Richard Lieber, known throughout the state for his work with the Indiana Department of Conservation, was born in St. Johann Saarbruecken, Germany, September 5, 1869. Otto Lieber, the father of our subject, was born in Dusseldorf, Germany, March 24, 1825, and received his early education in that city. He went to Berlin to study architecture and engineering, and in that capacity became connected with the government in building roads, waterways and restoring old, historic buildings. He it was who built the Saar railway into Lorraine, and when he was stationed at St. Johann-Saarbruecken, he was associated with the French in the construction of the Rhine-Marne canal. He then was appointed to the post of Privy Counsellor to the interior government. While he was stationed on the Moselle, Mr. Lieber met at Muelheim, Marie Richter, whom he married in 1868. They were the parents of three children: Richard, the subject of this review; Maria; and Hedwig. Mr. Lieber died August 8, 1897. Much of the early education of Richard Lieber was secured under private tutors. Possessing as he did strong ideas concerning the educational system of Germany, this period of his life was anything but peaceful. As soon as he had attained his twenty-first year, he went to England to take up the study of the English language and the following year, 1891, he came to the United States. In February of that year, he came to Indianapolis to enter the employ of the Francke & Schindler hardware firm. After a time, he became interested in the manufacture of coal tar products with the Western Chemical company. During the four years, from 1893 to 1896, he was the city editor of the Indianapolis Tribune which was owned by his father-in-law, Philip Rappaport. He also made several trips abroad as foreign correspondent for the old Indianapolis Journal and it was he who was the first to tell the world of the relief of Ladysmith during the Boer War. Severing his connections with the paper, he organized a company for the importation of wines and artificial mineral waters under the firm style of Richard Lieber & Company, which it retained until 1905 when the enterprise was merged with the James R. Ross & Company, Mr. Lieber retaining his connections with the firm, however, until 1918. For three years then he was president of the Indianapolis Trade Association which was later merged with the Chamber of Commerce. As a correspondent, Mr. Lieber had supported the Aldrich plan for currency reform and his work in favor of the measure won such recognition that he was appointed an executive member for the state on the currency commission. During this time, too, Mr. Lieber had devoted much attention to the conservation of the natural resources of the state and nation with the result that he was elected chairman of the local board of governors of the Fourth National Conservation Congress that was held in Indianapolis in 1912. For a number of years, Mr. Lieber was a member of the national executive board of the American Gymnastic Union which did excellent work in educating people up to good citizenship. As secretary and chairman of the Committee on Public Service, he waged a fight on insurance companies that saved hundreds of thousands of dollars to the city of Indianapolis. When he was engaged in this work he advocated the installation of three new departments, viz., The Fire Marshall, the Commissioner of Insurance, the Department of Construction, and the foresight and constructive criticism of the man is shown in the fact that these departments have since been established and have proven to be live assets . To revive them he first advocated and helped create the Indianapolis Storage Corps. No sooner was this done when his former opponents, the insurance companies, elected him as one of the trustees. Governor Ralston appointed Mr. Lieber to the Turkey Run Commission which he reorganized and together with Frank B. Wynn placed under the control of the State Historical Commission. At the beginning of Governor Goodrich's administration, he was appointed military secretary to the governor and chief of staff with the rank of colonel. He was also placed in charge of the reorganization of the Park Commission, and was made secretary of the State Board of Forestry, and when on April 1, 1919, these commissions were merged with the Department of Conservation, he became director of the new department, a position which he has filled to the present time. He has been chiefly responsible for the formation of the four state parks that have been created and for the two which are now projected. In this work, Mr. Lieber has rendered a great service to the state, one which can be rewarded only by the gratitude of the future generations of Indiana citizens. August 28, 1893, Mr. Lieber married Emma Rappaport, the daughter of Philip Rappaport of Indianapolis, and they have three children as follows: Otto Walther, Ralph Willard, and Marie Jeanette, who are graduates of the University of Chicago. Mr. Lieber is a member of the Torch Bearers. Walther Lieber was born in Indianapolis November 22, 1894, the son of Richard and Emma (Rappaport) Lieber. He received his elementary education in the graded and Shortridge high schools of Indianapolis. He then matriculated at Indiana University where he studied for two years. He completed his education at the University of Chicago and received the degrees of Ph.B. and J.D. When war was declared on Germany in 1917, he offered his services to the government. He was commissioned First Lieutenant of Infantry, and four months of his two years of military service were spent at General Headquarters at Chaumont, France, as an interpreter. He has always supported the principles of the Republican party and was a candidate on that ticket for election to the state legislature in the last elections but was defeated. In 1921, he married Elizabeth MacClintock, the daughter of William D. MacClintock, a professor of the University of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Lieber have one son, Richard. Mr. Lieber is a member of the Beta Theta Pi and Phi Delta Phi fraternities and of the American Legion.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
