In 1866 he commenced the study of law and was admitted to practice in the courts of this State in 1867. He immediately engaged in the active practice of his profession. Mr. Alward is an ardent Republican. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity and has held the highest offices of the different branches of the order in this city. He was married in Michigan to Martha F. Hodgkinson, daughter of James S. and Margaret Hodgkinson. She was born in New York in 1836. They have 4 children, George A., James S., Henry B. and Albert F. Mr. Alward and wife are members of the .Methodist Episcopal Church in this city.

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Andrew Anderson was born in Whitehal1, Washington county, N. Y., on Oct. 6, 1830. He is the son of Andrew and Lucinda (Goodrich) Anderson; father a native of Scotland, and mother of Massachusetts. He received a classical education at Union College, in New York State. He commenced the study of law in 1854 and graduated at the Albany Law School in 1855, and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1855. He migrated to this State in 1856 and settled in South Bend, where he has since resided and continued the practice of law. In 1862-'3 he was elected to the State Legislature from this county. He was married in this city May 4, 1857, to Mary E. Chapin, daughter of Horatio and Mary E. (Story) Chapin. She was born in this city Oct. 6, 1836. Her father was one of the pioneers of St. Joseph county. He located here at an early day as a merchant, and was one of the leading men of his day . They have 2 children: Emma (wife of James DuShane, of this city) and Miss Jennie Anderson. Mr. Anderson is one of the leading attorneys in this city and has a large and lucrative practice. For years has been interested in the trial of nearly all the prominent cases tried in the courts of this county.

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Joseph B. Arnold, Jr., the son of Joseph and Harriet (Botsford) Arnold, who were natives of Massachusetts. They migrated to this State in 1849, and located in Elkhart county, where they resided until 1859, when they came to St. Joseph county and settled in South Bend, where they now reside. The subject of this sketch was born in the State of New York in 1839. He came to this State with his parents in 1849. His early life was spent on the farm and at school. He received a liberal education, and at the age of 20 he began the study of law. In 1861 he entered the Union College of Law in Chicago, where he remained until he completed his studies. He was admitted to the Indiana Bar in 1863, and he immediately opened an office and commenced the practice of law in this city. In 1870 Mr. Arnold formed a co-partnership with Mr. J. P. Creed, the firm name being Arnold & Creed, and they have since been engaged in the law and abstract business. They are among the leading lawyers of this city, and have a large and lucrative practice. Their abstracts of titles are full and complete of all property in St. Joseph county. Mr. Arnold in 1875 organized the People's Savings Bank, and became its first president, which position he still holds.

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George Barnhard, City Marshal, was born in Germany Nov. 14, 1840; the son of Adam and Catharine (Manurer) Barnhard. He came to this country in 1860, settled in the city of New York, and removed to this county in 1864, where he has since resided. He enlisted in Co. E, of the 26th Reg't New York Vol. B., and was in the service about 20 months, being in the battles of Cedar Mountain, second Bull Run and many others; he was mustered out of the service Oct. 3, 1862. He then went to Rome, N. Y., and removed from there to this place, where he has since resided. He was elected Marshal of the city of South Bend in 1876, and reelected to the same office in 1880. He was married in New York in 1864 to Catharine Carman, who was born in Germany Sept. 14, 1841. He is a member of the order of Odd Fellows, and he and his wife are members of the German Evangelical Church in this city. Politically, Mr. Barnhard is a staunch Democrat.

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William L. Barrett is one of the pioneers of South Bend; he was born in Caledonia county, Vt., March 10, 1810. He spent his early life at home on the farm, and at the age of 16 he learned the jeweler's trade, and has been engaged in that business ever since. He began work at Franklinville, N. Y., where he worked four years, and in 1835 came to South Bend, opened a jewelry store, and has been engaged in the trade continuously ever since, being the oldest jeweler in the city, and has done more business in his line of trade than all the other stores of the kind in the city. He was married in the State of New York in 1834 to Harriet Newton, who was born in New York. They had 3 children by this marriage, one now living. He is one of the pioneer Masons of South Bend, and organized the second lodge in the county. He has been a member of First M. E. Church of this city since 1835.

