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Peter Honorof was born in Russia, January 5, 1887, a son of E. S. Honorof. The family came to the United States, landing at New York on May 8, 1907, and two days later arrived in Chicago, where the parents still live. Peter Honorof was twenty years of age when he came to America, and had already been technically trained in the pharmacy, but continued his studies in that line after coming to America. In 1909 he passed the board of pharmacy examination, became a registered pharmacist, and moved to Gary in September, 1910, and was employed by others for the first year until engaging in business for himself. Mr. Honorof is a popular young merchant of Gary, and has fraternal affiliations with the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
WALTER T. BOGGESS. A young builder contractor who came to Gary with a splendid record of service behind him and who has since given evidence of his ability in the construction of several large build- ings in the city, Walter T. Boggess for several years had his business headquarters at Danville, Illinois. He has done work in different parts of the country, and at the age of thirty-five has gained a successful position in commercial affairs.
Walter T. Boggess was born at Nevada, Story County, Iowa, April 24, 1879, a son of J. W. and V. B. Boggess. His father is a physician and surgeon, and his mother before her marriage was a teacher, and thus Mr. Boggess inherits the traditions and ideals of a cultured home. He was educated in the public schools and took courses in contracting and architecture in the Scranton Correspondence School. Mr. Boggess began general contracting in March, 1903, at Danville, Illinois, and that city was his chief business headquarters for ten years, though his operations also took him to the City of Chicago and to Oklahoma City. His father was a personal friend of the Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, and Mr. Boggess has in his possession a letter phrased in the quaint and well known style of Mr. Cannon comprising an endorsement of the young man's work and business standing. When Mr. Boggess moved
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to Gary on April 3, 1913, he came highly recommended as to his com- mercial credit and record as a contractor, and has since been employed in the erection of the Blankenburg Building, at a cost of $10,000, and he has just completed the $9,000 building of J. B. Rice of Fort Wayne. He has also erected his own residence, and his family have lived in Gary since the fall of 1913.
Mr. Boggess was married, November 29, 1899, to Ida D. Church of Catlin, Illinois. They have two children : Evaline, eleven years of age, and Dorothy, aged seven. Mr. Boggess is prominent in Masonic circles, and for three years was master of Catlin Lodge No. 285, A. F. & A. M., and for four years held the post of grand lecturer, being the youngest grand lecturer in Illinois. He was the second commissioned officer in Vermillion County, Illinois. In politics Mr. Boggess is independent in his voting and views.
GEORGE H. SMITH. One of the oldest and most prominent families in Lake County is represented by this well known citizen of Hobart, who has had a varied and interesting business and personal experience, and is now head of a real estate office in Hobart and East Gary, and is handling much of the property of the Earl estate.
George H. Smith was born in Hobart, January 1, 1852, his birth- place was on the lot now occupied by the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a distinction which will always attach to his name in local annals is that he was the first white child born within the corporate limits of the town. His grandfathers came to Lake County from Pennsylvania and one was the first postmaster in Hobart. The postoffice was in an old church building which his grandfather had bought and converted into a cooper shop. Henry S. Smith, father of George H., was for many years prominent in Lake County affairs, and died at Hobart, August 5, 1856. He was builder of an early sawmill and also erected a grist mill, and those institutions were able to give a valued service to the community during the early days.
George H. Smith lived at home and attended the Hobart schools until fourteen, and at sixteen moved to Chicago and found employment in different lines, and finally was in business for himself. In the great fire of 1871 his place of business was wiped out, though it was close to the limit of the fire-swept territory, and the flames did not extend more than a block beyond his place. An interesting fact is that Mr. Smith's mother at the time was taking milk from Mrs. O'Leary, whose cow was the traditional cause of the great conflagration. He lost everything in that fire, but continued in business in Chicago with increasing success, and also was employed in different lines about Hobart. He finally became one of the organizers for the Independent Order of Foresters in the State of Indiana, and continued that work until two years ago. At that time he moved to East Gary, and now looks after the Earl real estate, and does a large business in the subdivision of lots, farms and general real estate.
