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JOSEPH D. CAIN, M. D., a favorite young physician and sur- geon, with his office at No. 1506 East Washington street and his residence at No. 464 North West street, Indianapolis, was born in Madison, Ind., March 23, 1872, a son of Michael and Mary (O'Fallon) Cain, natives of county Roscommon, Ireland, but who in early life came to America and were married in Madison, where they resided till 1874. then removed to Indianapolis, where the father died June 26, 1876, aged forty-nine years, and the mother August 14, 1895, at the age of seventy years, having been reared from infancy, as was her husband, in the faith of the church of Rome.
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To the marriage of Michael and Mary Cain were born eleven children, of whom five passed away under the age of five years. Of the survivors, Michael H. was an engineer for six years at the Indiana insane asylum, but for the past twelve years, with his brother, Thomas C., has been an engineer at the Indiana state house. Both are married and at the head of respected families. Two sisters, Ella A. and Beatrice C., are employees of the insane hospital, and Mary keeps house for subject-Dr. Joseph D. being the youngest of the family.
Dr. Cain was primarily educated at St. John's parochial school, and professionally at the Central college of Physicians & Surgeons of Indianapolis, where he devoted three years to arduous and persevering study, graduating March 24, 1897, and at once entering upon the active practice of his profession at the address above given. He was fully equipped, by education and natural ability, for the art and science which he has chosen for his life- work, and his already extensive practice gives evidence that his abilities have not been slow of recognition by the public.
The church membership of the Cain family, excepting Michael, is with St. Bridget's congregation-Michael belonging to Sts. Peter and Paul's congregation. Dr. Cain has for six years been a mem- ber of the Bessonies commandery of the Knights of Father Ma- thew, for two years of which time he has served as financial secre- tary. He is a young man of strictly moral character, and, endowed as he is with highly intellectual attributes, must in the near future attain a position in the very front rank of the members of the medical profession.
TIMOTHY E. CALLAHAN, undertaker and embalmer of No. 231 Virginia avenue, Indianapolis, and whose residence is at No. 512 South East street, is the head of a pioneer and representa- tive Catholic family. He was born at Batavia, Genesee county, N. Y., November 4, 1853, and is a son of Michael and Mary Cal- lahan, natives of county Kerry, Ireland, who came to the United States in early life. They were married in Batavia, N. Y., in May, 1852, and in December, 1853, came to Indiana, locating in
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Indianapolis, when their son, Timothy E., the subject of this sketch, was about seven months old.
For many years Michael Callahan was engaged on public works and is now a veteran railroad man, but is living a retired life, his home being on Lord street. His wife died June 29, 1896, at the age of sixty years, she having been much younger than her husband, who was born in 1820. Both he and she were strongly attached to the church, he being a member of the Men's sodality of St. John's church, and his record in many respects is quite remarkable. Although he has attained to the age of seventy- seven years, he has never had a lawsuit of any kind, either as prosecutor or defendant, which is mentioned as evidence of his peaceful nature, and as showing that he would prefer to suffer wrong, if necessary to do so, than enter into litigation. Mrs. Cal- lahan was especially noted for her domestic nature and her great kindness of heart. It is said of her that, though she was born abroad and though she traveled thousands of miles to reach the city which finally became her home, she was never on a railroad car in her life, the journey from New York having been made by various water routes-lakes and canals. She and her husband became the parents of seven children-five sons and two daugh- ters -- all of whom are living, the subject of this sketch being the eldest of the family.
Timothy E. Callahan was educated in the schools of the city, and when not in school sold papers as a newsboy. During the war of the Rebellion, when Indianapolis was full of soldiers, Canıps Morton and Carrington were his field of operations. In his nineteenth year Mr. Callahan began his railroad career, which lasted until October 23, 1896. At first he was porter on a pas- senger train; afterward he performed yard duties for two or three years, and was thus engaged by the Bee line for a couple of years, after which he took charge of the Dillon street yard, which had then just been completed. Two and a half years later he became yardmaster at East St. Louis for the Ohio & Mississippi Railway company, and when a change in the administration of the road sent all the employees adrift he returned to Indianapolis and engaged with Col. Downing to run a construction train in the
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building of the Belt line. Some months later he engaged with the Panhandle Railway company as foreman of their yard, and a few months later he was transferred to the I. & V. division, and was examined and passed as a conductor on July 1, 1881, remaining with that company as a conductor until his retirement from the service on the date above given, October 23, 1896. Thus he served as a conductor continuously for a period of more than fif- teen years, which is an evidence of faithful discharge of duty and of care in the handling of his train.
