BYRON WILLIAM MARSHALL, M.D. Since his advent at Gary in 1927 Dr. ByronW. Marshall has fully lived up to the reputation that he had established during twenty years of practice in the State of Wyoming as a thoroughly reliable and capable general physician and surgeon. Doctor Marshall entered upon his life work with an excellent education, an inherent love of his profession and a fulsome fund of sympathy. During the years that have passed he has added to his equipment broad experience, much study and steadfast attention to the broadening horizons of medical and surgical science, all of which combine to make him a useful member of his adopted community.

Doctor Marshall was born at Nashville, Indiana, October 9, 1878, and is a son of Jesse B. and Elizabeth (Woods) Marshall. His great-grandfather, a native of Tennessee, became one of the pioneer residents of the vicinity of Nashville, Indiana, where he hewed a farm from the timber and became a substantial citizen, and the old homestead is still in the possession of members of the family. Robert Marshall, the grandfather of Doctor Marshall, was born in Tennessee and was a child when brought to Indiana by his parents. He acquired a country school education and was working on the home farm when the call came for troops to serve in the Mexican war. He volunteered for this service, following which he returned to the farm, but again was called from his peaceful pastoral pursuits by the outbreak of the great war between the states, in which he enlisted, becoming a private in the Eighty-second Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which command he served valiantly until the close of the struggle. He again returned to his home, applied himself assiduously to his farming and stock raising operations and became one of the large land-owners of the community. He died near Nashville, where he and his wife are buried.

Jesse B. Marshall, father of Dr. Byron W. Marshall, was born and reared at Nashville, where he received a public school education, and early in life adopted the vocation of his father. A man of sound judgement, great industry and progressive ideas, he succeeded in his agricultural operations and eventually branched out into mercantile operations at Nashville, a venture in which he likewise was successful. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Baptist Church, and as to politics espoused the cause of Democracy. He died in July, 1927, and was laid to rest in the cemetery at Nashville. Mr. Marshall married Miss Elizabeth Woods, a daughter of Jackson Woods, who enlisted in the Union army during the Civil war, was taken prisoner, and died of starvation in the terrible Andersonville prison. Mrs. Marshall was educated in the public schools of Nashville and at the age of seventy-five years makes her home with her daughter at Indianapolis. She is still active in the work of the Baptist Church, of which she has been a lifelong member. There were seven children in the family: Nettie, now Mrs. T. J. Henderson, of Nashville, Indiana; Dr. Byron W., of this review; Winnie, now Mrs. J. B. Seitz, of 4049 Ruckle Street, Indianapolis; Jessie, who is married and also a resident of Indianapolis; Cleveland, who died at the age of three years; Dr. Clarence E., a successful practicing dentist at Livingston, Montana; and Pearl, now Mrs. Samuel Rednor, of Columbus, Indiana.

Byron W. Marshall attended public school at Nashville, Indiana, and after his graduatioin from the high school entered the Indiana Medical College, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine as a member of the class of 1906. In 1919 he took post-graduate work at the New York Post-graduate Medical School and Hospital and at the Lying-In Hospital of New York City. His interneship was passed at Deaconess Hospital, Indianapolis, and in 1907 he went to the State of Wyoming, whre for twenty years he was engaged in successful practice. While in Wyoming he was district surgeon for the Union Pacific and the Oregon Short Line Railroads, serving for a period of twenty years. In July, 1927, Doctor Marshall returned to Indiana and took up his permanent residence at Gary, where he now has a splendid suite of offices at 3776 Broadway, corner of Thirty-eighth Street. He has built up an excellent practice and is accounted a capable diagnostician, able practitioner and reliable surgeon, and a man who lives up to the strictest interpretation of professional ethics. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Indiana State Medical Society and the Lake County Medical Society, and has attended numerous lectures and clinics in addition to spending much time in personal research and investigation. Fraternally he is affiliated with Pinebluff Blue Lodge, A.F. and A.M., of Pinebluff, Wyoming; the Consistory at Cheyenne; and Korein Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., Rawlins, Wyoming, and for some years has been active in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Cheyenne Lodge No. 660, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He belongs also to the Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce of Gary, and in his religious faith is a Baptist. Doctor Marshall is independent in politics, and while a resident of Pinebluff, Wyoming, served as a member of the City Council for seven years, while since locating at Gary he has displayed a commendable interest in civic affairs. His hobbies may be said to be hunting and golf but his practice has become so extensive that he finds little time to engage in either.