On June 13, 1875, Mr. Smith married Alice A. Ferrin of Chicago. She was educated in the State of New York and moved to Chicago with her sister. They are the parents of four children: Mrs. F. D. Barnes of Chicago; B. E. Smith of East Gary; Ben A. Smith of Hobart; and Ruth, attending the schools and a graduate of the Hobart High School in the class of 1914.
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Mr. Smith is a charter member of the Independent Order of Foresters in Indiana, is active in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he and his wife are Rebekahs, and he also belongs to the I. C. M. A. He is an independent democrat. Mr. Smith is one of the older residents of Hobart, and can remember a time when only three or four houses stood on the site. The Indians were still in the vicinity, and his back- ward recollections include the construction of the Pennsylvania Rail- road. As a boy he went to the station to see the volunteers depart for the war in the South. His father and grandfather were quite closely associated with the Earl family, and Mr. Smith has many interesting reminiscences of early times in this part of Lake County.
WILLIAM H. GARDNER. Though the Gardner family in its extensive banking and other business interests has been chiefly identified with Valparaiso and Porter County, the second oldest financial institution of Lake County is under the sole proprietorship of William H. Gardner, a son of the veteran miner, business man, banker and citizen, the late Joseph Gardner. William H. Gardner has his home in Valparaiso, but his business interests connect him with several cities in Northern Indiana, and he is particularly well known in Hobart, the Hobart Bank having been established by his father thirty years ago.
William H. Gardner was born at Little York in California, August 21, 1861. His birthplace was a mining town, and his birth occurred during the years spent by his father in the gold fields from the days of '49 until the close of the '60s. William H. Gardner received his early education in the common and high schools of Valparaiso, his father having located at Valparaiso about 1868. Later he took a special course in commercial law and business in the Indiana Normal School, now the Valparaiso University, graduating in 1879. In 1883 Mr. Gardner married Stella Jeffrey of Valparaiso, and their one daughter is now Mrs. Porter D. Ferrand of Chicago.
Since 1880 William H. Gardner has been chiefly identified with bank- ing. He has had charge of three banks established at different times by Joseph Gardner, his father. These are the Farmers National Bank of Valparaiso, established in 1874; the Hobart Bank, the second oldest in Lake County, established in 1884 as a private institution; and the Chesterton Bank at Chesterton, established in 1890. The Hobart Bank was the first in that village, and after being conducted as a private bank for some years was organized under the state laws. Its capital stock is now $10,000, and its surplus is $9,698. It is regarded as one of the stable banks of Lake County, and its proprietor is one of the most aggressive business men in the state.
Mr. Gardner is popular in social and fraternal circles, served three terms as exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge, is a member of the Laporte Country Club, and an enthusiastic golfer and motorist. He is treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce at Valparaiso and a member of the Hobart Commercial Club.
The late Joseph Gardner, who died October 29, 1906, was born in New York State, June 10, 1821, a son of Robert Gardner, Jr., who was born in Ireland in 1784, a son of Robert, Sr., who was a native of Scotland. Robert Gardner, Jr., was married at Belfast, Ireland, to Martha Maine, and in 1818 emigrated to the United States and was a farmer in New York until his death, June 5, 1855. Joseph Gardner had a career of remarkable activity, beginning at the age of fifteen, .
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when he became a sailor on the Great Lakes during the summer seasons. He was early in business at Michigan City, remaining there up to 1844, and then spent five years engaged in the fishing business and in cooper- ing at Mackinac Island. Soon after the discovery of gold on the Pacific Coast he joined a company early in 1849, and engaged in mining on Bear Creek near Little York. His years spent in California, in mining and various other enterprises, were productive of much more wealth than fell to the lot of the average forty-niner, and in 1868 he returned to Indiana and after three years of farming began to employ his capital in banking. He was at the head of the Farmers National Bank at Valparaiso, first organized as the Valparaiso Savings Bank, until his death, and extended his capital to the organization of two other banks in Lake County. Joseph Gardner was married in 1858 to Sarah M. Hill, who died at Valparaiso, November 4, 1894. Their only child is William H. Gardner, head of the Hobart Bank.
