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FREDERICK STEIN, M. D. Few, perhaps none, who have trod the arduous paths of the profession, can be aware of the array of attributes and the host of minor qualities essential to the making up of a great physician and surgeon. His constitution must be of the har- diest, to successfully withstand the constant shock of wind and weather, the wearing loss of sleep and rest, the ever gathering load of care, and the insidious approach of every form of fell disease to which his daily round of duties momentarily expose him. The above is but a few necessary remarks introducing Dr. Frederick Stein, who for many years has been a suc- cessful practicing physician of Indianapolis. The land of Germany gave him birth March 27, 1825, his parents being Clemens and Amelia (Ebert) Stein. He was reared and educated in his native land and took a full course in a noted university there, after which he served a two years' apprenticeship at the drug business, but never followed that occupation. He next entered the service of the German Government as a civil engineer in railroad work, in which capacity he labored conscientiously until 1849, when the German revolution came up, in which he took an active part. After the defeat of their cause and fearing the conse- quence of further residence in the land that gave him birth, he decided to come to America. and in the spring of 1850 he found himself in the city of New York, where he lived and labored for five years, securing employment as a druggist. At the end of that time he came to Indianapolis and soon secured employment as a draughtsman in compiling maps of the different counties of Indiana and also one of the State from United States surveys. From the fall of 1855 to 1870 he was connected with the State auditor's office, and in 1869 he was appointed by the General Government as superintendent of improvements on the Wabash River, which work occupied his time and attention for seven years, at which time he became incapacitated by rheumatism for further service. Upon regaining his health he began the study of medicine, and in 1879 entered the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which he graduated in 1881. He immediately entered upon a general practice, which he continued successfully until February 19, 1891, when he sustained a stroke of paralysis, from which he has never fully recovered, although at present his professional work is con- fined to office practice. He built up a reputation and knowledge of his profession that is an honor to himself and the noble calling which he follows. He was married in Germany in 1849 to Catherine E. Kurzrock, a native of that country, and five children were the result of their union: Theodore, Albert, Henry, August and Frederick. Mrs. Stein died February 20, 1882, and since that time the Doctor has remained unmarried: He has been a Mason of many years standing, but at the present time is not an active member of that order. He has identified himself with the land of his adoption since coming here, and is of the stuff of which noble and useful citizens are made.
THEODORE STEIN. A somewhat recent movement in realty circles is growing quite popular at Indianapolis and other cities, this is the establishment of companies which furnish complete abstracts of titles. Delays in securing titles in the old way were often interminable and vexations, and often after they were secured the owner found himself involved in some sort of trouble which had escaped the notice of the attorney employed to examine the title. In the olden days when land was very cheap the same care was not exer-
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cised as now, hence deeds were not so closely drawn and errors would creep in. A gentle- man who makes a specialty of this line of work, and who guarantees the utmost satisfaction and absolute perfection of title is Theodore Stein, who is one of the wide-awake, progressive and intelligent business men of the city of Indianapolis. He is a native of the city in which he lives, born November 7, 1858, a son of Frederick and Catherine (Kurzrock) Stein, a sketch of whom appears in this work. In this city he was reared and in the public schools he obtained his literary education. After leaving school he was apprenticed to learn litho- graphing and engraving with Braden & Burford, with whom he remained four years. He then entered the city civil engineer's office, and was also in the county recorder's office for some time. Succeeding this he became bookkeeper and afterward manager of the H. Hermann Lumber Mills, in which capacity he served until 1887. In the fall of that year he purchased the abstract title business of the late W. C. Anderson, which he has since continued, and as that gentleman was noted as one of the most painstaking abstracters of the city, Mr. Stein has fully sustained this reputation, as an evidence of which fact he at present employs more clerical help in the prosecution of his large and increasing business than any other firm in the same line in Indianapolis. Mr. Stein has identified himself with the varied interests of Indianapolis and has paid a great deal of attention to building and loan associations, at one time being president and secretary of six different corporations. At the present time he is a stockholder in about twenty-five of them, but is only officially connected with three, being secretary of two and treasurer of one. He is fully equipped for his work and it requires bnt a brief investigation into the objects and aims of his business to learn how really im- portant are its functions and to pursnade everyone who buys land that it is to his interest to avail himself of the services of this gentlemen. He very properly takes great pride in his business, and it is through his own untiring efforts that it has come to be recognized as the leading one in its line in the city. He is of a very social disposition, has attained the Scottish Rite degree in the Masonic fraternity and he also belongs to the society of the Sons of Revo. lution, the Lyra. Casino Club, and he was one of the founders of the Columbia Club, although lie is not a member of this society at present. He has always been a Republican in politics, but is no office seeker, the duties of his business completely occupying his time. He was married March 15, 1882, to Miss Bertha Kuhn, a native of Indianapolis, and a daughter of William F. and Nannette (Hesselbach) Kuhn, both natives of the old country. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Stein has resulted in the birth of two children: Pauline and Theodore.
