Doctor Giorgi was born in the City of Rome, Italy, March 28, 1861, and is a son of Joseph and Signiati (Antonio) Giorgi. Joseph Giorgi was a flour manufacturer and miller of Rome during his entire life and a man of high character and business standing. He died in March, 1880, his widow surviving him until 1883, and both are buried in a Catholic cemetery at Rome. There were seven children in the family: Two who died in infancy; Phillip, who died at Rome in 1927; Sebastian, who died in 1919 at Rome; Catherine, who died in 1926 at Rome; Mrs. Elizabeth Pelle, who resides at Rome; and Dr. Antonio, of this review.

From the Guido Pitoni Heraldic Library, 3 Walnut Street, Rochester, New York, it has bee possible to draw the following interesting data concerning the Giorgi family, whose coat-of-arms still exists in the great collection of Crollalanza at the Heraldic Library.

The Giorgi family, which in ancient times bore also the name of Zorzi, originated from a Chevalier of Moravia (Austria) who established himself in the City of Venice, Italy, and who acquired dominion of several castles in the territorial area of the cities of Pavia and Placenza. With the passing of the years different branches of this ancient family settled from north to south in the Italian peninsula, where they still flourish. The family has produced many illustrious personages, among whom the following are worthy of special mention: Bernard Giorgi, who was a Ventian senator and one of the three reformators of the City of Padua; Marino Giorgi, who was the fiftieth Doge of the Republic of Venice, as the successor of Peter Gradenigo, in 1911; six members of the family surname were procurators of St. Mark’s in Venice; several were Bishops of the cities of Bresci and Piacenza; one, Ottavian Giorgi, was captain of justice in the City of Siena; Ippolito Giorgi was doctor and professor of rights in the University of Ferrara in 1751; one, Cesar Giorgi, of the same city, was also a doctor, was well as a counsellor of the second order, in 1787; Alexander Giorgi, abbot, of Venice, was literate in about 1770; one, Anthony Augustine Giorgi, of St. Mauro of Romagna, was Augustinian and Orientalist in 1790; Domenick Giorgi was archaeologist in Rome in 1746; one, George Giorgi, of Florence, was a celebrated jurist and counsellor of the state and later became senator, in 1792; Iacop Giorgi was a famous painter of Florence in the seventeenth century; Ignatius Giorgi, of Rome, was the chief librarian in the Casanatense Library; Louis Giorgi, of Luca, was a celebrated engraver of the past century; and Paul Giorgi is literate of the present time. Two branches of the Giorgi family belong to the Italian nobility, and, as before stated, the coat-of-arms is to be found extant in the Heraldic Library.

Antonio Giorgi attended a seminary at Rome, from which he was graduated in 1881, and after further preparation entered the famous Pavia University, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine as a member of the class of 1891. From 1891 until 1903 he practiced medicine and surgery in his native city with Professor Doctor Baccelli, and in the latter year came to the United States and settled at Utica, New York, where he formed a partnership with Doctor Harrer, with whom he carried on his calling in that city until 1907, at which time he moved to Canton, Ohio. In December, 1909, he took up his permanent residence at Gary, where he has since been in the enjoyment of a large and profitable general practice of medicine and surgery. In 1914 Doctor Giorgi conceived and carried through the idea of the establishment of a private hospital, the St. Antonio Hospital, of Gary, located at 1837 Jefferson Street, which has been developed into a modern institution with accommodations for fifty patients. He is the sole owner of this hospital, with seven graduate nurses in attendance, and from fourteen to sixteen skilled physicians and surgeons on staff, with every conceivable appliance for the convenience and sure of those confined. Doctor Giorgi is a man of great and extensive experience, who keeps fully abreast of all modern advancements and spends much of his time in personal research and investigation. He has done much post-graduate work, has attended numerous lectures and clinics, and is a member of the American Medical Association, the Indiana State Medical Society, the Tri-State Medical Association and the Lake County Medical Society. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Roosevelt Club and for some years was active in the Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce of Gary. A stanch Republican in political allegiance, his only public office has been that of health officer, which he filled from 1926 to 1930. He belongs to the Roman Catholic Church.

