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Mr. Shaw was reared on his father's farm near Vevay, and attended the country schools. Later he attended the high school, and was graduated from DePauw University, when it was known as Asbury University, with the class of 1872. In college Mr. Shaw was prominent in the Phi Kappa Psi college fraternity, where he is an honored alumnus, not only of DePauw University, but of this great Greek letter society.
After leaving college Mr. Shaw was married and farmed for five or six years. He then moved to Lawrenceburg and engaged in the grocery business for about six years. Later he was express agent for the Adams Express Com- pany for four years. Mr. Shaw served as postmaster of Lawrenceburg for eight years, and was a school trustee for one term. It is obvious, therefore, that he has been connected with the important phases of the life of Dearborn county. He is acquainted at first hand with its business, with its political life, and especially with its agricultural life. His rather wide and extensive connection with the fraternal societies of Dearborn county has given to him further advantages in preparation of this volume. Not the least of Mr. Shaw's interests is his connection with the educational life of Lawrenceburg. He has therefore been able to give due care and consideration to all the phases of the community's progress and prosperity.
Archibald. Shaw was married on July 31, 1873, to Hannah V. Fitch,
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daughter of De Witt C. and Leah ( Hayes) Fitch. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw have had eight children, four of whom are deceased, as follow: Ida C., died at the age of sixteen : Cora Leah, died at age of twenty-two; DeWitt C., died at the age of fifteen, of appendicitis, and William De Witt died in infancy; Harris F. is a law clerk in the land office in Cœur D'Alene, Idaho; Edward R. is a bookkeeper; John A. is a civil engineer, and is now living at Manila, Philippine Islands ; and Ella M. is a school teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Shaw are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias and the Royal Arcanum, aside from his membership in the Phi Kappa Psi college fraternity. For twelve years Mr. Shaw served as chairman of the county central com- mittee of Dearborn county, and is one of the foremost Republicans of this section. Having, as heretofore noted, lived in Dearborn county for upwards of forty-one years, Archibald Shaw is well equipped to act as editor of the his- tory of Dearborn county. Personally, Mr. Shaw is popular with all classes of people and he and his wife are popular socially in the city of Lawrenceburg. He is a worthy citizen whose interests in preserving the historical lore of this county is to be commended by all the citizens of Dearborn county.
WILLIAM G. GLOVER.
William G. Glover, editor and proprietor of the Lawrenceburg Press, which he has owned, edited and published since 1911, is one of the well-known citizens of Dearborn county. Mr. Glover was fortunate in being able to ob- tain a splendid education and this has been of no small assistance to him in editing and publishing a first-class newspaper. During his ownership and management the Press has gained in circulation and influence in Dearborn county, and today is recognized as the leading Republican organ of south- eastern Indiana, no weekly newspaper in this section of the state being better edited than the Press.
William G. Glover was born on September 24, 1881, in Switzerland county, Indiana, the son of William and Anna R. (Long) Glover, the former of whom was a native of Ohio, and the latter of Indiana. William Glover, Sr., was a mere lad when he came with his parents to Indiana. They located in Switzerland county, and there he grew to manhood. He was a farmer and contractor and his family was reared in that county. He passed away at Moores Hill in 1886, at the age of fifty-two years, and his widow is still living at Moores Hill. William Glover was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War, serving from the beginning to the end in Company E, Fiftieth
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Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in which he was a private. He was a member of the Methodist church, of which his widow also is a member. They were the parents of four children, Grace G., the widow of Charles S. Mckown; Albert H., who lives near Greenfield, Hancock county, Indiana; Catherine J., the wife of W. E. Pennington, of Moores Hill, Indiana, and William G., of Lawrenceburg.
Mr. Glover's paternal grandparents emigrated from Virginia to Ohio, spending their last days in Cincinnati. His maternal grandparents were na- tives of Pennsylvania, Grandfather William Long having been a Methodist preacher, one of the pioneer circuit riders in Ohio and Indiana, an influential man in his day and generation, and was exceptionally well educated and well informed for those times. While Grandfather Long lived to the great age of eighty-nine, his first wife died while still a comparatively young woman. There were only four children born to that union, Mrs. Mary E. Williams, Mrs. Elizabeth Jonte, Mrs. Caroline Wicks, and Mrs. Anna R. Glover. After the death of his first wife, Rev. William Long married again and by this second marriage had several children.
