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Company I was mustered in during January, 1862, under Capt. E. J. Wood. He was promoted to the rank of major and was suc- ceeded as captain by George W. Gibbon, whose term expired in Jan- uary, 1865. The lieutenancy was generally occupied by Goshen men, viz .: A. S. Fisher, E. S. Foljambe and W. R. Ellis, each of whom went up higher.
The Forty-eighth, as a regiment, made a good record for itself during its years of hard fighting. From the siege of Corinth to its final march from Raleigh to Petersburg, 213 men dropped from its ranks forever.
THE SEVENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT
On August 21, 1862, the Seventy-fourth regiment was organized, and Companies E, G and I contained a full representation from
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Elkhart County. The regimental staff included, with others, the fol- lowing from the county : Colonel, Myron Baker ; lieutenant-colonel, C. B. Mann; major, W. B. Jacobs ; adjutant, J. H. Schutt ; quarter- master, John Stetler ; assistant surgeons, J. Q. A. Bassett and H. C. Dodge. Under Capt. Myron Baker, Company E was mustered in July 25, 1862. Those who served afterwards were William B. Jacobs and David P. Deardorff ; first lieutenants, W. B. Jacobs, D. P. Deardoff, David H. White and F. B. Rosslewyn ; second lieuten- ants, the last three, with Edgar A. Platte. Captain Jacobs was commissioned major, May 1, 1865, and brevetted lieutenant-colonel March 13, 1865. Col. Myron Baker was killed in battle during the Atlanta campaign. Company I was recruited at Benton and Goshen. Captains, David Howell, Everett F. Abbott, Charles E. Thompson, Christopher C. Beane; first lieutenants, Abbott, Beane, Thompson; second lieutenants, Beane, Thompson and Edward L. Barlow. Captain Abbott was killed at Jonesboro, Georgia, Septem- ber 1, 1864.
Company G was mustered in at Elkhart during August, 1862, under Capt. P. F. Davis, who died in the following February. The successive captains were C. B. Mann and Orville T. Chamberlain and the lieutenants, Jackson Wolverton, Bierce Moulton and Jacob Eyer.
CAPT. ORVILLE T. CHAMBERLAIN
Captain Chamberlain, although born in Kosciusko County, was brought to Elkhart when but an infant. His father was a physician and a druggist and gave the boy a good education. He was a clerk in his father's store, learned the printer's trade, taught school and when the war commenced was, at the age of nineteen, a graduate from the commercial department of the Notre Dame University. From the ranks of Company G he advanced, through the two lieu- tenancies, to the grade of captain. On the battlefield of Chicka- mauga he was appointed acting adjutant of the regiment, which posi- tion, with the captaincy of his company and the post of judge advo- cate of court marshal for the division, he held most of the time dur- ing the remainder of the war. For bravery in battle he was recom- mended for appointment to the regular army. Shortly after his return to Elkhart he received a commission from the President as first lieutenant in the United States army, but on that very day his
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father died and he remained at home to assist in caring for the family. Captain Chamberlain was afterward admitted to the bar and practiced successfully for many years. He also served as town clerk, as district attorney and as city attorney. He is a leader in Grand Army and Loyal Legion matters.
COMPANY I, OF THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH
Company I, of the Eighty-eighth Regiment, was raised by the towns of Bristol and Middlebury. It was mustered into the service in August, 1862, and was commanded, in turn by Herman C. Fassett, William Powers and W. D. Wildman. J. D. Kimball, W. C. Hess, A. D. Gould, J. O. Banks and J. Williamson served as lieutenants.
THE ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT
Company D, One Hundredth Regiment, was recruited in Elk- hart County. It was mustered in during September, 1862. The superior officers of the regiment credited to Elkhart County were: Colonels, A. Heath and Ruel M. Johnson ; major, W. H. Venamon ; quartermaster, A. M. Tucker; surgeon, W. C. Matchett. Ruel M. Johnson was succeeded as captain of Company D by William H. Venamon and John W. Geisinger; the first lieutenants were Vena- mon, Geisinger and Asa A. Norton. The regiment saw active service under Grant in the Vicksburg campaign.
