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PARKS M MARTIN, Agriculturist and Railroad Official; born Putnam Co, Ind. Aug &. 1857: taught schl 3 years Montgomery Co. Ind; att Ladoga Acad and Univ Ills; merchant and farmer since 1877; was clerk and treas Gosport, Ind, and mem Schl Bd; clerk Owen Co Circ Ct; appt State Tax Commnr Governors Mount. Durbin & Hanly; chmn Dem State Cent Com 1896-1902: now Tax Agt N Y Cent Lines; res Indpls.
JAMES HENRY TAYLOR, Physician; horn Greencastle, Ind. Nov 15, 1852; A B, A M. DePauw Univ; M D Ind Med College 1878; 10 years demon- strator anatomy Ind Univ Schl Med; now prof diseases children; was alderman Indpls; mem Bd of Trade since 1889; now v-pres: mem A M A and Ind Med asin; res Indpls.
WILLIAM C SMITH, Civil Engineer; born Shelby County, Ind. Jan 4, 1865; B S Butler College: began work as civil engr at 21; elected county sur- veyor Union Co 1886; now secy Marion Co Construction Co; res Indpls. WALTER C MARMON, Manufacturer; born Richmond, Ind, Aug 25, 1872; educ Earlham Coll; grad Mass Inst Tech 1895; pres Nordyke & Mar- mon Co Indpls; pres Noblesville Milling Co; secy Indpls Light & Heat Co; res Indpls.
WILLIAM H ROBSON, Publisher; born Indianapolis March 11, 1856; educ Northwestern Univ (now Butler) : worked as railroad man various ca- pacities; founded Trade Journal 1890; editor and propr since; res Indpls.
HOMER C ANTHONY, Editor; born Columbia, Fayette Co. Ind, June 29, 1880; educ public schls Laurel, Ind; learned printer's trade; in news- paper work since 1895; with Connersville Examiner since 1904, now editor: mem Dem State Editorial Assn: res Connersville, Ind.
JOHN C SHIRK, Banker; born Springfield, Franklin Co, Ind. March 14. 1858; A B Ind Univ; banker in Brookville since 1881; pres Nat Brook- ville Bank since orgn 1905; pres Brookville Furn Co; pres Franklin Furn Co; pres and orgn Brookville Tel Co; was pres Brookville Com- merclal Club S years; pres Brookville Hist Soc; pres Brookville Pub Lib: res Brookville, Ind.
AMBROSE E NOWLIN, Banker; born Dearborn Co, Ind, Aug 6, 1843; taught schl; B S Miami Univ; farmer and banker 10 years; supervisor census 1890; auditor county 2 years: coll intern revenue s years Mc- Kinley admstn, now pres Dearborn Nat Bk; res Lawrenceburg, Ind.
THOMAS S CRAVENS, Lawyer; was born Osgood, Ind, Aug 5, 1872; graduated Indlana Law School 1896; member Indiana State Bar Assn; res Lawrenceburg, Ind.
JOHN HEYWARD MCKENZIE, Clergyman; born Bourneville O, May 31. 1862; A B Mt Union Coll; A M Boston Univ; (Ph D Kenyon Coll; D D Nashotah House) ; pres Hillsboro Coll 1888-90; pres Belmont Coll and Ohio Milt Inst, College Hill, O, 1890-4; priest 1893 P E Ch; rec- tor Howe, Ind, Sch since 1895; rector St Mark's Ch since 1895 -; Deputy Gen convs P E Ch 1898 to 1913; trustee Nashotah (Wisc) House, Ake- ley Hall, Grand Haven, Mich, Howe Schl; mem A A A etc; res Howe, Ind.
L W HENLEY, Newspaper man; was born Carthage, Ind, April 12, 1876; educ Earlham Coll; newspaper man in Indpls nine years; editor Terre Haute Star 1909 to '14; secy Republican State Comm Ind since March 1, 1914; res Indpls.
