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managed the deceased brother's business until it was profitably disposed of, in 1884. His next engagement was with Holman Bros., of St. Louis, with whom he remained, as foreman, until 1886, and then went to Chicago, Ill., where he had charge of H. M. Rosenblatt's paper-box department until 1890; he then returned to St. Louis and for ten months was salesman for Otto Moser, paper-box department, and then for four years was in Chicago again in the same line, and for fifteen months with the Lancaster Caramel company, of that city. He then went to Valparaiso, Ind., formed a connection with the Cosmo Buttermilk Soap com- pany, with which he has since remained, coming with it to Goshen, June 10, 1896.
Mr. Wolf was united in marriage, in Dayton, Ohio, February 3, 1874, by Father L. J. H. Stukenborg, of St. Mary's, to Miss Emma L. Baumstart, who was born in Germany, May 5, 1846, and this marriage has been blessed with two children, viz: Harry Leo, a salesman, and Lilly May, a stenographer. The family are all devout Catholics, and affiliate with St. John's church, Mrs. Wolf being a member of the Rosary society and Sacred league, and are liberal in their contributions, as well as faithful to their duties. In his politics Mr. Wolf is a republican, and as a business man has few superiors in the state of Indiana, and none has more friends.
S IMON YENN, a well-known resident of Mishawaka, and ex- treasurer of St. Joseph county, Ind., was born in Alsace-Lor- raine, France (now Germany), May 11, 1840, a son of Theobold and Christina (Grewey) Yenn, natives of the same province.
Theobold Yenn, born January 21, 1813, after receiving a good public-school education, served an apprenticeship at stonemasonry, at which he worked in the old country until he came to America, reaching New York after a voyage of thirty-one days, from which city he went via the Hudson river to Albany, and the Erie canal to Buffalo, and then via Lake Erie to Cleveland, thence Massillon and Canton, Ohio, arriving at the last-named city in the spring of 1845; after sojourning there one year he went to Waynesburg, Stark
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county, Ohio, worked six months on a canal and in the fall of 1846 bought a twenty-acre farm two and one-half miles east of Louis- ville, Ohio, on which he lived until 1864, when he came to St. Joseph county, Ind., and purchased a 120-acre farm six miles south of South Bend (one mile from Sumption Prairie), in Green town- ship, and on this he resided until 1887, when he came to Misha- waka, and here made his home with his son Simon, our subject, until his death, in the faith of the holy Catholic church, October 20, 1891, at the age of seventy-eight years. To his marriage with Miss Christina Grewey, which took place in Alsace-Lorraine, Jan- uary 6, 1838, were born seven children, who were named, in order of birth, as follows: Cassimere, who died in the land of his birth in 1840; Simon, the subject of this memoir; Christina, widow of Peter Weber; Agnes, deceased wife of John Cooley; Edward, who died in Ohio; Cecelia, wife of Daniel Pealy, and Edward, deceased. The mother of these children is being filially cared for by her son Simon, the subject of this sketch, and, should she live until Sep- tember 29, 1898, will have reached the age of eighty-seven years.
Simon Yenn, the subject of this biography, was primarily edu- cated in the common school of Stark county, Ohio, and this educa- tion was supplemented by further tuition under a private teacher. He was granted a school teacher's certificate at Canton, in 1861, and until 1863 taught at Louisville in sub-district No. I, making for himself a fine reputation as a tutor. While engaged in this profession he married, September 23, 1862, Miss Josephine Roth, at St. Louis church, Louisville, Ohio, the ceremony being per- formed by Rev. Louis Hoffer. He then came to Indiana, arriving at Sumption Prairie, St. Joseph county, April 29, 1863, where he lived but a short time, and then was employed in teaming for J. C. Wagner, of Mishawaka, for a year. About this time his father came from Ohio and purchased a farm in Green township, on which subject worked until 1868, when he came to Mishawaka and purchased a lot on Joseph street, near Bridge, on which he built a house, and engaged in the grocery business until 1893, having been elected, as a democrat, treasurer of St. Joseph county in 1892, in which office he faithfully served until 1894. when he retired from active business life.
