JAY F. GRANTHAM. A resident of Gary since 1911, Jay F. Grantham has been identified with a number of lines of business activity during the past two decades, but for the greater part of this time has centered his interest in the automobile industry. In this field he is now a recognized leader, the Grantham Motor Sales Company, of which he is president, being sole agents for the Chevrolet automobile at Gary. He is also identified with a number of other enterprises and is a citizen of public spirit and civic pride who has contributed materially to the progress and growth of his community.

Mr. Grantham was born at Scottdale, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of James W. and Julia (Schrader) Grantham. The Grantham family has carved a special niche in the history of Gary for this family has very conspicuously identified itself with the business life of the city for a number of years. The family had its origin in England, and there is a family tradition that the immediate Grantham ancestor was a friend and follower of Thoms Fairfax, sixth baron of Cameron, who was born in England in 1691, educated at Oxford and was a contributor to Addison's Spectator. Disappointed in England, he came to America and settled on a vast landed estate in Virginia which he had inherited from his mother, a daughter of Lord Culpepper. There, in the midst of 10,000 acres of land, he built an unpretentious lodge, in which he lived a solitary and secluded life, taking no part in public affairs. It was there, at Greenway Court, that Washington met him. Between the two there sprang up a warm friendship, and when years later he learned that Washington had captured Cornwallis, he was overcome with emotion and called to his body-servant to carry him to his bed, "for I am sure," he said, "it is time for me to die." He passed away at his lodge in Frederick County, Virginia, December 12, 1782. Members of the Grantham family resided in Frederick County and later in Jefferson County, Virginia, where was born the paternal grandfather of Jay F. Grantham, John S. Grantham, who married Lucy Scharff, also a native of that county. John S. Grantham was a soldier of the Confederacy during the war between the states, and served with gallantry in a number of the hard-fought engagements of that struggle, following the close of which he established himself in the undertaking business at Middleway, whre he passed the remainder of his life.

James W. Grantham was born at Middleway, West Virginia, where he acquired his education in the public schools, and later moved to Connellsville, Pennsylvania, where he learned the trade of carpenter, becoming very proficient in drawing plans and specifications. Eventually he entered the contracting business at Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and followed it there for many years, and in 1911 came to Gary, where he continued to be active as a contractor and builder until his retirement in about 1924. At one time he secured a huge contract from one of the steel concerns for the erection of 365 houses of concrete to be used as homes by the employees, and fulfilled this and other big contracts most satisfactorily. He retains his interest in business affairs as treasurer of the Grantham Motor Sales Company, and is likewise treasurer of the Oak Hill Cemetery Association. He married Miss Julia Schrader, who was born, reared and educated at Madison, Pennsylvania, and following their marriage removed to Scottdale, where she was active in the United Brethren Church until her death in 1900. To Mr. and Mrs. Grantham were born the following children: Lucy D., the wife of Rev. C. W. Snyder, a minister of the United Brethren faith at Lebanon, Ohio; Bettie, the wife of W. A. Gordon, of Scottdale; Rankin F., of Scottdale; John, also of Scottdale; Joseph P., who is engaged in the real estate business at Gary, where he is president of the Oak Hill Cemetery Association, and a review of whose career will be found elsewhere in this work; and Jay F., of this review.

Jay F. Grantham attended the public schools of Scottdale, Pennsylvania, where he was graduated from high school, and was an athletic enthusiast, being manager of the football and baseball teams of the class of 1905. Later he attended Pennsylvania State College, from which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1909, and this was followed by a year at Peterson's Business College, from which he was graduated in 1910. Upon leaving that school he became manager of the Scottdale Plumbing, Heating & Roofing Company, a position which he held for two years. On July 2, 1911, Mr. Grantham came to Gary, having secured the plumbing contract from the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company for the 300 homes they were building at Gary, and later secured the contract for roofing these 300 homes also. This work lasted for about one and one-half years, at the end of which time he organized a company known as the Motor Bus Transit Company, of which he was president, having secured an exclusive contract and franchise from the America Sheet & Tin Plate Company to operate buses over their property, carrying employees to and from their work at the fate of five cents per passenger. Mr. Grantham is credited with having brought the first five-cent motor transportation not only to this section of the state, but of the United States. He continued to be engaged in the same line of business until 1917, in which year he purchased one of the buildings at 529-535 Washington Street and launched Gary Garage & Sales Company, of which he was president, carrying on a general garage business and taking over the sales agency for the Maxwell car. Later he was representative for the Dodge, Apperson, Scripps-Boothe, Nash and Chevrolet cars. During the year 1923 Mr. Grantham built a new building adjoining, which is known as 537 to 543 Washington Street, and discontinued the operations under the old firm name, taking on the exclusive franchise and sales of the Chevrolet cars. At the same time he formed a new company, known since then as the Grantham Motor Sales Company, of which he is president and his father treasurer. This is a $50,000 corporation, and the building covers a 150-foot front on Washington Street, with three outlet stores at different locations in the City of Gary, having a beautiful sales and show room at 543 Washington Street, where the main office is located. Seventy people are given employment in the business, which has a floor space of 14,400 square feet, commodious show rooms, storage rooms and service rooms, and is one of the largest and most important concerns in this field.

