His great-grandparents were Joseph and Sarah McCollough. From the records of the Pension Department of Washington the following facts are noted in the military history of Joseph McCollough. The date of his enlistment was 1776. He was a private in the militia of New Jersey. His home at the time of his enlistment was in Sussex County, New Jersey. After his marriage he moved to Berkeley County, Virginia. The date of the application for a pension by his widow, Sarah, was February 12, 1844, and at the time her residence was in Monroe County, Indiana. She was born October 15, 1760. Joseph, the Revolutionary soldier, was buried at the Baptist Church seven miles from Georgetown, Kentucky.
The grandparents of William C. McCollough were James B. and Margaret (Maxwell) McCollough. James B. McCollough was born near Guilford Courthouse, North. Carolina, February 27, 1788, and died at Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 1868. He moved west with his parents to the vicinity of Georgetown, Kentucky, and was one of the Kentuckians who followed William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor in the campaign up the Wabash River Valley against the Indians under Tecumseh. He was in the battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811. During this campaign he remarked to some of his comrades that he intended to settle in the beautiful region through which these soldiers marched, and later he carried out that resolution and was one of the first pioneers of Montgomery County, where he took up 160 acres during the presidential administration of James Monroe. He was buried near Crawfordsville.
William C. McCollough was born January 13, 1861, son of James H. and Clarissa (Shortridge) McCollough. James H. McCollough was born on a farm in Montgomery County Indiana, March 20, 1829. He attended country schools during his youth, later was in Wabash College, and in 1865 received his A. B. degree from Northwestern Christian University, which later became Butler University at Indianapolis. He bought land and farmed in Benton County for about four years. He was a soldier in the Civil war. He became an ordained minister of the Christian Church and held a number of pulpits in Indiana. About the time he was ordained he refused the nomination for the State Legislature and again for Congress, preferring to continue his labors in ministerial work. From Indiana he moved west to California where he continued his ministerial labors, serving in churches in San Francisco and thereabout. Later he owned an orchard at Irvington, where he also had his home. By his first marriage his only child was William Clarence. His first wife was buried in the Wild Cat Cemetery in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, the county in which he had preached his first sermon.
William C. McCollough was three weeks old when his mother died and he lived during his boyhood with his maternal grandmother in Wea Township of Tippecanoe County. While there he attended country schools and from 1879 to 1883 was in the Boys High School in San Francisco, California. After completing his high school course he returned to Indiana, spent one year in Butler University at Indianapolis, then taught the Kinney School in Wea Township. In 1885 he re-entered Butler University and in 1888 graduated from that institution with the B. A. degree. He took post-graduate work at the University of Michigan in 1888-90. Mr. McCollough was an instructor in Oskaloosa College in Iowa for some time. In 1896 he was graduated from the Indiana State Normal at Terre Haute. From 1896 to 1904 he was superintendent of city schools at Sullivan, Indiana. After giving up school work he returned to Tippecanoe County and has since given his attention to his farm and live stock interests.
On December 30, 1891, he married Miss Eva DeHart, daughter of William J. and Almeda (Anderson) DeHart and granddaughter of Adam and Mary (Howard) DeHart. Mrs. McCollough completed her common school education in Frankfort and Stockwell, Indiana, and had two years in the St. Ignatius Academy at Lafayette. They have had two daughters, Clarissa (now deceased) and Alameda. Clarissa was graduated from the Frankfort High School in 1910, and spent three years in Butler University. Alameda graduated from the Stockwell High School in 1918 and from Purdue University in 1922. Both daughters were members of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Clarissa became the wife of Cecil Ray and had five children, named Gerard, Robert, Jeanette, Cecil, Jr., and John William. She died August 28, 1930.
Mr. McCollough is one of the oldest members of the Delta Tau Delta college fraternity and while in high school he became a charter member of Gamma Eta Kappa, the first high school Greek letter society in the United States. He is a charter member of the Farm Bureau of Tippecanoe County.
Mr. McCollough and wife have been lifelong members of the Christian or Disciples Church. His political affiliation is with the Republican party.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
ALDRED BARTHOLOMEW, an honored retired citizen of Tippecanoe County, lives at Stockwell, a community that has known him as a man of industry and of intelligent public spirit for over half a century.
