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·until 1891, when he became associated with John R. Miller and Dr. Herman Pink in the wholesale drug business, under the title of the Indianapolis Drug Company. In 1902 he pur- chased the interests of his partners and there- upon entered into his present business alliance with William J. Mooney, under the title of the Mooney-Mueller Drug Company, which has since been retaincd. Mr. Mooney is president of the company and Mr. Mueller is secretary and treasurer, as has already been stated in this context. The concern holds high rank and reputation in the volume and character of the business controlled, and its trade is constantly expanding in scope and importance under the able and upright administration of the inter- ested principals, both of whom are business men of marked ability and highest personal in- tegrity and both of whom are authorities in connection with their line of enterprise.
In politics Mr. Mueller gives his support to the Republican party in a generic way, but in local affairs, where no definite national issues are involved, he maintains an independent at- titude, by giving his support to the men and measures meeting the approval of his judgment. He holds membership in the- Commercial Club, the Columbia Club, the Indianapolis Canoe Club, the Indianapolis Board of Trade and the German House, of which last mentioned and representative social organization he is presi- dent for the year 1910. In the Masonic frater- nity his affiliations are here briefly noted: Pentalpha Lodge, No. 564, Free and Accepted Masons ; Keystone Chapter, No. 6, Royal Arch Masons; Raper Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templars; and Murat Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Both Mr. Mueller and his wife are members of the Unitarian Church ..
On the 17th of October, 1888, was solem- nized the marriage of Mr. Mueller to Miss Julia W. Schnull, who was born in Indian- apolis on the 25th of Mav. 1864, and who is a daughter of Henry and Matilda (Schramm) Schnull, both of whom are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Mueller have two children,-Clemens O. and Norma J.
FRANK B. WILLIS. A young and progressive business man of Indianapolis, Frank B. Willis is treasurer of the Willis-Holcomb Company, which represents the largest automobile enter- prise in the city. This company have built up their business through the sale of the well- known "Packard" car. Mr. Willis holds a dual position with the company, being its active manager and treasurer. J. I. Holcomb is presi- dent of the concern and R. A. Holcomb, secre- tary, its large. establishment being located on North Meridian street, overlooking St. Clair
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Park, between Walnut and St. Clair streets.
Mr. Willis is a Hoosier-a native of Water- loo, born on the 13th of October, 1882. After obtaining a high school education, in 1890 he moved to Indianapolis and identified himself with the Herriott Dental Supply Company. He remained with that firm until 1902, when he engaged with the Fisher Automobile Com- pany, and in the fall of 1908 became one of the organizers of the Willis-Holcomb Company, being at that time chosen both its treasurer and general manager. Mr. Willis is secretary of the Indianapolis Auto Trade Association and an active member of the Indianapolis Commer- cial Club. He has also attained a high rank in Masonry, being a member of Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398, F. and A. M .; Keystone Chap- ter No. 6, R. A. M .; Indianapolis Council No. 2, R. & S. M .; Raper Commandery No. 1, K. T., and Murat Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.
Mr. Willis' parents are Frank W. and Jo- sephine (Dickinson) Willis, the father being a native of Albany, New York, and the mother, of Auburn, Indiana. They are the parents of six sons and three daughters, of whom Frank B. is the fourth child. Hon. Frank W. Willis is one of the best known men in the state, as he enjoys a fine record as a journalist, a soldier and a public character. He has been editor and publisher of the Waterloo Press for the past twenty-five years; served three years in Company K, Forty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and in 1905-6 represented his constituents in the Indiana House of Repre- sentatives. In politics he is a stanch exponent of the old-time Lincoln and Civil War Repub- lican, and has been an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic since the earliest period of its organization.
On January 25, 1905, Frank B. Willis mar- ried Miss Florence Wright, a native of Rich- mond, Indiana, and a daughter of John H. and Rose C. (Peake) Wright, both of whom were born in the Hoosier state. Of their two chil- dren, Mrs. Willis is the elder. Her father is a well-known Indianapolis druggist. Mr. and Mrs. Willis are also the parents of two chil- dren,-Frank Henry and Edward B.
