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In 1867, Mr. Hasenour embarked in business as a general merchant, in Celestine, and this has since been his constant voca- tion. He carried a well-assorted stock of staple goods suited for the general country trade, and, by his courtesy and honorable deal- ing, has secured a permanent and lucrative patronage. Although he began with a small capital, his strict attention to business has made him one of the wealthiest men in Celestine or in the town- ship. Beside his large business block and handsome brick resi- dence, he owns 500 acres of land in Dubois county, and he and family hold the highest position possible in the social circles of Celestine, and enjoy, beside, the sincere respect of all. In poli- tics, Mr. Hasenour is a democrat and cast his first presidential vote for Horatio Seymour, but notwithstanding this fact, such was his popularity and high standing in the community, that he was ap-
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pointed postmaster of Celestine under the administration of Pres- ident Grant, and filled the office from 1867 to 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Hasenour are devoted to their faith and contribute most liberally to the support of St. Celestine and its sodalities, as well as to all undertakings that promise results for the good of the public.
C HRISTOPHER CONNOR, an ex-Union soldier and now a resident of Richmond, Wayne county, Ind., was born in county Meath, Ireland, in 1845, and is a son of John and Margaret (Malloy) Connor, of the parish of Dunderry.
John Connor was born in 1815, was a general laborer, and died in county Meath in 1850; Margaret Malloy, his wife, was born in Queens county, Ireland, in 1815. To their marriage were born three children-Patrick, Mary and Christopher-who all came to America in 1860 and located in Richmond, Ind., where the mother had preceded them in 1858, but is now residing in Indianapolis. One of the sons, Patrick, removed to Elkhorn, Ind., where he died in 1880, and was buried in St. Mary's cemetery; Mary, the daugh- ter, died in Richmond, Ind., in 1863.
Christopher Connor, the subject of this memoir, who was fif- teen years of age when he arrived in Richmond, in August, 1860, attended St. Andrew's school one week, and was then apprenticed to S. R. Lippincott to learn carriage-painting, and served until July 6, 1863, when he enlisted in the Sixth Indiana cavalry at Rich- mond, and was mustered in at Indianapolis, whence he went to Kentucky and Knoxville, Tenn., fought at Cumberland Gap and various other points, including Tazewell and Sneedsville, and on the 31st of December, 1863, while on a retreat from Sneed Moun- tain, had his knee dislocated by his horse slipping down an embank- ment. He was confined, through this wound, in hospital at Cum- berland Gap until March 9, 1864, when he rejoined his command at Mount Sterling, Ky. ; he fought at Atlanta, and after the capture of that city returned to Nashville, Tenn. September 27, 1864, he took part in the engagement at Pulaski, Tenn., with the Confeder- ate cavalry under Gens. Wheeler and Forrest, and here caught
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cold in his wounded knee, and was laid up at the post hospital at Nashville from October 21, 1864, until July 12, 1865, acting part of the time as nurse, and on the date last named was honorably discharged from the service.
Returning to Richmond, Ind., after the war, Mr. Connor worked a year as house-painter for Daniel McCarthy and then as carriage-painter for S. R. Lippincott until 1870; he was next with J. M. Hutton & Co., as varnish rubber for three years, and then engaged with the Ezra Smith & Co. Casket Manufacturing com- pany (now the Richmond Casket company), and still holds his position.
October 1, 1867, Mr. Connor was married, by Father Villars. in St. Mary's church, Richmond, to Miss Josephine Hermesch, and to this marriage have been born seven children, viz: Margaret, deceased; Mary, living in Cincinnati, Ohio; John, in Ludlow, Ky. ; Joseph, deceased; Clara, Daniel and Martha, at home. Mr. Con- nor has been a trustee of St. Mary's Catholic church, and all the family are members of this parish.
M ICHAEL COONEY, section foreman for the Big Four Rail- road company at Shelbyville, was born in county Clare, Ire- land, December 26, 1837, a son of Patrick and Bridget (Cory) Cooney, who were married in the parish of Ennis, county Clare, and were the parents of six children, viz: John, now of Rochester, N. Y .; Thomas, deceased; Michael, the subject of this sketch; Ellen, Mary and Anthony, all three deceased; all were born in Ennis parish-John and Michael being the only members of the family to come to America. The mother of these children passed from earth in 1843, and the father, who was a farmer, died Octo- ber 26, 1852-both devout Catholics.
