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Since 1903, Mr. Bailey's home has been in Crown Point, where he is one of the progressive citizens. His removal to the county seat was the result of his election in 1902 to the office of county treasurer. He took up the duties of his office on January 1, 1904, and in the meantime in September, 1903, he moved his family to Crown Point. In 1904 Mr. Bailey was re-elected for a second term as treasurer. He has a number of interests outside of his land holdings. He is an active republican, hav- ing identified himself with that organization early in life and fraternally is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Foresters. Mr. Bailey was married in 1880 to Miss Emma Hayden, a native of West Creek Township, and a daughter of Daniel and Louisa Hayden, who are numbered among the pioneer settlers of Lake County. Mr. Bailey and wife became the parents of four children: Nancy, who married Loren Love; Murray; Merritt; and Bennett.
ALEXANDER JOHN CAMPBELL. A native of the maritime province of Nova Scotia, Alexander J. Campbell in early manhood became identified with railroad and electric work, lived in Michigan for a number of years, filled positions all the way from telegraph operator to superintendent of electrical railways, and since 1894 has been a resident of Hammond. Mr. Campbell is one of the foremost men in business affairs in this city. Besides a business owned and conducted under his own name, he is an officer in several well known corporations and has a place of distinctive leadership in local affairs.
Born in Nova Scotia, Canada, June 19, 1852, a son of farming peo- ple, John and Mary Campbell, after his education in the schools of his native province, Alexander John Campbell entered the railway service at the age of nineteen, and a year later settled in Durand, Michigan. He was a telegraph operator and ticket agent for a railroad company, and about the time electricity supplanted horse power and steam power largely in urban transportation he became identified with local trans- portation lines, and for several years was with the Grand Rapids Street Railway Company in Michigan. From there he went to Chicago, and was electrical engineer for the South Chicago Street Railway Company, and had charge of the electrical engineering department.
On coming to Hammond in 1894, Mr. Campbell took the superin- tendency of the Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago Electric Lines. After those lines were sold he rebuilt the Hammond Electric and Gas Company, was manager of the plant, and was one of three men who bought the business and conducted it until he sold his interest in 1903 and engaged in business for himself. At that time he took up work as a contractor in plumbing and sewer construction, organizing the Camp-
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bell Plumbing Company, which is owned and conducted entirely by himself.
Mr. Campbell is also secretary and treasurer of the Calumet Sewer Construction Company, of which Charles Lavene is president. He organ- ized the Campbell Realty Company, which owns thirteen blocks in West Hammond. He is president of the West Hammond Trust and Savings Bank. Mr. Campbell is a member of the Hammond Commercial Club and affiliates with the Masonic order.
By his marriage to Susie S. Adair of Rochester, New York, there are two children : R. Adair, who is connected with J. P. Marsh & Company of Chicago, and Margaret Mary, the wife of J. Adair Young, a member of the firm of Young Bros., general merchants, of Camrose, Alberta, Canada.
EUGENE HARRINGTON CROWELL. There is probably no contractor in Lake County whose business relations continued over a period of a quar- ter of a century had included more important public works than Eugene H. Crowell, of Crown Point. Mr. Crowell is one of the men who, start- ing out as an individual worker at a trade, gradually built up a busi- ness employing the services of others, and eventually attained front rank in business circles.
Though his home has been in Lake County since infancy, Eugene Harrington Crowell was born in Cass County, Michigan, April 14, 1863, and his parents, William E. and Elizabeth (Simpson) Crowell, came to Lake County in 1864. His father was an active merchant until he retired from business, and is now deceased, while the mother resides with her son Eugene. Mr. Crowell has made his career as a result of sheer force of ability, rather than by education or by the help of family and friends. Such education as he obtained was from the public schools, but he has been in the ranks of the world's workers since nine years of age. As a boy he learned the trade of brick layer, and after some years as a journey- man worker began taking small contracts and using the services of other workmen, and from that early beginning twenty-five years ago has developed a business hardly second to none in the county. A brief men- tion of some of the more important works performed by Mr. Crowell will serve to illustrate the scope of his business. He constructed the First National Bank Building, the Allman Building, the High School Building, and the Broadway bridge over the Calumet River all in Crown Point, the concrete and stone bridge over the Calumet in Hammond, and has con- structed about twenty-five blocks of paving, curbing and macadam work in Crown Point. Six schoolhouses in the county have been erected by his firm in recent years, and another contract was the construction of the steel bridge over the Kankakee River at Schneider, Indiana. Mr. Crowell has a plant for the manufacture of concrete blocks and all kinds of specifi- cation material in concrete.
