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Mr. Kiumpp began to learn glass-blowing as a boy, and has advanced through all the stages of knowledge connected with the business, so that he is known to be one of the most capable men connected with the industry today. He has long been known for an expert glass-blower and was chosen as one of the blowers of America to blow glass at the World's Fair in Chicago, in 1893. He also blew glass on exhibition for three years in Pittsburg, and has accomplished some wonderful feats in that line. For a year, in about 1897, he traveled for th .. Thomas Evans Glass Company, and when the Maebeth-Evans Company came into existence as a result of the consolidation of the Macbeth -people with the Evans', Mr. Klumpp took charge of the Pittsburg plant as manager, following which he became superintendent of ti .. Elwood business.
During the years 1895-1896-1897 Mr. Klumpp was president of the United Labor League of Western Pennsylvania, representing seventy- five thousand organized workingmen. Upon entering the duties .: salesman for the Thomas Evans Company he severed his connection- with this organization, having received an honorable withdrawal card!
On October 23, 1883, Mr. Klumpp was united in marriage with Miss Ida McCurry, the daughter of Henry and Margaret (MeKelvey McCurry, and they have three children,-John, Helen, and Glads>. John is assistant superintendent of the plant, under his father, and is one of the capable young men who are identified with the business of the Macbeth-Evans Company here. He married Miss Gladys Moore. and they have two children,-John III, and Dorothy. Helen and Gladys Klumpp are attending school and still share the parental roof.
Mr. Klumpp is fraternally identified with the Masonic order, har ing membership in Quincy Lodge No. 230, A. F. & A. M., as well as with the Maccabees. He is a stanch Republican, and is one who has given honest service to the party all his life. Mrs. Klumpp was born and
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reared in Pittsburg, where her parents passed the best years of their lives, and died. They were the parents of seven children, as follows : Charles, James, William, Hugh, Ida, who became Mrs. Klumpp, and Margaret.
The Klumpp family is one that is highly esteemed in Elwood, where the various members are known and appreciated for their many excel- lent qualities, and where they take prominent places in the leading social activities of the community.
CHARLES G. DICK, M. D. There is no profession to which men devote themselves more dignified in its ethics or more reasonably helpful to the world than that of medicine. Similar claims are made by the church and- by the law, but they, while essentially true enough, are based on other foundations. The healing art demands of its real followers that natural reverence for the dignity of the human body that commands the exercise of all the skill that years of training and study have brought them, to cure its ills, even though they know that their services will receive no pecuniary reward. Where or when does a real physician refuse to give help, and to what other body of men does the world owe so much ? The medical profession's scientific discoveries have not only eased the bed of former torture, but have found the cure for almost every bodily affliction. Justly is this noble profession in the forefront. Methods may differ, systems may not be quite alike, and personality counts for much, but the aim and principle remains the same. Among the members of the medical profession well known in Madison county, Indiana, is Dr. Charles G. Dick, of Elwood, whose skill and faithful- ness, together with his determined hopefulness and cheerfulness, have made his presence valued in many households during the past sixteen years, which period covers his residence in this city.
Charles G. Dick, M. D., was born in Winona county, Minnesota, November 5, 1866, and is a son of Samuel C. and Elizabeth (Young) Dick, natives of Ohio. His paternal grandparents were natives of the North of Ireland, of Scotch parentage, and were early settlers of Ohio, while on the maternal side he is descended from grandparents who were natives of the Buckeye State and spent their entire lives in the vicinity of Steubenville.
Samuel C. Dick was born in Steubenville, Ohio, April 19, 1816, and was the son of William and Jane MeClintock Dick, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Scotland. Crossing the Atlantic to America, William Dick took up his residence in Steubenville, where he died in 1849. Samuel C. Dick was reared in Steubenville, and as a young man learned the trade of millwright, and in 1848 removed to Daven- port, Iowa, where he followed his vocation for some time. Subsequently, he removed to Richmond, Minnesota, early in the 'fifties, and was inter- ested in a gristmill there, but later turned his attention to farming in Winona county, where his death occurred in 1892, when he was seventy- two years of age.