GEORGE BAUER is identified with the busi- ness life of Indianapolis as a merchant tailor at 215 Traction Building. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 7. 1858, a son of George and Mary (Hammer) Bauer, both of whom were born in Germany. The father. born October 7, 1829, is now living at 525 Cottage avenue, Indianapolis. He came to this coun- try as a young man of seventeen with his parents. The father, George and his wife, in 1846, made the voyage in a sailing vessel, and after landing in the harbor of New York City
they drifted west to Cincinnati, Ohio, where the senior Mr. Bauer spent the remainder of his life as a farmer. It was there also that George Bauer, his son, spent the years of his early manhood, and in 1869 he engaged in farming for himself. Coming to Indiana, he located in Marion County, but later purchased him a farm in Hamilton County, this state, near Fishers Switch, and there he was engaged in general farming until 1909, when he moved to Indianapolis. He was made a member of Central Lodge No. 23 of the Masonic frater- nity, and became a member of Indianapolis Chapter No. 5, R. A. M., when he was seventy- three years of age. In politics he supports the Democratic principles. His marriage to Mary Hammer was celebrated near Cincinnati, Ohio, and their eight children are Elizabeth, George, Charles E., Matilda, Emma, Fred M., Anna and Ruth.
George Bauer, Jr., received but a meager public school training in his youth, leaving the schoolroom when but thirteen years of age, and he worked thereafter on the farm with his father until he was eighteen. . On the 24th of July, 1876, he enlisted in Company I, Twenty- second U. S. Army, and was sent to Dakota, Montana and Wyoming, but was returned to Indiana in 1877, and later was sent to Wilkes- barre, Pennsylvania, to guard the miners dur- ing the miners' and railroad strike. Following this he was sent to Fort Gratiot, Michigan, and received his discharge from the army in October of 1878. Returning then to his father's farm, he remained at home until his marriage in 1883, locating then in Indianapolis and fol- lowing various occupations until engaging with the E. C. Atkins Company on the 6th of April, 1886. He remained with that firm for two months and two days over twenty years, and then from the 6th of June, 1906, until the 1st of February, 1909, he was a salesman with the Indianapolis Coal Company. In the latter year Mr. Bauer started business as a merchant tailor at 215 Traction building, and is promi- nently identifying himself with the business life of Indianapolis. He stands high in the Masonic fraternity, being a member and past master of Center Lodge No. 23, F. & A. M., a member of Indianapolis Chapter No. 5, R. A. M., and a member of Indianapolis Council, R. and S. M., Raper Commandery No. 1, K. T., Indiana Consistory, S. P. R. S., and Murat Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is one of the best posted men on the principles of Masonry in Indiana. He is also a member of the Atkins Pioneers, the I. O. O. F., and the K. of P. He is an honorary member of North Park Lodge, No. 646, F. and A. M., Monument Lodge 657, F. and A. M., Indianapolis Lodge
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No. 669, F. and A. M., and Bridgeport Lodge No. 162, F. and A. M. He is independent in his political affiliations
On the 3rd of April, 1883, Mr. Bauer was married to Anna M. Kuhn, who was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, February 7, 1859, a daughter of Phillip and Philippina Kuhn. Their three children are Carrie, George and Charles E. The elder son died in infancy, and Charles E. Bauer married Margaret Cody and has a son, George.
CONSTANTINE B. CONES. At this point is entered a brief memoir concerning one who stood as a veritable "captain of industry" in Indianapolis and who contributed materially to the commercial prestige of the city. Here Constantine B. Cones maintained his home for more than thirty-five years and here his capi- talistic and business interests eventually as- sumed large scope and importance. He was a man of impregnable integrity in all the rela- tions of life and his gracious personality gained him stanch friends among all classes and condi- tions of men. His death was the direct result of ethereal pneumonia, which was the sequel of an operation performed at St. Vincent's Hos- pital for a malignant growth on the tongue.