In 1904, at Indianapolis, Indiana, Doctor Marshall was united in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Deist, daughter of John and Louisa (Feber) Deist, the former a farmer of near Nashville for a number of years and also active in political circles. Mr. Deist died several years ago, while his widow survived him until February, 1930, and both are buried in the Nashville Cemetery. Mrs. Marshall was educated in the public schools of Nashville and after graduating from high school taught school for several years previous to her marriage. A woman of superior attainments and numerous graces, she has been active in the work of the Presbyterian Church, and is also active an popular in the Woman's Club and the Order of the Eastern Star.

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

HANS OLAF EGEBERG. Perhaps there is no position in the industrial life of our country that demands greater tact, diplomacy, courage and knowledge of general conditions and of human nature than that of the individual who must act as the intermediary between the employer and employe. There are, as there always have been and always will be, differences between those who control our large corporations and those who are of the so-called working class. So to keep the machinery of trade and industry oiled in a manner that there will be no great friction and that it will continue to function in a smooth-running way is no light task, and in this connection mention should be made of Hans Olaf Egeberg, who in the capacity of superintendent of employment of the Illinois Steel Company, at Gary, has established a record for his ability in averting serious labor troubles.

Mr. Egeberg was born in Norway, February 1, 1875, and is a son of Ove and Pauline (Kausebohl) Egeberg. Ove Egeberg was born in Norway, where he acquired a high school education, and as a young man engaged in farming for his life work, being occupied therein with success for many years. He was a man of importance in his community, where he served as a member of the Municipal Council, and was also active in the movements and charities of the Lutheran Church. He died in 1920, his wife having passed away in 1912, and both are buried in the Trogstad Cemetery, Norway. There were ten children in the family, of whom seven died in infancy, the three surviving being Hans Olaf, of this review; Tora, who is now Mrs. Kvilesjoe, of Norway; and Laurentze, now Mrs. Golden, of Norway.

Hans O. Egeberg was give good educational advantages in his youth, his father being a man of substance, and after graduating from high school pursued a course at the University of Norway, Oslo, from which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1895. This was supplemented by a course at the University of Dresden, Germany, and he then came to the United States and entered Cornell University, from which he received the degree of Civil Engineer as a member of the class of 1900. In that year Mr. Egeberg accepted a position with the Scherzer Rolling Mills, Chicago, with which he was identified for one year, and in 1901 became identified with the South Chicago Works of the Illinois Steel Company, in the capacity of inspector. He remained in that capacity until February 1, 1907, when he came to Gary to engage in construction work for the same company, and also traveled for some time in the inspection of construction materials. Mr. Egeberg next joined the operating department, which employment he retained until 1914, when he was made superintendent of the employment department, with offices on Virginia Street, and this post he has held to the present. Labor, in political economy, may be defined as effort for the satisfying of human needs. It is one of the three leading factors in production, the other two, being land and capital, and in the vast circle of industry labor has a great variety of functions. The solution of the questions connected therewith is now universally regarded as a most pressing duty of statesmen and economists, but there must also be men, like Mr. Egeberg, who come into direct contact with the problems, and who have first-hand knowledge of how to meet crisis or to avert them in a way of an amicable settlement. It has been Mr. Egeberg's fortune to have gained and held the respect of the employes of the company, while at the same time protecting the interests of the concern which he represents. Fraternally he is affiliated with Roosevelt Lodge, A.F. and A.M., and South Chicago Chapter, R.A.M.; and also belongs to the Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce of Gary, the Gary Country Club and the Young Men's Christian Association. Politically he is a Republican, without desire for public preferment. He is active in civic affairs as a good citizen and during the World war took a prominent part in all drive.