He was born in Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe County, October 27,1845, son of William and Rebecca (Chantler) Bartholomew. His grandfather was William Bartholomew, who spent all his active life as a farmer in Southeastern England, in County Kent. However, two of his brothers came to America and located near Remington, Indiana. William Bartholomew, father of Aldred, grew up and married in County Kent, England. He came to America to better his economic condition, and after a winter in New York settled in Tippecanoe County. He bought a few pigs and a horse, then rented land, and by thrifty management acquired property and influence and was one of the township's most highly esteemed citizens. Three of his children, William, Thomas and Walter, were born in England. All are now deceased. Thomas and Walter were soldiers in the Civil war. The two youngest children were John and Aldred. Aldred Bartholomew was two years old when his mother died. His father subsequently married Amanda Patton, who was the mother of three children: Teressa, who married Abe Davis; Elizabeth, who married Joe Davis; and George. The family were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Aldred Bartholomew attended the old Lee School, which at that time was conducted in a log cabin. His first teacher was Sarah Willie. Later he attended school at Stockwell. As a boy he worked for his father, and he remained one of the helpers at home until his marriage, at the age of twenty-five. His marriage occurred in 1871 and his father gave him eighty acres as his start in life. Mr. Bartholomew was active as a farmer for half a century, until he retired. His wife was Elizabeth Mahan, daughter of John and Nancy (Wyman) Mahan. Her father came from Virginia, living with his parents in Kentucky and later came to Sullivan County, Indiana. Mrs. Bartholomew was the oldest of six children, the others being: James, deceased; Charles; Etta, wife of Robert Henry; Lillie; and Ocia, wife of Lawrence Kyger. Her father was a cooper by trade and was a soldier in the Civil war. Mrs. Bartholomew's grandfather, William Mahan, was a soldier in the War of 1812, while her great-grandfather fought in the Revolution. Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew are active workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church and its various organizations. He has prospered in a material way, has reared and educated a family of children, and has also been generous to his community, and was one of the chief donors for the building of the Methodist Church at Stockwell. His three oldest children are all deceased. Their names were D. Talmadge, Grace and Alice. His daughter Thuie May is the wife of William Allen. Mr. and Mrs. Allen's son, Earl Allen, who married Cynthia McCoy, has had five children, named William, Bobby, Helen J., Dorothy Jean and Jack A., deceased, these being great-grandchildren of Mr. Bartholomew. The second son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen is Harold, who married Adah Yundt and has two children, Harold and Phyllis. Bertha Bartholomew, the second daughter of Mr. Bartholomew, is the wife of Charles Johnson and has a son, Forrest D.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
ROCHESTER BAIRD was admitted to the Indiana bar in June, 1906, and is now rounding out a quarter of a century as a practicing attorney at La Fayette. For a number of years he was associated with his father, who in turn had been a law partner of the grandfather of the present attorney. These three lawyers have given an aggregate length of service in the legal history of Tippecanoe County of more than ninety years, a record paralleled in only a few cases in the Indiana bar.
The pioneer Baird at La Fayette was Zebulon Baird, who was a native of Monmouth County, New Jersey, and of Scotch ancestry, being a descendant of John Baird, who came to New Jersey in 1683. Rochester Baird is a descendant in the seventh generation from this Colonial American. Zebulon Baird went to Ohio and graduated from Miami University at Oxford. He studied law under the famous Ohio orator and statesman, Tom Corwin, at Lebanon, Ohio. In the spring of 1838 he came to Indiana and settled at La Fayette, and soon afterward became a partner of Judge Ingram, one of the oldest attorneys in the Wabash Valley. Zebulon Baird served with the rank of captain in the Union army during the Civil war and was on the staff of Gen. Robert H. Milroy at the battle of Bull Run, where he was captured and sent to Libby Prison. Zebulon Baird married in Ohio, Martha M. Probasco, member of a prominent family of that state.