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1924

Colonel Daniel Warren Ketcham, retired army officer, was born near Burns City, Daviess county, Indiana, on a farm, March 1, 1867, son of Seth Louis Ketcham, who was born in the same state and county as his son in 1839. The family originally came from Kentucky. Our subject's great grandfather, Joseph, was a brother of Colonel Ketcham, who came to Indiana in 1811 and was one of the brave pioneers taking part in the frontier warfare and the War of 1812 and was judge of the Circuit court. His grandfather, Daniel Ketcham, came to Indiana at an early day and settled in Daviess county and the Ketcham family have been valued citizens of that county since. Seth Louis Ketcham married Almira Benham in 1864, whose family were settlers of Green county at Newberry. Colonel Ketcham was the second in a family of five children, four of whom are living, three boys and one girl. He was educated in the schools of Daviess county and attended State Normal and Preparatory at Indiana University at Bloomington, then at West Point where he graduated in 1890. He graduated from the Artillery school in 1894 and from the School of Submarine Defense in 1904. Colonel Ketcham's record is indeed an enviable one. Appointed acting second lieutenant in the 2d Artillery, June 12, 1890, he was commissioned with that rank on June 15, of the following year. On March 8, 1898, he was made first lieutenant in the 6th Artillery; on May 8, 1901, Captain Artillery; October 10, 1908, Major Coast Artillery; November 2, 1914, Lieutenant Colonel; May 15, 1917, Colonel; October 1, 1918, Brigadier General but returning to the rank of Colonel in May 15, 1919; retired from active service May 24, 1919, on his own application after thirty-two years service. Colonel Ketcham served on duty at Fort Warren, Massachusetts, 1895-97; Boston 1899; Honolulu 1899-1901; Fort Hamilton, New York, 1902-03; Fort Totten, New York, 1903-04; Presidio, San Francisco 1904-09; in the Philippines 1909-11; Forts Strong and Warren, Massachusetts, 1911-12; on general staff Washington, D. C., 1912-14; Fort Dupont, Delaware, 1915; Fortress Monroe, Virginia, as president of Artillery Board 1916-17; member of the Ordnance Board 1917; on General Staff from August, 1917, to May 24, 1919. Arrived in France on June 17, 1918; graduated from the Staff College at Langres, France, September 1918; Commander of Camp Taylor, Kentucky, from March, to May, 1919. Mr. Ketcham married Edith Smith in 1897 at Fort Warren, Massachusetts; she died in 1905. He is a member of the Army and Navy Club of Washington, D. C., American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Sons of Veterans.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
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1924

Eli Lilly (July 8, 1838- June 6, 1898). Probably no citizen ever served Indianapolis more unselfishly or more helpfully than the subject of this sketch. From 1873 until his death, Colonel Eli Lily resided continuously in Indianapolis, and during this period gave unstintedly of his money, his exceptional abilities and his time to the betterment of the community. Eli Lilly was born near Baltimore, Maryland, July 8, 1838. A year later his parents moved to a farm in Gallatin county, Kentucky, near Lexington, where the family lived until Eli was about fourteen years of age. In 1852, his parents decided to remove from the influence of slavery also to where the children might have advantages of better schooling -so they came to Greencastle, Indiana, principally because it was the seat of Asbury College, now DePauw University. Eli attended private school and the preparatory department of Asbury College until he was about seventeen years of age. At odd times and during vacations he was employed in a printing office and as an errand boy for a druggist. In 1855 he went to Lafayette to visit a relative and while there, entered the apprenticeship of Henry Lawrence, a highly educated English pharmacist, under whose instruction he remained five years. In 1860, he entered the drug business, as a partner in a small store in Lafayette, and a year later, with the financial assistance of his father, bought a store in Greencastle. While in Lafayette and later in Greencastle, he took an active interest in the local military organizations. At the outbreak of the Civil War he responded to the first call for troops. After a few months service in the infantry as a second lieutenant he resigned, returned to Indiana and persuaded Morton to commission him to organize a battery of field artillery, which later became famous as the 18th Indiana Battery, or better known as Lilly's Light Battery. This Battery saw some of the hardest fighting of the Tennessee campaign, gaining signal distinction at Hoover Gap and Chickamauga, as a unit of General Wilder's brigade. Later he left the artillery service through promotions, and emerged from the war as a colonel of cavalry. Immediately after the war he became a cotton planter near Fort Gibson, Mississippi. This enterprise proved disastrous. A drought destroyed the crop and a malarial fever contracted on the plantation almost terminated his life, and did result in the death of his young wife. Colonel Lilly returned to Indiana from Mississippi, and engaged in the drug business. Later he moved to Paris, Illinois, where he conducted a retail drug store. In 1873 he returned to Indianapolis and with Dr. John F. Johnston, organized a manufacturing pharmaceutical business under the name of Johnston and Lilly. This partnership dissolved early in 1876. Soon after, in the same year, he opened a small laboratory for