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BRASIER H. BROWN. The business of real estate and insurance is one of primary significance, particularly in such a progressive and growing community as Monon, where a capable representative is found in the person of Brasier H. Brown. For nearly twenty years he has been engaged in business here, and prior to his coming carried on farming operations and is still the owner of a good tract of land in Monon Township. In his various capacities he has shown himself pos- sessed of ability and good judgment and of high business ideals which have gained for him the confidence of his fellow citizens.
Brasier H. Brown was born in Champaign County, Illinois, Septem- ber 4, 1860, the fourth of his parents' children. He remained at home until he reached the age of sixteen years, and during this time, in addition to helping to support the family, attended in a small way, dur- ing the winters, the district schools. When sixteen he began working for the neighboring farmers, his first wages being $14 per month, and thus continued working until he reached his majority, when he began farming for himself as a renter, his mother keeping house for him. On September 27, 1883, Mr. Brown was married to Sarah E. Seals, daughter of Charles B. and Jemima (Parsley) Seals, farming people of Champaign County, Illinois, and following his marriage con- tinued farming as a renter for three years. At the end of this period Mr. Brown was ready to enter a career of his own and accordingly pur- chased eighty acres of land, on which he continued to carry on operations until January, 1893, then coming to Monon Township, White County, Indiana, where, with his brother. Ambrose, he farmed for about three years.
In the spring of 1896, Mr. Brown came to the City of Monon and embarked in the real estate business, to which, in 1904, he added insur- ance. He has built up. an excellent business, and by his energy and perseverance, united with progressive methods and good business quali-
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fications, has placed himself among the substantial men of Monon. Mr. Brown is a republican in politics, and his fraternal connection is with the Knights of Pythias, Castle Hall No. 196. of Monon. He lias been the father of seven children, of whom the following survive : Roy. who married Helen Beck, and is a cement construction contractor at Beloit, Wisconsin : Orval H., who married Hazel Sharp of White County, has one daughter, Viola May; he is associated with his father in the real estate and insurance business, and is present chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias lodge and also is a member of the Red Men : Glen C .. who is a barber, wedded Bethel Rutherford and has his home at Monon : he is a member of the Red Men of Monon Tribe No. 536; and Leona E .. who resides with her parents. wedded Albert H. Day of Monon Township. Mr. Brown is a member of the Methodist Church. while Mrs. Brown is a Baptist.
WILLIAM WEISE was born in Germany. October 7, 1846, and died at Reynolds. Indiana, November 21, 1915, in his seventieth year. Mr. Weise came to this country with his parents when eight years old and came directly to a farm a short distance southwest of Reynolds. He lived there until a little over a year ago when he retired and moved to town. In 1870 he was united in marriage with Miss Pauline Bratz. To this union were born these children. Will, Andrew, Henry, Robert. Benjamin, Pauline of Reynolds, Fred of Brooklyn, N. Y., Albert of Logansport, Emma of Chicago, Mary of Logansport, and Lizzie of Bur- roughs. These, his wife and one brother, Gustav Weise, survive him.
He was a respected and well known citizen and was a faithful mem- ber of the Lutheran Church. He could probably have boasted of a family of the largest sons in the county, they all being above six feet tall and are of a muscular build.
Mr. Weise was well known and highly respected. He lived to see the county transformed from a wilderness to its present enviable position of wealth and development and left a family that is an honor to his name. He was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery, southwest of Reynolds.
ALVIRA RITCHEY, widow of Boyd F. Ritchey. died in Monticello. November 19, 1915, in her eighty-sixth year. She was born in Delaware County, Ohio, but spent most of her life in White County, where for many years she was well and favorably known. She was a daughter of Joseph Conkling, one of the early carpenters who settled in Monticello. Her first marriage was to Allen Cullen, of White County, and after his death in 1869, she, in 1875, married Boyd F. Ritchey, who was for many years a leading auctioneer in Monticello and at various times town
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marshal, constable and deputy sheriff. She is survived by one son and one daughter, Mr. George B. Cullen of San Luis Obispo, California, and Mrs. Maggie Gardner, wife of Ed R. Gardner of this city. She also leaves five grandchildren, Russell, Herbert, Everett and Randolph Gard- ner and Orville Rothrock, all of this city, and four great-grandchildren.