At Chicago, Illinois, August 14, 1897, Mr. Egeberg was united in marriage with Miss Ulrikka Christine Nielsen, daughter of Harald and Fredrikke (Jensen) Nielsen. Mr. and Mrs. Nielsen were actors who were well known in their day, particularly in Norway, where they had a wide vogue in Ibsen dramas. Mr. Nielsen died in 1880, while his widow survived him until 1912, and both are buried in Bergen, Norway. Mrs. Egeberg received a high school education in Norway, and at Chicago became a private instructor in physical education. For a time after her marriage to Mr. Egeberg she continued her work in this direction, but has since abandoned it and now devotes herself to her home, although she is also active and popular as a member of the Woman's Club. To Mr. and Mrs. Egeberg there were born three children: Ove, who died at the age of one year; Dr. Roger Olaf and Gudrun. Roger Olaf Egeberg attended the public schools of Gary and Francis Parker High School, Chicago, following which he entered Cornell University and graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts as a member of the class of 1925. He then enrolled at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine as a member of the class of 1928. He pursued his interneship at Wesley Hospital and Passavant Hospital, both of Chicago, and is now a medical instructor at the University of Michigan, although his home is at Chicago. He is a member of the leading organizations of his profession and has already displayed the possession of qualities that should carry him far in the vocation of his choice. Doctor Egeberg married Miss Margaret Chahoon, of Grandmire, Quebec, Canada. Miss Gudrun Egeberg, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Egeberg, attended Francis Parker High School, Chicago, from which she was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts as a member of the class of 1928. She is now engaged in investigation work for the Illinois State Hospital, located at (Dunning) Chicago, an institution for those who are mentally deranged.

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

HOWARD H. HAYDEN, a resident of Indiana since 1913, was for a number of years with the steel mills at Gary, and since coming to South Bend has established and is proprietor of the popular Morning Side Hotel, at 413 West Colfax Street.

Mr. Hayden was born in New York City April 25, 1890. When he was a child his parents moved to Bath, Maine, where he received his early educational advantages. He afterwards attended school in Massachusetts and in 1913, on coming to Indiana, entered Purdue University. Before graduating he went to work in the steel mills at Gary, and was there until 1923. As a steel worker he contributed his bit to the winning of the war, since his work in the mills was considered more essential by the Government authorities than anything he could do as an enlisted man. Mr. Hayden in 1923 moved his family to South Bend and established the Morning Side Hotel. He has brought to this establishment a thoroughly business-like management and his personal popularity has also had much to do with its very unusual success.

Mr. Hayden is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, is a member of Orak Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Hammond, has been active in the Rotary Club and the South Bend Chamber of Commerce. While a student in Purdue University he met and on June 24, 1913, married Miss Mary E. Adams. She was educated at Earlham College at Richmond, Indiana. They have three children: Louise, born in Gary, August 21, 1918; Charles, born March 13, 1921, at Gary; and Dorothy, both at South Bend, December 31, 1923.

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

CHARLES FREDERICK WEDEKIND is one of Logansport's prominent business men, has been active there for over a third of a century, and is manager and one of the owners of the Lake Maxinkuckee Ice & Coal Company, at 824 Michigan Avenue.

Mr. Wedekind was born in Logansport, April 27, 1863. His mother, Hannah Kerlin, was from New Jersey. His gradfather Wedekind was a native of Germany and settled at Richmond, Indiana, in 1840. He was a physician, and that was also the profession of Charles F. Wedekind's father.

Charles F. Wedekind was two years of age when his father died and from an early age he had to make his own way in the world. He has a common school education. He worked on a farm, but later returned to his native city and for thirty-seven years has been identified with the ice business. After many years as manager of the Lake Maxinkuckee Ice & Coal Company he acquired an interest in the business and is one of its owners. Mr. Wedekind is a Republican and a member of the Knights of Pythias.

