A history of St. Joseph County, Indiana, Volume 2, Part 27

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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Colonel Turnock's official career com- menced in 1872, when he was elected by the Republicans as sheriff of St. Joseph county. He was re-elected in 1874 for another term of two years, and served as deputy sheriff for a period of four years. During the eight years of his connection with the shrievalty he earned the general respect both of good citizens and evil-doers, although the latter had a wholesome fear as well as respect for him. He was afterward chosen chief of the South Bend fire department, and his previous record as an officer of the law was so memor- able that he became chief of police. Under his administration of this department of the city service he first uniformed the policemen, and also brought them to a commendable state of discipline and efficiency. In 1901 he was again placed at the head of the depart- ment, and continued the splendid work pre- viously begun for the succeeding two years.

Colonel Turnock is recognized as one of the finest disciplinarians in the state, not only by the citizens of South Bend but by the military authorities of Indiana. He was for some time a captain in the First Regi- ment, Indiana National Guard, and was later promoted to be lieutenant-colonel. His Civil war record has made him a leading member of the Norman Eddy Post No. 579, G. A. R., having served as post commander and a dele- gate to the national encampment. The colo-

nel is also a well-known Mason, identified with Lodge No. 45, South Bend.

Joseph Turnock was married to Miss Frances Cottrell, daughter of Samuel S. and Catherine (Painter) Cottrell, and they have become the parents of the following: Nellie, wife of William P. Booth, of Chicago, and Frances, who married Robert Collmer, of South Bend. Mrs. Turnock's father was among the pioneers of St. Joseph county, was its first sheriff and otherwise prominent in its early affairs.

JOHN ROTH, one of South Bend's most honored and respected business men, is a veteran of the Civil war, and bears an hon- orable record for brave service in the cause of freedom and union, while in the paths of peace he has also won an enviable reputation through the sterling qualities which go to the making of a good citizen. As secretary of the St. Joseph Loan and Savings Bank he is well known throughout northern Indiana.

Mr. Roth was born in Greenville, Ohio, November 28, 1843. His father, the Rev. Peter Roth, was a native of Lorraine, Ger- many, but in his boyhood days came with his father's family to the United States, the fam- ily home having been established in Ohio, where the son Peter became in time a well- known minister of the Evangelical church. He held pastorates in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. In the early '60s he became pastor of a church in Mishawaka of the latter state, where he remained several years or until his removal to Ft. Wayne; where he was sta- tioned three years. He then came to South Bend in the late '70s and retired from the ministry. For many years he was one of the most efficient laborers in the cause of Chris- tianity in this city. A strong and forcible speaker, earnest and eloquent in the presen- tation of the truth, his efforts were abun- dantly blessed, laboring in the cause of the Master until his death, at the age of seventy- eight years, although for a few years prior to that time he had retired from his ministe- rial labors. He married Susan Kline, a native of Bavaria, Germany, but who came with an uncle and aunt to the United States during her girlhood days.

When the great Civil war was inaugurated in 1861 John Roth was a lad of eighteen years, but he promptly offered his services to the Union cause, becoming a member of the Eighty-seventh Indiana Infantry, Company F, for just two years previous to his enlist-

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ment he had removed with his family to this state. He took part in all the campaigns of his regiment, participating in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga and in the cele- brated march with Sherman to the sea. He was a brave and fearless soldier, and was severely wounded at Chickamauga, where he suffered a gun-shot wound in his throat. He was mustered out at Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1865, for the war had ended and his coun- try no longer needed his service. Mr. Roth thence made his way to Mishawaka and in 1868 to South Bend, his first employment in this city being as a clerk in a grocery store. He was then with the Union Manufacturing Company as a cabinet maker, while for six years he served as foreman of the box de- partment of the Studebaker Manufacturing Company. In 1888 Mr. Roth assisted in the organizing of the St. Joseph Loan and Sav- ings Association, of which he was elected secretary, and this is now one of the leading institutions of its kind in northern Indiana. He was the first gentleman to come to the assistance of the ladies in 1894 in organizing the Epworth Hospital and Training School. After its organization he was elected one of the trustees, and has served as secretary of the board of trustees ever since. He was also a member of the building committee.