Michael Cooney attended the parochial school of Ennis parish until eleven years of age and then worked on the farm until June 28, 1864, when he came to America, landing in New York city, whence he went directly to Cincinnati, Ohio, and at once went to work as a section hand on the Big Four road, and steadily labored
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as such fourteen years, when he was promoted to the position of section foreman, which he still holds. In the meanwhile he had removed to Waldron, Ind., in 1868, and in 1876 settled in Shelby- ville, where he now owns a handsome residence at No. 172 East Washington street.
Mr. Cooney was united in matrimony, in his native county, March 8, 1858, with Catherine Hines, who was born in county Clare in 1837, a daughter of Thomas and Ann (Carmody) Hines, and this union has been blessed with six children, viz: Martin, deceased; Patrick, yardmaster for the Panhandle Railroad com- pany, at Indianapolis; John, conductor on the Belt railroad, in the same city; Mary and Annie, still at home, and Bridget, deceased.
Mr. Cooney and family are members of St. Joseph's church, to which they extend liberal aid financially and otherwise, Mr. Cooney having aided to make the excavations for the foundation, and also assisted in erecting the church-edifice. He attended the first services held in the new building; he was also a trustee for one year, and was president of the church building society two years. Mrs. Cooney is a member of St. Ann's sodality, and Misses Cooney belong to the league of the Sacred Heart. In politics Mr. Cooney is a republican, and has served as city councilman four years. He has always been frugal, temperate and industrious, and, beside his own dwelling, owns residence property at No. 192 East Jackson street, and is one of the most respected residents of the city.
V ERY REV. WILLIAM CORBY, C. S. C., was born in Detroit, Mich., in 1833. His father, Daniel Corby, was born in Kings county, Ireland, in 1798, and came to the new world a young, unmarried man. In Montreal, Canada, he wedded Miss Stapleton, a lady of rare beauty and numerous Christian virtues, and noted, in a special manner, for her charity to the poor and infirm.
Father William Corby was the fifth child of a large family. In early life he attended the public or district schools, open a few months each year, and when these schools were not in session, the father secured for his children the services of a private tutor. (312)
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When not occupied with his studies, William attended to various humble occupations under the direction of his good father, who was a man of iron will, frugal in habits, a total abstinence man for more than forty years, thrifty, and possessed of a liberal store of this world's goods. Mr. Corby determined to give his sons the best facilities for acquiring an education, and with that object in view he sent William to the college of Notre Dame, Ind., where he arrived during the scholastic year, 1852-53.
When he arrived at Notre Dame, William Corby had no inten- tion of joining the order of the Holy Cross, but, captivated by the place, the people, and the good work being done, he determined, with God's help, to devote his life and energy to advancing the cause of christian education, and joined the small band, directed by the venerable Father Sorin, then laying the foundations for a great university in the forests of Indiana. Father Corby devoted every hour, even his vacations, to study, and never returned home to his father' house until he went as a newly-ordained priest to celebrate his first mass in his old parish church, surrounded by relatives and friends of his boyhood.
Philosophy was Father Corby's favorite study, and this science he taught with success in his alma mater several years. At various terms he was prefect of the students, prefect of the study room, prefect of discipline and director of the manual labor school. While holding the latter position he attended, Sundays, St. Pat- rick's church, South Bend. At the breaking out of the war he volunteered his services to the famous Irish brigade of New York. He was appointed their chaplain in 1862, and for three years was with them in all the principal battles fought by the army of the Potomac, under McClellan, Burnside, Hooker, Meade and Grant. After his return from the war, in 1865, he was for a few months in charge of St. Patrick's congregation, South Bend. He paid the debt on the church, finished and furnished a parochial residence, and was the first Catholic pastor that ever resided in that city.