Mr. Grantham is vice president of the Gary Oak Hill Cemetery Association, president of the Washington Street Improvement Association and president of the Gary Automotive Association. He belongs to the Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce, the Gary Country Club, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Kiwanis Club, which he assisted to organize and is one of the present directors; the Lincoln Hill Country Club; and is a thirty-second degree Mason and Shriner and member of Gary Lodge No. 677, A. F. and A. M.; Gary Chapter, Commandery and Consistory; and Orak Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Hammond. He is a Republican in his political allegiance, and a member and trustee of the First Presbyterian Church.

On November 25, 1926, Mr. Grantham was united in marriage with Miss Lillian Crossland, daughter of Homer and Violet (Harold) Crossland, formerly of Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Mr. Crossland, who was for many years a locomotive engineer on the Pennsylvania Railway, died several years ago and is buried in Pennsylvania, while Mrs. Crossland still survives and makes her home with her son, Dr. S. H. Crossland, of Gary. Mrs. Grantham attended the grade and high schools of Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, and the Indiana Conservatory of Music, and later pursued a course at the Sherwood School of Music, Chicago. Prior to her marriage she taught music for several years at Gary, where she is greatly popular in musical circles, and is also active in the work of the Presbyterian Church. She is a past president of the Pi Sigma Phi sorority and active in the Woman's Club. Mr. and Mrs. Grantham are the parents of two sons; James Stewart, born September 8, 1927; and Robert Harvey, born June 12, 1930.

During the World war Mr. Grantham was active in the Red Cross and Victory Loan drives, and is still active in all civic affairs. He is a member of the "Old Scouts," and takes an interest and a constructive part in the Boy Scout movement, the Salvation Army and the Red Cross, and is a member of the University Club, a past president and a member of the board of directors.

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


AUGUST WILLIAM LAMP. The qualities of adaptability, perseverance, common sense and good judgement have prevailed in the energetic life of August W. Lamp, winning for him an enviable rank among the business element of Gary. A product of the agricultural regions of Illinois, he first came to Gary in 1912 and in the following year became identified with the grocery business, in which line he has achieved recognition and position, meeting with the success which justly rewards an enterprising business career and consideration for the interests of his patrons.

Mr. Lamp was born in the vicinity of Iuka, Marion County, Illinois, January 4, 1891, and is a son of Fred and Ida (Behnke) Lamp. His father, who was born in Germany, was brought to the United States by his parents in childhood, and received his education in public schools at Chicago, in which locality he was reared to the pursuits of agriculture by an industrious father. On attaining man's estate Fred Lamp adopted farming and stock raising as his life work, and has continued therein, being at present the owner of a large and well-cultivated property in Marion County, where he is known as a substantial business man and public-spirited citizen. He married Miss Ida Behnke, who was born at Chicago, Illinois, and educated in the public schools there, and who is now active in the movements of the Lutheran Church at Iuka. There were seven children in the family: August W., of this review; Charles, who is deceased; Emil, a resident of Ladysmith, Wisconsin; Ida, now Mrs. Pardue, of Gary; Fred, of Chicago; Clara, who is deceased; and Eleanor, of Gary.