On September 3, 1892, at Rome, Italy, Doctor Giorgi was united in marriage with Miss Victoria Anaclerio, daughter of Nicola and Angela (Giannini) Anaclerio, the form of whom as a colonel of a regiment of the Italian army and for many years prominent in Government and army affairs in Italy. Both parents are now deceased and buried at Rome. Mrs. Giorgi received the equivalent of a normal school education in Italy, whre she also attended Victoria Colonna, and for three years prior to her marriage was a teacher in the public schools. She was very active in church and charitable work at Gary, where she died August 30, 1928, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery. To Doctor and Mrs. Giorgi there were born five children: One who died in infancy; Antoinetta, now Mrs. Dr. Sirianni, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Joe, a merchant tailor of Chicago, Illinois; Angelina, now Mrs. Del Pianto, of Rome, Italy; and Paul, an attorney of Gary, who married Miss Le Bue, of Chicago, and has two sons, Antonio and Andrew.

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

MORRIS CHUDOM. Among the most successful and reliable practitioners at the Gary bar is Morris Chudom, a member of the firm of Moore, Long, Chudom & Johnson, who is likewise widely known in business and fraternal circles. He is a man of settled purpose, firm convictions and practical views, whether as an attorney or citizen, and has, therefore, advanced steadily to a lofty and substantial professional position, having been effective also in the furtherance of the projects which have been advanced by good citizens of modern tendencies.

Mr. Chudom was born at Poltava, Russia, July 23, 1891, and is a son of Jacob and Bertha (Leviant) Chudom. Jacob Chudom was born in Russia, where he received an excellent educational training and was graduated from the University of Petrograd at the age of twenty-three years. He immediately entered upon the practice of his calling, in which he has been engaged ever since, and still continues to carry on the business of a large and important clientage, although he has reached the age of seventy-three years. Mrs. Chudom also survives and both she and her husband are active in the community life in their part of Russia. There were nine children in the family: Abraham, now a commercial artist of Toronto, Canada; Samuel, a banker of Russia; Morris, of this review; Maurice, a commercial artist of Chicago; Dr. Wolf, a practicing physician and surgeon of Russia; Dr. Peter, also a physician and surgeon, who died in 1922; Anna, now Mrs. Sokal, of Russia; Miss Vivian, a high school teacher of Russia; and Leona, of Russia.

Morris Chudom attend the public and high schools of Russia and the art school at Kiev, and in 1912 immigrated to the United States and attended Cooper Institute, or Cooper Union College, New York City, and the New York University Law School. In 1918 he entered the United States Army and was in the training camp at Camp Upton, New York, as a member of the Seventy-first Regiment, recruited from New York City, at the time of the signing of the armistice. He was honorably discharged in 1919 and at that time made use of his knowledge of art to engage in commercial drawing work at New York City. In 1921 he removed to Chicago, where he remained one year and in 1922 went to Indiana Harbor, where he opened a photographic studio, which he conducted for three years. In 1925 he settled permanently at Gary, where he engaged in the practice of law in partnership with John H. Haller for two and one-half years, and then formed a connection with Robert H. Moore. This continued until September 1, 1930, when Harry Long and City Attorney Rosswell B. Johnson joined the firm, which is now know as Moore, Long, Chudom & Johnson and occupies commodious offices on the eighth floor of the Gary State Bank Building. Mr. Chudom has been one of the busy lawyers of Gary, and among the numerous and interesting cases which he has conducted to a favorable conclusion it would be difficult to specialize. It may suffice to say that he is thoroughly grounded in principles, precedents and court procedure and possesses innate and acquired ability for one of the most difficult and intricate of the learned callings. He is a member of the Lake County Bar Association, the Indiana State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He has been active in Masonry as a member of Indiana Harbor Lodge No. 686, A. F. and A. M., and belongs to the Order of B’nai B’rith and Gary Memorial Post No. 17, American Legion. Politically he is a Republican, but thus far in his career has found no time to engage actively in political affairs, although he has always been a willing and constructive supporter of all commendable civic movements.