William G. Glover's elementary education was received in the public schools of Moores Hill, and he supplemented the same by a course in Moores Hill College, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1905. After teaching school for four years, he took a post-graduate course in Chi- cago University, and also in Indiana University. In 1911 he purchased the Lawrenceburg Press, and at once became editor and publisher of that news- paper, a Republican weekly established more than sixty years ago, and which has always enjoyed an exceptionally fine reputation in this section of Indiana.
On June 21, 1913, William G. Glover was married to Clara B. Smith, daughter of William and Sarah (Albright) Smith, to which union has been born one son, Theodore Alfred. Mrs. Glover was born in Ripley county, In- diana, her parents, who were also natives of Indiana, residing on a farm near Milan, in that county. Mrs. Glover has two sisters, Minnie and Bertie.
Mr. and Mrs. Glover are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Glover is an enthusiastic and ardent advocate of Republican principles, as the editor of the Lawrenceburg Press exerting a wide influence in this section of the state. Although the fourth congressional district, in which Mr. Glover lives, is strongly Democratic, yet the Press, even during the brief period of his ownership and management, has done something to reduce this substantial majority. Mr. Glover has his enemies, as well as his friends, but the former are comparatively few, he being one of the most popular citizens of Dearborn county. Politically, his growing power and influence are being closely watched by the leaders of the opposing party in this section of Indiana.
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MICHAEL EDWARD MALONEY.
Michael Edward Maloney, the present postmaster at Aurora, this county, was born on September 23, 1877, at Aurora, son of Michael and Mary (Tav- lin) Maloney, both natives of Ireland. He has always lived at Aurora, where he attended the parochial and public schools, as well as the high school. When about fourteen years of age he began working at odd jobs, and his first real position was when he engaged his services as collector for the Sargent Coal Company, remaining with that concern two years. He next served as clerk in the general store of Chambers, Stevens & Company, where he remained for five years, after which he was one year with the John H. Hibbens Dry Goods Company in Cincinnati. He then served as a molder's apprentice in the plant of the Addyston Pipe and Foundry Company, of Addyston, Ohio, and was there about ten years. Mr. Maloney was then elected city clerk of Au- rora, in which public capacity he served three and one-half years, resigning on August 1, 1913, to accept the appointment of postmaster of Aurora, which office he took on September 3, 1913, and which he still holds. While in the of- fice of the city clerk, after seven ballots, he was defeated by one vote for mayor to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Willard B. Stier. Politically, Mr. Maloney is a stanch Democrat, for many years active in the councils of his party, and was chairman of the local Democratic committee for six years, resigning that position when he took charge of the postoffice. He is a member of the Catholic church, and is an active member of the Knights of Columbus.
Mr. Maloney's father, Michael Maloney, came to America with his parents when a boy of five years. The family settled at Aurora, where Michael Ma- loney grew to manhood, and where he still resides. When a young man, he began his first work in the Nathan Stedman foundry, and remained there many years. He also conducted a saloon for some time. Ever active in the political life of the community he was several times elected to positions of public trust and responsibility and served successively as city clerk, city treasurer, town- ship trustee, and county treasurer, serving two terms in each office. He is now living in retirement. Both he and his wife are members of the Catholic church and their children were reared in that faith. These children, six in number, are as follow: John F., who is engaged in the insurance business ; Henry A .; Elizabeth, who is a teacher in the public schools of Aurora; Michael Edward, the subject of this biographical sketch; Mary Alice, who is at home, and William.
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Mr. Maloney's paternal grandparents, Michael and Katherine (Murphy) Maloney, also natives of Ireland, died at Aurora, aged about eighty-five years, leaving the following children: Michael, Ann, John, Anthony and Richard. His maternal grandparents, John and Elizabeth (McGinnis) Tavlin, also natives of Ireland, came to America at an early day, settling at Cold Springs, Indiana, where Mr. Tavlin engaged in farming, and was one of the pioneers who helped to build the old Ohio & Mississippi railroad. They died at Cold Springs, both past eighty years of age. Their children were as follow : James, Ann, Mary, Ellen, Michael and others who are not now a matter of record.
