HORACE S. HUBBARD, of the Hubbard Lumber Company, of Elkhart, Ind., is an enterprising man of affairs and is engaged in a business that has always held an important place in the commercial centers of the country. The successful conduct of the business employs large capital, and Mr. Hubbard bas an extensive yard, well stocked with hard wood and pine lumber, in fact, all sorts of building material is kept constantly on hand. Mr. Hubbard was born in Minneapolis, Minn., June 13, 1859, a son of S. D. and Eliza (Sexton) Hubbard, who were born in Vermont and Hartford, Conn., respectively. The father was one of the early settlers of Minnesota, and while in that State took part in a number of engagements with the Indians. After some time he removed to Pittsburg, Penn., and almost immediately engaged in the manufacture of axes, saws, shovels, etc., the establishment being now known as the American Ax & Tool Co. Five of the six children born to himself and wife are living: C. S., Nellie S., Horace S., Lucy K. and Wil1iam H. In the public schools of Pittsburg Horace S. Hubbard was educated, graduating from the high school of that place. His early knowledge of business was acquired in his father's manufactory, but after some time he removed to Elkhart, Ind., about 1882, and later was engaged in merchandising in Chicago and Denver, Colo. In the latter city he was in the hardware business with George Switch Hardware Company, the largest house in its line in the West. Succeeding this he was with the Norman-Percheron Horse Company of Greeley, Colo., and for some time was engaged in ranching. In January, 1891, he embarked in his present business in Elkhart, which he has conducted in a very successful manner. He is a very progressive man of business, is liberal with his patrons and as a result has already become the recipient of much favor and a liberal patronage. Mr. Hubbard was married in 1884 to Miss Nora J., daughter of A. J. Wolf, a prominent business man of Elkhart, and their union has resulted in the birth of one child, a daughter, Hazel O. Mr. Hubbard is quite extensively en¬gaged in the real estate business, and is the very efficient manager of the A. J. Wolf estate. He has been a notary public since 1891, and is a member of the Royal Arcanum. He and his wife worship in the Presbyterian Church.

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MARTIN G. SAGE (deceased). Among the noble men of Elkhart county, Ind., who fulfilled their destiny and are now no more, may be mentioned Marlin G. Sage, whose walk through life was characterized by the most honorable business methods, by the keenness of his commercial instincts, by his devotion to his family and friends and by the interest he took in the welfare of his fellow-men. In him Elkhart lost one of its most industrious and successful citizens, and when the final summons came on Sunday, September 11, 1892, there ended a busy, industrious life that had done much to advance the commercial importance of the county and especially the city that had been his home for so many years. His natal county was Chautauqua, N. Y., where he first saw the light of day July 24, 1817, and when still a youth numerous burdens were laid upon his slender shoulders and he was intrusted with important duties. At the age of sixteen years he was sent by his father to Adamsville, Cass Co., Mich., to represent him in his business relations with his father's partner, with whom he was engaged in general merchandising. The mill at Adamsville was erected shortly after young Sage's arrival and he took an active part in superintending its building. His parents and only brother, Norman, followed him to Cass county in 1834, and when the latter had attained his majority the father informed his sons that his property was involved, but if they would join him in partnership and wipe out this obligation, he would transfer the property to them. They accepted, and from that time were intimately associated in their business relations, and being unusually enterprising and energetic, their labors were crowned with success.

The father, Moses Sage, died in 1862, after which Martin and Norman continued the business of milling, merchandising and farming, which he had established there, and did all their business and owned everything in common. About 1872 Martin came to Elkhart, Ind., to reside, and joined Norman, who had come in 1869, in the milling business, and until about six years ago they were equal partners in all their enterprises. Then they began to divide up their extensive estate, and up to the death of Martin, the only property held in common was the Harvest Queen Flouring Mill and some land about their beautiful brick residences on Division street. The most of his time was devoted to the management of the mill, but he was also the sole owner of a mill at Adamsville, which property he inherited from his father's estate, held stock in the National Starch Company and stock in the Globe Tissue Paper Mill, besides considerable private property. Always practical and possessing methodical habits, these characteristics stood him in good stead in helping to liqui¬date his father's indebtedness, and they soon found themselves out of deep water and floating on a prosperous tide. About two weeks prior to his death he was prostrated with typhoid fever and, owing to his advanced age and enfeebled condition caused by frequent severe sicknesses, he was unable to withstand the resistless onslaughts of the terrible typhus, and he finally succumbed to the grim destroyer. He was surrounded by his family and that of his brother Norman when the end came. He left a widow and two children. Carleton Sage, a son of his first wife, Laura, a sister of Col. R. M. and Guy C. Johnson, of this city, whom he married in February, 1850, and who died in April, 1851. He next married Mrs. Jane Bird, a sister of John S. Merritt, of La Grange, who bore him three children: Ella, Norman Henry and Laura. Ella married George B. Merritt and died about twelve years ago. Norman H. was killed in the Harvest Queen Mill in October, 1886, leaving a little daughter who was adopted by Mr. Sage. Laura is married to Edward Bushnell, of Chicago. The mother of these children was called from life some fifteen years ago, and in 1881 Mr. Sage wedded his third wife, Miss Mary Morrow, who survives him. Although his early educational advantages were quite limited, he was an intelligent and polished gentleman, both by instinct and training, and his personal appearance was decidedly pleasing. He possessed generous, true-hearted and hospitable instincts, and being kind and social in disposition he won numerous friends and rarely lost them. He kept thoroughly posted on the general topics of the day, and being a man of intellect, he used his wealth to a good advantage and materially aided in the upbuilding of mercantile enterprises which have and do now reflect credit upon the community. He was never so happy as when surrounded by his family, to whom he was very devoted, and his many friends, and the affection that always existed between himself and his brother Norman was always a very close and strong one. Undisturbed in the later years of his life by cares other than those he allowed to rest lightly upon him, he devoted much of his time to social pleasures of a quiet kind, and thus gracefully grew old and passed to his reward. He was postmaster at Adamsville, Mich., from about 1840 to 1870.