Samuel C. Dick was married May 9, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth Young, who was the daughter of Hercules and Anna (Chandler) Young, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. . In their family were eleven children : Mrs. Rachel Chandler, born September, 1806; Mrs. Sarah Stockton, born March 8, 1808; James; Dinah; Eli; Mrs. Ann Baker; Morgan; John; Mrs. Hannah Craft; Mrs. Margaret Carroll, and Mrs. Elizabeth Dick, who was born July 25, 1824.
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. To Mr. and Mrs. Diek were born ten children, eight of whom are yet living : Thomas C., the eldest, was born March 10, 1851; Margate: E., August 4, 1853; Anne E., November 13, 1855, wife of William Foote; a daughter born July. 12, 1858, died in infancy; Mrs. Emma L. Geddes, born July 23, 1859; Clarence F., November 18, 1861; William .. W., May 24, 1864; Charles G., November 5, 1866; Ulysses S., October 19, 1868; and Mrs. Elizabeth M. Davis, April 15, 1871. The Diet: family resided in Winona county, Minnesota, from 1855 to 1898.
Mrs. Diek survived her husband for a period, and was seventy-nin. years of age at the time of her demise. Originally Quakers, they later transferred their support to the faith of the Presbyterian church, in which they both died.
Charles G. Dick was reared on the home farm, and received his early education in the district schools, subsequently graduating from: the State Normal School in 1890. During the several terms that foi- lowed, he was engaged in teaching school in Minnesota, and he then entered Keokuk Medieal College, Keokuk, Iowa, where he was gradu- ated with his degree in 1895. Succeeding this he spent two years in the hospital at Marquette, Michigan, and in 1897 came to Elwood, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. It was not long after his arrival that his talents were recognized, and he has bech in the enjoyment of a constantly increasing professional business, his remarkable success in a number of complicated cases having firmly established him in the confidence of the community. Dr. Diek is a elos: and careful student, and has kept fully abreast of the advancements that are constantly being made in the field of medicine. He is a strict observer of the unwritten ethics of the profession, and enjoys marked popularity among his confreres of the fraternity in Madison county
On September 21, 1897, Dr. Diek was married to Miss Florenc. Clark, who was born in Winona, Minnesota, daughter of George and Jennie (Lockwood) Clark, natives of New York state, both of whow are deceased. George Washington Clark was born June 10, 1827, in Copenhagen, Lewis county, New York. His father, Orrin Clark, was a soldier in the War of 1812 and took part in the battle of Sackets Har- bor. After his death, which occured in 184S, his family was granted a land warrant in recognition of his services. This was located in 1855 by his son, George W., in whose family its possession still remains.
The Clark family is of Seotch-Irish origin. John Clark was born on the Emerald Isle in 1655, and in 1699 was married. In 1717 h. came to America and took up his residence in Rutland, Massachusetts. His children were: Mathew, Thomas John, William Samuel, James George, Sarah and Elizabeth, all born in Ireland. Mathew married Jane Bothel. His children were: Jane, John Alexander, Agnes, Wil- liam, Hannah and Elizabeth, born in Rutland, and James, Margaret. Sarah and Mathew, born in Colerain, Massachusetts. James Clark of this family became a captain in the French and Indian war, serving from 1754 to 1763. His children were: John Scott, Royal, Silas, David. James, Orrin and Betsy.
John Scott Clark was the first white male child born in Chester. Massachusetts, 1762. He married Sarah Anderson in 1790. Their chil- dren were: Orrin, Asenath, Electa, John and Lucinda. Orrin Clark. father of George W., married Rebecca White Templeton. Their chil- dren were: Eleeta, Betsy, Sarah, Rebecca, Orrin, Nathan, Wayne. George W., and John Scott. George W. Clark was educated in the
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common school and Lowville Academy. He came west in 1851. On the 13th of November he landed in Winona county, where he spent the remainder of his life. On the 11th of February, 1857, he was married to Jennie Lockwood of Waupun, Wisconsin, who was born December 4, 1837. By this marriage were born seven children : Frank W., January 4, 1858; Adah L., January 27, 1860; Jay Scott, November +, 1862; Florence E., July 28, 1868; Alfred H., March 26, 1870; Jennie A., January 25, 1874; and May, September 13, 1878.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles G. Diek have had four children, as follows : Margery C., born September 21, 1898; Charles C., born January 29, 1900; Jennie E., born January 9, 1904; and Ulysses, born June 9, 1907, died September 20, 1907.