HARRY MURPHY, Manufacturer; born Indianapolis Sept 15, 1867; educ Kenyon Coll; in wholesale and mftrng business since 1885; pres John W' Murphy Bldg Co; vice-pres Prest-O-Lite Co and director C B Cones & Son Mfg Co; res Indpls.
THADDEUS BUTLER, Newspaper man; was born Lagrange, Ind, Nov. 20, 1846; attd Oberlin Coll, O; was Miami Indian paymaster for the U S Gov In 1880; was postmaster Huntington; was editor Wabash Plain Dealer. Andrews Express, Huntington Herald and Times, Decatur Her- ald etc;res Huntington.
WILLIAM HARTE LEEDY, Grand Secretary I O O F Indiana; born Log- ansport, Ind. Oct 10, 1855; educ public schls; learned printer's trade. for 23 years editor and publisher; editor Odd Fellows Talisman 16 years; Grand Secy Odd Fellows of Ind since 1896; G M Odd Fellows Ind 1890-1; chmn comm state of the order of Odd Fellows Sov G L of the World; res Indpls.
ARTHUR B GROVER, Real Estate Broker; born Terre Haute, Ind, Aug 7, 1867; educ Harvard Coll; in real estate business since 1888; res Indpls.
CHARLES E HENDERSON, Lawyer; born St Paul, Ind, Jan 31, 1871; A B. A M I'niy Oregon; LL B Univ Mich; began pract Bloomfield, Ind. mem Ind Legis 1897; judge Greene-Sullivan Co's Circuit Ct 1906- 12; prac Indpls since Feb, 1913; res Indpls.
HIGH D MERRIFIELD, Lawyer: was born Brook, Ind, Aug 8, 1879; LAI, B Enty of Mich Law Coll; admitted to bar in Cass Co 1900; began practler in Indpls 1903; mem of Chamber of Commerce; res Beech Grove and Indpls
CHARLES A ORBISON, Lawyer; was born Indpls Sept 28, 1874; grad Indiana Law Schl, judge Superior Ct Room 1, Marion Co 1910-14; Grant Sen Deacon Masonle G L; Pres Ind Dem Club; mem State Bd of Charities, mem Indpls and State Bar Assns; res Indpls.
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WILLIAM WALLACE HAMMOND, Lawyer, born Hammondsville, O, May 31, 1864; A B Mt Union Coll, Alliance, O; A MI Harvard; LL B Cin- cinnati Law Schl; mem Indpls and Ind State Bar Assns; res Indpls.
JOSEPH W SELVAGE; Real Estate and Insurance Broker; burn Zions- ville, Ind, Feb 6, 1870; educ Indpls High Schl now Sehrtrage; was with Atlas Engine Works, Indpls, 10 years; in real estate and insur- ance business since 1895; member Ind R E Assn. Indpls R E Bd; secy and treas Piper Mchne Co; pres Capital Construction Co; pres Jos W Selvage Co Inc; res Indpls.
HOWE S LANDERS, Lawyer; born Martinsville, Ind, Oct 17, 1885; educ DePauw; LL B Ind Law Schl; admt bar 190%; appt Secy Industrial Board of Ind April, 1915; mem Indpls and lifd State Bar Assus; res Indpls.
NEWTON TODD. Banking Broker: born Pendleton, Ind; educ Indpis now Schrtrdge High Schl; in banking brokerage and insurance business in Indpls since 1887.
OTTO HUGO PANTZER, Physician and Surgeon; born Sheboygan. Wise, June 9, 1858; educ German-English acad, Milwaukee; grad Gymnastic Teacher's Acad N A Turnerbund; taught gymnastics 5 years; grad Ind Med Coll 1881; post grad Berlin, Paris, London, Munich, Vienna ; mem A M A Internat Med Congress, Indiana Ste Med and Indpls Med socs; res Indpls.
