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For the first year after his marriage Mr. Dunn was employed as a clerk in LaFayette; he then constructed a brick and tile inan- ufactory at Clark's Hill, Tippecanoe county, which he successfully operated two years, when his health failed and he disposed of his plant; he next traveled throughout the Union several years as a salesman of brick and tile machinery, and finally resigned and became salesman or agent for the Singer Sewing Machine company, which has been his principal occupation for the past fourteen years, with his residence in Indianapolis dating from about 1887.
Mr. Dunn and family are members of St. Joseph's church, and always attentive to their duties. Mr. Dunn has been very active in Grand Army circles and is a past commander of George H. Chapman post, No. 209, of this city, and he also holds a com- mission as notary public. He has made his home in Indianapolis, and he and family are universally held in the highest esteem by all classes of society, both within and without the pale of the church.
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OHN B. JEUP, editor-in-chief of the German Telegraph of
J Indianapolis, and who has filled this position with ability since 1886, was born near Coblentz, on the Rhine, Germany, February 12, 1828. He received a liberal education in his native country, having in view the profession of teaching as his life work, and fol- lowed that occupation for a number of years in his native land. In 1858 he emigrated to the United States, at the solicitation of Bishop Luers, the first bishop of Fort Wayne, but on arriving in this coun- try circumstances so shaped themselves that his original intention as to location had to be changed, and for a time he pursued the occupation of teaching at New Albany, Ind., the school being in connection with St. Boniface church of Louisville, Ky. During the period thus employed he was engaged in writing for several Catholic papers, and in 1860 he became assistant editor of the Volksfreund, a daily paper published in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1863 he purchased this paper, and conducted it with signal ability until 1869, when he sold it and became editor-in-chief of the Louisville Anzeiger, a daily political paper. Later he became editorially connected with the New York Staats Zeitung, which paper is said to have had the largest circulation of any paper published in the German language, not excepting the most liberally patronized papers of Germany. Learning that he could, by connecting him- self with the German Telegraph, of Indianapolis, conduct it in accordance with his own views, he removed to this city, purchased the interest of Gabriel Schmuck, and he has since been its editor- in-chief. The Telegraph issues a daily, weekly, and Sunday edi- tion, has prospered marvelously under Mr. Jeup's management, has a very large circulation and wields a wide influence.
Mr. Jeup was married in Germany to Miss Anna Gertrude Wirc, by whom he has had seven children, four of whom are still living. His only son, Bernard J. T. Jeup, is at present the efficient city engineer of Indianapolis. His eldest daughter, Lizzie, is em- ployed in the money-order department of the Indianapolis post- office. Matilda is living at home. Mrs. Katie Youngblood, another daughter, formerly of Detroit, Mich., died in 1896, leaving four children. The others of the seven children have died. The two eldest children were educated at St. Martha's convent, in Ohio,
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and the youngest at the Catholic and high schools of Cincinnati, and afterwards took a course of study at the college of music. The son graduated from the engineering department of Columbia college, New York city, of which institution the Hon. Seth Low is the efficient president.
Mr. Jeup is a man of extraordinary attainments, an able writer and a most progressive citizen, and the family are worthy members of St. Bridget's Catholic church.
J OSEPH EDWARD DUNN, the well-known commission agent at No. 836 Huron street, Indianapolis, was born in county Westmeath, Ireland, July 22, 1842, a son of Edward and Mary Dunn, of whom further mention is made in another paragraph.
Joseph E., the subject proper of this memoir, was quite well educated in his native county, and was then employed as a clerk in a commercial establishment in the vicinity of Dublin for several years. June 26, 1866, he embarked for America, and on arriving first located in Danville, Ill., where he was employed as a clerk for two years, and then went to Bloomington, Ill., where for five years he was employed in railroad work, as foreman. For two years thereafter he held a position as clerk in a railroad office in Mason City, Ill., and about 1875 reached Indiana, and for a year and a half was employed as baggage-master for the Big Four railroad company at Colfax, and then, for six or seven years, was transfer agent, as well as local agent, for the American Express company at the same point. He was then promoted to be agent and transfer agent at the union depot in Richmond, Ind., where he remained about one year, and was transferred to Logansport, where he was night clerk for the same company for about another year. At Logansport, also, he entered the employ of the Singer Sewing Machine company, with which he remained about five years, and in 1885 came to Indianapolis, where he has since devoted his attention to his present business.
