Judge Carlin was graduated from the Tri- State College at Angola with the A. B. degree in 1888, and Hillsdale College, of Hillsdale, Michigan, bestowed upon him the master of Arts degree in 1892. He was admitted to the bar in 1897, and for thirty years performed the varied duties connected with a general law practice. He has occupied the bench as judge of the Thirty-fifth Judicial District of Indiana since March 8, 1927.
Judge Carlin was for many years active in state politics as a Republican and was a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1920. Not all of his interests are in law and politics. He has been a popular speaker before societies, clubs and other organizations throughout the central states, and the range of his thought and investigation is revealed in some of the more popular of his addresses: The Book Eternal, Indiana, Sunrise and The Faith of Our Mothers.
Judge Carlin is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega college fraternity, the Masonic Order, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Loyal Order of Moose. He belongs to the Christian Church and for thirty-eight years taught the college Sunday School class. He married, October 1, 1911, Gertrude Hauver.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 4
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
HON. JOHN L. RUPE. Acknowledged to be one of the leading members of the bar of Wayne County, and a lawyer of great learning and varied experience, Hon. John L. Rupe has not only built up a very valuable private practice, but has served the City of Richmond and County of Wayne in different capacities. He was born at Economy, Wayne County, Indiana, October 27, 1847, a son of Henry B. and Jane M. (Hervey) Rupe, natives of Tennessee and New York, respectively. The paternal grandfather, George Rupe, was born in Virginia, from whence he moved to Tennessee and thence to Wayne County, arriving here in 1820, and in this section Henry B. Rupe was reared and learned the trade of a hatter, which he followed for some years, but subsequently became a preacher of the Baptist faith. In 1861 he was elected treasurer of Wayne County, and faithfully discharged the duties of that office for four and one-half years. The death of this good man and excellent citizen occurred in 1908. The mother passed away about 1902.
Until he was fifteen years old John L. Rupe's educational opportunities were limited to those afforded by the country schools, and then, in spite of his youth, he entered the county treasurer's office under his father's administration, and learned through contact with men of affairs perhaps more than he would have done had he been attending school. After the expiration of his father's term of office he worked for other county officials, and developed an ambition to become a lawyer. Consequently he entered the office of Jacob B. Julian, of Centerville, Indiana, and after two years of intensive study, was able to pass the bar examinations. After his admission to the bar he was engaged in a private practice at Centerville until he was elected district attorney for Wayne, Union, Fayette and Franklin counties, in March, 1872, at which time he moved to Richmond. In 1889 he became solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad, his territory extending over ten counties at first, but now, for he still holds this important office, the business has so multiplied that it comprises but four. From 1883 to 1885, inclusive, he was mayor of Richmond; and during Governor Durbin's administration he was a member of the prison reform board. With Judge Fox he presided over the Circuit Court of his district, and made a record on the bench that stands as a memorial to his good judgment, his wisdom and his profound knowledge of the law. Judge Rupe has been president of Reid Memorial Hospital, of Emmons Cemetery, the Masonic Building and Wayne County Tuberculosis Association, and has always displayed great interest in public affairs. For many years he has been a stockholder, director and general counselor of the First National Bank of Richmond, and was its vice president for twenty-five years. For seven years he was a director of the Dickinson Trust Company, of which he is one of the original stockholders. For over thirty years he has been the general counsel of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends, and for their several organized boards and bodies including Earlham College. In addition to his connection with the Pennsylvania Railroad he has served as attorney for the Lake Erie & Western Railroad and the Big Four Railroad. For twenty-five years he was attorney of Wayne County, and for eight years he was city attorney, in every office that he has held giving of the best of himself, and raising the standard of service most appreciably.
In 1867 Judge Rupe married Miss Lucy Schlagle, born in Wayne County, at daughter of Fredolin and Sarah Schlagle, natives of Germany and New Jersey, respectively. The first Mrs. Rupe died, leaving no issue. In 1885 Judge Rupe married Miss Emma Strattan, born at Mount Holly, New Jersey, and she also died without issue. On February 6, 1924, Judge Rupe married Mrs. Nellie B. Lamb, widow of Frank Lamb, and mother of Walker Lamb, of Richmond, Indiana; and Horatio Lamb, also of Richmond.