Mr. Callahan was married September 25, 1880, to Miss Mary Henry, daughter of Lawrence and Mary Henry, early settlers of Indianapolis. Mrs. Callahan was born in April, 1858, and by her marriage to Mr. Callahan has two daughters and a son, viz: Lilly, Mary and Edward.
Lawrence Henry, father of Mrs. Callahan, served his country as a soldier during the war of the Rebellion in the Nineteenth Indiana volunteer infantry, and her brother, Michael, was in the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth regiment of the same state. The brothers and sisters of Mr. Callahan are all well known and highly respected. Their names are as follows: Michael, James, John, Dennis, Mary and Lilly.
W ILLIAM FLYNN, of No. 114 West Ray street, Indianapolis, was born in county Clare, Ireland, September 30, 1847, a son of Charles and Mary (Page) Flynn, the former a native of county Galway and the latter of county Clare, where their mar- riage took place. To this marriage were born two children, Will- iam and Charles, of whom the latter died in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1872. The father died in Erie, Pa., many years ago, and the mother married Daniel Ronan, a native of the same parish with herself, and to this union were born four children, viz: Lizzie, now Mrs. James Hunt, of Indianapolis; Kate, married to Albert Gaine, and living in Montreal, Canada; Anne, single; and Mary, married to: Michael Scanlon, of Indianapolis. Both parents are now deceased, the mother dying in Indianapolis, in February, 1892.
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William was educated in one of the National schools of Ire- land and at the age of fifteen years, came to America, following his parents, who had preceded him some years, he, in the mean- while, having remained with his grandparents. For a year after his arrival he worked as a farm laborer near Watertown, N. Y., and then, in 1863, enlisted in company H, Twenty-fifth New York cavalry, with which he served until the close of the Civil war, being in Custer's brigade, under Gen. Sheridan, in the Shenandoah valley of Virginia. He took part in the battles of Winchester, and Cedar Creek, Gordonsville, Newtown, Stevens' Station, and others in the valley, and was at the capture of Waynesboro and Early's army just before the final surrender at Appomattox Court House. He was a good, brave and faithful soldier, and passed through without bodily injury.
After receiving an honorable discharge from the service, Mr. Flynn found employment at the government stables in Washington, D. C., and was present when the horses that bore away the mur- derers of Abraham Lincoln were hired. May 1, 1869, Mr. Flynn reached Indianapolis, and here, with the exception of a year and a half, in 1872 and 1873, spent in Missouri, his home has ever since been maintained. In the latter year he entered the Kingan packing house, where he remained seventeen years. In 1891, he opened his present house of entertainment, which is a neat, orderly place, and is well patronized.
The marriage of Mr. Flynn took place in St. Matthew's church, Washington, D. C., January 20, 1867, to Miss Ellen T. Grady, a native of county Kerry, Ireland, and daughter of Maurice and Brid- get (Conners) Grady, who were the parents of six children, viz: Ellen T., Michael, John, Dennis, Maurice and Mary. Of these, the eldest is now Mrs. Flynn; Michael died in London, England; John, Dennis and Maurice are also deceased, and Mary is the wife of James Hollorn, of Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Grady made a short visit to this country, then returned to Europe and settled in London, where the mother died in 1864, and the father in 1891. To Mr. and Mrs. Flynn no children have been born.
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Order of Hibernians for a quarter of a century, and is also a mem- ber of the Celtic club. Mrs. Flynn is a member of the Rosary society, of the Ladies' auxiliary to the A. O. H., No. I, and of the Sacred Heart society. In politics Mr. Flynn is an active demo- crat, and was once his party's nominee for the state legislature, but withdrew prior to the election, preferring to lead a private life.
M ICHAEL CALLAHAN, a respected retired railroad man, and a trustee of St. Bridget's church, Indianapolis, Ind., was born near the city of Cork, Ireland, on St. Michael's day (September 29), 1830, a son of Michael and Bridget (Hickey) Callahan, both natives of county Cork.
Michael, the subject of this notice, who had led an industrious life with his parents until his nineteenth year, came to America in 1848, landed in Boston, Mass., and for four years was employed in farming in the vicinity of that city. In 1852 he came to Indian- apolis, then little more than a country village, and here he has resided ever since, adding to his wealth and reputation year by year. For forty years he has been an employee of the Big Four road, chiefly as freight receiver, if not altogether in that capacity. For the past five years he has been living in quiet retirement on his rentals, acquired through industry and judicious investment of his savings from his salary.