In fraternal affairs he has long been active, is a past master of his Masonic Lodge, and also affiliates with the Knights Templar and the Mystic Shrine; is a past noble grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. He is a mem- ber and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Crown Point. In October, 1894, occurred his marriage to Mary A. Fancher, of Crown Point, a member of the prominent pioneer family of that name in the county. They are the parents of two children: Theresa Marie is the wife of Edward Knight, a Crown Point attorney; and Cecil Eugenie is a pupil in the public schools. .
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FRANK BENTON PATTEE. Mr. Pattee's connection with the Lake County bar has been maintained for nearly fifteen years, and among his associates practicising in the various courts of the county his standing is of the highest, and his successful activities as a lawyer and influence as a citizen speak for themselves.
Frank Benton Pattee was born in Kankakee, Illinois, September 24, 1873. As a boy he attended the public schools, took the Bachelor of Science course at the Valparaiso University, and was graduated in 1900 LL. B. at the University of Wisconsin. His practice as a member of the bar at Crown Point began in November, 1900. Mr. Pattee is a member of the Lake County and the Indiana State Bar Association, of the Crown Point Commercial Club, is secretary of the Business Men's Asso- ciation, and is a member of the Masonic Order. His church is the Meth- odist. In 1907 Mr. Pattee married Jessie M. Allman, member of a prom- inent family of Lake County.
MAURICE MCKENZIE. The official court reporter for the Lake County circuit court, Mr. Mckenzie occupies one of the important positions among offices attached to this jurisdiction, and it is one requiring versa- tile and ready ability. Mr. Mckenzie has held this office since 1902. He is an educated man, with a comprehensive knowledge of both law and business affairs.
Maurice Mckenzie was born in Zionville, Indiana, November 28, 1882, a son of William E. and Emma (Calvin) Mckenzie, his father having been a minister of the Methodist Church. With a public school educa- tion, Mr. Mckenzie entered the University of Valparaiso, and was grad- uated there in 1901. Having prepared himself for work as a stenog- rapher, he had considerable experience in private law offices, and in November, 1902, moved to Crown Point, and has since performed the duties of official reporter for the Lake County circuit.
Mr. Mckenzie was married October 8, 1904, to Ina Beattie of Lake County. Fraternally his affiliations are with the Masonic Order, the Gary Lodge of Elks and the Independent Order of Foresters.
J. WILL BELSHAW. There are few citizens of Lake County better known than this Lowell lawyer, and none whose success has been attained as a result of more conscientious effort and concentrated purpose. As a lawyer his talent and hard-working ability have enabled him to serve the interests of many and important clients, and he has handled the legal affairs of a number of Lake County corporations. Prior to entering the law, he was a successful educator, and while schools have contributed to his education, he has gained most of his knowledge of the law through private industry.
J. Will Belshaw was born on a farm near Lowell October 10, 1874. one of a family of three sons and two daughters born to William E. and Lucina Belshaw. Both his parents were natives of Lake County, and are still living there, the father at the age of sixty-six and the mother at sixty-two.
After attending the country schools, J. Will Belshaw entered the Lowell High School, graduating in 1892. and in the following year finished a commercial course at Valparaiso University. The next seven years were spent chiefly in school work. He taught in the country, and for several years was assistant principal of the Lowell Schools. In the meantime his vacations and leisure time were spent in the study of
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law, and in 1895 came his admission to the bar. His work as a teacher went on, and at the same time he kept up his study of law, until June 2, 1900. For about two years he was a partner of R. C. Wood before leaving his school work, and in 1900 he bought out Mr. Wood and began independent practice, with a library comprising only six volumes. At the present time Mr. Belshaw's law office is one of the best equipped and has one of the finest libraries in Lake County. Mr. Belshaw also has the degree LL. B. from the Chicago Correspondence School of Law. His specialty as a lawyer has been corporation work, and he represents nearly all the large companies at Lowell and vicinity. For the past eight years he has served Lowell as town attorney.
