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Brubaker, William.
Craig, Alexander.
Demony, Albert.
Geiger, James W. Geiger, Jacob. Gaff. George. Geiger, Nathan. Hazen, George. Krider, George. Miller, Daniel. McLain, Samuel.
NIcNear, Josiah.
Richey, Henry.
Rollins, Zacariah. Pence, Henry. Smith, Joseph.
Sumney, William.
Slagle, Clayton. Slagle, Harvey.
Slagle, Aaron. Wade, O. J.
Waugh, David. Waugh, Joseph.
Those who followed the flag in the Spanish war were:
Baker, Judson.
Dull. Charles.
Fullam John. Gilbert, Willis.
Jackson, Lawrence. Gross, Ray.
Kronk, Charles.
Knott, Frank.
Knott, George.
Rapp, John.
Rapp, Fred.
Russell, Earl.
Squires, Lloyd.
Squires, Horatius.
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Birney, William. Crabill, Martin. Demony, Albert. Geiger, William A. Geiger, Edward. Garrison, Levi. Gandy, O. J. Hickman, Joseph. Keller, I. N. Luthborrow, John. McGuire, Thomas. McMahan, Peter. Rauche, Edward. Richey, Lemuel. Pence. Anderson. Smith, J. W.
Squires, Morton.
Pence, Elmer.
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CHURUBUSCO.
In 1865 Churubusco consisted of one store building owned by Joseph Richards in which is now George B. Slagles' meat market, a tavern kept by W. B. Walker in the building owned by Jacob Keichler, used as a grocery and bakery, a small frame house on the corner where the Exchange Bank now stands, an old shack and residence on the southwest corner of Main and Whit- ley streets, an old frame where Geigers' Tel- ephone Exchange is located and a frame building adjacent to the railroad and now occupied by Dr. Bruce Hart as residence and office. The dilapidated house north of the electric water and light plant was owned and occupied by Alfred Jennings and an old log house now where E. E. Gandy lives. On the south side of the railroad, the saw-mill run by Thomas H. Hughes and Thomas Jones, a blacksmithshop in a wood- house on the lot now owned by Ed Flane- gan. Anos Yocum was the blacksmith who afterwards built a blacksmith shop and resi- cence where James W. Burwell now keeps hardware. Grandmother Wolf lived in the house now owned by Joseph N. Richards and a small house north, where now stands Ed Flanegan's residence, was occupied by David V. Miller. The first harness shop was opened in this house by Alfred Hosack, who made his first set of harness for Dr. F. M. Magers in 1872. Hughs and Jones did an extensive custom sawing for the surround- ing country and hauled the product of their mill to Fort Wayne, where it was difficult to dispose of the best of it at ten dollars per thousand.
Churubusco remained in statu quo as far
as business and enterprise was concerned 1111- til about 1870. The grist mill now owned by Jacob and Michael Keichler (now leased by W. A. Geiger and John Deck), was built. A brief history of its building may be of in- terest. About 1869 the grist mill at Heller's Corners burned down and was a total loss. Jacob Hose and Alexander Hall came to ask what inducements Mr. Heller would offer them to rebuild the mill. They also came to Churubusco to investigate the prospect of erecting a mill. They asked one and one- half acres of land. all the framing timber and stone for the foundation. Through the energy and enterprise of James M. Harri- son, ex-mayor of Columbia City, who was then clerking for his father-in-law, Joseph Richards, subscription papers were circu- lated by Samuel Jackson and Alex Craig, and in a few days more was subscribed than asked for. John Deck donated one acre of land and James M. Harrison held himself as security to Deck in the sum of fifty dol- lars for the half acre, which afterwards was paid by subscription.
Dr. James McDuffy donated seventeen large oak trees for the heavy frame and others delivered stone for the foundation. Hose and Hall contracted with J. W. Hudsel for the construction of the building. Mr. Hudsel worked for several weeks without pay except what Mr. Harrison paid from his private purse. Finally about seven hun- dred and fifty dollars was paid. but the project became more visionary and un- certain.
At this.juncture John Deck was induced to buy out Hall, who, with Hose, completed the mill, the first wheel of which was turned by Joseph Kichler, Sr., who was installed
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as the first miller. David Shillings and Wil- liam Waterson afterwards purchased the property and sold out to the present proprie- tors, Kichler Bros.
In 1871 the construction of the old De- troit, Eel River & Illinois Railroad was re- sumed and completed and the first through train was run in October of the same year and Churubusco became a booming town. Laborers and tradesmen of all kinds flocked in faster than houses could be built for their accommodation, and in a few years became the second town in population in the county. It soon became one of the best trading points on the new railroad, and still maintains that position.