OTHER ELKHART COUNTY COMMANDS
The One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Regiment, or Twelfth Cavalry, was organized in March, 1864. Among the officers were Maj. Josiah B. Cobb. Major Cobb was captain of Company D of Elkhart County, when it was mustered in and was succeeded by Benjamin F. Curtis and John H. Pinney; first lieutenants, Charles Fish and Andrew C. Nye; second lieutenants, Curtis, Nye, Edward Hubbell and Ira Hoops.
Company E, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth regiment, secured its roster in this county with headquarters at Goshen. Capt. Sam- uel B. McGuire promoted major, and afterwards lieutenant colonel, was succeeded by Edward E. Metcalf ; first lieutenants, Henry Clay,
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Metcalf, N. W. Sherwin, Martin L. Duck ; second lieutenants, Duck and Wm. Kelly. From the Battle of Resaca in May, 1864, to Frank- lin in October, and from the attack on Hood's position in December to Wise Forks in March of the following year, this regiment acquitted itself well.
The One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment, "100 days" men, was organized in May, 1864. Elkhart County furnished Company K, Myron Hawks, captain ; George W. Best, first lieutenant; Albert Yates, second lieutenant.
Company D, of the One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment, was organized in Elkhart County during the fall of 1864, for one year's service, Thomas H. Chance, captain ; Joseph H. Foiogne, David Frankfader, first lieutenants; Frankfader and William Hol- land, second lieutenants.
A large roster of Elkhart County men was found in the ranks of the One Hundred and Fifty-second Regiment, especially in Com- pany E, which was organized in March, 1865. Capt. Julius Wald- schmitt of Goshen was raised to the rank of major and succeeded by Jacob W. Livinghouse; first lieutenants, Livinghouse, Jesse F. Carmien ; second lieutenant, Cornelius M. Boyd.
The Twenty-first Battery Light Artillery contained many men from this county and during the war their loss was very heavy.
SHOWING OF THE COUNTY
The total number of volunteers and drafted men furnished by Elkhart County was 2,984. Amount of bounty paid to the enlisted men, $192,611.97. For the relief of soldiers' families from the county treasury, $60,420.48.
RESPONSE TO THE DRAFTS
The draft of 1862 was carried out under Commissioner Dr. E. W. H. Ellis, Marshal W. A. Woods and Surgeon M. M. Latta, and the township marshals, with the following result: Harrison, 47; Jackson, 28; Union, 24; Clinton, 12; Benton, 6; Baugo, 6; and Locke, 5 ; all forming a company of 128 men, who proceeded to Camp Morton under Doctor Ellis and were formally assigned to the com- mand of Capt. Edwin Billings. The five subsequent drafts were
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carried out and in an equally satisfactory manner under Enrolling Commissioner Ellis.
RELIEF WORK UNRECORDED IN STATISTICS
Much of the work of relief, which, as the years of bloodshed drifted along, accomplished so much in sustaining the courage of the soldiers in the field, was never recorded in dollars and cents. In these vital movements the women were always at the front, or, as well put by one of the appreciative citizens of the county: "Not the least factor in the sum of loyalty was the work of the ladies." The boxes and bales of necessities and delicacies which they sent to the soldiers were simply amazing. Their busy fingers were always at work for their relief societies. Immediately succeeding the com- mencement of hostilities the women of Elkhart County resolved themselves into the Soldiers' Aid Society, which met in October, 1861, adopted by-laws and organized for effective work in the field and at home. Among those prominent in this work may be men- tioned : Mrs. H. W. Bissell and Misses Reynolds, Abbott, Beardsley, Hudson, McCord, Martin, Miller, Powell and Stauffer. The pulpits spoke out, entertainments for the benefit of the soldiers were given by the different social, fraternal, literary, military and religious or- ganizations, private individuals gave liberally of their means, and professional men not only of their means but their time and efforts. Many of the latter going south to nurse the sick and wounded, and the enlisted surgeons lent a free hand in army hospitals. Many thousands of dollars were dispensed among the families of soldiers, and those who gave in this manner are hardly less worthy of recog- nition than those who marched away in the ranks.
