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GEORGE H. D. GIBSON.
George H. D. Gibson was born at Charlestown, Clark county, Indiana, September 9, 1851. He attended the Kentucky Military Institute at Frank- fort, Kentucky, and studied law at Louisville, where he graduated in 1874. He began the practice of law in Charlestown and was elected prosecuting attorney for Clark and Floyd counties in 1876. In 1880 and 1882 he was. elected to the state Legislature. From September, 1877, until September,. 1891, Gibson had his office in Louisville, but lived at Charlestown. In November, 1892, he was elected Judge of the Fourth judicial circuit of Indiana on the Democratic ticket, and served until 1898.
SAMUEL R. ARTMAN. 1
Samuel R. Artman, of Indianapolis, was born at New Augusta, Marion county, Indiana, May 15, 1866, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Dunlap) Artman, both natives of Pennsylvania. He received his elementary education in the schools of his native village, supplementing the same by a course in the Indiana State Normal, after which he began reading law in the office of T. W. Lockhart at Lebanon. In the fall of 1890 he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of his profession at Lebanon, which had been his home for two years during his incumbency in the office of county surveyor of Boone county, to which office he was elected on the Republican ticket in 1SSS and in which he served until 1890. He was a member of the Lebanon school board, 1890-93: city attorney, 1893-1901, and in 1898 was elected representative from his dis- trict to the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly. He was re- elected in 1900 and thus served during the sessions of 1899 and 1901, being elected speaker of the House in the latter session, defeating James F. Stutesman, of Peru; John A. Bonham, of Hartford City: E. E. Neal, of Noblesville; Charles S. King, of Wabash, and Joseph HI. Clark, of In- dianapolis, the other candidates for that office. During the session of 1899 Mr. Artman was chairman of the special House committee having charge of the county and township reform bills which were enacted into
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law that year, and was a member of several important committees, including judiciary, cities and towns and county and township business. In 1902 he was elected Judge of the Twentieth judicial circuit, compris, ing the county of Boone, and served on the bench for six years, during which time, in 1907, he rendered a decision declaring the licensed saloon unconstitutional, per se. Upon retiring from the bench in 1908 Judge Artman resumed his practice, forming a partnership at Indianapolis, under the firm name of Hanley, McAdams & Artman, which continued until 1910, in which year he returned to Lebanon and was there engaged in practice until the time of his appointment by the Governor to the State Industrial Board on March 16, 1915, after which he returned to Indianapolis, where he since has made his home. On May 1, 1889, Samuel R. Artman was united in marriage to Addie A. Coob, of Boone county, to which union one child was born, now deceased. Judge Art- man is a Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias.
ELIAS J. JACOBY.
Elias J. Jacoby, of Indianapolis, was born on his parents' farm near Marion, Ohio, and received his elementary education in the schools of that locality. Before he was eighteen years of age he began teaching school, following that vocation during three winters. In the meantime, he com- pleted a course in the Ohio Business College and then entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1881, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, receiving the Master of Arts degree from his alma mater five years later. During his college life he was a prominent member of Phi Gamma Delta Greek-letter fraternity, serving as master of the chapter during his senior year. He was president of his college literary society, one of the editors of the college paper, and editor-in-chief of the Phi Gamma Delta Journal, the national official paper of that Greek-letter fraternity. Immediately after his graduation from the Ohio Wesleyan University, Mr. Jacoby entered the Law School of Cincin- nati College, where he received the Bachelor of Laws degree and the prize for forensic discussion. At his graduation from the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity, he became acquainted with Charles W. Fairbanks, later Vice-Presi- dent of the United States, who was then general solicitor for the Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway Company and other lines, and entered his office immediately after his graduation at Cincinnati, remaining asso- ciated with Mr. Fairbanks for over seventeen years. He was assistant general solicitor for various lines of railway for a number of years, was general solicitor for the Terre Haute & Peoria Railway Company for five years, director of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis Railway Com- pany for nine years and is trustee in a number of railway mortgages. He has devoted most of his attention to corporation practice, and has become identified with a number of important enterprises, serving as director, vice-president, president or counsel of various corporations. He was one of the originators, and continuously the attorney, and has been, for over ten
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law that year, and was a member of several important committees including judiciary, cities and towns and county and township busines. In 1902 he was elected Judge of the Twentieth judicial circuit, compr! ing the county of Boone, and served on the bench for six years, during which time, in 1907, he rendered a decision declaring the licensed saloon unconstitutional, per se. Upon retiring from the bench in 1908 Judy» Artman resumed his practice, forming a partnership at Indianapolis under the firm name of Hanley, McAdams & Artman, which continued until 1910, in which year he returned to Lebanon and was there engaged in practice auti! the time of his appointment by the Governor to the State Industrial Board on March 16, 1915, after which he returned to Indianapolis, where he since has made his home. On May 1, 1889. Samuel H. Artman was united In marriage to Addie A. Coob, of Boone county, to which union one child was born, now deceased. Judge Art man is a Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias.
