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dren. Henry, Jr., the first born, died April 8, 1900. Mary married George Sorg and is living in Pleasant township. . Joseph is in Toledo, Ohio. Lena is the wife of John Scherschal, of Milan township; Rosa died in 1897 ; Catherine married Walter McEwen and they lived in Fort Wayne. John and Anthony are residents of Fort Wayne, also. Elizabeth is the wife of Corey Kaymeyer. Clara died as the wife of Joe Middleton. Matilda married John Wayandt and they live on the home place with Mrs. Sack. Charley is also at home with the widowed mother and Jacob is living in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Sack is enriched by the possession of four- teen grandchildren. Mary has five children-named Andrew, Alice, Walter, Herman and Arthur. Joseph's children are Chester and Esther. Lena has Elmer, Florence, Francis and Walter. Catherine's three are Elsie, Robert and Esther, while Clara has a son and a daughter- Thomas and Agnes.
Henry Brooke Sale, vice-president and treasurer of the Hoffman Brothers Company, has a place among the prominent business men of Fort Wayne, where he has been established since 1909. Mr. Sale is a son of John W. and Ann Eliza (Hoffman) Sale, the former born in Warren county, Indiana, August 30, 1844, and the mother in Maryland on September 7, 1848. They were married in Fort Wayne, in 1871. and the father was for many years engaged in the lumber business, in which he enjoyed a very gratifying success. He was living retired, however, at the time of his death, in 1914-seven years after the passing of the mother. They were the parents of three children. Francis B. is a resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Jessamine is the wife of John H. Nixon. Henry Brooke, the oldest child, was born on August 1, 1873, and had his early schooling in Howe School, at Lima, Indiana. Later, when he was fitted for the pursuit of higher studies, he entered Purdue University. At the age of twenty years young Sale entered the business world in the employ of Hoffman Brothers. In 1897 he identified himself with the United Telephone Company at Bluffton and for a year and a half held the position of secretary of that company. At the end of that time he went to Indianapolis as superintendent of the then new long distance telephone company, remaining there until 1905. When he left he was vice president and general manager of the New Long Distance Telephone Company and Indianapolis Telephone Company, his advance with that concern having been marked by its rapidity. Mr. Sale was next identified in business as a member of the Sale-Blackledge-Nellis Com- pany, which he was instrumental in organizing, in 1906, for the manu- facture of catsup and other canned goods. This concern is still in busi- ness with factories at Effingham, Illinois, and Brazil, Indiana, and sales department in Indianapolis. In 1909 Mr. Sale returned to Fort Wayne to become secretary and treasurer of the Hoffman Brothers Company and on the death of A. E. Hoffman, in 1913, became vice president and treas- urer of the concern, which position he now fills. Mr. Sale married on March 24, 1898, Miss Charlotte Lowry, a native of Fort Wayne and daughter of Judge Robert Lowry. They are membes of the First Pres- byterian Church of Fort Wayne and Mr. Sale is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the University Club of Indianapolis, the Indianapolis Country Club, the Fort Wayne Country Club and the Fort Wayne Com- mercial Club. He is a man who manifests a wholesome interest in the civic advancement of his home community and may be depended upon to lend material aid in those movements calculated to enhance the civic welfare of the city.
