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George Sadlier had very good school advantages and received his education in the common school and high school of Limerick, and at the age of fifteen years commenced an apprenticeship at horseshoeing; at the age of twenty years, having mastered his trade, he came to the United States, and has since resided in Indianapolis. In 1896 he was united in marriage with Miss Min- nie Maloy, who was born in Indianapolis August 14, 1872, a daugh- ter of James and Catherine (Carr) Maloy, both natives of county Longford, Ireland, who came to America in early life, and were
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married in Toledo, Ohio, and after a short residence at Cambridge City, Ind., settled in Indianapolis. James Maloy was a stone and marble cutter. He died in April, 1888, aged fifty-eight years. Mrs. Maloy died in December, 1897, aged fifty-six years, members of St. John's church. They had eight children, of whom seven are still living: Anna, now Mrs. William Sparks; John, Mrs. Sadlier, Katie, Lizzie, William and Edward. The happy union of Mr. and Mrs. Sadlier has been blessed with one child, Catherine, who was born January 21, 1898. The pleasant residence of Mr. and Mrs. Sadlier is at No. 2213 North Capitol avenue, where their many friends always receive a cordial and warm-hearted welcome. Mr. Sadlier owns not only this property and his place of business, but also several other pieces of valuable residence property, which he has acquired through his industry and good management, hav- ing been in business on his sole account since 1893, and employing five assistants, and is to-day probably the most expert horseshoer in Indianapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. Sadlier are devoted members of Sts. Peter and Paul's church, and are very liberal in their contributions to its sup- port. Mr. Sadlier is, beside, a member of the Young Men's insti- tute, and a stockholder in the Indianola, the Young Men's, the Northeastern, the Eastern, the Plymouth and the Inter-state Building & Loan associations, being a director in two of these and a charter member of the Indianola. He is one of the most enter- prising young business men of Indianapolis, his business name stands without reproach, and he and wife enjoy the sincere regard of their fellow-parishioners, as well as the esteem of the citizens in general.
H JERMANN SAALMANN, general merchant at Ferdinand, Ind., is a son of Henry and T. (Sahse) Saalmann, and was born November 16, 1869, in Louisville, Ky. He was educated in the common schools, receiving his business education through John G. Beckman, of Ferdinand, for whom he worked for twelve years, and at the age of twenty-four years became a member of the firm of Saalmann & Mante, and bought out his partner in April, 1897.
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He now carries a stock of well-assorted merchandise, valued at $10,000, and does a most prosperous trade.
He was married October 26, 1893, to Miss Katie Guante, of Fort Smith, Ark., and this marriage has been blessed with one child, Edward, born in August, 1897. He and his wife are both members of St. Ferdinand's church and in politics Mr. Saalmann is a democrat.
FREDERICK SAUER, machinist at the Belt shops, was born in
Indianapolis, February 24, 1865, and has always been a resi- dent of his native city. John and Magdaline (Kunkle) Sauer, his parents, both natives of Bavaria, Germany, were married in Indi- anapolis, and the father still resides here, his home being at No. 13 West McCarty street. The mother died September 7, 1897, aged sixty-six years. The family of John and Magdaline Sauer consisted of six sons and one daughter, only two of whom are now living, Bernard, the eldest, and the subject of this biography. Jacob died at the age of nineteen, Louis at seventeen, Katie when about one year old, and the two youngest, both named John, died in infancy.
Frederick Sauer received a fair education in St. Mary's and Sacred Heart parochial schools, and early became an apprentice to the machinist trade, at which he served four years in the Eagle Machine works of Indianapolis. He also worked at other places in the city about two years, and accepted his present position at the Belt shops in 1888. Mr. Sauer is a general machinist, thor- oughly familiar with every detail of the trade, and a skillful work- man. He was united in marriage September 11, 1888, in Sacred Heart church, to Miss Julia Budenz, of Indianapolis, and daughter of Louis and Helen (Stape) Budenz. Mrs. Sauer was educated in the public and parochial schools of Indianapolis, and is favor- ably known in church and social circles of the city; she has borne her husband five children, viz: Fred J., Mary, Otillia, Celia Clara and Roman A.