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DR. PORTER TURNER, the above mentioned gentleman, is a gifted young physician who has seen fit to locate for the practice of his noble and useful calling in the town where he first saw the light of day - Elkhart, Ind., and owing to a superior knowledge of his calling as well as to his natural kindness of heart and sympathetic nature, he has gathered about him a large number of patrons. He has the happy faculty of inspiring his patients with courage and hope, which goes a long way toward their recovery, and his prospect for a brilliant future in the field of medical science is a very bright one. He was born in July, 1852, to Lyman and Tamar (Wilkinson) Turner, natives of New York and Ohio respectively, but in 1849 this worthy couple took up their residence in Elkhart county, Ind., where the father devoted his attention to farming until his death, which occurred in 1889, his widow still surviving him. They became the parents of five children: Porter, and Perry L., the only ones now living. Dr. Porter Turner was by no means nursed on the lap of luxury in his youth, but he always had an abundance of everything necessary for his comfort, and he fortunately received the advantages of the excellent public schools of Elkhart, and with excellent judgment made the most of his opportunities. All his young life was spent in laboring on the farm, where the very air he breathed seemed to give him hope, pluck and courage, and when he started out in life for himself at the age of twenty-four years, although his inheritance was insufficient to enable him to start in the race of life with flattering prospect of building up a large fortune, he did inherit industry, integrity, and that indomitable energy so characteristic of men who have become conspicuous in their callings. After deciding to devote his life to medicine, he entered the Hahnemann Medical College, of Chicago, from which he graduated in 1886, after which he immediately opened an office in Elkhart and at once arose in popular favor until he now has a sufficient practice to keep him constantly employed. He pays special attention to general surgery, in which he has done some exceptionally skillful and delicate work, and he seems to have a natural aptitude for this branch of medicine. He is a member of Northern Indiana and the Southern Michigan Homeopathic Medical Society; also the Indiana State Medical Society, and he practices among the best people of the county. He belongs to that honorable order, the Knights of Pythias. He was married in 1872 to Miss Charlotte Titus, of Elkhart, by whom he has five children: Willie F., Nellie, Minnie, Lillian and Carrie. A thoroughly conscientious practitioner of medicine, he entertains the idea that the first and highest obligation of a physician is to his patients, and to discharge that obligation faithfully, requires that he should keep pace with the progress of medical science. This necessitates not only much hard study of the science of medicine itself, but kindred sciences as well. An estimable gentleman, as well as a successful physician, honest and conscientious, in his dealings with his patients, upright in all business transactions, and courteous in his intercourse with other members of the profession, he commands the respect of those with whom he is at all intimately associated, and their admiration for his many fine mental qualities.

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GEORGE H. FISTER, city clerk of Elkhart, Ind., and a man of much intelligence, force of character and determination, was born in Adrian, Mich., on September 3, 1853, a Ron of George W. and Johanna R. (Pruden) Fister, who came from the State of New York and were among the early settlers of the State of Michigan in the vicinity of Adrian. The father was a machinist and engineer of much ability and intelligence, attained prominence in his calling, and while a resident of Michigan he held a number of official positions. He died in Toledo, Ohio, in January, 1892, he and his wife having become the parents of the following children: George H., Charles F. and Colonel P., and one daughter who died in childhood. George H. Fister was about nine years of age when his parents moved to Toledo, and there the principal part of his education was obtained. He possessed quite an artistic temperament, and during his youth devoted his attention to that calling and became a very skillful manipulator of the brush, especially in the way of sign and ornamental decoration, to which he devoted the most of his attention. So thoroughly did he become the master of this art that as a token of his proficiency he was awarded a medal by his employers. He served one year as a wood engraver in the firm of French Bros., of Toledo, and one year was in the commission office of John Stevens & Co., but left this firm to take a course in a commercial college, and fitted himself for an active business life in an institution of Toledo. Since 1877 he has been an honored resident of Elkhart, Ind., and soon after locating here accepted a position with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, as sign writer, in which employ he continued to remain until 1890, at which time he severed his connection with this road and was made the recipient of testimonials from his employers of which he is justly proud. In May, 1890, he was honored with an election to the office of city clerk, and discharged his duties in so satisfactory a manner that he was re-elected in May, 1892, and is fully carrying out the good impression he made during his first term. Miss Nellie M. Aldrich, of Elkhart, became his wife April 16, 1879, and has presented Mr. Fister with three children, Arthur A. being the only one now living. One child died of diphtheria August 1, 1890, and the other of the same dread disease two weeks later. Mr. Fister is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in both of which worthy organizations he is an honored member. As an illustration of his popularity it is but necessary to state that upon his re-election to his present office he had the largest majority ever given to any man elected to official position in Elkhart. He is a gentleman in every worthy particular and stands very high, not only in political, but also business and social circles.