To Judge Rupe has been accorded the distinction of election to the thirty-third degree in Masonry. He has served in almost every office in the order; for six years was eminent commander of the Grand Commandery of Indiana, and he has held all of the offices in the Grand Commandery with the exception of that of junior warden. In addition to all of these honors in Masonry Judge Rupe is a member of the Odd Fellows and the B. P. O. Elks.
Although then but seventeen years old, in l864, Judge Rupe enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and saw four months' service during the war betweeen the states. By virtue of that service he was eligible to membership in and has long belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic. Professionally he belongs to the county, state and American bar associations, is a charter member of the state organization, and was vice president and president of the Indiana Bar Association. His beautiful home, South Sixteenth and B streets, is one of the show places of Richmond, and there he is enjoying life, without relaxing his hold upon his many activities, both professional and civic.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 4
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
SIMON TITUS POWELL was a native of Eastern Indiana and lived for many years at Newcastle, where he is remembered as a banker, financier, property owner, and it man of wisely directed influence in public affairs.
He was born at Cambridge City, Wayne County, Indiana, August 21, 1821, son of John and Margaret (Huff) Powell. His parents came to Indiana from Kentucky, settling in Wayne County in 1816, the year that Indiana was admitted to the Union. In 1826 the family moved to Illinois, settling near Danville, and Simon Titus Powell received some of his first schooling at Danville and at Champaign. He attended St. Gabriel's College at Vincennes, Indiana. His early career was school work, and he taught in Cambridge City until 1841, then became a teacher in the old seminary at Newcastle and had charge of the seminary for three years. He left school work to become deputy clerk of Henry County and in 1850 was elected county clerk, an office he held for thirteen years. Having lost the use of his left leg, he was physically incapacitated for duty as a soldier in the Civil war, but gave his influence and in many ways supported the Government and helped in local patriotic campaigns.
When, in January, 1865, the First National Bank of Newcastle was organized, Mr. Powell became one of its original stockholders and one of the first directors. For several years he was vice president of the bank. He sold his stock in this bank in 1877 and was then made president of the Bundy National Bank. Mr. Powell after retiring from active business life gave his attention to his investments, represented in a thousand acres of farming land in Henry County and in various parcels of city property. He was eighty years of age when he passed away on October 5, 1901.
Mr. Powell for years had been a prominent worker in the Republican party of Indiana. He was a delegate to the Republican national convention at Chicago in 1868, was also a delegate to the convention at Philadelphia in 1876 and at Chicago in 1880. In the latter convention he was one of the 306 who voted to secure the nomination for Grant for a third term. On December 14, 1872, President Grant appointed him supervisor of internal revenue for the districts of Ohio and Indiana, with headquarters at Indianapolis, and he filled this office for five years.
On October 4, 1883, Mr. Powell married Miss Malvina Conway. Mrs. Powell, who survives him and resides at 538 South Main Street, Newcastle, was born near Hagerstown, Indiana, daughter of William and Eliza (Robertson) Conway. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. By a former marriage Mr. Powell had four children: Henry L., Orlistes W., Catherine (Mrs. William H. Elliott) and Elizabeth.
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INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 4
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
HARRY F. DALBY was a native of Richmond, Indiana, and spent all his life in that community. His family and family connections are well known and honored people of Wayne County, where they have lived since pioneer times.
Mr. Dalby was born at Richmond in 1866, son of Edwin F. and Martha J. (Druley) Dalby, both of whom were born in Wayne County. The grandfathers, William Dalby and Dennis Druley, were early settlers of Wayne County. Edwin F. Dalby was a furniture dealer and later followed the profession of photography. He died in 1913.
Harry F. Dalby attended public schools in Richmond, and for many years was an expert mechanic. He was with Gaar, Scott & Company, and later with the Natco Company of Richmond. He died July 2, 1925. Mr. Dalby was a Republican in politics and a Knight Templar Mason.