ELIAS J. JACOBY.
Elias J. Jacoby, of Indianapolis, was born on his parents' farm near Marion. Ohio, and received his elementary education in the schools of that locality Before he was eighteen years of age he began teaching school, following that vocation during three winters. In the meantime, he comu- pleted a course in the Ohio Business College and then entered the Ohio Wesleyan University. at Delaware, Ohio, from which he was graduated in INS1. with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, receiving the Master of Arts degree from bis alma mater five years later. During his college life de was . pat member of Ph Gamma Delta Greek-letter fraternity. Serving a. Toaster of the chapter during his senior year. He was president of his college deras society, one of the editors of the college paper, and editor-in-chetof the Phi Gamma Delta Journal, the national official paper of that Greek letter fraternity. Immediately after his graduation from the Obio Westaan Un versity. Mr. Jacoby entered the Law School of Cincle- mati College, where ne received the Bachelor of Laws degree and the prix for forensic discussion. At his graduation from the Ohio Wesleyan Um- versity, he became acquainted with Charles W. Fairbanks, later Vice-Press dent of the United States, who was then general solicitor for the Indinson Bloomington & Western Railway Company and other lines, and enter ? his office immediately after his graduation at Cincinnati, remaining ass rinted with Mr. Fairbanks for over seventeen years. He was assisto general solicitor for various lines of railway for a number of years, v. general solicitor for the Terre Haute & Peoria Railway Company for years, director of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis Railway pany for nine years and is trustee in a number of railway mortgages.
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years, also the vice-president of the Railroadmen's Building and Savings Association, now the largest institution of the kind in the United States, having assets at the end of 1915 of over seven million dollars. He has been president of the Prudential Casualty Company from its organization in 1908; was chairman of the building committee and later president of the Indianapolis Masonic Temple Association. He organized the Murat Temple Association in 1908 and has been its president continuously since that date. As president of the two latter organizations, Mr. Jacoby took a leading part in building the Masonic Temple and the Mystic Shrine Temple in Indianapolis, the first being dedicated in 1909, the latter in 1910. He is a member of the Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations.
In Masonic circles, Mr. Jacoby has long been conspicuous, having filled many Masonic official chairs. He was the official head of Keystone Chapter No. 6, Royal Arch Masons, in 1905; of Indianapolis Council No. 5, Royal and Select Masters, and of Raper Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar, in 1907; was the head of the grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the state of Indiana in 1911; was in office in Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine for ten years, serving as its official head for six years. during which time the new temple was built. He is now serving in the third office in the Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine for North America, the jurisdiction of which includes the United States, Canada and Mexico, and, in the line of promotion, will doubtless become its official head in 1918. He is a thirty-second-degree Scottish-Rite Mason, belonging to Indiana Consistory. Since 1912 he has been the official head of St. James Conclave No. 16. Order of Red Cross of Constantine and Appendant Orders, which is limited to fifty members in Indiana, its members being composed mostly of officers or past officers of the various grand Masonic organizations of the state, and holds an office in line of promotion in the Grand Imperial Council, or national organization, of that order.
JAMES WILLIAM FORTUNE.
James William Fortune, of Jeffersonville, was born at Lexington, Scott county, Indiana, February 1, 1864. He is a son of William and Mary (Boyle) Fortune, both natives of Ireland. He was educated in the common schools and in Indiana University, graduating from the latter institution in 1894, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He began practice at Jeffersonville when he was admitted to the bar in June, 1894. He served as captain of Company E, One Hundred and Sixty-first Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in the Spanish-American War. From 1900 to 1904, he represented his district in the state Senate. While serving in the Senate he secured an appropriation for the construction of the Pigeon Roost monument. He was county attorney, 1902-03; attorney of Jeffersonville, 1906-10; Circuit Judge, January 23, 1914, to 1915, by appointment; after that by election on the Democratic ticket. On Sep- tember 19, 1899, Judge Fortune married Martha Verhoeff, of Louisville They have no children.