Edward Dunn, father of Joseph E., died in Logansport, and the mother of the subject died when the latter was an infant.
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They were the parents of five sons and one daughter, of whom two only, beside our subject, are now living, viz: James, of No. 289 North Pine street, Indianapolis, and Sister St. Alphonse, of St. Mary's of the Woods. This sister has had a varied and exten- sive experience in church work, having been a teacher in St. Joseph's school in Indianapolis, and also at Terre Haute, and for sixteen years engaged in missionary work in Jeffersonville, Terre Haute, Evansville, Connersville and Seymour, training novices for entrance to the order.
Mr. Dunn was united in marriage, at Logansport, with Miss Mary Price, a native of Marietta, Washington county, Ohio, and a daughter of William H. and Rosanna (Rhodes) Price, natives of Ohio, and of German and English ancestry. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Dunn has been blessed with five children, viz: Edward Francis and James H., telegraph operators in Indianapolis; Mary C., Joseph J. and Frances Grace-Mary C. being a clerk in a mercan- tile establishment. These children, were all educated in St. Pat- rick's parochial school and in the public schools of Indianapolis, and are well advanced in the ordinary English branches. James H. is a member of the Young Men's institute, and Mary C. is a member of the Children of Mary society, of St. Patrick's church, to which church the family belong, and contribute freely to its support. In politics Mr. Dunn is independent, and votes for such candidates as he thinks best suited to fill the offices for which they are nominated. The family are greatly respected by their neigh- bors and in church circles, and Mr. Dunn's methods of doing busi- ness have won for him the confidence of all with whom he has had transactions of any character whatever.
REV. JOHN PATRICK DURHAM, director of the school for boys, attached to the cathedral of the Immaculate Concep- tion, Fort Wayne, Ind., was born in Middletown, Orange county, N. Y., September 22, 1869, a son of John and Rose (Wiley) Dur- ham, natives of Ireland, who came to the United States when young and were married in New York state, where they still reside.
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children, and after receiving the ordinary preparatory education entered St. Benedict's college, of Kansas, in 1886, and there passed through a classical course of five years' duration; he next studied philosophy at the Niagara university, N. Y., finishing in 1894, then entered St. Mary's seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, and pursued his theological studies until ordained to the priesthood by the Most Rev. William Henry Elder, D. D., archbishop, June 19, 1897, and assigned to his present position at Fort Wayne.
M ICHAEL F. DURLAUF, well and favorably known as a marble and granite dealer of Jasper, Dubois county, Ind., is a son of Michael J. and Ursula (Johannes) Durlanf, natives of Ger- many, who came to the United States in 1858 and located in Dubois county, Ind., where both passed the remainder of their lives. Michael F. Durlauf was born November 25, 1856, in Ger- many, but was reared in Dubois county, Ind., where he attended the common schools, and at the age of sixteen years began learn- ing stonecutting. In the year 1884 he started in his present business in Jasper, and has continued here ever since.
Mr. Durlauf was married May 15, 1877, to Miss Elizabeth Gutzweiler, a daughter of Florian and Maria (Reis) Gutzweiler, of Dubois county, by Rev. Father Fidelis, and this union has been blessed with eight children, viz: Rosie, married to F. L. Betz; Leo F., Michael J., Henrietta H., Alexis, Harry, Frank and Otto. All of the above children are members of St. Joseph's church, to- which the parents also belong, and no family in Dubois county stands higher in the public esteem.
About 1884 Mr. Durlauf organized the Jasper Cornet band, which comprised fourteen pieces. The same year, in a contest at Evansville, this band won the prize for excellence of execution.
Politically Mr. Durlauf is a democrat and cast his first presi- dential vote for Gen. W. S. Hancock. Mr. Durlauf made the- draft of the Dubois county poorhouse and is superintending the construction of the same, having been recommended by the state board of charities as being competent to draft the plan and to. furnish specifications.
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H ERMAN HULMAN .- Among the prominent and public-spir- ited men of Terre Haute, there has been none more deserv- ing than this gentleman. He has been a resident of the city since 1854, has been in active business during all the years of his mature life, and has made a name that will be a perpetual part of the his- tory of the city of his adoption.