DAVID E. BOONE. One of Hammond's ablest attorneys, David E. Boone, has practiced law there since 1895, and has made a particularly successful record in criminal practice. Mr. Boone entered the law after varied experience in other lines and after some years of residence in the West, and owes his present position to his own well-directed labors, having depended upon his individual efforts since he left school as a boy.
David E. Boone was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in May, 1861. His parents, Phillip and Susie (Miller) Boone, were Kentucky farmers, who came from that state and located in South Bend, Indiana, where the son grew up and received his education in the public schools. From Indiana he went west, spent several years in Montana and other western states and territories, and then returned home and entered Valparaiso University, where he took literary studies and prepared for the law. Graduating in 1895, he at once located in Hammond, and has been engaged in the general practice of his profession, though his services have more and more been sought in criminal trials, and he has made his reputation chiefly in that line. In 1904 Mr. Boone was elected prosecuting attorney of Lake County. In 1913 he was chosen a mem- ber of the city council representing the Eleventh Ward, and is still a member of that body.
At South Bend, in September, 1891, he married Bertha Prell. They have one child, Gretchen. Mr. Boone has affiliations with the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Masonic Lodge:
MARTIN H. FINNERAN. The family of this name has been identified with West Hammond and vicinity for thirty years, and Martin II. Finneran, who grew to manhood here, has so long been identified with public and business interests that a mention of his name is sufficient to suggest his varied associations with the community.
Martin H. Finneran was born in Valley Falls, Rhode Island, May 19, 1875. His parents were Andrew and Maria (Mulvey) Finneran. Both were of Irish birth, having been brought to America when about eight years of age. Andrew Finneran was for three years a soldier during the Civil war, having been a gunner in the Third Massachusetts Light Artillery. He was mustered out at Boston, and for a number of years was engaged in the manufacture of oleomargarine in the East. On July 4, 1883, he came to West Hammond, and followed his trade
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in the oleomargarine department of the Hammond Packing Company. He was one of the esteemed citizens of West Hammond, a faithful worker, devoted to his family, and his death on September 1, 1906, was much regretted. His widow is still living.
Martin H. Finneran spent his early school days in the local schools and for three years was in the Hammond High School and also attended the Valparaiso Normal School. His practical career began as a clerk with the G. H. Hammond Packing Company, but in his early manhood his interest in public affairs and his proved proficiency put him into public positions, and much of his time has been taken up with public affairs in the last twenty years. On April 17, 1897, he was elected village clerk of West Hammond, and filled that office continuously for twelve years. He also served four years as city collector, and six years as superintendent of the Municipal Electric Light plant. He was deputy assessor of the township six years. In the meantime he had established an office for real estate and insurance, and has a large and valuable clientele in these lines in West Hammond and vicinity. In January, 1912, Mr. Finneran was appointed to a position in the audi- tor's department of the Chicago Sanitary District. He is a director in the West Hammond Trust and Savings Bank, a director in the Hammond Finance & Development Company, and is vice president of the Northern Indiana Refrigerating Machine Company. Another association is with the Campbell Realty Company.
In social circles he likewise has varied connections, and is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Catholic Order of Foresters, and his church home is St. Andrew's. On June 28, 1905, occurred his marriage to Martha Lietzan of West Hammond, a daughter of August and Anastasia Lietzan. Her father was a well known merchant of West Hammond. They are the parents of one child, Clarence, born October 1, 1908.
JAMES A. SANDS. The various large contracts which it has success- fully handled comprise a gratifying business record for the Rockford- Sands Company, plumbers and gas fitters, with shop and business head- quarters at 776 Broadway. This business was incorporated in April, 1912, with J. B. Rockford as president, and James A. Sands as secretary and treasurer. Both men were skilled journeymen before they went into the business independently. The company employ from six to six- teen men, and affords a prompt and thorough service to all parts of the city and surrounding territory. Among the larger contracts which the company has successfully performed was the installation of the plumbing work in the Comerford Building, in the Miller Hotel, the State Bank, the Fire House of Gary, and the residence of L. A. Bryan.
