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The paternal grandfather was Michael O'Brien, who wife was Harriet (Brennan) O'Brien. They died in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Cornelius was the only one of the family who came to America. The maternal grandfather was James W. Hunter, who married Harriet Protzman. They were both born at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and came down the Ohio river in 1817, locating at Lawrenceburg. Mr. Hunter was an architect and builder, was one of the very early postmasters of Lawrenceburg, and was major of the state militia. Mr. Hunter and his wife died at Lawrenceburg; he at the age of thirty-four, and she at the age of eighty-four.
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WESLEY GEORGE BUNGER.
Wesley George Bunger, farmer and stock-feeder, son of George Henry Bunger and Zilpha (Hizer) Bunger, was born at Quercus Grove, Indiana, March 13, 1887. He was reared in Quercus Grove, Switzerland county. His education was secured at Quercus Grove and Patriot, Indiana, where he grew to young manhood. As a young man Mr. Bunger is ambitious and filled with a desire to become as successful as other wealthy farmers in his local- ity, he started out to make his fortune, first going to Rising Sun, Indiana, and later moved to Lawrenceburg township, where he still resides, and tills a farm of almost one hundred acres. He is also a stockfeeder, and conducts a dairy of about thirty head of cows. Mr. Bunger is a member of the Mod- ern Woodmen of America, Camp 9946. Mr. Bunger is a stanch believer in Democratic principles.
George Henry Bunger, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in North, Ohio county, Indiana, and lived there until twenty-two years old, then moved to Quercus Grove, Switzerland county, Indiana. Feeling that his locality was lacking in opportunities particularly suited to his qualifications, he then began to look about for a location that offered the required induce- ments, and in 1907 he moved his family to Rising Sun, Indiana, where he still resides. His wife was Zilpha Hizer, who was born and reared at Quer- cus Grove, Switzerland county, Indiana. They were united in marriage in 1881, and lived at the place of her nativity until 1907, when they moved to Rising Sun. Two children were born to this union, Wesley George and Clay- ton. The parents of Zilpha (Hizer) Bunger were Jacob Hizer and Martha Hizer. Martha Hizer was married secondly to Samuel Lostutter, and still resides at Rising Sun:
The paternal grandfather was William H. Bunger, whose wife was Flora Bunger. They came from Bremen, Germany, and settled at North, Indiana, later moving to Rising Sun, where Mr. Bunger still lives. He owned a fine farm of four hundred acres, which he recently sold to his son-in-law, George Lostutter. He is a strong Prohibitionist and a member of the Baptist church. Flora Bunger, the paternal grandmother, was a member of the Baptist church. She died in 1900, at Rising Sun, Indiana.
On August 8, 1909, Wesley George Bunger was united in marriage with Grace Schrumpf, daughter of William Arthur Schrumpf and Ida May (Welch) Schrumpf. She was born at Rising Sun, Indiana, April 18, 1889, where she attended the public and high school. She remained at Rising Sun about a
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year and a half after finishing high school, and then moved to Lawrenceburg. Her parents were also born and reared at Rising Sun. They were the par- ents of four children, Grace, who became Mrs. Bunger; Laura, who married a Mr. Gary, Julius James and Henry Russell Schrumpf.
The paternal grandparents were Julius Schrumpf and Anna ( Purdy) Schrumpf. The grandfather came from near Berlin, Germany, and settled at Rising Sun. His wife was born at Rising Sun. They had but one son. William Arthur Schrumpf. Julius Schrumpf is a member of the Presbyte- rian church, and his wife a member of the Baptist church. He was a suc- cessful business man, having been president of the Building and Loan Asso- ciation, councilman and director in the Deposit Bank, and is a large property owner.
The mother of Grace (Schrumpf) Bunger was a daughter of James Welch and Mahala (O'Niel) Welch, who were born near Rising Sun. James Welch died in 1914, about sixty-eight years of age. Mahala Welch is still living at Rising Sun. They were the parents of five children. Ida May. Fred, Ernest, Lewis and Russell, all of whom have been married. Fred lives at Arcola, Illinois ; Ernest and Russell reside at Aurora, Indiana; and Lewis at Rising Sun.
WILLIAM A. CREATH.
William A. Creath, a United States storekeeper-gauger, living at 637 Ridge avenue, Greendale, Lawrenceburg, Indiana, is a well-known citizen of this city. He was reared on the farm, and received a good education in the public schools of Ripley county, and at Purdue University. and taught seventeen years in the public schools of Ripley and Dearborn counties. He has been engaged in the government service at Lawrencburg and while here has made many friends. Mr. Creath is prominent in the religious, fra- ternal and political life of Dearborn county, and is well known in this sec- tion.