E OSCAR LINDENMUTH, Physician; born Ringtown, Pa, March 17, 1872; M E Bloomsburg Lit Univ and Potts College; taught six years; grad Medic-Chirurgical Coll, Phila, Pa, 1906; elect prof Ind I'niv Schl of Med 1906; res Indpls.
FRANK W WOERNER, Patent Lawyer; born Greenfield, Ind, March 31, 1870; LL B Indiana Law Schl; in practice patent law since 1892; mem Indpls bar assn; res Indpls.
FRANK DUFFY, Labor Official; born Ireland, May 6, 1861; resided New York City and Phila, Pa, came to Indpis Dec 31, 1902; Genl Secy United Brotherhood Carpenters and Joiners of Am since 1901; editor The Carpenter: v-p Am Fed of Labor 1914; mem Ind State Bd of Educ 1915; res Indpls.
OREN STEPHEN HACK, Lawyer; born Shelby Co, Ind, Apl 1, 1876; taught schl Shelby Co 6 years; was pres Shelby Co Teachers Assn; B S, LL B Central Normal Coll; LL B Univ of Indpls (Ind Law Schl) ; deputy city atty 1905-7; deputy pros atty Marion Co 1908-11; mem Indpls and Ind State Bar assns. 1
EUGENE C SHIREMAN, Fish Culturist; born Martinsville, Ind, Sept 13. 1875; PhB DePauw Univ; secy-treas Old Hickory Chair Co, Martins- ville, 8 years: founded "Grassy Fork" Gold Fish Hatcheries 1905; appt Commissioner of Fish & Game of Ind Dec 30, 1914; res Martinsville, Ind.
FRED A GREGORY, Real Estate and Insurance Broker; was born Hebron, O. July 12, 1854; was educ common schls Bement, Ills; in real estate and Ins bus in Indpls since 1876; founded present bus in 1884 with John Appel as partner, now incorp; is pres of Gregory & Appel, Inc; secy & treas Alberta, Indpls Land Co, etc; res Indpls.
WILLIAM A KETCHAM, Lawyer; was born in Indianapolis Jan 2, 1846; educ schools of Indpls, Germany and Wabash Coll; enlisted as private Comp A 13th Ind Vol Inf, command Capt Comp I same regiment, May, 1865, at 19; after Civil War, grad Dartmouth Coll; was elected atty gen of Ind 1894, re-elect 1896; res Indpls.
JOHN L MASTERS, Physician; was born Brookville, Ind. Sept 23, 1859; M D Louisville Med Coll; New York Eye & Ear Conf, Berlin, Ger- many, clinic, was prof Oph & O.ol Central Coll of Phys & Surg and Prof Oto Laringol Ind Univ Schl of Med; res Indpls.
JOHN E. CLELAND, was born Greenwood, Ind, Dec 30, 1840; A B, A M Lit D Wabash Coll; was capt U S Vol Civil War; was in Book & Sta business 27 years; bus dir Indpls Public Schls since Jan 1, 1900: mem G A R, Loyal Legion, etc; res Indpls.
CALEB S EAGLESFIELD, Lumber Manufacturer; was born Eaglesfield, Clay Co, Ind, March 14, 1860; educ high schl Terre Haute; in lbr bus since 1892; now pres of Eaglesfield-Stewart Co, mfgrs of hardwood flooring, etc; res Indpls.
CHARLES T HANNA, Lawyer; was born Fortville, Ind, Dec 27, 1869; attd Indiana Univ; LL B Ind Law Schl; was judge Superior Court Marion Co; res Indpl3.
THOMAS A DAILY, Lawyer; was born Mt Hope, Kans, Sept 9, 1876; attd Christian Bros Coll, St Joseph, Mo; taught schl for 4 yrs Jennings Co. Ind; LL B Indiana Law Schl; was mem Ind Legis, was mem State Board of Pardons; res Indpls.