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Charles Salomon .- Three generations of the Salomon family have been active in the industrial life of Washington township since the first of the name came from Germany and settled here, and a fourth gen- eration is growing up in the community today. Charles Salomon repre- sents the third generation and has taken a prominent place in the civic life of his community for some time. He was supervisor of his township for four years and is now serving as assistant superintendent of high- ways, and has been prominently identified with the work on the Lincoln Highway and the Lima Road. He is also identified with farm life in the township and is the owner of a farm of 127 acres, where he carries on general farming with much success. He is a son of Karl and Louise (Winkelmeier) Salomon and was born in Fort Wayne on July 4, 1875. His parents were native Germans and Karl Salomon was the son of Anthony and Christina (Giesking) Salomon. Anthony Salomon came to America in 1865, settling soon thereafter in Washington township, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was father of six children -Karl, Christine, Christ, Minnie, Lizzie and Marie, all living at this writing and heads of families in Allen county. Karl Salomon settled in Fort Wayne when he came to America and was for fifteen years engaged as a workman in the boiler shops of the Pennsylvania railroad before he came to Washington township, in 1883, and settled on a farm. He is still operating his place of 127 acres, in Section 15, and has one of the fine places in the township. He married on November 15, 1874, Miss Liz- zie Winkelmeier, and they were parents of four children-Charles, of this review, and three others who are deceased. Charles Salomon had his early education in Fort Wayne and moved to the farm home of his par- ents as a boy. He has since been identified with the life of the community in a manner creditable alike to himself and the township, and has dem- onstrated the high order of his citizenship in definite terms. He is a successful farmer and is accounted as one of the foremost men of the township today. On May 25, 1899, Mr. Salomon was married to Martha Rahdert, daughter of Fred Rahdert. Mr. and Mrs. Salomon have four children-Karl, Hilda, Emma and Velma. All are living at home and enjoying the advantages afforded by the schools of the township. Mr. Salomon is a Republican in politics and he and his family have member- ship in St. Paul's Lutheran church in Fort Wayne.
Christian Salomon .- It is both gratifying and significant to note that there is a goodly quota of the youth of Allen county who have here found in their mature years ample scope for successful endeavor and have no desire to abate their allegiance to and appreciation of the county. Such a one is Mr. Salomon, who owns and resides upon the fine old home- stead farm, in Washington township, which was the place on which he was reared and which is property of whose possession any man might well be proud. Mr. Salomon was born, May 10, 1856, in Westphalen, Germany, a son of Anthony and Christena (Eseking) Salomon, the family having immigrated to America, in 1871, and the home having been established on the farm now owned and occupied by the subject of this review. The original tract comprised one hundred acres, and to the same has been added thirty-three adjoining acres, and much of the land was reclaimed and improved by the honored father, who was effectively aided by the only son, Christian, of this sketch. As increasing prosperity justified such action, the best of improvements were gradually made on the homestead, and here the parents passed the remainder of their lives, earnest, kindly and industrious folk who commanded the high regard
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of all who knew them and both devout communicants of the German Lutheran church. The father's death occurred, September 25, 1884, and the loved wife and mother did not long survive him, as she too passed to the life eternal on February 23, 1886. Of the five children the eldest is he whose name introduces this article; Mrs. Christena Drier and Mrs. Minnie Gerding are still residents of Allen county, as is also Mrs. Louise Drier, whose home is in Fort Wayne; and Mary is the wife of Rev. Ed. E. Arendt, who is a Lutheran missionary residing in the city of Hong Kong, China. Christian Salomon acquired his early education in his native land and was a lad of about fifteen years when the family came to America and established a home in Allen county. He was reared to manhood on his present farm and the same has received his effective labors and management during the entire course of his youth and mature years, his marriage having been solemnized about one year prior to the death of his honored father and the entire control of the farm having been his since that time. In later years he has been severely afflicted with rheumatism and has passed the active management of the farm over to his sons, who are well upholding the honors of the family name as sterling young men and progressive farmers. The present commodious and attractive house on the farm was erected by the subject of this sketch, and he has made many other excellent improvements of perman- ent order, including the construction of fences and the installation of tile drainage. He has taken deep interest in community affairs, is a Demo- crat in politics and served four years as road superintendent, with characteristic efficiency. Both he and his wife are active members of the German Lutheran church in the city of Fort Wayne. October 25, 1883, recorded the marriage of Mr. Salomon to Miss Dorothea Bashelier, daughter of Louis and Dorothea (Mollet) Bashelier, who were born in Germany and were for many years residents of Allen county, where the father was a prosperous farmer of Washington township, his death hav- ing occurred, April 5, 1913, and his wife having passed away, May 5, 1890, the three surviving children being Mrs. Salomon, Frederick and Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Salomon have four children : Anna, the only daughter, is the wife of Henry S. Kramer, of St. Joseph township, this county : and Edward, Henry and Walter are associated in the manage- ment of the home farm.