Dr. Dick is a member of the Presbyterian church, while his wife is a Unitarian. His fraternal connection is with Quiney Lodge No. 230, F. & A. M., but while he appreciates the privileges of membership he has never sought official position.
JOSEPH A. ZETTEL is a newcomer in Madison county, having located here after a long and varied experience in business and trade in differ- ent parts of the United States, chiefly in Minnesota. Mr. Zettel is now proprietor of an establishment at 112 West Church street in Alexandria for tin, galvanized and sheet iron work and hot air heating apparatus.
Joseph A. Zettel was born in Waterloo county, Ontario, Canada, May 12, 1852. The family originated in Germany, and after coming to America moved into Canada. The paternal grandfather was Lucas Zettel, the maiden name of whose wife was Monica Straub, both of whom died in Waterloo county, Ontario, when in old age, Mrs. Zette! being ninety-two at the time of her death. Their family consisted of Joseph, Herman, Theresa, Mary and Regina. The maternal grand- father of the Alexandria merchant was Andrew Holrod, whose wife was Magdelana Holrod. They also were natives of Germany, whence they migrated to Canada and died in Bruce county, Ontario, he at the age of eighty-two and she at eighty-four years. Their five children were named: Magdelana, Mary, Anna, Joseph and Felix.
Andrew and Magdelana (Holrod) Zettel, parents of Joseph A., were born in Germany, the former in Wuertemberg, and the latter in Baden. Their nine children are mentioned as follows: Mary, wife of John Wechter, of Bruce county, Ontario; Felix, deceased; Ambrose, of Bruce county ; Monica, deceased, who was the wife of Henry Oldheiser of Lincoln, North Dakota; Joseph A., of Alexandria ; Lucas, of Bruee county, Ontario; Theresa, wife of Charles Miekus of Scott county, Min- nesota; Regina, wife of Andrew Schwartz of Bruee county; Herbert, of St. Paul, Minnesota. The father of this family accompanied his parents from Germany to Canada, when he was eleven years of age, and he grew to manhood in Waterloo county. By trade he was a cooper, but subsequently, followed farming. His death occurred in Bruce county, when he was seventy-eight years of age and his wife passed away when fifty-six. They were both members of the Catholic church.
Joseph A. Zettel was reared a farmer boy in Bruce county, and the years up to maturity were spent under the home roof. His education was such as could be furnished by the country schools. After school days he continued as a worker on his father's farm for eleven years and then went out to the western states, locating at Shakopee, Minnesota, in 1886. It was his distinction in that loeality to establish and operate
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the first creamery, and in subsequent years he was in the same line of business in different places in Minnesota. He was also a hotel pro- prietor in Shakopee. While a resident at Montgomery, Minnesota, he served as the first mayor of the town. In November, 1912, Mr. Zettel came to Alexandria, where he bought out the tinning and sheet iron business of O. M. Hoover, and is now enjoying a prosperous business.
On September 29, 1874, he married Miss Mary Schumacher, a daugi !- ter of Anthony and Mary (Kirsch) Schumacher. They were the parents of five children: Theresa, Lawrence, Joseph, Frank and Wi !. liam. The daughter, Theresa, is now at home in Alexandria. Law rence and Joseph both studied for the priesthood, but are now deceased Frank and William are Franciscan priests. The mother of this family passed away March 12, 1887, at the age of thirty-four years.
On June 5, 1890, Mr. Zettel married his second wife, Sophia Koeper, daughter of John Koeper. She died January 1, 1912, at the age of fifty. She was the mother of seven children, Albinus, Cyril, Ida, Irene, Sybilla, Leo and Regina. Albinus dicd at the age of eleven, and the other children are now at home. The family are all communicants of the Catholic church and Mr. Zettel is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus. In politics lie is a Democrat.
THOMAS M. JONES, M. D. For three successive generations melli- bers of the Jones family have been identified with the profession of medicine and surgery, and Thomas Monroe Jones since beginning prac- tice at Anderson about seven years ago has emphasized surgery, fer which branch of practice he has shown unusual aptitude and skill. His father before him is well known as a physician and surgeon in Madison county, and the grandfather at one time also practiced medicine in this county.