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William W. Brick, one of the pioneers of St. Joseph county, was born in New Jersey Feb. 13, 1808. He visited this State in 1829, and in 1831 located in the county permanently. He bought and entered lands in Olive tp. When he first started in life he had but $9 in money. He was married in Cass county, Mich., to Miss Elizabeth May, who was born in 1814. He had by this marriage 13 children, 8 of whom are now living. Mrs. B. died in 1850. He was married in 1851 to Eliza Willmynton, who died the next year. He was again married in 1857 to Elizabeth Calbert. They had 2 children by this marriage. Mr. Brick has held many town and county offices, and was the first Justice elected to that office in the county. Politically, he is a Republican.

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John M. Brownfield was born in Uniontown, Fayette county, Pa., Dec. 24, 1808. His education was such as the common schools of that time afforded. He is the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Brownfield, natives of Virginia, of English descent. At 15 years of age he was employed in a dry-goods store, in which he continued six years. When 21 years of age he began business in his native town in connection with his brother, Co1. Ewing Brownfield, which business they continued for three years. In 1832 be was married to Lydia A. Beeson, daughter of Joseph Beeson, of Pennsylvania. She died in this city in 1853. By this marriage he had 4 children, 2 now living: John, Jr., a practicing attorney in this city, and Lydia A., wife of Marvin Campbell, of South Bend. In 1856 he was married to Elizabeth Ellis, in the city of Philadelphia; she is a native of Maryland. In 1833 Mr. Brownfield visited friends at Niles, Mich., and while there visited a number of places with a view of locating in the West. He came to this State in 1834 and located at South Bend, Ind., where he now resides. He continued in the mercantile business, and passed successfully through the financial panics of 1837, '40, '57, etc. When the branch bank of the State of Indiana was located here he was appointed Director on the part of the State. He was President of this bank for 12 years. He has been President of the South Bend National Bank from its organization to the present time. He was President of the South Bend Iron Works for several years. Mr. Brownfield has been an honored and leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for more than 50 years, a class-leader for many years, has been Superintendent of the South Bend Sabbath-school also for several years, and for a time a Trustee of the Asbury University. He at one time donated $1,000 toward its endowments. He was elected to the General Conference, which met in the city of Brooklyn, May, 1872. He has been actively identified with every enterprise and movement that had for its object the improvement and advancement of South Bend . He has always been a strong adherent of the Democratic party, and in other years regarded as the "wheel horse" of the Democracy in St. Joseph county.

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Willis A. Bugbee was born in the city of South Bend Sept. 17, 1845. His father, Mr. Almond Bugbee, was a native of Vermont, and settled in South Bend in March, 1837. His mother died in 1861. She was a native of the State of New York, and her maiden name was Adelia A. Crocker; she was a frequent contributor to the press and magazines. He received a good common-school education under able and careful, instructors, and also a commercial education at Chicago in 1864-5. He graduated at the Law Department of the Universit.y of Michigan at Ann Arbor, in March, 1867, and received the degree of "Bachelor of Laws." This entitled him to practice in all tbe courts of Michigan. He was further admitted to practice at the Bar of St. Joseph county, Indiana, April 8, 1867, and shortly afterward entered the law office of Hon. Andrew Anderson. Mr. Anderson had in 1856 established a complete set of records of title to all of the real estate of St. Joseph county, and he procured the assistance of Mr. Bugbee in revising, enlarging and perfecting them. A partnership was formed, which lasted for some time. Afterward the records were leased by him of Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Bugbee subsequently became sole proprietor by purchase from Mr. Anderson. These records had obtained such a reputation for accuracy and reliability, that in his specialty as an examiner of titles many hundreds of thousands of dollars have exchanged hands upon his opinion of the title. The attention paid to details, the method, arrangement and artistic appearance of his written abstracts, called forth the highest praise from many of the largest loan, trust and insurance companies of the country, into whose hands they fell for critical inspection. The supervisor of loans of a trust company located in New York city adopted Mr. Bugbee's abstract as a model or form for business in Michigan and other parts of the West. Prior to engaging in business for himself, and with a view of seeing the country and of selecting a location for his future, he made a trip across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, and made a short trip into Mexico, and on a previous occasion, a trip into Canada, thus visiting the four extremes of the country, on the east, west, north and south, but found no place that attracted him more than his native city, where he has always remained. Mr. Bugbee's inclinations have been toward a literary career, and he has written a vast number of anonymous articles for the press, some of which have attracted general attention. On two occasions, several years apart, he was offered and urged to accept a position as associate editor of the St. Joseph Valley Register. He is an active member of the First Presbyterian Church, and has for many years acted as a member of the Board of Trustees of that Church. He was in 1880 elected an elder of the Church, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Louis Humphreys, but declined the honor. In April, 1873, he was married to Evelyn E. Badet, of New London, Conn. He has witnessed the growth of South Bend from a small village to its present size and prosperity, and has grown up with the growth of the city, and has a deep, earnest, and abiding interest in the welfare and prosperity of his native place.