JERRY COLLINS, deputy sheriff of the county. and jailer, owes his nativity to the Isle of Erin, his birth having occurred in the beautiful County of Kerry, December 29, 1863. The Collins family came to America in 1865, and very shortly after landing on American soil they turned their faces westward and in a short time found themselves in the city of Indianapo- lis, Ind., in the public schools of which place Jerry Collins was placed as soon as he was old enough, and continued to attend until he had attained about the age of sixteen years. He then began to do for himself, and secured the position of bell boy in an Indianapolis hotel, but later became assistant clerk at the Grand Hotel, during which time he acquired such a thorough knowledge of the details of the business that he secured remunerative positions in some of the leading hotels in different cities throughout the country. His agreeable man- ners, kind and accommodating disposition and desire to please those who called upon his services rendered him a great favorite with 'the traveling public and won him many warin personal friends. In 1882 he went to Colorado and Utah, and for two years was clerk for the superintendent of construction of bridges and buildings on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad between Grand Junction and Salt Lake City, his headquarters being at Green River, Utah. When the two years were over he returned to Indianapolis and since that time has made this city his home, with the exception of a trip to the San Juan country, in Colorado, where he followed mining in the Sheridan mine, in Marshall Basin for nine months. His intelligence and ability to adapt himself to circumstances has led to his hold- ing a number of important offices, and for some time he was in the township assessor's office and in the city civil engineer's department, which position he resigned December 10, 1892, to accept the appointment of deputy sheriff, to which he was elected, and he was at once placed in charge of the jail, a position he still holds and for which he is admirably fitted. He is keenly alive to his responsibilities, fulfills them in the most prompt and thor-
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ough manner, and even his political enemies have come to understand that he is the "right man in the right place." His management of the jail is above criticism, notwithstanding the fact that the building is an old one, many times inadequate to accommodate its occu- pants, and to properly look after those placed in his care the greatest ingenuity and good judgment is required. Politically, he has always been in strong sympathy with the Demo- crat party.
HENRY PAULI. It is a pleasure and a privilege to record the character and enterprise of men of business, who, on account of their long tenure and extensive operations comprise almost a history of the business in which they are engaged. Of such men it is unnecessary to speak in words of colored praise. "By their acts ye shall know them." Their very existence is emphatic evidence of the honorable position they occupy and the long course of just dealing that they have pursued. A gentleman in mind is Henry Pauli, who was born in Hessen, Darmstadt, Germany, in 1836, a son of John and Katharina (Jacobi) Pauli, also natives of the German Empire. They died when their son Henry was a lad of nine or ten years, the father having been a flour, saw and oil-mill operator. In the schools of his native place Henry acquired a practical education, but in 1852 he left the " halls of learning," and, bidding adieu to home and friends, embarked for the United States, and for some time after reaching this country he resided in the city of Little Falls, N. Y. He then came to the city of Indianapolis and for some time thereafter worked in the old Palmer House, one of the old landmarks of the place, now the Occidental Hotel, as dining-room boy. After a time he commenced to learn his trade under Charles Helwig, with whom he served a three years' apprenticeship. He then worked for other parties until 1867. at which time he formed a partnership with Christian F. Miller, one of the old settlers of the place, and this became one of the best, known contracting firms in the city. He built many of the prominent busi- ness buildings of the city. as well as some of the finest residences. and his partnership with Mr. Miller continued until quite recently, since which time Mr. Pauli has conducted his opera- tions on his own responsibility. His career has been quite a remarkable one, for, on starting ont in life for himself be at first received only $3 a month compensation for his services. which was raised. owing to his good conduct and efficiency, to the munificent sum of $3.50 per month, and this was later increased to $4.50. He has slowly but surely climbed the ladder of success and has the satisfaction of knowing that he owes his present independent position to no one but himself. He is in the prime of life, has the advantage of having long been a settler of the city and is thus in touch with the spirit of Indianapolis and its enter- prise. He is a highly esteemed citizen and during his long business career has ever proven true and honorable to his transactions. He is a member of the board of the German Orphan Asylum. being at one time its president, and was one of the organizers of that well-known institution. He is a member of Zion's Evangelical Church, joining in 1864; was presi- dent of the board of trustees for fifteen years, and has been a teacher in the Sunday-school for twenty-seven years. In 1859 Miss Louisa Niermann, who was born in Prussia in 1840. became his wife. and to their union three sons and four daughters have been given, all of whom are intelligent and promising.
