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CHARLES ROBERT POLLARD.
Charles Robert Pollard, a brilliant young attorney of Delphi, Indiana, has won for himself an influential place in the legal profession, not only of Carroll county, but of Arkansas City, Kansas, where he practiced law during the eight years prior to 1913. His life work has been one of unceas- ing industry. By honorable methods and capable and efficient service to his clients, he has won their confidence and the confidence of the community where he has practiced. Well grounded in the principles of jurisprudence, he has been admitted to practice in all of the courts of Indiana and Kansas and, on December 15, 1910, was admitted to the bar of the supreme court of the United States. He is a product of the Culver Military Academy, which he attended for two years, and professionally is a graduate of the law department of the University of Illinois, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws.
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Charles Robert Pollard, who was born at Delphi, Indiana, December 2, 1882, is the son of Robert Carter and Sallie Allen (Jackson) Pollard, natives of Mobile, Alabama, and Delphi, Indiana. Robert C. Pollard was born in 1855, in Alabama, and ten years later came to Delphi, Indiana, where he grew to manhood. He was educated in the public schools and in the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from which he graduated with the class of 1878. Beginning the practice of his profession shortly after graduation, he continued to practice until his death on June 3, 1913, when he was fifty-eight years old. His wife still sur- vives. Robert C. Pollard was a member of the Episcopal church but his widow is a member of the Methodist church. He belonged to the Knights of Pythias. Although a Democrat, nominally, he never sought office. Robert C. and Sallie A. (Jackson) Pollard were the parents of three chil- dren, Charles Robert, the subject of this sketch; Florence Lydia, who died on February 14, 1915, at the age of thirty years and Thomas Bracken, of Toledo, Ohio, who is superintendent of a foundry of the Railway Materials Company. He married Lottie Hawkins and they have two children, Robert and Richard.
Mr. Pollard's paternal grandparents were Robert, Sr., and Lydia (Gar- rett ) Pollard, natives of Richmond, Virginia, and County Cork, Ireland. He died in the prime of life at Mobile, Alabama, just before the Civil War, while she lived to be eighty-four years old. The paternal grandfather was also a lawyer. By his marriage to Lydia Garrett, there were born five chil- dren, Charles Rowen, Mrs. Effie Lyon, Mrs. Sallie Case, Robert Carter and one who died in infancy. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Pollard mar- ried Hettie Bracken, a native of Wisconsin, while he was a native of Indi- ana. After having been engaged in the hardware business at Delphi for some time, he died in middle life, but his wife had passed the sixties at the time of her death. To them were born five daughters, Mrs. Fannie Parkin- son, Mrs. Jennie Smalley, Mrs. Sallie Pollard, Mrs. Nellie Murphy and Mate, who died when sixteen years old.
Charles Robert Pollard was reared in Delphi and attended the grade school from which he was graduated. He was a student at the Culver Mili- tary Academy for two years from 1897 to 1899. He then entered the University of Illinois at Urbana, where he was a student for four years, being graduated from the law department in 1903.
Upon returning to Delphi, Mr. Pollard was admitted to the bar and entered into partnership with his father under the firm name of Robert C.
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Pollard & Son. This arrangement continued until January 1, 1905, when Charles Robert went to Arkansas City, Kansas, and there formed a partner- ship with Charles T. Atkinson. This partnership continued for three years or until Mr. Pollard withdrew and formed a partnership with Ed J. Fleming and Charles S. Beekman, under the firm name of Fleming, Pollard & Beek- man. This firm continued until January, 1911, after which Mr. Pollard practiced alone until June 3, 1913. At this time he returned to Delphi and resumed the practice in Carroll county. During the eight years he was located in Arkansas City, Kansas, he was city attorney for five years and was also local counsel for the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company, the Kronert Brothers Wholesale Grocery Company, the Arkansas City Pro- duce Company, the New Era Milling Company, the Security State Bank and the Traders State Bank.
On account of his father's death, Mr. Pollard returned to Delphi. He is admitted to practice before the supreme and circuit courts of Indiana, the supreme and district courts of Kansas, the United States circuit and district courts of Indiana and Kansas, and the supreme court of the United States.
On December 19, 1906, Mr. Pollard was married to Addie Howard Pigman, the daughter of Admiral George W. Pigman, whose wife before her marriage was a Miss Howard. To this union has been born one daugh- ter, Lillie Howard, who was born on September 10, 1909.