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Dr. Daniel.M. Calvert was born Oct. 29, 1847, in St. Joseph county, Indiana, where his parents resided for 40 years. Thomas D. Calvert, father of D. M., was born at Lanchester, England, in 1818. Mr'. Calvert, Sr., kept a dairy near Philadelphia, Penn. Mrs. Sarah (Curry) Calvert was a native of Ohio, was born in 1829. Came to this county a few years later with her parents. She was joined in marriage to Mr. Calvert and lived contentedly on the homestead for 50 years, which is three miles north of South Bend. D. M. Calvert was married Sept. 11, 1873, to Miss Eliza Sherburne, of Lorain county, Ohio. 1869 to 1873 taught school in this county; studied dentistry in 1874 and 1875, which business he has followed since. He lived one year in Buchanan, Mich., then moved to South Bend, where he now resides. He became a member of the Baptist Church Feb. 25, 1872. Mrs. C. is a member of the same Church. He has been very successful in his business and is well known in the county.

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Marvin Campbell, the eldest son of Samuel A. and Harriet (Cornell) Campbell, was born in Valparaiso, Ind., March 13, 1849. His parents located in Porter county, Ind., in 1834, where they now reside. His father is a native of the State of New York, and his mother of Ohio. The subject of this sketch received his education at the Valparaiso College, and at the age of 20 he was placed in charge of the mathematical and scientific department of the Valparaiso high school, which position he held for one year. He then came to this city and taught mathematics and the sciences in the high school in this place for two years. He then resigned and entered into partnership with Mr. Cole, under the firm name of Cole & Campbell, and engaged in the hardware trade. In 1874 he purchased the interests of Mr. Cole in the business, and purchased the building he now occupies, Nos. 15, 17 and 19, Market St., and has increased the business from time to time. He now has without doubt, the largest retail hardware store and tinware manufactory in the State. He also has a large wholesale trade. He employs 12 hands and carries a stock of not less than $25,000. Mr. Campbell has also become popularly known in the lecture field. His lecture on "The Relation of the Bible to the State", has been highly spoken of by the press and clergy of Indiana. He has also taken an active part in the political affairs of the country, and his voice is often heard in defense of the principles of the party to which he belongs. He has been a life-long Republican, and is one of the leaders of that party in this county. He was married in this city May 27, 1874, to Lillie A. Brownfield, daughter of John and Lydia A. Brownfield. She was born in this county in 1852. Her father, John Brownfield, is one of the early settlers and leading men of South Bend. They have 2 children, John B. and Harriet. Mr. Campbell is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and wife are members of the M. E. Church in this city.

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James w. Camper, the son of William and Elizabeth Camper, who were natives of Virginia and came to this State and located in South Bend in 1834, was born in 1836 in this city, where most of his life thus far has been spent. He began to learn the gunsmith's trade when but 14 years of age, and has been engaged in that business ever since. He began business for himself in this city in 1867. He also fol1owed for a short time the butcher business and the manufacture of chairs. He is now engaged exclusively in the sale and manufacture of guns and sportmen's goods. He was married in 1865 to Miss Mary A. Smith, of this city. Politically, he is a Republican.