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THOMAS A. HENDRICKS. No man in the State of Indiana ever attained the ideal citizenship, the affection of his neighbors or the lasting regard of the Democracy of the State in a higher degree than Thomas A. Hendricks. The purity of his private life, his simple, unassuming ways, his keen, analytical mind, his brilliancy as a debater and his shrewdness as a political manager forever place him among the most eminent men of the nation. John Hendricks, his father, was a farmer by occupation, and the family was one of the pioneers of Westmoreland county, Penn. He married Miss Jane Thomson, and early in the year 1820 moved with his family to Indiana and settled at Madison, where a brother, William Hendricks, who served as Congressman, governor and United States Senator, had preceded him. John Hendricks was a deputy surveyor of public lands of Indiana, a position acquired under the administration of President Jackson. He moved to Shelby County in 1822, which was the family home for years. Thomas A. Hendricks was born on a farm near Zanesville, Muskingum Co, Ohio, September 7, 1819. He was reared in In¬diana to manhood, and attended college at South Hanover. Early in youth he evinced a predilection for the study of law, and after pursuing the usual course of instruction was admitted to the bar at Shelbyville. His success as a lawyer was not rapid, as is usually the case of prominent men, but was gradual and fairly remunerative. The game of politics was always fascinating to him, and is so interwoven with his political career that in his case they are were nigh inseparable. In 1848 he was elected to the State legislature, declining a renomination, and in1850 was unanimously chosen senatorial delegate to the convention empowered to amend the State constitution. In 1851 he was elected to Congress, was re-elected two years later, but in 1854 was defeated for the same position. Much to his surprise, and wholly unsolicited on his part, he was appointed commissioner of the general land office by President Pierce in 1855, and for a period of four years he faithfully discharged the duties of this office. In 1860, when national, State and local politics were in a volcanic condition, he was the candidate of the Democratic party for governor, but was defeated by Col. Henry I. Lane, who resigned the position in favor of Oliver P. Morton, in order to accept the election of United States senator. Through Mr. Hendricks' indefatigable efforts and personal popularity, the State elected a majority of Democratic legislators in 1862, and they, in turn for his faithful services, rewarded him by electing him United States senator. His career as senator was somewhat different from that of many of the prominent members of his party in the North. He favored the earnest prosecution of the war, voting for all measures to that end; he opposed conscription, and advocated all measures tending to the enlistment of troops and the payment of bounties. At the close of the war he maintained that, inasmuch as the States in rebellion had never been out of the Union, they were entitled to their full and usual representation in Congress, and that these States should have entire control of their respective State governments. He opposed the constitutional amendments on the grounds that the rebellious States were not represented, and because, in his opinion, sufficient time should elapse for passion to cool and prejudice abate before such action should be taken. After his term of six years as senator had expired he devoted his time to the exclusive practice of law, and having previously (1860) moved to Indianapolis he found an extensive field for his talents. Against his protests he was nominated for governor in 1872 and was decisively elected, serving as chief executive officer of the State four years. He became the political idol of the Democrats of the State and their earnest support and his national popularity gained for him the vice presidential nomination in 1876, but was defeated with Gov. Tilden. In 1884 he was again honored by a nomination for this exalted office, and was elected with President Cleveland. In the midst of his administration his career on earth ended.