Herman Hulman was born in the city of Lingen, Hanover, April 20, 1831. His years of growth and education were spent in the place of his nativity, and chiefly in the bosom of his father's family, where he received the advantages of a higher education than is the common lot of the people of his land. When he was eighteen years of age, he engaged in the grocery trade on his own account, in Osnabruck, Hanover, which he successfully conducted the next four years. His elder brother, F. T. Hulman, had emi- grated to America in 1850, had settled in Terre Haute, and had also established himself in a moderate way in the grocery trade. Through his earnest solicitation, Herman closed out his business in the old country and came to America, joined his brother in Terre Haute, and became his partner.
They prospered well, and their trade was well established in 1858, when there came upon this family a shocking misfortune. It was in that year that F. T. Hulman, accompanied by his entire family, concluded to visit his old home and friends, and were all lost on the ill-fated steamer " Asturia." This left Herman Hul- man in charge of the entire concern, which he carried on alone until 1859, when he formed a partnership with R. S. Cox, who had become his most formidable rival in the same line of business. Shortly after this, Mr. Hulman purchased McGregor & Co.'s dis- tillery, at that time rather a small concern. This he enlarged and increased in capacity, making it one of the most extensive con- cerns in western Indiana. Mr. Hulman remained sole manager of this enterprise until 1875, when, on account of failing health and a desire to re-visit Europe, he disposed of the distillery to Craw- ford Fairbanks, but on his return he purchased an interest in the distillery and the new firm was known as Hulman & Fairbanks. In 1878 Mr. Hulman traded his interest in the distillery for R. S. Cox's interest in the grocery business, becoming once more sole
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manager of the wholesale grocery, which he continued under the name of H. Hulman until 1886, when B. G. Cox and Anton Hul- man were taken in as partners, the firm at present being known as Hulman & Co. The present Hulman block is one of the finest in the city, was built by Mr. Hulman in 1892-93, and is expressly designed for the economical handling of the vast trade of one of the largest wholesale houses west of the Alleghanies. This asser- tion may sound strange to those not cognizant of all the facts; yet it is nevertheless true, but in the sense of a large house wherein the trade is directly with the house's customers. With this limita- tion, the assertion is strictly true. (It is proper to state that this information, like that of the facts of Mr. Hulman's biography, is not from him, nor made with his knowledge or consent, but is obtained from a source entirely reliable.)
Great as has been Mr. Hulman's prosperity, it really is as a philanthropist and a public-spirited and liberal friend of the city of Terre Haute, its advancement and the comfort of its people, the permanent good of all its railroads, factories, schools, churches and hospitals-which have been the fields of his greatest efforts to benefit his fellow-men-that has made his name so greatly honored. It is in this respect that he deserves to be and will be longest and most gratefully remembered. It is to him chiefly that there exists St. Anthony's hospital, which institution occupies the old St. Agnes Episcopal school-building. The grounds and building were purchased by Mr. Hulman and donated to the Poor Sisters of St. Francis, and remodeled and enlarged into its present form. It is not known generally the exact amount of his contribution to this purpose, but altogether it was about $75,000. In the completion and furnishing of the hospital, however, liberal contributions were made by several of the leading men of the city. Mr. Hulman has been one of the main promoters of all railroads coming to Terre Haute; and in securing the establishment in Terre Haute of the Nail works, the Blast furnace, the Rolling mill, the Tool works and the City water works, no one has been more active or efficient. The world has not had many such men as Herman Hulman. In all that constitutes a good citizen, none can be called before him.
Mr. Hulman was married, in 1862, to Miss Antonia Riefenstahl,
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and to them were born three children: Anton, who married Miss Mayme Bannister; Herman, who married Miss Gertrude Preston, and Marie, who died at the age of four years. The young men assist their father in his vast business concerns from day to day- worthy sons of a worthy sire. April 17, 1883, Mrs. Hulman died in the faith of the Holy Catholic church-a pure Christian filled with love and charity for all her kind, and equally loved by all who knew her.