William A. Creath was born on July 22, 1860, in Ripley county, Indiana, a son of Richard M. and Sarah Jane (Benham) Creath. They were natives of Ripley county; and had five children. William A. is the eldest; James, the second born, and Joseph N., the fourth born, are deceased. Thomas L., the youngest child, who was a prominent lawyer of Versailles, died in the fall of . 1914. The two living children are William A., and Ulysses Morton, a Methodist minister of Basin, Wyoming.
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At odd times Mr. Creath, when not in school, worked in his father's machine shop as well as on the farm. He began teaching at the age of twenty. In 1898 he entered the government service in Lawrenceburg as United States storekeeper-gauger, and this position he has held ever since.
William A. Creath was married on August 28, 1889, to Emma May Platt, the daughter of Gilbert and Elizabeth Noyce (Wilcox)' Platt. Tivo children have been born to this union, Mead Platt and Clara Fay. Mead Platt is a graduate of Purdue University and is now in the creamery business at VanBuren, Indiana. Clara Fay was graduated from Indiana University, at Bloomington, Indiana, class 1915.
The father of William A. Creath was reared in Ripley county, Indiana. near Friendship. He was a farmer and also a machinist by trade. He oper- ated a shop at Benham. He died there in 1888, at the age of fifty-two years. His wife died in 1907, at the age of sixty-nine. Both were members of the Methodist church. Mr. Creath's paternal grandfather was William Creath, who married Leitha Martin. They were natives of Ripley courty, Indiana, and lived at Friendship. William Creath was a farmer. They had three children, James Anderson, Melinda and Richard. Mr. Creath's paternal great-grandfather was Robert Creath, one of the pioneers of Friendship, Ripley county, Indiana, and came from Kentucky. He took up land from the government in 1803 and died near Friendship at an advanced age. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Creath was Lewis Benham, who married Nancy Hyatt. Both were born near Benham, Ripley county. The Benhams and the Hyatts were among the early pioneers of Ripley county, coming to Ripley county from Kentucky. The first of the Benhams to settle in Rip- ley county were the parents of Lewis Benham, and the first of the Hyatts to settle in Ripley county were the parents of his wife, Nancy. Both the Hyatts and the Benhams reared large families. The children intermarried and the progeny of these two families has grown until there are thousands of them, a great many of whom are still living in Ripley county. Lewis Ben- ham and wife had six children, James, Sarah Jane, Shadraeck, Eliza, Joseph H. and Mary, of whom Joseph H. Benham is the only one living. The mater- nal great-grandfather Benham was James Benham, who served in the War of 1812.
Mrs. William A. Creath was born in Manchester, Dearborn county, Indiana, May 17, 1865. Her parents were born in Manchester township, Dearborn county, Indiana. Both Gilbert and Elizabeth Platt are now deceased. The father died in 1877, and her mother ten years previously, in
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1867. Among their children were Omer, deceased, Wilmer G., chief clerk of the comptroller of treasury, Washington, D. C .; Emma May (Mrs. Creath). Mrs. William A. Creath's paternal grandfather was Smith Platt, who married Elizabeth Manliff. He was a pioneer in Manchester township, where he died well advanced in years. He had a large family of children, as follow : Oliver, Mrs. Jane Van Scyoc, Mrs. Prudence Montgomery, deceased; Mrs. Lucinda Van Scyoc, Gilbert, deceased; Mrs. Hannah Milliken, deceased; Mrs. Susan McMullen and Amanda Platt, who died in June, 1915. Mrs. Creath's maternal grandfather, Peter Wilcox, was a native of New York state and an early settler in Manchester township, Dearborn county, Indiana. He was a farmer. He and his wife moved to Shelby county, near Waldron, and died there at advanced ages. They had a large family of children, among whom were Mrs. Elizabeth Noyce Platt, Mrs. Dora Harlow, and a son, Talma Wilcox. Mrs. Creath's maternal grandmother, Mrs. Wilcox, died, and after her death Mr. Wilcox married again. Two children were born to the sec- ond marriage, Mrs. Jennie Sparks and Elmer Wilcox. Jerry, Uz, George and Charles were children of his third wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Creath are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Creath is one of the stewards of the church. He belongs to Lawrence- burg Lodge No. 4, Free and Accepted Masons. He is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and is identified with the Republican party.
NICHOLAS ZIMMER.
