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In July, 1911, Mr. Knight, with others, organized the Bippus State Bank. It opened its doors for business on July 22nd, and has since been doing a thriving business in the community. As a leading spirit in the movement that resulted in organization and a heavy subscriber to the stock, Mr. Knight was elected president of the new concern, the other officers being as follows: S. E. Stults, vice president ; James Stephen- son, cashier ; and on its board of directors are Mr. Knight, Mr. Stults, John Murphy, John Wagner, Peter Dicer, Gottlieb Schroader, Peter Hornaday, John Sell and Andrew Kilty. The bank has a capital stock of $25,000, and the stockholders are all men of Bippus and vicinity. It has made excellent progress since it opened its doors for business, and much of its present prosperity is undeniably due to the activities of Mr. Knight as chief executive.
In 1889 Mr. Knight was married to Miss Ella Lawrence, of Allen county, Indiana. She is a daughter of John Lawrence, who is well known in that county. To them three children have been born, two of whom are now living. Mary, born December 16, 1898, is a graduate of the Bippus high school, her graduation being consummated prior to her fifteenth birthday. Nenah O. was born on May 29, 1909.
The Knight family have membership in the Church of God of Zanes- ville, and Mr. Knight is an Odd Fellow, with affiliations in West Point Lodge No. 688, of which lodge he is Noble Grand.
The family enjoy the unqualified esteem and regard of the lead- ing people of their town and have a host of good friends in and about the community, who have known them for their many excellent qualities of heart and mind.
GEORGE HERMAN FAVORITE. The Favorite farm in Huntington town- ship is one of the oldest estates in this county. It is a fine tribute to the integrity and sterling qualities of the family stock that one name may continue to be associated with a homestead for over seventy years. The Favorite family in Huntington county goes back to the pioneer times, and its record has always been distinguished by honor and pros- perity. George H. Favorite is a representative in the younger generation of this family, and is a young man who combines the practical with scientific farming, and has already made for himself a substantial place in the community.
George Herman Favorite was born on the old Favorite homestead in Huntington township, April 21, 1886, a son of George G. and Clara (Cost) Favorite. George G. Favorite was also born on this same farm, on the 28th of February, 1840. He was just at the entrance to young manhood when the Civil war came on, and he saw active service in an Indiana regiment for several years. Nine months of this time were spent as a prisoner of war at Andersonville. Returning to this native county at the close of the war, he followed farming as his vocation, and continued as one of the prominent citizens until his death. He took a very active part in the work of the First Presbyterian church at Hunt- ington, being an elder therein at the time of his death, which occurred
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on the 16th of June, 1906. He was likewise a local leader in the repub- lican party. There were seven children in the Favorite family, mentioned as follows: Clara Alice, a graduate of the Huntington high school with the class of 1898, and of the state normal, class of 1905, is now a teacher in the Central school of Huntington; Emma A., a graduate of the Huntington high school, class of 1901, and of the Teachers' Train- ing College at Indianapolis, class of 1908, is now teaching in the State street school at Huntington; John W., a graduate of the Huntington township high school, class of 1902, and who also pursued an electrical engineering course at Purdue University and graduated with the class of 1906, is now employed as a designer with the Fairbanks-Morse Com- pany at Indianapolis; George H. is the next in order of birth; Nellie G., a graduate of the Huntington high school with the class of 1908, and the Michigan Agricultural College in Domestic Science, class of 1913, was a teacher at Bloomingdale, Michigan; Mabel H. is a member of the Huntington high school, class of 1914; and Wallace E. will also have completed the high school course in 1914. The mother of these children is a resident of Huntington, Indiana. She was born in Green county, Ohio, December 11, 1862, and she remained in her native state and county until her marriage. She is a member of the First Presby- terian church and its Missionary Society, also of the Social Club and the Nameless Club.
George H. Favorite was reared on the old farm, and from the local schools entered the agricultural department of Purdue University. Re- turning home with a training for his life work such as the older families of Huntington county never received, he applicd himself with great energy and good judgment to the cultivation of the old homestead. He controls eighty acres and manages the entire estate of one hundred and sixty acres.
