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EDGAR G. OSBORNE.
Edgar G. Osborne, city attorney at Valparaiso and a practicing attor- ney in that city since his admission to the bar in 1894, is a native of Indiana, born on a farm in Laporte county, January 14, 1871, son of Jonathan and Betsie (Hixson) Osborne, who were the parents of four chil- dren. Upon completing the course in the public schools he entered De- Pauw University and was graduated from that institution in 1892 with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. He then entered the law depart- ment of Valparaiso University, from which he was graduated in 1894. In that same year he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of his profession at Valparaiso, where he has been located ever since. In 1894 he was admitted to practice in the Federal courts and in the Supreme court of Indiana. In January, 1914, he was elected city attorney for Valparaiso and is still serving in that office. Mr. Osborne is a member of the Porter County Bar Association, a Republican, a thirty-second-degree Scottish-Rite Mason, a Knight Templar, of which order he is a past eminent commander; a member of Murat Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and of Indiana Zeta Chapter of
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Phi Delta Theta fraternity and DePauw Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. Mr. Osborne married Dotha Lewis, daughter of Sylvester A. Lewis, of Valparaiso, and to this union one child has been born, Marion L. Mr. Osborne is a member of the First Presbyterian church, and Mrs. Osborne, of the First Methodist Episcopal church, at Valparaiso.
CASSIUS M. GREENLEE.
Cassius M. Greenlee, of Gary, Indiana, was born on September 15, 1857, and is a son of John and Angeline (Barklow) Greenlee. Mr. Greenlee prepared for the legal profession in the office of D. M. Ballard, of El- wood, Indiana. He was admitted to the bar, June 4, 1884, and was soon afterward elected Superior judge of Madison county. He has served as city attorney of Elwood. A few years ago he located in Gary and formed a partnership with Harry Call, which is still maintained.
Mr. Greenlee married Jeanette Smith and has one daughter, Grace, who is now the wife of Walter J. Carlton, of Gary. Mr. Greenlee is a Mason, an Odd Fellow and an Elk. The family are members of the Presbyterian church. He is a member of the Lake County and Gary Bar Associations.
JAMES E. WATSON.
James E. Watson was born at Winchester, Indiana, November 2, 1864, the son of Judge Enos L. and Mary (Judd) Watson. He received his elementary education in the local schools, graduating from the Winchester high school in 1881. Immediately thereafter he entered DePaw University, where he remained until 1885, when he returned home and took up the study of law in the office of Watson & Engle. He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and has since been actively engaged in the practice. An ardent Republican, Mr. Watson took an active part in politics from the date of his majority, and in 1892 was a candidate on the Republican ticket for presidential elector from the Sixth congressional district. In 1894 he was a candidate for the nomination for secretary of state, and stood sec- ond among the candidates before the convention. Later, the same year, he was nominated for and elected to Congress, and four years later was again elected, and by successive re-elections served until 1909, representing the Sixth district. In 1908 Mr. Watson was the Republican candidate for governor of Indiana, but was defeated. In the Republican national con- vention at Chicago in 1912, he was floor manager for the Taft forces. In 1916 he was the Republican candidate for the short term as United States senator from Indiana.
Mr. Watson is a member of the Masonic order, including the thirty- second degree of the Scottish Rite, the Mystic Shrine, the Improved Order of Red Men and the Knights of Pythias. In the last-named order he has received distinctive preferment, having passed through the chairs of the Grand Lodge up to that of grand chancellor of the state of Indiana, which office he filled in 1893. He is now counsel for the insurance department
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of the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, at Indianapolis. Mr. Watson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and served two terms, 1892-4, as state president of the Epworth League. He is also a Phi Kappa Psi.
On December 12, 1893, Mr. Watson was married to Flora Miller, of Winchester, Indiana, and they are the parents of one son, Edwin Gowdy Watson. Mr. Watson resides at Rushville.
ALLEN ZOLLARS.
