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In 1890 Mr. Rehling married Annie, daughter of John Herman and Louisa Holtgreive, all of whom were natives of Osnabruck, Germany, but who in 1870 established their home in the United States. The father, who died in 1890, at the age of fifty-nine years, was with Gaar, Scott & Com- pany for a score of years, and held a position as foreman of the core-maker's department. His widow is now living with her daughter, Mrs. Rehling, who for twelve years prior to her marriage was in the employ of George H. Knollenburg, the leading dry-goods merchant of Richmond, and was at the head of the white goods department. Twenty-eight years ago she, in com- pany with her parents, joined St. Paul's German Lutheran church, and a few years ago our subject also became a faithful and consistent member of the congregation.
CHARLES A. DRAPIER.
Charles Ariel Drapier was born in South Bend, Indiana, on November 29, 1861. His grandfather, Ariel E. Drapier, was one of the pioneer printers of the state. He established the St. Joseph County Forum in 1837 and was its editor and proprietor until its sale to Hon. Schuyler Colfax a few years before the civil war. He was also the first official stenographer west of the Alleghany mountains, and held the position of reporter to the con- stitutional congress of the United States. He originated the publication of the " Brevier Legislative Reports" of Indiana and issued annual volumes of this compilation for twenty years. He died in 1866, aged sixty-eight years. His sons, William H. and Charles E. Drapier, were associated with him in the publishing of the Forum and Reports and in job printing.
Charles E. Drapier, born in South Bend on March 17, 1837, attended that celebrated educational institution, Notre Dame Academy at South Bend, and, as above indicated, became a thorough practical printer. In 1868 he
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moved to Indianapolis to become deputy treasurer of Marion county. This position he held eight years, under the administration of Hon. Jackson Lan- ders. For five years longer he conducted a job printing office in Indianapolis and then returned to St. Joseph county, his present residence. He married Josephine Groff, of South Bend, on August 14. 1859. Their children are Mary (who died young), Charles A., William C., Martha F. (Mrs. W. F. Miller), and Josiah H.
Charles Ariel Drapier, after a common-school education at Indianapolis, went into his father's printing office and on his removal to St. Joseph county accompanied him, but in 1881 he returned to Indianapolis and engaged in the employ of William Burford & Company, state printers, and was later with the Indianapolis Daily Journal. With this latter office he was connected until August 7, 1887, when he came to Liberty to assume the management of the Liberty Review, a Democratic weekly newspaper then owned by a stock company. On September 6, 1888, he purchased the entire plant and has since been sole proprietor and publisher of the Review. Mr. Drapier was a good accession to the citizens of Union county. Originally a member of the Christian church, in which his parents held their membership, he is now con- nected with the Presbyterian church of Liberty, in which he is an elder and also the superintendent of the Sunday-school. He married November 29, 1888, Mary W. Clark, of Liberty. They have one child, named Elizabeth J. Drapier.
CALVIN CARTER, M. S., M. D.
Progress, continued and rapid, has characterized America since the days when our forefathers gloriously and effectually made the attempt to throw off the yoke of British tyranny and to establish the republic, and with this ever onward movement the medical profession has kept pace. An eminent rep- resentative of the calling in Brookville is Dr. Calvin Carter, who has been engaged in practice here for seven years. Native talent and acquired ability have won him high standing and fame, and the profession and the public both accord him a leading place in the ranks of the representatives of the medical sciences. There are no favored positions to be given in this line of endeavor; prominence comes alone through merit, and success is the reward of earnest labor, ability and the pursuit of a persistent purpose. Thus work- ing his way upward Dr. Carter has long since left the ranks of the many to stand among the successful few, and his position commands the respect and admiration of all.