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John Cassidy, M. D., the son of John and Rose Cassidy, who were natives of Ireland and came to this country and settled in Michigan at an early day, was born in Michigan in the year 1838; his early life was spent at home on the farm. He received a classical education, and studied medicine at the Rush Medical College of Chicago, at which institution he graduated in 1865. He first began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Louis Negnon, the physician and surgeon in charge at Notre Dame and St. Mary's College. Dr. Negnon was a surgeon of the French army under Napoleon. Dr. Cassidy has been the physician of Notre Dame and St. Mary's ever since he began the practice of medicine. He was married in 1870 in this city to Corselia Ascher, who is a native of Ohio. They have 5 children, and are members of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Reese J. Chesnutwood is the son of Abram and Sarah Chesnutwood, who were natives of Pennsylvania; father of German and mother of Welsh descent. He was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1816; went with his parents to Ohio when a small boy, where his early life was spent. He came to this State in 1851 and located in South Bend, engaging in the dry-goods trade, which he continued a short time, and then sold out and went into the lumber business, which he continued until 1859. This year he was elected County Recorder, which office he held for eight years. In 1869 he was appointed U. S. Internal Revenue Collector for the Ninth District of Indiana; this office he held until the Ninth and Tenth Districts were consolidated, Jan. 1, 1876. In January, 1879, he began the manufacture and sale of cigars. He employs ten hands and has a very large trade. Mr. Chesnutwood's education was confined to such as the common schools of Pennsylvania afforded at that day, and such instruction as he received at home. He was married in Ohio in 1842, to Miss Martha A. Fisher, who was born in Philadelphia, Pa. They have 2 children, a son and a daughter. The son is now married and resides in the city, being Deputy Revenue Collector for this district. The daughter, Sarah F., is the wife of Thaddeus S. Taylor, of this city. Mr. Chesnutwood is a member of the Masonic order, and has held all the prominent offices of the lodge, chapter and commandery. Politically, he is a staunch Republican.

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Henry F. Clipfell, agent U. S. Express Company, was born in Colon, Mich., in 1840; he spent his early life on a farm, up to 1866, when he was engaged as express agent at White Pigeon, Mich., and in 1871 was transferred to South Bend, where he has since had charge of the U. S. Express Co's business, being their general agent at this point. He was married in White Pigeon June 17, 1870, to Miss Elizabeth M. Dale, daughter of Amos Dale, of White Pigeon. They have 2 children now living: Mary E. and Carroll S. Mr. and Mrs. C. are members of the Christian Church. In 1861 he enlisted in the 11th Mich. Vol. as a member of the regimental band, in which capacity he served one and one-half years; he then went into the Quartermaster's department, where he continued until the close of the war.

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Schuyler Colfax,, ex-Vice President of the United States, and lecturer, was born in the city of New York, March 23, 1823; was a grandson of Gen. William Colfax, who commanded Washington's life-guards. In l836 he removed with his mother, who was then a widow, to Northern Indiana. He settled at South Bend, and studied law, and became in 1845 editor of the St. Joseph Valley Register, a Whig paper issued at South Bend. In 1850 he was a member of the convention which formed a new constitution for Indiana, and he opposed the clause that prohibited colored men from settling in this State. As a Whig candidate for Congress he was defeated in 1851, but was elected in 1854, was six times reelected, and continued to represent this district until 1869. In 1856 he made an eloquent speech in Congress on the subject of the conflict in Kansas. He was chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives in December, 1863. During the civil war he was a friend and confidential adviser of President Lincoln . He performed a journey across the continent to California in 1865, and was again elected Speaker at the House about the end of that year. He gained a high reputation as a presiding officer, and was the most popular Speaker of the House since Henry Clay. In 1867 he was chosen Speaker for the third time. In May, 1868, he was nominated as candidate for the office of Vice President of the United States, by the Republicans, who at the same time nominated Gen. Grant for the Presidency. They were elected in 1868, receiving 214 electoral votes out of 294, which was the whole number.

He is still a resident of South Bend, and devotes his time principally to the lecture field, in which he excels. During the Presidential campaign of 1880 he was waked up to take a public part in favor of the Republican nominees, and soon was able to rejoice with his co-laborers in the fruits of a great Republican victory.

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Lucius F. Copeland is the son of Lucius F. and Olive Copeland. They were natives of the State of New York. His father is of English and his mother of Scotch descent. The subject of this notice spent his early life in Rochester, N. Y., was educated in the high schools of that city and in the University of Virginia, and afterward was engaged with Messrs. Prichard & Co., on a Government contract.