INDIANA TROOPS FIRST ENLISTED FOR SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
The troops raised in Elkhart County for participation in the Spanish-American war, comprised Company C and Company E, originally of the Third Ohio National Guard, with headquarters respectively at Goshen and Elkhart. All the companies from North- eastern Indiana responded to President McKinley's call so promptly that they were the first to be mustered into the service of the United States, being officially designated as the One Hundred and Fifty- seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry and popularly, not
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long afterward, as the Indiana Tigers. They were mustered into the national military service May 10, 1898, and, although they saw no active campaigning, were always eager for it. Further- more, only an unforeseen accident, as we shall see prevented their departure for Cuba.
THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVENTH INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
The two Elkhart County companies left for Camp Mount, Indianapolis, over the Big Four, on the 26th of April, 1898, the day after the declaration of war by the United States. When the National Guard of Northeastern Indiana were mustered into its service as the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, the following were named as the regimental staff : Colonel, George M. Studebaker, South Bend; lieutenant-colonel, Willis T. May, United States army ; chaplain, Charles S. Medbury, Angola ; adjutant, Harry K. Scott, Angola; quartermaster, Harmon L. Hut- son, Angola ; surgeons, Emmett L. Siver and Walter W. Barnett, Fort Wayne; majors, George W. Feaser, South Bend; Edwin H. Fitzgerald, Goshen; Aubry L. Kuhlman, Auburn; Charles F. Cline, Goshen, sergeant major; Joseph P. Hawks, Goshen, commissary sergeant promoted to quartermaster sergeant, October 12, 1898.
On May 10th the regiment left Indianapolis under orders to camp at Chickamauga Park. Chattanooga, Tennessee, was reached May IIth, where the soldiers disembarked. The next day they marched to Camp Thomas at the park, where the regiments were put through arduous military duty for twenty days. Under sealed orders the regiment embarked on trains June Ist, bound for Tampa, Florida. It was on this occasion that the One Hundred and Fifty- seventh Regiment received their sobriquet of Indiana Tigers. The account is given by Lieut. Col. Will T. May and is reliable : "The railroad men at Chickamauga Park gave the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Infantry the title of Tigers on account of the regi- ment's activity and willingness, and the way it went about its tasks. The day the regiment was to start from Chickamauga Park for Tampa, Florida, the First Infantry of Ohio was also to go. The Ohio regiment was ordered to begin its preparations three hours before the Indianans started to pack up. The time was given so that the Ohio regiment might load its train and get out of the way
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of the Tigers, and prevent confusion in the railroad yards. The Tigers then loaded thirty wagons on eighteen flat cars, filled eight stock cars with officers' horses and army mules, packed twelve box cars with rations, tentage and other camp equipment, and climbed into their own cars in an hour and forty minutes. The railroad men looked on in astonishment as the Hoosiers performed their work. No regiment of regular troops ever made better time. The Tigers overtook the Ohio men and passed them before they were out of the railroad yards. After the Tigers reached Tampa some one tried to give them the name of Studebaker's Kittens, but Tigers clung to them."
The sealed orders which were received at Chickamauga showed that the regiment was bound for Port Tampa to join Shafter's expedition to Cuba, but the eager soldier boys were to be sorely disappointed. Upon arrival at Tampa, June 3d, the horses, ammu- nition and rations were loaded on the transport, when a collision occurred, whereby a hole was made in the bow and the regiment was cheated out of the chance to get in front of Santiago.
For two months, until July 30th, the boys remained in camp at Port Tampa. While there, they were on two camp grounds. Then, on July 31st, a change was made to Fernandina, Florida, where the regiment stayed until August 31st. On the Ist of Sep- tember it started for Indianapolis, reaching there on the following day. The boys were given a furlough of a month from September Ioth, and were joyfully received at home. They had done their duty nobly and shown the spirit of the American soldier. Again, upon October 10th, the regiment gathered at Camp Mount and on November Ist was mustered out of the service of the United States.