While still a very young man, Mr. Sands is an expert in his line, and has shown capacity for building up a fine business, and is esteemed accordingly. James A. Sands was born at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1889, a son of W. J. and Sarah ( Andrews) Sands. His father was a blacksmith, and the son took up mechanical pursuits from a very early age, learning to handle tools and getting into the plumbing trade while still carrying on his studies in the public schools. Mr. Sands moved to Gary in 1910, and was employed as a journeyman in the city until 1912. In June, 1911, was celebrated his marriage to Ruth Murray. They are the parents of two children, James and Helen. The family
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worship in the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Sands is independent in politics.
WILLIAM J. SCHROEDER. Gary in consequence of the rapid develop- ment of its industrial resources and the consequent extension of its territorial area has proved one of the most profitable and attractive fields for the real estate man in the country. Some of the keenest men in that line are to be found operating in Gary realty, and one of these is William J. Schroeder, who came to Gary in 1909 and has since built up a large brokerage business based upon his thorough reliability in all transactions and relations with the business public.
William J. Schroeder was a native of Chicago, where he was born October 3, 1885, a son of Frederick and Wilhelmina Schroeder. His father, who was a contractor, now lives in Chicago. With the advan- tages of the common school, supplemented by a business course in Chicago, William J. Schroeder started life fairly well equipped by training and by natural ability. His first work was as purchasing agent for the Nebraska Bridge Supply and Lumber Company of Omaha, Nebraska. For three years he was located at Huntsville, Alabama, and in 1909, came out and began dealing in real estate at Gary on a commission basis.
On November 10, 1907, Mr. Schroeder married Anna L. Harley, of Arkansas. They are the parents of two children: William Russell and Earl Warren. Mr. Schroeder affiliates with the Woodmen of the World, is a democrat in politics, and a member of the Lutheran Church. "He was elected by the city council of Gary to the park board in 1914, and at the election of officers became its secretary.
JOHN D. EBRIGHT. All owners of stock and domestic animals about Hammond are acquainted with the professional ability and the splendid service rendered by the firm of J. D. Ebright & Son, veterinarians. The senior Ebright has been in practice at Hammond and elsewhere in Lake County for about twenty years, and at the present time he and his son maintain offices both in Hammond and in Gary, the father look- ing after the Gary business and the son keeping his headquarters at Hammond. As an auxiliary of their large general practice they have established a splendid hospital in Hammond, and have all the facilities for the care and treatment of domestic animals of all kinds.
John D. Ebright was born in Wayne County, Ohio, June 17, 1859. His parents were Abraham and Tamar (Freese) Ebright, his father having followed the vocations of farming and teaching. Doctor Ebright had the advantages of the public schools in the vicinity of his birth, and subsequently attended a college at Hayesville, Ohio, and the Baldwin University at Berea. After his education had been advanced as far as the available means permitted, he returned to the farm and spent several winters as a teacher.
On December 28, 1882, Doctor Ebright married Della Leyda. They were married in Kansas, but she was born in Ohio. Mrs. Ebright died February 7, 1912. Their two children were Ethel E., who is a teacher in the public schools at Hammond and lives at home with her father; and Glenn Leyda Ebright, who is the son in the firm of J. D. Ebright & Son.
The elder Doctor Ebright was for ten years engaged in the shoe trade, and finally went to the noted veterinary school at Toronto,
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Canada, and was graduated after a full course of lectures. With this equipment he established an office at Crown Point in 1893, and in 1898 moved his office to Hammond. In 1902 he opened his veterinary hospi- tal, and in connection established a livery and boarding stable, but sold out the livery business in 1908. He and his son now have all their time and energies absorbed by a veterinary practice that extends practically over the entire section of Northern Lake County. On September 18, 1909, they opened a branch office in Gary, and the senior Ebright now keeps his headquarters in that city most of the time. Doctor Ebright has reached a prominent place in the Fraternal Order of Eagles, being district grand worthy president, and Indiana state trustee.
Dr. Glenn L. Ebright, the son, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, August 17, 1885, and finished his education in the public schools of Hammond. He prepared for his profession in the Veterinary College of Chicago, beginning his work there in 1905 and graduating M. D. C. March 30, 1908. Since then he has been in practice with his father and has given particular attention to the management of the hospital in Hammond. Dr. G. L. Ebright married Elsa Masapohl of Hammond on October 4, 1913. Her parents were Frank and Anna Masapohl. Doctor Ebright, Jr., has membership in the Hammond Chamber of Commerce and the American Veterinary Medical Association.