She was one of the oldest members of the Methodist Church here and a faithful attendant at its Sunday School and church services. Her remains were buried in Riverview Cemetery.
HON. ALFRED W. REYNOLDS. Among all the outstanding figures who have adorned the bench and bar of White County in the past, none is spoken of with more kindly remembrance and recognition of his char- acter and influence than the late Judge Alfred W. Reynolds, who had begun his practice as a lawyer at Monticello while the Civil war was still in progress, whose early associations were with many of the dis- tinguished names in Indiana law and politics of half a century ago, and whose own ability and character were impressed upon most of the men still active in the local bar. It has been well said that the history of White County, or the history of Northern Indiana and its courts, could not well be written without the name of Judge Reynolds. He was a prominent part and parcel of the life of this section for nearly half a century ..
Alfred W. Reynolds, the record of whose life is taken largely from the minutes of resolutions prepared in able and dignified language by a committee of the White County Circuit Court, was born near Somer- set, Perry County, Ohio, September 16, 1839, and at the end of his long life died at Monticello, April 27, 1911. He was a son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Reynolds. His earlier years were spent with his family on a farm, and for a time he resided with an aunt. In November, 1856, he left Ohio to settle at Monticello, and in that city had his home with the exception of one year. He attended the common schools, was a private pupil of Captain George W. Bowman, and afterwards entered Wabash College at Crawfordsville and subsequently Monmouth College.
He was fortunate in his choice of an early preceptor in the law. At Monticello he studied with David Turpie, who was at that time an active member of the White County bar and was afterwards distin- guished in the history of Indiana as one of its United States senators. Judge Reynolds was admitted to the bar in 1864, and after about one year of practice at Winamac returned to Monticello, and continued his active work as a lawyer and judge until a few months before his death. He quickly acquired a position of leadership in the bar, with a valuable and extensive practice, by no means confined to his home county, but
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extending into all the surrounding counties. He was a member of the bar of the Supreme Court and of the Federal courts of the District of Indiana.
While his success as a lawyer was great, he is best remembered for his impartial administration as a judge. At the November election, 1886, he was elected judge of the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit, com- posed of the counties of White and Carroll, succeeding Judge John H. Gould of Delphi. This office as judge he held until 1894, and on retir- ing from the bench he resumed the practice of law at his old office in Monticello.
Judge Reynolds was married June 4, 1873, to Miss Louisa G. Magee. He was survived by Mrs. Reynolds and one son, George C. Reynolds.
When Judge Reynolds died he was practically the dean of the White County bar, and most of the lawyers then in active practice had been admitted after he had attained distinction as a lawyer, and many of them while he was on the bench. It was in appreciation of his strong, effective and in some respects extraordinary faculties and in recognition of his fine social qualities that the members of the bar presented for adoption by the court resolutions expressing so thor- oughly their judgment of the character of their departed friend and associate, and it is unusual to find the language of a memorial resolu- tion so deep and sincere and free from laudatory terms. After acknowledging a personal debt to Judge Reynolds in the knowledge and aid acquired from him by suggestion and example, they paid a high tribute to his unusual ability at the trial table, his profound knowledge of the law, and his splendid skill in the presentation of the interests of individual clients, and his untiring devotion to his work and never ceasing zeal in the interests of those he represented. The beautiful tribute with which the memorial closed deserves literal quotation :
"Judge Reynolds was a man of fine personal appearance, a genial and pleasant gentleman, and a man of more than ordinary force and ability. Nature gave him a strong body and a big brain. When he took up the profession of law he eschewed all else. For him on every day after he was admitted as a member of the bar until he was stricken with his last illness, life was a battle. He never fought a duel with the foils. There was no button on the point of his weapon. Big and strong, he took his place in the arena and like a gladiator fought with the broad- sword. There were no vacations in his life; it was all work until just before the end came, when nature gave him one reward, an easy death, for when the Angel of Death pushed his boat from the shore out upon that unknown ocean that rolls all around the world, there was no hur-
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ricane, no storm; the sea was smooth, there was not even a ripple upon the water. The end of his life was like the burning out of a candle ; the wick had burned down into the socket; the flame grew smaller and weaker, until the light went out."
