Greater Indianapolis : the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes, Part 42

Author: Dunn, Jacob Piatt, 1855-1924. cn
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: Chicago : The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 972

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Edson T. Wood's first entrance into busi- ness life was as a newsboy on the streets of Indianapolis, later for about two years was employed by the I. B. and W. Railroad Com- pany, and then secured employment with the Singer Manufacturing Co. In 1897 he em- barked in the real estate business, with office at 48 North Delaware street, his present lo- cation, and he has laid out several subdivi- sions to the City of Indianapolis of from ten to twelve acres, including Woods subdivisions. He has also built and sold many homes in the city, and commands a large and repre- sentative business in his line. He is a mem- ber of the Columbia Club, the Dramatic Club, the German House, the Second Presbyterian Church and of the Republican party.

On the 23rd of February, 1895, he was married to Belle Baldwin, who was born in

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Indianapolis, December 2, 1869, a daughter of James H. and Martha H. (Harpham) Bald- win, born respectively in the states of Ohio and New York, and they are living now in Indianapolis. Mr. Baldwin came to this city in 1856, and was the first importer here from Germany of toys and china and glassware, conducting what was known as the Fancy Bazaar. But later he became a banker, the president of the Citizens' Bank, and is living retired at the present time. Mrs. Wood was the youngest of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin, and all are yet living. Gaylord A. and Edson T., Jr., are the two sons born to Mr. and Mrs. Wood.

NEWTON J. MCGUIRE, of Indianapolis, a lawyer of marked ability and extended prac- tice in the State and Federal courts of In- diana, maintains the high standing of a fam- ily which has taken a creditable part in the material and civic development of southern Indiana. He is of Irish blood on his father's side and of English ancestry in the maternal genealogy. The family patriotism first crops out in the adventurous career of his great- grandfather, Major James MeGuire. who fought under Lord Nelson in the capture of the Danish fleet in 1801; left the English navy, joined the army, and while stationed in Canada became inoculated with Americanism. In the year 1808 he crossed over the line into Dearborn County, Indiana Territory. There he became another kind of patriot and in the War of 1812 served as major against the mother country, in still later life applying himself with noteworthy results to the study and writing of the history of southeastern Indiana. He also spent years in clearing away the forest for the better founding of a homestead, cultivated land and was among the first to transport the products of the pio- neer farms of southern Indiana to the most favorable but far distant market of New Or- leans. This ernde transportation business was transacted through the cumbersome flat hoat of those days, the return journey being accomplished overland, either afoot or horse- back. In this work of the forest. the farm and the river, Major McGuire was assisted by his son. also James, who was to be the grand- father of Newton J. The father, Michael Me- Guire, found his lines east in more settled communities, and although his substantial oe- enpation was that of an agriculturist he he- came a leading factor in the Republican poli- ties and public affairs of Ohio County and the southern part of the state. His creditable service of three years in the Civil War brought him deserved popularity, and for more than sixteen years he was successively

chairman of the county central committee, sheriff of the county (twice), county treas- urer (twice) and postmaster under Harrison, and MeKinley, at Rising Sun, the county seat. In 1866 he married Miss Missouri A. Burgess, daughter of John G. Burgess, a native of Vir- ginia of English descent, but a pioneer of Dearborn County, Indiana. Her death on De- cember 16th, 1903, caused him to make his home from that time on with his son in In- dianapolis. He now fills the honored posi- tion of sheriff of the Supreme and Appellate courts of the state of Indiana.

The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Michael McGuire was. Newton. J., who was born on a farm on Langhery creek, near Rising Sun, on the 6th of November, 1868. When the boy was twelve years of age, the family moved to the county seat, where he completed his high school course with high honors in 1887. He then took a summer course at the National Normal University, taught two winters, and in September, 1890, entered the law depart- ment of the University of Michigan, and two years later graduated with his professional degree. During that period he was a leader in all debates; won first prize in the univer- sity oratorical contest, and in May, 1892, rep- resented the university in the Northern Ora- torical League Contest held in Evanston, Il- linois. While in college he also assisted in launching "The American Republican College League," placing in nomination its first pres- ident in a speech which attracted much notice. Mr. MeGnire graduated from the law department of Michigan University in June, 1892, and at once commenced the practice of law in Rising Sun. In November, 1893, he located at Indianapolis with the firm of Grif- fiths & Potts, bnt resumed independent prac- tice after being thus associated for more than three years. His professional labors have al- ways brought him an encouraging income and an increasing reputation. In January, 1910, he was appointed assistant city attorney of Indianapolis under Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank, which position he now holds.