On his father's farin, between Osgood and Versailles, in Ripley county, Indiana, Dr. Carter was born April 29, 1857, his parents being Charles White and Cynthia (Folsom) Carter. The paternal grandfather was a teacher by profession. He was of French descent, was reared in Virginia and moved to
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North Carolina, where he died at the early age of thirty-six years. The maternal grandfather, Abijah' Folsom, was an English sea captain who lived for some years in Boston, Massachusetts, and about 1819 removed to Ver- sailles, Indiana, where he carried on agricultural pursuits. There his daugh- ter, Mrs. Carter, was born in 1824. Charles White Carter was born near Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1814, and in 1830 came west to avoid the influences of slavery, taking up his residence near Osgood, Indiana, where he carried on agricultural pursuits for many years. He died in 1895, and his wife passed away at the old family home, in Ripley county, in 1882. Both were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Carter was a stanch Democrat in his political faith, but never sought office. In their family were six sons and a daughter. Isaac, who served as superintend- ent of the public schools of Brookville for six years, was admitted to the bar in 1880, practiced in Brookville until 1888, in partnership with S. E. Urms- ton, and then located in Shelbyville, Indiana, where he is now in partnership with Thomas Adams; Charles M. is a farmer of Decatur county, Indiana; J. Edgar is a pharmacist of Brookville; Hiram died at the age of sixteen years; and Laura is a student in the Women's Medical College, of Cincinnati, and ranks high in her class.
Dr. Carter, also a member of this family, and the subject of this bio- graphical notice, acquired his preliminary education in the common schools and took a preparatory course in the Quaker school in Jennings county, Indiana, in 1875-6. The following year he entered Moore's Hill College, in which he was graduated in 1882 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Six years later his alma mater conferred upon him the degree of Master of Science, in recognition of his application of scientific principles to the affairs of life, and post-graduate work in civil engineering, with the field of applied work. Upon completing his literary education he turned his attention to the work of instructing others, and taught school for six terms in Ripley county, giving excellent satisfaction in his labors. In 1882 he entered upon the duties of county surveyor of Ripley county, to which position he was twice elected, serving for four years. He did surveying in Dearborn, Franklin, Switzerland, Jennings, Ripley and St. Joseph counties, Indiana, and in Cass and Berrien counties, Michigan. On the 6th of July, 1887, he came to Brookville as a civil engineer, platted the town and took the gradient of the streets, which work was adopted by the council as official; and he also did some bridge work for the county commissioners.
In 1888 the Doctor went to Cincinnati to receive medical treatment, and while there began the study of medicine and was graduated in the medi- cal department of the University of Cincinnati, the Medical College of Ohio, on the 5th of March, 1891. He then went to South Bend, Indiana, as
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deputy city engineer, remaining from April until November of that year, when he returned to Brookville, where he has since been engaged in the practice of medicine, meeting with excellent success. While in the univer- sity he won the medal for the best synopsis of lectures on clinical gynecology, in a class of one hundred students. He is a man of marked ability, keeping well informed concerning all the improvements and theories advanced in con- nection with the science of medicine, and has been a large contributor to leading medical journals of the country. He has made a specialty of surgery and the treatment of the diseases of women, and has been particularly suc- cessful in his efforts in those lines. In 1894 he opened a drug store, under the name of the Citizens' Drug Store, and now enjoys a liberal patronage also in mercantile lines. He is a member of the Mitchell District Medical Association, the Indiana State Medical and the American Medical Associa- tions, and has represented his county in meetings of all those organizations.
Socially the Doctor is connected with the Masonic fraternity and his life exemplifies the beneficent principles of that order. He is a man of broad scientific knowledge, of high scholarly attainments and marked literary taste, and these qualities have served to gain him a leading position among the members of the medical fraternity of the state.
LEANDER J. CULLY.
Born in Brownsville, Union county, October 26, 1864, Leander J. Cully has passed his entire life in this immediate locality. Nearly four-score years ago his maternal grandfather, Major William Watt, once state senator and legislator, settled in this county, his old homestead being situated but a mile and a half northwest of this town. There he passed the greater part of his happy, because useful and industrious, life. He became well-to-do, by the exercise of his native ability, perseverance and excellent business methods, and added to his original farm until he owned three hundred and twenty acres. He was a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and lived to attain his eighty-fifth year. He was a Democrat in politics, and was very active in the founding and maintenance of the Methodist Episcopal church of this place, and for years was an officer and one looked up to by every one con- nected with the congregation or interested in its welfare. His wife, likewise, was an earnest worker in the church and was noted for her piety and kindness of heart. She bore the name of Rhoda Seaton in her girlhood. Of the eleven children born to this worthy couple all save one lived to maturity, and in 1898 five survive, the youngest being Margaret, the mother of L. J. Cully of this sketch. The old homestead is now owned by the widow of Jackson, second son of Major Watt.
