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Harry E. Coblentz, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and William M., the subject of this sketch.
William M. Louden received his elementary education in the Bloom- ington public schools, after which he entered the State University, where he was graduated in 1891. He immediately took up the law course in the State University, where he was graduated in 1893, and since that time he has been actively identified with the legal practice at Bloomington. His ability as a lawyer is widely recognized, and during the years he has been identified with legal matters in this county he has been connected with many of the most important cases tried in the local courts. From 1906 until 1910 he was assistant prosecuting attorney of the tenth judicial circuit, and on January 1, 1912, he became prosecuting attorney of such circuit and is now discharging the duties of that responsible office to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. His learning, capacity, aptitude and persistency are read- ily recognized and the prophecy of his friends is that he will be favored with many additional honors from his fellow citizens. He has an unblemished record, having always been upright and honorable in all his relations with his fellow men, setting a worthy example of a public spirited, honest, ener- getic and wholesome character such as the public always delights to reward and honor.
On June 4, 1907, Mr. Louden was married to Lila Hart Burnett, the daughter of John E. and Emma Louise ( Jones ) Burnett, of Peoria, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Louden have a very comfortable and attractive home at No. 519 North Walnut street, Bloomington, where they delight to entertain their many friends and where the spirit of genuine old-time hospitality is always evident.
Mr. Louden belongs to the United Presbyterian church, while Mrs. Louden is a member of the Episcopal church. Fraternally, Mr. Louden is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and also belongs to the Sons of the American Revolution; while in college he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Greek-letter fraternity. Mrs. Louden, who gradu- ated from the State University at Bloomington, was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, and is now a member of and interested in the work of the Local Council of Women, the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion. the Bloomington Art Association, the American Collegiate Alumnae, the Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Club, the Wednesday Club and other organizations.
The subject of this sketch saw active service during the late unpleasant-
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ness between Spain and the United States, having been commissioned cap- tain of Company H. One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment Indiana Vol- unteer Infantry.
Aside from his professional interests, Mr. Louden is connected with several local enterprises of importance and owns, among other properties, the principal interest in the Allen-Londen building, one of the most sub- stantial business and office buildings of Bloomington. In all the qualities that go to make ideal citizenship he is well equipped and among those with whom he associates he is held in high regard and is popular throughont the community.
MILLARD C. REED.
The strong, earnest men of a people are always public benefactors. Their usefulness in the immediate specific labors they perform can be defined by metes and bounds, but the good they do through the forces they put in motion and through the inspiration of their presence and example is im- measurable by any finite gange or standard of value. The gentleman whose name introduces this sketch is a man of this type. Although well known and highly esteemed, he is averse to any notice savoring of adulation and prefers to let his achievements rather than the fulsome praise of the chronicler speak for him. Every life, however, if properly known, contains more or less of interest, and the public claims a certain property interest and right in the career of every citizen, regardless of his achievements or the station he has attained. In placing before the reader the brief review that follows, due deference is accorded the feelings of the subject, in conformity with whose well known wishes the writer will endeavor to adhere strictly to facts and omit at far as possible complimentary allusions, at the same time realizing that the latter have been honorably earned and should form no small part of a life sketch in which it is sought to render nothing but what justice and meritorious recognition demand.
Millard C Reed, the well known druggist and public-spirited citizen at Mitchell, Lawrence county, Indiana, is a native son of the old Hoosier state, having been born in Orange county on August 10, 1859. He is a son of Jonah G. and Jane (Teegarden) Reed, the former of whom was also a native of Orange county. The subject's paternal grandfather. William Reed, was born in West Virginia, but was a very early settler of Orange county,
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having settled in 1811 on Lost river, near the Island church. There he en- gaged in farming, to which he devoted all of his active years. Jonah G. Reed also followed agricultural pursuits all his life and was a man of splendid character and prominent in the community. He served as justice of the peace for thirty consecutive years, this alone being a marked evidence of his honesty of action and purity of motive, and he also served two terms as a member of the board of county commissioners. He was a very active mem- ber in the Christian church and always stood for the right under all circum- stances. He and his wife are both now deceased. They were the parents of eight children, namely : One who died in infancy : William, who died young : Henry A. and Sarah J. are both deceased : Ruth A., Millard C., and Ella R. and Mary B., both of whom are also deceased.
Millard C. Reed attended the common schools in Orange county and after the securing of his education he took up mercantile pursuits in Orleans, Indiana, in which he continued from 1889 until 1899. He then became a traveling salesman for J. C. Perry & Company, wholesale grocers, of Indian- apolis, with whom he remained two years, and then moved to Mitchell, Law- rence county, where in 1901 he engaged in the hardware business. In 1907 he disposed of that business and the following nine months were spent in southern California. He then returned to Mitchell and devoted his attention to farming for five years, but sold out in 1912 and for a year was occupied with nothing in particular. In 1913 Mr. Reed engaged in the drug business at Mitchell, in which he is still engaged and in which he has met with success. He carries a large and complete line of fresh and high grade drugs, together with all the accessory lines usually found in up-to-date drug stores, and by courteous treatment and sound business methods he is meeting with the de- gree of success which his efforts deserve.
