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entitled to but two representatives. Once introduced into public life. he took a very active part in politics until the outbreak of the Civil war. He is a very fluent and persuasive speaker and rendered most efficient service to the Republican party in the exciting cam- paigns of 1858 and 1860, by the speeches he made at various points in Marion County. When Lincoln called for troops the patriotic heart of the Doctor was stirred within him and he promptly offered his services to the Governor of Indiana, who accepted them by appointing him first assistant surgeon of the Fiftieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He remained loyally with the regiment, participating in its battles and marches, until February, 1863, when he was disabled at the battle of Parker's Cross Roads, which necessitated his return home. But a nature like his could not brook idleness, when his friends and good men every- where were at work for the great cause, and his disability preventing him from active duty in the field, he was appointed surgeon in charge of Burnside Barracks, and acting assistant surgeon in the United States army, which position he retained until the close of the war. Nowhere did the wounded and the sick receive more sympathetic and skilled treatment than at Burnside Barracks. The war ending, Dr. Hervey settled in Indianapolis, where he has remained ever since, engaged in the practice of his profession, which speedily became very lucrative, and from the outset he was regarded as one of the leading and progressive physi- cians of the city. No one has manifested greater interest in the sanitary aud other conditions of the city, and no one has labored harder to forward the material interests of the place than he. His labors have been especially arduous and successful in the matter of promoting the sanitary and hygienic condition of Indianapolis and of the State. The Doctor is a member of the Commercial Club, of the Marion County Medical Society, and of the Indiana State Medical Society, having actively participated in the organization of the latter, and has con- tributed a number of most valuable papers to its literature, among which are the following: (1873) "Utility of the Forces in Diagnosing and Treating Disease;" (1875) "How to Pro- cure Medical Legislation;" (1876) " The Necessity of a State Board of Health and How to Obtain it;" (1878) "Public Hygiene, its importance in Maintaining Health;" (1880) " Mental Hygiene, the Influence of the Body upon the Mind, How to Elevate Manhood." The Doctor is a member of that body of distinguished physicians composing the American Medical Association. He labored indefatigably to have a State board of health established, and to him more than to any other person is due the fact that there is such a body in existence. He spent a great deal of time and ardent labor in creating public sentiment in favor of such an organization, by pointing out the great good it would accomplish, and wrote a number of most able papers for the secular press upon the subject. The State Medical Society appointed him a member of the State health commission, which was created for the pur- pose of discharging the duties of a State board of health, until such time as the Legislature should provide for such a body, and a part of its duties consisted in laboring to effect the much desired end. Dr. Hervey remained on this board, laboring tirelessly until its object was accomplished, in 1878, and it expired by limitation. While upon this board he wrote a number of State papers, which were published in the report of the Bureau of Statistics and Geology. Dr. Hervey is a member of the American Public Health Association and also of the International Congress, and has two medals, one from the Washington meeting in 1887 and the other from the last meeting, held at Berlin, Germany. While in Europe the Doctor visited the principal hospitals, medical centers, etc., and it may be safely assumed that his bright, vigorous, receptive and thoroughly disciplined mind took in everything of value that he was brought into contact with. Dr. Hervey has in process of construction a sphyg- mometer, by which he obtains the motion power of the pulse, and he is confident that this instrument will be of the greatest value to the profession in determining, in diagnosing and treating heart tronbles of all kinds. The Doctor has a very facile pen and has written a history of the medical profession of Hancock County, published in the history of that county by King & Buiford. He organized the first old settlers' reunion, of Marion, Madison, Han- cock and Hamilton Counties, and was president of the association for twenty years. He has been a valued contributing member of the Masonic order for nearly fifty years, and is a greatly cherished member of that ancient body. Dr. Hervey is likewise a member of George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., at Indianapolis. He took a very active part in promot- ing public school hygiene and he was appointed by the Marion County Medical Society