ISRAEL NORDYKE. In account of the history of White County men- tion must be made of Israel Nordyke, who had a large share in shaping the destinies of this section. He was one of the men of pioneer type who were willing to sacrifice much for the sake of the community, and who bent all their efforts toward building up the country in which they have made their homes. In the memories of all the older settlers of this county he is remembered as a man of splendid business ability and of great strength and nobility of character.
Israel Nordyke was born in Guilford County, North Carolina, June 10, 1824, while James Monroe was still president of the United States, and died at his home in Monticello, April 17, 1904, during the adminis- tration of Theodore Roosevelt, when at the venerable age of seventy- nine years, ten months and seven days. His life span covered the period of development from about the time of the completion of the Erie Canal and before the first railroad had been built in America, and ended about the time the automobile and airship became distinctive features of our modern life. There are some interesting details con- cerning the ancestry of Israel Nordyke. The family was of Holland extraction, and have long been identified with America. Back in the earlier generations a Nordyke, then a widow, became the wife of Peter the Great, and by that union one son was born, who for some reason retained the name of Nordyke. This son married and two of his sons emigrated from Holland to New York, and thus founded the family in the Dutch colonies of old York State.
Israel Nordyke was the fifth in a family of eleven children born to Robert and Elizabeth (Wood) Nordyke. Three of these children are still living: Benajah, Paris and Rhoda Hinchman. It was in 1830 that the family located in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, among the pioneers, and in 1844, a little more than seventy years ago, located in Princeton Township of White County. Israel Nordyke had acquired his education in Indiana from a well-known pioneer schoolmaster named B. W. Smith. Two years after he located in White County his parents came thither, and several years later his father died and his mother passed away in 1862.
In 1859 Israel Nordyke sold his farm, which he had developed from raw land, and engaged in the mercantile business in Pulaski County, but a year later returned to Seafield, and two years after that removed Vol. II-33
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to Wolcott and in partnership with Anson Wolcott, founder of that town, embarked in merchandising. Mr. Nordyke subsequently acted as local agent for the P. C. C. & St. L. Railway until 1873. In that year he was elected county treasurer of White County and moved to Mon- ticello, the county seat.
Mr. Nordyke was a republican in politics, and in earlier days had voted with the whig party. He took much interest in public affairs, and gave a capable administration of the office of county treasurer for four years. He then became identified with the hardware trade in Monticello under the firm name of Nordyke & Son. He continued in business until 1900, spending the last four years of his life in the quiet comfort of old age.
Israel Nordyke was of Quaker faith, and remained an adherent of that church until the age of sixty-two, when he joined the Methodist denomination. Besides his enterprise as a business man he was noted for his indulgent treatment of his family, and was a great lover of home. In 1848 he married Jemima Stewart, and four children were born to that union. Mrs. Nordyke died in 1859, and on April 9, 1862, he married Eliza Kahler, daughter of Henry and Nancy (Creighton) Kahler. The one son of this union was John P. Mr. Nordyke became identified with the Masonic order at Winnemac in 1859.
CHARLES G. CARLSON. One of the most striking examples of the re- wards to be gained through industry, perseverance and integrity in the affairs of life, is furnished by the career of Charles G. Carlson, one of the largest land owners of White County. A poor emigrant boy when he came to the United States in 1889, he started life here in the humble capacity of farm hand, but so well have his labors been prosecuted and so clear has been his judgment that today, when still in the prime of life and with powers still undiminished, he finds himself the possessor of means that few men acquire even after a lifetime of earnest endeavor. His life should prove encouraging to those who are entering upon their careers without financial assistance or friendly influence.
Born in Sweden, July 11, 1871, Charles G. Carlson is a son of Franz and Charlotte (Peterson) Carlson. His parents, farming people of Sweden, never left the old country, where the mother died, although the father still survives and is the owner of a good property. There were five children in the family, all of whom are living. As a boy Charles G. Carlson assisted in the work of the home farm and attended the public schools, but it was always his idea that America furnished better oppor- tunities for the ambitious and his determination was early formed to try his fortunes here. Accordingly, at the age of eighteen years, or in 1889,
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he came to America on a visit, an older brother, Frank, having preceded him and being at that time a resident of Livingston County, Illinois. The younger brother worked for a time as a farm hand in Livingston County and finding that his previous conception of America was correct determined to remain. He was careful with his earnings, worked ener- getically with one end in view, and finally purchased a property in Livingston County, which he farmed until 1905. In that year Mr. Carl- son moved to Pulaski County, Indiana, where he purchased 480 acres of land, and continued to farm this property until 1911, when he came to Monon Township, White County, which has continued to be his home to the present time.