On August 12, 1891, Mr. Reed married Eva Collins, the daughter of Thomas N. and Ruth ( Park ) Collins, both representatives of sterling Orange county families. To this union have been born three children, namely : Mil- dred J., and Edith R. and Edna, twins, the latter dying at the age of five months.
Politically, Mr. Reed was for many years a stanch Republican, but is now an enthusiastic supporter of the Progressive party. He had for nearly a quarter of a century been active in political affairs, had served as a delegate to the state conventions and to many other conventions during that period. He was elected a member of the board of school trustees of Mitchell and ren- dered splendid service in the cause of education. Fraternally, he is a member
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of the Knights of Pythias, belonging to Lodge No. 150 at Mitchell, and for nearly a quarter of a century has been a familiar figure in Pythian circles. Religiously, he is a member of the Presbyterian church and in his daily life endeavors to exemplify the principles which he professes in this membership. By a life consistent in motive and action and because of his many high per- sonal qualities, Mr. Reed has earned the sincere regard of all who know him, and in his home, which is the center of a large social circle, there is always in evidence a spirit of generous hospitality, old and young alike being at all times welcome.
JAMES FRANKLIN COLLIER.
This utilitarian age has been especially prolific in men of action, clear- brained men of high resolves and noble purposes, who give character and stability to the communities honored by their citizenship, and whose in- fluence and leadership are easily discernible in the various enterprises that have added so greatly to the high reputation which Lawrence county enjoys among her sister counties of this great commonwealth. Conspicuous among this class of men whose place of residence is in this county is the progressive citizen under whose name this article is written, and to a brief outline of whose career the biographer is herewith pleased to address himself.
James F. Collier was born on October 29, 1874, in Vernon township, Washington county, Indiana, and is the son of Benjamin and Eliza Jane (Chastain) Collier, both of whom also were natives of Washington county. The father was a successful farmer and dealer in live stock and also operated a mill. He was a life-long resident of Washington county, and by worthy effort and a life of sterling integrity he commanded the confidence and good will of all who knew him. He and his wife both died in September, 1909, he at the age of seventy-four years and she aged sixty-nine years. They were faithful and earnest members of the Baptist church. Politically, he was an ardent Democrat, taking a deep interest in public affairs, but never was an aspirant for public office. To him and his wife were born seven children, namely : L. O., a lumber dealer at Louisville. Indiana; Laura, who became the wife of Lemuel Chastain, of Washington county, Indiana: Lemuel, who is engaged in the lumber business at Indianapolis ; Charles, a farmer in Wash- ington county ; James Franklin, the immediate subject of this sketch; Hattie, the wife of Charles Johnson, of Fresno, California; and William, who oper- ates the old family homestead in Washington county.
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James F. Collier received a practical, common school education and re- mained on the home farm until he reached the age of twenty-one years, his labors being devoted to the farm and to the operation of the saw mill owned by his father. Soon after his marriage, which occurred in 1902, he and his wife came to Mitchell, Lawrence county, Indiana, where he was first em- ployed in a spoke mill for three years and then was otherwise engaged until he embarked in his present business, coal, feed and flour, in which he has met with the most pronounced success. In 1912 Mr. Collier erected his present, well-arranged warehouse, thirty-six by eight-two feet in dimensions, and substantial coal sheds and other necessary outbuildings for the accommoda- tion of his business. He enjoys his full share of the public patronage. He has, by his earnest effort, strict business integrity and sound business meth- ods, earned the confidence and regard of his business associates and is num- bered among the enterprising and progressive business men of the town.
Politically, Mr. Collier is a Democrat and has taken a great deal of interest in politics, having been a prominent figure in the local councils of his party. He is a member of the town council of Mitchell, and is earnest in his efforts for the improvement and upbuilding of the town. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to the subor- dinate lodge at Mitchell. Starting in life with practically nothing, he has by his indomitable effort attained to an eminent success and because of his attainment he is entitled to the eminent standing which he enjoys in his community.
On March 31, 1902, Mr. Collier married Ollie Westfall, of Washington county, Indiana, and to them was born one child, who died in infancy.
JOHN A. GIBBONS, M. D.