On July 19, 1899, Miss Maud Hoshaw became his wife. Mrs. Bel- shaw is a graduate of the Lowell High School, and her diploma was signed by her husband as assistant principal, the year of her graduation being 1896. She is an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church. To their marriage have been born three children: Ernestine, who is fourteen years of age and in the high school, Marshall Elliott, aged nine, and Elwyn, aged seven, both of whom are attending school. Mr. Belshaw is affiliated with Colfax Lodge No. 387, A. F. & A. M., with the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Inde- pendent Order of Foresters and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and has held several offices in these fraternities. A republican in politics, he has membership in the Hamilton Club of Chicago.
J. W. IDDINGS, M. D. Now serving as president of the Lake County Medical Society, Doctor Iddings has well earned the distinction signi- fied by this official honor, and though engaged in practice at Lowell for only seven years, he brought to his work a thorough and extended preparation both in general medicine and some of its special branches, and in his profession has found his true vocation.
Dr. J. W. Iddings was born at Swan, Noble County, Indiana, July 3, 1879, a son of Dr. H. L. and Mary Iddings. His father has for many years been a physician and is now practicing at Merrillville in Lake County. He is sixty-two years of age and his wife is fifty-six.
Dr. J. W. Iddings was educated in country schools, attended the high school and academy at Kendallville, prepared for work as a teacher in the Terre Haute Normal School. It is a matter of interest to note that during his three years as a teacher he taught in a little rural community known as Glen Park, now included within the limits of the great industrial City of Gary. After teaching Doctor Iddings spent a year and a half as clerk in the First National Bank of Chicago, and then took his medical course in the Northwestern University, grad- uating M. D. in 1906. His practical experience was increased by six months as assistant to the chief surgeon of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, and six months of special training in the Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary. Since 1907 Doctor Iddings has been located at Lowell, and has a splendid practice in the town and vicinity. Besides his member- ship and official honor in the County Medical Society he is a member of the State and American Medical Associations, and is local surgeon for the Monon and the Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railways.
In November, 1905, Doctor Iddings married Miss Myrtle Banks of Hobart, and she was educated in the Hobart High School. To their marriage have been born five children : Dorothy, Ruth, Jean, John and Janett, the oldest born in 1907 and the youngest in 1913. Doctor Iddings Vol. II-9
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has fraternal relations with the Masonic and Knights of Pythias Order, is a republican in politics, and outside of his profession has performed public service as a member of the school board to which he was elected five years ago, and re-elected in 1913. His church is the Methodist.
PAUL I. MUSCHELEWICZ. One of the exceedingly capable young financiers and business men of the Calumet region is Paul I. Muschele- wicz, who is a son of Polish emigrants, began life without special advan- tages, but appears to have possessed a gift and talent for finance which, united with a thorough and tested integrity of character, has brought him when less than thirty years of age to positions of large responsi- bility in the community of Hammond.
Paul I. Muschelewicz was born in German Poland February 12, 1886, and in 1891, when five years of age, his parents, John and Anna Muschele- wicz, emigrated to America and located in Chicago. It was in Chicago and in the parochial schools that Paul I. Muschelewicz acquired his early training, and after one year in a business college began an apprentice- ship in the machinist's trade. Mechanical pursuits were not his line, and after a brief experience he entered the employ of the First National Bank of East Chicago and spent five years with that concern, chiefly as book- keeper and teller. In 1910 he came to Hammond to assist in the organi- zation of the West Hammond Trust and Savings Bank, and was made cashier. Somewhat later followed his appointment as deputy United States collector of internal revenue.
Mr. Muschelewicz in January, 1910, organized the First Polish National Building and Loan Association, and has served as its secretary since organization. This is an unusually strong and prosperous institu- tion, and in four years' time its deposits have grown to approximately one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. He is also secretary of the West Hammond Building and Loan Association, which was organized in January, 1911, and has resources of $70,000.