He married in 1893 Miss Elizabeth Webster, who was born at Richmond, daughter of Dr. William R. and Alice (Shute) Webster. Her father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother in Wayne County, Indiana. Dr. William R. Webster was a dentist, practiced at Waynesville and later at Richmond, where he was an early representative of his profession and where he lived until his death in 1881. Mrs. Dalby attended public schools in Richmond. She has for a number of years been prominent in club work. She is a charter member of the Richmond Woman's Club and is sixth district chairman of the Indiana Federation of Clubs. She is a former treasurer of the Aftermath Club, former treasurer of the Day Nursery Club, a past worthy matron of the Eastern Star Chapter, and is a member of the North A Street Friends Church.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 4
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
CLAY A. PHILLIPS, World war veteran, now a captain in the Officers Reserve Corps, has practiced law at Terre Haute since the war and has been a leader in civic affairs and in the Republican politics of that city.
Captain Phillips was born at Coatsville, Hendricks County, Indiana, July 4, 1890. His grandfather, John Allen Phillips, was a native of North Carolina, and on coming to Indiana settled on a farm in Hendricks County. He was a Union soldier in the Civil war with the One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Infantry. Captain Phillips' father, Henry H. Phillips, was born on a farm in Hendricks County, and farming was his vocation until he retired. He lives at Greencastle. Henry H. Phillips married Lena Marker, a native of Hendricks County. Her father was farmer and miller and came to Indiana from Virginia.
Clay A. Phillips graduated from the Amo High School and worked his way through college. He took his A. B. degree at Indiana University in 1913 and won his letter in track athletics. After graduating he was principal and in charge of athletics in the Amo High School. While teaching he studied law at Danville, Indiana, was admitted to practice in Hendricks County in 1915. Subsequently he studied law in the Indiana University School of Law and continued his law studies while private secretary to Congressman Everett Sanders, attending classes in the George Washington University.
Soon after war was declared on Germany he was commissioned as a first lieutenant, aviation section of the Signal Officers Reserve Corps, was sent to Kelly Field at San Antonio, Texas, and became commanding officer of the Eighty-second Aero Squadron. He took this squadron overseas November 22, 1917, and for five months was engaged in the building of hangars and flying fields at Issoudun, France. He was then transferred from Issoudun to Romorantin, where for fourteen months he was assigned duty as judge advocate. In October, 1918, he was promoted to the rank of captain in the air service. Returning home July 5, 1919, he received his honorable discharge on July 26 of the same year. He is now captain in the judge advocate general's department, Officers Reserve Corps.
Captain Phillips has been steadily engaged in a general law practice at Terre Haute since September, 1919. He was assistant city attorney from January 1, 1926, to January 1, 1930, and appointed as Vigo County attorney during 1930 and 1931. He is a worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church and Sunday School, is a member of the Vigo County and Indiana State Bar Associations, and is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and is a past monarch of Kerman Grotto, M. O. V. P. E. R. His chief interest outside of his law practice has been in the American Legion's program of welfare work. He is a past commander of Fort Harrison Post No. 40 of the American Legion, is a past commander of the Fifth District, in 1926 was vice commander of the Indiana Department of the American Legion, and in 1929 became Americanization officer of the Indiana Department.
Captain Phillips married, April 15, 1922, at Indianapolis, Miss Agnes Lakin. She was born at Coatsville, Indiana, is a graduate of DePauw University and was a teacher in the Amo High School. Her parents are Otto and Maude (McAninch) Lakin, her father a Greencastle undertaker. Mrs. Phillips is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the American Legion Auxiliary. They have two sons, William Allen and Richard Lakin.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 4
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
HON. STANLEY M. KRIEG. One of the best instances Southern Indiana affords of the self- made man is Hon. Stanley M. Krieg, prosecuting attorney of the Fifty-seventh Judicial District, which is comprised of Pike and Dubois counties. He is a man of great professional ability, forceful character and unquestioned courage, and that these qualities are appreciated by his fellow citizens is shown in the fact that he has been elected to his present high office five times, but not consecutively.
Judge Krieg was born in Pike County, Indiana, July 16, 1872., a son of Michael Krieg, a native of Germany, who upon coming to the United States, in 1850, located in Pike County, and here he continued a farmer during all of his active life. He died in 1905, aged seventy- three years. His wife was Barbara Ropp, also a native of Germany, who was brought to the United States by her parents when she was six years old. She died in 1920, having borne her husband twelve children, one of whom died in infancy, and of them all Judge Krieg was the ninth in order of birth.