COMPANY C, OF GOSHEN
As to the details of the participation of the two home com- panies of the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Regiment, it may be stated that Company C, of the old Third National Guard, was organized at Goshen, September 14, 1892, and mustered into Uncle Sam's service April 26, 1898. Captain, Elias D. Salsbury ; first lieutenant, Charles Slade ; second lieutenant, Joseph A. Collins ; first sergeant, Eugene F. Gordeau ; quartermaster sergeant, Orlando W. Bale; sergeants, John Roach, Thomas H. Mew, Warren Car- penter and Leroy Darnell; corporals, Harvey A. Hawks, Richard
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W. Collins, Lewis A. Boyer, Charles J. Kreger, Lindsley E. Perry, Ned A. Canberg ; musicians, Frank Ordway, James W. Palmateer ; artificer, Mannam F. Eisenhour; wagoner, William H. Burkett.
Company C lost by death a number of its members. Lieut. Charles Slade, Charles E. Perry, Charles F. Simon and James Boomershine died before the muster-out in November, and James Girtin and Bert S. Hebert, afterward, as the result of fever con- tracted in camp. Joseph A. Collins was promoted to the first lieutenancy, July 21, 1898; Sergt. Thomas H. Mew to the second lieutenancy, on the same date, and Henry L. Hawks to a ser- geancy, August 1, 1898. The other changes in the company were only minor.
A number of the Goshen boys enlisted with other companies of the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh during the war. They were: George W. Carpenter, Norman C. Carpenter, William E. Deutsch, John L. Griffith, William Horn, William F. Kinsel, George C. Mann, Harry Miller, Charles O. Phillips, all of Company A, and Orba Method, of Company G.
Major Heatwole received his commission on May 25, 1898, and served on various general staffs in the South and Cuba until the time of his death. J. B. Gattschall served under Major Heatwole as civilian clerk.
COMPANY E, OF ELKHART
The official roster of Company E, of Elkhart, was as follows: Captain, Joseph E. Graves; first lieutenant, Norman E. Beall; second lieutenant, August Groll; orderly sergeant, W. Hayes Hop- kins ; sergeants, Harry H. Goldman, Charles Hook, John A. Cooper, L. Arthur Jones, Spencer E. Pangborn ; commissary sergeant, Ed- ward A. Lefebre; corporals, Charles E. Fetzer, Frank Carper, George Adams, Robert Darling, W. A. Kyte, Guy T. McBride, Joseph Witman; musicians, Robert Higgins, Arthur L. Boice; artificer, John E. Smith; wagoner, Frank E. Smith. Besides the foregoing, there were nearly ninety privates in the company. The last "private" mentioned in the roster was "Sport" Goldman. the pointer dog belonging to Sergt. Harry Goldman. He was the com- pany's mascot, and remained with it through all the hard times of camp life until the regimental furlough, commencing September 10th.
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The ranks of Company E were diminished by two brave boys while in the South. Sergt. L. Arthur Jones, a popular non-com- missioned officer died in the regimental hospital at Fernandina, Florida, August 19, 1898. Then, on September 2d, just as the hos- pital train reached Indianapolis on the journey home, Corp. Robert Darling passed away. The remains of both the boys were shipped to their Elkhart homes where they were laid to rest with military honors.