The marriage of Mr. Callahan took place in Salem, Mass., in 1851, to Miss Margaret Dunlay, to which marriage were born the following children: Jerry, of Indianapolis; Michael, James, Brid- get, John and Eugene, all five deceased; Timothy and Anna, both married and heads of families, as was also Jerry, Mrs. Callahan was called to rest in 1889. Mr. Callahan has one brother, James, residing in Indianapolis; another brother, Eugene, is a soldier in the army of Great Britain; and another, Jeremiah, died some years since in Columbus, Ind.
For eighteen years Mr. Callahan has been a trustee of St. Bridget's church, and to him is due much credit for his energetic
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labors in improving the condition of the parish, and for his expend- iture of time and money in aiding the erection of the school-house and the priest's residence and in the extinguishment of the parish indebtedness, and he is to-day considered to be one of the most influential and active lay members of St. Bridget's congregation. Prior to the organization of St. Bridget's, Mr. Callahan had been a member of St. John's, and in that church became a member of the gentlemen's branch of the sodality of the Blessed Virgin, in which he holds an honored position. Mr. Callahan has a most pleasant home at No. 402 West Walnut street, where a generous hospitality is dispensed to a wide circle of warm friends, in whose esteem he holds an exalted position.
A UGUST H. CALVELAGE, a foreman and stockholder in the National Malleable Castings company, of Indianapolis, is a native of Ohio, born February 10, 1845, of German parentage. The parents were early settlers of Putnam county. Ohio, where the father passed the remainder of his days, dying in the faith of the Catholic church; the mother has her residence with her young- est son, Bernard, in Putnam county, Ohio, and is now eighty-three years of age, still hale and hearty, and walks a mile to church daily.
A. H. Calvelage was reared on his father's farm, but left home when a young man and for a brief space of time worked as a brick- mason for an uncle in Cleveland, but later engaged in the iron busi- ness, of which he became a master. In 1870 he married Miss Emma Grosch, a native of Staten Island, N. Y., and a daughter of Baltzer and Mary Margaret Grosch, who came to America from Germany prior to their marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Grosch removed from Staten Island, N. Y., to Cleveland, Ohio, where the mother died in 1886; the father died in February, 1888, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Calvelage, in Indianapolis-Mrs. Calvelage being the only child. To Mr. and Mrs. Calvelage have been born five chil- dren, viz: George, Louis, Mary, Robert and Nora. George was married, September 1, 1897, to Miss Katie Wall, of New Albany,
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Ind., a niece of Rev. F. B. Dowd; and Mary died in infancy. George and Louis are employed in the iron works with their father, and are skilled mechanics. In 1882 the family settled in Indian- apolis, and have their pleasant home at No. 112 King street, where they are surrounded by a wide circle of warm-hearted friends. They are liberal supporters of St. Anthony's church, of which a brief description is given in the sketch of the pastor, Rev. F. B. Dowd, and to the support of which they are among the most lib- eral contributors. Mr. Calvelage has been very successful as a business man, and deservedly enjoys the esteem of his fellow-citi- zens, which is extended to him without stint or restriction.
C APT. JAMES M. CAMPBELL, a native of Indianapolis and a member of the fire department, was born March 25, 1864, and is a son of Hezekiah and Mary (Shea) Campbell, the former of whom is a native of North Carolina, of Revolutionary descent, and the latter of Ireland. The father is a mechanic, is a convert to Catholicity, and married Miss Shea at St. John's church, in 1863, Rev. Father Bessonies performing the ceremony matrimonial. The mother was reared a Catholic and has always been true to this faith. Of the three children born to this marriage, Frank and Charles died at the age of five and seven years respectively-the captain being the sole survivor.
James M. Campbell was educated in the parochial school attached to St. John's church. He first worked in a rolling-mill and later learned the wheelmaker's trade, at which he worked as a journeyman until March 24. 1890, when he was appointed a mem- ber of the fire department, served one year as a hoseman, and was then promoted to the captaincy of hook and ladder truck Aerial, No. I. Capt. Campbell is still unmarried and resides with his par- ents at No. 54 Carlos street. He is a member of St. John's church, under the pastorate of Rev. Father Gavisk, and is a tem- perate, moral, nervy and exemplary young man, well deserving the high esteem in which he is universally held.