RUSSEL M SEEDS, Publicity Counselor; was born Shadeville, O. Oct 2. 1865; A B Univ of Mich; was engaged in newspaper work until 1901 when he estb the Russel M Seeds Co Ady Agoy: treas "Crows' Nest Motor Club;" res Indpls.
IENRY LANE WILSON, Ex-Ambassador: was born Crawfordsville, lid. Nov 3, 1857; A B. A M Wabash Coll (Dr Philos, Philol, Fine Arts Natl Univ of Chile, 1911); was (dit Lafayette Journal; pract law and banking Spokane, Wash; apptd minister to Venezuela 1ss9 but de- clined; was U S min to Chile and apptd min to Greece; E E and M P to Belgium; was ambass extraordinary and plenipoten to Mexico (resigned ) etc; res Indpls.
HILTON W MANGUS, Lawyer; was born Ladoga, Ind. Feb 16, 1885. at d Indiana Univ; A B Wabash Coll; LL B Harvard Law Schl; was apptd asst U S Atty Feb 1, 1914; res Indpls.
EDWIN R HISEY, Funeral Director; was born Indpls May 1. 1876: educ Indpls Public & Shortridge II S; began bus in Indpls May. 1902; now mem firm Hisey & Titus; was pres Ind Funeral Dir Assn; mem Natl Funeral Assn; res Indpls.
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JOSEPH HI WOOLING, Publisher; was born Fluvannah Co, Va, Mch 2,. 1862; educ Millers Acad; was railroad condr; publisher since 1889; was pres Marion Co Council; dir Indpls Humane Soc; treas since 1911; res Indpls.
CHARLES A PFAFFLIN, Physician; was born Bowling Green, Ky, Sept 4, 1872; grad Westminster Military Acad; Cincinnati Univ and Med Coll of Ohio; Cincinnati Coll of Dental Surg: Univ of Berlin and Vienna; 3 mo service Halleclinic Berlin, Germany. during European war Aug 1 to Nov I, 1914; mem Indpls, Ind and Am Med Socs; mem staff City Hosp; mem Am Oto-Laringol Soc, etc; res Indpls.
ERNEST ROBERT KEITH, Lawyer; was born Bowling Green, Ind, Aug 30, 1866; attd Depauw Univ; LL B Law Dept Univ of Mich; read law with Duncan & Smith; was pres Indpls Bar Assn; mem Ind State & Amer Bar Assn: res Indpls.
JOHN HI EBERWEIN, Surgeon; born Jennings County, Ind, Jan 18, 1882; att Central Normal Coll, Danville; taught schl; M D Purdue Univ Schl of Med; post grad Univ Pa; was interne Penn Hosp, Phila; Eastman's Hosp and Deaconess Hosp Indpls; prof surgery Ind Univ Schl of Med; mem A M A, Indpls & Marion county Med assns.
WALTER KESSLER, Manufacturer; was born North Madison, Jeff Co, Ind. Jan 5. 1856; educ Madison Sem, Andover, Mass, Acad, Harvard Coll law dept; studied law with Harrison, Hines & Miller; was pro3 Drop Forge Co, Indpls; pres & mgr Romona Stone Co, Romona, Ind; res Indpls.
GUY MONTANI, Musician; born Laurenzana, Italy, Aug 9, 1867; began study of music Utica, N Y, 1878 and later in Indpls under Profs Vogt, Beissenherz and Schliewen, Indpls School of Music; org Mon- tani Bros Orch 1881; now director Montani's Orchestra; res Indpls.
JOHN E MeGETTIGAN, Secy Greater Indianapolis Industrial Assn; was born County Donegal, Ireland, in 1850; came to Indpls in 1875; at 22 engaged in promoting and bldg railroads; promoted the Indpls South- ern now Indpls Div of Illinois Cent; is secy of Greater Indpls Indus Assn; res Indpls.