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HON. CYRUS F. MOSIER. The facility with which the American soldier laid down the implements of warfare, at the close of the great conflict between the Northern and Southern States, and adapted himself to the pursuits of civil life, has been the wonder of all nations, and scarcely less surprising than gratifying to the American people themselves. While not a few very profound citizens of the republic were speculating as to what was to become of the thousands of men mustered out of the armies of the United States, the question was solved by the ex-soldiers themselves, who quietly stepped into the ordinary walks of life, to become the very flower of American citizenship, and the chief promoters of a national progress which is without a parallel in history. In ability, industry, integrity and morality, in respect for the rights of others, and everything that goes to make up a good citizen, the manhood of the nation suffered nothing as a result of the war, but on the contrary it has been demonstrated that the beardless boys who left the farm, the workshop, the storeroom and the college, to fight the battles which were to preserve the life of the nation, came out of the conflict as a rule, better fitted for that kind of systematic, tireless and persistent effort which wins success, than the young Americans of any generation since the revolutionary period. This fact can not fail to impress itself upon either the writer of American history proper, or of that branch of history which consists of the biographies of those who have achieved sufficient distinction to make the record of their lives of interest to the public. Whenever we attempt to write the history of a great enterprise, we find among its chief promoters, men who were at Vicksburg, Donelson, Gettysburg, or Appomattox; we find the same class of men on the bench, at the bar, in the pulpit, in high official positions, and in the field of medicine, and wherever we find them, with rare exceptions, they reflect the highest credit upon their respective callings. The subject of this sketch was one who donned the blue uniform and fought bravely for the old flag, serving with distinction through the Rebellion. He comes of good old fighting stock, his paternal grandfather having fought and died for independence. Mr. Mosier was born on June 21, 1840, and is a descendant of English ancestors, in¬heriting their thrift and enterprise. He is the son of Cyrus and Rebecca (Weeks) Mosier, natives of the Empire State, where the father, in connection with the millwright trade, carried on a carriage manufactory. The Weeks family was related to the Mosier family on the mother's side, and several numbers of this family were killed in the noted Wyoming massacre. The parents of our subject had born to their union three children, as follows: Horace (deceased), Cyrus F., and Charles who was drowned in a spring. Cyrus F. was but two months old when his father died, and his mother afterward removed to Corning, N. Y., where she resided for six years. From there she moved toward the setting sun and settled in New Haven, Ind., where she married Rufus McDonald, one of the prominent men of that section. By this union two children were born, only one, Rufus, now living. The original of this notice has known the demands of poverty, and consorted with them if any man has, but his honesty, goodness, energy and perseverance have brought their rewards which he and family are now enjoying. When but a boy he started out to fight his own way in life, and first stopped at Newville, Ind., where he secured employment and schooling during the winter months, for six years, working during the summer seasons for his schooling the following winter. At the end of this time he was offered the principalship of this school and after serving in that capacity for some time, he accepted other positions. Mr. Mosier is not an educated man in the technical sense of the word, but he harmonizes cause and effect so logically, that he is recognized as one whose opinion is of much weight. In 1861, on the first call for troops in the State, he was the first man to enlist in the call from De Kalb county. He joined Company F, Twelfth Regiment as private and later was made sergeant of Company E, Fifty-fifth Regiment. Still later he was made first lieutenant of Company D, One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment, and served in that capacity for two years and one month, or until about the close of hostilities. He was captured with about seven thousand men, but made good his escape before seeing the inside of prison walls. He was in many hotly contested battles during service, and no braver soldier trod the red sod of a battle field. Returning home after the war, he engaged in the manufacture of brick, continued this two years, and then located in New Haven, Ind., where he was employed as a teacher in the vicinity. For seventeen years he was one of the prominent educators of that section, and in that capacity his peculiar capabilities shone forth in their brightest splendor. He served two terms as city attorney of New Haven, and being a Republican and the town being strongly Democratic, demonstrated very clearly the hold Mr. Mosier had upon the affection of the people. From there he moved to Maysville, Ind., and started a newspaper, but in the spring of 1877 he removed to Bristol, Elkhart county, and started the Bristol Banner, a publication which has much to do with molding public sentiment inside its circulation, and which influence sent Mr. Mosier two terms to the Indiana Legislature from this county in 1882, a position he filled with credit to himself and his party. Had he not declined peremptorily, he might have been returned in 1888, but like the true gentleman, he felt he had been honored enough, and stood aside, cheerfully, only, however, to work the harder for his successor. He still owns and controls the Bristol Banner and its crisp and trenchant editorials command an ever widening area of circulation, while they carry with them that weight and authority which a clear, calm and intelligent judgment must always secure. Mr. Mosier is the president of the People's Mutual Benefit Society, a position he has held for years, and though subject to deposition by the stockholders at their annual, he is nevertheless periodically, made his own successor, which compliments his integrity, evidences his popularity, and in so many words says: "Leave well enough alone." He has erected a good substantial business block in Bristol, and is prosperous. He is deeply interested in anything that points to the elevation of the city of his adoption, is popular with the masses, urbane toward all, and if there be anything wanting in his makeup to make him a Christian gentleman, no one has discovered it. He enjoys his well-earned reward with dignity, while his home is a green spot after day's duty is over, Mrs. Mosier being a true counterpart of her excellent husband, and as cheerful and generous a dispenser, and what may be said of him can be said of few, that he is never spoken ill of, and while there may be better people in the city, it will take the umpire of ceremonies to discover them. He is a man of stalwart simplicity and fine discrimination between right and wrong, and having the courage of his convictions, he is a fighter no matter what the odds. He has a plain but forcible manner in appealing to public sentiment, which makes him one of the people as an integer, and which would elevate him politically, if he possessed the cheek of the average office-seeker, but being built on a more modest plane, it works to his disadvantage, though probably more to his taste. One of the strongest traits of his character is prudence, never acting until all doubt is removed, and the outcome logically weighed, and when decided, he rides down obstacles against all bias, honorable in expense, liberal in contributions to what promises utility, but unworthy calls on his charity get the cold shoulder, and it may truly be said that nature and fortune find in him a combine seldom met, which is why he and Elkhart get on together well, and why each is proud to own the other, and may he and his live long in the friendship of the city of their adoption. Mr. Mosier was elected a member of the school board and ex-officio member county board of education for three terms in succession and was secretary of the board at the same time. He is treasurer of the Fidelity Building & Savings Union of Indianapolis, where he spends much of his time, and socially he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the G. A. R. He was married on May 24, 1863, to Miss Drusilla L. Roe, and they have one child living, Horace, Urtis V. and Inez B. are deceased. Horace occupies the chair of manager of the loan department of Fidelity Building & Loan Company, at a good salary, although only twenty years of age.

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E. T. GILMAN, manager of the People's Mutual Benefit Society, Elkhart., Ind., is a courteous and genial gentleman, and, besides being respected for his intelligence and ability, is popular in business and social circles. The county of his birth is Essex, N. Y., where he first saw the light of day in the month of February, 1839, a son of Hiram H. and Elizabeth K. (Palmer) Gilman, natives of the States of Vermont and New York respectively, their ancestors being of English Origin and on coming to the New World, ranking among the leading settlers of New England. The parents of Hiram H. Gilman died when he was quite young, and he was reared by his "Aunt Patty," known as the "bear killer" from the fact that during the pioneer days she killed a bear unaided, when a girl. Mr. Gilman was brought up to a knowledge of hard labor in his youthful days, but the knowledge thus learned in the rough school of experience made a man of him and taught him to rely upon his own resources when yet very young. He was married in New York State and his union resulted in the birth of three sons and two daughters, of which family four members are still living, William W., Julia S., E. T. and Eleazer E. The father died in Minnesota in 1873 and his wife in Dakota ten years later. E. T. was reared in the State of his birth and was given the advantage of the "little red school house" in which he made the most of the opportunities given him; and he eventually turned his attention to "teaching the young idea" in connection with tilling the soil. In 1861 the threatened attitude of political affairs attracted his serious attention and he became an ardent supporter of the grand old "stars and stripes." In the month of July, 1862, his name was inscribed on the rolls of Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-third New York Volunteers, the fortunes of which he followed in numerous bloody encounters with the enemy and on various long and toilsome marches. He was at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and in all the engagements with Sherman on his famous "Atlanta campaign" and subsequent march to the sea. His career as a soldier was marked by many hardships, which he bore with soldierly fortitude and by undaunted courage displayed on the march, in camp and on the field of battle. After the termination of hostilities and an honorable discharge from the services of Uncle Sam at the close of the war of the Rebellion he located in the Green Mountain State where he engaged in agriculture for some time, but preferring commercial pursuits he entered the employ of a lumber firm at Fort Edward, N. Y., as bookkeeper, where he acquired a thorough knowledge of the business of manufacturing lumber, so extensively carried on upon the North River, remaining until 1871. At this period he married Miss Eliza M. True, of Glens Falls, a daughter of one of the sturdy old pioneers of the State of New York, soon after which he settled at Williamsport, Penn., and engaged in the lumber and planing-mill business. This he conducted in an efficient and profitable manner until 1876, when he engaged in life insurance, being appointed, general agent for the old Charter Oak Life Insurance Company. After remaining with this company for five years he resigned and engaged in manufactures at Chicago, Ill., which calling occupied his attention until 1885, when he disposed of his interest in the business and returned to life insurance, entering the employ of the Phoenix, of Hartford and locating at Albany, N. Y. In 1888 he accepted the position of general traveling agent for the People's Mutual Benefit Society, of Elkhart, and at the end of two years was given a position in the home office as superintendent of the agency department, which position he held until the resignation of the vice-president, M. K Galvin, now of Detroit. Mr. Gilman was then chosen vice-president and general manager of the society and is now faithful1y discharging the duties of those positions. He is a thorough practical man of affairs, is wide awake, pushing and enterprising, keenly alive to the interests of the company, honorable in all his business transactions and has the happy faculty of making friends of all with whom he has business relations. His brother, William, a prosperous farmer of Newton county, at present represents his senatorial district in the State Legislature at Indianapolis. In the Masonic fraternity he is a Sir Knight, and as a member of the G. A. R., a member of Elmer Post. His second marriage was to Miss Alice Hawks, of New York City, a most estimable and accomplished lady, whose early life was passed in the pleasant village of Sandy Hill, N. Y. He is a member of the Baptist Church.