At Chicago, Illinois, December 28, 1922, Mr. Chudom was united in marriage with Miss Katherine Logan, a daughter of Morris and Iris Logan, the former of whom was for years a merchant of Russia and died several years ago, while Mrs. Logan passed away in 1925, both being buried in Russia. Mrs. Chudom was educated in Russia and in the grade and high schools of Chicago, having come to the United States when about twelve years of age. She is active in the Jewish Hadassah and the Woman’s Circle.

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

JOHN ADAM NOLDE. While John Adam Nolde has been a resident of Gary only since 1928, he has already become a leading figure in business circles of this thriving industrial city, where he is the owner and operator of the Dune Tire Company. From the time that he left college, with the exception of a short period spent in the army during the World war, he has been connected with the automobile tire business, and at present, in addition to his main business at Gary, is operating flourishing branches at Hammond and Indiana Harbor.

Mr. Nolde was born at St. Louis, Missouri, December 17, 1897, and is a son of J. T. and Elsie M. (Bickel) Nolde. The Nolde family had been known at St. Louis for many years, the name having been established at that city by Mr. Nolde’s great-grandfather, a native of Germany, who was a pioneer business man. John Nolde, the grandfather of John Adam Nolde, was born at St. Louis, where he was reared and received a public school education, and for many years was a well-known wholesale cigar dealer. J. T. Nolde, father of John Adam Nolde, was also born at St. Louis, and was educated in the public schools. A man of great business sagacity and executive capacity, he organized and for many years operated the J. T. Nolde Dental Supply Company, of which he was still president at the time of his death, March 15, 1914. He was also president of the Chippewa Bank, and as a public-spirited citizen was one of the prime movers in the Million Population Club, of which he was president. He was likewise active in politics, was a Mason and attended the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Nolde married Miss Elsie M. Bickel, who was born at St. Louis and educated in the public schools, and is still a resident of the Mound City and active in the work of the Methodist Episcopal Church. To Mr. and Mrs. Nolde there were born two children: Elsie, who is now Mrs. Glen A. Brown, of St. Louis; and John Adam.

John Adam Nolde attended the public schools of St. Louis, where he was graduated from high school as a member of the class of 1915. He then attended Washington College, and on leaving that institution secured employment with the United State Tire & Rubber Company, being thus engaged when called for service in the United States Army during the World war. He joined the Aviation Corps, and was honorably discharged December 11, 1918. At that time he returned to his position as traveling salesman for the United States Tire & Rubber Company, with which concern he remained until 1924, when he joined the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, but remained only one year, when he embarked in the retail tire business at Columbus, Ohio, and continued therein for three years. On December 11, 1928, Mr. Nolde disposed of his Columbus interests and came to Gary, where he purchased the Dunes Tire Company, of which he has since been the proprietor. This he has built up to important proportions, and now has successful branches at Indiana Harbor and Hammond. Mr. Nolde is a Master Mason and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Gary Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce, and was formerly a member of the Lions Club, at Columbus. He is a Republican in his political affiliation and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

At Memphis, Tennessee, January 28, 1920, Mr. Nolde was united in marriage with Miss Annie Lee Johnson, daughter of W. A. Johnson, who for many years has been a prominent farmer, stock raiser and realtor of Jonesboro, Arkansas. Mrs. Nolde was educated in the public schools of Arkansas, where she graduated from high school, and is active in the work of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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

FLOYD B. COTTRILL is successfully engaged in the coal business at Hartford City, Blackford County, where he conducts his substantial and prosperous enterprise under the title of American Coal Company. His well equipped yards occupy an area of one-half block, on West Franklin Street, with office at 1017 on that thoroughfare, and he specializes in the handling of high-grade Kentucky and West Virginia coal, his annual utilization of which averages 100 carloads. This business was founded in 1922, by S. L. Cork, from whom Mr. Cottrill purchased the plant and business in 1927, his vigorous and honorable policies having since effected a splendid expansion of the enterprise.