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To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Yenn have been born the following children: Gertrude A. and William H., both deceased; Rev. Simon, who was born August 23, 1863, was educated in a parochial school in Mishawaka, and at Canisius college, Buffalo, N. Y., later graduating from the Propaganda, at Rome, Italy, and is now pastor of the Catholic church at Goshen, Ind. ; Mary, wife of August Hoerstman, of Mishawaka; Hattie, wife of John Herzog; Frank, George and August, at home. William H., named above, was a novice of the Society of Jesus at Prairie du Chien, at the time of his death, which occurred December 26, 1893. All the family are devout Catholics, and the parents have ever been most generous in their contributions to the support of the church, and their children have dutifully followed this example as far as their means have permitted, and no name to-day is more respected in the church and society circles of Mishawaka than that of the Yenn family.
R EV. S. M. YENN, the present pastor of St. John's church, at Goshen, Elkhart county, Ind., was born on a farm near South Bend, St. Joseph county, on the 23d day of August, 1863, a son of Simon and Josephine (Roth) Yenn. He was baptized in the old St. Patrick's church, at South Bend, where the family soon after resided, but in 1867 removed to Mishawaka, where the parents are still living. There young Yenn attended the parochial school until thirteen years old, and at the age of fifteen years entered Canisius (Jesuit) college at Buffalo, N. Y., where he passed five years in the study of the classics, etc., and from which he graduated in 1883, with the degree of B. A. In the fall of the same year he was sent to Rome, Italy, and there passed six years at the Propaganda-two years in the study of philosophy and four years in the study of theology under Professor (now Cardinal) Satolli. After his ordi- nation, in 1889, he returned to the United States, and was at once appointed to his present pastorate at Goshen, where he has ever since labored assiduously and zealously for the welfare of his flock and the glory of God.
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JERY REV. DR. JOHN A. ZAHM, provincial of the Congrega-
V tion of the Holy Cross for the United States, was born near New Lexington, Perry county, Ohio, in 1851. On his father's side he is of German descent, whilst on his mother's side he is of Celtic extraction, his mother, whose maiden name was Mary Ellen Brad- dock, being a descendant of General Braddock, of pre-Revolution- ary fame.
The preliminary education of Dr. Zahm was acquired in a lit- tle log school-house near New Lexington, where he was a school- mate of the celebrated war correspondent, Januarius A. McGahan. In his sixteenth year he entered Notre Dame university, from which he graduated with the highest honors in 1871. Subse- quently he became a member of the community of the Holy Cross, and was ordained priest at the conclusion of his theological studies in 1875. He was early placed in charge of the university's scien- tific department, and built up the magnificent scientific and tech- nological schools which now form such an important part of the university. He was vice-president of the institution in 1876-77, and later filled the same office during a term of eight years. In 1896 he went to Rome as procurator-general of his community, and in January, 1898, returned to America to assume the duties of his office-that of provincial of the congregation of the Holy Cross at Notre Dame, Ind.
But the fame of Dr. Zahm is greatest as a lecturer, author and man of science-a fame that is by no means confined to America, as his published works-" Sound and Music," "Catholic Science and Catholic Scientists," "Bible Science and Faith," " Evolu- tion and Dogma," "Science and the Church," and others-which have been translated into the principle European languages, and as closely read on the other side of the Altantic as on this. He is an accomplished linguist, and is a member of several of the learned societies of Europe.
Although Dr Zahm was widely recognized as an able Catholic scientist long before his appearance as a lecturer before our sum- Iner and winter schools, the remarkable addresses which he deliv- ered before the students of these institutions may be said to have attracted wider and closer attention to him and his views. While
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it was freely acknowledged that his lectures had proven the most attractive, perhaps, of all the course, some captions criticism was leveled against their author by individuals, who aimed to show themselves more conservative in scientific matters than the church herself. The ideas which Dr. Zahm has advocated, in his lectures and books, regarding the antiquity of the world, the nature of the Genesiac days, the extent of the Noachian deluge and the compati- bility of certain evolutionary theories with Catholic faith are now generally accepted by all scholars-and the critics who charged him with endorsing, in those ideas, the doctrines of the material- istic school of evolution, were simply exhibiting their own ignor- ance, or willfully misrepresenting him. The doctor has taken part in several of the international Catholic scientific congresses that have been held in Europe in recent years, and at the one which assembled at Brussels in September, 1894, he read an able paper on "The Warfare with Agnosticism," in which he pleaded earnestly for a more thorough study of science in our ecclesiastical seminaries. In addition to his published works and his lectures, he has also written much on various topics in Catholic and secular reviews-both in America and in Europe. His position regarding the relations of science to religion may be judged from the fol- lowing brief extract from a paper contributed by him five years ago to one of the Catholic magazines. "Whatever may be the attitude of certain scientists towards the church," wrote the doc- tor, "the relations of the sciences of faith with those of reason cannot be other than harmonious. And it is this harmony, which springs from the very nature of the relation of science and faith, that exhibits the strongest evidence of that light and liberty of thought and research which every Catholic feels is a portion of his Christian heritage."