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CAPT. HENRY C. DODGE. It was the lot of Henry C. Dodge to come into this busy world at a time and under surroundings calculated not only to develop the best that was in him, but to so combine or unite the elements of his character as to form a symmetrical whole, self-reliant, broad-gauged, courageous, full of tactile resources, with an unusual power of blending the theoretical and the practical, and with all the elements of mind and head to make a representative man and citizen. On October 9, 1843, when he was born in Delaware county, Ohio, that State and Indiana, where he was brought by his parents in 1847, were both yet in the hands of the pioneers and the day of invention and wonderful progress was just dawning. No man could foretell the future, as the advancement was destined to be so sudden and brilliant that history could furnish no comparison for the guidance of the mind. It, was an intellectual, generative era, a date when the blended civilizations of many nationalities on this continent were united into a new type of mind - one of contrivance or invention, a dominant, aggressive intelligence that was destined to give to the world the telegraph, telephone, triple expansion engine, the electric motor and countless other wonderful contrivances to save labor and render mankind happy. It was the fortune of Mr. Dodge to have been born under these influences, amid these surroundings and impulses; and it must be remembered that circumstances, in a large degree, make the man. But let us look a little closer into his surroundings and weigh the influence of conditions on his manners and mind.

It was a lucky thing for Mr. Dodge, as it is for thousands of our best citizens at present, to have been reared on a farm in the country, away from the contaminating influences of the city. It thus came to pass that when at the age of sixteen years, in 1959, he entered a drug store in Elkhart, Ind., his habits were simple and good, his mind and morals pure and his character fresh, manly and buoyant. Previous to this event his schooling had been very meager, consisting simply of two terms at the common schools of the country. His father, Charles Dodge, was a man of comfortable circumstances, but was one of the pioneers, with their habits and views of life. He died in 1885, preceded by his wife five years. Thus at twelve years of age he began life's battle upon his own responsibility. Necessarily his educational advantages were limited and what he had was self-acquired. On the death of his father he went to live with an uncle in Ohio, but, when his uncle attempted to thresh him for some fancied wrong he ran away, and, barefoot, walked to Elkhart, Ind. Thus was his advent in this city. When fifteen years old he swung a cradle in the harvest field, making his full board for 50 cents per day. That year he lived alone in a deserted house, boarding himself, and saved $85. The next year he chopped cord-wood and owing to the scarcity of money took his pay in maple sugar. The change came in the life of Henry C., when the family came to Elkhart county in 1847. His approaching manhood, his quick perception and his new surroundings made a man of him when he entered the drug store of Lloyd W. Burns in Elkhart in 1859. From that time forward until August, 1862, he remained in this store, though in the meantime the owner, Mr. Burns, died and the property passed to Isaac Budden. During this period he studied medicine and otherwise in a large measure supplemented the deficient education of his earlier years. In fact this was the formative period in his career. With sound health and a mind of unusual penetration, he found himself able to grasp all the great public questions of the day, and to take a correct and comprehensive view of the duties of life. In other words he found that he possessed higher qualities than those required to plod along like a snail through life. It thus occurred that in 1862 he was a broad-souled man of unusual intelligence and of unswerving principles and patriotism.

In the month of August, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company G, Seventy-fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, in which capacity he served with honor until April, 1863, when he was appointed hospital steward of his regiment and served thus until March 3, 1865. On the 1st of January, 1865, he was promoted to acting assistant surgeon of his regiment with the rank of captain of cavalry, receiving his commission from Gov. O. P. Morton, and was the youngest man in the service occupying so responsible a position. But he had won the promotion and honor by gallantry and a stern adherence to duty. He served in this capacity until the cessation of hostilities and was honorably discharged from the service at Indianapolis, June 29, 1865. While serving in the ranks he participated in many of the hottest engagements of the war. He was in the fierce encounter at Perryville, Ky., where the right wing of the Federal army was crushed and swept back with dreadful slaughter. At Castillian Springs, Tullahoma, Mission Ridge, Buzzard's Roost, Etowah River, Peach Tree Creek, siege of Atlanta, and many other places, he bore an honorable part. He was at bloody Chickamauga where the right wing of the Federals was pierced and rolled upon Thomas the "rock of Chickamauga" and sent flying back to Chattanooga through the mountain gap. At the assault on Jonesboro he was detailed by Gen. Jeff. C. Davis to take command of a squad of thirty men and remove the wounded. He participated in Sherman's famous march to the sea and in the subsequent campaign through the Carolinas. At the battle of Jonesboro he received two gunshot wounds and remained for some time in the field hospital-the beautiful private residence of some wealthy Georgia fire-eater.