The parents of Leander J. Cully were Leander and Margaret R. Cully,
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who lived upon a farm in this township for many years and at last retired, making their home in Brownsville. Mr. Cully was a hard-working, unosten- tatious farmer, possessing the respect of all with whom his business or social relations brought him into contact. To himself and wife seven children were born, and six of the number are yet living. Mr. Cully was summoned to the silent land in 1882, when he was about fifty-four years of age.
The education of our subject was obtained in the district schools, and when his father died much of the responsibility of caring for the family fell to his share. He found employment upon farms and handled produce upon commission for some time and finally embarked in general merchandising, in December, 1888. He still deals in produce and keeps one man on the road as a buyer. His specialty is farm produce, of which he handles large quantities each year. By strict attention to business he has made a success of his enterprises and by strict integrity and regard for his word, spoken or written, has won the confidence of all.
Following in the footsteps of his grandfather Watt, who had great influ- ence over the mind of our subject, in his youth, Mr. Cully adheres to the doctrines of the Democratic platform, and has been very active in promoting the welfare of the party. He attends conventions of the party, and was but eighteen years of age when he was honored by being made a county commit- teeman, in which office he has served much of the time since. In 1893 he joined the Masonic order, and has been worshipful master of Brownsville Lodge, No. 70, for the past five years. Prior to 1894 he was junior warden, and has been the representative to the grand lodge of the state. The local lodge, which is in a flourishing condition and has about forty members, was organized in May, 1848, and therefore is one of the oldest in the state. Mr. Cully is identified with Violet Chapter, No. 248, Order of the Eastern Star, his wife being a member also; and he is, moreover, an Odd Fellow, asso- ciated with Brownsville Lodge, No. 350. The Methodist Episcopal church of this place was reorganized in 1871, and for several years Mr. Cully has been a valued member, and has occupied various official positions on the board.
He was united in marriage on the 2d of September, 1888, with Miss Carrie E. Bell, who is a native of Brownsville, and a daughter of Jacob Bell, a well known citizen. She has spent her whole life here and is a lady of excellent education and social attainments.
GEORGE L. KLEIN.
George L. Klein, proprietor of the Grand Hotel, of Richmond, was born in Covington, Kentucky, on the 19th of March, 1851, and is a son of George J. and Rosina (Dollman) Klein, originally of Cincinnati, Ohio. His father
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was a cabinet-maker by trade, and followed that pursuit throughout his active business career. He is now deceased, but his widow is still living, at the age of seventy-five years, and makes her home in Cincinnati.
In the public schools George L. Klein acquired his education and at an early age learned the wood-carver's trade. From Cincinnati he removed in 1873, to Ripley, Ohio, where he entered the employ of the Chase Piano Company, and he removed with then, in 1878, to Richmond, Indiana, remaining with them until 1882. Then he spent a brief time at Jacksonville, Florida, for the improvement of his health. On his return to Richmond he engaged in the saloon business and at length established the agency for the Moerlein Brewing Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and in this he was very successful. In 1898 he purchased the Grand Hotel, of which he has since been proprietor. One of the local papers spoke of the opening of the Grand in the following manner: " A few weeks age George L. Klein purchased the property known as the Grand Hotel and at once put a large force of work- men to remodeling it. The room which was formerly the office is now the handsomest room in Richmond. The front is of art-cathedral and opalescent glass, with the single word . Grand' emblazoned in the center. The side windows are of golden-tinted roll cathedral plate. The inside finish is all that art and skill can make it. The casings are of the finest quartered white oak; the floor, of marbelette. In front of the beautiful and handsome bar is a light buff pressed-brick mantel and grate. The walls are decorated with Empire red and iridescent ingrain paper and pressed frieze. The dado is Lincrusta-Walton and marbelette, and the whole is in the French Empire style of Louis XIV, which makes it unique in this city."