Constantine Byron Cones was born in the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 11th of De- cember, 1837, and when he was a boy, his parents removed to Indiana and took up their residence in Wabash. There he was virtually reared to maturity and there he gained his early educational training in the common schools. Boys matured rapidly in those days and early assumed the responsibilities of men and Mr. Cones proved no exception to the rule, as he became identified with practical business activ- ities while still a boy. Finally, he removed from Wabash to Peru, this state, where he en- gaged in the general merchandise business. A number . of years afterwards, he disposed of his interests in that place and removed to Kent- land, Indiana, where he established himself in the same line of enterprise and where he also became an extensive buver and shipper of grain as well as a prominent factor in the banking business. He became one of the prominent and influential citizens of that section of the state and there one of his most intimate friends was John Ade, father of George Ade, the well known humorist and playwright.
In 1870, Mr. Cones disposed of his banking business, to the firm of Ade and McCray and he forthwith removed to Indianapolis, where he became an essentially representative busi- ness man and where he continued to reside during the residue of his life. Soon after his removal to the capital city, he became asso- ciated with John M. Ridenour and effected the
organization of the Central Bank. His was a dominating force in the upbuilding of this substantial and popular institution, and he eventually sold his interests in the same to Frank Kennedy and James A. Wildman. In 1879, Mr. Cones identified himself with indus- trial interests by engaging in the manufacture of overalls and at the time of his death he was president and general manager of the C. B. Concs & Son Manufacturing Co., one of the large and important concerns engaged in this enterprise in the middle west. He had re- markable initiative and constructive ability and the same was clearly shown forth in the splen- did advance of the industrial enterprise with which he was thus identified and which is Ell continued in the corporate title of C. B. Cones & Son Co.
In 1859, while the gold excitement was still at its height in California, Mr. Cones went to that state, where he remained about three years, during which time he conducted a suc- cessful general merchandise business and handled much of the gold taken out by the miners in this section of the country.
As a citizen Mr. Cones manifested the same enterprising and progressive spirit that so sig- nificantly characterized his business career and he ever showed a lively interest in all that touched the civic and material prosperity of his own city. Though never aspiring for popular office, he accorded a stanch allegiance to the Republican party and kept himself well in- formed in connection with the matters and is- sues of the hour. He was a member of the Indianapolis Board of Trade and the Commer- cial Club and his religious faith was that of the Catholic Church, in which he was a com- municant of SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, to the support of whose generic work and col- lateral benevolences he contributed with large liberality. In the same church his wife was likewise a devout and earnest communicant. Mr. Cones was a man of fine intellectual pow- ers and was ever an extensive and appreciative reader of the best in literature, both standard and periodical. He was generous and tolerant in his attitude toward his fellow men and his many admirable attributes of character well justified the unequivocal confidence and. es- teem reposed in him.
On the 9th of August, 1860, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Cones with Mary Louise Aveline, who was born and reared at Peru, In- diana, and whose ancestry in the paternal line is traced back to sterling French origin. Mrs. Cones was summoned to the life eternal on August 7, 1905, and of the four children only one is now living, Katheryn, who is now the wife of Edwin I .. Patrick, .a native of the State
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of New York, and now the executive head of the extensive business so long conducted under the leadership of the honored subject of this memoir. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick are popular in connection with the social activities of the In- diana metropolis and their attractive home is a recreative center of gracious hospitality.
GEORGE R. SULLIVAN. A native son of In- dianapolis and a member of one of its early and honored pioneer families, George R. Sul- livan attained precedence as one of the rep- resentative business men of the capital city, where he is now living virtually retired, de- voting his attention principally to the super- vision of his large property and capitalistic interests and being known as a loyal and pub- lic-spirited citizen, as was his father before him.
George R. Sullivan was born in Indianap- olis, on the 11th of August, 1856, and is a son of William and Clarissa (Tomlinson) Sullivan, the former of whom was born in the State of Maryland, in 1803, and died in Indianapolis, in 1886, and the latter of whoni was born in Northumberland County, Penn -. sylvania, in 1812; she likewise passed the closing years of her life in .Indianapolis, where she died in the year 1895. She was a sister of Stephen D. Tomlinson, whose estate was left to the City of Indianapolis and from which Tomlinson hall was founded, and she was also a sister of Dr. James M. Tom- linson. To William Sullivan and wife were born one son, subject of this sketch, and two daughters-Clara, who became the wife of Col. R. F. May, of Maryland; and Flora, who first married Colonel Robert Stewart, a gallant .cavalry officer in the Union service. in the Civil war; after his death she became the wife of Emil Wulschner, who was long one of the representative business men of Indian- apolis, where his death occurred; Mrs. Wulschner died in the City of Rome, Italy, in April. 1909.