Few members of the profession in Indiana have entered upon active practice more generously endowed with the experience and training which come from association with the great readers in medicine and surgery and with observation in the foremost clinics and hospitals oi the world than has Dr. Thomas M. Jones. He was born in the city of Anderson, August 9, 1877, the only son of Dr. Horace E. and Carrie E. (Cockefair) Jones. His literary education was obtained at the Uni- versity of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, at which institution he spent four years. Returning to this country in 1898, he entered the Indiana State University, from which institution he was graduated with the A. B. degree in one year. The same year after graduating from the Indiana State University, he entered the Johns Hopkins' Medica! School of Baltimore, Maryland. From here he was graduated as Doc- tor of Medicine in 1902. Immediately after graduation he was ap- pointed a member of the staff of St. Marks hospital of New York city, which position he held for one year. From St. Marks hospital he ob- tained, by competitive examination, a position in the surgical staff of Kings County Hospital of Brooklyn, New York. This position he filled for two years during which time he was afforded abundant practical experience in surgery. After leaving the last named institution he returned to his native city of. Anderson, Indiana, where he opened a !! office and entered upon the practice of medicine. In 1908 he gave up the general practice, devoting his entire time to that of surgery.
In 1910 he went abroad, to Vienna, Austria, where he spent a year in the surgical clinics of that great medical and surgical center.
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Dr. Jones is at present in the active practice of surgery and is affil- iated with the Madison County and Indiana State Medical societies. Also with the American Medical Association, the Mississippi Valley Medical Society and is a member of the Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America.
He has contributed liberally to surgical literature, having written original articles on surgical subjects more especially on the subject of Goitre from a surgical standpoint and also numerous case reports.
In 1907, Dr. Jones married Miss Elizabeth Shields Baker, of Win- chester, Virginia, where she was reared and edueated. They are the parents of one son, Horace Edgar. Dr. Jones is prominent in Masonry, being a member of Fellowship Lodge, No. 681, A. F. & A. M., Anderson Chapter, R. A. M., and he is also identified with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His fine home is at 310 West Twelfth street, Anderson.
THOMAS W. WRIGHT was born in 1849 near Matloek, Derbyshire, England, Matlock being noted for its hydropathic establishments. Mr. Wright's parents lived on an estate that came from father to son for five generations; his father died when he was in his infaney and on the remarriage of his mother they left the estate and moved to Dronfield, near Sheffield.
In his youth Thomas W. Wright decided of his own free will to look for some occupation ; he sought employment with Edward Lucas & Sons, friends of the family, who gave him the option of going in the office or to learn a trade. He decided he would learn a trade first and went to work in their shovel works. At twenty years of age he was put in charge of a department as foreman. As they would not agree to put in some important improvements he wished to make he resigned and came to America in the fall of 1872. He obtained employment with H. M. Myers & Company, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, in February, 1873, and was made foreman of that plant in 1875 and held that posi- tion until he resigned in 1889, when he then started in the business himself, manufacturing shovels under the name of The Wright Shovel Co. at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. The business outgrew the building then ocenpied and the plant was moved to Anderson in 1891. A short time before W. J. Alford had become associated with Mr. Wright and in 1895 Mr. Wright and Mr. Alford organized the Elwood Steel Co. and Elwood Fuel Co. and were the sole owners in 1900 when these plants, together with the Wright Shovel Co. of this city were taken over by the Ames Shovel & Tool Co.
Mr. Wright then became associated with a number of industries and was one of the organizers in the building of the Union building and is at the present time one of the largest stockholders and president of that company. He was chairman of the Board of Governors of the Present Day Club which was the foundation of the organization of the Com- mercial Club. He was one of a committee of three to raise funds for the building of the present Elks Home. Mr. Wright is treasurer of the Wright Rich Cut Glass Co, and is now building a plant to manu- facture some metal specialties of his own invention under the name of the Wright Metal Mfg. Co. While Mr. Wright is supposed to lead a retired life he cannot content himself without some activity.
He lives in one of the most elegant homes in Anderson on West Eighth street, the fashionable residence district of the city. He is Vol. II-2%
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modest in his pretensions, elose in friendships and a genial companie .. He and his estimable wife are prominent in social circles and delight : the entertainment of the legions of their friends. No worthy object . . charity escapes their notice, but they are not ostentatious in beheld- lence. The Wrights became residents here when the new Andetso: began to take shape and they have helped to transform a country to: into a thriving eity. They worship at the Episcopal church ou D ..... ware street and have been large factors in the building of a new and comfortable rectory and in the maintenance thereof.