He married Marian Skelton, who died in 1904, leaving three children. His second wife was Gertrude Puterbaugh, who passed away December 25, 1920. Mr. Wedekind has two daughters and one son by the first marriage: Earl F.; Alice, who married Homer Hawkens; and Eva, who married John Miller. To the second marriage was born a son, Charles J., who married Louise Clegg.

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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 ROBERT DOTY, M.D. In the broad, difficult and interesting field of obstetrics and gynecology, few Indiana men of science are better or more favorably known for their numerous accomplishments than Dr. J. Robert Doty, of Gary. While he is one of the younger men of his calling, and has been located at Gary only since July, 1928, his training, natural ability and broad experience have been such as to give him high rank and standing and to place his name among those who are gaining fame in their chosen field of endeavor.

Doctor Doty was born at Willow Hill, Jasper County, Illinois, June 18, 1897, and is a son of S. O. and Margaret (Steele) Doty. Four generations of the family have been honored residents of the Willow Hill community, where they have contributed materially to the welfare and development of their locality and have furnished men who have been prominent in professional, business, agricultural and public affairs. Jeremiah Doty, the grandfather of Doctor Doty, was born in Ohio and was a child when taken to Illinois, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits, developed a valuable property and became one of his locality's substantial men.

S.O. Doty was born at Willow Hill, where he was reared, and was given excellent educational advantages. In addition to the public schools he attended McKendree College, at Lebanon, Illinois, and at the outset of his career adopted the profession of teaching. In 1911 he embarked in the dairy business at Dayton, Florida, and has continued in that line to the present, having met with honorable and well-merited success. Mr. Doty has always been a public-spirited man who has bee willing to accept the responsibilities of good citizenship, and while residing in Illinois served for several terms in the capacity of township assessor. Mr. Doty married Maggie Steele, who was born in Ireland and was a child when brought to the United States by her parents, the family settling on a farm about twenty miles southeast of Willow Hill, Illinois. Reared on the home farm, she attended the country schools, following which she pursued a course at McKendree College, Lebanon, and then taught school for two years prior to her marriage. She died in 1903, in the faith of the Primitive Baptist Church, of which she had been a lifelong member, and was buried at Willow Hill. She and her husband were the parents of four children: Fleta E., J. Robert, Connie V. and Esther, the last named of whom died in infancy.

J. Robert Doty acquired his early education in the public schools in the vicinity of his birth and in Arkansas, completed his high school work at Daytona, Florida, and for two years was a student at Valparaiso (Indiana) University. In 1923 he took the degree of Bachelor of Science from the University of Chicago, where he had been enrolled as a member of the Students Army Training Corps during the World war, and his professional training was acquired at Rush Medical College, Chicago, from which famous institution he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine as a member of the class of 1926. During the following eighteen months he served as interne at the Rochester (New York) General Hospital, and for four months acted as resident physician to the Infants Summer Hospital of the same city, and his hospital training was rounded out with a year at the Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago. In these institutions he paid special attention to obstetrics and gynecology, and since locating at Gary in July, 1928, he has specialized along these lines. He maintains well-appointed and commodious offices at 602 Broadway, and stands high in the estimation of his fellow practitioners and the general public. He is a member of the Lake County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is a member of the Commerical Club and Chamber of Commerce and the Phi Chi fraternity and secretary of the Gary Exchange Club, and during his college days was very active in the Young Men's Christian Associaton. He is a Republican in his political allegiance and a member of the Baptist Church.

At Gary, Indiana, June 18, 1920, Doctor Doty was united in marriage with Miss Gertrude R. Jenner, daughter of James B. and Amy (Pitkins) Jenner, Mr. Jenner having been a brick mason contractor at Gary for a number of years. He is a member of the Harrison Republican Club and the Westminster Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Doty was a member of the first class to graduate from the Froebel High School of Gary, in 1917, is active in the Presbyterian Church, and is widely known in musical circles, being one of Gary's talented vocalists. Doctor and Mrs. Doty are the parents of two sons: James Robert, Jr., born May 24, 1927, and George Richard, born April 11, 1930.