manufacturing pharmaceuticals at 15 West Pearl street with a total capital of $1400.00. Owing to his limited resources he could employ very little assistance. After making a lot of goods it was necessary for him to go out and sell them. The enterprise was successful from the beginning. Colonel Lilly's close application and indefatigable industry made the business grow rapidly. His son, Josiah K., then about fifteen years old, went to work in the laboratory and later, James E. Lilly, a brother and Evan F. Lilly, a cousin, joined the organization. Sales expanded throughout Indiana and neighboring states increasing steadily until 1897 at the time of Colonel Lilly's death, Lilly products were well known over Central United States and certain items had a national sale and were exported to foreign countries. Colonel Lilly was distinguished as an organizer. More than ten years prior to his death, he had so delegated the work of his company that it required comparatively little of his personal attention, and he gave the major part of his time and energy to public affairs. In 1884, at the time of the great Ohio River flood, he was foremost in organizing through the Indianapolis Board of Trade, relief expeditions for the flood sufferers. When natural gas was discovered in Indiana, it was through his untiring efforts that the Consumer's Gas Trust company of Indianapolis was organized. This company secured favorable leases on gas lands and brought gas to Indianapolis and distributed it to consumers at a low cost. Seeing the possibilities of large services to the city through an aggressive organization of business men, he led in the founding of the Commercial Club, in 1890 and to it gave the best years of the latter part of his life. Through his inspiring leadership and wise management the club erected in 1893 the first modern office and club building in Indianapolis. During the period of Colonel Lilly's greatest civic activity, Indianapolis was in a transitional state, passing from the size and ways of a large country town to the status of a city. In this change, he saw the necessity for an improved and modernized city charter, and led the movement which resulted in drafting the present city charter. To do this it was necessary to create a supporting public sentiment and pilot the bill through the legislature, tasks that required much labor, patience and tact. The new charter virtually remade the city, and placed it in position to cope with the complex problems incident to its steadily increasing size. In the panic of 1893-94, one of the uppermost problems was the care for the unemployed. A committee, consisting of Colonel Eli Lilly, Messers. H. H. Hanna and William Fortune, devised a plan for providing public work and administering relief that saved self-respecting and industrious unemployed from the humiliation of charity. This plan was so simple, so ingenious and so workable that it gained worldwide fame as the "Indianapolis Plan." When Mr. William Fortune first proposed taking steps to abolish grade crossings Colonel Lilly, through the Commercial Club, lent the movement the weight of his influence. In 1860, Colonel Lilly married Miss Emily Lemon, who died in 1865, leaving one son, Josiah K. Lilly, who succeeded his father as president of Eli Lilly and company. In 1869, Colonel Lilly married Miss Marie C. Sloane who survives. Colonel Lilly was a member of Christ's Episcopal Church, George H. Thomas Post G. A. R., the Loyal Legion, the Commercial Club and the Columbia Club. Colonel Lilly's death on June 6, 1898, was the occasion of great public sorrow. Pages of the city papers were filled with accounts of his life and services. The following excerpts from editorials are indicative of the esteem in which he was held by his contemporaries: "In his untiring efforts to build up the city Colonel Lilly never sought his own aggrandizement. There was no selfish motive behind his promotion of public interests. He sought no advantage that every citizen could not share. - "The Indianapolis Journal." In the death of Colonel Eli Lilly the state and the city lose a brave and gallant soldier, a distinguished citizen, a generous, public-spirited and benevolent man. All good causes were sure of ready sympathy when presented to him. He loved Indianapolis; and everything that helped to build it up, to improve its condition, to make life easier and better for the people, won his royal and unwearying support. He gave freely of his means; he gave more freely still of his personal endeavor. - "Indianapolis News." It will be an unfortunate day when Colonel Lilly's life and work are no longer remembered and imitated in Indianapolis. - "Indianapolis Press. "

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
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1924

Josiah Kirby Lilly, the son of Colonel Eli Lilly and Emily (Lemon) Lilly was born in Greencastle, Indiana, in 1861. When twelve years old, he came with the family to Indianapolis where he has resided since that time. He attended the common schools and spent one year in the preparatory department of Asbury College, after which he quit school for a time to enter the employ of his father, who had recently founded the Lilly pharmaceutical laboratories. He continued in the laboratories, working in various capacities, learning the business until 1880, when he entered the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated in 1882. While in Philadelphia Mr. Lilly was a student under Professors Remington, Maisch, Sadder and others at the head of their profession in America, and from whom he had great inspiration for his future career. On returning to the laboratories after graduation, Mr. Lilly was made superintendent in which capacity he continued until the death of his father, Colonel Eli Lilly, in 1898, whom he succeeded as president of the company. In 1883, when superintendent of manufacturing he manifested his