Felix Schanz is a well known and popular business man of Fort Wayne, where he has maintained his home for nearly forty years and his ability and progressiveness have won to him a place as one of the leading exponents of modern photographic art in the United States. His photo- graphic studio, at 309-311 West Washington Boulevard, is one of the best appointed in the United States, with the most approved equipment in all departments and with numerous features that make it absolutely unique. The attractive and modern studio building was erected by Mr. Schanz in 1914 and was designed by him with special reference to meet- ing fully the demands of the best type of modern photography in all of its branches. The studio has gained national reputation among pho- tographers, and each year many prominent representatives of the pro- fession visit the establishment to survey its facilities and the splendid appointments. Provision is made for the best of accommodations for the making of photographs, with a department for sittings on each the first and the second floors, together with the most complete and attractive arrangements for the desired toilet changes demanded in securing the most effective results from different poses and with varying accessories.
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On the first floor it is possible to drive directly in with an automobile and to obtain pictures of the machine and its occupants. The equip- ment of the studio includes also the most modern facilities for the pro- duction of the moving-picture photography, and no similar establishment in the Union can claim a superior equipment for the producing of the highest grade of photographs, as well as the most attractive specimens of the lower-priced type when demanded. It is much to have given to Fort Wayne such a splendid center of art production as the Schanz studio, and the popular proprietor caters successfully to the most cul- tured tastes and aesthetic ideals of his extensive and representative clientele, the while he has the satisfaction of knowing that he has pro- vided his home city with a studio that is not excelled in even the leading metropolitan centers of the country. In connection with his business he has devoted time and thought to the study of an experimentation in photographic art in all of its phases, has not been content to follow the leadership of others and has discovered and devised many methods and accessories to advance the general effectiveness of photographic reproduction. He is both an expert and a connoisseur, both a practical business man and an appreciative patron of art. Few citizens of Fort Wayne are better known in the community and none can claim a circle of more loyal friends. Mr. Schanz was born in France on April 15, 1861, a son of C. and Catherine (Hauter) Schanz, both of whom are now deceased. The father was born in Alsace-Lorraine and his death occurred when the subject of this review was a child. Felix Schanz was reared in France until about five years of age, was educated in Germany, and was eighteen years of age when, in the autumn of 1879, he came to the United States. He landed in the port of the national metropolis and remained in New York city nearly three years, his attention being there given to electrical and photographic work. In the autumn of 1881 he came to Fort Wayne and here installed at the Centlivre brewery plant the first electric calling bell system thus placed in commission in this city. He continued his connection with this line of enterprise a short time and then became associated with the photographic business of F. R. Barrows, with whom he remained three years. For the ensuing three years he was connected with the Star photograph gallery and then opened a studio of his own, in rooms above the old Eckart meat market, on Calhoun street, the site now occupied by the Frank dry-goods store. Two and one-half years later he removed to better quarters, at 922 Calhoun street, and there remained twenty-six years, or until his removal to his present fine studio building, where, as he personally has stated, he feels specially gratified to note that the patronage which he enjoyed at the old stand has followed him to the new. Mr. Schanz is cosmopolitan in his tastes, genial and gracious in his personality, independent in his political pro- clivities, and a loyal and appreciative American citizen as a resdent of the city of his adoption. On the 15th of May, 1890, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Schanz to Miss Mary Schmoll, who was born and reared in Fort Wayne and whose father, Gottlieb Schmoll, was here in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for many years, his death having occurred in the year 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Schanz have three children : Dr. Robert Schanz is a member of the medical and surgi- cal staff of the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne; Paul is a traveling representative for an important optical house in Fort Wayne; and Elfreda has most graciously and successfully had charge of the reception
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room of her father's studio since 1913, with the result that she has become well known to the many patrons and has gained unqualified popularity in her native city.