Mrs. Pollard was born in Washington, D. C., April 6, 1884. Her . father was born in Delphi, Indiana, and her mother in Washington, D. C. Her mother died in February, 1907, but her father is still living. They were the parents of four children, George, Isabel, Lillie and Addie. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Pollard were natives of Indiana and lived in Delphi. Her paternal grandfather was one of the early clerks of the court and was also engaged in mercantile business. He died in middle life, but his wife lived to be many years older. They were the parents of six children, James, George, Lucy, Belle, Lillie and Charles. Mrs. Pollard's maternal grandparents were natives of Maryland and died in that state.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robert Pollard are members of the Episcopal church in which Mr. Pollard is a vestryman. Mr. Pollard is a member of Kappa Kappa Chapter, Sigma Chi Fraternity, at the University of Illinois. He is a member of Arkansas City Lodge No. 956, Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks. Politically, he is a Democrat.
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ALEXANDER RASLER.
Climbing up, step by step, and paying strict attention to all matters com- ing directly under his supervision, Alexander Rasler now represents one of the leading business interests of Burrows, Indiana. Mr. Rasler has been a close student of every detail in connection with the mercantile business, in which he is successfully engaged, and his well-selected stock of goods attracts the best trade of the Burrows.
Alexander Rasler, merchant, Burrows, Indiana, was born on June 6, 1869, in Rock Creek township, Madison county, and is a son of William and Nancy (Scott) Rasler. He was educated in the public schools of the district and remained under his father's roof until he was seventeen years of age, when he began the vocation of farm life, and followed that business until he was twenty-one years of age, when he came to Burrows and engaged his services as clerk in the store of Henry Fitzer, remaining with him five or six years, at the end of which time he bought the entire stock and has continued in the mercantile business ever since, doing a large and profitable trade. Politically, Mr. Rasler is a Democrat, while his religious membership is with the Christian church at Burrows. He has been proprietor of his present general store for the past seventeen years, having built up a pros- perous trade during that time.
William Rasler, father of Alexander, was a son of John Rasler, and his wife was Mrs. Nancy ( Scott) McCormick, daughter of John Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Rasler were early settlers in Rock Creek township, and were the parents of three children, all of whom grew to maturity: Anna became the wife of Edward Kennedy, and lives in Burrows; Sadie, deceased, was united in marriage with Hugh Kennedy, and Alexander. William Rasler was a widower when he was married to Mrs. Nancy (Scott) McCormick, a widow, who was the mother of two children by her first marriage, John McCormick, born at Delphi, and Charles McCormick, born at Logansport, Indiana. Mr. Rasler died when Alexander was about four years old, and his widow never married again. Politically, he was a stanch believer in the policies of the Republican party. He owned a good farm, consisting of a large number of acres.
John Rasler, the paternal grandfather, came to Indiana at an early date, and settled in Rock Creek township. John Scott, the maternal grand- father, came from Pennsylvania and was also one of the pioneer settlers of Carroll county.
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Alexander Rasler was united in marriage to Bertha Friend, daughter of John Friend, of Clinton township, Cass county, Indiana. To this union were born two children, Hazel, a student at a public school, and Helen, three years of age.
Mr. Rasler has built up a name that stands for substantial citizenship, during the years in which he has been adding to his wealth and his popu- larity as a general merchant.
GROVER C. LONG.
Grover C. Long, the surveyor of Carroll county, is the scion of an old family of the county, his father having been a native-born Hoosier, a farmer in Carroll county for forty years, a trustee of Democrat township for two terms and otherwise a prominent citizen of the county. Grover C. Long is one of the aggressive young citizens of the county, who, having obtained a good education in the common and high schools of Carroll county and at Purdue University, is already well started on a most successful career.
Mr. Long is a native of Cutler, Indiana, born on June 9, 1885. He is the son of James D. and Anna (Herron) Long, natives of Indiana. The father was engaged in farming and owns two hundred acres of land in Democrat township. He has served as township trustee of this township for two terms. Both he and his wife are prominent members of the Presby- terian church. To them have been born three children, Estella, the wife of Mansford Smith, of Cutler, Indiana; Carlos, who is a farmer of Cutler; and Grover C., the subject of this sketch.