On September 23, 1913, Michael Edward Maloney was united in mar- riage to Ella Wilhelmina Mayer, daughter of George and Mary Mayer. She was born on June 20, 1881, at Aurora, and was educated in St. John's Lutheran school and is a member of the Lutheran church. To this union has been born one son, Edward Mayer Maloney, born on July 20, 1914. Mrs. Malo- ney's parents, both now deceased, were natives of Germany, who came to America when about twenty-one years of age. They met here and were married at Aurora. Mr. Mayer, who was a well-known jeweler, died in 1881, about two months before Mrs. Maloney was born, and his widow died in January, 1913. They were the parents of the following children: William, Conray, Mary (who married Gatch L. Baker), Ella Wilhelmina and two or. three who died young. Mrs. Maloney's maternal grandparents came from Germany to this country at an early day and located at Cold Springs, where they spent the rest of their lives. They were the parents of two children, Henry and Mary.
Michael Edward Maloney, in filling the position of postmaster at Aurora, is following out the principles which have always been marked characteristics in all business transactions with which he has been connected, namely, giving his untiring and sincere attention to the business in hand. and is serving the people to the best of his ability.
LEW W. HILL.
Lew W. Hill, the cashier of the Dearborn National Bank at Lawrence- burg, who has been associated with the political, commercial and financial life of the city of Lawrenceburg and Dearborn county since he was a young man, is a well-known citizen of this county. Mr. Hill has been connected
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with the banking interests of the city of Lawrenceburg for about ten years, and during that time his energy, his wise foresight and his genial personal relations .with the officers, directors and patrons of the institution with which he has been connected have had much to do with the growing deposits of the bank and its ever-increasing patronage. Although he lives in Aurora, practi- cally all of his business life, except the very early years, has been identified with the business life of Lawrenceburg. Mr. Hill has made a gratifying.suc- cess of his business and today is numbered among the honored and respected citizens of Dearborn county. The only son of Mr. and Mrs. Hill enjoys the distinction of having sprung from stock which was foremost in the service of their country during the trying days of the Civil War. The father of Lew W. Hill and the father of Mrs. Hill were both soldiers in that war.
Lew W. Hill was born at Aurora, this county, on August 15, 1862, son of Abram and Minerva (Kerr) Hill, natives, respectively, of Virginia and North Carolina. During a period of nearly three-quarters of a century, his parents lived near one of the historic streams of this section, three miles from Aurora, having located in Dearborn county early in life. Abram Hill was a farmer and merchant. His later years were spent in the vicinity of Aurora, where he looked after the management of two large farms, and where he was engaged in the coal business and in operating a wharf boat on the river. He had served valiantly, during the Civil War, in the Seventh Regiment, In- diana Volunteer Infantry, in which he had risen from the rank of first lieu- tenant to that of captain by meritorious service. The period of his service extended practically throughout the Civil War. He died in 1905, at the ripe old age of eighty-five. His widow is still living and is ninety-two years old. Of their nine children only one, Alice, who married Riley W. Curtis, is de- ceased. She was the fifth in the family. The living children are as follow : Amanda, the widow of William Seidler, of Fairmount, West Virginia; Adam K., of Aurora; Wilton V., of Mound, Texas; Harvey B., of Aurora; Altha. the widow of Enos Buffington, of Aurora; Elizabeth. of Aurora; Lew W., the subject of this sketch, and Jennie, the wife of William T. Boone, of Seattle, Washington.