JOHN DUNN, a retired business man of Logansport and an J ex-county commissioner of Cass county, Ind., was born in the parish of Balleragget, county Kilkenny, Ireland, in June, 1828, a son of Patrick and Bridget (Kay) Dunn, who came to America in 1848, landing in Quebec, Canada, where they resided one year, then came to the United States, and after a short residence in Cleveland settled in Akron, Ohio, where the father was employed in the rubber works until his death, December 17, 1864, at the age of sixty-seven years, and the mother is 1888, aged eighty-four.
Of their eight children, Mary was married to a Mr. Boa and lives near Mansfield, Ohio; John, the next in order of birth, will be fully spoken of further on; Catherine was united in marriage with Patrick McCue, but died in Summit county, Ohio, leaving one child (John, who resides at Willow Branch, Hancock county, Ind. ); Elizabeth, wife of Jefferson Williamson, of Akron, Ohio; Minnie, now Mrs. Halterman, of Dayton, Ohio; Ann, deceased wife of Mr. Devine, of Sidney, Ohio; Dennis, a fruit dealer at Akron, and Pat- rick, a gold miner in California.
John Dunn, the subject of this biography, received a limited education in the old country, and, for a time resided in county Queens, whence, in 1852, he came to the United States, sailing on the good ship Constellation May 25, and landing in New York July 9, following, and joining the family at Akron, Ohio, and working there in railroad construction until March, 1853, when he went to Cleveland and worked in a brickyard until the fall of the same year, when he came to Indiana, became foreman of a railroad section gang working on what is now known as the Monon route at LaFayette,
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and held the position until 1860. He then began learning the stonecutter's trade, but at the close of ten months, business becom- ing dull on account of the outbreak of the Civil war, he came to Logansport, in 1862, and resumed railroad construction as section foreman on the Wabash road, and so continued until 1870, when he embarked in the grocery trade, which he conducted until 1891, then transferred the business to his sons, Patrick and Edward, and retired, to enjoy in quietude the competency his life of activity had so worthily gained him.
The first marriage of Mr. Dunn took place October 1, 1858, at LaFayette, Ind., to Mary Sheehy, a native of county Tiperary, Ireland, but this lady bore a still-born child and died soon after- ward, and December 23, 1859, in Indianapolis, Ind., Mr. Dunn was married to Bridget Carden, who was born in Ireland, and in 1857 came to the United States. This marriage has been blessed with eight children, of whom six are still living, and were born in the following order: John, who is a dealer in gents' furnishing goods in Chicago, Ill .; Patrick, who married Miss Maggie Graney, has two children, Cora and John, and is a member of the firm of Dunn Bros., grocers, at Logansport; Edward, who married Miss Frances Eisert, and is also a member of the firm just mentioned; Mary, wife of William Fitzgerald, inspector for the Natural Gas company; Thomas, bookkeeper for the First National bank, and William, who is cashier for the Natural Gas company; Sarah and Joseph, deceased.
In politics Mr. Dunn is a democrat, and for three years was county commissioner of Cass county, during which period he was instrumental in bringing about many improvements, in the way of building bridges, making gravel roads and improving the drainage system; he also represented his party as a member of the city council from the Third ward of Loganspart and aided materially in making the city what it now is-the most prosperous of its size in the state of Indiana. Through his industry and business sagacity he has made, unaided, his fortune, and is now the owner of his dwelling at No. 214 Canal street, where he has resided since 1863, and also owns the business block occupied as a grocery by his sons and which he built, at No. 425 Third street, beside residence prop-
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erty for rental purposes in the city and farming lands outside the corporation limits. He is a member of St. Vincent de Paul church, where he has rented a pew ever since the church-edifice was erected, and to the support of this church he liberally con- tributes. As a business man his name always stood without reproach, and as a citizen it is held in the highest honor.
JOHN W. DWYER, the well-known blacksmith of Montgomery,
Daviess county, Ind., is a native of Greene county, Ohio, and was born March 4, 1862, a son of James and Anna (Waters) Dwyer, who have had born to them five sons and four daughters, and of these nine children eight are still living, John W. being the fourth in order of birth.
James Dwyer was born in Tipperary county, Ireland, about 1820. He sailed from Liverpool, England, in 1849, and landed in New Orleans, whence he went directly to Greene county, Ohio, where he has ever since been engaged in farming. His wife is also a native of Tipperary county, Ireland, and was born about 1832.