Mr. Klein has been twice married. In Ripley, Ohio, on the 28th of December, 1875, he wedded Magdalena, daughter of John and Mary (Webber) Sauer. She died December 31, 1896, at the age of forty-four years, leaving two children, Arnold W. and Flora E. On the 14th of April, 1898, in Richmond, Mr. Klein married Julia C., daughter of Balsenther Bescher.
HENRY F. KAMP.
Many people accord to music the highest rank among the fine arts. It has not the limitations of sculpture or of painting, it is not bounded by form and color and size and therefore leaves much greater play to the imagination. It reaches man only through the sense of hearing, and exercises over him an intangible power, probably the more strongly felt because indescribable. From the remotest ages it has administered to man's pleasure, has given enthusiasm to the soldier on the field of battle, brought comfort to the sorrowing, and heightened the happiness of the joyful. Certainly no art is more worthy of cultivation than that which sways the young and the old alike, which touches
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all men, whether unlettered or cultured. No citizen of Richmond has done more to cultivate a musical taste among the residents of the county seat than Professor Henry F. Kamp, whose keen appreciation of the " harmony divine" is evidenced in his skillful rendering of many of the most exquisite strains of the master musicians of the world.
Professor Kamp was born in Richmond, August 20, 1867, a son of August and Rachel Kamp, who were natives of Germany and on crossing the Atlantic to America located in Accident, Garrett county, Maryland. After their marriage they removed to Richmond, Indiana, where the father con- ducted a grocery. The son acquired his literary education in the public schools of this city and his early youth was that of the average school-boy, who is fond of fun and all the sport of the active youth. He early gave evidence of possessing strong musical taste and often gave great annoyance to his teachers by strumming on strings stretched across his desk. After leaving school he secured a position as office boy in a physician's office, pre- ferring that occupation because it left him much leisure time for reading. Later, however, he sought more lucrative employment and was employed as a salesman in various stores, but while clerking in the day-time he devoted his evening to the study of music, taking lessons on the violin and guitar from the best teachers the city then afforded. His inherent taste for music, com- bined with close application, enabled him to make rapid advancement, but as yet he had not determined to devote his life to the art. He entered the employ of a cousin, who took him in as a clerk with the intention of making him a partner in the business, but his musical nature would be no longer curbed and began to exert itself most strongly; he grew restless, absent- minded and forgetful of business obligations, and when finally called to account he told of his unconquerable desire to devote himself to music. His cousin then made him a most generous offer, telling him to spend a year in the study of music and at the end of that time, if not successful in his new profession, to return to the store.
Accordingly Professor Kamp entered the College of Music in Cincinnati, applied himself diligently to his studies for a year, and on the expiration of that period returned to Richmond and began teaching. He soon secured many pupils, was engaged to lead church choirs, orchestras and other musical ·organizations, and his services were soon demanded in other towns, so that he organized classes and orchestras in Portland, Decatur and Bluffton, Indiana. In 1897 he returned to the College of Music to study voice, harmony and public-school work, and was graduated eighteen months later. Returning to Richmond, he resumned the work of teaching and now has a very liberal and lucrative patronage. In his own education the best teachers, instruments and methods were sought, and in his teachings he endeavors to provide these
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and thus feels competent to guide and direct the efforts of his pupils. Since his return from Cincinnati he has secured something for which he had longed from his school days when he pulled rubber from his suspenders and fastened it on a shingle in imitation of an Italian harp. This splendid instrument has not only given great delight to its possessor, but has charmed away many hours for his fellow townsmen, who have great appreciation for the musical skill and ability of Professor Kamp.