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ISAAC E. SCHOONOVER.
. Isaac E. Schoonover, of Covington, Judge of the Sixty-first judicial circuit, was born on a farm near Williamsport, Warren county, Indiana, October 22, 1849. His parents were Peter and Maria (Wakely) Schoon- over, the former a native of New York and the latter of Ohio. Peter Schoonover came to Warren county, Indiana, about 1834, and served as Judge of the Common Pleas court of Warren county. Isaac E. Schoon- over was reared in Warren county, receiving the training of the common schools and of Williamsport Academy. He graduated from the law school of the University of Michigan in 1871, and was admitted to the bar in the same year. He began his professional career at Attica, where he practiced until 1906, when he was elected Judge of the Sixty-first judicial circuit. He was re-elected in 1912. He had previously served four terms as mayor of the city of Attica. Politically, he is a Democrat. Judge Schoonover was married on March 18, 1869, to Marguerite A. Yeager, of Attica, who died on January 22, 1915. One son, Albert Schoonover, of Los Angeles, California, is United States District Attorney for Southern California.
JOHN M. PARIS.
John M. Paris, of New Albany, was born at Leavenworth, Indiana, March 7, 1878. He is a son of W. S. and Mary Jane ( Wilkins) Paris, both natives of Kentucky. After receiving an elementary education in the public schools he entered the law school of the University of Louis- ville from which he graduated in 1899. In 1902 he was admitted to the Floyd county bar and began practice at New Albany. From 1906 to 1910 he was a partner of Samuel L. Trusty; from 1910 to 1914 he was in partnership with John W. Ewing. From 1905 to 1909 he was City Judge; from 1912 to 1914 was prosecutor and since then, Judge of the Fifty-second circuit. He is a Mason, a Knight Templar, an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pythias, an Elk, a Red Man, and a Democrat. On May 31, 1908, John M. Paris married Lucile Denton, of Nashville, Tennessee. They have three children : Mary Lucile, Sarah and John M., Jr.
C. W .. HANLEY.
C. W. Hanley, of Rensselaer, was born in Jasper county, Indiana, July 5, 1865, son of William and Elizabeth (Peregine) Hanley, the former of whom was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and the latter in Jasper county. He received his elementary education in the common schools of his home county, supplementing the same by a course of one year at the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute, after which he was engaged in teaching school for several years. In 1892 he was elected sheriff of Jasper county on the Republican ticket and was re-elected in 1894. In the meantime he had been studying law and upon retiring from the sheriff's office was admitted to the bar and began practice in Rensselaer. In 1902 he was elected Judge of the Jasper Circuit court and
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was re-elected in 190S without opposition, his nomination being indorsed by all parties. In 1914 Judge Hanley was elected for the third time, his name leading the ticket. On September 28, 1893, C. W. Hanley was united in marriage to Hattie L. Ilopkins, of Rensselaer, and to this union two sons have been born, Cope J. and Emil W. Judge Hanley is a Mason and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Knights of Pythias.
HENRY D. WILSON.
Henry Daniel Wilson was born in Champaign county, Ohio, October 3. 1829, and the family moved to Noble county in 1836. He went to school at the Ontario Collegiate Institute, Lagrange county, was at Indiana Univer- sity from 1850 to 1852, and graduated at Wabash In 1857. He was prin- cipal of the seminary at Salem, Indiana, and of an academy in Dubuque county, Iowa. Wilson returned to Indiana and was admitted to the bar in 1860. He practiced law with A. Y. Hooper in Columbia City until 1864, when he moved to Goshen. He became the first mayor of Goshen In 1868. In 1878 the firm of Wilson & Davis was organized and continued until 1894, when Wilson was elected Judge of the Thirty-fourth judiclal circuit of Indiana, composed of Elkhart and Lagrange counties, serving until 1900.
ELMER BASSETT.