ALVA S ROBERTS, Newspaper man; was born Wabash. Ind, Oct 30. I869; educ Ft Wayne M E Coll, Depauw Univ; learned printers trade; was editor Richmond Telegram 3 yrs, Logansport Journal 9 yrs, mgr editor Star Journal, Pueblo, Colo; city editor Dayton, O, Journal; now editor, gen mgr Lester F Jones Co. publishers Lebanon Daily Ilerald & Weekly Patriot; res Lebanon, Ind.
BEN F MeKEV, Newspaper man; was born near Darlington, Ind, Dec 5, 1857; educ in Boone Co and Lebanon Schls; learned printers trade in the Pioneer office, Lebanon; became editor and prop of that paper Jan I, 1890; res Lebanon, Ind.
GOETHE LINK, Surgeon; was born Warrick Co, Ind, May 20, 1879; educ Wabash Coll, Ind Univ; M D Central Coll P & S; asstd prof Gyne- cology Ind Univ Schl of Med; Gynecology City Hosp; mem A M A, Ind State & Indpls Med Socs; res Indpls.
HENRY W BULLOCK, Lawyer; was born Jackson Tp, Clay Co, Ind, Sept 10, 1866; educ Valparaiso Univ, lawyer and mag writer; was chrmn Ind Commn to draft workingmen's comp act 1913-15; res Indpls.
EVALEEN STEIN, Author, Artist; was born Lafayette, Ind; educ Art Inst of Chicago; decorative designer and illuminator; was contr verse to Indpls Journal; represented in Stedmans' Amer Anthology, etc; contbr Soc Decorative Art New York and Chicago; author "Among the Tree Again" ( Poems), Troubadour Tales, etc; res Lafayette.
PATRICK J LYNCH, Rose Grower; was born Chester County, Pa; educ common schls; owner Heller Bros Co, Rose growers; treas Dingee & Conrad Co, West Grove, Pa; was natl delegate from Pa Repub Conv 1904; distr chrmn 6th distr Ind 1912-15; res Newcastle, Ind.
GEORGE R GRIFFIN, Newspaper man; was born Batavia, O, July 8, 1852; learned printers trade and began newspaper work on Fairmount Cour- ier; worked on papers in Lexington and Scottsburg, Ind; purchased Osgood, Ind. Journal; was postmaster Osgood 4 yrs; publ Spencer Democrat since 1897; mem Ind Democ Edit Assn; res Spencer. Ind.
HOMER ELLIOTT, Lawyer; was born Martin Co, Ind, Jan 9, 1878; attd State Normal and Ind Univ; taught schl 4 yrs; began practice law Spencer; pres Public Library Board; secy Owen Co Sav & Loan Assn ; res Spencer, Ind.
INMAN HENRY FOWLER, Lawyer; was born Lewisburg, O, June 7, 1834; B S Wabash Coll; LL D Ind Univ; taught schl 7 yrs; began pract Spencer 1859; 9 yrs clerk Owen Circuit Court; 8 yrs Senator, Clay and Owen Cos; orgn and pres of Exchange Bank, Spencer; charter mem State Bar Assn; res Spencer.
DUANE W BEACH, Newspaper man; was born Schell City, Mo, April 1. 1875; educ Grammar Schls St Louis, Mo; began newspaper work with St Louis Globe-Democrat; in 1902 came to Spencer with Agricultural Epitomist (now Farm Life) ; part owner since Feb, 1908; res Spencer. LYMAN D HEAVENRIDGE, Newspaper man; was born Mitchell, Ind, Feb 4, 1881; attd Purdue, Depauw and Franklin Colls; Ph B Depauw; worked on Chicago Record-llerald and Tribune; Anderson, Ind, Her- ald, Owen Co Democrat; purchased Owen Co Journal 1906; editor and Publ since; was postmaster of Spencer; mem Repub Edit Assn. chrmn Repub Co Comm; res Spencer.