Mr. McGuire has also become one of the leading figures in the patriotic order, "Sons of Veterans". Soon after he graduated from the university he was elected commander of the Indiana Division, the honor being con- ferred upon him by the sixth annual encamp- ment held at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and he was re-elected at the seventh meeting at Terre Ilante. Since that time he has served as Na- tional Secretary, Attorney and as a member of the Council-in-Chief. His local member- ship is with Ben Harrison Camp No. 356, of Indianapolis. In Masonry. he belongs to

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Lodge No. 6, Rising Sun, and is a Knight of Pythias with Indianapolis Lodge No. 56. He is a member of two or three other fraternal organizations and of the Commercial Club, of this city. His religions faith is indicated by his identification with the College Avenue Baptist Church.

On October 2, 1894, Mr. McGuire married Miss Abbie L. Harris, daughter of Cornelius R. Harris, one of the leading citizens of southern Indiana, and they have one child, Russell Harris McGuire.

GEORGE E. HUNT, M. D., D. D. S. It has been within the province of Dr. George E. Hunt to attain marked distinction as a rep- resentative of the dental profession and to have wielded large influence in connection with civic affairs in the City of Indianapolis, though he has never been an aspirant for public office. His vitality and versatility have been shown in connection with varied activi- ties, and the capital city can claim none who is more loyal and public-spirited as a citizen. In his chosen profession Dr. Hunt has a na- tional reputation and in the same his serv- ices are now almost entirely enlisted in con- nection with the Indiana Dental College, of which he has been secretary since 1895 and to whose prestige and success he has contrib- uted in generous measure through his tech- nical and administrative ability. The doctor is one of the well known and highly esteemed citizens of the Indiana capital and it is most consonant that a review of his career be in- corporated in this work, one of whose dis- tinctive functions is to take such recognition of the representative men of the "Greater Indianapolis".

George Edwin Hunt was born on the 29th of April, 1864. in a house, since demolished, at the corner of Oriental and East Washing- ton streets, Oriental street at that time being a lane leading from Washington street to the farm-house of his grandfather, Isaac N. Phipps, situated about where Market and Oriental streets now intersect. His father, Phineas George Canning Hunt, M. D., D. D. S., was likewise a distinguished representative of both the medical and dental professions, to the latter of which he devoted his atten- tion for many years, having been engaged in active practice in Indianapolis from the year 1846 until his death, which occurred on the 24th of April, 1896. He was a man of high intellectual and professional attainments and his memory is held in lasting honor in the city which so long represented his home. He was born on a farm near the City of Urbana. Champaign County, Ohio, on the 16th of June, 1827, and was a son of Aaron L. and

Hannah. (Moffitt ) Hunt, who were numbered among the sterling pioneers of Ohio, whither they removed from the State of North Caro- lina in the year 1812. They became the parents of four sons and two daughters, and Dr. Phineas G. C. was the youngest of the number. Aaron L. Hunt was a surveyor by profession and was a man of prominence and influence in the old Buckeye state in the pioneer days and there he continued to main- tain his home until his death, at Springfield, in 1833, as the result of an attack of small- pox. He was for several years a member of the state legislature of Ohio and was other- wise prominent in public affairs. Both he and his wife were birthright members of the Society of Friends, and the Hunt family was early founded in North Carolina, where nu- merous representatives of the same are yet to be found.

Dr. Phineas G. C. Hunt gained a national repute in the profession of dentistry, in con- nection with which he was the originator of many improved methods and appliances, and he was president of the American Dental Association in 1872-3. On the 29th of Octo- ber, 1849, he was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Mary Phipps, who was born in In- dianapolis on the 14th of July, 1827, and who died in Indianapolis on the 4th of Febru- ary, 1892. Of the six children of this union- three sons and three daughters-one son, the immediate subject of this sketch, and two daughters are living.

Mrs. Hannah Mary (Phipps) Hunt was a daughter of Isaac N. and Julia Ann (Cully) Phipps, being the second in order of birth in a family of ten children. Concerning the genealogy of the Phipps family in America, pertinent data are available and are here in- corporated for perpetuation.