Their son, the late Samuel P. Baird, who at the time of his death on October 21, 1925, was recognized as the dean of the Tippecanoe County bar, had a most distinguished career, not only as a lawyer but as a citizen, a scholar, and in his early life was an officer of the United States Navy. He was a native son of La Fayette, born October 16, 1842. He was educated in common and private schools and in 1861 was appointed by President Lincoln a cadet in the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He was the first La Fayette boy to receive that honor. He was graduated with honors from the academy in 1865 and became a midshipman. While on a leave of absence from the academy in July, 1863, he joined a home guard company that went to the Ohio River to protect the country against Morgan's raiders, acting as a lieutenant of the company. In 1866 he was ordered for duty aboard the U. S. S. Pensacola, and the following year went to the Pacific waters, where he was promoted to ensign and became officer of the deck on the U. S. S. Resaca. Within a few months he was made navigating officer, and in less than a year its executive officer, and while with the Resaca was promoted in rank to master and then to lieutenant, and as lieutenant commanded the vessel, being the youngest executive officer in the fleet. In July, 1869, he was ordered east, given duty in the Boston Navy Yard, and later was on iron clad duty at Mound City, New Orleans, and Key West. In 1871 he was made instructor in seamanship and mathematics at the Annapolis Naval Academy, this transfer being made on the recommendation of Admiral Worden.
After a year he resigned from the navy, in November, 1872, and returned to LaFayette. This step had been anticipated by him for several years and he had employed all his spare time in studying law. From boyhood he had been under the inspiration of his father, who was famous for his legal learning and to whose leadership he credited much of his success in the profession. After the death of his father in 1877 he was associated in partnership with W. DeWitt Wallace until the latter was elected judge of the Superior Court in 1894. Samuel P. Baird continued practice after that for nearly thirty years, retiring in May, 1923, about two years before his death. In 1898 he tendered his services to the country during the Spanish- American war and received the thanks of the Secretary of Navy.
As lawyer he was devoted whole-heartedly to his profession and neither held nor sought political office. He was regarded as an authority on all phases of court procedure and legal questions and many large interests competed for his service as counsel and adviser. Samuel P. Baird possessed what Bacon called a full mind, and while his knowledge contributed to his success as a lawyer it also contributed to his joy of living and brought him manifold contacts and interests. He had traveled around the world, and his intellectual resources were never limited. In personal character he was irreproachable and his conduct was characterized by rectitude and consideration for the rights of others. His chief recreation was reading and looking after some farm property.
Samuel P. Baird married in 1881 Miss Elizabeth D. Rochester. She passed away May 26, 1903, leaving one child, Rochester Baird.
Rochester Baird was born at La Fayette, September 19, 1882. He attended the grade schools of his native city, went east to the Lawrenceville, New Jersey, preparatory school and in 1906 was graduated from Indiana University. He was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court and the Federal Court, also in 1906, and from that time has enjoyed a steadily increasing business as a lawyer. He was city attorney of La Fayette from 1922 to 1926, and was a member of the legal advisory board during the war. He belongs to the Tippecanoe County, Indiana State and American Bar Associations and is a Democrat in politics.
He married Eleanor M. Ross, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Linn Ross and a member of a pioneer La Fayette family.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
CHARLES B. HINEA is a veteran photographer and for over thirty years has been in business at La Fayette, having the leading studio for portrait and commercial photography in that section of the state.
Mr. Hinea was born in Frederick County, Maryland, August 14, 1871, son of Henry A. and Amanda E. (Routzahn) Hinea. His parents were also natives of Maryland and his father was a leader in local politics, serving at one time as county commissioner.
Charles B. Hinea was one of a large family of nine children. His education was limited to the common schools and high school of Frederick County, and when only fifteen years of age he began his apprenticeship in a photographic studio. Photography was still in a comparatively crude stage of its development and Mr. Hinea has the benefit of long experience in the fundamental processes of the art, which were a part of the business until many of them were replaced by methods that have eliminated much of the drudgery and left the photographer free for the finer phases of manipulation and artistic effect. After three years, in his home town he spent a year at Baltimore, then worked at Philadelphia, Reading, Pennsylvania, and went west to St. Louis, Kansas City and Denver. All this time he was working for others, and it was at Clinton, Iowa, in 1890, that he established his first studio. After a year there he came to Indiana and had a studio at Valparaiso until September, 1898, which is the date of his location at La Fayette. His first studio in this city was at Sixth and Columbia streets. In September, 1919, he occupied a studio modeled and equipped especially for his work as a high class photographer. In addition to photographic work of all kinds he has a special department for picture framing. Mr. Hinea is a member of the La Fayette Chamber of Commerce and is a Republican voter.