appreciation of the necessity of higher standard for medical products by making a line of chemically standardized fluid extracts and tinctures, the first standardized line offered under that name by any manufacturer in this country. In 1890 he made another step in advance of his time in establishing a botanical laboratory for the study and inspection of crude vegetable products employed in manufacturing. In 1898, when elected president of Eli Lilly and company, Mr. Lilly had had practically no experience in marketing, but he brought to his new position a receptive mind, and immediately began an intensive study of the possibilities of pharmaceutical sales in the United States. The business of which he became president was confined chiefly to the Central States, only a few products having a national sale. Almost immediately an aggressive selling policy was inaugurated. Without involving his company in any extravagant plans for expansion, or borrowing money, he proceeded by safe and sure steps to reach out into additional territory. Branches were established in Chicago, New York, New Orleans and an office in San Francisco. In less than ten years after he assumed control Lilly products were distributed throughout the United States and Lilly salesmen covered systematically every state and territory in the Union. Since Mr. Lilly entered the drug business in his early teens, he was able to celebrate his fortieth business anniversary in his early fifties. This was made the occasion of a notable dinner given by his associates. Many testimonials were received from men nationally prominent in the drug trade. These letters and telegrams abounded in praise for the great and wholesome influence exerted on the trade by Mr. Lilly. The following is representative of the expressions of appreciation of Mr. Lilly's services to the drug trade at large: "He has done more for the wholesale and retail druggist than any other man, and has freed the calling of the druggist from much that is hurtful and has raised the whole tone of the business. In the conduct of Eli Lilly and company he has demonstrated that an enormous business can be built on the strictest principles." When superintendent of the laboratories Mr. Lilly gave many indications of unusual perception of the importance of utilizing scientific methods in the improvement of manufacturing processes and in the control and standardization of medical products. Later, as president and general manager of the company, with larger and growing resources at his command he organized a scientific department for research and control work that is an institution in itself. The staff embraces chemists, botanists, physiologists, all specialists in the various departments of chemistry and experimental medicine. These scientists were provided every needed facility and housed in a spacious handsome specially-constructed building. This department became the counsellor and guide in the improvement and the enlargement of the line of Lilly products. As a result of this foresight, many notable new products were evolved, and during the World War when the blockade excluded German and Austrian sources of atropine, methods perfected by the Lilly Research Laboratories produced atropine from stramonium, a local plant, and kept the allied armies and countries amply supplied with this necessary drug. In 1912, Mr. Li1ly established extensive biological laboratories, erecting probably the finest plant of its kind for the manufacture of antitoxins, serums and vaccines. Notwithstanding his close application to business Mr. J. K. Lilly, like his father before him, has a very keen sense of his public obligations, and has found time, despite the heavy demands made upon him by his private business interests to render notable public services. For many years he has been active in the promotion of Y. M. C. A. work. He served as president of the Y. M. C. A. and led the movement for the construction of the present fine building, being one of the largest individual contributors to the fund. During the World War, he was chairman of the Indianapolis Committee to raise funds for the Red Cross, and was the largest local subscriber to that fund. In addition, he was instrumental in having his company donate $25,000.00 for the establishment of Base Hospital No. 32 as a memorial to Colonel Eli Li1ly. He was the chairman of the committee in charge of the largest Liberty bond sale in Marion county. He was one of the organizers and at present is president of the Indianapolis Foundation, which is the custodian of funds amounting to several million dollars to be administered for the welfare of the community. He is a member of the official board of Christ's Episcopal Church and takes an active interest in the general enterprises of the Episcopal Church. He is a member and supporter of various other civic and philanthropic organizations. In 1882, Mr. Lilly was married to Miss Lily M. Ridgely of Lexington, Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Lilly have two sons, Eli and Josiah K. Jr., both of whom are associated with their father in the management of Eli Lilly and company.