Allen Zollars was born in Licking county, Ohio, September 3, 1839. He was one of eleven children born to Fredrick and Anna ( Whitmore) Zol- lars. The father was a Pennsylvanian, of Prussian extraction. He was a miller in Ohio and lived to the age of eighty-seven years. Allen Zollars attended the local public schools and a private academy, nearby. He next entered Dennison University and graduated in 1864. He next read law with Judge Buckingham, of Newark, Ohio. He then entered the Univer- sity of Michigan Law School, from which he graduated in 1866. In 1867 he was admitted to the bar of Ft. Wayne, where he practiced till his death on December 20, 1909. He served in the General Assembly during the regular and special sessions of 1869. He was chosen city attorney for Ft. Wayne in 1869 and served six years. He was appointed first judge of the Superior court of Ft. Wayne by "Blue Jeans" Williams. In 1882 he was elected a Supreme judge on the Democratic ticket. He was renominated and defeated in 1888. He served from 1883 till 1889. His law practice was chieflly as general counsel for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was a Thirty-second degree Mason and a Knight Templar. He married Miss Min- nie Ewing, of Lancaster, Ohio. They had three children, Fred E., Clara (Zollars) Bond, and Charles E. Zollars.
CHARLES H. WORDEN.
Charles H. Worden, a former well-known lawyer at Ft. Wayne and one- time partner of the late Judge Allen Zollars, but who for some years past has devoted his attention chiefly to his extensive banking interests in Ft. Wayne, was born in that city and has lived there all his life. He was born on September 14, 1859, son of the Hon. James L. Worden, for many years a justice of the Indiana Supreme court, a memorial sketch of whom is presented elsewhere in this volume, and of Anna (Grable) Worden, the for- mer a native of the state of Massachusetts. Upon completing the course in the Ft. Wayne high school, Charles H. Worden entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and was graduated from that institution in 1882. He also had received valuable aid in his earlier legal studies under the able preceptorship of his father and upon his admission to the bar, follow- ing his graduation from the law school, entered upon the practice of his profession in his home city, continuing thus actively engaged until June. 1902, when he retired from active practice in order to devote his chief
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attention to the exacting duties of vice-president and directing officer of the First National Bank of Ft. Wayne and is still serving in that connec- tion. Mr. Worden retains his membership in the Allen County Bar Asso- ciation. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian church. . Mr. Worden married Elizabeth Huffman, and to that union three children have been born, Marshall W., Charles J. and Alice.
EDWARD M. McKENNAN.
Edward M. McKennan, of Waterloo, Indiana, was born in Pennsylvania, September 27, 1852. He is one of fourteen children born to Thomas A. and Anna E. (Fleeber) McKennan. His father was a carpenter, who, with his family, moved to White county, Indiana, in 1852, remaining there until 1875, when he moved to Logan county, Illinois, where his death occurred in 1884. E. M. McKennan received the customary common school educa- tion. In 1SSS he began reading law in White county, and in 1895 was admitted to the DeKalb county bar. He at once began the active practice. In 1908, 1909 and 1910 he was city attorney of Garrett, Indiana. He repre- sented his county in the Legislature from 1908 to 1914. He is a member of the DeKalb County Bar Association, a Mason and a Democrat in politics.
Mr. McKennan married Hannah L. Lindusky, and to them have been born two children, Sylvester and Florence. The family are adherents of the Presbyterian church.
F. J. LEWIS MEYER.
F. J. Lewis Meyer, of South Bend, was born on November 2, 1860, in Ontario, Canada. He is one of fifteen children born to Rev. F. F. and Mary (Foerster) Meyer. The father was a member of the Evangelical associa- tion. The son was educated in the common schools of Canada and Mich- igan, where his parents moved when he was a small boy. He taught in the districts before coming to South Bend in 1879. He taught eight years in South Bend and one year in Lafayette. He then entered the law school of Northwestern University, from which he graduated in 1889. In 1890 he was admitted to the bar at South Bend, where he has since practiced. He has made a specialty of the law of personal injury. He is a member of the St. Joseph County Bar Association and is a Democrat.
THEODORE A. REDMOND.
Theodore A. Redmond was born on a farm in Seneca county, Ohio, September 11, 1865. He is one of seven children born to John and Adeline (Gunn) Redmond. The father was a native of Ohio, but later moved to Indiana. Theodore A. Redmond passed regularly through the district and high schools of Seneca county and entered Heidelberg College. He later attended the Tri-state College of Angola and then Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute. He taught several years, in the meantime pre- paring for the bar, to which he was admitted in 1893. He began practice at Kendallville in 1895 and has since continued at the same bar. The
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present firm, Theodore A. Redmond and Rex S. Emerick, was established in April, 1913. He has served as city attorney of Kendallville, is a member of the Noble County Bar Association, a Mason, and a Democrat. He mar- ried Miss Lucetta McCormack, of Noble county. They have two daugh- ters, Prudence, now Mrs. Carl F. Franks, of Indianapolis, and Eloise.