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chairman of a committee to investigate into the health condition of the city schools. Carry- ing out the design of the committee, he visited all the schools, reported their condition and recommended many improvements, which he has had the pleasure of seeing made. The same authority named him member of a committee to investigate into the character of the water supply of the city and he spent some time analysing the supply in different portions of the city, with the result that some was found polluted and unfit for consumption. The pen of the Doctor has been used freely in considering the great public questions that have concerned the country, and he is most favorably known as a contributor to the newspapers upon the great vital questions of State that have come up for consideration during the past forty years, there being scarcely one that he has failed to write upon in his felicitous and convincing style. Two biographies of Dr. Hervey have already been published, one in the History of Hancock County, by King & Buiford, of Greenfield, Ind., and the other in the Boys in Blue, by Samuel Hardin, of Anderson, Madison County, Ind. There are also two biographical sketches of him in press, one in the History of the Indiana Legislature, by the Hon. William H. English, of Indianapolis, and the other in a history of Eminent Physi- cians, by R. French Stone, M. D., of Indianapolis. Thus the life of this eminent physician and loyal citizen has been spent, his pen and his voice devoted to the diffusion of knowl- edge and the best efforts of his skill being employed in alleviating the distress of humanity. The influence of such a life will long survive its stay on earth and those yet unborn will be blessed by the works, labor and the patience of James Walter Hervey, who has never lost an opportunity for doing good. Such a man is an honor to the city in which he lives and to the age in which his works have been done.
PROF. C. E. EMMERICH has devoted all the years of his early manhood to a good purpose. Public education in Indiana has no more earnest advocate and co-operator than he. No one more thoroughly understands and appreciates its needs and interests, and perhaps no one is better qualified. through long experience and loving labor in its behalf, to bring it to that high state of perfection which its present rapid advancement assures. Personally he is a polished and cultured gentleman, and his agreeable manners and genial qualities have won for him hosts of friends among the prominent people in this part of the State. To his pupils he stands a shining example of what a foreigner may accomplish by energy, industry and brains. This gentleman was born in Coblenz, Prussia, on the banks of the River Rhine, August 25, 1845, and is a son of Phillip and Barbara (Arenz) Emmerich, both of whom died in Germany. The father was in Government service in that country and was a man possessed of more than ordinary ability. He was the father of a large family of children and our subject was the eldest child by his second marriage. The latter was reared amid the beautiful scenes of the River Rhine and received a thorough education, graduating from the Gymnasium Classical School. At the age of eighteen he entered the Prussian army with the intention of serving but circumstances made him change his mind after one year's service. In 1865 he sailed for America and in due course of time reached the city of New York. He had been quite ill during the voyage and after reaching the "land of the free" he thought it would improve his health very materially to go west. He reached Kansas and for some time attended a private English school for the purpose of perfecting himself in the English language. In 1868 he began teaching the country schools in the central part of Kansas and this continued until 1871 when he was appointed to a position in the high school at Madison, Ind. There he remained until 1873 when he came to Indianapolis where he has since been a teacher in the high schools of this city. In 1892 he was elected to his present position as principal of High School No. 2. He is considered one of the best educators in the city and enjoys to the fullest extent the respect of his fellow men as well as of his pupils. For many years he was president of the "Maennerchor " society of which he is now an hon- orary member, and he is also a member of the Indianapolis Literary Club. Politically he affiliates with the Democratic party. In the year 1878 he married Miss Gertrude Kerwer of Wiesbaden, Germany, and they have four interesting children: Max, Else, Emily and Gertrude.