BRADFORD D. L. GLAZEBROOK. This well known and prominent In- diana Harbor attorney, who is now serving as city attorney of his home city,represents one of the old and distinguished families of Indiana, and likewise one of unusual military and civic distinction in the United States. Mr. Glazebrook has been a member of the Indiana bar for twenty years, and previous to locating in Indiana Harbor enjoyed a successful practice and a large part in public affairs in Starke County. He is also a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Bradford D. L. Glazebrook was born in San Pierre, Starke County, Indiana, December 10, 1864, a son of Dr. Lorenzo Dow and Addie (Bender) Glazebrook, his father a physician and surgeon. The family came originally from England, and several of the early ancestors were sailors, and it was their career on the high seas which eventually brought them to America and resulted in the establishment of one branch of the family on this side of the Atlantic during the colonial days. On his mother's side Mr. Glazebrook is descended from sturdy German and Irish stock and he inherits the sturdy and honest qualities of both. His great-great-grandfather, Julius Glazebrook, was a soldier on the colonial side in the Revolutionary war, was with the Virginia troops in the com- panies of Thomas Williams and Andrew Wallace, and was with General Washington's command. This veteran of the war for independ- ence subsequently came with his son to Indiana, and his body now rests in a burying ground in Putnam County near Greencastle. His son and the founder of the family name in Indiana was Clifton, who served as a captain of Indian Scouts in the Northwest territory, and was attached to General Harrison's army during the War of 1812 and was wounded in the battle of Tippecanoe. He subsequently settled in Put- nam County, and brought his family to that locality. For his services to the Continental cause Julius Glazebrook was given by the Common- wealth of Virginia a note for £120. That note was never cashed, and is still a prized relic of the subject of this sketch and his sister, Miss Della Glazebrook, of Knox, Indiana. Captain Clifton Glazebrook had
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a son, Lloyd, grandfather of the Indiana Harbor lawyer, born in Ken- tucky, a farmer and business man, who became prominent in early In- diana history, was a member of the state senate and of the state consti- tutional convention. Dr. Lorenzo D. Glazebrook, the father, was born in Putnam County, Indiana, in 1830, graduated in medicine from Rush Medical College of Chicago, and before his death had practiced his profession for the unusually long period of fifty-five years. He was a member of the American Medical Association. He was prominent in other affairs than his profession. He was one of the first men in the country to learn the art of shorthand, and was a pioneer teacher of that art. During the early days his services were much in demand as an official stenographer, and in that connection he had the historic distinc- tion of reporting the Lincoln-Douglas debate in 1858. Dr. Glazebrook was a personal friend of both of these distinguished political leaders, but himself a democrat in his political allegiance. In 1873 Dr. Glaze- brook represented his district in the Indiana legislature, and was a mem- ber of the state house commission which adopted plans for the present capitol of Indiana. He later in 1885 again served in the legislature.
Bradford D. L. Glazebrook, who inherits qualities and ideals from these various interesting American ancestors, was well reared and en- joyed the advantages of a good education. After completing the course of the public schools, he took up the study of law with the late Judge George W. Beeman at Knox, and was admitted to the bar in 1894. He also attended the normal schools, and the Valparaiso University. Early in his professional career he was given opportunities for valuable ex- perience and training by his election to the office of prosecuting attor- ney of the forty-fourth judicial circuit of Indiana and was re-elected to that office. During his practice at Knox he also served as county attorney for Starke County, and as city attorney for Knox. Mr. Glazebrook for ten years had an active part in the Indiana National Guard and thus followed out some of the proclivities inherited from his military ancestors. For more than five years he held the rank of lieutenant in the Indiana National Guard, and during the Spanish-American war was first lieuten- ant in the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Regiment of Indiana Infantry under the command of Col. George M. Studebaker of South Bend, In- diana. In 1911 Mr. Glazebrook located in Indiana Harbor and formed a partnership with Newton A. Hembroff, succeeding the late Judge Thomas M. C. Hembroff in partnership relations. On January 5, 1914, he began his duties by appointment as city attorney of the City of East Chicago and Indiana Harbor.
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