Mr. Muschelewicz was married in West Hammond on September 29, 1909, to Anna Pietras. Their three children are Paul I., Michael J., and Hedwig. Mr. Muschelewicz and family worship in the St. Andrew Catholic Church in West Hammond, and he is affiliated with the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Knights of Columbus and the Polish National Alliance.
FRANK L. HUNT. As a Lowell druggist Frank L. Hunt has been in business for the past twelve years, and in that progressive community has displayed his public spirit in civic affairs, and has been a highly esteemed associate of the other business men and citizens in that community.
Frank L. Hunt was born in Bartholomew County, Indiana, April 21, 1861. His education came from the public schools, and at the age of eighteen he entered the Terre Haute Normal School to prepare him- self for teaching. That was his regular vocation for nine years, much of the time in country schools, but he was also for three years in the town schools of Medaryville. From teaching Mr. Hunt entered the telegraph office at North Judson in the employ of the Chicago & Erie Company. Employment for a brother in the drug business at Medaryville gave him his permanent vocation. Subsequently he moved to Flora, Indiana. engaged in the drug business for himself for ten years, finally sold that
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store and bought another at Rensselaer, was there one year, sold out and took charge of his brother's store at Knox and looked after the business for a year until the settlement of the estate was completed. On January 1, 1902, Mr. Hunt identified himself with Lowell, and has since built up a thriving business in that city. He has a store 24x80 feet, and besides a complete line of drugs carries paints, wall paper, books and general sundries usually found in a store of that kind.
At Medaryville, Indiana, October 20, 1899, was celebrated the mar- riage of Mr. Hunt to Miss Ida Evert. She grew up and was edueated at Medaryville. Mr. Hunt is a member of the Masonic Order, is a democrat in politics, and his wife is secretary of the Board of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church. He has always been interested in athletic sports, is enthusiastic over both baseball and football, and some years ago was instrumental in organizing the old Lowell football team, which was one of the most successful independent teams in this section of the country, and its record is still recalled with pleasure by the local fol- lowers of the sport.
P. L. RIGG, D. D. S. Prominent among the dental practitioners of Lake County who have won precedenee in their profession through the possession of superior skill and thorough training, is found Doctor P. L. Rigg, who has been engaged successfully in practice at Lowell since 1900. It may be said that dentistry is unique among all other voea- tions, as it is at once a profession, a trade and a business. Thus it follows that to attain a full measure of success the practitioner must be thoroughly familiar with the theory of the calling, expert in the use of the many appliances and accessories incidental to the practice of modern dentistry and possessed of business qualifications which will enable him to deal with the financial side of the profession. In none of these essentials is Doctor Rigg lacking, and the extent and represen- tative nature of his practice evidences the fact that the people of Lowell have recognized his general worth in his chosen line of endeavor.
Doctor Rigg is a native of the Hoosier State, born in the City of Valparaiso, in February, 1877. His early education was secured in the public schools of that city, and after completing a course in pharmacy at Valparaiso University, in 1897, practiced that calling for one year. Following this he entered the Chicago Dental School, where he was graduated in 1900, and in June of that year came to Lowell and opened offices, which are well equipped with the latest improved instruments and appliances. He has been a constant student, keeping himself fully abreast of the many advancements which have been made in dentistry in recent years, and his pronounced ability has gained him an excellent reputation among his fellow practitioners. He holds membership in the various organizations of his calling, and fraternizes with Colfax Lodge of Masons and the Knights of Pythias. His recreation is taken in out- door sports and he has some local reputation as a hunter.
On April 6, 1902, Doctor Rigg was united in marriage with Miss Maud Esther Hill, of Lowell, she being a native of this city and a grad- uate of its public schools. Four bright and interesting children have been born to this union: Harry, who is eleven years old; Custis, aged nine years; Mary Alice, who is four; and Marjorie, the baby, aged one vear. Doctor and Mrs. Rigg enjoy a wide acquaintance and are general favorites in social circles of the city.
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F. E. NELSON. A successful career has been that of F. E. Nelson, now living retired at Lowell. Many things constitute success, and it is not alone in his material possessions that the success of Mr. Nelson is measured. He represents an old settled family of Lake County, was during his early years a teacher in public schools, and has given full service in every capacity that the destiny of life has placed him, has discharged the obligations of citizenship, and dealt squarely with all men, so there are none to begrudge him his prosperity. Mr. Nelson has a position as one of the successful farmers of the county, but is per- haps best known in business as a banker, though now retired from active work in that line.