After his recovery and at the end of the war, he returned to Elkhart and formed a partnership in the drug business with J. H. Scott in which business he continued until 1876, and for the last six years of this time spent his leisure moments in studying law. In 1878 he was admitted to the bar by Judge Wood, and immediately entered upon the practice of his profession. He subsequently formed a partnership with Hon. O. Z. Hubbell, which was dissolved after one year. In 1890 and 1891 he was in partnership with his brother, J. S. Dodge, but since the last named year has practiced alone. As a lawyer he stands at the head of his profession. His early training of sincerity and his dominant qualities of persistence, penetration and logic, sustained by a rare adroitness and by masterly sagacity, eminently fit him for the legal profession, of which he is a distinguished ornament. He is absolutely self-made. He is a sound Republican, but is not an office-seeker, though his gifts fit him for any position of that character.

Mr. Dodge is probably the most enterprising citizen of Elkhart. He is always foremost in the promotion of any measure having for its object the improvement of the city, county or State. He is the builder of six of the largest and finest business blocks in Elkhart; is at present the owner of four of them, and has erected more buildings here than any other individual. His residence is one of the finest in the city. His faith in the development of Elkhart led him into the real estate business. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the G. A. R. In 1865 he was united in marriage with Miss Florence M. Conn, a sister of Hon. C. G. Conn, and by her has three children: Charles H., Edith M. and Ralph. He was married a second time, in 1891, to Nannie E. Brown.

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JAMES S. DODGE, born in Morrow county, Ohio, August 24, 1846, accompanied his parents to Elkhart county in 1849. Charles Dodge, his father, a native of New York, settled in Ohio while yet it was the frontier; while Melissa (Shaw) Dodge, his mother, a native of Pennsylvania, came with her parents to Ohio in pioneer days. In 1848 the family removed from Ohio to Elkhart county, where the mother died in Baugo township in 1850, and the father in Cleveland township in 1856. Of their five children three are living, namely: Henry C., James S., and Pelig S. - the latter of Stanton, Mich. James S. Dodge returned to his native county in Ohio immediately after his father's death, and there remained with relatives, working on the farm or attending school until 1863. Maryland and Pennsylvania felt the tread of Lee's magnificent army. The whole North was aroused, and every regiment in the field was soon recruited. In June Mr. Dodge enlisted in Company M, Third Ohio Cavalry, and joined the regiment at Chattanooga, Tenn., September 18, the day before Bragg attacked Gen. Rosecrans at Chickamauga, Ga. He found himself in the midst of war with the spirit of a soldier; but without a soldier's drill or knowledge of military life. He participated in that battle, and later in the sanguinary affairs at Missionary Ridge, Rocky-faced Ridge, Snake Creek Gap and every other field where the flag of the Third Ohio Cavalry was seen, from Chattanooga to Atlanta-Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and the battles around Atlanta being the principal engagements. When Atlanta was lost to the Confederate cause, the victorious brigade, to which the Third Ohio Cavalry was attached, returned to Nashville and took part in the last fight there, December 15-16, 1864, when the Federals, under Thomas, defeated the Confederates under Hood. The brigade was employed for a time in the pursuit of Hood's scattered and flying troops, riding as far as Selma, Ala., thence to Columbus, Ga., and on to Macon, where the regiments forming the brigade were disbanded in July, 1865, and the men sent forward to Nashville to receive honorable discharge. Mr. Dodge did not escape the hardships and dangers of those terrible days. At Chickamauga he received a sabre wound, and in the rear of Atlanta a second and more serious one; but his youth and sturdy constitution were equal to hardships and wounds. He enlisted as a private, and rose to be orderly sergeant toward the close of the war. At Farmington, Tenn., his horse was killed under him; but he jumped on a riderless Confederate horse and rejoined his command in twenty minutes.

Returning to Elkhart in September, 1865, he entered the high school for one term and received a teacher's certificate in November following. The two succeeding winters he had charge of a school in Penn township, St. Joseph county. Early in 1866 he began the study of medicine under Dr. R. J. Haggerty. For three years this study, attending lectures at the University of Michigan and teaching school occupied his time and attention, and on March 1, 1869, he graduated from the medical department of the university and at once entered on his professional career in Elkhart county. For sixteen years he was a well-known and successful physician, until rheumatism, contracted at Gravelly Springs, Ala., during the war, made the duties of a physician almost impossible for him to observe. In 1883-4 he devoted his leisure hours to law studies, and in 1884 was admitted to the bar of Elkhart county and subsequently to the bar of the State Supreme Court. In 1892 he became the candidate of his district for Congressional honors. His long residence among the people of the Thirteenth Congressional District of Indiana, his knowledge of them and his sympathy with them all pointed him out as one who, if elected, would have made an able representative. He was unsuccessful at the polls, but made one of the most vigorous canvasses ever conducted in the district. In May, 1875, he married Miss Jeannette J. Peck, a native of New York. Their son, Jamie S., was born July 2, 1876, and their daughter, Bernice, June 1, 1884. The family worship in the English Protestant Episcopal Church. Mr. Dodge organized Harrison Cathcart Post 96, G. A. R., and was elected first commander. Throughout northern Indiana he aided in the establishment of many posts of this excellent military order. He is a sound stump speaker, and every two years makes the round of the Thirteenth District, meeting old friends and telling to them some wholesome political truths. With all his attention to Grand Army and political affairs, he loves his home and family circle. With the rich and poor he is the same genial gentleman, who knows humanity, honors its successes and sympathizes with its failures. Liberality and benevolence are characteristic of the man. He is practical in everything, as shown by his entering the high school after serving as a soldier and changing professions in 1884. He studies cause and effect closely. and his conclusions are reliable.