Father Sorin, and the chapter of the order of the Holy Cross, determined to utilize Father Corby's rare executive ability by electing him, in 1865, vice-president of the University of Notre Dame, with Rev. P. Dillon as president. The following year
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Father Corby was elected president, with Father Augustus Le- monnier as vice-president. There was a debt on the institu- tion of $97,900, and an unfinished building to be completed. In less than five years this debt was paid, and $80,000 beside expended on improvements. One of the first acts of Father Corby's administration was to remove the old exhibition hall to a more suitable site and enlarge the play-ground from two acres to twenty-five acres, as they are at present. He engaged several persons to draw up a general plan for all the college grounds, accord- ing to which future buildings should be erected. Two plans, par- ticularly good, one by the Rev. James Dillon, C. S. C., and the other, by the Rev. J. C. Carrier, C. S. C., were submitted to the council. After discussing the merits of each, Father Dillon's plan, modified by Father Carrier's idea, was adopted. During Father Corby's administration the law department was established, and the scientific department commenced under the direction of the Rev. J. C. Carrier, one of the ablest scientists of our day. Steps were also taken to found a medical department, with Rev. Louis Neron as dean.
In 1868 a general chapter of the order of the Holy Cross, held in Rome, elected Father Corby provincial of the United States in place of Very Rev. Father Sorin, elected superior general of the whole order throughout the world. This office Father Corby held, with that of president of Notre Dame, until 1872, when another general chapter elected him to establish a branch institution at Watertown, Wis. After founding the college of the Sacred Heart, now in a flourishing condition under the presidency of Father. O'Keeffe, C. S. C., and building one of the largest churches in that state, he was, in 1877, re-elected president of Notre Dame, and shortly afterward provincial a second time.
Father Corby began his work by naming Rev. Thomas E. Walsh vice-president and director of studies, and Rev. Chris- topher Kelly prefect of discipline. Every one worked hard, and the college affairs brightened up for a while, until April 23, 1879, when the grand old college, with many other buildings, was reduced to ashes. The loss was more than a quarter of a million dollars, not counting priceless treasures of art and science. No time could (314)
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be lost, so all the students and faculty were called to the church, about the only building left standing, and there Father Corby, with old-time war courage, made a bold, inspiring speech, telling all to return the following September-that classes would be resumed in a new building, far superior to the one then in ashes. Then he sent the students to their homes and rushed to Chicago to engage architects. Men and teams were put to work before the fire was entirely extinguished. It took ninety men and thirty teams several weeks to remove the debris, and dig up the old foundations, "not a stone of which was left upon a stone." Finally Mr. Edbrooke, the famous Chicago architect, now inspecting architect for the United States government, arrived with plans for the new college. Seven brickyards were bought up, 350 mechanics and laboring men were employed, and in ninety days after the corner-stone was laid the class-rooms were thrown open on the first Tuesday of September, 1879; thus the promise made by Father Corby on the day of the fire was literally fulfilled.
Students flocked to Notre Dame from all parts of the country, and the university commenced a new era of prosperity. Father Corby continued in the president's seat until 1881, when his serv- ices were again demanded at Watertown, Wis. The debt of the lately established branch house having increased, he was obliged to return and help put the establishment on a better footing. With considerable vigor he nearly wiped out a debt of $22,000, and built a fine, new parochial residence. In 1885 he was for the third time called to fill the office of provincial, which he held until August, 1892, when the general chapter of the order re-elected him provincial-superior of the United States and first assistant general for the entire world, and while holding this high office he was called from earth December 27, 1897.
Father Corby's natural disposition was mild, but with his mil- itary experince and his subsequent experience in administration, he cultivated, as duty commanded, the quality of firmness. This, added to his genial disposition, made him a general favorite. He was one of the most charitable and kind-hearted of men, sincere in his friendships, and devotedly attached to the society of which he was a member. He never forgot a kindness and never stooped to
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resent an injury. Assisted as he was by cheerful, intelligent and willing confreres, who all loved him, his work gave satisfaction to every one.
H ANNAH M. GRAHAM, M. D., Marion block, Indianapolis, is a native of Charleston, Coles county, Ill., and is a daughter of Richard and Hannah (Cullen) Graham, the former of whom was born in England in 1824, and the latter in Ireland ten years later, and who were married in Hartford, Conn., in 1852.