The man who devotes his talent and energies to the noble work of ad- ministering to the ills and alleviating the sufferings of humanity pursues a calling which in dignity and importance and beneficial results is second to no other. If true to his profession and earnest. in his effort to enlarge his sphere of usefulness, he is indeed a benefactor to all of his kind, for to him more than to any other man are entrusted the safety, the comfort and in many instances the lives of those who place themselves under his care. Amongst this class of professional men is the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch, who has stood for many years with few peers and
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no superiors among the physicians of Lawrence county, Indiana, during which time he has not only gained a wide notoriety in his chosen vocation. but has also established a sound reputation for uprightness and noble charac- ter in all the relations of life. He early realized that to those who attain determinate success in the medical profession there must be not only given technical ability, but also a broad human sympathy which must pass from mere sentiment to be an actuating motive for helpfulness, so he has dignified and honored his profession by noble services in which through long years of close application he has attained unqualified success.
John A. Gibbons was born in Orange county, Indiana, on February 9. 1873, and is the son of Asa and Marguerite ( Wilson ) Gibbons, both of whom were natives of Orange county. The father was a farmer in his early life, but shortly after his marriage he enlisted in Company E. Sixty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he served three years, during the great re- bellion, but was so injured during the service that he was disabled from further active efforts and received an honorable discharge for physical dis- ability. During the rest of his life he gave a general oversight to his farming operations, though himself prevented from active physical labor. To him and his wife were born five children, namely: Belle. Riley, John, Ruth and George. The father of these children is now deceased, but the mother is still living.
John A. Gibbons received his elementary education in the common schools of his native county, after which he was a student in the Southern Indiana Normal College at Mitchell, then, having determined to make the practice of medicine his profession, he matriculated in the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons at Indianapolis, where he was graduated in 1898. with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He immediately came to Mitchell and engaged in the active practice of his profession, which has commanded his undivided attention continuously since that time. He is a man of marked intellectual attainments and his thorough professional training and enthus- iasm for his work have enabled him to achieve a pronounced success in the healing art. His life as one of the world's workers has been one of devotion, almost consecration to his calling, and well does he merit a place of honor in the history of his county as touching upon the lives and deeds of those who have given the best of their powers and talent for the aiding and betterment of their kind.
On September 10, 1899, Doctor Gibbons was married to Jessie R. Cas- tile. the daughter of Thomas and Alice ( Whalen) Castile, the father a native
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of Ohio and the mother of Monroe county, Indiana. The father, who was a farmer and later a railroad man, was a veteran of the Civil war, and served in the Thirteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Politically, Doctor Gibbons gives his support to the Progressive party, the principles of which he firmly believes to be for the best interests of the American people. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his religious membership is with the Baptist church, in the prosperity of which he is deeply interested. Doctor Gibbons' career has indeed been an honorable one and. though strenuous, there is nothing in it savoring in the slightest degree of disrepute, his relations with his fellow men having ever been above reproach and his good name beyond criticism.
FRED F. JULIUS.
In the daily laborious struggle for an honorable competence and a solid career on the part of a business or professional man there is little to attract the casual reader in search of a sensational chapter, but to a mind thoroughly awake to the reality and meaning of human existence there are noble and im- perishable lessons in the career of an individual who, without other means than a clear head, strong arm and true heart, directed and controlled by cor- rect principles and unerring judgment, conquers adversity and finally wins not only pecuniary independence, but what is far greater and higher. the deserved respect and confidence of those with whom his active years have been spent.
Fred F. Julius is a native of Madison county, Indiana, born December 5, 1881, and is the son of Charles E. and Lula ( Wysong) Julius, both of whom also were natives of Madison county, the father having been an expert mechanical engineer. They were the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters, those besides the subject of this sketch being as follows : Harry lives at Anderson, Indiana, where also his brother Wysong lives, the latter being engaged in general farming : Gordon also lives in Anderson ; Mrs. Retta Ashby, of Louisville, Kentucky, and Mrs. Lizzie Skelton, deceased.
The subject attended the public schools at Anderson, where he received a good, practical education and at the age of seventeen years he entered upon a course of instruction under the direction of his father in learning the steam and electrical engineering profession, completing his training at the age of
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twenty-two years. He also took a course of electrical engineering under pri- vate instruction, and upon the completion of his technical training he took charge of the plant of the Sales, Blackledge & Nellis Company, of Illinois, with which concern he remained a year. He then went to Anderson, where he had charge of the Indiana Brick Company plant for two years, and then came to Williams, since which time he has had charge of the Southern In- diana Power Company's plant, having been with this company now for three years. He thoroughly understands every detail of his business and has made himself an invaluable employe in his present position. Careful training and the most intense application to the work in hand have been the elements which have contributed to his success, and today he enjoys a high reputation among the firms with which he has been connected in a professional capacity.