Growing up on his father's farm in Pike County Judge Krieg attended the district schools and later the neighboring high school, and as soon as he could secure the necessary certificate he began teaching school to earn the money with which to pursue his own studies still further. After six years in the schoolroom he entered the Danville, Indiana, Normal School, and was graduated from that institution, in 1898, in science and law. Immediately thereafter he established himself in professional practice at Petersburg, and built up a large practice and wide acquaintance. In 1914 he was elected to his present office, reelected in 1916, 1918 and 1920, and once more in 1928, his present term being his fifth. The record he has made in the office of prosecuting attorney is an admirable one, and will stand for all time to his credit as a lawyer and good citizen.
On November 27, 1904, Judge Krieg was married to Miss Effie Thislow, a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Burton) Thislow. There are no children. Judge Krieg is a thirty-second degree Mason, Scottish Rite, and he be longs to the Shrine, the Knights of Pythias and Improved Order of Red Men. He is a Democrat, and one of the leaders in his party in the Fifty-seventh District. The Presbyterian Church holds his membership. Always active in the Pike County Bar Association, he is now its president. During the World war Judge Krieg was chairman of the Selective Draft Board of Pike County, and participated with enthusiasm in all of the drives for every war purpose.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 4
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
JOSEPH E. HENNINGS. The City of Anderson was for nearly forty years the home of Joseph E. Hennings, and to that community he gave his best in vital work, in influence, in countless activities for which he is remembered and his name cherished among the city's elect. Both the older and more youthful generations of business men and citizens have many interesting memories to fix his name and place in the community, and it is from some of these memories, recalled at the time of his death in July, 1929, that the following brief sketch is written:
He was born in New York City, May 10, 1865, and was only slightly past the full tide of his powers when death came to him at the age of sixty-four. His parents were Samuel and Augusta (Davis) Hennings. He was left an orphan when seven years of age, and from time he knew the satisfaction as well as the bitterness of striving without assistance to win a place for himself in the world of men. His education was a matter of achievement, not merely something thrust upon him by schools and teachers. He learned the art of living by daily practice in frequently uncongenial circumstances, and undoubtedly he endured many hardships which he never mentioned in his recollections of his early life. He became a resident of Indiana in 1880, first locating at Kokomo, and while working there during the day he attended night school. It was in 1890 that he moved to Anderson, and for nearly forty years was best known as a genial landlord in that city. In hotel circles he became widely known all over the state, and there were thousands of travelers who knew him familiarly and with a marked degree of respect and affection simply as "Joe." On coming to Anderson he bought; a hotel on North Meridian Street and later became proprietor of the Grand Hotel, and it is with that institution that his name and face are most familiarly associated among the older generation of the traveling public. He showed real business talent as a hotel man, and he always appreciated the great honor bestowed upon him by the Hotelkeepers Association of Indiana in electing him president of the association. He held that office from 1900 to 1905.
He had other business interests, having organized the Prudential Loan Company, of which he was president, and also the Anderson Poster-Advertising Company.
Probably no one was more frequently called upon to take active responsibilities of leadership in movements for securing some substantial civic, philanthropic or commercial advantage to the city. In 1912 he was elected president of the Anderson Chamber of Commerce, and held that office three years and had been its secretary one year. He became president at a time when industrial conditions were in a period of depression but his watch word was "forward and progress," and he showed the community that the best way to overcome depression is by going ahead on a bigger scale than ever. A number of important industries were secured to the city under his leadership, including the Hayes Wheel Company. One of the most noteworthy organizations of the kind ever instituted in Indiana was promoted by him in 1913. This was the "Made in Anderson" exhibit, which was given a large measure of publicity in all the newspapers of the state and attracted thousands of visitors to the city. The central feature of the exhibit was models or full productive processes of all the local manufacturers and industries of the city, concentrated under one huge tent. Great ceremony attended the opening, when Governor Ralston pressed a button which set all the machinery in motion. Among other notable visitors was James Whitcomb Riley, who attended on the day set apart as Riley Day.