The paternal grandparents of Mr. Long were David Long and wife, natives of Ohio, and pioneers in Clinton county, Indiana, where they died at advanced ages. Like most pioneers of the Hoosier state, they reared a rather large family of children, among whom were Catherine, Margaret. Martha, Elizabeth, Washington, Benjamin, Samuel, James and Mary. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Long were Mr. and Mrs. Herron, who were natives of Ohio and early settlers in Carroll county. The grandfather was a physician and practiced medicine for many years at Cutler, Indiana. Among his children were Mrs. Anna J. Douglas, Frank. Grace and Walter.
Reared on his father's farm, Grover C. Long received his elementary education in the country schools. He was graduated from the Culver high school with the class of 1902 and later took a mechanical engineering course
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at Purdue University. In the meantime, Mr. Long had learned the car- penter's trade and engaged in contracting and building for several years. In 1912 Mr. Long was a nominee of the Democratic party for surveyor of Carroll county and, having been elected in the fall of 1912, took the office in January, 1913. In 1914 he was elected to a second term in which he is now serving.
Mr. Long was married on January 14, 1914, to Olga Trobaugh, the daughter of George and Jennie (Furnish) Trobaugh, who was born near Cutler, Indiana, October 5, 1892. Mrs. Long's father and mother were born in Indiana and have lived in Carroll county for many years. They now reside near Cutler. They have three children, Claude, Harry and Olga.
Mrs. Grover C. Long is an active member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Long is a member of Wildcat Lodge No. 311, Free and Accepted Masons, at Cutler, and of Delphi Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He is also a member of Cutler Lodge No. 571, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Delphi Lodge No. 80, Knights of Pythias, and of the uniform rank of the latter lodge.
JOHN F. LAKE.
Since the subject of this brief record has become a representative among the men of his chosen calling in this county, it may be assumed that he early made plans for his life, and with undeviating determination carried them out from day to day until the present time.
John F. Lake, who has resided for upwards of six years in Camden, and who has been for eleven years assessor of Jackson township, was born on a farm in this township on September 30, 1852. He is the son of Isaac H. and Harriet E. (Buyram) Lake the former having been a prominent citizen in his day. He was born in New Jersey and was the son of Elijah Lake. When Isaac was a lad of eight years, he traveled overland with his . parents who decided to make their western home in Whitewater, Indiana, but after a brief residence here they went to Marion county, where he became the owner of a large farm northwest of Indianapolis. On this farm con- sisting of one hundred and sixty acres with an adjoining property of eighty acres, Elijah and his faithful wife lived the remainder of their lives.
After entering and improving an eighty-acre farm in Jackson town- ship, Isaac Lake purchased two hundred and sixty acres in Iowa, later divid-
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ing the Iowa property among his children by his first wife. He died in this township. He was a member of Free and Accepted Masons, Mt. Zion Lodge No. 211, at Camden; a Democrat in politics and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was trustee for many years. To him and his wife were born five children, one of whom died in infancy. These were, John F., Florence B., wife of George W. Jones, of Logans- port; Orlando L., a resident of Logansport; Bettenia, who passed away in infancy and Lily M., wife of Jackson Hunter, of Annoka.
John F. lived under the parental roof until his twenty-fifth year, his father having died when John was eighteen years of age. After improving the home farm he sold it and moved to town where he bought property consisting of three houses and one vacant lot.
Mr. Lake was married on February 14, 1884, to Matilda Heiny at Idaville in Carroll county, Indiana. Mrs. Lake was the daughter of Jacob Heiny, and because of the previous death of her parents she was living at the time of her marriage with her sister in Rockfield. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Lake lived on the farm in Washington township, renting this for one year when they moved to their home place. They are the parents of Carl C., a graduate of the local high school and for one year a teacher in the Camden schools, and Clarence L., who married Catherine Weeds, daughter of Charles Wesley Weeds, who lived near Annoka, Cass county, Indiana.
Mr. Lake has been a valued member of the Camden Odd Fellows Lodge, No. 151, also of Encampment No. 135. He is past noble grand, having been representative to the state Encampment on two different occa- sions. His religious affiliations have been with the Camden Lutheran church and in politics he is a Democrat and has been township assessor for eleven years.
Because of his success in the material world. and his worthy character as a man, the record of John F. Lake is one that inspires esteem and admira- tion. It is the record of a man noted for unflinching loyalty to duty; for rugged honesty and for steadfastness of purpose.
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