He married Miss Stella Hiatt, a native of Indiana. They have a son, Leslie, who graduated from the La Fayette High School and during the World war was with the Aviation Corps from August, 1918, until February, 1919. He is now associated with his father in the studio.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
REV. JOHN GEORGE BENNETT, pastor of St. Joseph's Church in the fine little City of Garrett, DeKalb County, was born and reared in Indiana and his service in the priesthood of the Catholic Church had its inception in 1914.
Father Bennett, whose consecrated service has inured greatly to the spiritual and temporal advancement of his present parish, was born at Dunnington, Benton County, Indiana, January 20, 1891, and is a son of John H. and Magdalena M. (Schilling) Bennett, the former of whom was born in Chicago, Illinois, November 5, 1862, and the latter of whom was born at Locust Gap, Pennsylvania, September 5, 1864, her parents, John and Elizabeth (Steinfeldt) Schilling, having come from their native Bavaria, Germany, to the United States in 1849, and both having passed the closing period of their lives in Benton County, Indiana, where the death of Mr. Schilling occurred May 20, 1903, and that of his widow on the 2d of July, 1926, their mortal remains being interred in the Catholic cemetery at Dunnington.
John H. Bennett, a retired farmer who resided in the City of Lafayette, Indiana, was a son of Charles and Mary Louise (Dean) Bennett and was a child of two years when his father entered service as a loyal soldier of the Union in the Civil war, it having been the fate of Charles Bennett to sacrifice his life on the altar of patriotism, as he was killed in the historic explosion of the transport steamer Sultana, which was conveying troops on the Mississippi River in the closing period of the war. John H. Bennett was a devout communicant of the Catholic Church, as is also Mrs. Bennett, in the faith of which they carefully reared their children. John H. Bennett died at Lafayette, October 26, 1930. Of the children, Rev. John G., of this review, is the second eldest, his older brother, William H., who was born November 10, 1886, being a successful farmer near Dunnington; George E., who was born January 16, 1893, is a progressive farmer in that same district of Benton County; Frank J., who Was born February 26, 1897, resides at Lafayette and is a machinist by trade and vocation; Mary C., who was born December 14, 1899, is the wife of Carl Reifenrath and they reside in the City of Lafayette.
Rev. John G. Bennett attended the parochial school of St. Mary's Church at Dunnington, until he had completed the work of the eighth grade, and thereafter he continued his studies one year in the high school at Boswell, a village in his native county. He next passed three years as a student in St. Joseph's College at Rensselaer, Jasper County, and in preparation for the priesthood he passed five years as a student in St. Meinrad Theological Seminary, at St. Meinrad, Spencer County. He was ordained to the priesthood June 27, 1914, and thereafter was assistant to Rt. Rev. Joseph F. Delaney at St. Patrick's Church in the City of Fort Wayne from July 9, 1914, to April 29, 1927, on which latter date he was assigned to his present and important pastoral charge, that of the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul at Garrett, where he has 1abored with characteristic earnestness and with all of consecrated zeal. The original title of the church of this Catholic parish was Sts. Peter and Paul, but with the completion of the new church edifice, in 1929, the title was changed to St. Joseph's Church. Of the church and its history specific record is given on other pages of this publication. The parish is well ordered in all departments of its communal service and Father Bennett is revered by his flock, even as he is honored and valued as a loyal and progressive citizen of his home community.
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INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
DR. FRANK M. BIDDLE is a physician and surgeon whose name is spoken with special respect and honor at Battle Ground, a community where he has done his work as a capable doctor and as a loyal and progressive citizen ever since completing his medical college course.
Doctor Biddle was born in Allen, County, Indiana, January 4, 1874. His father, Thomas M. Biddle, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, and during the Civil war served with an Ohio regiment in the Union army. After the war he moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, was a druggist there, and had a high degree of mastery of chemical processes. He made perfumery preparations and was also the inventor of a valuable formula which was subsequently acquired by the Royal Baking Powder Company. He married Caroline I. Cottingham, who was born at Troy in Miami County; Ohio.