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CHARLES H. WINCHESTER, banker. This intelligent and experienced mall of affairs of Elkhart, Ind., is a representative of that sturdy race, the Scotch, which has contributed so much to the thrift, the industry and prosperity of this country. He was born in Dutchess county, N. Y., January 14, 1837, a son of David and Harriet (Andrus) Winchester, natives of New York State. The paternal grandfather, Amariah Winchester, was a soldier in the war of 1812 and by trade was a hatter, which calling he pursued with profit to himself and to the satisfaction of his patrons. The father of the subject of this sketch was a tanner and currier, and in the conduct of his affairs was no less successful than was his father, but he unfortunately experienced some heavy losses, and in order in a measure to retrieve them he emigrated to the (then) wilds of Michigan, and for twelve years thereafter conducted an hotel at Allen, Hillsdale county. Succeeding this he returned to a farm on which the remainder of his life was spent. Of six children born to himself and wife four are living at the present time: Andrew, who resides in Chicago; Charles H.; Amariah, who resides on the old homestead in Michigan, and a daughter, Maria, who resides in Pataha City, Wash. The patrimony which Charles H. Winchester inherited from his parents was not sufficient to enable him to begin the battle of life with flattering prospects of building up a large fortune, but he inherited a goon constitution and sufficient energy, industry and push to enable him to successfully battle with the world, in which he was aided to some extent by having received a practical education in the common schools. He was seven years of age when his parents located in Michigan, and until he was eighteen years of age he assisted his father in and about the hotel, but at the end of that time he took charge of the farm which his father owned and conducted with success until he was twenty-two years of age, when he vacated in favor of his younger brother and entered a store which was owned by another brother with whom he remained as a clerk for about eighteen months. Owing to close confinement in this establishment, his health began failing him and he turned his attention to other pursuits for some time and eventually regained his former vigor. In December, 1861, he purchased the remnants of a grocery store, which consisted principally of old boxes, barrels and scales, for which he paid $112, going in debt for the same. He then made a trip to Toledo to purchase goods and also went in debt there to the amount of $163, the gentleman of whom he made his purchases being an old acquaintance and a personal friend. In connection with this establishment he conducted a lunch room until the spring of 1862, and succeeded in making some money. He then went to New York City, where he made quite a heavy purchase of dry goods, including boots and shoes, and for some twenty-five years thereafter conducted a general mercantile store, during which time he built up a record for fair business dealing, energy and perseverance which has not been surpassed, and seldom equaled, by any business man of Elkhart county. In addition to this, in connection with his father-in-law, Goodwin Howard, he was engaged in the purchase and sale of stock, and for a number of years they were the most extensive dealers in the county. In 1879 they purchased a stock of hardware, which was well supplied with a stock of agricultural implements, and he conducted this successfully in connection with his general store. In 1886 he disposed of both his stores and took up his residence in Elkhart, where he assumed the duties of president of the First National Bank, which position he has filled with distinguished ability up to the present time. Since 1872 he has been a stockholder in Hillsdale First National Bank, and in 1883 was made president of the Quincy First National Bank, which position he still retains. The bank with which he is connected is a firmly established institution, is conducted in the most creditable manner and is a great acquisition to the county. Mr. Winchester has never had any political aspirations, but has always attended strictly to his business, and as a result is one of the substantial men of the county and is in independent circumstances. For fourteen years he was treasurer of the Hillsdale County Agricultural Society, known as the best county society in the State, is president of the Union Building & Loan Association and treasurer of the Elkhart & Western Railroad. He is a well-known member of the A. F. & A. M. In 1860 he was married to Miss Harriet W. Howard, of Allen, Mich., by whom he has one child: Nellie J., wife of W. H. Knickerbocker, who is cashier of the First National Bank of Elkhart. Personally Mr. Winchester is one of the most popular of men, but is of a modest and retiring disposition and does not seem to value himself at his true worth.