Mr. Cottrill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, October 2, 1893, and is a son of Benjamin and Mary (Maryland) Cottrill, of whose three children he was the second in order of birth. Benjamin Cottrill became one of the substantial exponents of farm enterprise in Buchanan County, Missouri, was loyal and public-spirited as a citizen and he gave effective service as a member of the school board of his district. The Cottrill family gained Colonial prestige in the historic old State of Virginia and some of its representatives served as patriot soldiers in the War of the Revolution. Elias Cottrill, grandfather of the subject of this review, was born at Roanoke, Virginia, and was one of a family of twelve sons, three of whom became pioneers in Missouri and he having been one of this number. Elias and his brother John established permanent residence in Missouri, and the other brother, Watson, eventually became a resident of Texas. Elias Cottrill developed in Missouri the productive farm on which he passed the remainder of his life, and in that state his son Benjamin well upeld the honors of the family name as a citizen and as an enterprising agriculturist and stock grower.

The public schools of his native county constituted the medium through which Floyd B. Cottrill acquired his early education, and in the meanwhile he assisted in the work and management of the home farm. He advanced his education by attending the Missouri State Normal School at Marysville, Missouri. With his family he removed to Emporia, Kansas, in 1914, where he was employed with the G.W. Newman Dry Goods Company. He was a resident of Emporia, Kansas, at the time the nation entered the World war, and he was one of the earliest volunteers from Kansas, his enlistment having occurred May 1, 1917,-less than a month after the United States formally declared war against Germany. He became a member of Company L, One Hundred Thirty-seventh Infantry, Thirty-fifth Division, from Emporia, and with this command he embarked April 25, 1918 for overseas service. He was in active service in France at the time of the signing of the armistice and there he remained until April, 1919, when he returned to his native land and received his honorable discharge, with rank of sergeant. After visiting the home in Emporia Kansas, Mr. Cottrill passed a year in New Mexico, and he then came to Indiana, where he was soon afterward married at Muncie. He was thereafter a traveling salesman of coal during a period of five years with residence at Muncie, and in October, 1927, he purchased at Hartford City the business that he has since continued under its original title of American Coal Company.

Mr. Cottrill is a Democrat in politics, has membership in the local Kiwanis Club and the Hartford City Chamber of Commerce, and he is affiliated with Emporia Lodge No. 12, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He member of the American Legion and is adjutant of Paul O. Moyer Post No. 159.

At Muncie, this state, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Cottrill to Miss Leona Nabring, and the one child of this union is a son, Richard Madison. Mr. Cottrill has gained secure standing as one of the progressive and popular business men of the younger generation in Blackford County.

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

HARRY LONG, who for eight years was assistant general counsel to the United States Shipping Board at Washington, and is now practicing law at Gary, was born at Eaton, Delaware County, Indiana, July 26, 1881, and spent his early life; in a community where his people were among the earliest settlers.

The town of Eaton was laid out and platted on land which his grandfather had entered from the Government in 1837. His grandfather was William A. Long, who was born in Ohio, November 16, 1815, son of Robert Long, a native of York, Pennsylvania. William A. Long came to Indiana with his father and settled in Delaware County in 1837, entering land covered with timber, on which one of the first improvements was a log house. William A. Long married, October 28, 1841, Anna McLaughlin, who was born in Ohio in 1823 and died in 1864. Their son, John W. Long, was born April 19, 1846, and when he was twelve years of age he carried the chain helping the surveyor layout the town of Eaton from a part of his father's homestead. John W. Long spent most of his life as a farmer at Eaton. . He was one of the local men who when natural gas was discovered helped finance the Eaton Gas Company. He was also one of the organizers of the Farmers State Bank in 1894, serving as vice president and from 1898 as president for a quarter of a century. He was active in politics, serving as a member of the county advisory board and was a member of the Christian Church. He died in October, 1922, and is buried at Eaton. His father, William A. Long, had been active in the anti-slavery movement and assisted in the operation of one of the stations of the “underground railroad" at Eaton. John W. Long married, in 1876, Miss Rufina Smith, who was born in Iowa, in 1854, and was a small child when her parents, Stephen J. and Susan Smith settled in Indiana, returning to Delaware County after a brief residence in Iowa. Mrs. Rufina Smith Long is now seventy-six years of age and resides at Eaton. She was the mother of three children: William A., who died at the age of seventeen; Harry; and , Robert W., a farmer and banker at Eaton, who married Mary Peterson, member of another old family of Delaware County, and has two daughters, Helen Hope and Mary Catherine.