In this enterprise and every other undertaking in which he was engaged Mr. Hennings showed his qualities as an incorrigible optimist. He always looked on the bright side of things, enjoyed wit and humor, and it was not enough for him to extend the right hand of fellowship but in extending he also showed a humanitarianism and a practical helpfulness that encouraged and did good to many who were on the struggling side of life. Probably Anderson never had a leader more gifted in raising funds for public undertakings than Joe Hennings. He was chairman of the finance committee that raised the funds and made possible a great celebration in 1903, when the G. A. R. reunion was held at Anderson. He also headed the committee which raised $5000 for the Boy Scout movement at Anderson and was chairman of the campaigns to give proper setting to the State Convention of Elks in 1917 arid the Firemen's State Convention of 1919. All of this skill and experience were utilized to the advantage of the Federal Government in the patriotic program at the World war period. He was the head of the sales committee which in one week's time sold $107,000 worth of War Savings Stamps, Anderson's full quota. Mr. Hennings in 1918 became a member of the board of trustees of the Indiana Reformatory, and served several terms on that board, until 1928, and was its treasurer. This institution was perhaps his chief hobby. As an orphan boy who had grown up among strangers and at times must have felt that every man's hand was against him, he realized the temptations and trials of boys thrown on their own resources, and it was his chief purpose to bring to the management of the state reformatory a sympathetic understanding as well as the sterner measures of reform and justice.
Mr. Hennings was an honorary life member of Anderson Lodge No. 209, B. P. O. Elks, was a Mason, member of the Rotary Club. He was at one time president of the Jewish Society of Anderson. For his success in life he always gave a generous share to the aid and counsel of his wife. Mrs. Hennings, who with her only daughter survives him and resides in a pleasant home at 1222 Central Avenue in Anderson, was before her marriage Miss Josephine Morey. She was born at Wellsville in Lenawee County, Michigan, daughter of Maximillian and Anatalee (Gotto) Morey. Her father was born in the town of Pietrebois in the Province of Brabant in Belgium in 1833, learned the trade of miller and in 1868 came to the United States, accompanied by his wife. His wife was born at Brussels, Belgium, and two of her brothers, Ely and Joseph Gotto, also came to America, both settling at Green Bay, Wisconsin. Maximillian Morey after coming to America lived out his life on a farm near Wellsville, Michigan, where he died July 11, 1899. His widow passed away in Blissfield, Michigan, 1918, at the age of seventy-five. Mrs. Hennings was one of a family of eight children, the others being Mary, Maximillian, Miles, Ella, Pauline, Frank and John.
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INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 4
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
HALL NELSON. The monotonous following of a single line of endeavor has never been a part of the career of Hall Nelson, sheriff of Pike County. Even as a lad on his father's farm he was adventurous and restless, and this led to his enlistment in the United States army and a consequent series of experiences while serving with his command at Nome, Alaska. Upon his return farming and mining engaged his activities, and in 1928 he was elected sheriff of Pike County, a position for which he is singularly well fitted by reason of his determination, courage and fidelity, as well as by the broadening experiences through which he has passed.
Sheriff Nelson was born April 20, 1885, on a farm in Pike County, Indiana, and is a son of James and Eliza Jane (Stevens) Nelson. His father, who was born in Marion County, Kentucky, was three years of age when brought by his parents to Indiana, where he was educated in the common schools and upon attaining his majority engaged in farming and stock raising in Pike County, which he followed with success until the close of an honorable career, his death occurring in 1921. He was a man who was held in high respect as a citizen and business man, and public- spiritedly supported all worthy movements in his community. He married Eliza Jane Stevens, who was born in Pike County, where her parents had come from their native Kentucky, and she still survives her husband. There were six children in the family: Irene, Hall, Agnes, William, Cecil and Esther.