The marriage of Mr. Roth and Kate E. Yarger was celebrated in 1866, she being a daughter of Philip and Louisa (Welper) Yarger, of Laporte county. Five daughters have been born of this union, namely : Mary Ellen (now Mrs. Wilkerson, of Chicago), Fannie H., Catherine E., Carrie E., and Helen. Mr. Roth is a stanch supporter of Republican principles, and in 1884 he was its choice for the office of city treasurer, which position he held for four years. He holds pleasant relations with his old army comrades by his membership with Auten Post, No. 8, G. A. R., while his religious affilia- tion is with the Methodist church.

WILLIAM TOEPP. One of the straightfor- ward and successful business men of South Bend is William Toepp. He is public spirited and thoroughly interested in whatever tends to promote the moral, intellectual and mate- rial welfare of the city, and for many years he has been numbered among its valued and honored citizens. His birth occurred in Rome, New York, April 14, 1851. His fath- er. Peter Toepp, was born in Alsace, France, and spent the first nineteen years of his life

in his native land, coming thence to the United States and locating in Rome, where he was engaged in business from 1857 until 1880. On the expiration of that period he came to South Bend, Indiana, and was counted among the city's most successful business men until 1898, and his death oc- curred in 1906, when he had reached the age of seventy-nine years. In his early manhood Mr. Toepp married Catherine Karle, who was born in Baden, Germany, and she lived to the age of seventy-five years. In their family were the following children: William, P. H., Elizabeth M., Frank C., and Minnie, the wife of F. H. Goetz, of South Bend.

William Toepp, the eldest of the children, grew to mature years in his native city of Rome, and after completing his education he entered the dry goods business in that city with his father and brother, in 1878. They moved their stock of goods to South Bend and established their store at what is now 121 West Washington street. On the 28th of January, 1881, this store was destroyed by fire, and Mr. Toepp resumed his business on South Chapin street, organizing the firm of Toepp Brothers, they continuing in the dry goods business until 1885, when they trans- ferred their operations to the shoe trade. One year later, however, in 1886, the business was closed, and Mr. Toepp, of this review, then went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Remaining in that city until 1888, he then returned to South Bend, and embarked in his present business of wholesale wines and liquors, and in addition to its proprietorship is also the owner of much valuable city property, being a part owner of the Toepp Building and the Jefferson Building. The latter was erected in 1906-7, and is the finest business block and office building in the city of South Bend. He is also president of the Sinking Fund Com- mission of this city, and served as one of the directors in the erection of the handsome Elks Temple, he being a prominent member of that fraternity and an active worker for its advancement. He belongs to the Mer- chants Association, and was one of the or- ganizers of the C. A. C. building on Colfax avenue, opposite the Elks Temple, and is a member of the Turners and Mannerchor of South Bend.

The marriage of Mr. Toepp was celebrated on the 13th of September. 1881, when Linda Elbel became his wife. She was born and reared in South Bend, a daughter of John

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M. and Marie (Schmitz) Elbel. In his polit- ical connections Mr. Toepp is a Democrat, always taking a deep interest in local polit- ical affairs, and during a period of ten years he served as treasurer of the Central Demo- cratic Committte, of which he is now a mem- ber. IIe is a man of excellent business and executive ability, of keen discrimination and capable management. He has not limited his efforts to one line of business, but has en- couraged many enterprises, and to a high degree he enjoys the confidence and regard of those with whom he has been brought in contact through business and social relations.

HORACE M. KAUFFMAN, manager for the Clem Studebaker estate, was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on the 10th of November, 1866. His career thus far in life furnishes a splen- did example of what may be accomplished through laudable ambition, for he has stead- ily worked his way upward, gaining success and winning the public confidence. His par- ents were Daniel W. and Mary A. (Neff) Kauffman, the former a native of Pennsyl- vania, and the latter of Dayton, Ohio. In the early days of 1849 the father joined the tide of emigration to the Golden state, but returned in 1852 and located at Muscatine and later at Des Moines, Iowa, where the birth of his son Horace occurred. His life's labors were ended in death in 1901, when he had reached the good old age of eighty-four years.

In the country schools of Iowa Horace M. Kauffman received the mental training which enabled him to begin life's battles, but at a very early age he was obliged to lay aside his text books and begin work on a cattle ranch. When he had reached the age of seventeen years he entered the law office of Lamb, Ricketts & Wilson, in Lincoln, Ne- braska, where he diligently pursued his legal studies until his admission to the bar of Lin- coln in 1886. During the following three and a half years Mr. Kauffman was an employe of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, but prior to that time he had also engaged in the real estate business in Omaha, Nebraska. Coming to South Bend in 1893, he was ten- dered the important position of private sec- retary to Mr. Clem Studebaker, and after the death of that well-known financier he was made the secretary of the trustees of his estate. The world is not slow to pass judg- ment upon the individual, and when a man has won the high respect of those with whom

business and social relations have brought him in contact it is by reason of his intrinsic honor and his worthy achievements. Con- demnation comes quickly when merited, and esteem therefore indicates the possession of worthy qualities and characteristics.