OSCAR H CRAVENS, Newspaper man; was born Center Valley. Ind. Dec 1, 1869; taught schl 3 yrs Hendricks Co; educ Danville Normal and Ind Univ; estb Daily World, Bloomington; apptd postmaster Bloom- Ington by Pres Wilson, June 7, 1913; was pres Ind Democratic Edit As&n; res Bloomington, Ind.
ENOCH G HOGATE, Lawyer; was born Salem Co. N J, Sept 16, 1849; educ Danville Academy: A B, A M Allegheny Coll; was clerk Hen- dricks (Hrcuit Court; Ind State Senator; dean Ind Univ School of Law since 1903; res Bloomington.
ROBERT WALTER MIERS, Lawyer; was born Bloomington, Ind, Jan 27, 1848; edue Hartsville Univ; A M, EL B Indiana Univ; was pros atty Monroe, Lawrence and Orange Cos; judge 10th Jud Circuit 2 yrs by appointment and elected twice; was mem of Congress 4 terms; now judge 10th And Circuit Monroe and Owen Cos; res Bloomington, Ind. KARL O JAMES, Educator; was born Parkersburg, Ind, Feb 13. 1880; grad Ladoga High School; attd Wabash Coll, Indiana Univ and sum- mer work at State Normal and Purdue; taught comn and high school in Montgomery for 14 yrs' was supt Darlington schls 6 yrs; elected supt schls Montgomery Co 1914; res Crawfordsville, Ind.
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HOMER McKEE, Advertising man; was born Bloomfield, Ind. Aug 16. 1880; A B Indiana Univ; began newspaper work as cartoonist with Ft Wayne, Indpls publicaations; was sales mgr Hollenbeck Press; gen sales and adv mgr Cole Motor Car Co, etc; res Indpls.
JAMES E DEERY, Lawyer; was born Indpls Nov 26, 1886; attd George- town Univ, Washington, D C; LL B Notre Dame; was deputy pros atty Marion Co: elect judge Nov, 1913; res Indpls.
HARRY RAITANO, Lawyer: was born New York City. Jan 17 179 LL B Chicago Schl of Law; city pros atty since JJan 1, 1914: res Indpls.
HERBERT M GLOSSBRENNER, business man; born Jeffersonville, Ind May 12, 1869; educ high schl Jeffersonville; was engaged in manufac- turing business; organized The Glossbrenner- Dodge Co, wholesale deal- ers in dairy products; came to Indpls 1889; dire Commercial Nat Bank, etc., res Indpls.
WILLIAM R BROWN, Insurance man; was born Cumbernauld, Scotland. Jan 18, 1878; educ in pub schls of Scotland and Chicago, Ils; was cashier Chicago Gen Agey Conn Mutual Life Ins Co; now gen agt Conn Mut Life Ins Co, Indpls; res Indpls.
HENRY L DITHMER, Manufacturer; was born Brooklyn, N Y: educ Indpls Public Schls and Shortridge II S: began business 1856; now secy and mgr Polar Ice & Fuel Co since 1893; res Induls.
CHARLES J BUCHANAN, Funeral Director; was born Marion Co, Ind, Aug 31. 1856; attd Valparaiso Normal Coll: taught schl 14 yrs; orgn firm Flanner & Buchanan; built first crematory in Ind 1900; dir Y M C A 25 yrs; trust of Indpls Home for Aged Women: corporate mem Am Board of Foreign Missions; Col Staff Uniform Rank Odd Fel- lows of Ind; res Indpls.
CHARLES W JEWETT, Lawyer; was born Franklin, Ind. Jan 7, 1884; grad Depauw Univ, Harvard Law Schl; chrmn Repub Co Comm 1914- 15; res Indpls.