Elmer Bassett, of Shelbyville, former prosecuting attorney for the Sixteenth Indiana judicial circuit, who has been practicing law at Shel- byville since 1902, is a native of Indiana, born in Shelby county, Janu- ary 10, 1867, son of James M. and Clarinda (Norvell) Bassett. He at- tended the public schools of Shelbyville and also of his district, in the county, after which he entered the Central Normal College at Danville and was graduated from that institution in 1891. For fourteen years he taught school in Shelby county and was then appointed a clerk in the United States census department at Washington. While living at Wash- ington he took a course in the National Law School, from which he was graduated in 1902, after which he returned home and was ad- mitted to practice in Shelby county in that same year. For two years and six months he was associated as a student with Hord & Adams. at Shelbyville, and in 1904 was elected prosecuting attorney for the Six- teenth judicial circuit. On January 1, 1905, he opened an office for him- self and has since been practicing alone Mr. Bassett is a Republican and is secretary of the Shelby county Republican committee. In 1910 he was chairman of the Sixth congressional district Republican com- mittee. On September 6, 1SSS, Elmer Bassett was unlted in marriage to Minnie E. Ford, of Shelby county. Mr. Bassett is a member of the Methodist church and he is a member of the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Odd Fellows, the Court of Honor and of the Modern Wood- men of America, as well as a member of the Shelby County Bar Associa- tion
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ROBERT S. TAYLOR.
Robert S. Taylor, of Fort Wayne, was born at Chillicothe, Ross county, Ohio, May 22, 1838, and is one of eight children born to Rev. Isaac N. and Margeretta (Stewart) Taylor. Rev. Isaac Taylor was a pioneer Presby- terian minister of Ohio, and came to Jay county Indiana, in 1844. He was the founder of Liber College, near Portland, Indiana. Robert S. Taylor was educated in the common schools of Jay county, and was a student at Liber College, from which he was graduated on June 30, 1858. He began the study of law in the office of Jacob M. Haynes in Portland, but, in 1859, removed to Fort Wayne, where, in 1860, he was admitted to the bar. He continued, however, to teach for a short time. Late in 1860 he became a clerk in the office of Attorney L. M. Ninde, and in 1861 he became the latter's partner. In 1866 Robert S. Robertson became a member of the firm. In 1867 Mr. Taylor was appointed first prosecutor of the Criminal court. The same year he was appointed Judge of the Common Pleas court, and the law firm was dissolved. Political and official duties have been mingled with his law practice for the last forty years. In 1870 he represented Allen county in the General Assembly. In 1874, and again in 1880, he made the race for Congress, but was defeated. In 1881 Presi- dent Garfield appointed him on the Mississippi River Commission, on which he served until 1913. He has taken an active part in every presidential campaign since 1860, except one. Many of his addresses have been pub- lished. He is a member of the Allen County, Indiana State, and American Bar Associations. On June 30, 1858, Judge Taylor was married to Fanny Wright, of Randolph county, Indiana, and to this union one son has been born, Frank B., a geologist of national reputation. The family home is at No. 2905 Fairfield avenue, Fort Wayne.
MICHAEL E. FOLEY.
Michael E. Foley, of Indianapolis, was born on a farm in Montgomery county, September 14, 1873. He is the son of John and Bridget (Cole- man) Foley. The mother died in 1897 and the father in 1911. Mr. Foley graduated from the common schools of his county and was a teacher for four years. He entered Wabash College in 1893 and grad- uated from that institution in 1899. He entered the law department of Columbia University in 1899 and left the institution after spending a year there, and formed a partnership with Judge Albert D. Thomas, of Crawfordsville. He was admitted to the bar on June 1, 1900, and prac- ticed law in the city of Crawfordsville with Albert D. Thomas. until 1909. In November, 1909, he was selected as one of the attorneys for the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company and the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company, and since said time he has been employed by the traction companies. His offices are located at 807 Traction and Terminal building, Indianapolis. He is a Democrat in politics and was for four years a member of the Democratic state central committee from the Ninth district. He was appointed a member of the
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board of trustees of the Indiana state prison by J. Frank Hanly in 1907 and has served on said board for nine years. He is a member of the Maennerchor Club and of the Phi Delta Theta college fraternity. He is a member of several secret and fraternal organizations in which he has taken a somewhat active part. He was married on December 25, 1902, to Mae Cunningham, of Crawfordsville, Indiana. Mrs. Foley is a graduate of St .- Mary's-of-the-Woods, Terre Haute, Indiana. They have one daughter, Helen, born on December 6, 1903. Mr. Foley and his family are active members of the Catholic church and his residence is at 964 North Meridian street, Indianapolis.