Nicholas Zimmer is a native of Lauterbach, Prussia, and is a son of Charles and Elizabeth Zimmer. . He was born on December 12. 1844. and with his father and other members of the family. left Havre. France. Decem- ber 16, 1852. arriving at New Orleans on March 17. 1853. after an exciting voyage of ninety-two days on the ocean. They were overtaken in mid-ocean by a pirate ship, but when they were found to be only emigrants, they were allowed to go on their way without further molestation. After this. travel- ing was very slow and tedious, due to the fact that their main mast had been broken off by the pirate vessel which had ran into them broadside. Upon landing at New Orleans. they came at once to Dearborn county, where a home was soon established on a farm. Nicholas Zimmer received a good education (such as was called good at that time) at the public schools of Dearborn county.
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On January 20, 1862, Nicholas Zimmer eniisted in the Civil War, in Company I, and was later transferred to Company K, Fifty-second Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. The following were the battles in which he saw service : Ft. Donelson, February 14, 15, 16, 1862; siege of Corinth, Missis- sippi, June, 1862; after which his regiment built a railroad from Corinth to Jackson, Tennessee. His regiment was later detached from Grant's forces, remaining in Memphis, while the main army went to Vicksburg, and during which time, his regiment secured a steamer and patroled the river front, mak- ing themselves safe behind bales of cotton. This was for the purpose of keeping the river open to traffic. Upon being fired upon by the enemy, they immediately swung the boat around and landed, thus causing great surprise to the rebels, who lost no time in disappearing from that locality. After leav- ing patrol service, Mr. Zimmer went with his regiment to Ft. Pillow, Ten- nessee, and was in the battle at Durhamsville, Tennessee, and was again attached to the main army at Vicksburg. Remaining here a short time, his regiment was assigned to the Third Brigade, Second Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, Gen. A. J. Smith, commander, and sent up Red river, and then back to Memphis. On the way back Mr. Zimmer was in the battle at Shreve- port, Louisiana, and in the battle at Lake Chicot, Arkansas. In July, 1864, he participated in the battle of Tupelo and Gontotoc, Mississippi, and in August of the same year, took part in the battles of Hurricane Creek, College Hill and Oxford, Tennessee. From there the regiment went to Franklin, Mis- souri. to head off the Confederates under General Price, who were on the way to St. Louis, Missouri. They gave battle at Franklin, Missouri, chasing the Confederates into Kansas. Mr. Zimmer also took part in the battle at . Nashville, December 15 and 16, 1864, where the Union forces defeated Hood and followed Hood's army to Eastport, Mississippi, arriving there in Feb- ruary, 1865. The army here was snowed under, starved and lived on raw corn. The regiment was in the siege of Ft. Blakely, near Mobile, Alabama. which lasted from March 31 to April 9, 1865. The main battle was fought the same day General Lee surrendered. The war being ended, his regiment remained in Alabama until September 10, 1865, to enforce civil law and help the southerners on their feet again. Mr. Zimmer was discharged from duty September 10, 1865, and sent to Indianapolis with the regiment.
Mr. Zimmer farmed for two years following his return from the army. and gave this up to go into a general merchandise store at Batesville, Indiana, selling out his stock one year later. About this time Batesville was almost destroyed by fire, throwing a great many out of employment. Mr. Zimmer
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then called a mass meeting, and organized a stock company and started the American Furniture Company, building a large factory, which provided em- ployment for a great number of men. After serving as secretary for this es- tablishment for about a year, Mr. Zimmer sold his interest and went to Cin- cinnati, where he started a notion store in 1879. Remaining in this business about two years, he again sold out, accepting a position as collector for a brewery, in which capacity he served four years, when he was taken very ill, and was obliged to take a much-needed rest.
After regaining his health Mr. Zimmer went to Danville, Kentucky, where he bought a bottling works, which he also, later, sold out to good advan- tage. In 1890 he started in Yorkville, his present home, the hardware and implement store, and a few years ago sold out. Mr. Zimmer is now living a retired life at Yorkville, Indiana. He is a strong believer in the Republican principles and holds the office of township trustee, being elected in November, 1914. He was elected to the same office in 1891, a Democratic township, two to one. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Zimmer belongs to the Benjamin J. Spooner Post No. 586, Grand Army of the Republic.
Nicholas Zimmer was married to Barbara Hagen, November 27, 1867. She was a native of York township, her birth occurring on April 29, 1848. She was reared and educated here. and remained at home until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Zimmer have no children of their own, but they adopted a child who died at the age of seventeen years.
Mr. Zimmer believes he is the oldest township trustee in the state, and the only member of the Grand Army of the Republic holding that office.