WARD H. WATSON.
Ward H. Watson was born on November 7, 1859, in Harrison county, Indiana. He is the son of Mark F. and Mary M. (Smoots) Watson. He spent his boyhood on the farm and took a classical course at Danville, Indiana. He then studied law with Judge James K. Marsh, of Jefferson- ville, Indiana, and was admitted to the bar in 1883. He began the prac- tice of law in Clark county, Indiana, and practiced there until 1906. In 1894 Mr. Watson was elected state senator for Clark and Jefferson coun- ties, and in 1906 was elected judge of the Appellate court, in which capac- ity he served for four years. Since that time he has practiced law in Indianapolis.
On January 15, 1890, he married Edith R. Barnett, of Charleston, Indiana, who died January 29, 1910. Judge Watson is a Republican and is a member of the Columbia Club. In 1909 he was elected trustee of Moores Hill College and was president of the board from 1911 to 1916.
HENRY J. PAULUS.
Henry J. Paulus, of Marion, was born on a farm in Miami county, November 16, 1857, but has been a resident of Grant county since his infancy. He is a son of William and Ella (Creviston) Paulus. His father was an attorney at Marion since 1887. Henry J. Paulus was educated in the common schools and read law in the office of T. E. Ballard, of Craw- fordsville. He was admitted to the bar in 1878 and in the spring of 1883, located at Marion, where he has since practiced. He formed a partnership with George T. B. Carr and was deputy prosecutor one year. From Jan- uary, 1889, to January, 1896, he practiced with Hiram Brownlee, serving as city attorney, meantime. From 1896 to 1898 he was a partner of O. L. Cline. In 1898 he was elected circuit judge of the Forty-eighth circuit and has been twice re-elected. He is a Republican. On May 4, 1SS4, he mar- ried Louie Fagan. They have two children, Georgia and Clarence J.
WILLIAM A. MCINERNYS.
William A. McInernys, of South Bend, was born on October 14, 1875, at Cutler, Carroll county, Indiana. He is one of a family of six children born to Matthew and Mary ( Barrett) McInernys, both natives of Ireland. The father was a captain in the Eighty-sixth Indiana during the Civil War. The son was educated in the district schools of Carroll county and the high school of South Bend. His legal training was obtained at the University of Notre Dame, from which he graduated in 1901. He served some time in the postoffice. In 1901 he was admitted to the bar, practicing
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alone till 1906, when he became a member of the firm of McInernys & McInernys from 1906 to 1915. At the latter date he became a member of the firm of McInernys, Yeagley & McVicker. He is a member of the St. Joseph County and Indiana State Bar Associations, of the Knights of Co- lumbus, the Modern Woodmen, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, a Demo- crat and Catholic. He has served as a member of the Democratic county committee and of the city Board of Public Works. He married Miss Ann Murphy, of South Bend. They have four children, Dorothy, Anna, Ruth, and Martha.
MELCHERT Z. STANNARD.
Melchert Z. Stannard, of Jeffersonville, was born on June 30, 1856, in Lawrence county, Indiana. His parents, Edwin M. and Mary Jane (Helmer) Stannard, were merchants. The son was educated in the com- mon schools and the Mitchell Normal until he was twenty, when he began the study of law at Jeffersonville in the office of Howard & Reade. In 1877 he was admitted to the bar. He then entered the law school of the University of Louisville, from which he graduated in 1879. He was a member of the firm of Howard, Reade & Stannard till 1888; from then till 1907 he was alone; since the latter date he has been in partnership with Jonas G. Howard, son of his former partner. Most of his time is devoted to corporation practice. On January 27, 1885, he married Flora C. Reade, daughter of his former partner, John F. Reade. They have one daughter, Lida Reade Stannard.
ANDREW ANDERSON.
Andrew Anderson, dean of the bar at South Bend, Indiana, is a native of the great Empire state, having been born at Whitehall, New York, October 6, 1830, son of Andrew Anderson, a native of Scotland. After a course in Union College, Schenectady, New York, he entered the Albany Law School and was graduated from that institution in December 1855, taking the first prize for a paper on "Mortgages." Immediately after receiving his diploma he came to Indiana and located at South Bend, where he opened an office for the practice of his profession, January 1, 1856, and where he has been located ever since. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted at the first call to arms and went to the front as captain of Company I, Ninth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, the first company that went out from South Bend. In 1862 Captain Anderson was elected, as the nominee of the Republican party, representative from his home county to the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly and served in the session of 1863. For the first ten years of his practice at South Bend, Captain Anderson was in practice in partnership with Thomas S. Stanfield, under the firm name of Stanfield & Anderson, but since then has maintained his office alone, and it long ago was said of him that he has probably done more work and has had more business than any other lawyer in South Bend.