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T' "HOMAS H. CAMPBELL, a prominent attorney at law of Shelbyville, was born in Johnson county, Ind., October 22, 1867, and is a son of Thomas H. and Bridget (Gillespie) Campbell. He attended the Baptist school of Franklin, Johnson county, from his sixteenth until his twenty-first year, graduating in 1888, and then, for about a year, taught school in his native county.
In the spring of 1889 Mr. Campbell came to Shelbyville and read law with Hord & Adams until his admission to the bar in May, 1892, but still remained with his preceptors until the fall of the same year, when he was elected, on the democratic ticket, prose- cuting attorney for the sixteenth judicial district, of Indiana. He executed the duties pertaining to this responsible office so well, that, at the close of the term-two years-he was renominated and re-elected, and thus served four years in all. In the mean- time he formed a partnership with ex-Senator A. F. Wray, which still exists under the firm name of Wray & Campbell, and stands foremost among the legal firms of the county. During his career as prosecuting attorney, Mr. Campbell most successfully handled some very difficult criminal trials, some of which rank among the causes celebres of Indiana, as, for instance, the Parker and McAfee murder trial, the Wiley murder trial, the Frank Markes and the Goldsmith murder cases.
Mr. Campbell is a member of St. Joseph's church and also of the order of the Knights of St. John, of which order he has been president, vice-president, and treasurer, two terms each.
F RANK CAMPBELL, M. D., of Shelbyville, a son of Thomas H. and Bridget (Gillespie) Campbell, and a younger brother of Thomas H. Campbell, the attorney, whose biographical sketch is given above, was born in Johnson county, Ind., February 27, 1869. He was primarily educated in a parochial school, which he attended until fifteen years of age, and then, for four years, was a student in the Baptist college at Franklin, Ind. After gradu- ation, he was employed for two years as a clerk in a furniture store in Shelbyville, and then commenced the reading of medicine at (228)
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Needham, Ind., under Dr. I. C. Fisher, remaining under his pre- ceptorship six months. Entering the medical college of Indiana in 1892, he was graduated March 29, 1895, and in April of the same year settled in Shelbyville for practice, and has met with the most flattering success, as a general practitioner under the allo- pathic, or old school, system.
Dr. Campbell is a member of St. Joseph's church, and of the Knights of St. John, having been treasurer of the latter since 1896, and, since his residence in Shelbyville, has had charge of Gordon's Orphans' home. In politics he is a democrat, and socially is greatly esteemed by the entire community. He is a member of Shelby county Medical society, Indiana state Medical society, American Medical society, and is also examiner for several well-known insur- ance companies.
M ICHAEL CANEY, the well-known and popular proprietor of the livery and feed stables on North Third street, Vincennes, Ind., was born in Brown county, Ohio, July 3, 1857, a son of Patrick and Bridget (Welsh) Caney, both natives of county Gal- way, Ireland, where they were married and where three of their children, also, were born.
Patrick Caney, on coming to America, located in Kentucky about 1851, but later moved to Brown county, Ohio, where he followed the vocations of farmer and contractor. Of his children, Thomas, the first born, died in infancy; Mary is the wife of Edward King, a foreman on the Indianapolis & Vincennes railroad and residing in Sanborn, Ind .; Daniel died in childhood; Margaret is married to James Caney, a contractor of Terre Haute, Ind .; Bridget is living with her father on a farm near Vincennes; Michael comes next in order of birth; Peter died in young manhood, and Patrick H. is a physician and surgeon of Vincennes, where the parents settled in 1881, and where the mother died in 1884.
Michael Caney, the subject of this memoir, received a good common-school education, was reared a farmer, and until Feb- ruary, 1891, owned and cultivated a farm located six miles south- east of Vincennes. Selling his land, Mr. Caney, at the date
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mentioned, moved to the city and united with H. A. Emison in the livery business. He has one of the best-equipped livery and feed stables in Knox county and enjoys a lucrative patronage. May 9, 1881, Mr. Caney married Miss Helen Steffey, a native of Bruceville, Knox county, Ind., and to this happy union have been born four children, of whom two died in infancy; Biddie Louisa is a little Miss of twelve years, and Edith died at the age of five. Mr. and Mrs. Caney are devout Catholics and worship at St. Francis Xavier cathedral. In politics Mr. Caney is a free-silver democrat, and as a citizen he is both popular and respected.