Dr. Frank M. Biddle was one of six children. He attended the grade and high schools in Fort Wayne and then entered the Fort Wayne College of Medicine, now a department of Indiana University. He was graduated M. D. with the class of 1895 and in April of the same year located at Battle Ground, where he has practiced medicine and surgery for thirty-five consecutive years.
During the World war Doctor Biddle attended the Medical Officers Training School at Fort Riley, Kansas, was commissioned a first lieutenant and was detailed for duty at Camp Green, North Carolina, with the physical examination unit. He was on active duty from September to December 31, 1918, and after the war became a captain in the Medical Reserve Corps. He has served several terms as health officer at Battle Ground.
Doctor Biddle in 1914 was honored with the election as president of the Tippecanoe County Medical Society. He is a member of the Indiana State and American Medical Associations, belongs to Post No. 11, of the American Legion and is secretary and treasurer of the Johnson Brothers, Incorporated, of Battle Ground. He is a member of Battle Ground Lodge No. 313, of the Masonic fraternity, is a member of the Scottish Rite body and Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Indianapolis, and Tippecanoe Lodge No. 273, Knights of Pythias.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
WILLIAM A. SCHNAIBLE, secretary and treasurer of the Schnaible Soap Company, Inc., at La Fayette, Indiana, a notable industry, being the oldest soap works in Indiana, has been a factor in the business for over fifty years.
The present business, with its modern plant and facilities, represents seventy-seven years of growth and development since 1853, when the firm of Pierce & Cherry Company started soap manufacturing. In 1868 M. and J. Schnaible bought the business and the president of the corporation today is Emil M. Schnaible. It is a complete modern plant with 40,000 square feet of floor space. The product is sold through jobbers over Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota and Ohio.
William A. Schnaible was born at La Fayette, July, 9, 1881, and is one of the eleven children of Michael and Anna M. (Klaiber) Schnaible. He was educated in the grade and high schools of La Fayette. When he was eighteen years of age he began his career, which has been one of unremitting attention to the business that was founded by his father. In order to master the business he worked in all departments. The business was incorporated in 1899 and since 1923 William A. Schnaible has been secretary and treasurer.
He has been active in the La Fayette Chamber of Commerce and is a business man with a high degree of public spirit and willingness to cooperate in all matters of community advancement.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
ERNEST H. SCHILLING is a Lafayette manufacturer, president of the Peerless Wire Goods Company, Incorporated, a business which he helped found. Mr. Schilling's business experience since early boyhood has been identified with the steel and wire industry.
He was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, April 26, 1886, son of Ernest W. and Katherine (Whipkers) Schilling. His mother was born in Tippecanoe County and his father came from Cincinnati to Lafayette in 1885 and for many years was a well known merchant.
Ernest H. Schilling was one of a family of four children. He attended the grade and high schools of Lafayette, but was only fifteen years old when he became self supporting and began acquiring experience which has been utilized in his independent career. For eight years he was with the Barbee Iron Works, and then for a time with the Union Steel Products Company of Albion, Michigan. Returning to Lafayette in 1910, he was one of the organizers of the Peerless Wire Goods Company, Incorporated, an industry that has been one of the substantial business enterprises of Lafayette for the past twenty years. It is a big asset of the city, employing 160 people, and manufacturing an extensive line of wire goods specialties, which are sold through jobbers allover the central states. The plant is located at 2700 Ferry Street and has 100,000 square feet of floor space. Mr. Schilling is president of the company, James J. Wiselogel, vice president, and E. R. Clegg, secretary and treasurer. During the World war the plant was in production on a war basis.
Mr. Schilling is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, is a Rotarian and a member of the B. P. O. Elks, the Knights of Columbus and Catholic Order of Forresters. He and his family are members of St. Boniface Catholic Church. In politics he is independent. Mr. Schilling married Miss Ruth Brickweg, of Lafayette, and they have two children, Ernest William and Rose Mary.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
CHARLES A. REICHARD, president of the Superior Ice Cream Company of La Fayette, is the owner of a very prosperous business, with a service throughout Tippecanoe County. The business represents the energies and concentration of a long period of years, starting when he was a boy with limited education and making his industry and experience the sure foundation on which he has built a successful business career.