John W. Dwyer was reared on his father's farm, and was par- tially educated in the district school, but is, in fact, a self-educated man. He remained on the home place until twenty-four years of age and then learned the blacksmith's trade in Jamestown, Ohio. He began business in 1888 on his own account, without a dollar, in Montgomery, Ind., where he at once opened his present black- smith shop, which is now the leading smithy of the town.
Mr. Dwyer has been twice married. His first marriage took place in Montgomery, October 25, 1893, to Miss Maggie Heffer- nan, the ceremony being performed by Father Piers. Mrs. Dwyer passed away January 31, 1895, leaving one son, James D. The second marriage of Mr. Dwyer was solemnized June 29, 1897, with Miss May O'Neill. Mr. Dwyer was confirmed June 2, 1877. by Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mrs. Dwyer was con- firmed by Bishop Chatard, of the diocese of Vincennes, Ind. Both are now members of St. Peter's congregation of Montgomery, and are very liberal in their contributions toward its support.
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In politics Mr. Dwyer is a democrat and cast his first presi- dential vote for Grover Cleveland in 1884. He served his party as village clerk of Montgomery in 1890, and was president of the school board in 1891 and 1892. During his incumbency of the latter office the present school-building was erected at a cost of $2,200, and this is now a matter of pride to all the residents of the village. Fraternally, Mr. Dwyer has been a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians since 1890. Although he came to Montgom- ery empty-handed, so to speak, by sobriety, industry and economy he has become the owner of his shop and dwelling and has won the respect of all his fellow-citizens.
J JAMES J. DWYER, at No. 1308 West Washington street, Indianapolis, was born in Kansas City, Mo., February 13, 1872. He is a son of Dennis and Fannie (Morgan) Dwyer, natives of Ire- land, who came to the United States in their younger days, and were married in Dayton, Ohio. Dennis and Fannie Dwyer became the parents of six children, viz: William, an employee of the Missouri & Pacific Railway company, is married, has a family of eight chil- dren, and resides in St. Louis, Mo .; Mary, wife Henry Stauff, a barber of Chicago; John, who died in Indianapolis, unmarried, at the age of thirty-three years; Dennis, Jr., a brakeman on the Indianapolis & Vincennes railway, is married and lives in Indian- apolis; Maggie is unmarried and resides with her parents, and James J. is the subject of this sketch. The home of this family was established in Indianapolis in 1875, at No. 218 Minkner street.
James J. Dwyer obtained his education in St. John's academy in Indianapolis, and afterward spent about three years of his life in a machine shop in the same city. Since 1891 he has been engaged in business at the location given above. His place is finely equipped, and is conducted strictly on business principles. Mr. Dwyer has been unusually successful in his business, being a genial, pleasant and companionable young gentleman, of correct personal habits, and has by these means and characteristics gained friends by the hundreds. Enjoying the best of health, being temperate
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in all things, he is a splendid specimen of physical manhood, is chaste in language and speech, and is highly respected by all. He is still unmarried and lives beneath the parental roof. The family are members of St. Anthony's church, to which they contribute liberally, and the voting members of the family are democrats. None of them are connected with any church society, but perform all their duties in a quiet and conscientious manner.
D ENNIS EAGAN, practical horseshoer and farrier, at No. 212 North Delaware street, Indianapolis, is a native of county Tipperary, Ireland, was born September 3, 1854, and is a son of Gilbert and Katherine (Kelley) Eagan, natives of the same county, who came to America about 1865, and located in Connecticut. The father was a thoroughly educated gentleman, though he never engaged in any professional work, and died in Connecticut Jannary 12, 1877, his widow following him to the grave July 24, 1885- both dying sincere Catholics. The family comprised five sons and five daughters, of whom three of each sex are still living.
Dennis Eagan, the ninth of the ten children born to his par- ents, was about eleven years of age when the family came to America. In 1869, he was apprenticed to a horseshoer and farrier in Middeltown, Conn., thoroughly learned the trade, and in the spring of 1878 came to Indianapolis and established himself in business, which he has conducted with marked success until the present time, giving constant employment to five hands, while he is himself kept unremittingly busy.
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