Gottlieb E. C. Schaper, a representative of one of the old and honored German families of Allen county, was born in Adams township, this county, on December 19, 1864, and not only has the satisfaction of being at the present time the owner and operator of the fine old home- stead farm which was the place of his nativity, but also has the distinc- tion of being, in 1917, trustee of Adams township, an office in which he has given characteristically loyal and efficient service in the further- ance and maintenance of the civic and industrial interests of his home township and native county. Mr. Schaper is a son of Ernest and Mary (Broadtmeler) Schaper, both of whom were born in Germany. Ernest Schaper came to America about the year 1829 and he became one of the pioneer settlers of Allen county, Indiana, where he first located in Wayne township. Later he purchased a tract of wild land in Adams township, and there he reclaimed a productive farm, to the management of which he continued to devote his attention until his death. He was a sturdy and upright citizen who did well his part in the civic and industrial life of the community and he achieved success worthy of the name. He was sixty years of age at the time of his death and his name merits high place on the roll of the sterling pioneers of the county, his widow, now ven- erable in years, remaining with her son Gottlieb, in whose home she is accorded the deepest filial love and solicitude. She has been a life-long communicant of the German Lutheran church, as was also her husband, and he was a Democrat in his political allegiance. Of the three children the subject of this sketch is the youngest; Frederick is one of the sub- stantial farmers and valued citizens of Adams township; and Mary is the wife of Conrad Frosh, likewise one of the representative agricul- turists of that township. Reared to manhood under the benignant and invigorating influences of the home farm, Gottlieb E. C. Schaper likewise profited fully from the discipline which he received in the public schools of his native township. He has never wavered in his allegiance to the basic industries of agriculture and stock-growing and as owner of the old homestead farm he is one of the successful and progressive exponents of these important lines of enterprise in Allen county-a steadfast and loyal citizen who commands the respect and confidence of the community. As a stalwart supporter of the cause of the Democratic party he has been influential in public affairs in his township, and in 1914 he was elected trustee of Adams township, of which position lie is now the incumbent, his present term expiring in 1918. His finely improved farm is situated about three and one-half miles distant from Fort Wayne, and there he receives service on rural mail route No. 12. Both he and his wife are active members of the Lutheran church and their attractive home is known for its hospitality and good cheer. On April 23, 1893, was solem- nized the marriage of Mr. Schaper to Miss Dora Mueller, who likewise was born in Chicago township, a daughter of Rudolph and Berdina Mueller. At the parental home still remain the six children, namely : Irwin, Mar- tin, Gottlieb, Hilda, Edna and Elsie.
William H. Scheiman has been prominently concerned with govern- mental and general civic affairs in his native county and city, has held various positions of public trust, including that of county treasurer, and as an influential exponent of the real estate business has done much
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to further the civic and material advancement of Fort Wayne, where he is vice-president and general manager of the City & Suburban Com- pany, one of the leading real estate organizations of Allen county. Mr. Scheiman was born in Fort Wayne on the 10th of February, 1873, a son of Frederick and Sophia (Koester) Scheiman. Frederick Scheiman was born in Germany and came to America in 1840. He became one of the pioneers of Fort Wayne, where he established himself in the work of his trade, that of tailor, and long continued as one of the successful business men and highly honored citizens of this community, in which both he and his wife passed the closing years of their lives, both having been communicants of St. Paul's Lutheran church and his political alleg- iance having been given to the Democratic party. His wife's brother, Christian Koester, was prominently associated with the late William Paul in the development of lime quarries at Huntington and Wabash, the original representative of the Koester family in Allen county having come from Hanover, Germany, on a sailing vessel that required three months to make the voyage across the Atlantic. Of the children of Frederick Scheiman and wife, the eldest is Henry, who is now a resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and who is assistant treasurer of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company ; Frederick E. W. and Charles J. remain in Fort Wayne, and the latter is treasurer of the Packard Piano Company; Dora likewise resides in Fort Wayne; and William H., of this sketch, is the youngest of the number. William H. Scheiman acquired his early education in the local parochial schools of the German Lutheran church and his advancement in the business world has been won entirely through his own ability and efforts. After leaving school he obtained a position as office boy in the real estate offices of E. L. Craw and in each successive stage of progress has made the best possible use of the oppor- tunities that have been presented. He expanded his practical knowledge of business affairs and in his youth made good record for himself as bookkeeper for the wholesale grocery house of G. E. Bursley & Com- pany and as credit man in the hardware establishment of Pfeiffer & Schlatter. Thereafter he was for some time connected with a Fort Wayne lithographing enterprise and finally became assistant county treasurer, under the administration of Treasurer Rohan. Later he was assistant to the superintendent of the Indiana State School for the Feeble Minded, in Fort Wayne, and in 1906, as candidate on the Democratic ticket, was elected county treasurer. I His efficient administration led to his re- election at the expiration of his first term and he retired from this office at the close of his second term, in 1911. Mr. Scheiman is now giving the major part of his time and attention to the extensive and important real estate business controlled by the City & Suburban Company, of which he is vice-president and general manager, as previously noted. He is president of the Fort Wayne Real Estate Board at the time of this writ- ing, in 1917, is a director of the Fort Wayne Commercial Club, and is president of the Quest Club. In November, 1899, Mr. Scheiman wedded Miss Margaret Lang, whose death occurred in 1903 and who is survived by no children. On November 28, 1908, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Scheiman to Miss Ada Thomas, daughter of Enoch and Mary Thomas, of Fort Wayne. Mrs. Thomas, who is now deceased, was a member of one of the old and honored families of Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Scheiman have two children-William Thomas and Elsie Margaret.