NELSON J. HYDE. The office of State inspector of oils is a most important one, requiring special knowledge and a degree of integrity demanded in but few other positions. Ils present incumbent. Nelson J. Hyde, was appointed in 1889, after a memorable contest. and has proven a most diligent and faithful official. Mr. Hyde was born in Plattsville, Wis .. January 23. 1851, a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Nelson) Hyde. His father was a native of Ohio and a well-to-do farmer. His mother was born in Ireland and was a woman of many virtues. In 1856. when he was six years old. young Hyde was orphaned by the death of his father. and his mother has since died. In 1857 he went to Indianapolis to make his home with his uncle, Abner R. Hyde, a pioneer hotel man in that city. He grew to manhood as a member of his uncle's household and was educated in the public schools. By the time he was twenty-one he was a good practical hotel man, familiar with every detail of the business. and during his active career he has managed several good bonses, among them the "National" and "Capitol" hotels of Indianapolis, and the "Taylor" house at. Havana, Ill. Mr. Hyde became very popular, personally, and acquired considerable political influence of the quiet, but effective kind. He has never sought office but has accepted several important positions
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when they have been proffered him. He was for three years clerk in the county auditor's office under the administration of "Tom " Taggart, and had otherwise served the public more than acceptably prior to his appointment to his present position. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a K. of P., and is prominently identified with the Hendricks and Cleveland clubs. All in all, he is one of the most popular citizens and officials in this part of the State. He was married April 27, 1876, to Miss Julia A. Downey, a native of Perry County, Ohio.
WILLIAM P. SMITH. This gentleman was born October 19, 1840, in Indianapolis, Ind. His paternal ancestors trace their genealogy back to the days of William the Conqueror, where the line is lost in the, then, important office of "butler" or cup bearer to the first King of England. B. K. Smith, father of our subject, came from South Carolina to Wayne County, Ind., in 1816, and settled on the west fork of White River, where his early boyhood was passed. Elder B. K. Smith, as he was commonly known, was truly a self-made man, having left the civilization of South Carolina, which his father had spent his early days in helping reclaim from a wilderness, and migrated to the great " Northwest " before Indiana was admitted into the Union. His scholastic training was limited to two years, in which time he mastered Murray's grammar and learned to chew tobacco, as he facetionsly remarked when speaking of his "early advantages." Later he learned the trade of blacksmith and wagon maker, came west with his brother Carey, and established a business in Indianapolis. One evidence of his thrift is found in the fact that for the building and ironing of one two- horse wagon he received a warranty deed to two town lots in Indianapolis, each 195x67} feet. Exchanging these for a farm five miles from the city, he moved his family to the country and there, leaving them to take care of themselves as best they could, mounted a horse and started out to convert the denizens of the unbroken wilderness of Indiana to the doctrines of salvation as set forth by Alexander Campbell. Elder Smith was one of the pioneer preachers of the State, whose contributions to the Millenial Harbinger, Christian Age and Christian Standard did much toward molding religious thought. William P. Smith traces his maternal ancestors to an Irish and Welsh origin through the Bristows and Prices. His great-grandsire was a revolutionary soldier, settled in Virginia after peace was declared, and died while Peyton Bristow was an infant. Peyton Bristow entered 400 acres of Government land near Indianapolis, paying $1.25 per acre. Allured by the abun- dance of game that roamed the trackless forest. and fish that filled the waters of White River and its tributaries, he left his numerous family to " clear up" the land while he furnished them with fish and venison with his home-made fishing tackle and unerring flintlock gun. A typical pioneer, he died at the advanced age of ninety-four years, having celebrated his diamond wedding to Mary Price, who survived him three years. They left six daughters and six sons, ninety six grandchildren, thirty-two great-grandchildren and two great-great- grandchildren. Their daughter Sarah became the wife of B. K. Smith and bore him twelve children, nine sons and three daughters, of whom the subject of this sketch was sixth in order of birth. Amanda, the first, married Aaron Clem; Araminta died when sixteen; Mary A. married John Hosbrook; Charles H. died at the age of fifty-two, unmarried; B. K., Jr., now drawing a pension for disability incurred during the Rebellion; Walter S. ; John C .; Alexander C .; Mark A. and Benjamin F. The subject of this sketch combining the Saxon. Scotch, Irish