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ARCHIBALD G. GRAHAM.
Archibald G. Graham, senior member of the law firm of Graham & Crane at South Bend, is a native of Canada. He was born on a farm near the city of London, Ontario, September 1, 1872, and upon completing the course in the public schools entered the University of Toronto, from which he was graduated, after which he entered the Detroit College of Law and was graduated from that institution in 1896. In that same year he was admitted to the bar and began practice in South Bend, Indiana, where he has been located ever since. For years, Mr. Graham was a law partner of the late Abraham L. Brick, that connection continuing until the death of Congress- man Brick. He was city attorney of Mishawaka for nine years. In 1908 he was a member of the Indiana Republican state central committee. He is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association and of the St. Joseph County Bar Association and is a member of the Masonic order, as well as of the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Graham married Harriet Crane, daughter of Charles Crane, and to this union three children have been born. Mr. and Mrs. Graham are members of the Presbyterian church.
FRED BARNETT.
Fred Barnett, city judge of Hammond, was born on March 19, 1881, son of John I. and Mary M. (Kirby) Barnett, who were the parents of six chil- dren. Upon completing the high-school course he attended Valparaiso Uni- versity and the Chicago Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1907, immediately thereafter opening an office for the practice of his profes- sion at Hammond, where he ever since has made his home. In 1909 he was elected to the office of city judge and in 1913 was re-elected, now serving his second term. Judge Barnett is a member of the Lake County Bar As- sociation and the Indiana State Bar Association. He is a Democrat and is affiliated with the Masonic order and with the Modern-Woodmen of Amer- ica, while he and his wife are members of the Christian church. Judge Barnett married Edna Mckinney, daughter of Cyrus Mckinney, and to this union three children have been born.
L. L. BOMBERGER.
L. L. Bomberger, senior member of the law firm of Bomberger, Curtis, Starr & Peters at Hammond, was born in July, 1875, son of Harry and Susan (Cresston) Bomberger, the former of whom was engaged in the railway service. Upon completing the high-school course he pursued his studies further in normal school from which he was graduated in 1894, and later entered a law school, from which he was graduated in 1900. In that same year he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of his profes-
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sion at Hammond, where he ever since has been located, the firm of which he is now the head, having been formed in 1907, their present offices being in the Ruff building. Mr. Bomberger is a member of the Lake County Bar Association, the Indiana State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is a Republican and is affiliated with the Hamilton Club at Chicago and with the Columbia Club at Indianapolis, while he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Bomberger was Ida Griffin, daughter of Charles F. Griffin.
DANIEL E. KELLY.
Daniel E. Kelly, a practicing attorney at Valparaiso since the year 1889, is a native of Iowa, born on a farm in that state, October 26, 1864, one of the thirteen children born to his parents, Thomas B. and Cecelia (Connelly) Kelly, the former of whom located in Iowa in 1854 and spent the rest of his life in that state, his death occurring in 1885. Daniel E. Kelly com- pleted his schooling in the Decorah (Iowa) Institute, from which he was graduated in 1885. He then pursued his law studies, and in February, 1888, was admitted to the bar. In May, 1889, he opened an office for the practice of his profession at Valparaiso and has ever since been located in that city. Mr. Kelly is a member of the Porter County Bar Association. He is a Democrat and in 1912 was elected alternate delegate from the Tenth In- diana Congressional District to the National Democratic Convention at Baltimore and was vice-president of the Indiana delegation to that con- vention. Mr. Kelly is a member of the Knights of Columbus. He married Angela Dounelly, daughter of Thomas Donnelly, of Michigan, and to this union four children have been born.
JOHN F. REILLY.