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Bert C. McCammon. If one were to scrutinize the pasts of the majority of men whom the world styles "self-made," he would in most cases discover that they had been influenced and guided toward success by someone else. As the immortal Lincoln owed everything that he was to his mother, so do many other men, and in this category may be numbered Bert C. McCammon, a successful pharmacist of Indianapolis. Mr. McCammon was born at North Grove, Indiana, the son of Elizabeth (Emmick) McCammon, who gave him his entire support and early training under the most trying of circumstances. She was intrinsically a woman of the highest standards, and although the hardships of her life were many, she grounded her son in the principles of right living. The boy had a grade school education and some high school work in his youth, but the most valuable acquis1tion of his early years was the ability to do hard work unflinchingly. When the Spanish-American War broke out, he enlisted for service as a member of Company D, 29th Infantry, and served in the Philippine Islands two years and six months. When he was discharged from the army, he returned to this country, locating at St. Louis, where he was a member of the police force for a year. Having made up his mind to become a pharmacist, he then entered Valparaiso University, and was graduated therefrom in 1905 with the degree of Pharmaceutical Chemist. Coming to Indianapolis, he took employment in a drug store at eight dollars a week, and although he was in debt for his college education, he exercised economy and later bought the drug store at 1740 East Tenth street, of which he is still the proprietor. Prosperity attended this venture, and from his profits he was able to buy the drug store at Maple Road and College avenue. This establishment he operated four years, and then bought the lot across the street, upon which he erected his present fine building. This is probably the most advantageous location for his business to be found in the city, and the surroundings of his store are beautiful. In the summer soda fountain refreshments are served on the lawn under awning umbrellas, and through its attractiveness the place has become one of the most popular in Indianapolis. Mr. McCammon has reached the goal of business success through hard work and careful management, and the fruits of his labors are particular sweet in contrast to the early hardships which he endured with fortitude. He is counted among those citizens of the city who are ever willing to further any movement for the public good. Fraternally, he is a member of Calvin W. Prather Lodge of the Masons and of the famous Arab Patrolof Murat Temple, is a Scottish Rite Mason and holds membership also in the Elks, the Highland Golf and Country Club, and the Indianapolis Athletic Club, where he resides. His business associations include the National Association of Retail Druggists, the Indiana Pharmaceutical Association and the Indianapolis Association of Retail Druggists.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
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1924

Frank McCaslin, 897 E Drive, Woodruff Place, Indianapolis, Indiana, retired, was born in Wayne township, Marion county, Indiana, in 1857, the son of George and Hannah (Martindale) McCaslin. The former of whom was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, in 1815. His parents moved to Darke county, Ohio, and were pioneers of that section of Ohio. Hannah Martindale McCaslin was born in Wayne county, Indiana, in 1818. The Martindale family came from Wayne county, Indiana, to settle about a mile west of the present Speedway and the house which they built on their land is still standing. George McCaslin was a millwright by trade, who came to Indianapolis with his father and built a mill on Eagle Creek, west of the city. They entered land west of the creek where Mr. Frank McCaslin lived until eleven years ago. He has the sheep skin deeds to the land signed by President Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. George McCaslin were the parents of seven children, of whom only three are living. They are Alice A., the widow of Marcus Jones; Emma May; and Frank, the subject of this review. Frank McCaslin received his early education in the public schools of Wayne township. He then followed the vocation of farming in which he continued until eleven years ago. He was a popular and influential man of his home community and served as the trustee of Wayne township, from 1900 to 1905. He came to Indianapolis to become director 6f the West Side Trust company, which has subsequently been reorganized as the Washington Bank & Trust company. He has gained an enviable reputation in banking circles for his work in this connection and is regarded as one of the most able executives in the city. On October 18, 1905, Mr. McCaslin married Mary V. Peterson, who was born in Indianapolis in 1881, the daughter of Godfred and Anna E. (Hansen) Peterson, both of whom were natives of Denmark. Mr. and Mrs. Godfred Peterson were members of St. Marks Lutheran Church, of Indianapolis, and he was a Master Mason and a member of Capitol City Lodge No. 312. They had three children, two of whom are living, Mrs. John .A. Clark, of Indianapolis and Mrs. Frank McCaslin. Mrs. McCaslin is a graduate of Shortridge high school of Indianapolis and the Indiana State Normal of Terre Haute and for two years taught school in Wayne township. Mr. and Mrs. McCaslin are the parents of one son, Donovan, who was born August 12, 1906. He graduated from the Technical high school and is in the employ of the Fletcher Savings and Trust company of Indianapolis. He intends to complete his education by a commercial course at Indiana University. Mrs. McCaslin is a member of the Women's Department Club, New Era Literary Club, and the Omega Sigma Chi of I. S. N. She and her husband affiliate with the First English Lutheran Church. Mr. McCaslin is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and supports the principles of the Democratic party.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
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1924