At the very time when his critics were predicting that Dr. Zahm would be disciplined for his scientific teachings higher honors than had yet fallen to his share came to him. In the first place, in recognition of his valuable work, he was made a doctor of phi- losophy by our holy father, Leo XIII, and a few months later the superior of his congregation, Very Rev. Gilbert Francais, sent him to the Eternal, city to represent his community there in the
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capacity of procurator-general. During his stay in . Rome the doctor was the recipient of many distinctions from prominent ecclesiastical dignitaries, and he was on the point of departing for Bengal, to report on the. condition of the Catholic missions in certain parts of that country, when word reached him that he had been chosen provincial of his congregation in the United States of America.
The glory of God seems to have been a controlling sentiment and distinguishing feature in the family of Dr. Zahm, as other of its members, beside himself, have consecrated themselves to the service of the church. Three of his sisters are religieuses, and an aunt was for twenty years mistress of novices in the mother-house of the Sisters of the Holy Cross. His brother, Dr. Albert F. Zahm, is professor of physics in the Catholic university of America. Dr. Zahm still manifests his interest in the scientific department of the university of Notre Dame, which he did so much to create and complete by his untiring labors of a quarter of a century. He is also president for America of the International Catholic Scientific congress, which will hold its next meeting in Munich in 1901. At the last meeting of this congress in Fribourg, Switzer- land, in 1897, the doctor was president for America, international vice-president, and president of the section of anthropology.
JOSEPH ZIEGLER, a thriving farmer of Shelby county, Ind., J was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, May 18, 1839, a son of Andrew and Theressa (Sachsenmyer) Ziegler, who both died in Germany, the parents of five children, viz: Francisca, deceased; John, still in Germany; Joseph, the subject; Mary, .wife of John Kopp, of Germany, and Anthony, deceased.
Joseph Ziegler attended the parochial schools of his native province until fourteen years of age, was reared on his father's farm and followed this class of labor until May 22, 1862, when he embarked for the United States and arrived in New York, July 13, of the same year, whence he came directly to Shelby county, Ind., and for seventeen years lived on a farm near Shelbyville. In 1876, (1428)
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however, he purchased eighty acres of his present farm, to which he has since added thirty acres.
The marriage of Mr. Ziegler 'took place in his native land, May 10, 1859, in the parish of St. George, to Miss Mary Mack, who was born April 1, 1835, a daughter of Dominick and Eva (Ziegler) Mack-the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Hauser. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler has been blessed with seven children, viz: John A., born in Germany, but now a resident of Shelby township, Shelby county, Ind. ; Rosa F., wife .of William Higgins, an engineer, of Shelbyville; Matilda, married to M. Rem- busch, of Indianapolis; William, of Shelby county; Mary, wife of William Thresher, a tailor, of Shelbyville; Joseph, deceased, and Margaret, at home.
Mr. Ziegler, with his family, is a member of St. Joseph's con- gregation, and in politics is a democrat; Mrs. Ziegler is a member of St. Ann's sodality, and both are devout and sincere Catholics, who are never behind in their contributions toward defraying the expenses of the good work of the church.
A LBERT ZEPF, foreman for the Huck & Simon company, Vin- cennes, Ind., was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, January 25, 1850, and is a son of Ignatz and Mary Zepf, the former of whom was a farmer in his years of activity and is still living in the father- land and at the age of eighty-eight years, but where the latter died in 1895. Of their family of six sons and six daughters, two, Anton and Xavera, died in America; one, Joseph, beside the subject, is living in Vincennes; Adolph, Krozenia, Margaret, Mary, Anna, Teressa and Elizabeth still have their home in Germany, where still another died some years ago.