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

FLOYD HENRY BRETSCH. Two vocations those of the attorney and the realty man, have occupied the chief interests of the life of Floyd H. Bretsch, who has gained not an inconsiderable fortune and a place of prominence in the professional and business world of Gary. At present, while he is giving his law practice all due attention, he is largely interested in a number of land development projects. During his career Mr. Bretsch has been the incumbent of a number of offices, in all of which he has displayed the possession of ability and conscientious devotion to duty.

Mr. Bretsch was born at Fishers Landing, Jefferson County, New York, November 22, 1878, and is a son of George W. and Sabrina (Robbins) Bretsch. His paternal grandfather, Henry Bretsch, was born in Germany, where he received a public school education and, in young manhood, deciding that there were greater opportunities to be found in American than the Fatherland, immigrated to the United States and took up his residence at Omar, New York, as a pioneer. There he continued to make his home during the remainder of his life, and he and his worthy wife were buried at Omar.

George W. Bretsch was born at Omar, New York, where he received his education in the public schools, and as a young man was engaged in agricultural operations. Subsequently he turned his attention to the general merchandise business, to which he gave his attention until 1890, and in that year embarked in the hotel business in Fishers Landing, New York, and later as proprietor of a hotel at Theresa, while two years later he opened a summer hotel at Fine View, New York. A few years prior to his death he disposed of his hotel interests and returned to the mercantile trade in which he was engaged until his demise, May 26, 1928, when he was laid to rest in Oakwood Cemetery, Theresa, New York. Mr. Bretsch married on December 8, 1875, Miss Sabrina Robbins, who was born and reared at Fishers Landing, New York, where she secured her education. She was a great home maker and home lover, and a woman who won and held the affection and esteem of her friends. She died March 19, 1926, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Theresa. There were four children in the family: Clarence, a leading lawyer and deputy prosecuting attorney of Lake County, with offices at Gary; Floyd H., of this review; Albion, who died at the age of two years; and Nellie Pearl, the wife of Harry E. Horner, of Syracuse, New York.

Floyd H. Bretsch attended the public schools at Fishers Landing and Theresa, New York, and began the study of law at the latter place. During the Spanish-American war he enlisted in Company E, Two Hundred and Third New York Volunteer Infantry, and upon receiving his honorable discharge returned to Theresa, where he was associated with his father in the hotel business, in the meantime continuing to prosecute his law studies. His advent in Gary occurred in 1919, and he continued as a law student until 1920, when he was admitted to the bar of Indiana and commenced practice in association with his brother. For two years he served as deputy prosecutor of Lake County, and in the meanwhile the brothers maintained their office at 690 Broadway, but since January 1, 1929, Floyd H. Bretsch has occupied offices at 504 Broadway, in the Gary State Bank Building, where he is now located. He has built up a large and lucrative practice, particularly in real estate law, and has appeared in much important litigation that has come before the courts. He belongs to the Indiana State Bar Association and the Gary Bar Association and occupies a high position in the esteem and respect of his fellow practitioners, among whom he has established a reputation for integrity and high professional ethics. Of more recent years Mr. Bretsch has been largely interested in real estate development and has been identified with several large projects. He is also vice president and a member of the board of directors of the East Over Subdivision Company of Gary, which is another big project and one which is doing much to encourage the growth and development of the city. Fraternally he is affiliated with Theresa (New York) Lodge No. 174, A. F. and A. M.; and B. P. O. Elks of Gary No. 1152. As a public-spirited citizen he has supported faithfully the work of the Gary Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce. He likewise belongs to the Spanish-American War Veterans. He has practically only a good citizen's interest in politics, although a stanch Republican, and for two years served in the capacity of deputy prosecuting attorney of Lake County.

On September 14, 1925, Mr. Bretsch was united in marriage with Miss Grace McNab, of Gary. Mrs. Bretsch received her early schooling in the public schools of Hammond, Indiana, following which she applied herself to the study of law and was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1920, the same year as her husband. She has enjoyed an excellent practice, and at this time is court reporter of the Superior Court at Gary. She belongs to the Gary Bar Association and is active in the Business and Professional Women's Club.

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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