Mr. Sauer is a member of the Franciscan society of the Sacred Heart church, and he and wife have been members of the choir of (1218)
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said church for a period of eight years. In politics he is not aggressive, but usually casts his ballot for the democratic party. Mr. Sauer, after the death of his mother, removed to the old homestead so as to care for his father during the remaining years of his life.
J OHN SAGE, of Greencastle, Putnam county, Ind., is numbered among the pioneer Catholics of this city, with which he has been identified since 1851. He was born in county Waterford, Ireland, June 21, 1837, a son of Michael and Mary (Ryan) Sage, who passed all their lives in their native land. They were the parents of two sons and three daughters, of whom one daughter died in Ireland; the surviving children came to America, and of these Mrs. Mary Hurley is a resident of Danville, Ill., and Bridget, wife of John Owens, died some years since. Patrick Sage, the only brother of John, the subject of this memoir, resides in the city Greencastle.
John Sage was a lad of about ten years of age when he reached the United States, and after passing a few months in Haverstraw, N. Y., came to Indiana in 1849, and located in Crawfordsville, whence he came to Greencastle. His marriage with Miss Bridget Ann Haley, a native of county Kerry, Ireland, was solemnized at LaFayette, by Rev. Father Clark, in 1856, and this union has been blessed with five sons and one daughter, of whom two sons have been called away. The names of the sur- viving children are Kate, at home; J. W., at Ashmore; T. F. and G. W., of Greencastle. Since residing in Greencastle, Mr. Sage has been very zealous in promoting the growth of Catholicity in the city and vicinity, and the publishers of this work are indebted to him for much of the church history to be found in its biographical department. He is highly esteemed by the residents of Green- castle as a worthy, honorable and useful citizen, and by the mem- bers of his congregation as a pious as well as prominent Catholic. Mr. Sage is a most popular hotelkeeper and has been very suc- cessful as a farmer, being still engaged in the latter vocation, and well deserves the high standing he has attained in the community.
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M RS. MARGARET E. SAUSE, one of the most respected lady residents of St. Michael's parish, Daviess county, Ind., was born in Queen's county, Ireland, August 29, 1834, and is the youngest of three children-one son and two daughters-born to Matthew and Ellen (Conway) Downey.
In August, 1845, Matthew Downey and his family sailed for America in the good ship Thomas P. Cope, and, after a voyage of four weeks, landed in Philadelphia, Pa., where the father died in 1846, a devout Catholic. In the fall of the same year the widow removed with her three children to Pottsville, Pa., and in 1849 came to St. Martin's parish, Daviess county, Ind.
Miss Margaret E. Downey was confirmed at the age of twelve years, in Pennsylvania, by Bishop Kendricks, and was married in St. Martin's parish, Ind., by Father Murphy, April 11, 1852, to Michael Sause, a native of county Tipperary, and born October 13, 1826. This marriage was blessed with ten children, of whom eight still survive, viz: Mary Ellen, widow of Dennis Ryan and the mother of two children, Michael and Frank, with her residence in St. Michael's parish; Alice, who makes her home with her mother; Catherine, wife of Patrick Brady, of St. Michael's parish; James Thomas, of Bogard township, and a leading member of St. Michael's congregation; Agnes, wife of Patrick Egan, of Indian- apolis; Margaret H., widow of Levi Keplinger, also of Indianapo- lis; Matthew, an engineer at the Capital city, and Michael R., a student at the Indiana Medical college.
After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Sause located on Veal's Creek, Washington township, but in January, 1858, settled on section No. 32, in Barr township, now Bogard township, and here Mr. Sause hewed out a comfortable home from the wilderness. He was very popular with his fellow-citizens and served them a number of years as drainage commissioner, also as township supervisor and in sev- eral minor offices. He was a devout Catholic, a loving husband and kind father, and died in the faith in which he had been reared, January 22, 1892, honored and beloved by all who knew him and deeply mourned by his disconsolate widow and surviving children.
Mrs. Sause is a lady possessing a most retentive memory and is endowed with many womanly virtues. Her home is the abode
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of hospitality and good will and she is surrounded by a host of friends, who delight in doing her honor. She has entire super- vision of the estate, but is assisted in the details of its manage- ment by her son, James, and her daughter, Alice. She is devoted to her church duties and aids liberally to the support of the church and its sodalities, and now, after many years of toil and hardship. in aiding her deceased husband in providing a home, lives in tran- quility, being still blessed with unusually good health.