Richard Graham was a stonework contractor by vocation, and soon after his marriage removed to Chicago, Ill., where he lived a number of years, and thence went to Charleston, where he passed the remainder of his life, dying December 21, 1874; his widow survived until November 10, 1895, when she, too, was called away. To these parents were born eleven children, in the following order: Edward, who follows his late father's business; Elizabeth, a teacher, still under the parental roof; Mary Isabel, engaged in a manufacturing business in Indian- apolis; Rebecca, who died at the age of six years; Hannah M., our subject; William, a broom manufacturer at Charleston, Ill. ; John, in partnership with William; Luella, at the parental home; Clara Alice, a teacher of instrumental music in Indianapolis; Emma G., a public school-teacher at Mattoon, Ill., and Richard, a railway employee, at Charleston.
Hannah M. Graham received her elementary education in the public schools of Charleston, where she completed the prescribed course, and then entered St. Mary's institute of Vigo county, Ind .. under the charge of the Sisters of Providence, where . she passed three years, finishing with the senior class; she then engaged in teaching for three years in the public schools of Charleston; the following year she studied medicine in the office of Dr. Patton, of the same city, and then entered the Central college of Physicians & Surgeons at Indianapolis, where she completed a three-year course under the preceptoral guidance of A. Sutcliffe, A. M., M. D., and graduated, with the degree of M. D., March 22, 1897. During these three years of professional study she also took a (316)
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course of several months in clinical surgery under Dr. J. B. Mur- phy, A. M., M. D., at the Chicago Mercy hospital, and likewise a six months' course in clinical gynæcology, under Joseph Eastman, M. D., LL. D., in Indianapolis.
Upon graduating, Dr. Graham at once opened her office in the Marion building, at the corner of Meridian and Ohio streets, where she is meeting with most flattering success. Her practice is principally confined to the treatment of diseases of women and children, although general ailments also receive her attention, in the treatment of which her success has been phenomenal. A young lady of great intellectuality and high professional attain- ments, and occupying a field of practice for which she is specially fitted by reason of her sex, her future financial prosperity, as well as professional fame, is a matter of easy prophecy.
The doctor is a member of St. John's church, of which she is a member of the Altar society, the league of the Sacred Heart, and the Young Ladies' sodality. Her accomplishments are ex- ceeded only by her piety, and the City of Railroads may well con- gratulate itself upon being able to enroll her name among its most desirable residents.
H ENRY F. COSTELLO, M. D., of Decatur, Ind .- The father of the subject of this sketch was James Costello, a native of Massachusetts, born in the city of Lowell, in the year 1832. He married, in 1858, Miss Mary Donovan, reared a family of three children, and departed this life in 1868. By occupation he was foreman of a large woolen-mill in his native state, and is remembered as a gentleman of sterling worth and unimpeachable integrity. His children, aside from the subject of this sketch, are Arthur W., who resides in Winchester, N. H., and Emma, wife of James McMillan, of Fort Wayne, Ind.
Dr. Henry F. Costello was born in the town of Ashuelot, N. H., November 28, 1862, and he received his education in the Brothers' school, Fort Wayne, and also at LaFayette, and at Decatur, Ind. He early selected the medical profession for his
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life work, and after the usual preliminary preparation entered the Starling Medical college, Columbus, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1886. The following year he located at Decatur, Ind., where he has since practiced his profession successfully, being at this time one of the well-known medical men of the county of Adams.
Dr. Costello was married June 4, 1890, to Miss Elizabeth Brake, the ceremony being performed in St. Mary's church by Father Wilken. Two children have been born of this marriage, to-wit: Mary Agnes and Daniel C. The doctor has been secre- tary of the county board of health since 1889, and he and family are members of St. Mary's church.
JEREMIAH COSTELLO, a merchant of considerable promi- J nence in Indianapolis and doing business at No. 801 South Capitol avenue, is a native of county Kerry, Ireland, was born December 23, 1843, and is a son of Patrick and Mary (Hanafin) Costello, of whom further mention will be made.
Mr. Costello remained with his mother until he reached his majority and then came to America, landing at Castle Garden, N. Y., August 23, 1865, whence he came direct to Indianapolis. For the first six years of his life here he was employed as a puddler in a rolling-mill. September 5, 1882, he embarked in his present business at the place he still occupies, and here handles a full line of groceries, provisions, flour, feed, etc.