NELSON R. KEYES.
Nelson R. Keyes was born near Lexington, March 1, 1849. He com- pleted his education at Lexington College and studied law while teaching. In 1872 he moved to Columbus. Indiana, and was admitted to the bar. For a time he worked as clerk of the Circuit court and then began the practice of law. In 1884 he was elected Judge of the Circuit court on the Democratic ticket and was re-elected in 1890 by both parties. He died January 16 1892.
WILLIAM M. LAND.
William M. Land was born in Gibson county, Indiana, August 28, 1827. At sixteen he was left to help support the family of eight children. At twenty he enlisted in the Fourteenth United States Infantry and served until the end of the Mexican War. On returning he taught school and read law with Alexander C. Donald, of Princeton, being admitted to the bar in 1857. He began the practice of law in Princeton and from 1853 to 1860 served as township assessor, trustee and county commissioner. He served two years as school trustee for Princeton and two years as deputy district attorney. In 1872 he was appointed Judge of the First Common Pleas district, composed of Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties He afterwards served as special judge in the Gibson, Pike and Warrick Circuit courts, and the Vanderburgh Superior courts.
EDWARD E. GATES.
Edward E. Gates, of Indianapolis, was born on August 23, 1871, in Indianapolis, Indiana. His parents were Alfred B. and Elizabeth (Mur- dock) Gates, the father having been engaged in the wholesale grocery trade before his death in 1903. Edward E. Gates took advantage of the local schools, and graduated from Yale University in 1891. He attended both the Indiana Law School and that of New York, graduating in 1895. He became a member of the bar the same year and became chief clerk with the firm of Baker & Daniels. He was a member of the firm of Matson, Gates & Ross. In 1911 the firm became Henley, Matson & Gates. In 1915 he formed a partnership with Quincy A. Myers, whose term of office as Judge of the Supreme court of Indiana expired on January 3,
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1915, the firm being Myers & Gates. Mr. Gates is a Republican, a mem- ber of the Indianapolis, Indiana State, and American Bar Associations, the Columbia Club of Indianapolis, the Knights of 'Pythias, and the Lincoln League. He has been president of the latter. He served in the war with Spain in the Twenty-seventh Light Artillery, Indiana Volunteers. Mr. Gates, as attorney for the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, was the leading counsel in the litigation between the shippers . of Indianapolis and the railroads to correct the freight rates, in the hearings held before the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1907, in- volving the freight rates from practically all directions, in and out of Indianapolis.
Mr. Gates married Dorothy F. Odoms, and they are the parents of three children. Their home is at 3307 North Pennsylvania street, Indian- apolis.
GEORGE W. GRUBBS.
George W. Grubbs was born in Franklin, Indiana, September 26, 1841. He graduated from Franklin College in 1861 and in 1862 was principal of Franklin Academy. From 1862 to 1864 he served in the Seventieth Indiana Volunteers and served as assistant adjutant-general of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Twentieth Army Corps and as major of the Forty-second Colored Infantry until 1866. In 1868 he graduated from the Central Law School and located at Martinsville, Indiana. He was a mem- ber of the firms of McNutt & Grubbs, Grubbs & Montgomery and Grubbs & Parks. In 1874 he served as representative from Morgan county and in 1876 was elected senator from Marion and Morgan counties, serving two terms He was defeated for Congress on the Republican ticket in 1880, but in 1SSS was elected Judge of the Fifteenth judicial circuit, com- posed of Morgan and Owen counties. He was re-elected in 1894.
WILLIAM NEWTON HARDING.
William N. Harding, of Indianapolis, is the son of Laban Harding. He was born and reared on his father's farm in Wayne township, Ma- rion county, Indiana. After availing himself of all the advantages of the district schools of his neighborhood, he entered Northwestern Uni- versity, now Butler College. He studied there two years, after which he taught a few terms in the district schools. He next entered Hanover College, from which he graduated in 1876, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then resumed his work at teaching, in the meantime study- ing law. In 1879 he was admitted to the bar at Indianapolis. The fol- lowing year he formed a partnership with Alfred R. Hovey, with whom he has since practiced. He has built up a good business and enjoys a wide reputation as a lawyer. In 1SS4 he was elected prosecutor of Marion county on the Republican ticket, but was not a candidate for re-election." His work in this office added to his reputation as a criminal lawyer. In 1897 he was defeated as the Republican candidate for mayor
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