JOHN SPENCER DORMAN.
John Spencer Dorman, a farmer of Lawrenceburg township, Dearborn county, Indiana. who owns a beautiful home in Lawrenceburg township and who has been prominent in civic affairs in Dearborn county, is descended from a family which was established in Dearborn county more than a hun- dred years ago. In fact. the Dorman family was established in Dearborn county by Elijah and Elizabeth (Shockley) Dorman, the grandparents of the subject of this sketch, who came to Dearborn county in the early twen- ties. They had five children, John, Wilson, Sarah, Jane and Mary. Elijah
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Dorman, who was a farmer by occupation, after coming to Dearborn county from Maryland, lived in Sparta township the remainder of his life.
John Spencer Dorman was born on January 23, 1851, in Holman, Man- chester township, Dearborn county. After attending the public schools of Dearborn county and Moores Hill College, at Moores Hill, Mr. Dorman fol- lowed farming and school teaching until 1873, when he entered the mercan- tile business with his brother in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. He was a member of his brother's. firm until 1878, when he was married, after which he went into business for himself. In 1901 Mr. Dorman closed out his business and in 1902 purchased sixty-five acres of land in Homestead. He also has one hundred acres in the Miami bottoms and sixty acres in Manchester township. Lately he has sold thirty-five acres of the homestead farm at a greatly advanced price. He and Mrs. Dorman purchased the entire farm his father owned and divided it, making three farms, which they sold at a good profit.
The parents of Mr. Dorman, John and Jane (Truitt) Dorman, both came from near Salisbury, Maryland, the former of whom was born in Worcester county and was married in 1832, in Manchester township. Dearborn county, to Jane Truitt, the daughter of Riley and Elizabeth Truitt, who came from Maryland to Dearborn county in 1818. John and Jane Dorman reared a family of four sons and one daughter : Frank R., John S., H. G., Charles W. and America A. After having cleared and improved a farm of two hundred and seventy-five acres in Manchester township, John Dorman lived there the remainder of his life, dying about 1886.
John S. Dorman was married in 1887 to Mrs. Nancy (Hayes) Guard, the widow of Levi Guard and the daughter of Isaac and Eliza (Finch) Hayes. Mrs. Dorman was born in Hardentown, Dearborn county, Indiana. By her marriage to Levi Guard, there was born one daughter, Mrs. Harry Sims, now deceased. Mrs. Sims left three children, Marie and Ruth, twins, and Dor- man, who is a graduate of Purdue University, and is a chemical engineer. The father and mother had two children who grew to maturity, Mrs. Eliza Swift and Mrs. Nancy Dorman. Mrs. Swift has four children : Isaac, John, Bertha and Eva. Bertha married Charles Hayes and Eva married Bonard Dam. Isaac Hayes was the son of Jacob Hayes, who was one of the earliest settlers in Dearborn county. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Dorman have no chil- dren.
Mr. Dorman has been a progressive, active man of affairs. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pyth- ias, as well as the Democratic party. He is a member of the Methodist
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church at Lawrenceburg and is also one of the trustees of the Homestead Methodist church. He has devoted his time and his money toward the uplift and improvement of his community. He is a highly respected citizen of Dearborn county. Mrs. Dorman has proved an excellent helpmate. She is a woman of good business judgment and much credit for their success is due directly to her.
LOUIS F. RODENBERG.
Louis F. Rodenberg is the well-known superintendent of the Greendale distillery, an institution which was founded by his father. Mr. Rodenberg's father was engaged in the distilling business most of his life, having begun his career in Lawrenceburg thirty-five years ago, when he and his brother, Frederick, operated a distillery near the brewery for some time. . Later they operated another distillery which was destroyed by fire and in 1898 suc- ceeded to the old Cereal Distillery Company, which was incorporated and reorganized as the Greendale Distilling Company. It was this institution of which Mr .- Rodenberg's father, Christian Rodenberg, was vice-president until his retirement in 1914.
Louis F. Rodenberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 11, 1876. He is the son of Christian and Mary (Frank) Rodenberg, the former of whom is a native of Germany and the latter of Ohio. They had eleven chil- dren : Caroline, who married E. H. Moeller, of Hartwell, Ohio; Amelia, who married John Dornette, of Cincinnati; May, who is the wife of John Thinnes, of Cincinnati; Louis F., the subject of this sketch; Edward, deceased; Amanda, who became the wife of Harry Pellenus, of Cincinnati; George, deceased; Catherine, who lives at home; Lillian, the wife of Clarence Peters, of Cincinnati; Edith, who married Joseph Landewich, of Cincinnati, and Christian, who also lives in Cincinnati.