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HON. OLIVER PERRY MORTON, deceased. No other man has ever been more renowned and honored in Indiana, none has ever attained so warmly the affection of the people, and, of all those born within her borders, none have contributed so largely to the honor and dignity of the State as the subject of this sketch. Born August 4, 1823, in Wayne county, Ind., he was the son of James T. and Sarah (Miller) Morton. His youth and early manhood gave no evidence of his future greatness, but on the contrary was of a similar character to that of thousands of other poor boys of that day. At Miami College, Oxford, Ohio, where he completed his schooling, he acquired the distinction of being the best debater in the college, and after a two years' course he began the study of law at Indianapolis and was admitted to the bar in 1847. Five years after that time he was appointed circuit judge by the governor, but he preferred the more active career of a practitioner to that of wearing the judicial robes. Until 1860 he was in active practice and during this time became celebrated as one of the ablest advocates ever produced by the State. Until 1854 he was a Democrat, but was radically opposed to the extension of slavery. He became a Republican upon the organization of that party and in 1856 was one of the three delegates sent from Indiana to the Pittsburg convention. This same year he was nominated by the Republicans, by acclamation, for the governorship, and although defeated at the polls, be was elected to preside in the hearts of his countrymen as the ideal statesman. He never appealed to men's passions, but al ways to their intellect and reason, and whether in attack or defense proved himself a ready and powerful debater. From this campaign of 1856, unsuccessful though it was, Mr. Morton's popularity in the State is dated and from this time forth he became the recognized leader of the Republican party in Indiana. In 1860 he was nominated for lieutenant-governor, with Hon. H. S. Lane for governor, with the distinct understanding that, if the party was successful, Mr. Lane should be sent to the United States Senate and Mr. Morton become governor. The election of the Republican ticket was followed by the prompt fulfillment of this understanding, and thus, at the early age of thirty-seven years, Mr. Morton became governor of Indiana. It is said that "great emergencies make great men," and as it so did in the case of Gen. Grant, it likewise did in Gov. Morton's case. Like a black thundercloud athwart the horizon, the secession movement loomed balefully over the political sky and threatened the disruption of the Union. Gov. Morton, upon taking his seat, found himself supported by a loyal majority, but, to the shame of Indiana, he was confronted by a secret, active, unscrupulous minority, whose sympathy was not only with the secession movement, but whose active aid and assistance were extended to the disloyalists. In the face of these obstacles he was the first governor to proffer President Lincoln troops, and through his personal pledge was enabled to raise funds for the prosecution of the war which a disloyal Legislature refused doing. As "war governor" Mr. Morton was perfection, and taking it all the way through his two terms as governor were of such a brilliant character as to call forth the admiration of every reading man in the nation. The Legislature elected in 1866 made him one of Indiana's United States senators, and he was again chosen to this position upon the expiration of his first term. His readiness in debate, his keen, analytical mind and his wonderful ability made him one of the foremost men in the Senate chamber and enhanced his popularity as a national character. He was a prominent candidate for the presidential nomination before the Cincinnati convention that nominated President Hayes, and in 1870 he was offered the English mission by President Grant but declined the position. No name shines with brighter luster in the history of our county than that of Gov. Morton. He died November 1, 1877.

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NORMAN SAGE is an experienced banker and capitalist of Elkhart, and is devoting his attention to a calling that is acknowledged to be the first and most important thing to give impetus to business. Banking is the lubricant of the engine of mercantile life, and when properly managed is also the governor and safety valve. A fine example of this is seen in the St. Joseph Valley State Bank, of which Mr. Sage is the president, a position he has held almost from the time of its organization, and has proved himself to be an energetic, active and reliable officer. Like his worthy brother, he was born in Chautauqua county, N. Y., March 6, 1819, but his parents, Moses and Nancy (Goldsmith) Sage, were natives of Vermont, from which State the father enlisted in the war of 1812. In early life he followed the healthful, independent and happy life of a farmer, but afterward turned his attention to merchandising, and in 1834 came to Cass county, Mich., thinking to better his financial condition, where he purchased a mill power, which he carried on in connection with merchandising, until his death in 1862. At the time of his removal to what was then the wilds of Michigan, Norman was about fourteen years of age, and up to that time had received such education as the schools of Fredonia, N. Y., afforded, but upon reaching Adamsville, Mich., the principal part of his time was devoted to assisting his father and, as above stated, when he had attained his majority, he became his business partner, and bent all his energies to the task of cancelling his father's obligations, and in due course of time their efforts were crowned with success. Although this school was a rather rough one, it was a most thorough one, and taught him to be self-reliant, and he learned, lessons of industry, frugality and honesty, that were the stepping stones to his success in later years. The firm was at first known as Moses Sage & Sons, but after the father's demise it was changed to M. G. & N. Sage, and remained such until about 1868. Mr. Sage and his brother conducted their affairs in a manner peculiarly their own, and during the forty-five years that they were business associates, they never kept an account against the other, but would take what they required out of their stock. They followed this plan to their mutual satisfaction until about six years ago, when they decided to conduct their affairs in a more methodical and business-like manner. Their business relations were most harmonious, and they were among the prominent men of affairs of Elkhart, and their whole lives from boyhood up, in every walk, whether social, political, or in business pursuits, were but exemplifications of the noble characteristics, honor, truth and civility. Norman Sage has ever been a warm espouser of any enterprise that has commended itself to his excellent judgment, and as a business man, his commercial instincts are keen and far-seeing. He possesses much tact, is an affable, thorough gentleman, and in him Elkhart possesses a public spirited, enterprising and law-abiding citizen. He has given his attention to banking since 1874, but aside from the duties of this position he has found time to devote to other pursuits also, and has been treasurer of the City Gas Company for about eighteen years; was treasurer of the Elkhart Starch Works during its existence, and treasurer of the Straw Board Company during its existence. In his early life he was the owner of extensive lands in Michigan, and in that State is still the owner of a magnificent farm, but has placed its management in the hands of others. For a number of years he was treasurer of the Ball & Sage Wagon Company, is a stockholder in the Globe Tissue Paper Company, the City Gas Company and, in fact, has been prominently identified with the progress of the city in almost every way, and has been enthusiastic in aiding causes in any way tending to its advancement. In 1841 Mr. Sage was married to Miss Juno A. Adams, by whom he became the father of one son living, Charles S., and after her death he espoused Miss Eliza J. Adams, in 1859, to which union two children were given: Frank A., who is assistant cashier of the St. Joseph Valley Bank, and Jennie G. Mr. Sage is a member of the order of Chosen Friends and the Royal Arcanum. He has a beautiful, comfortable and tasteful home, where it is his delight to welcome his numerous friends, and the generous and true-hearted, yet unostentatious hospitality displayed is thoroughly appreciated by all who gather beneath his roof.

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