J
OHN VINCENT SCANLAN, papermaker, of Indianapolis, was
born in Glendale, Berkshire county, Mass., May 5, 1857, and is a son of James and Bridget Scanlan, the former of whom was born in county Waterford, and the latter in county Meath, Ireland, and were married in Massachusetts, the result of the union being five children-Kate, John, James, Annie and Thomas-all residents of Indianapolis. Of these, Kate is the wife of Bernard Conroy, and Thomas, who is also married, is employed in Kingan's packing house; the remaining three reside with their widowed mother at No. 638 West Washington street.
James Scanlan, father of the above- named family, was a papermaker by trade, and with his wife (who bore the maiden name of Bridget Burns) and children came to Indianapolis in 1868, but a month after his arrival met with an untimely end, being scalded to death while engaged in the prosecution of his duties as a paper- maker. He was part owner of a mill in this city, but of his inter- est in this, it is asserted, his widow and children were defrauded.
John V. Scanlan learned his trade when quite young, beginning at the age of fifteen years, and has since traveled extensively throughout the United States. He has from childhood been a devoted Catholic and an earnest friend of the working man, and his experience gained in his travels had broadened his views as to the actual condition of the real wealth producer, the laborer, and the greediness of the grasping employer who absorbs the results, almost entirely, of the producers' honest toil. Mr. Scanlan has since made manifest his sympathy with the working man in various
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ways, as will be seen in his action in the various orders to which he belongs, being prominently associated with several of the " per- mitted " orders, as, for instance: Quigley council, Young Men's institute, of which he is president; Bessonies commandery, Knights of Father Mathew, of which he is also president; and of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, in which he is chairman of the standing committee-the three orders representing a membership of 500 of the young men of the church. Of the Knights of Father Mathew commandery, Mr. Scanlan was largely instrumental in establishing a labor bureau, through the aid of which every unem- ployed member has found a position of some kind, and he has now in contemplation the formation of a Catholic building and loan association, of which, he surmises, at least 500 of the 40, 000 Cath- olics in Indianapolis will become members, and from their weekly contributions he anticipates the erection of a hall of such dimen- sions that it will be able to accommodate large assemblages, and be distinctively known as a Catholic hall. His plan has been sub- mitted to the various Catholic societies and brotherhoods through- out the city, and has been fully approved of. Mr. Scanlan has also in view the creation of a labor bureau under the auspices of the Young Men's institute, with every prospect of immediate consum- mation of the design.
The Scanlan family are true and sincere members of St. John's congregation, which is administered to by the Rev. Father Gavisk.
R EV. ANDREW SCHAAF, pastor of St. Francis Xavier con- gregation at Poseyville, Posey county, was born in Harrison county, Ind., March 14, 1861, the second in a family of six-four sons and two daughters- born to John and Theressa (Leigast) Schaaf, natives of Germany, who came to America in early life.
The early education of Father Schaaf was obtained in the parochial schools of Lanesville, in his native county, and at Celes- tine, Dubois county, which he attended until fourteen years of age, and when eighteen he entered St. Joseph's college, Teutopolis, Ill., where he remained two sessions and then, in 1881, entered St. (1222)
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Meinrad's college, where he pursued his classical, philosophical and theological studies until 1889, on June 15th of which year he was ordained by Bishop Chatard. His first charge was that of St. Michael's church at Bradford, Harrison county, with St. Mary's mission at Navilleton, Floyd county, attached, and there for six years he labored arduously and zealously. He was then trans- ferred to Poseyville, but for the first two years of his pastorate here he resided at Evansville, and officiated as assistant to Rev. Joseph Dickmann, of St. Mary's (German) church. Since 1897 he has been the resident priest at Poseyville, and from that time, also, attended to St. Bernard's church, Gibson county, and of his good and faithful work at this point an account will be found in the his- torical notice of St. Francis Xavier's church in its appropriate place elsewhere in this work.
LOIS J. SCHAAF, a leading member of the church of the A Sacred Heart at Schnellville, Dubois county, Ind., and a prominent business man of the town, was born in Lanesville, Har- rison county, October 26, 1859, the eldest in the family of six children born to John and Theressa Schaaf, of whom full mention is made on the preceding page.