John F. Reilly, member of the board of trustees of the Indiana state school for the deaf at Indianapolis, a member of the bar of Indiana since 1905 and a practicing attorney at Hammond since beginning his practice in that year, is a native of New Jersey, born in that state on June 19, 1864, son of Garrett and Julia (Fitzsimmons) Reilly, who were the parents of twelve children. His early schooling was received in the school of the Christian Brothers, from the latter of which he was graduated in 1880. Later he took up the study of law and entered the law school at Valparaiso, Indiana, from which he was graduated in 1905. In that same year he was admitted to the bar and began practice at Hammond, where he ever since has been located. Some time after beginning practice at Hammond, Mr. Reilly formed a partnership with Walter T. Hardy, which continued until the time of the latter's election as judge of the Superior court in 1914. Mr. Reilly is a member of the Lake County Bar Association, the Indiana State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is a Democrat and was appointed by Governor Marshall as a member of the board of trustees of the Indiana state school for the deaf, of which body he is now treasurer. He is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective
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Order of Elks and he and his wife are members of the Catholic church. Mrs. Reilly before her marriage was Mary C. Alfred, of Leavenworth, Kansas.
JAMES H. BIBLER.
James H. Bibler, who has been engaged in the practice of law at Roch- ester since 1880 and who for eighteen years served as city attorney, is a native of Ohio, born in Fairfield county, that state, December 3, 1868, son of Joseph and Susan (Apt) Bibler, the former of whom, a promiennt stock- man, died in 1880. Upon completing the course in the public schools James H. Bibler began reading law in the office of Essex & Holman at Rochester and was admitted to the bar in 1880. He at once began the practice of his profession at Rochester and has ever since been thus engaged. Upon the incorporation of the city of Rochester he was elected city attorney and served in that capacity for eighteen years. For six years he also was county attorney. Mr. Bibler is a member of the Fulton County Bar Associa- tion, is a Republican and a member of the Knights of the Maccabees. He married Eulola Howard, daughter of Washington Howard, and to this union seven children have been born, three sons and four daughters.
OTTO E. FUEBLER.
Otto E. Fuebler is the only child of his parents, Anselm and Hann (Rath) Fuebler, residents of Ft. Wayne, where the father edited a news- paper. Otto E. Fuebler was born in Ft. Wayne, February 24, 1890. After finishing the common and high schools of Ft. Wayne, he entered the Uni- versity of Michigan, from which he graduated in 1912. He was admitted to the Michigan bar and also the Indiana bar, the same year. He located at Ft. Wayne and in January, 1913, he formed a partnership with James B. Harper, which still continues. He is a member of the Allen County Bar Association. He married Edna McLean, of Ann Arbor, and they have one child, McLaen. Their residence is 3804 Piqua avenue.
WILLIAM M. DUNN.
William M. Dunn, city judge of Gary, Indiana, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, June 14, 1878, being one of two children born to Mathew and Kate E. Dunn. He was educated in the public schools and Hilhouse high school, in his native state, and in 1905 graduated from Grant University. Two years later he graduated from the law department of Yale University. He was admitted to the bar in Tennessee in 1905 and to the Indiana bar in the fall of 1907, at which time he began the practice of his profession at Gary, where he has been eminently successful. In January, 1914, he entered upon a four-year term as city judge. He is a member of the Lake County and Gary Bar Associations. He is a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Co- lumbus, the University and Harrison Clubs, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Veterans of the Spanish-American War, being eligible
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to the last named order from the fact that he served as a member of the Third Connecticut Regiment of United States Volunteers during the period of that war, receiving an honorable discharge. He was the first president of Gary branch of United States Volunteers, Spanish-American War. Judge Dunn is serving his second term as president of the Gary branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He is a member of Holy Angels Roman Catholic church at Gary, of which he has been a trustee for the past eight years. Judge Dunn married Deloma Clifford, the daughter of John Clifford, of Valparaiso, and they have one son, William E.
MARTIN M. HUGG.
Martin M. Hugg was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 17, 1858, and was educated in the public schools of Indianapolis. In 1879 he graduated from the law school of Michigan University. He went in the law offices of McMaster & Boice, of Indianapolis, and afterwards was a law clerk in the office of John M. Judah. In 1885 and 1886 he was deputy prosecutor in charge of the police court under W. N. Harding, prosecuting attorney of Marion county, and continued this until the close of 1886, when he formed a partnership with Joseph B. Keating, which partnership still continues. In 1896 he was elected state Senator on the Republican ticket. From 1901 until 1905 he served as county attorney. In 1904 he was again elected to the state Senate, where he made a good record. Mr. Hugg is a member of the Marion Club, of In- dianapolis, a Scottish-Rite Mason and Knight Templar. He is a member of both the Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations.
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