and Welsh blood in equal proportions, is strongly fitted by nature for the peculiar traits of character which he seems to have inherited from each branch of his ancestors. His father having accepted the charge of a congregation in Edinburgh, Johnson County, Ind., had removed there about 1850. Two years of struggle against the character- istic poverty of pioneer preachers at this place, the family removed to Harrison, Ohio, where the subject of this sketch lived until fifteen, fishing for food for the family, skating, swim- ming, and marble playing. The family moved back to the farm in Indiana in 1856 and two years later William entered the Northwestern Christian University, chopping cordwood in vacations to pay tuition and board. In December, 1864, he read law with his uncle, Jeremiah Smith, of Winchester, Ind., and was admitted to the bar the following year. Returning to Indianapolis he became deputy county surveyor of Marion County. November 19, 1867, he married Elvira, daughter of Royal Mayhew, a prominent attorney and ex- treasurer of the State of Indiana, who is a lineal descendant of Thomas Mayhew, founder and patentee of
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Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and Elizabeth Isles. Four children have been born to them: Minnie Mayhew, who died in infancy; Royal Mayhew, who married Miss Flor- ence Abney, and Sarah L. William P. Smith is original in style, thought and reasoning. Early impressed with the fact that authors of books were simply men, and liable to err as other men, he ceased to place implicit confidence in books and established writings and to look upon "established truth" with suspicion, especially when remote antiquity was the sole sup- port. Regardless of his rashness in daring to oppose "established truth "(?) he has espoused the canse of the oppressed wage earners. He has prepared articles arguing that the same canse that produces paupers and profligates in Russia, Ireland and Spain, will produce them in America. Much of Mr. Smith's time has been spent in lecturing on the social problem under the title of the "Problem of Civilization." None of his best articles have appeared in print, the position held by him being so contrary to "established truth " (?) that the proprietors of magazines and publishers of daily papers refuse them space. His published writings consist mainly of contributions to daily and weekly papers, a collection of Irish. Negro, German and Yankee dialect verse, including orations, dialogues and dramas of versatility, wit and morals. He was the founder of three different secret societies of an educational nature. The Archer ritual is his production. Mr. Smith, recogniz- ing the universal law of attraction and repulsion as operating constantly upon all matter through all space, argues by an ingenius process of reasoning from cause to effect, that planets, satellites and suns have been developed from a condition of absolute cold to their present proportions and that the ultimate destiny of our planet is to attain the proportions and conditions of a sun, when the "elements will melt with a fervent heat."* Mr. Smith's ideas of religion are original and unique. He says: " The mission of Christ was to establish a kingdom of righteousness and joy and peace upon earth, to save mankind from committing sin, not from the effects of sin committed; to restore mankind to the blessing, comforts and delights of this present life; to teach man how to live; that he may avoid sin, not how he may escape from the effects of sin; that religion is not to get. but to ' do the will of my Father which bath sent me;' that when the world is truly civilized the religion of Christ will be the business of the world. Christ says: 'My people shall be a contented people; they shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat of the fruit thereof; they shall not build and another inhabit: they shall not plant and another eat.'" This he argues is the true test of a Christian civilization. Mr. Smith's ideas on political economy, as might be expected, are opposite to those accepted by the political economists who furnish text books for our schools and colleges. He says: "Money is a memorandum of value due the bearer from the commonwealth." That "bonest " money can not be made from the so called " precious metals." That no government can become free from any debt that forms the basis of its circulating medium, unless that debt is paid in somthing else beside the money based on it. The debt grows larger by accruing interest, the money less, by loss and wear. This perpetually widens the gap between the debt and power to pay the debt, which bankruptcy alone can pay-that a people never can be free whose circulating medium is based on bonds-that bonds are instruments of bondage and bondage implies servitude. Being specially gifted in his powers of speech, Mr. Smith has been called upon, at various times and on sundry occasions, to talk to the public on special subjects. Invariably he has acquitted himself with credit and satisfaction. He is a courteous gentleman, an excellent neighbor and an upright citizen.
