SAMUEL LOWERY ADAIR, M. D. Undoubtedly the family name of Adair brings to mind very frequently in Clark County, Indiana, grateful memories of medical efficiency and scientific care, reaching back over a long interval, for the present worthy bearer of the name and professional title of Dr. Samuel L. Adair is the third here in direct descent, and, like his father and grandfather, is held in honor and affection. The Adair family was established in the United States in 1815, by his grandfather, whose name he bears. The first Dr. Samuel L. Adair was born in England, but was professionally educated at Cincinnati, Ohio, and from that city came to New Washington, Indiana, in 1830. Like his successors, he proved to be a man of true medical spirit, and through many years at New Washington spared not himself as he sought tirelessly and faithfully to prevent and cure humanity's ills. In those days the "bedside physician" was often a close, trusted friend, wise counsellor and spiritual comforter and adviser. The record of his worthy life was an inspiration to his son, who followed in his footsteps, and he, in turn, must have proudly watched his own son's heritage at work.

Dr. Samuel L.. Adair, of this review, was born at New Washington, Clark County, Indiana, September 18, 1880, and is a son of Dr. Samuel L. and Jane (Shrader) Adair. His grandfather, Dr. Samuel L. Adair, was born in England and came to the United States about 1815, graduating from the Cincinnati (Ohio) Medical College about the year 1820. During the following ten years he was engaged in active practice at Cincinnati, and in 1830 located at New Washington, where he spent the remaining years of his life.

Samuel L.. Adair II was born at New Washington, Indiana, and during the war between the states was represented by a substitute, as he felt he could be of greater service to his fellow-citizens' cause by following his profession than by bearing arms. From youth he had taken a keen interest in medical science, receiving his early education therein under the preceptorship of his father, and then attending the Hospital College of Medicine, of Louisville, Kentucky, from which he was graduated in 1875, having received his degree of Doctor of Medicine the previous year from the Kentucky School of Medicine. He was a man of great public spirit, and a leader of his calling at New Washington, where his death occurred. He married Jane Shrader, of Clark County, who was of German descent, and they became the parents of four children.

Samuel L. Adair, of this review, received his early education in the grade schools of Clark County, following which he enrolled as a student in the medical department of Kentucky University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine as a member of the class of 1904. At that time he returned to New Washington, where he was engaged successfully in practice until 1926, then locating at Jeffersonville, where he has since built up a large and lucrative practice in general medicine and surgery. Doctor Adair has established an unassailable standing as a thoroughly reliable and talented member of his calling, and his position in the esteem and confidence of his fellow-practitioners is evidenced by the fact that he was president of the Clark County Medical Society in 1927, and secretary of that organization in 1928. He also belongs to the Indiana State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and is a member of the staff of the Clark County Memorial Hospital. During the World war he was a member of the Medical Reserve Corps, but was not called upon for active service. He has splendidly-equipped offices at 453 1/2 Spring Street. Fraternally Doctor Adair belongs to the Masons, the Eagles, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Lions Club.

Doctor Adair married Miss Grace E. Thompson, of Hendricks County, Indiana, who died in December, 1928, and to this union there were born two children: Samuel L. IV the fourth of the same name in straight succession to adopt medicine as a profession, who is now a medical student at the University of Louisville, Kentucky; and Juanita G., who is also attending that well-known institution.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

JAMES ALBERT WOODBURN, emeritus professor of American History of Indiana University, is a well loved figure in the memories of all the students of the university during the past forty years. In addition to his influence and labors as a teacher there many important proofs of his scholarship both in writings and his activities in organizations for the preservation of the history of his native state and the Middle West.

From 1923 to 1931 Doctor Woodburn was president of the Indiana Historical Society and is now president emeritus. He is also president of the Indiana Council on Foreign Relations. Since 1887 he has been a member of the American Historical Association. He was one of the founders at New Orleans in 1903 of the American Political Science Association.

He was born at Bloomington, the seat of the Indiana University, November 30, 1856, son of James and Martha Jane (Hemphill) Woodburn. Doctor Woodburn took his A. B. degree at Indiana University in 1876, followed by the Master of Arts degree in 1885, and in 1929 the university bestowed upon him the well merited honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. He has had similar honorary degrees from other institutions of learning. His Doctor of Philosophy degree came from Johns Hopkins University in 1890.

Doctor Woodburn became professor of American history at Indiana University in 1890, and served actively until he retired in 1924. He is a member of numerous historical and literary organizations and is a Phi Beta Kappa of Johns Hopkins University. He married, November 30, 1893, Miss Caroline Louise Gelston, a graduate of the University of Michigan. Their children are James Gelston and Janet McMillan, (Mrs Ernst H. Wiecking.)