CHAPTER XI
AS TOWN, VILLAGE AND CITY
GOSHEN TOWN-THOSE WHO VOTED FOR VILLAGE GOVERNMENT --- Two GROWING DECADES-FIRE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZED-BIRTH AS A CITY-THE MAYORS OF GOSHEN-CHARLES B. AND GEORGE F. ALDERMAN-DR. JOSEPH H. HEATWOLE AND FATHER-THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IMPROVES-VETERAN FIRE FIGHTERS-THE PRESENT SYSTEM-FOUNDING OF THE WATER WORKS-BETTER AND CHEAPER THAN A NEW ENGINE-BUSINESS MEN DEMAND EQUAL PROTECTION WITH MANUFACTURERS-BEGINNING OF CITY WATER WORKS-STEAM POWER AND ARTESIAN WELLS-ORIGIN OF MUNICIPAL LIGHTING PLANT-EXTENSION OF ELECTRIC SYS- TEM-LATER IMPROVEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS-PRIVATE LIGHT- ING COMPANIES-THE LOCAL POSTAL SERVICE-REAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM DATES FROM 1857-FIRST QUARTER-CENTURY OF SCHOOL TEACHERS-ERECTION OF WARD SCHOOLS-MISS EMMA R. CHANDLER-THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL-THE CITY SCHOOLS IN 1904-05-THE SCHOOLS IN 1916-VILLAGE PRINCI- PALS AND CITY SUPERINTENDENTS- COMPARATIVE GROWTH FOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS-INCREASE OF POPULATION IN THIRTY-FIVE YEARS-THE GOSHEN CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY-GOSHEN COLLEGE-GOSHEN PUBLIC HOSPITAL.
Goshen was the first civil corporation to be organized in Elkhart County and its village form of government antedated that of Elk- hart by more than four years. The county seat was a town for nearly fifteen years before it became a village, and remained in the city class for about the same length of time.
GOSHEN TOWN
In 1831, when Goshen was platted as the county seat, it contained about 180 people. Within the succeeding few years the place grew Vol. 1-16
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rapidly for a frontier settlement, and by the fall of 1839 some five or six hundred people had been gathered together on the site platted by Oliver Crane, county agent. The tax payers therefore petitioned the Board of County Commissioners that an election might be called for November 23, 1839. to determine whether the majority desired a more direct form of local government than was authorized under the township system. The election indicated that such was the wish of the majority of voters, who selected John Cook, D. Parrott, A. Stilson, A. Galentine and J. S. Raymer as a board of trustees to look after the interests of the town of Goshen. The town was gov- erned by that board and its successors until 1854, when it was in- corporated as a village.
THOSE WHO VOTED FOR VILLAGE GOVERNMENT
Under a petition to the county commissioners, June 7, 1854, an election was ordered for June 28th, when the question was submitted to the electors and almost unanimously carried. The following names appeared on the list of voters: John Hunt, A. A. Norton, T. L. Wilbarger, C. K. Hoops, George W. Meyers, T. L. Powell, A. B. Grubb, James Blair, B. A. Grubb, Edwin Vinson, Eb. Ray- mond, John Gortner, Thomas Todd, L. H. Noble, F. Voiral, S. E. Davis, James Lauferty, J. D. Devor, Joseph Ashbrook, Michael Weybright, Joseph Silver, W. A. Thomas, C. S. Hascall, Hiram Whittaker, A. L. Hubbell, M. M. Latta, A. C. Jackson, F. M. Denny, B. G. Crary, Norman Teal, A. P. Frink, S. C. Brainerd, J. W. Irwin, Michael Murray, Sam Bottomfelt, Smith Chamberlain, Elias Gort- ner, W. L. Bivins, G. W. Richards, G. W. Fosdick, Leander Sherwin, S. Geisinger, Henry Cook, J. L. Crary, W. W. McVitty, Melvin Hascall, F. Jackson, William Bean, John Cook, T. R. Albright, John Keck, P. M. Henkel and J. H. Defrees. The commissioners acknowl- edged the legality of the vote within three months, and in September declared Goshen an incorporated town.
Two GROWING DECADES
In 1850 the population of Goshen had reached 780, and was probably 1,400 at the time of village corporation in 1854, as it was 2,053 in 1860. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad had
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entered Goshen in 1852, and the following decade was a period of marked growth.
FIRE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZED
The same may be said of the decade 1860-70, notwithstanding it covered the Civil war period. The industries were especially stim- ulated during "war times" and, with this general growth, came the demand for better fire protection. But, although Reliance Engine Company No. I, with its hand pump and lusty volunteers, was or- ganized in September, 1862, no decided improvement in the fire department was noticeable until Goshen was incorporated as a city in 1868.