Here Mr. Carlson has advanced rapidly among the men who made a success of agricultural work, and has added to his holdings from time to time until he now owns 1,102 acres. This is not only one of the largest, but one of the most highly improved farms in Monon Township, and boasts of the most modern and substantial buildings and improvements of all kinds to be found anywhere in this part of White County. This beautiful and valuable estate is known as High View Stock Farm.
In 1913 Mr. Carlson lost by fire a very fine barn, as well as other farm buildings and paraphernalia, but since then has erected a barn which surpasses in value and appearance his other one, and has replaced his equipment. The greater part of this land Mr. Carlson now rents to tenants, while he devotes his attention almost exclusively to the handling of livestock, a venture in which he has been more than ordi- narily successful. His reputation in business and financial circles is an excellent one, and he possesses in the fullest degree the confidence and esteem of those who have been associated with him in business ventures.
Politically a republican, Mr. Carlson has served in various local offices. He has shown an interest in the welfare of his adopted com- munity and has always been ready to contribute of his time, means and abilities in the advancing of movements for civic, educational or moral betterment. His fraternal connection is with Castle Hall Lodge, Knights of Pythias, at Monon, and with his family he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Carlson was married July 2, 1893, to Miss Caroline Erickson. She was born August 5, 1876, at Pontiac, in Livingston County, Illinois, a daughter of Alfred Erickson, who was born in Sweden and emigrated to the United States as a young man. To Mr. and Mrs. Carlson there were born ten children, eight of whom are living, namely: Alfred, Emery, Florence, Myrtle, Clyde, Edward, Harold and Hazel Fern. On March 22, 1914, Mr. Carlson suffered the greatest and bitterest loss of his life in the death of his devoted wife, who passed away leaving their
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youngest child still an infant. She had been his companion throughout the years of his struggle for independence, and her excellent advice and loving encouragement had done much to aid him in his attainment of success.
In early life Mrs. Carlson was confirmed as a member of the Swedish Lutheran Church and remained a member of that denomination until she took up her residence in Indiana, when she united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Prairie Chapel. For several years she was an attendant at Monon Chapel, and she was buried in the chapel cemetery. The funeral service was preached before a large congregation by Rev. W. B. Morgan, and the Pythian Sisters, of whom she was a member. attended the funeral in a body. Of the significance of her life the fol- lowing well worded tribute was expressed: "Mrs. Carlson was in every sense a mother loved and loving. Her last thoughts were of her children and her desire so earnestly expressed to have them meet her in heaven is certain to be a constant inspiration to all of them to enter in at the straight gate. Children and father are left to cherish the memory of a woman whose sweet disposition and love have made life more worth living. Mr. Carlson will sadly miss and feel the deprivation of a wife whose earnest solicitude was his constant encouragement. Her father and mother, who were present when she passed from earth to heaven, are blessed with the memory of a daughter who was faithful unto death. Her friends, who were legion, will remember her as a friend indeed, honored and respected."
SAMUEL M. WARD. Eighty years ago practically all the northwestern counties of Indiana were little more than an unbroken wilderness. It was the stream of pioneers who arrived about that time who bore the heaviest burdens in the clearing of the forests, the draining of the swamps and the converting of the primeval wilderness into a fair, smiling landscape of homes and fertile farms. The Ward family was connected with this early pioneer movement and one of the men whose lives were lived coincidentally with this historic epoch was the late Samuel M. Ward, who came to Indiana when a young boy and who, after many years of industry and fruitful labor, died at his home in Monon, June 10, 1896.