As a scholar and author Doctor Woodburn has contributed to many publications, including the Encyclopedia Americana, Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia of American Government, the American Year Book. He is author of Higher Education in Indiana, 1890; The American Republic and its Government, 1903; Political Parties and Party Problems in the United States, 1903, 1914, 1924. Scotch-Irish Presbyterians in Monroe County, Indiana, 1910; Life of Thaddeus Stevens, 1913. He was associated with T. F. Moran in writing a series of school text books on history and civil government, and he has also contributed his knowledge and skill as the editor of several well known publications.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

ELLIS RALPH HIMELICK is one of the leading members of the bar of Connersville, judicial center of Fayette County, has served on the bench of the Circuit Court of the Seventy- third Judicial Circuit has been influential in political affairs in this section of his native state, and is not only a representative legist and jurist but also a loyal and progressive citizen who commands high place in popular esteem in his home community.

Judge Himelick was born in Union County, Indiana, May 5, 1887, and is a son of John W. and Rachel (Dubois) Himelick, the former a native of Franklin County and the latter of Union County. John W. Himelick gained substantial prestige as one of the successful exponents of farm industry in Indiana, where he is still identified with this basic industry.

He and his wife now maintain their residence in Franklin County. He is a son of the late John and Mary (Davis) Himelick and his father was born in Preble County, Ohio. While still a resident of Union County he there gave six years of loyal service as county commissioner. The maternal grandparents of Judge Himelick were John K. and Elizabeth (Wilson) Dubois, natives of Franklin County, Indiana. John K. Dubois was a son of Smith Dubois, who was born in New Jersey and who became a pioneer settler in Franklin County, Indiana, where he established residence within the first decade (1800-1810) of the nineteenth century and where he reclaimed from the wilderness a productive farm, besides having been a pioneer in the operating of a grist mill in that section of the state.

The early education of Judge Himelick was acquired through the medium of the public schools of Franklin County, and the year 1907 marked his graduation in the high school. In advancing his education along academic lines he completed a course in the University of Indiana, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1911 and from which he received at that time the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In the law department of that university he was graduated in 1914, his admission to the bar having been virtually coincident with his reception of the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and March, 1914, having marked the establishing of his residence in the City of Connersville where he initiated the practice of his professions and where he has since maintained his home.

In the practice of law Judge Himelick here controls a substantial and important general practice, and his professional career has included his two terms of service as prosecuting attorney of Fayette County and one term of service as judge of the Circuit Court. He has had much of local leadership in the councils of the Republican party and was chairman of the Republican county committee of Fayette County during the period of 1914-20. Prior to engaging in the practice of law he had made a record of success as a teacher in the public schools at Roachdale, Putnam County. The Judge has membership in the Fayette County Bar Association and the Indiana State Bar Association, is a member of the Columbia Club in the City of Indianapolis, is a Knight Templar Mason and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, and is affiliated also with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Loyal Order of Moose.

September 5, 1912, recorded the marriage of Judge Himelick to Miss Faye Alice Hamilton, who was born and reared in Franklin County and who is a daughter of Harvey and Caroline (Sleet) Hamilton, the former of whom was born in Franklin County and the latter of whom was born in Harrison County, Ohio. John Harvey, only child of Judge and Mrs. Himelick, was born July 15, 1914, and is now (1929) a student in the high school in his home city.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

CHARLES ARTHUR HUNT is a Jeffersonville attorney. He was born in that city April 17, 1891. His father, Thomas Hunt, was a Jeffersonville business man and during the World war was with the Quartermaster's Depot at Jeffersonville. He was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky.

Charles Arthur Hunt attended the grade schools of Jeffersonville, was in the University of Indiana three years and in 1914 graduated in the classical department and the law school of the University of Louisville. Mr. Hunt began the practice of law in September, 1914, in the offices of Judge George C. Kopp, and remained with that well known lawyer and jurist until August 17, 1917.

At that time the quiet routine of a lawyer was interrupted by his entering the Second Officers Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis. He came out with a commission as lieutenant in the Aviation Corps and was assigned to the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Aero Squadron. He was overseas in active duty from January 23, 1918, to March 27, 1919, and received his honorable discharge June 13, 1919. Mr. Hunt returned to Jeffersonville and for the past ten years has divided his time among an interesting range of duties, including a large law practice, public service and continued participation in the military organization of the state and nation. From 1920 to 1925 he acted as probation officer of Clark County. He is a member of the Indiana State and American Bar Associations, and is secretary of the Clark County Bar Association. Mr. Hunt married Mayme Prinz, a sister of Henry Prinz, president of the Model Baking Company of New Albany.