On the 17th of August, 1910, Mr. Favorite was united in marriage to Miss C. Mabel Long, a daughter of Edward and Josephine (Frame) Long, of Huntington township. Edward Long was born in Randolph county, Indiana, January 11, 1843. He is a plasterer by trade and a resident of Huntington township. He was a soldier in the Civil war for two years, serving with the Forty-seventh Indiana Volunteer In- fantry, from which he received his honorable discharge. His political affiliations are with the Republican party, and he served as assessor of Polk township for several years, as assessor of Huntington township for fifteen years, and was also at one time the deputy sheriff of the county. His fraternal affiliations are with the Masonic order. Mrs. Long is a native of Polk county, Iowa, born November 22, 1850. To Mr. and Mrs. Long were born three daughters, Lurana M., who received a high school education, is the wife of L. S. Buzzard, employed in the post office at Huntington, and they have four children. Mr. Buzzard is a member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity. The second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Long, Mary G., was educated in the Huntington city schools, and is the wife of William A. LaPointe, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he is in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
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They have two sons. Mrs. LaPointe is a member of the Christian church. Mrs. Favorite is the youngest daughter, and her birth occurred on the 17th of November, 1888. After graduating from the Huntington town- ship high school with the elass of 1905 she was a student in the state normal during the years 1907 and 1908, and then taught in this county for four years before her marriage. A daughter, Helen Josephine, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Favorite on the 14th of November, 1912. Mr. Favorite has membership in the First Presbyterian chureh at Hunting- ton, while his wife belongs to the Central Christian church in that city. In polities his support is regularly given to the republican party.
WILLIAM SCHWARTZ. A former county clerk of Huntington county, and now engaged in the general insurance business at Huntington, William Schwartz belongs to one of the old families of this section, is a native of Huntington and has had a varied and active career in steadily progressive activities.
William Schwartz was born in the city of Huntington, September 23, 1858, a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Orff) Schwartz. His father was born in Baden Baden, Germany, was educated in the common sehools, learned the trade of shoe maker, and in 1849 emigrated to the United States, coming direct from New York eity to Fort Wayne, Indiana. There he established a shoe shop, and followed his trade by work on the bench for a time. Later moving to Huntington, he became one of the early dealers in ready-made shoes, and continued the business both as manufacturer and dealer until his death in January, 1879. His wife survived him several years.
During his boyhood in Huntington William Schwartz attended the public sehools, and up to his fourteenth year was a student in the Ger- man Reform school. Since boyhood he has been largely dependent on his own efforts and resources. His first acquaintance with practical life was with the cigar maker's trade, a vocation he followed about six years. For some time his serviees were employed by George Grif- fith, who at that time was operating a head and hoop factory. He was also employed by William H. Drover and John Young. On leaving employment with those parties Mr. Schwartz from 1882 to 1892 was car inspector for the Chieago & Atlantic railroad, having a number of men under him in that work.
In 1892 eame his first important position in publie affairs. From May 1, 1892, to September 1 of the same year he filled the unexpired term of Leon T. Bagley as city elerk, Mr. Schwartz having been elected in May of that year for the term of two years, beginning in September, 1892. He gave a capable administration of the duties of that office for two years and four months. For a time Mr. Schwartz was connected with the Huntington Morning Times, and then was in the general in- suranee business for four years. The insuranee field is his ehief aetiv- ity at the present time, and he is the representative of several reliable companies. In 1897 Mr. Sehwartz was appointed waterworks super- intendent, and managed that municipal institution for six years. In
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1906 he was elected to the office of county clerk for one term of four years.
Mr. Schwartz was an active Democrat, and has taken part in both city, county and state affairs of his party. His fraternal affiliations are with the Knights of Pythias, in both the Lodge and Uniform degree, and he has filled all the chairs in the subordinate lodge and served some time as recorder in the Uniform rank. In February, 1882, Mr. Schwartz married Miss Beana Zahn of Huntington, a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Stauch) Zahn. Their marriage has been blessed with the following children: Carl, a machinist; Anna, now the wife of Mr. Claud Frary; Elizabeth, wife of Henry J. Scheerer; John, who is employed at the Rubber Works; Hannah, wife of Waldo Miller; . Walter, deceased; Paul; Ruth, a student in the high school; and George, also in school.