In 1860 he visited Europe, making an extensive tour of the continent, being absent one year; on his return he continued his business under his contract with the Government. In 1863 he enlisted in the 13th New York Volunteers, and was soon after transferred to a Pennsylvania regiment and assigned to post duty in Washington, D. C., with rank as Lieut.-Colonel, in which position he continued for ten months. In 1865 he attended lectures at the Albany Law School for two terms, and afterward continued his law studies in the office of F. G. Wicker, Esq., of Albany, N. Y. In 1866 he returned to Rochester, N. Y., and was for a short time engaged in mercantile business; in the fall of the same year he went to St. Louis and took charge of the extensive saddlery and hardware house of E. A. Corbin & Co., where he remained about one year; he then joined an excursion party and visited New Mexico, returning to St. Louis in 1868; he then moved to Johnson county, Iowa, where he was engaged in the practice of law for a short time. He then returned to New York and opened a law office, and in 1870 he visited Europe, being absent one year and seven months. In the spring of 1875 he moved to Berrien county, Mich., and engaged in the practice of law; in 1878 he came to South Bend and continued the practice of law. Mr. Copeland for a number of years has been in the lecture field, and has most deservedly been denominated the" Prince of Orators." So popular have his lectures become that he has calls from nearly every State in the Union, and during the lecture season his time is fully occupied, having many more calls than he can fill, and has received some very flattering notices from the leading papers in the States where his lectures have been given. As a political speaker Mr. Copeland stands today without a rival; and during the campaign but recently closed, the demands for him were greater than for any other man on the stump. As an advocate in the trial of causes he stands in the foremost rank, and there are but few if any in the State able to cope with him before a jury. Mr. Copeland was married to Miss Emily O. Mead, of Berrien Springs, daughter of William Mead, Esq., of that place.

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Alexis Coquillard, manufacturer of the celebrated "Coquillard wagon," was born in Detroit, Mich., April 29, 1825. Mr. Coquillard comes from a long-lived race of people, whose name has been prominently connected with the early development and growth of Michigan and Northern Indiana. Benjamin Coquillard, pere, was in early life married to Sophia Andre; they were natives of Detroit, where they resided until 1829, when they removed to Indiana and located in this county; as the result of this union one child was born to them, Alexis, who is the subject of this sketch. Alexis Coquillard, Sr., the head of the family in America, was stationed in this county as an employe of the American Fur Company at a time when there was not another white man in the county. He afterward founded and platted the wealthy and enterprising city of South Bend. In 1840, while St. Joseph county was yet a wilderness, zealous representatives of the Roman Catholic Church, men who knew neither danger nor fatigue in the accomplishment of their se1f-imposed missions, pushed their way into the wild, unbroken fastness, and there began laying the foundation of the Notre Dame college. The first name on its rolls was that of the subject of our sketch, who piloted them across the river when in search of the grounds. The fabulous stories of golden treasures in California, which were circulated throughout the country in 1849, found lodgment in the breast of the young man, and he determined to seek his fortune in the New El Dorado of the West; and though but 25 years of age, in company with others, that year visited the golden shores of the Pacific, where he remained nine months, and succeeded beyond his most sanguine expectations. He returned to Indiana and purchased a farm in this county, which he operated until 1854, when he engaged in the real estate business and the manufacture of lumber, in which business he has been engaged to a large extent up to the present time. He continued to increase his landed possessions until 1865, at which time he established the Coquillard Wagon Works. This business has been constantly increasing until his sales amount to more than 3,OOO vehicles per annum. The timber from which they are constructed comes from a tract of 2,000 acres in the county, on which at an early day he erected a steam saw-mill. He is also the owner of one of the best farms in the county of over 500 acres, a short distance from the city limits. Mr. Coquillard, in addition to the above, is the owner of some 40 houses in South Bend, besides a large amount of unimproved real estate. He is also the owner of large tracts of land in .Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska, and some of the Territories.

Socially Mr. Coquillard is one of the most genial of men. The distinguishing characteristics of his nature are strength of purpose, independence of thought and action and love of right and truth. He takes an active interest in all enterprises, promotion of the public good, or in the diffusion of knowledge. He is a man of great energy and perseverance, and when he once undertakes a thing, he seems to know no such word as "fail." Five feet seven inches in height, he is blessed with an excellent constitution, and is the very picture of health. He is still a bachelor," heart-whole and fancy free." As a justification of this fact, Mr. Coquillard states that when young he was too poor to contemplate matrimony, and is now too busy to think of it. Politically, he is a Republican, and enjoys the distinction of being the wealthiest man in St. Joseph county. He contributes liberally to all charities, and is a man whose worth is felt and appreciated in the community in which he resides.