The marriage of Mr. Costello took place October 5, 1870, when he was united by Rev. Father Bessonies, at St. John's church, to Miss Julia Collins, who was born May 20, 1845, in county Kerry, Ireland, and this union has been blessed with eleven children, of whom four died in infancy or early childhood. The survivors are Patrick Francis, John Michael, Thomas William, Joseph Edward, Leo Martin, Sarah and Julia Mary-the sons being assistants to the father in his business, and all still living beneath the parental roof. The family are members of St. John's church, and Mr. Cos- tello is a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Cel- (320)
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tic club; in politics he is democratic, but has always declined to accept public office, preferring to attend to his private business affairs.
Mr. Costello is the only representative of his family in Amer- ica. At the early age of seven years he lost his father; his mother remarried, and bore the name of Mary Collins at the time of her death, which occurred on the banks of Lake Killarney August 5, 1895, at about seventy-five years of age. Mr. Costello had one brother and three sisters. Of these, Michael and Johanna died in Ireland; Honora and Katherine are married and still remain in their native county Kerry. To the second marriage of Mr. Cos- tello's mother were born eight children, of whom seven are still living, one having been drowned in the lake already named.
Mrs. Julia (Collins) Costello is a daughter of Maurice and Sarah (Collins) Collins, natives of parish Ashdu, county Kerry, Ireland, the former of whom died in young manhood; the mother then came to Canada, with her family of six children-Bridget, Anne, John, Thomas, Maurice and Julia. Of these, Anne and Maurice are now deceased; two came to the United States, but Mrs. Costello is the only representative of her family in the city of Indianapolis.
Mr. Costello has always been an industrious and temperate man. While employed as a laborer and mechanic, he saved the means to purchase a comfortable home and sufficient ready cash to invest in his present business, and now owns three dwellings beside his residence. He and family are among the most respected resi- dents of the city and are especially prominent in their parish.
W ILLIAM CRAWFORD, a deceased farmer of Shelby county, Ind., was born in Jefferson county, March 9, 1839, a son of David and Sarah Crawford, natives of this state.
William Crawford was educated in Madison, Ind., and was reared to manhood as a farmer. He came to Shelby county in 1872, engaged in farm labor, and November 27, 1873, was bap- tized in the Catholic faith by Father Rudolph, who the same day
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united him in the holy bonds of matrimony with Miss Cecile Wheeler, who was born in Shelby county, July 14, 1839, a daugh- ter of Tilson and Rachael (Worland) Wheeler, natives of Rich- mond and Lexington, Ky., respectively, and afterward residents of Shelby county, and devout Catholics. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford was blessed with two children, viz: Grace, born October 2, 1876, and David T., who was born November 1, 1879, but passed away June 19, 1880. Mr. Crawford continued his farming operations in Shelby county until his lamented death, April 1, 1881, a true convert to the Catholic faith and a highly respected citizen, his remains being interred in St. Vincent's Cath- olic cemetery.
The bereaved widow, with her daughter, continued to reside on her finely improved farm of 280 acres until 1885, when she removed to her handsome residence in Shelbyville. She and daughter are devout members of St. Joseph's congregation, and also members of St. Ann's sodality, and of the Sacred Heart league, while Miss Grace is a member of the Young Ladies' sodal- ity, is organist of the children's choir, and is also assistant organ- ist, to the choir of the church proper. The handsome residence of Mrs. Crawford and daughter is at No. 167 South Harrison street, where they are surrounded by a large circle of admiring friends, and highly respected by the entire community.
T TIMOTHY CRONIN. a well-known general contractor, of Rich- mond, Ind., was born in county Cork, Ireland, in the parish of Kilmerry, in 1832, a son of Timothy and Mary (Fitzgerald) Cronin.
Timothy Cronin received a good common-school education in Ireland, and in 1851 came to America, landing in New York city. After making a short visit to an uncle, John Fitzgerald, near Rome, N. Y., he went to Syracuse, N. Y., to meet his brother, John, and shortly afterward both brothers went to Albion, in the same state, and for three months worked together on the Rochester & Niagara Falls railroad as laborers. They then came west, and at Dayton,
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Ohio, found employment for three months as laborers on the Day- ton & Western railroad. In 1853. Timothy Cronin was promoted to be foreman of a section gang operating between Richmond and New Paris, and made his headquarters at Richmond, and this posi- tion he held twenty-five years, although, at times, he was utilized as a construction-train hand. In 1878. he engaged in contracting on his own account-building bridges, paving streets and doing other stone work, and has been very successful in all his various undertakings.
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