Joseph and Sarah Phipps, of Reading, Berks County, England, came to America in 1682, and took up their abode in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, which he represented in the first assembly of the colony, in Phila- delphia, in 1683. He and his wife were mem- bers of the Society of Friends and came from England with William Penn, in the ship "Welcome", which set sail from Deal, Eng- land, on the 30th of August, 1682. Joseph Phipps was a tallow chandler by occupation. His son Joseph, through whom the direct line is traced to Dr. Hunt, was likewise a worthy member of the Society of Friends and main- tained his residence in Eurochlen County, Pennsylvania. The latter's son Joseph, who became a miller by vocation, was born in Eurochlen County, and it is presumed that he there lived until his death. That he was a

Gr. E. Hunt.

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man of some substance is clearly indicated in the provisions of his last will and testa- ment, which is still in existence. He and his wife became the parents of seven children, of whom the third was Joshua, the next in line of direct descent to. the subject of this review. Joshua Phipps removed from Penn- sylvania to Botetourt County, Virginia, in 1771, and there he married. He had two sons, Joshua and James. Joshua Phipps (II) re- moved from Virginia to Duck River, Tennes- see, and thence to Monticello, Kentucky. At Powell's Valley, Clinch Mountain, Tennessee, he married a daughter of Abraham Rice, who had been a wealthy resident of Wales until he became concerned in a political uprising in that country and was forced to seek safety in flight to a distant land. Joshua Phipps (II) died in eastern Kentucky, at the patriarchal age of ninety-eight years. He and his wife became the parents of eleven children, of whom Isaac Newton Phipps, ma- ternal grandfather of Dr. Hunt, was born in the year 1799. At the age of fifteen years this worthy ancestor began the battle of life on his own responsibility and before he was twenty years of age he had come to the new territory of Indiana. About the year 1819 he was located at Connersville, Indiana, and thence he removed to Brookville, where he entered the employ of Governor Noble, and whom he assisted in the conducting of a pioneer hotel or tavern. In 1823 Isaac N. Phipps came to Indianapolis, the newly es- tablished capital of the state, and here he was assisted in establishing a mercantile business by Richard Tyner and John Connor. At Brookville, Indiana, on the 21st of Decem- ber, 1824, he was united in marriage to Miss Julia Ann Cully, who was born in Pennsyl- vania, September 30, 1806, and of their ten children the second was Hannah Mary, mother of him whose name initiates this article.

Dr. George E. Hunt is indebted to the pub- lic schools of Indianapolis for his early educa- tional discipline. completing the common school grades and the first two years of high school. In 1882 he entered old Asbury Uni- versity, now DePauw University, at Green- castle, in which he completed a two years' course in the department of civil engineering, after which he continued his studies in the same course in the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, for one year. For the ensuing four years he was identified with railroad construction and location work in the state of Florida, and at the expiration of this interval he entered the Indiana Dental College, in which he completed the prescribed technical course and was gradnated as a member of the

class of 1890, with the well earned degree ot Doctor of Dental Surgery. The following two years he devoted to the completion of the curriculum of the Indiana Medical College, from which institution he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1892, so that lic came to the practice of the dental profession with the best possible training and equip- ment.

Dr. Hunt opened an office in Indianapolis, and here he was actively engaged in the prac- tice of dentistry in association with his hon- ored father until the death of the latter. In March, 1891, he was elected a member of the board of trustees of his alma mater, the In- diana Dental College, and in March, 1895, he was elected secretary of the college, of which position he has since continued the efficient and popular incumbent. In the spring of 1896, shortly after the death of his father, he closed his dental office, and since that time he has given the major portion of his time to the demands of his executive office in the dental college, which now holds precedence as one of the leading institutions of its kind in the middle west. The doctor has been a member of the National Dental Association since 1891 and was its vice-president in 1906- 7. In August, 1904, he served as vice-presi- dent of the Fourth International Dental Con- gress, held in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, at the time of the Louisiana Purchase Exposi- tion. He has been a valued member of the Indiana State Dental Association since 1890, was its secretary from 1891 to 1897, and was its president in 1900-1901. He has been iden- tified with the Institute of Dental Pedagogics since 1895, and was its president in 1902-3. He became a member of the National Associa- tion of Dental Faculties in 1835, and has been secretary of the same since 1905. He is also identified with various localized professional organizations, and in the collegiate fraternity of his profession, the Delta Sigma Delta, of which he became a member in February, 1897, he has been specially active and influential. He has been editor of the fraternity quarterly, "Desmos", since November, 1900, and in 1902-3 was incumbent of the maximum office of the fraternity, that of supreme grand mas- ter. In 1882, while a student in Asbury Uni- versity, the doctor became a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He has been a valued and prolific contributor to the leading periodicals of his profession and for twenty years his interposition has been in demand in this important line, as well also as in the reading of technical and ethical papers be- fore the various dental societies with which he is identified. He is one of the editors and

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associate author of an admirable textbook ou operative dentistry.