JOHN S. GLENN. An old soldier, former postmaster of Huntington, and at one time county clerk of the county, Mr. Glenn has been promi- nent in affairs in this county for more than a quarter of a century. For a long period of years he was in the railroad service as engineer, and before his retirement from active affairs was long connected with the business management of the Huntington Herald. Few men are better known or held in higher esteem in Huntington county than John S. Glenn.
Born in Morgan county, Ohio, February 29, 1844, he is a son of Robert and Ann (Smith) Glenn, both of whom died at Van Wert, Ohio, where the active years of the father were spent as a farmer.
John Smith Glenn was educated in the common schools and in the high schools at Lima, Ohio. His early life was spent on the farm and at the age of nineteen he left the farm in 1863 and enlisted in Company K of the Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under the command of Colonel George W. Neff. His first duty was in garrison at Camp Chase, near Columbus, and his service as a soldier continued from July 11, 1863, to July 3, 1865, when he received his honorable discharge. Soon after the war, began his active experience in railroading. For one year he worked as fireman on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad, and for four years was fireman on the Pennsylvania. His promotion to locomotive engineer came during his service with the Pennsylvania main line, and later he was with the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad for four years with headquarters at Fort Wayne, Indiana. For fourteen years Mr. Glenn was an engineer on the Wabash. For several years his home was at Andrews, a railroad division point.
In the year 1886 he was elected county clerk of Huntington county and removed to the county seat, taking charge of his office in 1887. His election came on the republican ticket, and his service for four years was marked by exceptional efficiency and careful handling of all duties entrusted to his care. On retiring from the office of county clerk, Mr. Glenn took the business management of the Huntington Herald, and was identified with that leading journal for fourteen years. In 1901 at the
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beginning of the administration, he was appointed postmaster of Hunt- ington. Mr. Glenn while postmaster had charge of the administrative details in the inauguration of the many of the rural free delivery routes running out of Huntington.
On March 25, 1875, Mr. Glenn married Miss Laura M. Rundel, of Fort Wayne, a daughter of Isaac Rundel, who came from Ohio to In- diana and for many years resided at Fort Wayne. The two children of Mr. Glenn are : Robert R. Glenn, assistant postmaster at Huntington; and Ann, wife of Sumner Kenner, an attorney. The comfortable fam- ily residence is at 1047 Guilford street.
Though now retired from active affairs, Mr. Glenn still retains some interest in property and business matters, and is a director in the First National Bank of Huntington. In fraternal orders he has been promi- nent, especially in Masonry. His affiliations are with Amity Lodge No. 483, A. F. & A. M .; Huntington Chapter, No. 51, R. A. M .; Hunting- ton Council, No. 35, R. & S. M .; Huntington Commandery, No. 35, K. T .; has taken thirty-two degrees of the Scottish Rite, and belongs to the Mizpah Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Fort Wayne. As an old soldier, he is a member and past commander of James R. Slack Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. For forty years his membership has been with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and he is also affiliated with the Order of Elks. In politics he has been a stanch republican since casting his first vote during the sixties.
GEORGE M. EBERHART. For the past ten years one of the leading members of the Huntington county bar has been George M. Eberhart, a son of the pioneer farmer and citizen, the late Moritz Eberhart. His career as a lawyer has been marked by considerable participation in public affairs including two terms as prosecuting attorney, and he was recently the leading candidate of the republican party for the office of circuit judge.
George M. Eberhart was born two miles east of Bippus in Warren township June 16, 1876. His boyhood was spent on the old farm in that township, and by education in the local schools, he fitted himself for the work of teaching. His first license was obtained when he was nineteen years of age, and the next five years were spent in the school room, the last two in the Bippus schools. As a part of his earlier edu- cation, he was a student in the Central Normal College and the State Normal School, and in 1902 was graduated from the Indiana Law School at Indianapolis.