JOHN MAYNARD BUTLER is by many regarded as Indiana's leading lawyer. He is one of the notable great lawyers who have all through their lives devoted themselves exclusively to the law, eschewing politics as in any sense an occupation or profes-
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sion and declining constantly all offers of political preferment. Mr. Butler was born in Evansville, Ind., September 17, 1834, a son of Calvin and Malvina (French) Butler, both natives of Vermont. His father was a shoemaker in early life, but later obtained a classical education at Middlebury College and took a thorough course at Andover, Mass. Coming west to preach, he settled at Evansville, Ind. Later he removed to northern Illinois and there died in 1854. The family was large and at times means were limited and John had early to learn the lesson of self dependence at least partially. At the age of twelve he became a clerk in a store and later was otherwise employed. The strength of his character and his longing for excellence manifested themselves in those years, and by the exercise of self- denial he succeeded in entering Wabash College, at Crawfordsville, in 1851, and through his own efforts, with partial help, was enabled to graduate from that institution in 1856. Upon the day of his graduation he was elected president of the Female Seminary at Crawfordsville, which position he held three years, later becoming principal of the High School. Meantime he studied law. After a tour in the Northwest in quest of a suitable location for the practice of his profession, he returned to Crawfordsville in November, 1861, and at once entered upon a large and lucrative practice, residing there until 1871, when he removed to Indianapolis and succeeded Judge A. L. Roache as partner with the late Senator Joseph E. McDonald. The two men had many experiences in common. Each was the architect of his own fortune. The same county seat and college town was the scene of their first triumphs and each after- ward left that town for the State Capital where they won success and reputation even beyond their most sanguine hopes. Differing from his distinguished partner, politically, he has always been an ardent and consistent member of the Republican party and has taken no inconsiderable part in advancing its interests. Aspiring to no office and, as has been stated, declining nominations, he has yet been an active worker in political campaigns, but has, through all, retained, in a remarkable degree, the respect of those whom he has opposed. His political speeches have been extensively published, and he is a popular orator as well as a learned and successful lawyer. As a jurist he stands in the first rank in a bar which embraces in its list many of the ablest lawyers in the country. During recent years he has spent much time at the National Capital in response to the demands of his extensive practice in the Supreme Court of the United States and in other tribunals there. Mr. Butler was married in April, 1857, to Miss Susan W. Jennison, of Crawfordsville, who has borne him a son and a daughter. He is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis and is one of its ruling elders.
GILES A. BRADLEY. In Indianapolis and vicinity operations in real estate during the past few years have been particularly active, and among those prominently identified with transactions in this direction is Giles S. Bradley who is an active member of the firm of Bradley & Denny, whose offices are well and conveniently located in the business districts of the city. These gentlemen are experienced and practical in all that pertains to the sale and handling of realty, and are ever ready to offer the best inducements to all seek- ing homes or looking for good-paying, first-class investments in houses and lands. The operations of the firm are conducted on a large scale and a brisk business is being carried on. Mr. Bradley owes his nativity to Oswego County, N. Y., June 10, 1840, and came of New England parentage for his father, Eli Bradley, was born in Litchfield County, Conn. When a young man he removed to New York where be followed the occupation of farming and served for a short time in the War of 1812. He was married to Miss Sally Lamb, also a native of Connecticut, and to their union six children were born. Eli Bradley died in December, 1862, his widow surviving him until 1871. Giles A. Bradley was reared on a farm in his native State and his early education was obtained in the common schools. At the opening of the Civil War he walked twelve miles with some companions to enlist in Company A, One Hundred and Forty-seventh New York Infantry, but in December, 1863, was transferred to the Twenty-fourth New York Cavalry. He served until the close of the war, being dis- charged in June, 1865. He was in the most notable battles of Virginia, and some of the most important of the engagements in which he took part during his term of service were Gettys- burg, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and the Welding Railroad raid. His health was much impaired by hardships he met with during the war and he now draws a pension of $8 per month. Shortly after the war terminated he went to Toledo, Ohio,
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from which place he came, in 1869, to Indianapolis and about a year later began dealing in real estate, at which he has since been remarkably successful. In following this line of busi- ness he has been associated with Mr. Denny for the past seven years, and owns nearly all the real estate which they sell. In 1869 Mr. Bradley united his fortunes with those of Miss Celestia Bailey, a native of Fulton County, Ohio. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., the G. A. R. (in which he has held various official positions), and politically is a Republican and at all times faithful to the interests of that party.