Dr. Hunt is a member of each the Commer- cial Club, the Columbia Club, the German House, and the Highland Golf Club, all of which are representative organizations in the capital city. He was secretary of the Com- mercial Club from July, 1901, until February, 1903, and none has been more ardent in ad- vancing the high civic ideals of this organiza- tion than has he. While secretary of the club he made a trip to Washington, in company with Addison C. Harris, for the purpose of conferring with Hon. Elihu Root, secretary of war, and through this and other means he was one of those distinctly influential in se- curing the establishment of Benjamin Harri- son army post near Indianapolis. Dr. Hunt made an earnest. effort to have the city estab- lish public bath houses, but was unable to bring about this altogether desirable munici- pal provision. He was secretary of the In- diana State Board of Commerce for two years, and he has been secretary of the board of trustees of the University of Indianapolis since 1900, having been elected to this office . at the time when General Benjamin Harrison was president of the same. In all movements for civic progress Dr. Hunt has shown a deep interest, and his loyalty and interest have been not of mere theory but of decisive ac- tion. In 1901 he was a member of the com- mittee of citizens that formulated a primary- election law, and a law based on the work of this committee was finally enacted by the legislature of the state. The doctor was one of those who lent effective aid in the estab- lishing of the Technical Institute of Indian- apolis, located on the grounds of the old ar- senal. In December, 1901, he appeared be- fore the Indianapolis board of public works, which body was then considering the matter of granting a franchise to the Indianapolis Southern Railroad. and argued effectively for the insertion in the franchise of a clause in- suring cheap freight rates for the transporta- tion of coal. This clanse was inserted, but its enforcement has gone by default.

In November, 1902. with his characteristic civic loyalty and independence, Dr. Hunt be- came the prime factor in effecting the organi- zation of the Citizens' League, of which he was secretary until the organization lapsed, in 1906. The objects of this league, which ac- complished a splendid work, were designated as follows: "To secure the nomination and election of aggressively honest and capable men, irrespective of party affiliations, to all city, township and county offices; to secure an efficient and thoroughly businesslike ad-

ministration of municipal, township and county affairs; to watch the conduct of public affairs by officials, with a view to making a public report on these matters." In politics Dr. Hunt pronounces himself a "Near-Repub- lican", implying that he has given his sup- port to the national ticket of the party in the various elections, the while he maintains an independent attitude in state, county and city elections, in connection with which he admits that he has never voted a straight ticket in his life, preferring to give his support to the men and measures meeting the approval of his judgment, irrespective of partisan al- liances.

Dr. Hunt has been affiliated with the Ma- sonic fraternity since 1885, and in the same has attained the thirty-second degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, which was conferred upon him in 1894. In the same year he became a member of Murat Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He has distinctive literary talent and has found much of satisfaction not only in extensive reading and study but also in making contributions to the literature of his profession and to various periodicals of literary order. He has written a number of short stories, principally humorous in char- acter, and the same have been published in Lippincott's, Ainslie's and other leading magazines. In 1898 he founded the Indiana Dental Journal, a monthly magazine devoted to dentistry, and he continued as editor and publisher of the same until December, 1900. He established The Columbian, the official or- gan of the Columbia Club, and was its editor during the year 1906.

In a genially intimate way Dr. Hunt has stated that in his younger days he took a prominent part in amateur theatricals, and it "may be said that if newspaper statements in the connection are to be held as credible evi- dence, he scored distinctive successes in com- edy roles in various light operas. The doctor admits also that he is fond of yachting, auto- mobiling and golf; that he plays a fair game of billiards and pool. and that he formerly held his own in tennis and base ball, besides which he is "fond of dogs". Reading and the writing of professional matter and fiction constitute his chief indoor recreations. Good human qualities and the possession of mens sana in corpore sano are indicated in the vari- ous phases of the character of Dr. Hunt, and his gracious and genial personality gains and retains to him warm friendships. In connec- tion with his yachting experiences the follow- ing statements will prove of interest : In 1896 the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club,