Mr. Hunt was state vice commander of the Indiana American Legion in 1924-25, has served on the executive committee of that organization seven years, as a member of the state probation committee, and for the past three years has been district service officer. He organized and was the first commander of Lawrence Capehart Post No. 35 of the American Legion at Jeffersonville, was reelected for a second term, and he organized seven other posts in the Third District. By appointment of President Harding he was a member, 1922- 24, of the board of discipline and morale for the Seventh United States Army Corps District and in 1923-24 was a member of the United States rehabilitation committee for Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. Fraternally Mr. Hunt is a member of the B. P. O. Elks, the Masonic Lodge, Modern Woodmen of America, and belongs to the military society Forty and Eight.

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INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

JAMES BURDETTE LITTLE is a prominent Indianapolis attorney, a World war veteran, and represents an old and prominent family of Indiana. His great-grandfather, John Little, came to Indianapolis with his brother, Ingram Little, and built the first hotel in the Capital city, at what is now the corner of New Jersey Street and Washington Street.

James Burdette Little was born at Cicero, Indiana, April 8, 1875, son of James M. and Martha H. (Neal) Little, natives of Hamilton County, Indiana, and grandson of John and Mary (McKune) Little. John Little was born in Pennsylvania and his wife at Maysville, Kentucky. Martha H. Neal was a daughter of William H. and Hannah (Rollings) Neal, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Ohio. William H. Neal was a descendant of Micajah Little, a soldier in the Revolution. William H. Neal was captain of Company B, thirty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and James M. Little was also enrolled for service as a soldier in the same Company during the Civil war.

James Burdette Little lived in Hamilton County until he was sixteen years of age and then in Putnam County. He attended school at Cicero, graduated Bachelor of Philosophy in 1899 from DePauw University, and for two years after graduating was engaged in work as a civil engineer. He then entered the Indiana Law School, at Indianapolis, and took his LL. B. degree in 1903, since which year he has been engaged in a general law practice at Indianapolis.

He attended the Second Citizens Military Training Camp, at Fort Benjamin Harrison, from August to November, 1917, while there being a member of the Thirteenth Company of Infantry, and in November, 1917, was commissioned an officer and assigned to the Three Hundred Fifty-fifth Division. He was with the American Expeditionary Forces from June, 1918, to January, 1919, and participated in the St. Mihiel Drive, wherein he was injured in action. Mr. Little is a member of the Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations, is a Delta Epsilon, member of Pentalpha Lodge No. 564, A. F. and A. M., Keystone Chapter No.6, Royal Arch Masons, Raper Commandery No.1, Knights Templar, Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine, is a member of the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, of which he is a grand tribune, and Royal Prince in the Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan. He also belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America, the Forty and Eight Society, and the American Legion, the Century Club, is a Republican and a Methodist.

Mr. Little married, December 11, 1901, Miss Carrie A. Dewey, who was born at Strawtown, Hamilton County, Indiana, daughter of Nathaniel B. and Mary Frances (Ritchey) Dewey. They have one son, John Burdette, born March 9, 1904, who is a graduate of. DePauw University, 1925, and Indiana Law School at Indianapolis, 1930, and now associated with his father in practice, with offices in the Fidelity Trust Building. Prior to the completion of his law course, the son served three years as a special investigator in the Department of Justice.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

HON. JOHN MARSHALL, former circuit judge of Howard County, isa native of Indiana, and since 1912 has enjoyed an enviable place at the bar of Kokomo. Judge Marshall, also a World war veteran, was born in Cass County, July 8, 1888. His father, James Humphrey Marshall, was born at Lewisburg, Indiana, November 7, 1853, while his mother, Elizabeth (Campbell) Marshall, was born in Cass County, November 7, 1852. All the children except Judge Marshall still reside in Cass County: Thomas, who was born February 19, 1886, Frances, born July 12, 1881, wife of A. O. DeHaven; and Ruby, born March 16, 1894, wife of Charles Zollman.

John Marshall graduated from the high school at Galveston, Indiana, in 1907. Among other experiences of his early manhood he devoted two years to teaching in Cass County, teaching in one of the schools of Jackson Township. In 1912 he received his degree in law at the Indiana University and in the same year established himself for practice at Kokomo.