August W. Lamp attended the public schools of Iuka, and was reared on his father's farm, but did not care for an agricultural career, and accordingly pursued a commercial course in a business college at Centralis, Illinois. In 1912 he came to Gary, where in the following year he embarked in the grocery business, and is now the proprietor of one of the I. G. A. chain stores, at 1625 Broadway, where he is doing a large and profitable business. In addition Mr. Lamp is a stockholder in the Gary Wholesale Grocery Company, of which he was secretary and a director for some years. He takes an active and constructive part in civic affairs as a member of the Gary Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce, and belongs also to the Cressmore Country Club and the Lincoln Hills Country Club. Politically he is a Republican, but has never desired nor held public office. He belongs to the Grace Lutheran Church, of which he has been a member of the official board for ten years, and for the past five years has acted in the capacity of financial secretary.

Mr. Lamp is unmarried. He is a golf and bowling enthusiast and is also greatly fond of hunting and fishing.

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


THE JAY GARMENT COMPANY, of Portland, is an industry with an interesting history, and is not only an important contribution to the prosperity of Portland but contributes to the diversity of Indiana as a great manufacturing state.

The owners of the business, Mr. J. A. Williams and Mr. O. R. Easterday, grew up together and have been friends from boyhood, and for years have been partners in their business undertakings. In 1921 they established the Jay Garment Company to manufacture work shirts and overalls and other garments from denim and similar materials. They are the manufacturers of a number of classifications of shirts, jackets and overalls, including the "Bob White Overalls," the "Booster" overalls and jackets, "Challenge" overalls and jackets, and other lines of work and outing shirts and garments.

The first garment was finished on September 12, 1921, having been designed and cut by William H. Teeters, a man of wide experience in the garment industry, who is superintendent of the plant today. From the first the Jay Garment Company was started with a vision of a service and certain policies, which have been modified but not especially changed. These policies were based upon the bedrock of commercial integrity and fair dealing, and also involved the making of garments a little better than the average value at the same price.

When the business was started in September, 1921, one room, thirty by seventy feet, was used. There were seventeen employees. After a few months the progress justified the purchase of a building 50 by 200 feet, and in spite of this addition the plant had to be expanded. In May, 1927, the company built an addition 48 by 140 feet, and in September of the same year put up a warehouse 30 by 100 feet. For a number of years the company distributed their product by the usual channels of distribution, relying upon a staff of salesmen, but about the close of 1928 they put into operation a plan of direct from the factory to the dealer sales, and this has resulted in such as increase of business as to more than justify the new policy.

While the company started in 1921 with 2,100 square feet of floor space, the product facilities of the factory today utilize nearly 52,000 square feet, and from seventeen employees the number has grown to over 500, comprising what the owners call their "Bob White Family."

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


PEARL RAYMOND SMITH. Of the followers of the skilled trades, the mere possession of a profitable and extensive contracting business in itself argues for superior ability and good workmanship. It is in the line of plastering that Pearl Raymond Smith has won a recognized and substantial position among the contractors of Gary, and perhaps heredity plays a part in his accomplishments, for his father and maternal grandfather were both engaged in the same line of work. Mr. Smith has been engaged in business on his own account since 1912, and during this period has done the plastering and decorating in some of the finest buildings erected in the city.

Pearl Raymond Smith was born at Zanesville, Ohio, March 7, 1883, and is a son of Benjamin F. and Amelia A. (George) Smith. His paternal grandfather, William Smith, a native of Ohio, while he did not enlist in the Union army during the war between the states, saw service in that struggle as a wagoner and had many thrilling experiences and narrow escapes. Benjamin F. Smith was born in South Carolina, whence he moved to Zanesville, Ohio, and after following the trade of plasterer for some years as a journeyman, engaged in business on his own account as a contractor and continued as such until his death in 1926, being buried at White Cottage, Ohio. He married Amelia A. George, who was born in Pennsylvania, the daughter of a plasterer who served as a soldier of the Union army during the Civil war. She died in 1917 and was also buried in the White Cottage Cemetery, which is located near Zanesville, Ohio.

Pearl Raymond Smith received only ordinary educational advantages in the public schools of Zanesville, Ohio, which he attended until reaching the age of thirteen years, at which time he began to learn the trade of plasterer under the preceptorship of his father. He was joined in this by his brothers, Edwin, of Zanesville; Arthur E., of Glasgow, Montana; John A. and William R., of Zanesville and herbert B., of Columbus. He has one sister, Rose, the widow of Charles Hamilton of Gary. One child died in infancy, Elsie died at the age of ten years, Seymour died at the age of fifteen years, and Pearl Raymond was the ninth child in order of birth.