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Charles J. Scheimann is emphatically to be designated as one of the representative figures in the industrial and commercial life of his native city of Fort Wayne, where through his own ability and well directed, endeavors he has risen from the stage of small beginnings to a plane of commanding influence in connection with a number of the largest and most important industries of the city. After leaving school Mr. Schei- mann became office boy in the employ of the Fort Wayne Organ Com- pany, which was then an important local institution controlled by Messrs. Gilbert E. Bursley and Stephen B. Bond. Later he was employed for some time in the company's factory, but after gaining practical knowl- edge of the details of manufacturing he returned to the office depart- ment, in which his experience and his executive ability came more effectively into play. He thus became closely associated with the de- velopment and upbuilding of the business and since 1897 has held the office of treasurer of the Packard Piano Company, which important manu- facturing concern of Fort Wayne is a direct outgrowth of the Fort Wayne Organ Company. Mr. Scheimann is a director not only of the Packard Piano Company but also of the Meyer Brothers Company, en- gaged in the wholesale and retail drug business; a director of the Na- tional Steel Castings Company, at Montpelier, Indiana; a director and one of the largest stockholders of the Vapor Stove Company, of Detroit, Michigan; secretary and a director of the Fort Wayne Freie Presse; and a director of the Ideal Automobile & Sales Company, of Fort Wayne. For the past nineteen years (1917) Mr. Scheimann has been a trustee of Concordia College, one of the noble educational institutions main- tained in Fort Wayne under the auspices of the Lutheran church, and he has the general supervision of the fiscal affairs of the college. The political allegiance of Mr. Scheimann is given to the Democratic party and he is known and honored as one of the liberal and progressive citi- zens of Allen county, as well as one of the most influential business men of Fort Wayne. Hs is an earnest communicant of St. Paul's Lutheran church; he was the first president of the Walther League, in the club house and schools of which he has shown the deepest and most liberal interest, and he is a valued member also of the Fort Wayne Commercial Club, the Country Club and the Quest Club, besides which he was for- merly president of the interesting Fort Wayne musical organization known as the Apollo Club. He has played a large part in the upbuilding of the extensive manufacturing and commercial business controlled by the Packard Piano Company, and in the interest of this splendid Fort Wayne institution has made two trips to Europe. Charles J. Scheimann was born in Fort Wayne on October 24, 1862, a son of Frederick and Sophia (Koester) Scheimann, the former of whom was born in Prussia and the latter in the Kingdom of Hanover, Germany. The father was a tailor by trade and after coming to the United States worked at this trade for some time in the cities of New York and Brooklyn. The family home was established in Fort Wayne very early in the '60s. He was a merchant tailor and here lived practically retired during the closing years of his honorable and useful life, having died in 1889, and his wife survived until 1906; both were devoted communicants of St. Paul's Lutheran church, the while his political views were shown in his staunch support of the cause of the Democratic party. Of the children, Henry F. resides in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he holds the office of assistant treasurer of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad; and Fred
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