NATHAN D. WOODARD, M. D. The subject of our sketch is descended from a member of the body of Friends, or Quakers, as they are commonly called, his father having been born in that society in North Carolina, where the name of Friend, or Quaker, is synonymous with honesty and uprightness. That father, Silas H. Woodard, was in every way worthy to be enrolled in the membership of that pious band of Christian people. Nathan D. Wood- ard, M. D., of Indianapolis, was born in Parke County, Ind., September 30, 1849, his father having emigrated to this State when a young man, and was one of the pioneers of Parke County, settling in the wild forest and with his own hands wielding the ax that felled the giant trees and guiding the plow afterward that made fruitful fields of the ground. He was a very successful farmer and accumulated a competency. The father married Emily Allen, a native of Parke County and daughter of Solomon Allen, a native of Virginia and one of the pioneers of that county, he also being of Quaker stock, and dying at the age of ninety- five. Silas H. Woodard and wife were the parents of eleven children, nine boys and two girls, the two latter being dead, while all the boys are living. Silas Woodard died in 1861, but his wife is living. Our subject was the seventh in the order of birth, and, like the other children, was reared upon the farm, receiving his education first in the public schools and afterward in Bloomingdale Academy. At the age of twenty he began teaching school and followed this successfully for five years. In the year 1877 he began the study of medicine, a work he had long been revolving in mind and upon which he had decided with the whole strength of his being. His preceptor was Dr. Daniel Carey, of Carmel, Ind., who had at that time been engaged in active practice for forty-one years and had been most successful in his treatment of disease. In the following year Dr. Woodard entered the Physio-Medical College of Indiana, took two full courses and graduated in 1879. He then located at Coloma, Ind., and practiced two years, after which he moved to Richmond, Ind., and a year later was appointed demonstrator of anatomy in the Physio- Medical College of Indiana and removed to Indianapolis, where he has since resided. Two years subsequent to coming here he was appointed to the chair of general and descriptive anatomy in the college, which he held until the fall of 1892, when he was elected to the chair of materia medica and thera- peutics, which he still holds. Dr. Woodard is also president of the faculty of the college. He is a member of the Physio-Medical (National) Association of Physicians and Surgeons, of the Indiana State Physio-Medical Association and the Indianapolis Physio-Medical So- ciety, and has been president of the State Association. The Doctor is a member of the K. of P. He was married in 1877 to Ellen Carey, who died a year later. His second marriage occurred March 20, 1879, to Mary C. Newsom, a native of Bartholomew County, and the daughter of Luke and Elizabeth Newsom. Dr. and Mrs. Woodard are the parents of two children: Mary E. and Grace M. They are members of the Society of Friends, being consistent followers of the organization founded by George Fox, and whose principles were so ably defended by the illustrious William Penn. In politics the Doctor is a firm believer in the teachings of the Republican party, giving to its candidates a hearty support.
WILLIAM ARNOLD ANDERSON. Among the valuable men who came to this country from England, bringing with them the sturdy characteristics of the British yeomanry, none are more esteemed in Marion County, Ind., than the gentleman whose name we have now given, and who is one of the substantial and worthy farmers of his section. His birth occurred at Norwich, December 16, 1820, and he there grew to manhood and received his education. His father wasa baker and confectioner and our subject remained under the parental roof until 1847, when he came to this country. He had learned his father's trade and was married in his native country on October 6, 1845, to Miss Sarah P. Barber, daughter of Robert Barber, of London, where she was born. In April, 1847, our subject and his wife took passage from
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London in a bark for America and landed in Boston after a seven weeks' voyage. His des- tination was Milton, Ind., where an acquaintance, Edward Nudd, of Norwich, had preceded him by nine years. After remaining there a few weeks Mr. Anderson moved to Hamilton county, Ind., in September, 1847, and went to work on 160 acres of land belonging to Ben - jamin Whisler, who had come over with him. Here he worked for some time and then, in the summer of 1849, he took a contract to clear six miles of the right of way for the old Peru Railroad, which had been laid with flat bar from Indianapolis to Noblesville, and was being extended from Noblesville to Peru. Mr. Anderson employed a number of men and went to work to clear the right of way, which he completed and afterward took a contract to grade some, which he partially finished and for which he never received any pay, the com- pany breaking up. He lost considerable time and money. After this our subject