The marriage of Mr. Kauffman occurred in 1892, when Dollie A. Harpster, of Omaha, became his wife. She is a daughter of David and Amanda (Redmond) Harpster. Mr. Kauffman affiliates fraternally with the Masonic order, Lodge No. 45, and with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and socially is a member of the Indiana Club. His religious connection is with St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church.

EDWARD F. DUBAIL, occupying an enviable position in the business circles of South Bend, is connected with real estate, finance and loans, and is well known throughout St. Jo- seph county. A native son of this city, he was born on the 17th of November, 1867, his parents being Peter and Julia (Metzgar) DuBail, the latter a native of Ohio but of German descent. The father was a native of Alsace, Germany, but when only seven- teen years of age he left his German home and came to the United States, and from that time until his twenty-fourth year was a resi- dent of Louisville, Ohio. He then came to South Bend, where he was long known among its early and honored residents, his death occurring here in 1904, when he had reached the age of seventy years.

Edward F. DuBail, a son of this worthy couple, received his educational training in the St. Patrick school of South Bend, and after completing his studies he was engaged as a grocery clerk for eight years. On the expiration of that period he was enabled to enter into business life for himself, and from that time until 1892 was the proprietor of a grocery store. Seeing the great possibil- ities open in the real estate field he decided to engage in the real estate and loan business, and in this field of endeavor has met with excellent and well-deserved success. He rep- resents sixteen of the oldest insurance com- panies of the world, and in this special line he has done a very large business, it having amounted in the past year to eight hundred thousand dollars. Mr. DuBail has also laid out several additions, has erected eighty houses, and has now the pleasure of seeing the south end one of the most beautiful por- tions of the city. He is a firm believer in

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In 1889 Mr. DuBail was married to Grace A., a daughter of David Bowman, who came to St. Joseph county, Indiana, in 1831, and was thereafter numbered among its honored early residents. They have one son, Donald E., who was born September 15, 1890. Mr. DuBail is a member of the Commercial and Athletic Clubs.

SAMUEL, M. ROBINSON. "We build the ladder by which we rise" is a truth which is certainly applicable to Samuel M. Robinson, for the high position he now occupies in the business world is not the outcome of pro- pitious circumstances, but the honest reward of labor, good management, ambition and en- ergy, without which no man can win pros- perity. He was born in Berrien county, Michigan, April 2, 1862, a son of John and Mary (Shepley) Robinson, the former of whom was a native of Whitehall, Canada, and the latter of this country. The maternal grandfather was numbered among the hon- ored early pioneers of St. Joseph county. The Robinson family is of French extraction, prominent and well-known in that country, where the name is spelled Robilliard. They, too, bore an important part in the early his- tory of St. Joseph county, and one of their number served as the first commander of the fort at St. Joseph, Michigan. In the early '50s John Robinson established his home in St. Joseph county, Indiana, where he labored as a machinist, becoming a highly respected and valued citizen of his community, and his life's labors were ended in death in 1894, when he had reached the age of fifty-six years. His widow still survives him.

Samuel M. Robinson received his educa- tional training in the Royalton school house in Berrien county, to which he was obliged to walk a distance of three miles, but being an industrious, determined lad he manfully pursued his course and embraced all the op- portunities obtainable. When fourteen years of age he entered the employ of the well-

known firm of George Wyman & Company, of South Bend, with whom he remained both as a boy and man for twenty-four years, gradually ascending the ladder of success un- til he became manager and a stockholder in the business. In 1900, however, he left that excellent position to embark in the real estate business, at that time forming a partnership with James B. Staley, and the firm of Staley & Robinson are now among the largest deal- ers in their line in northern Indiana. They have also opened up much desirable property in South Bend, notably the City View Place addition in the southern part of town, and the Robinson & Haughton Addition and La Salle Park in the western portion. They have bought and sold much valuable property, having but recently purchased the old Sand- age Steel Skein plant and organized the National Wire Bound Box Company, which promises to be one of the most successful institutions of the city. Mr. Robinson is president of the company, and he also has other valuable interests in the city. A man of forceful individuality, he has been steadily advancing until he now occupies an enviable position in the ranks of the business men of South Bend.