His home relations are very pleasant. He was happily married, August 2, 1893, to Miss Laura E. Boesch, and their union has been blessed with three interesting children: Florence, born February 9, 1894; Wilbur, born November 7, 1895; and Harry, born May 4, 1897. Professor Kamp is a member of several social organizations. He belongs to the order of Knights of Pythias; became a member of Ben Hur Fraternal Insurance Company. October 16, 1895; was made a Mason April 18, 1898, and on January 25. 1899, became a member of the Camp of Modern Woodmen. He was reared in the Protestant Lutheran church, and is now a director of music therein. His entire life has been passed in this city and he is held in the highest regard by his fellow townsmen.
JAMES E. BROOKS.
A score of years ago James E. Brooks became a resident of Cambridge City, Wayne county, where he stands high in the estimation of all his fellow townsmen. He is a native of Piqua, Miami county, Ohio, his birth having occurred October 4, 1848. His parents, Hiram and Catherine (Atkinson) Brooks, were long honored and esteemed citizens of the Buckeye state and were called to their reward years ago.
Such education as fell to the share of our subject was obtained in the public schools of his native town, and at the age of eighteen he commenced the study of telegraphy. Having mastered the business, he accepted a posi- tion as operator at Milford Center, Ohio, in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Within the course of a few months he was transferred to the more responsible post at Piqua, Ohio, where he remained for a period of eight years, giving thorough satisfaction to the company and to the public in general. His next position was in Richmond, Indiana, where he acted in the capacity of train dispatcher for two years. At the expiration of that time, in 1879. he came to Cambridge City, where, in addition to having control of the wires of the Pennsylvania Company, he has charge of those of the Western Union, likewise. He is well and favorably esteemed in Masonic circles having been worshipful master of Cambridge Lodge from 1891 to 1897. Politically he is a zealous Democrat, and during President Cleve- land's two administrations he was chairman of the Cambridge City Denio -.
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cratic committee. At the convention of the party which assembled in Cambridge City in 1895 he was nominated for the state senatorship, made- several strong and effective speeches in the ensuing campaign, and though not elected ran ahead of the ticket, his popularity thus being amply tested.
The marriage of Mr. Brooks and Miss Jennie Kiser, a daughter of Henry and Mary Kiser, of Piqua, Ohio, was solemnized in September, 1872. They have four children, a son and three daughters. Nellie is the wife of Rudolph Miller, of Connersville, Indiana, and Bessie and Lillie, twins, are at home. The only son, Robert C., is a young man of remarkable scholarship and promise. He was graduated in the Cambridge City high school when sixteen years of age, then served as a telegraph operator for the Pennsylvania Com- pany for three years, and later was the private secretary of Trainmaster Grennan. He resigned his position in order to enter upon a course of col- legiate training, and, matriculating in the Indiana State University, at Blooni- ington, he completed the four-years course in three years. In his second year in the university he won the first place in the oratorical contest and was. chosen to represent the institution in the inter-collegiate debate, at Green- castle, Indiana, making the closing address for his own college. The follow- ing year he was sent as a representative of his university to the citizens' meet-
ing, held in Tomlinson's Hall, in Indianapolis, and at the time of his gradua- tion, in the summer of 1896, enjoyed the honor of being the valedictorian of his class. Then, for some fourteen months, he held the position of secretary of the New York Reform Club, in the meantime being appointed to com- pile a bibliography on municipal reform. Having been elected to receive President White's fellowship in Cornell University, he pursued a post-gradu- ate course in that institution, and was then favored with a traveling fellow- ship. This trip includes Berlin and many others of the noted places of learn- ing on the continent, and the fortunate young man is now in Halle, Ger- many, investigating the educational methods of that portion of the great empire.
WALTER WADDELL.
The Waddell family originally settled in the colony of Virginia, whence. some of those bearing the name followed in the tide of immigration to Indiana, and for many years the grandfather of our subject, Stanford Waddell, was numbered among the residents of Union county.
Henry Waddell, the father of our subject, and now making his home in Cambridge City, is an honored veteran of the civil war. He served as a private in Company A, Thirty-sixth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was actively engaged in many of the most notable campaigns of the entire strife. Among the renowned battles in which he took part were Shiloh, Cor- inth, Perryville, Wild Cat Hills, Round mountain, Stone river, Chickamauga,
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