E. H. Kemper McComb, prominent in educational circles of Indiana and of the city of Indianapolis, was born in Macomb, Illinois, February 15, 1873, the son of Peter Hathaway Kemper and Virginia Bell (Hackett) McComb, the former of whom was a native of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania. Peter H. K. McComb was born in London, Ohio. He was an ordained preacher of the Presbyterian Church and was graduated from the Princeton Theological Seminary. He was a minister until 1892, when he was offered the Holliday Chair of history and economics at Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana. He retained this position until 1892, when he retired on account of his health. His death occurred in 1917, when he had attained his seventy-fifth year. His wife is still living and resides at Kansas City, Missouri, having passed her eightieth year. They were the parents of one son and three daughters. E. H. Kemper McComb received his public school education in the graded schools of St. Louis Missouri, and high school of Bucyrus, Ohio, being graduated from the latter institution in 1890. He matriculated at Hanover College in 1891 and was graduated therefrom in 1895 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He secured his degree of .Master of Arts from the same college in 1898. He elected to follow the .profession of teaching, and the first two years of experience was gained in the high school of Bucyrus, Ohio. At the end of that time, he was offered the position of principal of the same school and for three years he administered that office. In 1900, he came to Indianapolis as a teacher of English in the Manual Training high schools where his evident ability and hard work won him the appointment to the head of the English department of that high school. In 1908, Mr. McComb was honored by being selected as one of the four teachers of Indianapolis to go to England to visit the schools of that country in return for the visit of English educationalists to this country. In 1916, Mr. McComb was made the principal of the Manual Training high school, a position which he still retains. His work in education in Indianapolis has won for him the name of being one of the prominent and progressive educators in the state, and the people of Indianapolis are indeed fortunate in having such a man at the head of one of the high schools. Mr. McComb was married June 22, 1899, to Irene Fisher, of Bucyrus, Ohio, and they have two children: Edmund Kearsley and Lorena White. Mr. McComb is a Scottish Rite Mason and is a member of the Mystic Tie lodge. He also holds membership in the Century Literary Club, the Indianapolis Literary Club, Portfolio, Art Association, Exchange Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Chamber of Commerce, State Teachers' Association, National Education Association, National Council of Teachers of English, and the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
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1924

Gertrude Fanning McHugh, secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee, is one of the most outstanding women in political circles of the state and nation. Born in Indianapolis, the daughter of John F. and Margaret (Fanning) McHugh, she comes from a distinguished line of ancestors. Her parents are of Irish ancestry. Her father came here from Cincinnati in about 1866, while her mother, now living in Indianapolis, was born in Ohio, the family having settled at Morning Sun, that state, in about 1820. Captain Thomas Fanning, one of the line, served in the Revolution with the Delaware troops, and Miss McHugh is a direct descendant of the famous Thomas Carroll, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. John F. McHugh and Margaret Fanning were married in Indianapolis in 1873, and became the parents of five children, all of whom are living: Mrs. Thomas Brooks, of Omaha, Nebraska; Mrs. John W. Conley; Thomas D. McHugh; Joan M.; and Gertrude Fanning. Miss Gertrude F. McHugh was educated at Holy Cross Academy and St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, Terre Haute. She early became interested in politics, and in 1904 began an association with the Democratic organization which has continued ever since. She was first a stenographer at headquarters, and later was promoted to the position of assistant secretary of the state central committee, serving as such for eight years. From 1913 to 1917 she was executive clerk to Governor Samuel Ralston, and in 1922 was elected secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee. She was largely instrumental in placing women on an equal footing with men, not only with respect to suffrage but also in dictating the policies of the party through the committee, and the union of the Woman's Department with the regular organization in 1922 was effected through her efforts. She has attended every national convention since 1908, and was the first woman to be appointed assistant secretary of a National Democratic Committee, a position which came to her in 1920, and is also the only woman secretary of a state committee. As a member of the state board of the League of Women Voters she is doing much toward arousing the intelligent interest of women voters in politics. She was at one time a participant in various club activities in the city, but has relinquished everything for her political work which makes great demands upon her time. She is a member of St. Joan of Arc Church, and it is the confident belief of her many friend's that she will go still farther on the road of political success.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
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1924