R M BOWEN, Manufacturer, was born Memphis, Tenn, Sept 25, 1882; educ Public Schools; pres Stenotype Co, Indpls; pres Stenotype Sales Co, N Y; pres Universal Inv Co, New Orleans; dir Indpis Cham of C'om- merce; res Indpls.
EDSON F FOLSOM, Insurance man; was born Indpls August 8, 1870; B S Rose Poly; M M E Cornell Univ; was a mechanical engr; in industrial bus 10 yrs; was special agt in Mass Mutual Life; state mgr State Mutual Assurance Co of Worcester, Mass, since 1911; res Indpls.
GUY A RANSDELL, Insurance man; was born Sand Lake, Mich, Sept 17. 1872; educ in Public schls; in mercantile bus 12 yrs; with Mutual Life of New York for 12 yrs; state supt of agts of Mich 8 yrs; mgr of Indpls agency since July 28, 1914; res Indpls.
ALEXANDER ERNESTINOFF, musician; was born St Petersburg, Russia, Jan 14, 1853; grad Conservatory of Music, St Petersburg; was cond of German Opera in New York City; Beethoven Conserv, St Louis, Mo; Germania Club, Arion, Maennerchor, Lyra, and Musicverein, Indpls; res Indpls.
OLIVER WILLARD PIERCE, Pianist; was born Hillsdale, Mich, 1869; A B, A M Hillsdale Coll; student Conserv of Music; Koenigliche Hochschule fur Musik, Berlin; and of Moritz Moskowzski, Berlin; was head piano forte teacher Ohio Weslyan U Conserv of Music; founder and pres Metropolitan School of Music, Indpls, and Coll of Mus Art; Indpls; res Indpls.
HARRY LEVINSON, Merchant; was born Noblesville, Ind. Oct 16, 1867; educ high schl, Noblesville, Ind; engaged in mercantile bus Nobles- ville, Chicago and Indpls; assisted in erection of Masonic Temple, Noblesville, as a memorial to his father N D Levinson; res Indpls.
JOHN I HOFFMANN, Educator; was born Jordan Village, Owen Co, Ind; B S Ped B Valparaiso Univ; attd Indiana Univ; taught schl 10 yrs; princ public schls Poland and Brazil, Ind; apptd Deputy State supt Pub Instruction, May 1909; asst State Supt, Nov, 1912; res Brazil, Ind.
WILLIAM E. TUITE, Statistician; was born Pittsburg, Pa, April 27, 1870; grad St John's Parochial Schl P'gh; was engaged in mfg window glass with his father Andrew Tuite, P'gh, Findlay, O, Albany, and Vincennes, Ind; apptd Deputy State Statistician; res Indpls.
CARRIE COLVER LECKNER, Voice Teacher; born Chicago Ill: received early musical education from her mother; studied four seasons Berlin, Germany; voice with George Fergusson; piano with Monsieur Minod; phonetics with Fraulein Klatt; musical hist with Max Leckner; taught voice 12 years; having brought out Miss Helen Warrum; mem Matinve Musicale 33 years; res Indpls.
MAX LECKNER, Piano Forte Teacher; was born Pinne, Germany, Nov 19, 1842; educ Gymnasium Bromberg, Germany; was musical dir Indpls Maennerchor; philharmonic Chorus Soc, etc; res Indpls.
EDGAR A ECKHOUSE, Manufacturer; was born Anderson, Ind, June 9. 1879; grad Shortridge H S; attd Ind Med Coll; connected with Kahn Tailoring Co since 1899; treas Kahn Tailoring Co, Indpls and V-p Washington & Meridian Realty Co; res Indpls.
BERT WEEDON, Interurban Railway Official: was born Rutherford Co. Tenn, April 11, 1880; educ Andover Acad; G F & P A Inter State Pub Service Co; res Indpls.
IAHLON E BASH, Lawyer; was born in Marion Co, Oct 14, 1880; LL B Indiana Univ; elect judge Probate Court of Marion Co, 1914; mem Ind State Bar and Indpls Bar Assn; res Indpls.