Among those who took an active interest in the upbuilding of the town may be men- tioned John Deck, Western Ackley, F. M. Magers, James M. Harrison, H. C. Press- ler, J. F. Criswell and W. B. Walker, etc. The merchants of the town were Harvey McCul- lough and Joseph Richards. F. M. Magers built the store room now occupied by J. H. Grisamer, and with William Ross opened up a dry goods, grocery, clothing, boots, shoes and drugs store about the time the railroad was completed. Business houses were in great demand and business and professional men came in so that in a short time it be- came unnecessary to drive fifteen miles to Fort Wayne when you wanted a piece of hoop iron, a suit of clothes or a fine silk dress. Ed Geiger, present county commis- sioner, could cut your hair and scrape your face with a razor.
Among the substantial brick buildings which have taken the place of frames and the date of their erection may be mentioned : Keller & Kahn, a two-story brick, now oc-
cupied by L. Isay, in 1881; T. A. Rhodes, two-story brick, now occupied by Arthur Bros., in 1888; M. Kocher, 1892, occupied by the owner : Ida Forsyth, now occupied by Stamets & Frazier, in 1895: Exchange Bank, by O. Gandy, in 1898; Smith Bros., in 1899. now occupied by J. W. Smith ; Ort Bros., a two-room store, now occupied by the proprietors; S. Emerick, now occupied by the owner, in 1903; the Truth building, in1 1903, now occupied by the Geiger Tele- phone Exchange; Truth Printing Office and Dan Lung on first floor for saloon, restau- rant and pool room. Besides the above, Churubusco merchants have large stocks of goods in frame buildings. Churubusco, "Busco," "The Blessed City," has become the best stock market on the Vandalia Rail- road, which is carried on by Emerick & Madden and George B. Slagle and son Charles.
The sawmill owned by Dr. Gandy and T. A. Rhodes was rushed in filling orders for the railroad and building material for houses. Land was platted into lots by Wil- liam B. Walker, John Deck, Western Ack- ley, F. M. Magers and others. Through the representation of railroad officials the citi- zens purchased about four acres of land and presented it to them in anticipation that the town would be the location of the railroad shops.
But oh! how vague and dim were their ideas of railroad manipulations. In place of the railroad shops they built a grain ele- vator and stock yards. From inability to procure brick the business houses as well as residences were frame structures. The first brick house was built by Dr. F. M. Magers of brick of his own make in 1874. the Meth-
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odist Episcopal brick church was built in 1875 under the pastorate of I. H. Tobey.
The same year (1875) under the trustee- ship of George Gaff the brick school house was built. For some years previous to this the old school house in the south end in which James E. Witham resides became too small for the increasing population and schools were taught in different rooms wherever procurable. William Knisely taught in the room over Ed Geiger's store, also in the room over S. F. Barr's furni- ture store, which was built on lot No. 6, Walker's first addition, at which time the Corean millionaire, L. S. J. Hunt, was a young man under the tutelage of A. J. Doug- las. County Superintendent. W. S. Gandy and George W. Maxwell taught in the old schoolhouse. Afterwards, W. S. Gandy taught a term or two in "Ammonia Hall," as it was called from the fact that a livery sta- ble was kept below and profusely evolved the fumes of ammonia. From the fact that there were different schools and as many teachers and their adhierents a great deal of controversy and jangling was indulged in. On the completion of the new school house with four rooms a systematic grading was organized. The new school house, quite plain on its exterior and devoid of any at- tempt at modern architecture, answered its purpose but for a few years, when remodel- ing of its interior became necessary to ac- commodate the increasing attendance. Finally it became necessary to erect the two- room frame building located upon the same lot. Churubusco's schools have flourished under the superintendency of J. B. Hun- phry from 1883 to 1889; W. W. Williamson in 1889 and 1800: A. R. Thomas. 1890-91 ;
Paul Wilkie, 1891-94; L. F. Chalfant, 1894- 95; George H. Mingle, 1895 to 1899; D. Hayden Richards, 1899 to 1900; Claud Belts, 1900-1904; L. L. Hall, 1904-05; and Joe Colburn, 1906-07. Under Claud Belts it became a commissioned four-year high school in 1902. It is attended now by com- mon school graduates of all the surrounding townships.