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Alexis T. Coquillard, the only child of Alexis Coquillard, the chief founder of the city of South Bend, was born in the city of South Bend, on the 13th of February, 1836. At the time of his birth his father lived in the house north of the Strayer gun shop, on Michigan Street. When young Coquillard was three years of age, his father removed to the brick house on Michigan street, now occupied by Hon. Wm. Miller, where they lived until the young man was about 24 years of age. He began his school life with his cousin Alexis Coquillard, now manufacturer of the celebrated "Coquillard wagon,' in a log school-house that stood near the site of the University of Notre Dame, which was the beginning of that celebrated institution of learning, where he remained until the University was built; he then entered the college, being one of its first students, where he continued his studies until 1854. Jan. 7, 1855, his father received fatal injuries by falling from the ruins of a large flouring mill that had recently burned, and died Jan. 8, from the injuries, caused by his fall. He was married in 1859 to Miss Mary Ellen Pike, daughter of Charles Pike, Esq., of Niles, Michigan. She was born in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1842. They had one child, Alexis Charles, who resides with his father in this city. In 1860 Mr. Coquillard was employed on the detective force in Chicago, under O. P. Bradley, chief of that department, who at once recognized the ability of Mr. Coquillard and promoted him from time to time, placing him in charge of a large force of men. His reputation as a skillful detective soon became known throughout the Northwest, and complicated and difficult cases from all parts of the country came to him, and as evidence of the ability and skill he displayed in this most difficult business, has hundreds of highly flattering testimonials from the Government authorities, the leading railroad officials and business men of the Northwest. In 1868, at the request of the leading men in Indianapolis, he went to that city and organized" Coquillard's Merchant Police," having a large force of men is his employ. In 1869 the prominent men of that City, having a due appreciation of his services, presented him with a very fine gold-headed cane, with the name of the donors engraved thereon. In 1868 he abandoned the business and has since given it no attention whatever.

In 1868 he purchased the land where the village of St. Edwards, Nebraska, is now located, and afterward sold a half interest in the same to John N. Lederer and W. H. Longley, of this city, with a view of platting a town, and in 1876 they organized and were incorporated under the laws of Nebraska, as "the St. Edwards Land and Emigration Company," of which Mr. Coquillard was elected president and manager for the term of five years. The company, besides having a large number of town lots, own a large tract of land adjoining the village of St. Edwards. In 1879 Mr. Coquillard contracted for 25,000 acres of land in Oconto county, Wis., and soon after formed a joint-stock company composed of John N. Lederer, T. E. Howard, Esq., W. H. Longley, Andrew Russwurm, Godfrey Poehelman, James Daughtery, Edward T. Lomont, and himself. Mr. Coquillard was elected president and general manager of the company. The company at once began to improve and open their land to actual settlers, and are now rapidly disposing of it, their sales being very large. Mr. Coquillard in 1880 started the Globe, in the interests of these two land companies, for the purpose of bringing the property before the public. The paper has been a success from the start, and now has a circulation of 5,000 copies. In connection with his other responsibilities Mr. Coquillard does a general real-estate business, and buys and sells property of every description.

In 1872 he was elected City Councilman from the fourth ward, which office he held for two terms. He afterward received the nomination for the office of Mayor, and was defeated by a small majority.

Through costly litigation the entire fortune of his father was swept away, and Mr. Coquillard, left without means, has by his own efforts acquired his present property and cared and provided for his mother, who died but recently . He is one of the representative men of South Bend, and has been identified with many of the public enterprises of the city.

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James N. Corning is the son of Nathan and Pheba (Willson) Corning, father a native of New Hampshire and of Scotch descent, and mother of New York and of English descent. The subject of this sketch was born in Mentor, Lake county, Ohio, in 1835. His early life was spent at home on the farm. He received a liberal education; was three years in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, where he engaged in oil speculations. In 1867 he emigrated to this State and located in South Bend, where he has since resided. He was married in Ohio in 1862 to Mary A. Thompson, who was born in Lake county, O., in 1837; they have 2 children. Mr. Corning is one of the leading men of this city; has now been Justice of the Peace for four years, in which capacity he has the confidence of the people, and his time is fully occupied with the duties of his office. He is a Democrat, and also a member of the Masonic fraternity in this city.