BIRTH AS A CITY
For about fourteen years Goshen was content to remain in the town class. During this period there were additions to the city as to territory as well as in population, and finally the time came for the erection of the town into a city. To test the voice of the people in this matter an election was held on April 18, 1868, at which 391 votes were cast favoring the formation of a city government and 31 opposed the movement. In due time the city received its charter, and on May 5th of the same year the first city election was held, at which the following were chosen as the first to direct the affairs of Goshen City: Henry D. Wilson, mayor ; LaPorte Heefner, clerk; Joseph Lauferty, treasurer ; H. G. Hale, marshal ; J. A. S. Mitchell, city attorney; James Allison, assessor; G. B. Walter, chief fire engineer ; George T. Ager, civil engineer ; Board of Health: M. M. Latta, W. C. Harrington and W. W. Wickman ; Councilmen : A. A. Norton, M. B. Snyder, H. U. Lincoln, Samuel F. Eisenhour, George B. Walter and M. B. Hascall.
THE MAYORS OF GOSHEN
Following is a list of Goshen's mayors, with the initial years of their administrations : H. D. Wilson, 1868; M. B. Hascall, 1869; J. A. S. Mitchell, 1871 ; George Freese, 1873; Charles B. Alderman, 1875, 1877, 1879, 1881; P. D. Harding, 1882; J. B. Cobb, 1884; P. D. Harding, 1886; C. W. Miller, 1888; J. H. Lesh, 1890; J. B.
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Walk, 1892; J. H. Heatwole, 1894, 1896; B. F. Deahl, filled unex- pired term (July, 1898-May, 1900), and elected for full term, 1900- 02; George F. Alderman, 1902, and since that year Alfred Lowry, Charles Kohler and S. F. Spohn.
In the foregoing list of those who have been at the head of the Municipality of Goshen, and of whom sketches have not heretofore been published, none were more prominent or generally honored than Charles B. Alderman and Dr. J. H. Heatwole.
CHARLES B. AND GEORGE F. ALDERMAN
Charles B. Alderman, whose death occurred in November, 1887, was a resident of Goshen for thirty-four years, and during the entire period prominent in its business, industrial and public affairs. He was a native of Vermont and his mother, who became a widow shortly before his birth, married the father of Gen. Milo S. Hascall. Mr. Alderman was twenty-five years of age when he came West and located at Goshen. He had been married a number of years, and had experienced life as a farmer and a merchant.
Soon after settling in Goshen Mr. Alderman became a partner in the mercantile establishment of Hascall, Alderman & Brown, but owing to the confining nature of the business, sold his interest, in 1868, and the year following embarked in the manufacture of woolen goods in association with James E. Winnegar. In 1875 he became half owner of the stock of the Goshen Gas Works, of which, for many years he was president. A democrat in politics, Mr. Alder- man began his political career by being elected a member of the City Council, serving as such two years. He was elected mayor of the city in 1875, 1878 and in 1879, serving three full terms, an honor accorded to no other man occupying that position. As an official his career was above reproach. As a councilman he was instrumental in disposing of the water works bonds at highly satis- factory rates, and the good he accomplished was probably the cause of his elevation and retention to the chair of presiding officer of the city. In July, 1887, he purchased the Hotel Hascall and delegated its management to his son, George F. He was a member of the order of Free and Accepted Masons, in which he had successively passed from the Blue Lodge to the Chapter, Council and Command- ery. Mr. Alderman was one of the county's best men.
George F. Alderman succeeded to his father's prominence, both
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in public affairs and in business ability. He became best known, however, as proprietor of the Alderman House, which was built by General Hascall and known under his name until 1915. In 1893 the hotel was remodeled, and is at present having a splendid improve- ment in its porches and entrance. This is being done by his widow. Before purchasing the Hotel Hascall, Mr. Alderman had been identified with the old Violett House, of Goshen; with the Sherman Hotel, Chicago; with the Hotel Hascall and various similar concerns in Ohio.
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