The disciples of Esculapius and Hypoc- rates who have at various times located here are Drs. Magers, Kelly, Spratt, Criswell, Birney, Modriker, Keller, Aldrich, Kester, Squires, Morrison, Briggs and Hart, of whom Drs. Magers, Criswell, Morrison, Briggs and Hart are at this date looking after the sick. Among the followers of Blackstone are Ed A. Mossman, Frank A. Brink, W. S. Gandy, J. W. Orndorf and George W. Keichler, and Ed C. Downey, Ed. C. Benward, notary public, real estate and insurance agent. Those who have rep- resented the profession of dentistry are F. F. Cook, L. D. Palmer and George and Sam- uel Keiser, of Bryan, Ohio, who visited one week in each month for about eighteen years when, in 1895, F. B. Weaver became a per- manent resident and dentist now doing busi- ness over L. Isay's store.
Churubusco, like other booming towns, gave the aspiring printer his opportunity, and in 1876 William E. Gross established the "Churubusco News," which eventually passed into the hands of Chase Milice, who changed the name to the "Herald." which almost died "a-bornin'," but was revivified by Daniel M. Eveland, whose political pro- clivities overcame his business judgment and issued a "red hot" Republican paper and made some very bitter criticisms of his Dem-
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ocratic patrons and their "grindstone con- ventions." Major J. R. Harrison, who was just out of his short pants, while entertain- ing Mr. Eveland's daughter Lizzie in the printing office, came into possession of cir- culars containing very serious strictures of some Democrats which we doubt the major ever returned. In consequence of the with- drawal of many Democratic patrons, Mr. Eveland withdrew from the field of journal- ism in Churubusco. Colonel I. B. McDon- ald purchased the plant and installed Wil- liam Haw and son as editors and publishers, under whose management the paper became as rabid a Democratic paper as it had been Republican. Haw & Son controlled the paper for a short time, when it passed into the hands of Charles and F. M. Hollis, whose careers as newspaper men were of short duration, and Colonel I. B. McDon- ald removed the plant to Columbia City.
Charles L. Kinsey and Lizzie Eveland es- tablished the euphoneous "Sunbeam" in 1878 and about the same time the "White Ele- phant." the protege of Anos Yocum, the postmaster, made its debut, both of which, like their proprietors, have "folded their tents" and left.
It remained for V. A. Geiger to make a success of the newspaper in Churubusco. He purchased the "Sunbeam" plant, which had been changed to the "Sunday People," and transformed it into the "Truth," which at this date is one of the most readable local independent papers of the surrounding country. "Virg," as he is called by friends, assumed control of the "Truth" during his boyhood days and has grown to manhood in its service. From the proceeds of his lit- tle printing plant he has established a com-
plete cylinder printing machine run by a gasoline engine, with all the paraphernalia belonging to a first-class printing office, all housed in a two-story brick building of his own. V. A. Geiger and his father, William A. Geiger, in August, 1902, established a telephone exchange with thirty patrons, which has at this time increased to six hun- dred and fifty, with toll lines at Albion, Gar- rett and Fort Wayne, and whose lines can be used to all parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan.
About the year 1888, William A. All- man, of Sturgis, Michigan, a deaf mute but wealthy and of good business qualities, es- tablished the first bank in a little frame building where now stands Emerick & Mad- den's meat market, "The Bank of Churn- busco." with a capital of $10,000. Unfortu- nately by the loss of the health of Thomas Beals, the cashier, by exposure at a fire the affairs of the concern were amicably settled and the bank closed.
Soon after, about 1889, C. K. Hollings- worth established the "Citizens' Bank" in the came building with John Starbuck as cash- ier, which by the retirement of Hollings- worth and Starbuck was resumed under the same name by an organized stock company, composed of leading citizens and farmers, by John W. Paris with William Miller as president and M. L. Campbell cashier. This being one of the links of the Zimri Dwiggins chain of banks, established in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, closed its doors the last day of May, 1893.
On September II, 1893, Oscar Gandy established the "Exchange Bank" under the firm name of O. Gandy & Co., with a capital of $10,000. The Exchnage Bank has al-
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ways done a prosperous business and is con- sidered one of our most substantial financial affairs and has increased its capital to $25 .- 000. The present officers and employes are O. Gandy, president : E. E. Gandy, cashier : John A. Pressler, assistant cashier: Ursula Magers, bookkeeper; Minnie Anderson, stenographer, and George Gump, janitor.
In 1872 John Deck, to supply the in- creasing demand of the traveling public. built the hotel near the depot, which he sold to Alexander M. Long, who for some years operated it and sold out to Thomas Lari- more, who some years after sold to George W. Stites, the present landlord.