Hall Nelson attended the public schools of Pike County, following which he became associated with his father in the work of the home farm. At the age of twenty-one years he left the parental roof and enlisted in the United States Regular Army, being assigned to the Tenth Infantry and subsequently to the Twenty-second Infantry, having served in both regiments a total of five years at Nome, Alaska. His experiences during his army life were numerous and interesting, but Mr. Nelson decided that he did not care for a military career, and after receiving hi$ honorable discharge at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, returned to Pike County, where he engaged in farming and coal mining, giving these pursuits his entire attention and succeeding in both. In 1928 he was elected sheriff of Pike County, a position in which he has since served with the greatest efficiency. Sheriff Nelson is a Republican in his political allegiance and one of the strong and dependable men of the party in Pike County. His religious connection is with the Christian Church, and fraternally he is affiliated With the Independent Order of Odd Fellows arid the Tribe of Ben Hur, at Petersburg.
On November 21, 1911, Mr. Nelson was united in marriage with Miss Carrie Traylor, who died April 5, 1926, leaving four children: Burrell, born in 1912; Glendale C., born in 1915; Ima P., born in 1919; and Martin G., born in 1922. On November 21, 1927, Mr. Nelson married Mrs. Laura (Young) McCormick, who by her first marriage had two children: Otis and Dora Jean McCormick.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 4
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
MICHAEL E. GARBER. Among the newspapers of Indiana which have contributed to the development and advancement of their various communities, one of the oldest and most important is the Madison Courier. Founded in 1830, since 1849 it has been the property of three generations of the Garber family, the present representative of which is Michael E. Garber, editor of the Madison Courier and owner of The Courier Company.
Mr. Garber was born at Madison, June 14, 1880, and is a son of Michael C. and Blanche (Goode) Garber. His paternal grandfather, Michael C. Garber, was born at Staunton, Virginia. He operated a stage line in Virginia and also contracted on the C. & O. Railway until going to Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, and later to Lancaster, that state. In the spring of 1847, with his family, and his wife's sisters and their husbands, he started for Missouri, but the party was broken up by death when they reached Florence, Kentucky, where they remained for some time. Mr. Garber then continued his journey as far as Rising Sun, Indiana, where he engaged in a general store business. On May 1, 1849, he arrived at Madison, and bought the Courier, which had been founded in 1830 by John Paul and William Hendricks, but which was being issued as a daily by Arion & Covington. Mr. Garber became one of the prominent and influential citizens of his community. He traded his store at Rising Sun, put the money into the newspaper, and continued to be connected therewith throughout his life. When the war between the states broke out he entered the Union army, in the quartermaster's department, and was active in the Red River campaign and the siege of Vicksburg, was quartermaster under General Morgan at Cumberland Gap, and under Gen. W. T. Sherman on the march from Savannah. Later he was made postmaster Madison.
Michael C. Garber, father of Michael E., was identified with the Madison Courier throughout his career, although he retired from active work in 1922. He was one of the best known journalists in the state, and a member of the Associated Press and of Union Lodge No. 2, A. F. and A. M., at Madison. He died July 14, 1930. Mr. Garber married Miss Blanche Goode, granddaughter of the founder of the City of Madison, and who with his son- in-law, William Hendricks, had brought the Courier into being. John Paul and his brother, Michael Paul, who were members of the party of George Rogers Clark, which assisted in the "Conquest of the Northwest."
Michael E. Garber had finished public school and was attending Hanover (Indiana) College when the Spanish-American war broke out. He was but seventeen years of age at that time, but gave up his studies and volunteered for service, becoming a member of the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment, Indiana Infantry, with which he saw nine months of service. After receiving his honorable discharge he went to Chicago, where he was employed on the Chicago Record for a time, and later was with the Salt Lake City (Utah) Tribune. Returning to Madison in 1903, he joined his father on the Courier, with which he has been identified ever since, having been in active control since 1922. In 1882 The Courier Company was incorporated and has been the owner of the newspaper ever since. It now has a daily circulation of 3,000, and since 1927 has been located in its own commodious plant, which has 4,500 square feet of floor space and all modern equipment of every kind, and gives employment to fifteen people in its various departments. Mr. Garber is one of the well-known and capable newspaper men of Indiana, and has various connections, local and otherwise, including membership in the Madison Chamber of Commerce. During the more than a quarter of a century that he has been identified with the Courier he has built it up not only as to circulation, but as a real voice in public affairs, and in appearance, interest, make-up and contents it compares favorably with any of the large metropolitan dailies. Mr. Garber takes an active part in public movements both as a good citizen and a supporter of public-spirited enterprises, and his editorials have been quoted on various occasions when matters of national interest have occupied public attention.