Christian Rodenberg, the father of Louis F., came to America with his parents when a boy and settled with them at Cincinnati: Here he grew to manhood and was educated. When he quit school he began working in a distillery and about 1880 engaged in business for himself at Lawrenceburg. Here he and his brother, Frederick, built a distillery near the brewery which they operated for several years. They sold it to the whiskey trust and after- wards built an independent distillery on Shipping and Mill streets, which they operated for five years. It was destroyed by fire in 1898 and in the fall
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of that year, they purchased of William H. O'Brien, the assignee, the old plant of the Cereal Distillery Company. In 1902 a stock company was formed of which Mr. Rodenberg was vice-president until his retirement in 1914. This plant is now operated as the Greendale Distilling Company. It is an incorporated institution and employs about thirty people. Louis F. Rod- enberg is the superintendent in charge of the plant.
Louis F. Rodenberg was reared in Cincinnati, Ohio, and attended the public schools of that city. After leaving school he came to Lawrenceburg as a bookkeeper for his father and has remained in the distilling business since that time. He has been superintendent since the retirement of his father.
On December 25, 1899, Louis F. Rodenberg was married to Matilda Brand, the daughter of Christian and Amelia (Fryen) Brand. Two sons. Lester R. and Louis B., have been born to this union.
Mr. Rodenberg's paternal grandparents were Henry and Sophia Roden- berg, natives of Germany. They died in Cincinnati at advanced ages. Among their children were Christian, Louis, Fred and daughters. Mina, Christina and Louise. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Rodenberg were Henry Frank and wife, Elizabeth, natives of Germany, who also died in Cincinnati. He was a farmer. Their children were George, Henry, John. Mary and Cather- ine.
Mrs. Matilda Rodenberg was born in Lawrenceburg and educated in the public schools. Her father was a native of Germany and her mother of Lawrenceburg. They are now living in Indianapolis, where he is a cabinet- maker. They had two children, Matilda and Meta, who married L. L. Paul, of Dublin, Indiana. Mrs. Rodenberg's maternal grandparents were George Fryen and wife, natives of Germany and early settlers in Dearborn county. where they died. Their children were Mollie, George, Anna, Fred, William and Henry.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Rodenberg are members of the Zion Evangelical church. Mr. Rodenberg belongs to Lawrenceburg Lodge No. 4, Free and Accepted Masons. He is also a member of Dearborn Lodge No. 49, Knights of Pythias. He is a director in the Dearborn Loan and Building Association. In politics he is a Republican.
For three generations, the Rodenberg family has been identified with the history of this county and has been prominent in the business and civic life of the community. Louis F. Rodenberg is well equipped to uphold the traditions of the family. His knowledge of the business with which he is connected has been no inconsiderable factor in its growth and prosperity.
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PHILIP J. EMMERT.
The moral and religious training of a family several decades ago was regarded as very essential for the future well-being of its members; such neg- lect of these essentials as is so commonly noted today being then frowned upon as little less than heathen. Such was the dictum in the native town of the Emmerts. With high moral and religious opinions dominating, it is needless to say that the children of this family were brought up amid condi- tions based upon the most rigid and austere discipline : the least disobedience often being followed by severe measures, the older sons of the family receiv- ing the full force of such harsh treatment proving an impressive object les- son to the younger members of the family. And the same was true of all the neighboring families, devout, God-fearing. industrious people, among whom all forms of labor save those of actual necessity and mercy were rigor- ously suspended on the Sabbath day, not even the least member of the family being permitted to drive a nail or a tack in play on that day. The high prin- ciples underlying this austerity were brought with them by these people when they set out for their new homes across the sea. and had John Wesley. the father of Methodism, who was so impressed by the practical daily religious conduct of the Moravians aboard the vessel when he was on his voyage to America, been present for two months on the good ship "Montpelier," James Watkins, master, he would have been equally impressed by the daily devo- tions of that numerous company of parents and children, neighbors, among whom were the Emmerts, immigrants from their native canton, a few miles from the river Rhine and twenty miles from the French frontier, in Rheinish Bavaria, who morning and evening knelt in silent devotion, placing their re- liance on that over-ruling Providence that rules the winds and the waves of the great deep. These colonists who were seeking a new home on this side the Atlantic were Lutherans in their religious belief, but fully seven-eighths of them later became German Methodists and their descendants today are found in the Methodist churches of the larger cities of Ohio. Indiana and the western states, even to the cities of the Pacific coast.
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