By birth he was a Pennsylvanian, in which state he first saw the light of day in 1824. He was about ten years of age when brought to Indiana and lived at different times in Pulaski, Jasper and White counties. Reared on the farm, he made that his regular vocation, but also became extensively known as a stock buyer, and in that work his operations covered several counties in the northwestern part of the state. One of
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his most prominent characteristics was his energy, and he was hardly ever known to be disengaged from some occupation that called for either the resources of his mind or his body. He was shrewd but honest in his dealings, and had the faculty not only of making money but also of spending it, and was liberal in his contributions to all worthy objects and frequently went out of his way to assist deserving individuals. A republican, he never sought office and in social matters was identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
His first wife was Miss Mary E. Wilson, who died leaving three chil- dren, named : James; Mary E., widow of James K. Wilson of Monon ; Melissa, the wife of David Oglesby of Indianapolis. For his second wife the late Mr. Ward married Sarah Jacks. She became the mother of seven children and the three now living are: John M. of Thayer, . Indiana ; Emma May, wife of William Van Aradel of Monon; and Charles G.
Charles G. Ward, who is the only member of the family bearing his father's name and still living in White County, was born in Monon Township, March 22, 1874. Such has been his career of activity that he is marked as one of the successful men of White County. His educa- tion came from the common schools and with brief exceptions he has lived in the vicinity of Monon all his life. He grew up on a farm and adopted that as his vocation for a number of years, but of late his atten- tion has been principally given to stock buying, in which occupation he follows in the footsteps of his father. Mr. Ward also owns the 160-acre farm where he resides in Monon Township.
On July 21, 1895, he was united in marriage with Flora A. McBee of Monon. 'To their marriage have been born five sons: Charles Richard, John Russell, William Ragsdale, Roger McBee and Donald R. These make a group of intelligent youths who, by attending school and accept- ing the opportunities of home training, are getting ready for lives of usefulness and honor. Politically Mr. Ward is a republican and fra- ternally is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. He and his wife have membership in the Baptist Church at Monon.
DANIEL Z. CLARK. The life of the late Daniel Z. Clark, whose death occurred March 12, 1912, in Monon Township, embraced a wide range of experiences and covered a period of more than a quarter of a century in White County. He was one of those whose labor lent dignity and stability to unsettled and undeveloped conditions, and whose faith in the future was readily communicated to his associates among the early settlers. He was a native of Shelby County, Ohio, born February 4, 1845, a son of Daniel Clark, for whom he was named.
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Mr. Clark started life under what many would consider very un- desirable conditions. He was only three years of age when his parents died, and he was bound out to John L. Ogden, on whose farm he was reared in Shelby County, where he acquired a somewhat limited educa- tion in the district schools. Mr. Clark remained on the farm until the age of eighteen years, when he demonstrated his patriotism by enlisting, in 1863, in Company K, Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and served actively through the remaining period of the Civil war. Having joined this organization as private, he was honorably discharged at the close of hostilities with the rank of orderly sergeant. He then returned to the home of his foster parents, with whom he resided until they passed away in 1881, and continued to reside in that community until 1886. He was married there August 23, 1866, to Miss Laura Belle Clark (no relative), and they became the parents of eight children, as follows: Maggie A., . who became the wife of George Foulks and now resides near the old Indiana home in Jasper County ; John R .; Thomas C .; Mary P. and Joseph E., twins, the former of whom is the wife of Frank May, a farmer living near Wolcott, Indiana, and the latter of whom married Ida M. Jacks, of Monon Township; Daniel C., who married Arty Gilmore and resides at Morocco, Indiana; Edwin S., who died in infancy; and Martha E.