Among those who acted as landlords during the interim between Long and Lari- more may be mentioned William Waterson, John W. Hutsel, Jr., Joseph Parks, I. N. Keller, Fred S. Shoof and John Girdinck, and Thomas Larimore, who sold out to the present proprietor, George W. Stites. This hotel has been operated by Mr. Stites or some of his children since 1882. A Mr. Smedley, a traveling man from Fort Wayne, was found dead in his room one morning with a bullet in his head and a revolver clased in one hand. By misrepresentations the hotel became a little unpopular among the traveling public for a year or two.
Patrick Fullam has the honor of being a boarder at this house for the longest time. Patrick has made this his home since 1881. and has paid money enough for board to pay for the whole establishment. His sojourn at this hotel has been about twenty-six years.
In 1882, it becoming necessary for the better preservation of order, uniform im- provement and for the betterment of the schools, the incorporation of the town was agitated by her citizens.
On June 20th and 21st a survey was made by C. B. Tulley of the territory and contained "one hundred and eighty-six acres, three roods and twelve rods of land." A census of the population of the territory was taken by Josiah F. McNear, F. M. Ma- gers and J. W. Orndorf and showed 786 persons.
A petition to the county commissioners was presented September 9. 1882, by F. M. Magers. J. W. Orndorf, George W. Max- well, J. F. Shoaff et alias for an election to decide the question of incorporation, which was granted, and said election was held on October 7, 1882, at the office of J. W. Orn- dorf. J. P., with Charles W. Walkley, in- spector: F. P. Loudy and De Lavern Young, clerks. There were 160 votes cast. of which 106 were "yes" and 54 "no."
On the 12th of January. 1883, the first election for officers was held and resulted in the election of John Deck, Lemual Richey and George W. Maxwell as trustees; J. W. Brand, clerk: William C. Smith, marshal, and W. A. Geiger, treasurer. On January 24. 1883. the town board at an adjourned meeting elected the first school board con- sisting of John L. Isherwood, John F. Cris- well and Jacob Keichler. The town and schools were carefully looked after by the two boards and on May 7, 1883. in accord- ance with the provisions of an act concern- ing incorporated towns an election was held at the office of W. S. Gandy and resulted in the election of W. A. Geiger. First ward: Lemual Richey, Second ward: George W. Maxwell Third ward; F. M. Magers, clerk and treasurer: Charles Erickson, marshal. Political strife did not enter this election and the results were a mixture of Demo- crats and Republicans. On the 4th of Feb-
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urary. 1886, a contract was entered into by George W. Orndorf, George Richards and Edward E. Cutter as trustees with Charles Byers for the construction of a town hall for $820. to be completed on the Ist day of June, 1886. On November 29, 1886, an engine and hose cart were purchased of Rumsey & Co., of Seneca Falls, New York. for the better protection against fire, for the sum of $967. The Ist day of December. 1886, an exciting election was held upon the question of stock running at large, resulting in 102 voters who thought they could live without milk and 29 voters were sure they would starve if the cows could not run at large. The first fire company was organ- ized on March 31, 1887, by the passage by the town board of ordinance 39 and after- wards Frank P. Loudy was chosen first chief, who has served continuously since.
In July and August, 1892, Main street was graveled and has proved to be the greatest improvement Churubusco has made, the contract being let to O. Gandy and the gravel procured on the farm of George W. Ott.
In 1898 a majority of the board of trus- tees of Churubusco decided that the town required more metropolitan utilities and to that end passed an ordinance and entered a contract for the establishment of an electric light and water plant at a cost of over $20,000.
The high handed manner and pugnacity with which the majority of the board en- tered upon this unpopular movement pre- vented even a referendum and called out from the public the most bitter criticism and condemnations. At least ninety-five per
cent of the people were in opposition to the movement.
The vote of the board on the proposition is recorded as J. H. Grisamer and T. Ray Morrison in favor, and to the honor of Alex. B. Craig be it said. he voted in oppo- sition. It was not long until the proverbial "elephant" was on hand seeking funds wherewith to be fed. Troubles mountain high came swiftly, litigations numerous and expensive with C. B. Magers as receiver, who by order of United States court sold it to Josie Kingdon for about $5,000, who is now operating the plant.