PETER RITTER. The agricultural interests of Adams township an. ably and worthily represented by Peter Ritter, who has resided iti ti.i- township all of his life and is now the owner of thirty-two acres of well. cultivated land. An agriculturist throughout his career, he has kep fully abreast of all the changes and improvements that have mark ! his calling, and, while he has never sought honors in other fields than that in which he entered upon his career, is today accounted one o: the substantial men of his seetion. Mr. Ritter was born on a farm in Adams township. Madison county, Indiana, April 1, 1852, and is a So :. of Abraham and Mary (Basicker) Ritter. His father, who followed the occupation of tilling the soil, went some years ago to Missouri. where his death occurred, while Mrs. Ritter still resides and makes Itvr home with her daughter and son-in-law. Abraham and Mary Ritter had a family of three children: Peter; Emma Eliza, who is the wir. of John Muncie, a resident of Anderson. Indiana; and John, who i- an agriculturist of Adams township.
The educational advantages of Peter Ritter were secured in the district schools of Adams township, which he attended during the winter terms, the summer months being passed on the home farm. where he assisted his father and gained a comprehensive knowledge of farming methods. He continued to remain under the parental root until his marriage, in 1880, at which time he embarked upon a career of his own. General farming has continued to occupy his attention, and through industry, perseverance and the exercise of good judgment and able management he has succeeded in accumulating a handsome and valuable property. He finds a ready market for the produts of hi- · farm, and while he is known as a good business man and one alert to all the opportunities of trade, has the reputation of being a man of the strictest integrity, holding the esteem and confidence of those with whom he has had dealings. Mr. Ritter has interested himself in fra- ternal work, and at this time is a valued member of Pendleton Lodge No. 88, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Emporia Lodge No. 132. of which he is past sachem, and a member of the Grand Lodge, Improved Order of Red Men; and the Haymakers, in which he has passed through the chairs. Public life or the struggles of the political arena have not attracted him, but he has at all times manifested a willingness to give his aid to movements caleulated to be of benefit to this community.
On January 11, 1880, Mr. Ritter was united in marriage with Miss E. Stinson, of Adams township, and to them there have been born four children, namely : Courtney E., who is married and makes his honte in Anderson; Orpha A., who is single and living at home; Claude. a . graduate of the common schools, who is married and a farmer in Adams township; and Ruth B., a graduate of the common schools and Ander- son Business College, who resides with her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
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Ritter are members of the Christian church. They have lived quiet, honorable lives, fairly earning the regard of a wide circle of friends and the general esteem of the people of the community.
PHILIP G. SHIRLEY. Farming and stock breeding have constituted the main interests of Philip G. Shirley since he located in Madison eounty in 18SS, and he is today one of the prosperous and independent men of the township and county, although it is well known that he established himself here with but the most slender resources in the way of material possessions. His success is a fitting example of the results that attend honest toil, with the exercise of a sound business judgment, such as Mr. Shirley has ever possessed. Prosperity mnade friendly overtures to him, only when he made aggressive. overtures to Prosperity, and so it will always be with the men who strive to gain material success in dealing with the products of the soil, and kindred industries.
Philip G. Shirley was born in the Shenandoah Valley, in Virginia, in November, 1860, and is the son of William and Frances (Grim) Shirley, both of whom are now deceased. He was reared on the home farm in the beautiful valley of the Shenandoah, and was edneated in the public schools to the age of eighteen years. When he was twenty- one years old Philip Shirley came to Montgomery county, near Ger- mantown, Ohio, and was there occupied as a farm hand, remaining in the community for four years. In 18SS he migrated to Madison county, Indiana, and this district has held the center of his interests since that day. After locating on a farm in the vicinity of Pendleton, Mr. Shirley devoted himself to the dairy business for something like seven or eight years, and at the end of that time he bought a farm of his own, having previously operated a rented place, and settled down to farming in genuine earnest. In addition to his regular farming, he carries on a lively business in the breeding of thoroughbred Jersey cattle and Poland China hogs. He breeds in pure blood, and his place has produced some valuable cattle and hogs in recent years. His success has been a matter of steady and consistent growth and all credit is due to him for the manner in which he has conducted his business since locating here.
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