On January 1, 1903, Mr. Eberhart began the practice of law at Hunt- ington. His work has brought him in connection with a large amount of the more important litigation in the local courts, and he has for sev- eral years been regarded as one of the ablest among the junior members of the local bar. In June, 1906, before the republican county conven- tion he won the nomination by a handsome majority for prosecuting attorney, and in the following November was elected, leading both the county and state tickets in Huntington county. Two years later he was
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reelected and his two terms were characterized by both efficiency and scrupulous integrity as a prosecutor. In 1912 after four candidates had entered the field Mr. Eberhart became a candidate for the republican nomination for circuit judge of the Fifty-Sixth Judicial circuit. The nomination was won by him by a large majority over his opponents, C. W. Watkins, John Q. Cline, John M. Sayler, and Clifford F. Jackman. The republican county convention was held on June 12, 1912. On June 18th following the famous national republican convention met in Chi- cago, and on August 5th, as a result of the previous republican conven- tion, the progressive party held its national assemblage in Chicago. After that date the National campaign complicated local conditions, a local county progressive organization was formed, the republican party became split, and all the republican county candidates nominated in June were defeated in November, owing to the division in the ranks of the old republican party.
Mr. Eberhart is a member of the Presbyterian church, and frater- nally is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. On March 21, 1905, he was united in marriage with Lulu Graybill of Bippus.
REV. ELMER WARD COLE. The year 1908 marked the beginning of the ministry of Rev. Cole for the Central Christian church at Hunting- ton, he having at this time been selected to administer the affairs of one of the largest churches of the denomination in Indiana on account of his exceptional record of achievements in organization and in financial affairs and on account of his splendid reputation as a man of rare pulpit ability, of a strong personality and as a lover of his fellow-man. Each of the above characteristics has been developed in a marvelous degree with the succeeding years, until he holds a place in his community and in his denomination of which any man may well feel proud.
Elmer Ward Cole is a native of Iowa, born in Chariton, October 13, 1873. His parents were John C. and Emily A. (Lytton) Cole. His father, John C. Cole, was born in Litchfield, Illinois, and his mother in Fairfield, Iowa, where his father was one of the early and time-honored settlers. On locating in Lucas county, John C. Cole purchased a farm, where the best years of his life were devoted to agriculture and the raising of stock. His death occurred in Hutchinson, Kansas, in Septem- ber, 1907, while visiting at the home of Reverend Cole. The mother now resides at Bellingham, Washington.
From childhood Reverend Cole had an insatiable desire for an educa- tion and at an early age chose the ministry as his profession. Through difficulties that to the vast majority would have appeared insurmount- able he succeeded in obtaining the education to fit him for his chosen work. From the graded schools his training was continued four years in Tabor College, in Fremont county, Iowa, and two years in the University of Chicago, during all of which time he had no financial assistance from any person save himself. Working day and night to secure a livelihood and at the same time to equip himself for his life mission, he was pre-
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pared to do some important pulpit supply work previous to accepting his first pastorate with the Central Christian church of La Junta, in the state of Colorado. After two years of most creditable service for this growing western church, Mr. Cole accepted a call to Falls City, Nebraska, where for four years he ministered to a most devoted people. The fol- lowing five years were spent with one of the best churches of the denomi- nation in Kansas, being located at Hutchinson. Throughout the central west Mr. Cole's name is one of the best known in his religious organiza- tion, not only on account of his reputation as a minister, but also by reason of his successful work on the Lyceum platform.
In June, 1908, Rev. Cole came to Huntington as pastor of the Central Christian church. This congregation numbers twelve hundred and the church home is one of the best religious edifices in this part of the state, having been erected at a cost of fifty thousand dollars. Its seating capac- ity is eighteen hundred and its equipment and furnishings are of the most modern type. Rev. Cole's following of young people is considered a remarkable feature of his work and he has the reputation of having united more young people in marriage during the past five years than any other person in the state.