Churubusco is now (in the beginning of 1907) living in the proud expectation of an interurban railroad from Fort Wayne to South Bend. The route has been surveyed and resurveyed with a subsidy of $10,000 voted. and the prospect for its completion among the laity is good. The grain market of the town compares most favorably with any town of its size in northern Indiana. The surrounding country also compares well with the best. The inhabitants are indus- trious and prosperous. Many are religious and moral and some are "virtuous and happy."
In the summer of 1892 the body of Wil- liam Hicks, an old soldier who had recently received his pension, was found lying in an old lumber shed near the Vandalia depot with a heavy piece of timber across his neck and a bloody scalp wound. A coroner's inquest was held, traces of blood were traced to a low resort and many other evi- (lences of a foul murder were established to such an extent that suspicion of a man was almost convincing. The case was in
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the charge of F. J. Heller as prosecutor and W. S. Gandy as justice of the peace. That the perpetrator of this horrible crime went unpunished has always been a problem un- solved by the public,
On the morning of April 13, 1905, the people of Churubusco were aroused from their slumbers by. a terrific report of the explosion in the large safe in the Exchange Bank.
When the surprised citizens made their appearance upon the streets they found themselves held up in real western style by two sentinels passing back and forth in front of the bank, firing occasionally into the air and sometimes at a citizen who failed to obey their command. O. Gandy and wife, living near the bank, were made the special object of their firing, Mrs. Gandy receiving a flesh wound on the neck while standing in front of her house.
It required but a few minutes to com- plete the business by the two men who were in the bank and join their pals on the street and hurriedly left with a buggy and horse stolen from G. R. Hemmick's barn.
After the robbers took their leave and it became safe to approach the building it was found that the safe was blown to pieces, the fixtures and furniture broken up and the building badly damaged. The robbers in their hurry overlooked the greater portion of the contents of the safe but secured over $4,700, which, with the loss by the explo- sion, amounted to over $6,000.
The debris was cleared away and quiet restored and at 10 a. m. the Exchange Bank was doing its usual business.
The commercial and industrial enter- prises of Churubusco are principally repre-
sented in dry goods, groceries, boots, shoes and clothing by Leslie & George Arthur, E. Geiger, Leopold Isay and S. F. & F. C. Ort; drug stores, J. F. Criswell & Son and Miss Mary Eikenberry & Co .; groceries, Bert Brubaker, Frazier & Stamets, J. H. Gris- amer, Jacob Kichler, grocery and bakery; harness, O. Deerdorff; meat markets, S. Emerick & Madden, G. B. Slagle & Son and Charles II. Long; millinery, Mrs. Mabel Frazier, Mrs. Amanda Hemmick and Mrs. Eliza Walters; jewelers, G. R. Hemmick and W. E. Summers; hardware, J. W. Bur- well & Son and J. W. Smith; furniture and undertaking, F. M. Sonday; wells, pumps and supplies, Elvin, Tompson & Stroh; plumbing, Patrick Fullam; lumber and staves manufacture, Valorous Brown; lum- ber, cement and lime, James B. Grawcock : blacksmiths, Homer Cutter, George W. Sefton and Frank Witham & Charles Har- ter and Harris Ketchem: livery and feed barns, Bair & McCurdy, Lou Long, Carmi E. (Tom) Richey; saloons, A. Anderson, Dan Lung. Joe Throp and William H. Wolf; hotel, W. W. Madden and C. W. Stites : restaurants, Dan Lung, Mrs. Del Harter. John Deck; butter, eggs and poul- try. Beyer Bros., butter, eggs and poultry, Clyde Jones, manager ; barber shops, Arthur Benward and Emery Geiger.
Under dispensation the Ancient Free and Accepted Masonic Lodge met on the IIth of March, 1875, and on May 25, 1875. the first meeting under charter with the fol- lowing officers: Ed. A. Mossman, W. M .; Andrew Anderson, S. W .; G. W. Fair, J. W .; John R. Ross, secretary; S. F. Barr, treasurer: I. N. Whellenbarger, S. D .; Henry M. Wyatt, J. D .; Samuel Hosack,
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tyler, and George W. Slagle and Charles Erickson, stewarts. William Carr, special D. G. M., on July 29, 1876, instituted the lodge as Churubusco Lodge, No. 515, An- cient Free and Accepted Masons, with four- teen members.
The present officers are W. S. Gandy, WV. M .; A. S. Kline, S. W .; Frank J. Gandy, J. W .; John A. Pressler, secretary ; Jacob Keichler, treasurer; George R. Hem- ick, S. D .; Pearl Sible, J. D .; F. P. Loudy, tyler. Number of members. 69 at last re- port.
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