Mr. Reichard was born at La Fayette, Indiana, November 23, 1880. His father, William Reichard, was a native of Hessen, Germany, and came to La Fayette about 1855. He served with an Indiana regiment in the Civil war and was wounded in one battle. After the war he was a cigar manufacturer and liquor dealer at Lafayette, continuing in business until his death. He married Katherine S. Eslie, also of Germany, and they had a family of six children.
Charles A. Reichard had no opportunity to go beyond the grade schools in getting an education. Afterwards, in the intervals during his employment during the day, he attended night classes, and this supplemented his earlier advantages and laid a practical foundation in equipment for a business career. At the age of fourteen he was working for a dairyman. His knowledge of the dairy business enabled .him to establish a plant of his own in 1905. He started with only two cows and a wagon for delivery. He built up a comfortable business, using thirty cows, and in 1918 sold out.
In 1921 he established the Superior Ice Cream Company, and in 1927 he took over a competitive organization known as the Bohrer Products Company. His plant, now located at 123 South Fourth Street, is a model sanitary ice cream factory, with about 9,000 square feet of floor space and employs twelve persons. The Superior Ice Cream Company manufactures a standard line of products, which are sold and distributed throughout Tippecanoe and adjoining counties. This was the first factory in Indiana to use the dry process. Part of the equipment consists of four motor trucks, two small automobiles for local delivery, and the progressiveness of the firm is indicated by the fact that it has an airplace for rapid distant deliveries.
Mr. Reichard married Miss Isabelle Smith, of Tippecanoe County. Their only child is Arnold Reichard, who is now taking an active part in the business as office manager. Mr. Reichard was grand knight of the Knights of Columbus in 1930. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Catholic Order of Forresters and a Democrat in politics.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
MAURICE A. NEVILLE prepared himself for a career by graduating from the engineering department of Notre Dame University and following that was with the engineering department of several railroad companies. His chief business for the past fifteen years has been the production and supply of gravel for general construction purposes, and he is vice president of one of the largest organizations of the kind in Indiana, the Western Indiana Gravel Company, with main offices at La Fayette. .
Mr. Neville was born at London, Ohio, October 9, 1878, son of Maurice and Margaret (Campbell) Neville. His father was a contractor. Maurice A. Neville was graduated with the civil engineering degree from Notre Dame University in 1899. When he left college he found his first opening with the engineering department of maintenance and construction, and in 1903 was promoted to engineer of that department. In 1907 he was advanced to superintendent of operations and in 1913 was transferred to Van Wert, Ohio, as general superintendent of the Cincinnati Northern Railway.
Mr. Neville had a promising future before him as a railroad man, but he resigned in 1916 to engage in the gravel business, at first with headquarters at Terre Haute, but later in the same year moved the headquarters to La Fayette. Mr. Neville is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and other business organizations in several Indiana cities. He is a Kiwanian, a member of the Exchange and Optimist Clubs of La Fayette. He married Margaret M. Reilly, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They have six children, Maurice F., Mary, Margaret, Eileen, Catherine and Regina. All are in school, Maurice, the son, being a student in Purdue University. Mr. Neville is a Republican in politics, though frequently voting for the man.
The Western Indiana Gravel Company, of which he is vice president, was incorporated in 1916 by himself and associates. Besides producing and distributing gravel they manufacture gravel equipment, with a factory at Elwood, Indiana. The Western Indiana Gravel Company has eight gravel pits, two of them located at La Fayette and one pit each at Terre Haute, Anderson, Dundee, Warsaw in Indiana, at Metropolis, Illinois, and Ionia, Michigan. Approximately 350 persons are employed in these pits and in the activities connected with the distribution of the material over a radius of 350 miles around the plants. In 1929 they incorporated the Elwood Manufacturing company, having a plant with 19,000 square feet of floor space located on a ten-acre tract of ground. Here about forty people are employed. The company specializes in gravel equipment not only for their own use but for sale throughout the United States. Mr. Neville’s industries produced a tremendous amount of material for railway purposes during the World war, acting under direct orders from the United States Government. Mr. Neville in 1925 bought the James Stone Company of Corsicana, Texas, of which he is president. This company operates a stone quarry, furnishing railway ballasts and material for concrete work. This firm employs about seventy-five people.
INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 3
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