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of New York City and Oyster Bay, Long Island, offered a cup for small open-boat races. The Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, of Montreal, sent a competitor who won the races and took the cup to Canada. In August, 1897, trial races, open to all yacht clubs in the United States, were held at Oyster Bay, to select an American competitor to go to Montreal in an endeavor to bring back the lost cup. The boats were to be no longer than twenty feet on the water line and to be manned by three persons. Dr. Hunt and an associate built a boat at Racine, Wisconsin, took the craft to New York and. participated in the races. As this was the first time there had been entered in such a contest a boat from a point west of the Allegheny Moun- tains it created considerable comment. Dr. Hunt and his confrere were representing the Wawassee Yacht Club, of Wawassee Lake, In- diana, and the western craft made a credit- able showing, though a professional sailor and small-boat builder captured the first honors. He was afterward defeated in the race event at Montreal. The entry of the Indiana boat is interesting in view of the fact that it was the first to put in such claims and because it came from an inland city and was represen- tative of a yacht club on a lake which Harp- er's Weekly claimed was too small to be mapped.

On the 16th of November, 1892, Dr. Hunt was united in marriage to Miss Grace Morri- son, daughter of William Harper Morrison and Clara (Smith) Morrison, of Indianapolis. She died on the 4th of the following August. On the 23rd of June, 1908, Dr. Hunt married Mrs. Maria (Foster) Buchanan, widow of Russel R. Buchanan and a daughter of Edgar J. and Frances (Harmon) Foster, of Indian- apolis. Mrs. Hunt is a niece of Roscoe O. Hawkins, of Wallace Foster, the "flag man", of Chapin C. Foster, and of the late General "Sandy" Foster. Dr. Hunt has no children.

WALTER F. C. GOLT. Among the able and popular representatives of financial interests in Indianapolis is Walter F. C. Golt, who is incumbent of the responsible office of cashier of the Columbia National Bank, one of the leading monetary institutions of the state.

Mr. Golt was born in the village of Smyrna, Delaware, on the 15th of April, 1853, and is a son of Ezekiel J. and Angelica M. (Ray- mond) Golt, both likewise natives of Delaware and members of honored pioneer families of that commonwealth. Both passed the closing years of their lives in Smyrna, that state, where the father was for many years promi- nently identified with the banking business and where he was a citizen of influence and

one who ever commanded unqualified popu- lar confidence and esteem.

Walter. F. G. Golt gained his early edu- cational discipline in the public schools of his native town, and he then entered Delaware College, at Newark, Delaware, in which in- stitution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1875 and from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, after having completed the classical course. After leaving college he returned to Smyrna, where he en- tered the employ of a company engaged in the manufacturing of agricultural imple- ments, and he continued with this concern, in the capacity of bookkeeper, until 1882, when he came to Indianapolis, where he has since maintained his home and with whose civic and business interests he is now prominently identified. Soon after his arrival in the In- diana capital, Mr. Golt assumed a clerical po- sition in the counting rooms of the Indianap- olis National Bank, of which he eventually became assistant cashier. He retained this po- sition until 1893, when the bank became so seriously involved as to cause the suspen- sion of its business. Mr. Golt then assumed the position of chief clerk to the receiver of the institution and after the close of his du- ties in this connection he was for two years manager of the Merchants' Association, of which he was one of the organizers. In 1899 manifest appreciation of his ability was ac- corded by the banking houses of the city, for he was then made manager of the In- dianapolis Clearing House Association, with which he was identified in this capacity for two years. He then, in 1901, resigned the office to become cashier of the Columbia Na- tional Bank, a position to which he was elected upon the organization of that insti- tution. He has here given an able and dis- criminating administration and his labors have been potential in the upbuilding of the splendid business now controlled by this rep- resentative institution, in which he is also a stockholder. He is well known in local busi- ness and social circles and enjoys unequivocal popularity as one of the loyal and public- spirited eitizens of Indianapolis. He is iden- tified with the University Club, of which he is treasurer, and also holds membership in the Commercial Club and the Indianapolis Board of Trade. While never an aspirant for public office or desirous of entering the arena of practical politics, Mr. Golt accords a stanch allegiance to the Democratic party.

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Greater Indianapolis : the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes, Part 42

Author: Dunn, Jacob Piatt, 1855-1924. cn Publication date: 1910 Publisher: Chicago : The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 972

Author: Dunn, Jacob Piatt, 1855-1924. cn
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: Chicago : The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 972