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Jonathan P. Creed was born in Benton, Yates county, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1844. Went to common schools and worked on a farm until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862; served until July 14, 1865. Was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 4, 1863, in his right arm, near the shoulder, the ball passing through into the side. After his discharge from the army he went to school at Lima, N. Y., at which he received an academic education. In 1867 he removed from New York to South Bend, Ind., and began the practice of law, in which he is still engaged.

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James Daughtery is the son of James and Elizabeth Daughtery, who were natives of Ireland, and came to this country at an early day. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1826, where he spent his early life; was employed in a woolen factory until he was 29 years of age, when he moved to Ohio and engaged in farming for a number of years. He came to this county in 1864, and followed farming some time, and had charge of the county house for two years. He was elected Sheriff in 1878, which office he now holds. He was married in Wayne county, Ohio, in 1849 to Miss Anna E. Shaffer. They have 5 children now, living. He is a member of the Masonic order, and politically is a Democrat.

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James Davis is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in 1812, the son of Robert and Margaret Davis, who were natives of Pennsylvania. He commenced the study of law in Pittsfield, Ill. when 21 years of age and while holding the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court, and was admitted to the Bar in 1836, and continued the practice until the year 1876, when, owing to poor health, he was obliged to abandon the active practice of law, and accepted a position as special agent of the U. S. Treasurer's department, with headquarters at Chicago, which position he held two years. Mr. Davis has always been an active politician, and for many years was chairman of the county central committee of the Republican party, and held the office of City Attorney for two years. He was married in 1851 to Miss Elizabeth Heaton, daughter of Charles M. Heaton. They have 4 children by this marriage.

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Daniel Dayton, M. D., is not only one of the earliest pioneer settlers in South Bend, having arrived here in 1836, but was the first regular medical graduate that commenced practice in this city; and he has continued the practice of his profession at the same place without intermission to this date, a period of 44 years. Probably no physician is now or ever has been more widely or favorably known in this section than the venerable Doctor.

He is a native of the granite-bound hills of New Hampshire, Orford, Grafton Co., where he was born May 27, 1806, the son of James and Lucinda (Morey) Dayton, the former a native of Connecticut and the latter of Massachusetts, and of English ancestry, the original family having come to America in 1640. The Doctor's youth was passed upon his father's farm; in 1831 he graduated at Union College, N. Y. The same year he first commenced the study of medicine during his last term at Union College, one of the professors being a physician, by name Joslyn; afterward attended his first medical course at Dartmouth College, N. H., and graduated in 1836 at the Geneva (N.Y.) Medical College, and commence practice in Syracuse.

He was married in 1836 to Catharine Pells; soon afterward he emigrated with his wife to the West, and located at South Bend, where he soon established an extensive practice. He had the misfortune to lose his wife by death, which occurred in 1840. He was married again in 1844, at South Bend, to Miss Ann M. Wade, who is still living; they have a family of two children, whose names are Mary, now the wife of Sam'l T. Applegate, of this county, and James H., who is a graduate of the Annapolis (Md.) Naval Academy, and a Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy.

Dr. Dayton has been a member of the order of Odd Fellows for 30 years; has also been a member of the Congregational Church for many years. In politics is a Republican, and has served the community in various local public offices. He was one of the members of the first Board of School Examiners; also Township Trustee, Corporation Surgeon several years, and also served as U. S. Examining Surgeon for enrollment for two years during the war of the Rebellion; also served as County Coroner two years. Although so actively employed during the many years of his residence in this county, he always found time to attend to the wants of those in distress. It mattered not to him whether called up at the hour of midnight to attend to the wants of the millionaire, where pay for his services was secured, or by the poorest citizen, whose only pay could be his grateful thanks for his generous labors. Of the latter class of practice no physician in this county ever had more or was as cheerfully attended to. After a long and honorable life the Doctor is still hale and hearty, still in the practice of his profession, honored and respected by all.