EMANUEL ANTHONY, M. D. The subject of this sketch following a resolve that came upon him at a very early age, entered upon the study of medicine, and pursued it with a rare enthusiasm, an impression being strong within him that this was his sure vocation, a feeling that was as strong as that which glows in the breast of the enthusiast who offers him- self for some remote missionary service under the idea that the sacrifice of life is involved in the discharge of the duty. Such was not the thought of Dr. Anthony. but rather, that he might be the means of communicating health to others and save many from the hands of death. It was this spirit of resolute purpose that sustained him when he applied himself to his books for eight hours of each day at a time when he was teaching a large school which
*It is regretted by the publishers of this volume that space cannot be given herein to explain fully and at length, the original reasoning of Mr. Smith.
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demanded more than ordinary care and attention. This spirit remains as strong with him to-day, and explains the success that has attended his practice and the distinction he enjoys in his profession. Dr. Emanuel Anthony was born in Loudoun County, Va., May 27, 1840, being the son of Joseph and Rachel (Rogers) Anthony, the former a native of Spain and the latter of England. The father was a farmer by occupation and in 1841 settled in Athens County, Ohio, where he resided until his death in June, 1856. He was a soldier in the army which resisted the invasion of Napoleon into his native country and participated in the first victory of the Peninsula war. He came to America in 1807 and settled in Virginia. Our subject was about a year old when his parents settled in Athens County, and there lie was reared upon a farm, receiving his early education in the public schools, afterward attend- ing Miller's academy. At the age of eighteen, in 1858, he began the study of medicine with Dr. E. M. Bean, at Pleasanton, Athens County, pursuing his studies for seven years, and taught school during the greater portion of the time in these years, and it was at this time that he compelled himself to study eight hours every day, and this without neglecting in any wise his duties as a teacher. At the expiration of the seven years he entered the office of his preceptor and assisted in the general practice for three years, when he entered the Physio Medical College at Cincinnati, in 1868, from which he graduated in the spring of 1869. Immediately after this he settled at Guysville, Ohio, and practiced there until Jan- uary, 1881, when he came to Indianapolis and entered upon a practice which has continued uninterruptedly up to the present time, and has worked up a lucrative practice. He pays special attention to surgery, his tastes and inclinations leading him into this line of work. In 1872 Dr. Anthony was elected to fill the chair of anatomy and physiology in the Physio- Medical College at Cincinnati, which he accepted and filled until 1877. In 1879 be was elected to the chair of surgery in the Physio-Medical College at Indianapolis, which he still fills with great credit, and in 1881 he was elected president of the faculty, holding this posi- tion until February, 1893. The Doctor is a member of the Physio-Medical Society of Indianapolis, of the Indiana State Physio-Medical Society and of the American Association of Physio-Medical Physicians and Surgeons. He was the first president of the Indianapolis society and has been president of the State society. Dr. Anthony served in the One Hun- dred and Forty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the one hundred-days service enlisting in the month of May (first day) and was discharged in the following fall. His regiment was assigned to general duty in Virgiana, being on guard service. Dr. Anthony was married December 29, 1864, to Elvira Calvert, a native of Athens County, and a daughter of Amos and Margaret (Stephenson) Calvert, also natives of Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Anthony are the parents of one child, Elisha G. Anthony. The Doctor and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics the Doctor is a Prohibitionist, believing that the morals and the happiness of the people will best be advanced by the triumph of the prin- ciples of that party.
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