The parents of Abram Hill, Eli and Mary Hill, were pioneers in Dear- born county, having come to this state from Virginia. They lived to advanced ages and in the meantime had reared a family of six children, John, William, Abram, Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, Mrs. Melinda Osborn and Ira C. Eli Hill was a farmer by occupation. Walter Kerr, who was the maternal grand- father of Lew WV. Hill, and whose wife was Betsey Kerr, was likewise a pioneer in Dearborn county, and he also was a farmer. He was prominent in the
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political life of Dearborn county during his day and generation and served as sheriff of Dearborn county at a time when the personal peril of such an office was vastly greater than at the present time. He and his wife both had come to Indiana from North Carolina. The Kerr family has been noted for its longevity, Walter Kerr having lived to be one hundred and two years old, and his wife having lived to the ripe old age of ninety. Of the Kerr family of nine children, Charles, the eldest, died the death of a true patriot, having been killed in action on one of the hard-fought battlefields of the Civil War. The other children were Mahlon B., William M., David R., Mrs. Catherine Worley, of Iowa, Mrs. Betsey Terhune, Mrs. Mary Ann Elder, Mrs. Minerva Hill and Mrs. Jane Ketcham.
Aurora has been the life-long home of Lew W. Hill. It was there that he was reared to manhood, and there he received his education, at least his elementary training. His business interests, however, for the most part have always been identified with the city of Lawrenceburg. After Mr. Hill had completed the prescribed educational course in the Aurora public schools he attended the Southern Business College, at Louisville, Kentucky, and after remaining there for sometime, began his active career as a clerk on a steam- boat, plying between Cincinnati and New Orleans, serving in that position for a period of eight years. Twelve years of Mr. Hill's life were spent in the revenue service of the United States government. After he had resigned his position as clerk on the steamboat he was stationed at Lawrenceburg as deputy United States internal revenue collector, and served in that capacity for four years, after which time he served for eight years in the capacity of cashier in the revenue office at Lawrenceburg, resigning that position to become cashier of the Dearborn National Bank, at the time of its organization in 1905, and has been continuously connected with that bank since that date. The Dear- born National Bank is one of the strong financial institutions in the city of Lawrenceburg and to Mr. Hill is due much of the credit for its growth.
On October 23, 1889, Lew W. Hill was married to Ella C. Hubbartt, daughter of Asa B. and Palace (Harbaugh) Hubbartt. The one child, a son, Harley H., who has been born to this union, is assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Aurora, and is one of the best-known and most pop- ular young men of Dearborn county.
Mrs. Hill's father, Asa B. Hubbartt, served during practically the entire period of the Civil War as a Union soldier, giving four of the best years of his life to the cause of his country. He died in 1902 at the age of sixty- five. His widow lives with her daughter, Mrs. Hill, in Aurora. Richard Hubbartt, the paternal grandfather of Mrs. Hill, was a native of Virginia, and
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an early settler in Dearborn county, who lived to a venerable age. His seven children were Thomas R., William, Arminus, Hiram, Rebecca, Barker and Mrs. Lida Miller. Jacob Harbaugh, who married Betsy Harrel, and who was the maternal grandfather of Mrs. Hill, was an early settler in Dearborn county, having come to this state from Pennsylvania. Both were long past the meridian of life at the time of their death. He passed away during the eighties and she was nearly ninety years old at the time of her death. They were the parents of six children, Mrs. John Cheek, Mrs. Ida West, Frank Harbaugh, George, Mrs. Palace Hubbartt and two or three others who died before reaching maturity.
Although Mr. Hill is first and foremost a banker, he and his brother, Adam K. Hill, own two farms near Aurora, and, incidentally, he devotes some of his time to looking after the management of these farms.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill are members of the Methodist Episcopal church in Aurora and active in the affairs of that congregation. Mr. Hill is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He has always been a Republican, and during the past few years, when the Republican party has been more or less divided, he has been identified with the conservative, or so-called "standpat," wing of the party.
Lew W. Hill is a capable, courageous and well-rounded banker and a successful farmer, but more than all that, a good citizen, especially for the reason that he has always taken an earnest part in the best interests socially; politically and morally of the county where his life has been spent and where his friends are legion.
GEORGE F. BUSSE.
No class of farmers ranks higher in the state of Indiana than those of Dearborn county, standing at the head of which we find the name of George F. Busse, whose ancestors emigrated from Germany at an early day, and whose labors have profited the community in which he lives, as well as him- self and his family. He is of a quiet, retiring disposition, and is looked upon as one of the most substantial men in the agricultural district.