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Dr. Edward Hannigan Denslow was born at Mount Pleasant, near South Bend, St. Joseph county, Indiana, on the 17th of June, 1844. He is the third sun of the late Henry Denslow, one of the early settlers of the county, and a man widely known and universally respected. Edward worked on his father's farm up to the year 1870, with the exception of some time spent on several occasions in travel with circuses and theater companies, in the West. As might have been expected, he yielded to the temptations afforded by these diversions and contracted habits of inebriety which, at one time seriously threatened to be his ruin. True, however, to the home-bred proclivities of his boyhood he returned, finally, to the farm and fireside of his father, and Oct. 26, 1865, was united in marriage to Annie S. Johnson, a lady of attractive manners and excellent judgment. Soon after his marriage he became excessively addicted to drink and his utter ruin seemed almost inevitable. In the early part of 1870, however, commenced that extraordinary development which changed the whole tenor of his life and brought about in him almost a new creation. The result was, in fact, a new birth, if there ever was such a phenomenon. Almost without premonition, certainly without expectation or desire, some unseen influence took control of his physical organism while utterly unconscious; he was carried through a series of exercises of the most extraordinary character. One of his first, experiences was to have the glass in which he was conveying intoxicating liquor to his mouth, seized by an unseen hand and dashed in pieces. His love of strong drink immediately left him and has never returned. His habits of life became abstemious almost to the degree of asceticism. By an influence, of the origin of which he had no personal knowledge, he was impelled to very frequent physical exercises of great severity and of unusual kinds.

After a lapse of about three years, in 1873, he found himself in possession of healing powers of singular efficacy. He immediately opened rooms in South Bend and began to combat the various diseases to which our flesh is heir, with almost incredible success. Right in the home of his boyhood, in the midst of those who had known him from his birth, and had watched him through his varied experiences, he sought, and successfully too, occasions for the exercise of his great gift. Thus, where he is best known, he has combatted, unaided and alone, prejudice on the one hand and malignity on the other, until he has put all his foes under his feet and, without personal blemish, has established a reputation of which philanthropist or healer of whatever pretentions may well be proud. He uses no drugs, relying alone upon that medicatrix natura which, in his case, follows the "laying on of hands."

Dr. Denslow is now in the full maturity of a well-developed manhood. In stature he stands about five feet and eleven inches. His physique is eminently sturdy and symmetrical. His capacious chest and powerful muscles denote great capacity for strength and endurance. The high tone of his nervous system is denoted by the silky texture of his hair and the auburn tinge of his full beard. Phrenologically, the coronal region is prominent, giving assurance of a high moral and religious nature. The intellectual faculties are well indicated, while the organs giving perceptive power are normally full. His basal brain gives evidence .of sufficient combativeness to face a foe, and enough destructiveness to remove all impediments in the path of right. Large adhesiveness bind him firmly to his friends, while the domestic group impels to an almost passionate love of home. Tolerant of all opinions and the just views of otbers, he is so constituted that he cannot help demanding a recognition of his own personal rights and convictions. The fame of this curiously constituted gentleman has already gone far beyond the boundary of his almost rural home, and, if life and health are spared him, he will ultimately, without doubt, achieve an almost world-wide renown. This, however, will be in the line of doing good, as he eschews all other methods of distinction.

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L. M. Dunning, M. D., was barn in the State of Michigan in 1850, son of Oscar and Martha Dunning, natives of the State of New York, father of Scotch and mother of English descent. He received a liberal education and came to this county in 1878; began the study of medicine in 1870, attended the Medical College of Buffalo, and graduated at the Rush Medical College of Chicago in 1872. He commenced the practice of medicine near Tray, Mich., in 1872, where he remained until he removed to this city. The Doctor ranks among the leading physicians of South Bend, and was the organizer of the Berrien County Medical Society, of which he was president one year; is a member of the Odd Fellows order; was married in Cass county, Mich., in 1876, to Miss Harriet Blanchard; they are members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in this city.

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Samuel Dunning, M. D., son of James and Mary Dunning, who were natives of Ireland and came to this country at an early day, was born in Canada in the year 1845; his early education was quite limited, being only such as the common schools of that day afforded. He began the study of medicine in 1868, and after completing his studies began to practice in the city of Detroit, and came to this city in 1879, where he now resides and continues the practice. He is recognized as one of the leading physicians and has a large and lucrative practice. He was married in New York in 1869, to Miss Bell Jones, of that State, who was born in 1814; they have one child, Flora B., born in 1871.

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