REV. JOSEPH J. FREWIN, pastor in charge of St. Joseph's parish, Terre Haute, was born in county Tipperary, Ireland, on the 21st day of June, 1843, and came to the United States in 1861. He attended St. Francis college, Brooklyn, N. Y., for some years, following which he taught for a time at Kingston on the Hudson, and at Brooklyn, and later completed his ecclesiastical course at Syracuse, N. Y., and Trenton, N. J. He was ordained priest at the latter place June 11, 1883, by Bishop O'Farrell, and his first active work was a mission in Albany, N. Y., where he remained for a period of three years, performing many arduous labors in the meantime.
Severing his connection with the Brooklyn mission, Father Frewin came to Terre Haute, Ind., as assistant pastor of St. Joseph's parish, the duties of which position he discharged in a very efficient manner for a period of nine years, being transferred at the end of that time to Hoboken, N. J., as pastor of St. Joseph's church at that place. After remaining for some time in Hoboken he returned October 19, 1896, to Terre Haute, as rector of St. Joseph's church, which position he fills at this time. Father Frewin is a man of wide scholarship, an eloquent pulpit orator; and in the discharge of his manifold duties has demonstrated more than ordinary talent as pastor and spiritual adviser. His labors have been arduous, but, being an indefatigable worker, he has slighted no duty, and it can be truthfully said that his whole life (230)
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has been a sacrifice to duty bravely and uncomplainingly per- formed in behalf of his beloved church and people. The parish of St. Joseph's is one of the largest and most flourishing in western Indiana, and under the spiritual guidance of its blessed rector is constantly increasing in numbers and influence. In addition to his duties as rector, Father Frewin is also guardian of St. Joseph's convent, Terre Haute.
P ATRICK CANGANY, with his residence at No. 823 Meikel street, Indianapolis, Ind., was born in Boston, Mass., April 18, 1858, and is a son of Thomas and Bridget (McGrath) Cangany, natives of county Tipperary, Ireland, where their marriage took place. They came to America in or about 1852, and for nearly ten years resided in Boston, Mass., whence they went to Kentucky, where the father died August 25, 1883; his widow is now living with her son, John, in Lexington.
To the marriage of Thomas and Bridget Cangany were born nine children, viz: Ellen, the wife of James Slaven, of Lexington, Ky .; Mary, married to John Teller, of Indianapolis, Ind. ; Bridget, now Mrs. Patrick O'Malia, also of this city; Margaret, who is mar- ried to Thomas Cookson, and also lives in Indianapolis; Daniel; who died when twenty-two years old in Lexington, Ky .; Patrick, the subject of this sketch; John, at whose home the mother is passing her declining years; Annie, who died in infancy, and Thomas, a resident of Covington, Ky.
Patrick Cangany was educated in the parochial schools of Lexington, Ky., and began his business life as an employee in a rope and twine-walk in that city, a business he followed several years. At the age of twenty he married Miss Annie Boyce, a native of county Donegal, Ireland, the ceremony being celebrated by the Very Rev. Father Bessonies, at St. John's church, Indian- apolis, in 1879. Ten children have blessed this happy union, of whom seven are still living-Daniel, Kate, Ann, William, Edward, Joseph and Agnes; the deceased bore the names of Mary, Thomas and Allie, and died between the ages of two and four years; the surviving children are all attendants at the parochial school.
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The family are members of St. John's church, and Mr. Cangany is also a member of the Catholic Knights of America and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. In politics he is a democrat, and is active in the advocacy of the free-silver doctrine.
E 'DWARD JOSEPH CANTWELL, the accomplished operator for the Western Union Telegraph company, with residence on North Pine street, Indianapolis, is a native of this city and was born December 1, 1864.
Michael and Bridget (Moore) Cantwell, parents of Edward J., were natives of county Tipperary, Ireland, were married in their native land, and came to the United States in 1847. They sojourned a year in New York city, and in 1848 came to Indianapolis, where the father followed his trades of patternmaker and millwright until his death, which occurred August 6, 1885, his widow surviving until October 25, 1894. Their family consisted of five children, who were named, in order of birth, Harriet, Thomas, Alice, Stephen and Edward, of whom Stephen only has been called away. Thomas is an operator with the Western Union company and resides on Tacoma avenue, Alice is the wife of John Ryan, formerly a loco- motive engineer, but now engaged in the lumber business, and the elder sister is still single.
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