Mr. Smith learned all the details of the plastering business, and October 3, 1911, came to Gary from Akron, Ohio, and in 1912 established himself in business as a plastering contractor, a business in which he has continued to the present. Among his larger accomplishments in the way of contracts can be mentioned the Palace Theatre; the Bath House and Pavilion at Miller, Indiana; the Tube Mill, the Grand Beach Hotel, a number of school buildings, the Gary City Hall, Mercy Hospital and the Dalton Apartments. He is president of the Metropolitan Securities Company, and owns a number of Gary properties, including two buildings at 125 West Eighth Avenue, they are at 2516 Peirce Street, and several vacant lots. Mr. Smith is prominent in fraternal circles, being a member of Roosevelt Lodge No. 716, A. F. and A. M.; Gary Chapter; Cary Commandery; Fort Wayne Consistory; and Orak Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Hammond; the Loyal Order of Moose and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He likewise is a member of the Medinah Athletic Association, the Gary Rotary Club, Lincoln Hills Country Club, of which he is president (1931), Gary Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce and the Contracting Plasterers Association. During the World war he was very active in all patriotic drives, and in times of peace has been a constructive and public-spirited supporter of good civic movements. Politically Mr. Smith gives his allegiance to the Republican party, and his religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

At Rosewood, Ohio, May 21, 1910, Mr. Smith was united in marriage with Miss Ruth Brummage, daughter of Eugene and Hannah (Tipton) Brummage, of Roseville, the former of whom was for years an agriculturist and a manufacturer of clay products and pottery. He died in 1915 and his widow died two years later, and both rest in the cemetery at Roseville. Mrs. Smith was educated in the public schools of Roseville and has been active in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Woman's Club, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Oriental Shrine and the Woman's Relief Corps.

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


RAY A. BARWICK is one of the chief figures in the little business community of Judyville, Warren County, where he owns the R. A. Barwick general mercantile store and also performs the duties of postmaster.

Mr. Barwick was born in Warren County, February 7, 1897. His grandfather, Nicholas Barwick, came to Warren County from Maryland. Frank Barwick, father of Ray A., was born in Warren County and was a carpenter and contractor. He married Nettie Benett, who was born in Warren County, daughter of James Benett, a veteran of the Civil war. Frank Barwick and wife had three children: Lucy, wife of Claude Autar, of Warren County; Ray A., and Agnes, wife of Charles Reynolds, of Warren County.

Ray A. Barwick was educated in public schools and as a boy learned telegraphy. He became a telegraph operator and that was his chief line of work until after the war. During the war he enlisted, in July, 1918, and was assigned duty as a radio and wireless inspector. He was given his honorable discharge in January, 1919. While in the service he was located at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After the war he resumed his previous line of work, but in 1921established his general store at Judyville, and in the same year was appointed postmaster, and has rendered a capable service in both these capacities.

Mr. Barwick is a Republican, is a member of the Masonic Lodge and the American Legion Post. He married in October, 1917, Miss Hazel Zenor, of Harrison County, Indiana. They have one child, Rex, born in 1919.

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


FREDERIC D. STANTON, Doctor of Chiropractic, has built up a successful practice and has done much to establish his profession in favor among the people of Remington and surrounding territory.

Doctor Stanton was born in Johnson County, Indiana, son of Oscar and Martha (Rutherford) Stanton. His father passed away at Danville, Illinois, recently. His mother is a daughter of John Rutherford. There were nine children in the family: Albert, Ira, Eli, Clinton, Frederic D., Ralston, Corella, Mary and Lena. All are living except Mary.

Frederic D. Stanton was educated in the public schools of Greenwood, Indiana, and later took up the study of chiropractic. After graduating at the National College of Chiropractic of Chicago he was in practice in Chicago until 1924, when he located at Remington, and is one of the busy professional men of that community. Doctor Stanton is a member of the professional organizations, also a member of the Masons, Knights of Pythias, Fraternal Order of Eagles, a Republican and a member of the Christian Church.

He married in 1912 Miss Mary Wisler. They have two children, Fred D., Jr., an employee of Carson Pirie Scott & Company of Chicago, and Lydia Marie, a graduate of the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute and now a teacher at New London, Indiana.

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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


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