F. E. Nelson was born in West Creek Township of Lake County, February 4, 1855. His parents were Truman and Sena (French) Nel- son. His father was born in New York State, in 1823, eame to Lake County in 1850 and died here in 1856. His wife was born in Ohio in 1826, and died in Lake County in 1879.
F. E. Nelson, the sixth among a family of seven children, was reared in West Creek Township, attended the local schools until seventeen, and then took the teacher's course in the Valparaiso Normal for two years. At the age of eighteen he was qualified for his first work as a teacher, and taught in the country districts of Lake County and also in Illinois until twenty-five years of age. During 1879-80 he was principal of the Lowell High School. Then followed eleven years as an active and pro- gressive farmer, beginning with the purchase of eighty-two acres of land in West Creek Township, and his acreage was increased from time to time until he was the owner of 320 acres and still owns that fine estate, in splendid condition of improvement and cultivation, and rents it. In February, 1893, Mr. Nelson moved to Lowell and. became one of the original incorporators of the State Bank of Lowell, and served as its cashier until 1900. The bank then took out a national charter and was conducted as the State National Bank of Lowell. Mr. Nelson eon- tinued as its cashier until 1903, when he resigned, and was one of the group of local financiers who in May of that year organized the Low- ell National Bank, of which Mr. Nelson was chosen president. In 1907 he resigned from the bank in order to accompany his son Ray- mond, whose health was seriously impaired, to Texas in hope of recupera- tion. The son died there in October of the same year, and Mr. Nelson remained in the Lone Star State for two years, and since returning to Lowell has been retired from aetive business. He now has one of the most comfortable homes of Lowell, a two-story briek residence, with all the conveniences.
On September 9, 1879, Mr. Nelson married Emeline Foster, daugh- ter of Lyman and Lucy Foster, early settlers in West Creek Township, where Mrs. Nelson was born and reared. The children of their mar- riage were named Raymond L., Bernice S., Ned E., Julia F., Emily and Marian. The daughter Bernice is the wife of L. M. Grant, of Seattle, Washington. Ned E. was educated at Purdue University, finishing a course as mining engineer at Columbia University in New York, and is now following his profession as mining engineer in British Columbia. The daughter Julia is now attending an art school in Chicago. Emily is attending the University of Wisconsin and Marian is in school at Lowell. Mr. Nelson is one of the stanch republicans of Lake County, served five years as trustee of his township, and fraternally is affiliated with Colfax Lodge, A. F. & A. M., with Lowell Lodge No. 300 Knights
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of Pythias, and for recreation spends much of his time out of doors and enjoys fishing and boating.
PETER A. BERG. During most of his boyhood and early youth and in his mature business career the people of Lowell have known Peter A. Berg and have always been more than willing to place their con- fidence in his integrity and ability. After considerable experience in merchandising, Mr. Berg engaged in banking, and was one of the organizers and is now cashier of the Lowell National Bank. Mr. Berg is regarded as one of the leading business men in his section of Lake County.
Peter A. Berg was born at Dyer, Indiana, February 14, 1873, but in the next year his parents moved to Goodenow, Will County, Illinois. His first schooling was obtained at Goodenow, but in 1885 the family moved to Lowell and his education was completed there up to the age of fourteen and later was supplemented with six months study in the Metropolitan Business College of Chicago. Mr. Berg remained in Chi- eago several years working with different business concerns, and then returned to Lowell and engaged in the hardware business up to 1895. Since then his career has been identified with banking. He was assistant cashier of the State Bank of Lowell until 1903, and in that year assisted in organizing the Lowell National Bank, and has since had an important share in its successful growth and has held the position of cashier. The Lowell National Bank was at first capitalized at $25,000, but in 1910 the capital was increased to $50,000. At the present time the surplus amounts to $12,000.00. The bank has its own building, and its stock- holders number about forty-five citizens, most of them residents of Lowell or vicinity. George B. Bailey is president ; Charles E. Nichols is vice president ; P. A. Berg, cashier ; and George L. Foster, assistant cashier.
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