Judge Marshall had to his credit six years of special work as an attorney when he responded to the call to the colors, enlisting in the Three Hundred Twenty-fifth Field Artillery, and was also for a time with the Eighty-fourth Infantry Regiment. He honorably discharged in 1919 and for six months of that time was on the front line in France.

Judge Marshall has made some interesting researches as to Indiana’s participation in and contributions to America's part in the World war. Some of his findings, which have not received all the publicity they deserve, will astonish Indianans as well as people of other states. Indiana, states Judge Marshall after a search of the records, had a greater number of men under arms than any other state in the Union per population, also the greatest number of volunteers per population. The first shot fired by an American was fired by an Indiana man, a gunner sergeant from South Bend. The first American soldier to lose his life was a man name Gresham, of Indiana. A great many Indiana people of course know that General Bundy, the commander of the Fifth and Sixth Marines, whose brilliant exploits in repulsing the Germans at Chateau-Thierry marked the turning point of the war in favor of the allies, was an Indiana man. After the signing of the armistice General Pershing, when asked to name the greatest individual hero of the war, selected Sergeant Woodfills, an Indiana man.

Judge Marshall in the fall of 1922 was elected Judge of the Circuit Court and during the following six years gave his full time to the performance of his duties on the bench. Since the close of his term, on December 31, 1928, he has resumed the general practice of law at Kokomo. Judge Marshall is a Democrat, he is a member of the Howard County, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. He attends the Methodist Church, is a member of the American Legion and the Izaak Walton League. He has a hobby for fishing and hunting, and is also an enthusiastic amateur musician. While overseas during the World war he played in a regimental band made up of forty-two volunteer musicians.

Judge Marshall married, June 24, 1923, Miss Nina Lindley, of Crawfordsville, Indiana, daughter of Owen and Emily (Adeloete) Lindley. Her parents were born in Orange County, Indiana. Judge and Mrs. Marshall have two children: James Lindley, born January 26, 1926, and Emily, born May 5, 1927.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

HON. JAMES E. WATSON has given most of his adult life to the public service, and almost continuously for thirty-five years has represented Indiana in Congress, either as a representative or as a senator.

Senator Watson was born at Winchester, Indiana, November 2, 1864, son of Enos L. Watson. He grew up in Randolph County, graduated from the Winchester High School in 1881 and has long been an honored alumnus of DePauw University. He took his A. B. degree there in 1886, and in 1906 received the honorary Master of Arts degree. His father was a prominent Indiana attorney and Senator Watson after his admission to the Indiana bar in 1887 became associated with his father. Since 1893 his home has been at Rushville.

He was first elected to Congress in 1894, to represent the Sixth Indiana District in the Fifty-fourth Congress. In 1898 he was again elected, serving consecutively through the Fifty-sixth to the Sixtieth Congresses, inclusive until 1909. In 1908 he was the Republican nominee for governor of Indiana. In 1916 Mr. Watson was elected United States senator for the unexpired term of Benjamin F. Shively. This term expired in 1921. In 1920 he was reelected and again in 1926, his present term expiring in March, 1933.

Senator Watson has undoubtedly been one of the most powerful men in the Senate in recent years. He is chairman of the Senate committee on interstate commerce. He was chairman of the committee on resolutions in the Republican national convention of 1920, and was a delegate to the national conventions of 1912 and 1924.

Senator Watson married, December 12, 1892, Miss Flora Miller. Their children are Edwin C., James E., Catherine and Joseph C.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

CYRUS C. CRABBS was born on an Ohio farm, January 11, 1844, and died March 22, 1900. He was an inventor and manufacturer, and a man of very fine business capacity. His father was an Ohio farmer and later in the hardware business at Delphos.

Cyrus C. Crabbs after completing his education joined his father in the hardware business. He possessed an inventive turn of mind, was constantly experimenting with mechanical appliances, and he made and perfected what was known as Crabbs Patent Fence. Later he moved his home to Philadelphia, and acted as sales manager for the company manufacturing his patent fences. He sold his patent rights extensively and was living in Philadelphia when he died. He is buried there.

After his death his wife and family came to Indianapolis, where they still reside. Mr. Crabbs married, November 1, 1880, Miss Lucy Buck, daughter of Charles and Louise (Durfee) Buck. Her father was born in New York State and became a prominent railroad man, being for years a roadmaster with the Wabash Railway. Later he moved to Davenport, Iowa, where Mrs. Crabbs was born. Mrs. Crabbs was one of six children, the others being George H., Mary, Ed, Adah and Charles. Mrs. Crabbs' parents are buried at Fort Wayne. The late Mr. Crabbs was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Presbyterian Church.