William Sullivan was a man of admirable intellectual attainments and marked practical ability, and his sterling attributes of charac- ter gained and retained to him the high re- gard of all with whom he came in contatt in the various relations of life. He took up his residence in Indianapolis in the year 1834, and here he was for several years a successful and popular teacher in the early schools of the embryonic city. In 1836 he became civil engineer for the city, having the distinction of being the first incumbent chosen for this position. He had previously been appointed county surveyor, and he held the two offices simultaneously. Under his able direction the first street improvements were made in In-
dianapolis, and while incumbent of the office of city engineer he designed and: brought out a large map for the use of: the city, besides which he published a smaller map of the city, for general distribution. Both of these maps proved of much value and of the latter type there are but few in existence at the present time, the same being specially interesting as . showing the modest nucleus around which has been built up a great and prosperous city. Mr. Sullivan was a man of the broadest con- ceptions of civic loyalty and did all in his power to further the best interests of the community, though he was essentially modest and unobtrusive, in his demeanor. Prior to the establishing of the system of graded schools he was an influential factor in pro- moting educational interests in Indianapolis. In this connection he was largely instru- mental in effecting the organization of the Franklin Institute, or high school, which had its headquarters at the northwest corner of Market street and Monument place, which latter thoroughfare was then and for many years thereafter known as the Circle. This well ordered institution attained high repu- tation in its day and effectively supplemented the work of the minor schools of the city.
William Sullivan commanded the unquali- fied confidence and esteem of the community and his aid and influence were ever to be counted upon in connection with the support of enterprises and measures tending to con- serve the general welfare. He represented his ward in the city council and was honored in being chosen president of that municipal body, in which connection he was called upon to discharge magisterial duties similar to those of the police judge of the present day. From November, 1841, until November, 1867. he continuously held the office of justice of the peace for Center township, and in the en- tire history of the municipal government of the capital city there is no other instance of any one man having served so long a period in office of any order. He made this office jus- tify its name and in the connection he trans- acted a large volume of business, often dis- charging the duties of the office of city judge, in the absence or inability of the mayor. He gave his influence and financial aid in the promotion of public improvements, especially in the promotion of railroad enterprises of value to the capital city. He served for sev- eral years as a member of the directorate of the old railroad whose line extended between Indianapolis and Richmond, this state, being incumbent of this position during the con- struction of the road, and later he became a member of the board of trustees of the Peru
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& Indianapolis Railroad. Mr. Sullivan was, a man of genial and kindly disposition and abiding human sympathy and tolerance. He did well his part as one of the earnest and broad-minded citizens of Indianapolis, and his name merits a lasting place on the roll of the city's honored pioneers. He was an ad- herent, of the Democratic party until the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and thereafter he identified himself with the Re- publican party, of whose cause he continued a zealous advocate until the time of his death. Both he and his wife. were communicants of the Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal Church and were instant in all good works.
George R. Sullivan, whose name introduces this article, was reared to manhood in In- dianapolis, which city has represented his home from the time of his birth to the pres- ent. He duly availed himself of the advan- tages of the city schools and as a young man identified himself with local business inter- ests. He finally engaged in business on his own responsibility, associating himself with George G. Tanner, under the firm name of Tanner & Sullivan, and developing a large and prosperous business. as manufacturers and jobbers of metals and tinners' supplies. The enterprise was made one of much impor- tance and wide scope and Mr. Sullivan con- tinued actively identified with the same un- til 1904, when he retired, and he has since found ample demands upon his time and at- tention in connection with the management of his various real estate and capitalistic_in- terests.
George R. Sullivan has given an unquali- fied allegiance and support to the Republican party from the time of attaining his legal majority, but has had no predilection for the honors or emoluments of public office. As a progressive and broad-minded citizen he has lent his influence and tangible aid to the pro- motion of objects projected for the general good of the community and has taken a loyal interest in all that has conserved the civic and industrial advancement of his native city. He is a member of the Indianapolis Board of Trade, the Commercial Club, the University Club, the Columbia Club, the Country Club and the German House, and his popularity in his home city is of the most unequivocal type.