engaged as foreman for Prawl & Bradley, contractors for the Memphis & Charleston Railroad, which took him to Tuscumbia, Ala., where he made his headquarters from June, 1852, till Febru- ary, 1853. Then the contractors broke up and our subject lost a portion of his wages. Following this Mr. Anderson returned to Indianapolis, Ind., where he remained a short time and then went to Noblesville, where he remained until October, 1854. Returning to Ma- rion County, Ind., he accepted a position as foreman of an eight-mile section on the Law- renceville & Upper Mississippi Railroad, now the Big Four, making his home in Acton. This he did for four years and then became fuel and claim agent for the company, continuing as such until 1872, when he left this and engaged in agricultural pursuits on a tract of 215 acres he had purchased in Franklin Township. In 1873 he added forty acres to that tract, and since 1872 he has farmed exclusively. Of the 255 acres that he owns 220 acres are cleared and well cultivated. His best yield of wheat to the acre was twenty-four bushels, but he averages fifty bushels of corn to the acre every year. He also raises oats. Mr. An- derson remained on that farm until 1882 and then spent that year and 1883 in Nor- wich, England, his old home, visiting the scenes of his childhood and youth. His father was then alive, aged ninety-two, but has since died, aged ninety-four. In politics Mr. Anderson is a Democrat as a general rule, though he voted for. Grant and Lincoln. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is one of the first men of his section. To his marriage were born six children, two of whom died young. The others were named as follows: George A., born September 7, 1846, lives in Galveston, Tex. He married, first, Miss Adelia Drummond, by whom he had one child, Maud, who married Charles L. Clark and became the mother of one child, Mary Lucile. George A. Anderson's second mar- riage was to Miss Carrie, sister of his first wife, and they have two children, George and Carrie. The next child born to our subject was Katherine. John James was born Decem- ber 7, 1855, and resides in Indianapolis. He married Miss Myra Peck, of Ohio, and they have two sons, Walter and Harold. Emma married Uriah Peck and they have four chil- dren: William A., Grace E., Frank and Rachel. Our subject's children now deceased were: Mary Ellen, who died when three years of age; the other, Frances W., died at the age of nine months. William A. Anderson, father of our subject, was a native of Dun- fermtine, Scotland, in 1792, and went to England when about twenty-one years of age, locating at Norwich. There he was employed as a pattern drawer for shawls, which were made there then. A few years later, business becoming dull in his line, he learned the baker and confectioner's trade, which he carried on until 1855, when he retired from busi- ness. He married Miss Mary Owen, a native of Wales.
E. A. P. HAYNES. The AEtna Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn., began business in Indiana in 1850 and does an extensive and rapidly-growing business throughout the State. The company stands in the front rank of the old line companies doing business in Indiana. The business of this company, particularly in the southern half of the State, has been principally developed during the last five years, since Mr. E. A. P. Haynes has been placed at its head as superintendent of agencies. Mr. Haynes is a hard worker and has, through his good judgment and perseverance, accomplished a great deal for his company in Indiana. He was born in Boone County, Ind., May 18, 1866, to Eldridge and Maria (El- dridge) Haynes, both of whom were born in the Empire State. His parents came to Indiana in 1858, settling first in Dearborn County and subsequently in Boone County. His father v 3 a contractor. He died August 24, 1882. His widow still survives him and makes her
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home in Indianapolis with her son, the subject of this sketch. At the age of six years E. A. P. Haynes, with his parents, moved to Clinton County, and at the age of eleven years entered the public schools, which he attended for about three years, from eleven to fourteen. At the age of fourteen he began teaching school in Clinton County, Ind., and continued in this pro- fession for nearly eight years. During this time, by good use of his liesure hours he acquired a thorough and practical education. In 1882 he entered the life insurance business, to which he has since devoted his time and energies. He is a member in good standing of the F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F. fraternities. He is a member of the Indiana State executive committee of the Young Men's Christian Association and also one of the directors of the Indianapolis Association. He was married on November 25, 1886, to Cora I. Schwinn, of Madison County, Ind., a daughter of Jacob and Emily F. (Ellis) Schwinn, the former of whom was born in Germany and the latter in North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Haynes have one child, Hazel E., who was born November 2, 1887. They are both members of the Sec- ond Presbyterian Church.
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