Alois J. Schaaf received a good parochial school education, and at the age of eighteen years was confirmed in the Catholic faith by Bishop Chatard. He first learned the trade of carpenter and builder, and for some time worked at his trade, as well as at railroad work, at Lanesville, until 1889, when he came to Schnell- ville and entered into the furniture business, which he conducted until 1895, when he sold out his stock and turned his attention to the hardware trade, in which he carries a well-assorted line of stoves, builders', heavy, and shelf hardware, and also has charge of the undertaking business of the town, doing, in all, a business amounting to about $2,000 per annum.
Mr. Schaaf was united in marriage September 28, 1883, at Celestine, by Rev. Joseph Fleischmann, to Miss Rosa Buchhart, who was educated in a parochial school and was confirmed at
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Celestine by Bishop Chatard. This union has been with blessed six children, viz: Edward G. (now living at Birdseye, Ind. ), Louisa T., Otto J., Verina, Martina and Otilla K., all of whom are being carefully reared in the Catholic faith.
In politics Mr. Schaaf is a democrat and cast his first presi- dential vote for Grover Cleveland. He is very popular with his- party, and is a factor in its management in Jefferson township, and is at present trustee of this township, having been elected in 1894. Fraternally he is a member of Jasper lodge, No. 68, A. O. U. W., at Jasper, which lodge numbers about 130 members. As a busi- ness man he is self-made, having started with no capital save his skill and a pair of willing hands, and his business integrity is fully acknowledged wherever his name is known. In the social circles of Schnellville Mr. Schaaf and wife stand very high, and both, being devout Catholics, contribute quite freely of their means to the support of the church of the Sacred Heart.
F RANK SCHALLER, proprietor of the cooperage at the corner of Barnett and First streets, Vincennes, Ind., was born in Alsace, France, in June, 1836, a son of George and Katherina Schaller, and with them came to America about the year 1847. The father was a comparatively poor man, and on coming to the United States sought a home in Vincennes, where he was variously employed, and where he was bereaved of his wife, who died when between sixty and seventy years of age, and where his own death occurred in his seventy-eighth year.
Frank Schaller was reared in Vincennes from about his eighth. year to manhood, and during his boyhood learned the cooper's trade, which is, as above stated, his present occupation. After the termination of his apprenticeship, and after working a short time as a journeyman, he was employed as foreman, or manager, of a cooperage in Vincennes until 1869, when he entered into business on his own account, and from that date until the present time has met with prosperity, being a thorough master of his trade. He now employs from eighteen to twenty-five men, according to. (1224)
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lax or busy season, and his principal output consists of flour-barrels, although he does considerable of what is technically termed " tight " work-that is, cooperage that will hold liquids.
May 7, 1861, Mr. Schaller was joined in the holy bonds of matrimony, by Rev. Father Engle, at St. John's German Catholic church, with Miss Mary Ann Koogelschatt, a native of Germany, but a resident of Vincennes since three years of age. Their mar- riage has been blessed with six children, viz: Frank, who was a traveling salesman, and who died March 31, 1896, at the age of thirty-four years; Katie, who died at the age of nineteen; Annie and Josephine, at home, and George, who is foreman of his father's shop. The family worship at St. John's Catholic church, and Mr. Schaller is a member of the Catholic Knights of America. In pol- itics Mr. Schaller has been a democrat since reaching his majority. He has a comfortable home at the corner of Eighth and Prairie streets, and he and family are held in great esteem by their neigh- bors as well as the members of the church congregation to which they belong.
G EORGE SCHALLER, a popular business man of No. 116 North Seventh street, Vincennes, Ind., is a native of Epfig, France, and was born April 23, 1833: His parents, George and Catherine (Schneider) Schaller, were born in the same province, and in 1844 came to America with a family of nine children, set- tled in Vincennes, and here passed the remainder of their lives, the mother dying at the age of sixty-two years, and the father, who in later years was a dealer in stone, dying when he. was sev- enty-eight years old. Of their nine children, five are still living, viz: George, the subject, who is the eldest; Frank, a cooper, of Vincennes; Alise, a plasterer, of Indianapolis; Roman, a farmer, of Knox county, and Harriet, wife of Frank Throne, of Evansville.