On the 15th of September, 1880, was sol- emnized the marriage of Mr. Sullivan to Miss Annie Russell, who was born and reared in Indianapolis and who is a daughter of James and Isabelle (Stevens) Russell, both of whom are now deceased and the former of whom was a son of Colonel Alexander Russell, one of the distinguished pioneers of Indianapolis.
Colonel Russell was at one time postmaster of Indianapolis and died while incumbent of that office and was succeeded by his son James. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan hold mem- bership in the St. Paul's Episcopal Church. They have two sons-Russell and William George, the former of whom is president and the latter secretary and treasurer of the Sul- livan-Geiger Company, manufacturers and jobbers of tinware, sheet metal specialties, etc. Both of the sons are graduates of Yale College and are representative young busi- 'ness men of the capital city, alert and pro- gressive and admirably typifying that spirit through which has been conserved the mag- nificent industrial development of Indianap- olis within the first decade of the twentieth century.
FRANK MCALLISTER was born on his fath- er's farm at Magnetic Springs, Ohio, August 12, 1873, and his early life was spent there and his educational training was received in the public schools of the town. He became a resident of Indianapolis in September, 1891, and his first identification with the business life of this city was as a printer, a trade he had learned in Winfield, Kansas. In Sep- tember of 1897 he became interested in the C. P. Lesh Paper Company, remaining with that corporation until the 1st of January, 1909, when he became associated with the In- diana Paper Company, and is now the vice- president and manager of the firm. He is a charter member of the Transportation Club of this city, and of the Commercial Club.
Mr. McAllister is a son of John and Hes- ter Ann (Bird) McAllister, both of whom were born in Ohio. From there they moved to Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas, in 1883, and both are living there now. Mr. McAllis- ter retired from his farming pursuits when seventy-eight years of age. He is a member of the Christian Church, of the Masonic fra- ternity, which he joined in Ohio, and of the Republican party.
Frank McAllister married Miss Edna Mer- rill August 25, 1892. She was born in De- troit, Michigan, November 6, 1871, the only child of Levi and Merrill, both of whom were born in Michigan and both are now deceased. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. McAllister-Ferdinand M., Florence E., Frances and Franklin. Mr. Mc- Allister has attained high rank in the Ma- sonic fraternity, belonging to Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398, F. & A. M .; Keystone Chap- ter No. 6, R. A. M .; Raper Commandery No. 1, K. T .; Indiana Consistory, S. P. R. S .; Indianapolis Council No. 1, R. & S. M .; and to Murat Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.
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JEFFERSON H. REED. One of the important functions of this publication touching. the his- tory of Greater Indianapolis is to accord defi- nite recognition to those business men who stand representative in their respective fields of operation, and in this connection refer- ence may consistently be made to Mr. Reed as one of the leading merchants of the city. He conducts a thoroughly metropolitan jew- elry establishment at 38 West Washington street and the large and representative trade controlled offers adequate voucher as to the correct methods and effective service involved in the prosecution of the enterprise.
Jefferson Howard Reed claims the fine old Empire state of the Union as the place of his nativity and is a scion of families whose names have been identified with the annals of American history from the colonial days to the present. He was born in the village of Cambria, Niagara County, New York, on the 12th of October, 1853, and is a son of Ho- ratio Shubel Reed and Olive Adams (Emery) Reed. Horatio S. Reed was born in Genesee County, New York, on the 13th of July, 1827, and his wife was born in Rutland, Vermont, on the 6th of November, 1832, their marriage having been solemnized on the 14th of June, 1852. They became the parents of one son and five daughters, and of the number the subject of this review is the eldest; Luella, who was born on the 3rd of May, 1857, is the wife of Forrest C. Noble and they reside in California; Kate H., who was born Jan- uary 28, 1860, is the wife of Henry C. Ful- ton, of Asotin, Washington; Olive D., who was born September 21, 1864, is the wife of Robert C. Marquis, of Chicago, Illinois; Nel- lie B., born May 14, 1866, is the wife of Charles B. Caywood, of Seattle, Washington ; and Lillian M., who was born September 24, 1873, is the wife of Clyde K. Gerard, of Leoti, Kansas.
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