Rev. Mr. Cole is well known in Masonic circles, holding his member- ship in the Huntington Blue Lodge, the Huntington Chapter of the Royal Arch and the Council and Commandery of the Knights Templar. He has also taken thirty-two degrees of the Scottish Rite and has membership in the Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Cole was an ardent promoter of the Commercial Association in Huntington and has served as one of its active directors since its organization.
In May, 1900, Rev. Cole was united in marriage with Alice L. West, daughter of Arthur T. and Sarah (Savage) West, she having been a college classmate of his in Tabor College. Mrs. Cole is a graduate of Tabor College, with the degree of A. B. and is a most cultured woman, presides with dignity over her own household and is an effective aid to her husband in his work.
Mr. and Mrs. Cole have two children-Ianthe Marie and Elmer Ward, Jr. The family residence is on the corner of Tipton and Warren streets, in Huntington.
JESSE M. SCUDDER. In one of the most exacting of the learned call- ings, Jesse M. Scudder has rapidly risen to success through the intelligent application of earnest and untiring effort. A product of the farm, he early gave up agricultural pursuits to obey the dictates of inclina- tion, and within a few short years he has risen to the superintendency of the public schools of Huntington, a position which calls for the highest order of executive ability, business acumen far above the ordi- mary and a keen and thorough knowledge of a wide range of subjects. His administration of the affairs of his responsible office have been satis- factory to teachers, pupils and the public at large and few educators in Huntington county enjoy greater popularity.
Mr. Scudder was born on his father's farm in Shelby county, Indiana, Vol. II- 2
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April 12, 1874, a son of Hezekiah and Martha (Avey) Scudder, natives of the Buckeye state. Hezekiah Scudder was born in Butler county, Ohio, but in 1860 removed to Shelby county, Indiana, where he purchased land and engaged actively in farming and stock raising. There he continued to follow his chosen vocation successfully, and at the time of his death, November 12, 1912, in his eighty-third year, was not alone in excellent financial circumstances, but possessed the good will and esteem of the people of his community. Mr. Scudder's mother is still living in Shelby county.
The early education of Jesse M. Scudder was secured in the district schools in the vicinity of his father's farm in Shelby county, and he was reared to habits of industry and thrift. His father was willing to give him good advantages, and for eighteen months he was a student in Bartholomew county, Indiana, where he attended Hartsville College. Succeeding this he furthered his studies in Muncie Normal Institute, and after the completion of his course there and his graduation, he entered upon his career as an educator. His early experience was in the country schools of Shelby county, where he spent eight years, but his ability and knowledge did not remain long unrecognized, for in 1905 he was made principal of the ward school in Huntington, a posi- tion which he held for some seven years, then coming to his present position as superintendent of the Huntington schools. Here he has jurisdiction over six buildings and a corps of sixty teachers, teaching eighteen hundred children, with three hundred and fifty pupils in the high school according to the figures of the year 1913. A man of indomi- table energy, he has labored assiduously in behalf of his community's wel- fare, and in return he possesses the community's confidence in a high degree.
Mr. Scudder was married in 1898 to Miss Alice F. Nelson, of Shelby- ville, daughter of Leander and Ann (Alter) Nelson. To this union there have been born four bright and interesting children, two pairs of twins : Arthur and Elizabeth, and Martha and Margaret. Mr. Scudder has a pleasant residence at 958 Salamonie avenue, a center of refinement and culture, and the scene of many social gatherings, as both he and his wife are popular in social circles of the city. They are members of the Central Christian Church of Huntington, and have taken an active part in its movements. Mr. Scudder's only fraternal connection is with the Knights of Pythias.
REV. JOHN F. NOLL. The City of Huntington, long prominent as the center of Catholic population and influence, has special reason to be grateful to the present pastor of St. Mary's Church. Father Noll, as a priest, has not only the energy and zeal befitting the incumbent of so important a parish, but is already one of the leading Catholic church- men of the state and nation. He is the founder of Huntington's largest printing and publishing house, supervises the publication of periodical literature distributed all over the country, and by his breadth of mind and vision is performing a work far wider than the limits of his own Church.
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