, in 1820, and has joined her husband in the home beyond.

Mr. B. E. Williams, the younger of their two surviving children, was but one year old when brought to St. Joseph county, here receiving a good common-school education in the common schools, from which he secured his diploma, and then entered upon a busi- ness course in the Indianapolis Business Col- lege, where he fitted himself for the activities of life. His inclinations leading him in the channel of pharmacy, he became a practical druggist, and in 1892 entered into a partner- ship in that business with Marion Bellinger in Walkerton, the firm name continuing as Bellinger & Williams until 1895, when Mr. Williams purchased his partner's interest and has ever since been in control of one of the leading drug stores of Walkerton. He carries a complete stock of fresh and pure drugs, oils, paints, fancy goods, wall paper, stationery and has a good pharmaceutical laboratory.

Mr. Williams wedded Miss Katie George, and two children have blessed their union, a son and a daughter: Harry George, who completed the common school course in Walk- erton, and is now pursuing the second year of study in the college of Notre Dame, and Florence Marie, a member of the third grade in the Walkerton high school, and is also

studying music. Mrs. Williams was born in Marshall county, Indiana, but was reared and educated in .St. Joseph county, and is a graduate of the Walkerton high school. She is also proficient in music. As a Republican Mr. Williams cast his first presidential vote for James G. Blaine, having ever since sup- ported each presidential nominee of the party. while he has often been selected as its repre- sentative to the county conventions. He has also served in other official positions, having been the city clerk for one term, during two terms was a member of the council, and for three years was a member of the board of education. He is a true friend of the public schools, always ready to aid in any movement for their improvement, and is at all times a public spirited and progressive citizen. He has fraternal relations with the Masonic or- der, affiliating with Lodge No. 619 in Walk- erton, also with the Knights of Pythias. Cas- tle Hall Lodge No. 263, in which he has filled all of the offices and was chosen as a delegate to the grand lodge. Mrs. Williams is a member of its auxiliary, the Pythian Sisters, and both are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Walkerton. They reside in one of the pleasant modern residences of the city, fitted and furnished throughout with all the latest conveniences. and its hospitable doors are ever open to their many friends.

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A history of St. Joseph County, Indiana, Volume 2, Part 101

Author: Howard, Timothy Edward, 1837-1916 Publication date: 1907 Publisher: Chicago, New York, The Lewis publishing company Number of Pages: 887

Author: Howard, Timothy Edward, 1837-1916
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Chicago, New York, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 887