Thomas S. McMurry, Jr., commissioner of insurance of the State of Indiana was born July 17, 1880, at Omaha, Nebraska, his parents then moving to Denver, Colorado, when he was only three years old and here he received his education in the public schools. He was the son of Thomas S, and Sarah J. (Alexander) McMurry, both natives of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, later moving to Omaha, and then to Denver in 1883, where he engaged in real estate business. Then became president of the school board and board of supervisors and was mayor for six years, cashier in post office of Denver, appointed by President McKinley, then was special council for the Burlington railway. Mr. McMurry's main vocation in life was a lawyer. He and his wife are now deceased. Mr. McMurry, Jr., was in the engineering department of the city of Denver, from 1904 to 1908; was cashier of the Indianapolis Insurance Bureau, 1908 to 1915; manager of the same bureau, 1915 to 1917; was in business for himself in general insurance engineering, 1919 to November, 1920; was rate expert in the State Insurance department and then on April 1, 1921 was appointed by the governor as Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Indiana. He is also vice-president and director of Bankers' Trust company, and a member of the finance committee of that institution. Mr. McMurry, Jr., was married June 23, 1902, to Alice J. Rankin, of Denver, Colorado, a daughter of Rev. Hugh W. and Clara E. Rankin, and to this union was born one son, Thomas, III, who died at the age of five and a half years. Mr. McMurry, Jr., is a member of the Masonic lodge, Chapter, Scottish Rite and a Shriner at Indianapolis, he also belongs to the Columbia, Hoosier Motor, Athletic clubs, National Association of Insurance Commissioners and is a member of its Executive Committee, Committee on Fire Insurance, Committee on Blanks and Committee on Workmen's Compensation. He resides at 3841 North Pennsylvania street.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
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by Logan Esarey
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1924

John J. Madden, capitalist and manufacturer, belongs to Indianapolis by birth, education and large business interests. He was born October 8, 1869, on the present site of the Stutz factory in this city, son of Captain Thomas and Ellen (Connolly) Madden. Captain Thomas Madden was born in Ireland, came to the United States when seventeen years old, made his own way in business life in the tobacco trade, and served in the Civil War. For many years he was active in political matters in Indiana, was collector of internal revenue under Austin H. Brown, and was a member of the city council of Indianapolis. His death occurred in 1910. John J. Madden received his educational training entirely in the schools of his native city. He then learned the manufacture of furniture and has continued his interest along this line ever since. In 1913, he embarked in business for himself under the name of the John J. Madden Manufacturing company, of which he is sole owner. His specialties are davenport beds and davenette suites, and in this line is one of the six largest manufacturers in the United States. Mr. Madden is a member of the board of governors of the Furniture Mart, which at this time is the largest building in the world and is used exclusively for furniture exhibits, located at Chicago, Illinois, that cost ten million dollars to erect. In June, 1893, he married Miss Josephine Owings, daughter of Major Nathaniel Owings of Indianapolis, and they have five children: Dorothy, John J., Jr., Richard F., Thomas; and Josephine. With his family he belongs to the Roman Catholic Church . He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Rotary Club, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Indianapolis Traffic Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the Highland Golf and Country Club, the Hoosier Motor Club, and is a charter member of the Marion Hills Country Club.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

F. H. Miller, vice-president and manager of the Hoosier Engineering company, 325 South New Jersey avenue, is a veteran of the late war, rank of Major, Engineers. Associated with Mr. Miller in the organization of the Hoosier Engineering company were Thomas N. Wynne, now president, and Wallace O. Lee, now secretary and treasurer. The company specializes in transmission line construction and electrical power plant installation for public utilities, working in Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. Mr. Miller votes the Republican ticket and is in hearty accord with the principles of his party, but is in no sense a politician. The Presbyterian Church holds his membership. He is a member of the Optimist Club, the Indianapolis Athletic Club and the Indianapolis Athenaeum. Prior to her marriage Mrs. Miller was Miss Mary Africa, of Indianapolis.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Harry B. Millspaugh, of Millspaugh & Irish automobile body manufacturers, was born in Connersville, Indiana, July 17, 1890. He is the son of Byron Elmer and Luella (Smith) Millspaugh and received his grammar school education in the graded schools of Connersville, then at Indianapolis Manual Training high school. He received his early training and experience in the drafting room of Nordyke &. Marmon and there became acquainted with Mr. Irish; then at Irvins-Robbins, where he was body designer and traveling salesman; later joined the Racine Manufacturing company of Racine, Wisconsin; then finally forming the partnership with Mr. Irish at Indianapolis, in 1914, on East Washington street, then moved to West McCarty, then to South LaSalle and Clayton avenues, where it is at present. In 1923, the firm was incorporated under the same name for $1,500,000.00, with Mr. Millspaugh as president. Mr. Millspaugh is married and resides at 3505 Guilford avenue. They have one son, Robert Dane, born July 16, 1915. He holds membership in the following clubs: Indianapolis Athletic, Kiwanis and the Chamber of Commerce, and is an active member of Center Lodge No. 23 of Masons, F. & A. M.; Indianapolis Chapter No. 5, R. A. M.; Scottish Rite and Murat Temple.