Mr. Garber was united in marriage to Miss Bessie Hampton, a native of Carroll County, Kentucky, and a member of an old-established family of that state. They are the parents of three children: Bess Hampton, who married Lloyd Neal, city editor of the Madison Courier, and has one child, Michael Garber; Mary Goode, attending Wellesley College; and Ellen, a student at Science Hill School, Shelbyville, Kentucky.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 4
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
WILLIAM ALBERTUS SPURGEON, M. D., was born at Salem, Indiana, February 1, 1852. He attended the common schools until the age of sixteen, at which age he entered Clear Springs Academy, where he continued his studies until qualified to obtain a license to teach. He taught several terms of school and earned most of the capital to put him through medical college. Between school terms he continued his studies in Clear Springs Academy, James May Academy of Salem, Indiana, and the Male and Female College of Bedford, Indiana, and Lebanon, Ohio. He began the study of medicine under a preceptor in 1869, and matriculated in the Physio-Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, in the fall of 1873. Returning to his preceptor, he practiced medicine for a short time. Realizing the necessity of further medical study, he entered the Physio-Medical College of Indiana, from which institution he graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1875. After graduating he resumed practice in partnership with his preceptor, and for three years after graduation Doctor Spurgeon practiced at Freetown, Indiana. In 1878 he was elected a member of the medical faculty of his alma mater and for twelve years taught descriptive and surgical anatomy in that institution. In 1890 he located in Muncie, Indiana, and continued in the practice of his profession. In 1879 he was appointed a member of the Indiana State Board of Medical Registration and Examination by Governor Mount, and has since continued a member of the board until the present (1931), being reappointed by each successive governor at the terminus of each term of four years, and during much of his thirty-three years as a member of the State Medical Board has served as president, and holds that position at this time, 1931. As a member of the State Medical Examining Board he was frequently selected by the board as a delegate to represent the board at the annual meetings of the National Federation of Medical Boards. At the meeting of the National Confederation, June, 1900, at Atlantic City, he advocated the establishment of interstate reciprocity in medical licensure. Failing to induce the National Board both at the Atlantic City meeting and at the St. Paul meeting one year later to undertake this task on the theory that it was impractical, he formulated a tentative constitution and by-laws for the establishment of the American Confederation of Reciprocating Medical Licensing Boards, and called for a meeting of the executive officers of the medical examining and licensing boards for all the states. To this call for a meeting a considerable number of the states responded. In a meeting of a number of the representatives of state boards in the City of Chicago in the summer of 1901 the American Confederation of Boards was organized. The work of this confederation continued its efforts to establish medical reciprocity among the states until practically all of the states of the Union became members of the American Confederation of Reciprocating and Licensing Boards, and proceeded to work out the problem of interstate reciprocity in medical licensure. One year later Doctor Spurgeon was elected president of the confederation. He is still president of this confederation, which has proved successful in accomplishing the task of securing reciprocity between the state boards, so that a qualified physician in any state desiring to locate in another state can do so under reciprocity agreement between the states without re-examination.
Doctor Spurgeon is a member of the county, state and national medical associations. He was selected by the National Association a delegate to the International Association of Physicians and Surgeons which convened at Madrid, Spain, in 1903, and at the same time was selected by the National Association to write a text book on the Theory and Practice of Medicine. Owing to other pressing duties this latter task was not completed.
In 1914 Doctor Spurgeon relinquished the active practice of medicine and surgery and accepted the office of president of the Muncie Gear Works, Muncie, Indiana, which position he has held since that date, and is now the president and active head of this company, which is one of the larger manufacturing establishments of Eastern Indiana.