Mrs. Crabbs resides at 437 DeQuincy Street in Indianapolis. She is the mother of three children, Ethel, Clarence and Raymond. Ethel was educated in Philadelphia and is now with the Indianapolis Trust Company. Both of the sons finished their education at Indianapolis. Clarence was in the One Hundred and Thirty- ninth Field Artillery during the World war, receiving training at Fort Harrison and in the camp at Shelbyville, Mississippi, and went to France with the Thirty-eighth Cyclone Division. He was at Brest when the armistice was signed and then returned to Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and was mustered out at Fort Harrison, Indianapolis. After the war he was in the employ of the Standard Oil Company and is now with a firm of tax attorneys in Indianapolis. He married, March 22, 1919, Etta Rowland. Raymond Crabbs is connected with the Indianapolis Power & Light Company.

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INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

JAMES FREEMAN GILBERT, manager of the Ripley County Limestone Quarries, is a man of sound business judgment, and a veteran of the World war. He comes of one of the old and honored families of Kentucky, and through his mother, whose maiden name was Aileen Cavanaugh, he is descended from Virginia stock, the Cavanaughs having been established in the Virginia colony at a very early date, and participated as officers in the American Revolution. The birth of James Freeman Gilbert occurred at Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, in 1892, and he is a son of J. W. Gilbert, a prominent citizen of that city.

After the usual preliminary preparation James Freeman Gilbert entered the University of Kentucky, Lexington, and was graduated therefrom in 1913. For the succeeding five years he was engaged in school-teaching, after which he spent some time with the Kentucky Highway Department, but after four years resigned to become general manager of his present company, in 1922, which position he is still holding. He is also president of the Osgood Water Company, and for two years was president of the Commercial Club of Osgood. In political faith he is a Democrat, but no office seeker. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows holds his membership. For years he has been a consistent member of the Christian Church. During the World war he was in training at Camp Taylor, but the declaration of the armistice prevented his seeing any active service.

The Ripley County Limestone Quarries was organized in 1904, by C. W. Cox, who a year later sold his interests to Ripley Brothers, of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, and in 1928 Mr. Gilbert purchased the property from the latter. The company ships limestone curbing, its specialty, to Detroit, Michigan, Indianapolis, Indiana, Louisville, Kentucky, Saint Louis, Missouri, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Vincennes and Terre Haute, Indiana, Parkersburg and Charleston, West Virginia, and other points. The quarry is of sufficient size to last at the present output for at least fifty years. Of the over 1,000,000 cubic feet already sold none has been rejected. No explosives are used, the quarrying being done with modern machinery, and the finishing is done by hand, which accounts for the fact that there are no invisible cracks in the finished product. The crushing weight of this stone is 16,634 pounds, and in the test made at Purdue University it has been proved that it is of superior quality of natural stratified limestone. It has a specific gravity of 2.7; its very low water absorption percentage, practically one-sixth of the average, means less strain from freezing and thawing - therefore unusual resistance to extremely low temperatures.

There is no delay or expense due to rejection and necessary substitutes when Ripley County Stratified Limestone is used. Due to their methods of quarrying and finishing every piece is sound, properly proportioned, and has no cracks or breaks to show up when subjected to the water test. The percentage of loss under the Daval abrasion test, as applied at Purdue University, is considerably below the average, demonstrating conclusively that it will wear longer. The French coefficient of ten compares favorably with the average. In the Ripley County Quarries the stone lies horizontal, very solid and free of dirt seams. The ledges are drilled and broken out in their natural state by wedging - with no explosives whatever - and sent to the yard, where all finishing and dressing is done by hand, with the grain. The skill of the experienced workmen here employed, the absence of strain from use of explosives, and the careful inspection standards, insure perfect soundness and freedom from invisible cracks.

The quarrying of Ripley County Stratified Limestone was begun about sixty years ago. Consequently there is always available in the locality skilled labor with a lifetime of experience. The men who head the company have been in the stone business twenty-five years. In addition to the curbing, the company is prepared to furnish dimension, building, paving and flagging stone, rough and dressed rubble, riprap, crushed stone and agricultural limestone, rapidly and at fair prices.

During the time that Mr. Gilbert has been at Osgood he has thoroughly identified himself with the locality, and the breadth of his sympathies, as well as his wholesome character, give him a firm grasp of the large essentials of human progress and identify him with all that is taking place both at Osgood and in Ripley County.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

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