George Schaller was educated in the Brothers' school attached to St. Francis Xavier parish, and early learned the baker's trade. He has been a resident of Vincennes since eleven years of age, with the exception of three years spent in Terre Haute as a clerk in a hotel. For about thirty-six years he conducted a bakery of
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his own on Main street, Vincennes, but for the last thirteen years has been engaged in the beer business at his present location. He first married Miss Catherine Clemm, in 1865, but about fourteen years later this lady died of dropsy, leaving no children, and in 1879 he married Miss Catherine Doulinger, a native of Vincennes and born of Catholic parents. This union is also unblessed with offspring. In his youth Mr. Schaller was first connected with St. Francis Xavier church, but on the organization of the German church he changed his allegiance and united with the latter. He is a member of St. John's Benevolent society, of which he was treasurer one term, and his wife is a member of the Ladies' society of the same order. He has been a trustee of his church for sev- eral years, and has been largely instrumental in promoting the interests both of it and the Benevolent society. In politics he is a democrat, but has never sought nor held an official position. He has been attentive to his business, and through his industry has acquired a good home and his own place of business. He and wife enjoy the respect of a large circle of friends, and he is ever ready to aid any cause having for its end the good of his city and his church.
REV. JOHN H. SCHEEFERS, assistant rector of St. Mary's church, is a native of Vincennes, Ind., was born February 6, 1873, and is a son of Bernard and Agnes (Weiler) Scheefers, the former a native of Prussia, and the latter of Bavaria, Germany, but who were married at Newark, Ohio, about 1865. Bernard Scheefers was a mechanic and died in Vincennes, April 25, 1894. His widow still resides at Vincennes, and her family consists of three sons and two daughters, of whom Bernard is a cigarmaker in Vincennes; Agnes is unmarried; Charles is a clerk, engineer, etc .; Anna and August are at home with their mother.
The early education of Father Scheefers was received in St. John's parochial school at Vincennes, and his academic and col- legiate education at St. Meinrad's college in Spencer county, Ind. He was ordained a priest by Bishop Chatard, June 8, 1897, and (1226)
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came to St. Mary's church, in Indianapolis, as assistant rector to Very Rev. Francis Schiedeler, vicar-general of the diocese.
Though yet on the threshold of young manhood, Father Scheefers has laid the foundation for a life of usefulness in the church of his fathers. He is a young gentleman of prepossessing appearance, is approachable and affable, and has won the undis- guised love and admiration of his parishioners.
G USTAVE ADOLPH SCHELLINGER, a popular young busi- ness man of Mishawaka, Ind., is a native of Baden grand duchy, Germany, and was born March 6, 1858, a son of Francis X. and Elizabeth Schellinger.
Francis X. Schellinger was born in 1819, was educated in a parochial school and reared to the trade of milling. In 1868 he came to the United States, landing in New York city, whence he came direct to Mishawaka, where he and wife passed several years, but finally settled in the west.
Gustave A. Schellinger, the subject of this biography, attended parochial schools until fourteen years of age, and after leaving St. Joseph's school served an apprenticeship of three years at the machinist's trade. His father and two of his sons, Edward and Joseph, had in the meantime moved to Sullivan, Franklin county, Mo., whither Gustave followed them in 1875, and where all engaged in farming. In 1875 fire destroyed their home and they removed to Beloit, Mitchell county, Kans., where subject not only assisted on the home farm, but also, for a short time, was employed as a clerk in a hardware and grocery store. In 1885, Gustave returned to Mishawaka, and has here been engaged in business up to the present time.
. Mr. Schellinger was united in matrimony, in Mishawaka, October 27, 1885, to Miss Barbara Lollman, the Rev. A. B. Oechtering, of St. Joseph's church, performing the sacred cere- mony, but this marriage has, as yet, been blessed with no offspring. Mr. and Mrs. Schellinger are among the most devoted of the con- gregation belonging to this church, and Mr. Schellinger is a mem-
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ber of its branch of the Catholic Knights of America, while Mrs. Schellinger is a member of the various ladies' societies existing under the auspices of the church, and both are liberal in their aid toward its support and in advancing its work of charity and use- fulness.
Mr. Schellinger is a gentleman of genial disposition and affa- ble manners, and has won to himself hundreds of warm friends in Mishawaka, not only among his patrons, but with the public at large. His place of business is neat and clean and is conducted with the strictest regard to good order and propriety, and his financial success, which is quite satisfactory, is the result of these excellent qualifications.
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