Daniel Z. Clark had relatives living in White County, Indiana, and in 1886 he came to this locality and purchased 200 acres of land in Monon Township, a property which is still in the family possession. To this he later added forty acres. At the time of his arrival this property was practically in its virgin state, little improvement having been made, and it was almost entirely surrounded by sand hills and swamps, through which there were scarcely any roads. He here passed the remaining years of his life, engaged successfully in diversified farming, stock- raising, ditching and clearing, and through his energetic and well- directed efforts accumulated a handsome competence. Mr. Clark was a man who weighed more than 200 pounds, was jolly, generous and kind- hearted, and became known affectionately all over this locality as "Uncle Daniel." While he was inclined to be quiet, unobtrusive and self-effacing,
he still wielded a great influence for good in his community and did much to advance the cause of intelligence and morality. He was honest almost to the point of a fault, and the universal respect and esteem in which he was held by those among whom he had lived and labored were shown in the many expressions of sincere regret and sorrow which his death occasioned. Mrs. Clark, who was also widely known and greatly beloved in Monon Township, died January 29, 1911. Both were consistent mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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John R. Clark, the eldest son of this estimable couple, was born in Shelby County, Ohio, December 5, 1870, and was fifteen years of age when he accompanied his parents to White County, Indiana. He was educated in the public schools of Ohio and Indiana, and was married in the latter state, February 23, 1893, to Miss Bertha Lamar, their union being blessed by the birth of six children: Charles.C., Zelitha A., Amy L., John G., Lawrence L. and Ayra Evadine. Mr. Clark is the owner of 100 acres of good land which he devotes to diversified farming, and is known as one of the energetic and progressive agriculturists of his part of the county. He is a republican in politics, takes an active interest in public affairs, and is a hearty and helpful co-operator in movements for the general welfare. His fraternal connection is with the Knights of the Maccabees and he and Mrs. Clark are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Thomas C. Clark, son of Daniel Z. and Laura Belle Clark, was born November 17, 1874, in Shelby County, Ohio, and there began his educa- tion in the public schools. He was twelve years of age when brought to White County, where he completed his schooling, and where he has since continued to make his home. Mr. Clark is the owner of sixty acres of fertile land, on which he has made numerous valuable improvements, and in addition to carrying on farming operations on this property is also accepting and fulfilling contracts for dredging, carpentering and plaster- ing. He has shown his public spirit when occasion has demanded, and is known as one of the live, stirring men of his community. On Febru- ary 12, 1898, Mr. Clark was married to Miss Tillie Denton, and they have four daughters : Alethea D., Maggie P., Dora May and Alice Rose. Mr. Clark is a republican, and he and his wife are members of the. Methodist Episcopal Church.
EDWARD B. RAUB. A native son of White County who has for the past twenty years attained considerable distinction as a lawyer and busi- ness man of Indianapolis, Edward B. Raub was born at Chalmers, December 23, 1871, and was reared and received his early education in this county.
His parents are Jacob and Sallie Cole (Reynolds) Raub of Chalmers. Mr. Raub has a very complete genealogical record of both the Raub and Reynolds families and some information taken from that record traces his ancestral lines back to the Colonial period of American history. In the paternal line he is descended from Andrew Raub, Sr., who died in 1806 at Knowlton, New Jersey. The heads of the generations subsequent to Andrew Raub, Sr., were: Andrew Raub, who was born in 1766: Jacob Raub, who was born in Sussex County, New Jersey, in 1796; and
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Jacob Raub, father of the Indianapolis attorney, who was born in 1835. Sallie Cole Reynolds was a daughter of Benjamin Reynolds, who was born in 1799; he in turn was a son of Isaac Reynolds, who was born at Rising Sun, Maryland, in 1766; he in turn was a son of Benjamin Reynolds, born in Nottingham Township of Pennsylvania, in 1743; a son of Henry Reynolds, who was born in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in 1693; and the last was a son of Henry Reynolds, who was born in England in 1655, and came to America in 1676.
After securing such training as the local schools afforded, Edward B. Raub entered DePauw University at Greencastle, where he graduated Ph. B. in 1894. In 1895 he completed the course of the Indiana Law" School, graduating LL. B. Since 1895 he has been in active practice as a lawyer at Indianapolis, and has also made himself a factor in politics and in the larger circles of business. During 1903-05 he served as city attorney of Indianapolis, filled the office of county attorney of Marion County in 1910-11, and began a second term in that office in 1915. Mr. Raub was chairman of the Democratic City Committee of Indianapolis in 1905.
In a business way he assisted in 1905 in organizing the Indianapolis Life Insurance Company, and since then has been vice president and general counsel. He is a director in the Broad Ripple State Bank and is a governor of the Indianapolis Board of Trade. He is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Democratic Club and the Country Club, and fraternally is affiliated with the Delta Upsilon college fra- ternity, is both a York and Scottish Rite Mason, and in 1906 was Wor- shipful Master of Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398, A. F. & A. M., and in 1912 was High Priest of Keystone Chapter, R. A. M. He is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis.
On December 28, 1898, at Indianapolis, Mr. Raub married Martha Drapier, daughter of William H. and Sarah (Chord) Drapier. They have two children, Edward B., Jr. and Eleanor Raub.
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