George F. Busse was born on March 15, 1868, in Hogan township, on the farm where his brother John now lives. He is a son of Henry Christian and Angeline (Gesell) Busse, a biography of whom is presented elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Busse was reared on his father's farm in Hogan township. He was five years old when his parents moved into the new brick house built
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from the brick made by his father on the place. Mr. Busse has been a farmer from the time of his marriage, and now owns a fine farm of one hundred and one acres, on which there is an exceptionally comfortable house, a good barn with a substantial stone foundation, and the whole place is substantially im- proved and well cared for. He divides his attention between general farming and stock raising, and is one of the most progressive citizens of the community.
George F. Busse was married on April 21, 1893, to Mary Reinking, daughter of. Henry and Mary (Wolber) Reinking. She was born in Miller township, Dearborn county. To Mr. and Mrs. George F. Busse has been born one daughter, Laura Louise. They have two other children whom they took to bring up, as their only other child, Albert, died in early infancy. Mr. Busse and his wife have long been members of the Lutheran church.
Henry Reinking, father of Mrs. George F. Busse, was born in Prussia, coming to America with his parents when but five years old. He has followed farming all his life near Lawrenceburg, and now makes his home with a son in Manchester township. His wife, Mary (Wolber) Reinking, was a native of Franklin county, Indiana. Her death occurred on September 15, 1908.
The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Busse were Ernest and Wilhelmina Reinking, natives of Prussia, who were early settlers in Manchester town- ship, moving later over on the state road near Lawrenceburg, where they spent their last days.
Mr. Busse has many warm friends in Dearborn county, where his name is so well and prominently known.
PHILIP C. BRAUN.
The Braun family has been identified with the financial life of the city of Lawrenceburg for nearly sixty years. Peter Braun was cashier of one of the Lawrenceburg banks continuously from 1855 to 1905. His son, Philip C., began his career as a banker in 1890, when he was appointed assistant cashier of the old People's National Bank. Upon the consolidation of the Citizen's National Bank with the People's National Bank in 1905, Philip C. Braun became cashier of the consolidated banks, and still holds that position. It is a coincidence that his father, Peter Braun, retired from active life in 1905, the same year in which Philip C. was appointed to his present position. Naturally the Braun family is well known in this section of Indiana.
Philip C. Braun was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on October 15, (36)
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1868, son of Peter and Sarah R. (Browneller ) Braun, natives, respectively. of Nassau, Germany, and Pennsylvania, and the parents of four children : Elizabeth B., widow of William J. Manning. of Washington, D. C .; Fannie W. (deceased), who was the wife of F. H. Shedd; William F., of Pitts- burgh, Pennsylvania, and Philip C., of Lawrenceburg.
Peter Braun, who was born on May 18, 1826, was educated in Germany and came to America at the age of eighteen, landing in New York City. He worked on a farm near that city for little more than a year. and then came to Indiana, locating at Lawrenceburg, where he took a contract for furnishing wood for the engines on the old Ohio & Mississippi railroad. He had seven stations between Lawrenceburg and Vincennes and operated saws run by horse power. In 1856 he, in company with William Probasco, established the Peo- ple's Bank at Lawrenceburg, under the proprietorship of William Probasco. Braun & Company. As heretofore noted, Peter Braun was in the banking business continuously from 1856 to 1905, a period of forty-nine years. He was cashier all of that time, and at the time of his retirement was the oldest cashier in the state of Indiana. At one time he had been connected with a branch bank of the state of Indiana, and he was also connected with the old City National Bank at Lawrenceburg, having been cashier of that institution. Both he and his wife are still living, he at the age of eighty-nine years, and she at the age of seventy-four. Peter Braun was reared as a Lutheran, but Mrs. Braun is a Presbyterian and her husband was a trustee of that church for many years.
Peter Braun's parents were natives of Germany and died there. His father was a farmer and mayor of the village of Nister. Peter himself was one of a good-sized family, among the other children being William, Philip and Christian. Mrs. Braun's father was Frederick Browneller, who married a Miss Kuhns, both natives of Pennsylvania. Frederick Browneller was en- gaged in the tanning business with former Governor Durbin's father on the present site of the saw works of George H. Bishop & Company at Lawrence- burg. Both he and his wife died in Evansville. They had two children, Sarah R. and John K.
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