On October 1, 1903. Mr. Julius was married to Fern Lowry, of New- castle, Henry county, Indiana, and to this union have been born six children, namely : Margaret, Katharine, Frederick, who died on October 27, 1912; Edward and Neil. Mr. Julius owns an attractive home in Indian Creek town- ship, where he finds his most enjoyable surroundings, and he is numbered among the popular and progressive citizens of the locality. Fraternally, he is a member of Lodge No. 528, Knights of Pythias, and in his life he en- deavors to exemplify the splendid percepts of that honored order.
ISAAC H. CRIM.
Examples that impress force of character on all who study them are worthy of record. By a few general observations may be conveyed some idea of the high standing of Isaac H. Crim in the community where so many of his active years have been spent. United in his composition are so many ele- ments of a solid and practical nature which during a series of years have brought him into prominent notice, and earned for him a conspicuous place among the enterprising men of Lawrence county, that it is but just recogni- tion of his worth to speak at some length of his life and achievements.
The subject of this sketch is descended from a sterling line of Holland ancestry, his progenitors in this country having come from that country to America about 1720. locating in Pennsylvania. Subsequently they moved from the Keystone state to Virginia, locating near Staunton in the Shenan- doah valley, where many representatives of the family are living today. The subject's great-grandfather, John Crim, moved from Staunton to Paris,
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Kentucky, where he purchased a large tract of land and is supposed to have remained there until his death. He was the father of two sons, of whom the eldest was the subject's grandfather, Stephen Crim. The latter married Jane Faris and about the year 1825 they emigrated to Martin county, In- diana, locating near Mt. Pleasant. To them were born four children, John, Martin D., Nathan and Mildred. The eldest of these married Sarah Burns, and of the four children born to them one was Isaac H., the immediate sub- ject of this sketch, who was born in Martin county, Indiana, on January I, 1842. Subsequently John Crim brought his family to Johnson county, In- diana, where his death occurred in July, 1844, and soon afterwards his widow moved with her children to Illinois, where the subject of this sketch was mostly reared. He received liis education in the district schools and in young manhood he engaged in farming. In the fall of 1860 he came to Indiana on a visit, remaining until the spring of the following year when, on April 23d. he enlisted in Company C, Fourteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he rendered valiant service in defense of his country until January 15, 1863, when he was honorably discharged on account of wounds received at the battle of Antietam. During his military service he took part in many of the most hotly contested battles of that great struggle and had endured all the privations and sufferings incident to the campaigns in the Southland. Among the important battles in which he took part were those of Rich Moun- tain, Greenbrier, Cheat Mountain, Winchester and Antietam, beside many others of minor importance. Upon returning home Mr. Crim entered the employ of the Ohio & Mississippi railroad as station agent and telegraph operator. In the course of time he drifted to Lawrence county, Indiana, with which locality he has since been closely identified and which has been his home continuously since. He has, because of his sterling qualities of character, long occupied a high place in the esteem of his fellow citizens in this county and in 1878 was elected auditor of Lawrence county, discharging his duties so satisfactorily that in 1882 he was elected to succeed himself, thus serving a period of eight years in this important office. In 1892 Mr. Crim was elected circuit clerk of the courts and was re-elected in 1896, thus also serving eight years in this office. His public career was characterized by the most steadfast attention to his public duties and his attention to every detail and courteous treatment of all who had dealings with his offices won for him a well deserved popularity among the voters of the county. As a Republican, Mr. Crim has long been active in political affairs and served as county chair- (47)
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man of the county several terms. On September 1, 1903, Mr. Crim became a rural route mail carrier and has thus served more than ten years in this capacity.
On October 25, 1866, Isaac Crim married Mary E. Newkirk, and to their union have been born two children, Carrie, born August 15, 1867, and Lulu on December 2, 1869. Carrie was married on January 16, 1888, to Jesse M. Winstanley, of Bedford, and Lulu was married on December 14, 1898, to Charles E. Frances, also of Bedford.
Religiously, Mr. Crim and the members of his family are all connected with the Methodist Episcopal church, to which they give faithful and earnest support, while, fraternally, he is an appreciative member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Crim are leading quiet lives and they are highly respected by all their neighbors and acquaintances for the hon- orable and praiseworthy lives they have led and for the hospitality they have ever shown to the poor and needy, having long been worthy examples and influential for good wherever they have resided. Genial and unassuming in his relations with his fellow men, Mr. Crim easily wins friends and among the wide acquaintance which he enjoys he has many warm and loyal sup- porters.
MARSHALL WOOLERY.
The record of the subject of this sketch is that of a man who, by his own unaided efforts, has worked his way from a modest beginning to a posi- tion of influence in his community. His life has been one of unceasing in- dustry and perseverance, and the systematic and honorable methods he has followed have won for him the unbounded confidence of his fellow citizens of Lawrence county, whose interests he has ever had at heart and which he has always labored to promote.
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