The subject of this sketch is the son of Wiley and Mary F. (McKinney) Spurgeon. He is a descendent of the Spurgeon family that came to America in Colonial times. There were three brothers that came to America in 1760. One of these brothers was Joseph Spurgeon, the great-grandfather of Doctor Spurgeon. He settled in Rowan County, North Carolina. He gave his attention to agriculture and stock raising, and acquired quite a fortune for that time. He had eight children: Joseph, John, Jane, Isaiah, Aaron, Josiah, Agnes and Cloah. From the names he gave his children he was evidently a religious man, or at least a close reader of the Bible.
Josiah Spurgeon, the grandfather of Doctor Spurgeon, was born November 13, 1777, in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died January 15, 1857, in Salem, Washington County, Indiana. Elizabeth Johnson Spurgeon, the grandmother, wife of Josiah Spurgeon, was born near Salem, Washington County, Indiana, September 22, 1785, and died November 10, 1858, at Salem, Washington County, Indiana. Both were members of the Church of Christ, formerly the "Baptist Church." Josiah Spurgeon left North Carolina for Indiana in 1811. He remained for a while in a fort on the Ohio River, from where he finally moved and settled near Salem, Indiana. Josiah Spurgeon was an abolitionist and on leaving North Carolina he freed all of his slaves. Wiley Spurgeon, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born and reared in Washington County, Indiana. He obtained his education in the public schools. He was a farmer and stock raiser. For some years he was employed as a teacher in the common schools of the state. He was an elder in the Church of Christ. He acquired a large tract of land in the picturesque region of Southern Indiana and it was here that he spent his last years. He served as a soldier in the Mexican war, and shortly after the war married at Salem, Indiana. Wiley Spurgeon died March 12, 1910, and is buried in Beck's Grove Cemetery, Brown County, Indiana. His, wife, Mary F. McKinney, was born and reared at Salem, Indiana, and was also a devout Christian. Her death occurred March 8, 1914, and she is buried beside her husband. Of the seven children of this marriage one died in infancy. The others were: William Albertus; Miranda Jane, deceased; Elizabeth Elnora, deceased; Charles Wayman; Mary Filene; and Harriett Ann, deceased.
Doctor Spurgeon is a member of the Church of Christ, Muncie, Indiana. He is interested in literature, chiefly religious literature. For, a number of years he has been a close student of the Bible. During the years 1929 and 1930 he broadcasted a series of thirty lectures on the Apocalypse of the New Testament Scriptures. These lectures are now ready for publication in book form, entitled "The Great Conflict Between Truth and Falsehood." He is affiliated with Muncie Lodge No. 433, A. F. and A. M., is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and in politics is a Republican.
Doctor Spurgeon was married at Freetown, Indiana, August 29, 1869, to Miss Elvira Chute, of Freetown, daughter of Dr. George H. and Mary Chute. Mrs. Spurgeon's father was for many years one of the leading physicians and surgeons in Southern Indiana.
Mrs. Spurgeon attended school there and was a member of the Church of Christ. Her death occurred August 25, 1878, and she is buried at Freetown. Of their four children Dr. Orville E. is a practicing physician and surgeon and is located at Muncie, Indiana; Wiley and Alva A. died in infancy, and are buried beside their mother at Freetown, Indiana; Mary A. is the widow of Dr. James M. Quick, of Muncie, Indiana.
On August 29, 1883, Doctor Spurgeon was married to Miss Minerva A. Whitney, daughter of Lafayette and. Mary (Worth) Whitney. Her father was a widely known citizen of Delaware County, a farmer and stock dealer. Mrs. Spurgeon was educated in the common schools. She is a member of the Church of Christ and the Federation of Women's Clubs. By this marriage there are five children. The daughter, Elnora F., died when twenty-three years of age. Kenneth A. is a graduate of the Muncie High School, continued his education in DePauw University and Purdue University and is now general manager, secretary and treasurer of the Muncie Gear Company. William Chase Spurgeon was educated in the Muncie schools and in Indiana University, and is vice president of the Muncie Gear Company. The daughter Olive F. lives at Butte, Montana. The youngest of the family is Wiley W. Spurgeon, who attended the Muncie High School and Indiana University and is now assistant general manager of the Muncie Gear Company.
The surviving descendants of Doctor Spurgeon are all married and with their families live at Muncie, Indiana, except Olive S. Gage, whose home is at Butte, Montana.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 4
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