Albert Zepf was well educated in his native land, and there learned the art of brewing, which he followed there for seven years. October 12, 1872, he landed in New York city, where he worked one year; thence he came to Fort Wayne, Ind., and then went to Cincinnati, Ohio, worked until October, 1875, and thence went to Toledo, worked eighteen months, and then returned to
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Cincinnati, in 1877, and remained there until February, 1880, when he went to Detroit, Mich., where he was employed as fore- man for three years. In the fall of 1884 he came to Vincennes, Ind., and since then has filled his present position with great satis- faction to the company.
May 4, 1875, Mr. Zepf was united in marriage, in Cincin- nati, to Miss Mary Rock, a native of Baden, Germany, and this union has been blessed with seven children, viz: Mary, Katie, Joseph, Albert, Otto, Amelia and Helen. The family are mem- bers of St. John's German Catholic church, and are very attentive to their religious duties. In his political views Mr. Zepf has inclined to democracy, but nevertheless supported the Mckinley ticket in 1896. He has been very prudent with his earnings and carries considerable life insurance in various companies, thus pro- viding for his family in case of his unexpected death, and for his declining years through the endowment plan.
P ETER ZINS, a well-known business man of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn county, Ind., is a native of the county of Franklin, and son of Adam and Magdalania (Wagner) Zins, both parents born in France. Peter was born November 22, 1847, passed his youthful years on a farm, attending in the meantime the parochial schools of his neighborhood, and at the age of seventeen began learning the shoemaker's trade at Lawrenceburg. He became a resident of the city in October, 1863, and followed his chosen call- ing until 1877, when he engaged in the mercantile business, which he has continued with financial success to the present time.
Mr. Zins was married April 20, 1875, to Miss Elizabeth Schwarz, a native of Lawrenceburg, Ind., who has borne him three children- Henry M., Albert J. and Katie J., who died, aged four years. Mr. Zins and family are members of St. Lawrence parish, Lawrenceburg, and are active in all charitable and other work of the congregation. He is widely and favorably known and possesses in a marked degree the esteem and confidence of his fellow-citi- zens, who have ever found in him a man of the highest personal honor and integrity.
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T' HE VERY REV. JOHN H. GUENDLING, vicar-general of the diocese of Fort Wayne, was born in Peru, Miami county, Ind., on the 19th of December, 1855. His youth was spent in that quiet town on the banks of the Wabash, where his early mental training was entrusted by his well-to-do parents to the Catholic parish school of that place. In 1870 he entered the Pro- vincial seminary of Mount St. Mary's of the West, at Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1876, after the completion of his classical studies, he was sent to the world-renowned American college at Rome, Italy, but owing to continued ill health he was obliged to return to his native country in 1878. He then entered the Sulpitian seminary at Baltimore, Md., where he completed his course in theology, and was ordained priest for the diocese of Fort Wayne on the 2d of July. 1880. The Right Rev. Bishop Dwenger soon placed him in charge of St. Joseph's Orphan asylum at LaFayette, a position for which he was eminently fitted by his zeal and genial, cheerful dis- position, and through which he won, in the long years of his self- denying mission, the grateful affection of the boys placed under his care and of the citizens at large.
That Father Guendling is one of the ablest priests of the dio- cese of Fort Wayne, that he possesses the full confidence of the Right Rev. Bishop Rademacher and is held in the highest esteem by his fellow priests, is evinced by his appointment to membership in the diocesan council, the diocesan school board, and to the office of examiner of parochial schools. After Father Brammer's death these honors culminated in his appointment, on July 4, 1898, to the office of vicar-general of the diocese of Fort Wayne and pastor of the cathedral in that city.
P ATRICK MCCUE, foreman of the Louisville & Nashville Rail- road shops at Howell, Vanderburg county, is a son of Edward and Bridget (Finnerty) McCue, and was born April 12, 1853. His parents were natives of Ireland and to their marriage were born five children.
Patrick McCue, the subject of this biographical notice, atter receiving a good common-school education, began learning the
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blacksmith's trade at the age of eighteen years in the shops of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad company and has been employed by the same company to the present time. Through his atten- tion to the interests of the company he was made foreman and was transferred, in 1890, to Howell, being rewarded with his pres- ent responsible position in recognition of his faithful services.