Harry Long as a boy witnessed some of the feverish activities due to the natural gas discoveries in Delaware County. He graduated from the Eaton High School in 1900, spent four years in Indiana University and in 1905 graduated from the Indiana Law School with the LL. B. degree. He belongs to the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He was admitted to the bar, and until 1921 was in practice at Muncie, associated as a partner with George W. Cromer, former congressman from the Eighth Congressional District. In 1921 Mr. Long was appointed assistant general counsel to the United States Shipping Board, and his duties kept him in Washington until September, 1929, when he resigned. On returning to Indiana he located at Gary, where he joined R. B. Johnson in partnership. Later the law firm of Moore, Long, Chudom & Johnson was founded, which commands a very large and important practice. Their offices are in the Gary State Bank Building.

Mr. Long has been active in Republican politics and was formerly district chairman of the Eighth Indiana District. For four years he served as prosecuting attorney of Delaware County. He is a member of Eaton Lodge No. 606 of the Masonic fraternity and Muncie Lodge No. 245, B. P. O. Elks.

He married in Wells County, Indiana, October 31, 1905, Miss Clara R. Davis, daughter of Leander and Mary (Behner-Eichhorn) Davis. Her father was a farmer and stock man of Wells County and her parents are buried at Markle. Mrs. Long graduated from high school at Bluffton, attended Indiana University and taught school at Bluffton until her marriage. She is a member of the Christian Church, the Eastern Star and Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. They have two children, John Robert and Mary Virginia. John Robert was educated in public schools at Muncie and Washington, graduated from the Charlotte Hall Military Academy in 1928, subsequently attended Maryland University and is now attending the University of Indiana, where he belongs to the same fraternity as his father, the Phi Delta Theta. He was born in 1911, and is a youth of unusual intellectual capacity. The daughter, Mary Virginia, is attending public school at .Gary.

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

LEWIS WILLIAM MCGANN has been a resident of South Bend since 1911, and is well known over St. Joseph County as a funeral director, owning and conducting one of the best establishments of the kind in South Bend.

Mr. McGann was born at Macomb, Illinois, March 25, 1883, son of James H. and Anna (Von Rospatch) McGann. His father was born in New York City, April .19, 1855, and two years later, in 1857, his parents moved to Macomb, Illinois. He grew up on a farm there and as a young man acquired land of his own and followed farming and stock raising until his death. His wife was a native of McDonough County, Illinois, and is now living at South Bend. All her six children are living, Lewis being the second in age.

Mr. McGann had all the experiences of boyhood and early youth at Macomb, where he attended grade and high school and the Illinois State Normal School. His first work was teaching, beginning in 1904, when he was twenty-one years of age. For three years he taught in his home town. When he left teaching he began an apprenticeship in the undertaking business with James Hainline, then the leading undertaker of Macomb. After two years he entered the Hoenshue Embalming School at Peoria, was graduated in 1910 and at once went east to take a position in New York City and did work in a number of eastern cities before his return to his native state.

On coming to South Bend, in November, 1911, Mr. McGann bought what is known as the Notre Dame Undertaking Establishment. He moved it to 333 North Michigan Street and in 1925 to his present location at 424 North Michigan Street. Here he has a complete funeral home and chapel. Mr. McGann is a member of the Indiana State and National Funeral Directors Associations, is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the B. P. O. Elks and the South Bend Country Club.

He married, June 15, 1915, Miss Catherine A. McIlwee. Mrs. McGann was born at Denver, Colorado. They have two children, Lewis William Jr., born June 5, 1920, and Margaret Elene, born October 30, 1925.

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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