Mr. Robinson was united in marriage to Mary S. Sigerfoose, a native of Elkhart county, Indiana, and they have one son, Samuel B., who is a valued assistant to his father in business. Mr. Robinson is a mem- ber of the Maccabees, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the order of Elks, and also has membership relations with the Commer- cial Athletic Club. The family affiliate with the Presbyterian church.

DAVID STOVER, deceased. Since in its most intelligent form success is measured by the faculty of contributing to the well-being of humanity by the promotion of soundness in business ethics, politics, and the moral side of life, the career of David Stover must be regarded as of representative and singular importance in the history of St. Joseph coun- ty. He was connected with affairs of South Bend and vicinity for many years and until his labors ended in death, June 16, 1906. In scope his labors ascended from that of a route mail agent to that of a retired capital- ist, diverging into the channels of politics and commercial pursuits. He was public- spirited, interested in everything that would tend to advance the interests of the commu- nity in which he lived.

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David Stover was born in Botetourt coun- ty, Virginia, January 19, 1816, and was there reared to man's estate and came from there to Indiana in early manhood. For a time he was employed by his brother, Mathias, at cabinet work, at South Bend, and later engaged in business for himself, and while still a young man entered the service of the United States as mail agent, and was one of the first, if not the first, railway mail agent between Toledo and Chicago, and continued eight years and then engaged in marble busi- ness at South Bend quite a number of years; then engaged in tea business a number of years; then sold to the Union Tea Company and removed to Vistula avenue, where he lived retired. He had been successful in business and after retiring from commercial pursuits his time was well occupied attend- ing to his private affairs.

He was married in 1855, October 21, to Calista S. Hunt, born in Eden, Erie county, New York. Her father, Eddy Hunt, was born in New Jersey and there reared on a farm. When a young man he went to York state and bought a farm in Eden, and lived there a few years, then sold and engaged in the mercantile business in Eden. From there he moved to White Pigeon, Michigan, and bought a section of land on the state line, and lived some years, when on account of sickness in the family he sold and started to return east. He stopped temporarily in Hillsdale county, where the mother of Mr. Stover died. He then went to Monroe, Mich- igan, and died there a few years later.

The maiden name of the mother of Mrs. Stover was Margaret Pound, and her father, the grandfather of Mrs. Stover, John Pound, was a native of Scotland, who on coming to America located first in New Jersey, and from there to Eden, New York, where he was a pioneer and where he died. His wife was Catherine Sharp. Mrs. Stover was very young when her parents died and she was thrown on her own resources. She appren- ticed herself to a milliner, who taught her the commercial as well as the manufacturing part of the trade, and her employer soon sent her to Toledo to conduct a store there. At that time Toledo was but a village with two railroads. It was a very unhealthful place, and during her residence there she passed through two seasons of cholera, when at times there were not well ones to care for the sick. It was while she lived there she

met and married Mr. Stover, who was many years her senior. After her marriage she removed her stock of goods to South Bend, where she conducted a flourishing business for many years.

Mr. Stover was a life-long Methodist, an interested worker, and filled various offices in the church. He was a Democrat all his life, and was a member of the city council for many years and fire policeman, was acting mayor some months in the absence of Mayor George, and for a time was an Odd Fellow.

Mrs. Stover in early life joined the Pres- byterian church, and has always been an ear- nest advocate of its religious tenets. In fact, she has been active in all that tends to ele- vate humanity. A broad-minded woman who, while giving attention to her personal busi- ness affairs, has yet found opportunity to aid in the material progress, intellectual de- velopment and moral advancement of the community, realizing that not alone a man's but a woman's nature should grow along those lines. Mrs. Stover is a woman of not alone splendid business ability, as is shown by the record of her life, but of unimpeachable character, unswerving integrity and honor- who has a strong appreciation of the higher ethics of life, and in her pleasing personality has gained and retains the friendship and highest esteem of the entire community.

ALBERT H. CUSHING. One of the straight- forward, energetic and successful business men of South Bend. is Albert H. Cushing. He is public spirited and thoroughly in- terested in whatever tends to promote the moral, intellectual and material welfare of the city of his birth, for he is a native son of South Bend, his natal day being the seventh of April, 1865. His father, Albert G. Cush- ing, took up his abode within its borders in 1849, and was thereafter numbered among its prominent and useful citizens. Mrs. Cushing bore the maiden name of Martha Hine.

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A history of St. Joseph County, Indiana, Volume 2, Part 27

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