The first marriage of Mr. McCue took place November 25, 1878, and the union was blessed with seven children, of whom three are still living, and are named: Sarah E., Mary A. and Mar- garet E. The mother of these was called away in the holy faith April 29, 1890, and on January 20, 1896, Mr. McCue was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. McBride, but to this union no children have been born.
In politics Mr. McCue is a republican, but has never been a seeker after office, preferring to devote his attention to the duties due his employers rather than bother himself with the uncertain recompense of party work. He and family are members of St. Agnes' church and are greatly respected by the members of that congregation as well as by the public in general.
F RANK LOUIS MARCHESSEAU, the well-known plumber of Elkhart, Ind., was born in Ontonagon, Mich., December 1, 1862, a son of James and Catherine (Barry) Marchesseau, natives, respectively, of Canada and Ireland. These parents were married in Ontonagon, where the father was engaged in mining and farming, and their union was blessed with three children, viz: William A., deceased; Frank L., our subject, and James F., now in the west. The father died in Ontonagon September 1, 1891, and the mother in October, 1894, both in the Catholic faith.
Frank Louis Marchesseau attended public school in Ontonagon until seventeen years of age and was then employed in copper min- ing two years; the following three years he served as an apprentice at plumbing in Detroit, then worked there as journeyman two years, and in 1887 came to Elkhart. For two years he continued to work as a journeyman in this city and then opened a plumbing (14:2)
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establishment in partnership with John Heffner, which was con- ducted with fair success for two years, when the firm was dissolved and Mr. Marchesseau associated with himself John Moran, in the same .line of industry. At the close of two years more Mr. Marchesseau bought in Mr. Moran's interest, and has since been doing a satisfactory trade on his sole account, reaching $15,000 per annum.
August 5, 1891, Mr. Marchesseau was united in marriage in Elkhart with Miss Margaret Pridmore, of South Bend, Ind., who bore him one child-Paul-but was called to her heavenly home May 22, 1892. The second marriage of Mr. Marchesseau took place November 30, 1894, to Miss Josephine McCarty, a native of White Pigeon, Mich., and this felicitous union has been blessed with two children-Helen M. and Mary J. Mrs. Marchesseau, beside being a well educated lady, is possessed of many feminine accomplishments that are useful as well as ornamental, and in 1889 engaged in the millinery business in Elkhart, being now the favorite in this line of the élite of Elkhart society. Her stock of goods is large, well assorted and fashionable, and her productions are in the best possible taste and style. The family belong to St. Vincent's congregation, are liberal in their contributions toward its support and Mrs. Marchesseau is a member of the Rosary sodality. Mr. Marchesseau is a master of his trade, is polite and accommo- dating and is fully deserving of the high esteem in which he is held.
P ATRICK WALSH, engineer for the water works department of the city of Logansport, Ind., is a native of Carbondale, Pa., was born January 26, 1843, and is a son of Dr. Patrick and Ellen (Cahill) Walsh, natives of Ireland.
The educational advantages of Patrick Walsh, the subject of this biographical notice, were somewhat limited, owing to the early death of his parents, which event threw him upon his indi- vidual resources while he was yet still young, but he nevertheless acquired a fair knowledge of the common English branches through self-education. At the age of sixteen years he began his
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business life at railroading, and at eighteen, in 1861, enlisted in the volunteer service of the United States in the war to suppress the Rebellion, in which he served until the close, when he received an honorable discharge.
After the close of the war Mr. Walsh returned to Logansport and resumed railroading as a locomotive engineer on the Pan- handle railroad, which position he held until 1873, when a serious accident disabled him for further railroad work. Consequently. he sought and found employment as a stationary engineer in a stone-yard, and held the position until 1878, when he was appointed first engineer for the Logansport city water works, and this place he has competently held until the present time-a period of twenty years.
The marriage of Mr. Walsh took place, in 1868, to Miss Lou- isa R. Risberger, a native of Dayton, Ohio, and who, with him- self, has for over thirty-three years been a devoted member of St. Vincent de Paul church, of which the Very Rev. M. E. Campion is the pastor. Mr. Walsh owns a very pleasant home at No. 819 Broadway, where he and wife enjoy the esteem of a large circle of warm-hearted friends and the cordial respect of their neighbors.
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