OHN E IGLEHART, Lawyer; was born Warrick Co. Ind. Aug 10, 1818; grad Asbury (now DePauw Univ), began practice of law with his father Judge Asa Iglehart and assisted him in prep two text books on Ind practice; res Evansville, Ind.
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JOHN S BERRYHILL, Lawyer, was born Lafayette, Ind, Dec 27, 1849; A M Asbury (now DePauw Univ) ; admitted to Bar 1876; pres and treas Allison Coupon Co since 1893; mem Chamber of Commerce; mem Indpls Bar Assn; res Indpls.
WILLIAM N WISHARD, Surgeon; was born Greenwood, Ind, Oct 10, 1851; attd Wabash Coll; grad Ind Med and Miami Med Coll; post grad St Peters and Guys Hosp London, and Post Grad and Poly N Y; hon A M Wabash; was supt City Hosp, Indpls; instrumental founding Indpls Training Schl for Nurses; chrmn Comm on Med Legislation, Ind State Med Soc; was pres Miss Val Med Assn; Am Urological Assn, Ind and Marion Cos Med; res Indpls.
HOMER HI WHEELER, Surgeon; was born Adyeville, Perry Co. Ind, Nov 8. 1872; M D Centr Coll of P and S; was interne City Hosp, Indpls; post grad N Y Post Grad Coll, Vienna Univ, Johns Hopkins, Mayo Bros Clinic Rochester, Minn; Clinical Staff Bobbs Disp and Indpls City Hosp; asst prof gastro-intes dis Ind Univ of Med; mem Indpls Med. Ind State Med and Am Med Assn; res Indpls.
LAFAYETTE PAGE, Surgeon; was born Columbia, Ky, May 21, 1863; A B Columbia Univ, Ky; M D Ind Med Coll; post grad N Y Polyclinic Berlin and Vienna Univ; specialist nose, throat and ear; clinic prof dis nose, throat and ear, Ind Univ Schl of Med; consultant, Indpls City Hosp. Methodist and St Vincents Hosp; inventor of throat and nose instruments; mem A M A; Am Laryng, Rhinol, and Otol: fellow in Am Acad Ophth and Oto-Laryngol; fellow Am Coll of Surg, etc; res Indpls.
ROBERT PEELLE NOBLE, Chemist; was born near Centerville, Ind, Feb 28, 1870; Ph B M A DePauw Univ; attd Univ of Chicago; tchr of chem 15 yrs Armour Inst of Tech, New Mex Schl of Mines, etc; com'l chemist Indpls, since 1908; mem Am Chem Soc; res Indpls.
ARTHUR E GUEDEL, Physician; was born Cambridge City, Ind. June 14, 1843; M D Ind Univ Schl of Med; was interne City Hosp Indpls; mem County and State Soc; pres Indpls Soc of Anesthetistis; supt Protestant Deaconess Hosp; prof physiology of exercise, Normal Coll NA GU; res Indpis.
MeCLEAN J MOULDER, Physician; was born Howard Co, Ind, Feb 4, 1850; was tchr in Howard Coll. Kokomo, Ind, also in public schls; grad Natl Norm, Lebanon, O, and Med Coll of Ohio, Cincinnati; was mayor, school trustee, health board, pres park board, of Kokomo, Ind; secy County Board of Health and Co Physician, Howard Co; was supt Methoidst Hosp Indpls; resigned Sept 1915; now supt Bethany Hosp Kansas City, Kan; address, Kansas City, Kan.
JOHN M TODD, Real Estate Broker; was born Chester Co, Pa, July 26, 1831; educ schools of Philadelphia and Norristown, Pa; came to Pen- dleton, Ind, 1852; since 1861, engaged in real est business Indpls; orgn of the Exposition Bldg in 1873 and assisted in organization of the Belt Ry and other important enterprises; res Indpls.
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