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Edward V. Mitchell, a well established young business man of Indianapolis, secretary and general manager of the Indianapolis Tent & Awning company, occupies a position of responsibility calling for practical business qualities that seemingly only wide experience can supply. Mr. Mitchell, beyond that of many other young men, has had this experience, and it is not too much to say that the undoubted present prosperity of his company may be largely attributed to his intelligent management and' sound judgment. He was born at Geneva, in Franklin county, Iowa, September 24, 1891, son of Edward H. and Laura (Clock) Mitchell, the latter of whom was also a native of Iowa. His father, born at Windsor, Missouri, September 26, 1860, was in business as a traveling salesman, and for a time the family home changed with his transfer to different territory. Thus, Edward V. Mitchell attended school in Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Grand Rapids, Iowa, and Commerce, Texas. He was not very old when this desultory training ended and perhaps not very wise, for he left home and assumed the entire responsibility of self-support. He evidently had, however, the courage and determination that enabled him to adjust his scheme of life properly and carry it out with self-respect. He found employment in the freight department in the Union station at Cincinnati, then worked in a glass factory and afterward in the Kentucky Wagon works at Louisville, in the meanwhile saving enough to put him through a commercial course at Voorhees Commercial College. For ten and a half years he was with the C. C. Hauger company, Indianapolis, and then became office manager for the Famous Players Lasky Monon Picture Association. Mr. Mitchell had some thought of entering the legal profession and for one year attended the Indianapolis Law School. In 1920 he became identified with the Indianapolis Tent & Awning company as secretary. It is the largest concern of its kind in the state, and is credited withc10ing the largest rental business and giving the best service of any like company in the entire Middle West. The company supplies about fifty county fairs annually with several million square feet of canvas, while the amount realized from supplying tourist and camping outfits, reaches into five figures every season and is yearly expanding. November 1, 1916 Mr. Mitchell married Miss Florence Springer, of this city; and they have two children, Edward O. Hearne and Betty Jane Mitchell. He is a Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner, retains membership in his law college Greek letter fraternities, and belongs to the Rotary Club arid to the Sons of Veterans.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Dominico Montani, formerly prominent in musical circles of the state, was born in Lourenzana, Italy, in August, 1865, the son of Ferdinand Montani, who was also a native of Italy. The parents of Dominico Montani came to the United States, in 1878, and located at Ithaca, New York, where they engaged in the fruit business. It was here that Dominico Montani completed his elementary education which had been begun in Italy. Coming of a musically inclined family, he was, at the age of twelve, an extraordinarily good harpist, and Mrs. Montani still has the harp which was made for him in Italy. In 1885, the Montani family removed to Indianapolis, where Dominico not only taught music but ,also organized the Montani Brothers' Orchestra which soon became known as one of the best in the state. He was one of the founders of the Musicians' Union, of Indianapolis, and to him the Italian Humbert society, an organization of Italian residents of the United States named for King Humbert of Italy owes its being. Of the brothers of Dominico Montani, Guy played in Montani Brothers' Orchestra and is now the proprietor of a grocery store in the market house at Indianapolis; Anthony is a teacher of music; Pasquale, who studied in New York and other places, is an instructor of the flute, harp, saxophone, drums, clarinet, and xylophone in the Indianapolis College of Music; and Nicola, composer, singer, organist, and publisher, is director of the Gregorian choir of St. John's Church, Philadelphia, and married Catherine Sherwood, a member of the Metropolitan Opera company, of New York. In 1891, Dominico Montani married Raffaela Gioscio, who was born in Calvello, Italy, January 16, 1874, the youngest of four children, the others being John, Salvatori, and Grace, all of whom live in Indianapolis, Grace having married Guy Montani. The Gioscio family is one of artists and architects, and in this field, the members of the family have built and decorated some of the largest cathedrals in Italy. Upon the Gioscio estate in Italy is a private chapel still in the possession of the family for the upkeep of which Mrs. Montani sends funds to her native land from which she also has many interesting relics, among them being a book of drawings of Rome, over five hundred years old. Raffaela Gioscio came to the United States, in August, 1890, and was married the following year. Mr. and Mrs Montani were the parents of eight children as follows: Ferdinand, a lawyer, who served in a machine gun company during the World War; Victoria, a harpist, now studying in New York; Marshall, who is now engaged in the cleaning and dyeing business; Virginia, a typist; Guy L., who is associated with his brother, Marshall, in the cleaning and dyeing establishment; Ellen, who is employed in the offices of the American Central Life Insurance company; Lenora, who lives at home; and Anthony, a student in the high school.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

David McLean Parry, who for many years was a citizen of Indianapolis, of the highest worth, was so prominently identified with vast and important interests that his name was known all over the land as a synonym for business sagacity, and internationally respected for his sound views on commercial relations between different countries. He was born on his father's farm near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 26, 1852, son of Thomas J. and Lydia (McLean) Parry. His grandfather, Henry Parry, born in Wales, came in early manhood to the United States and rendered efficient service in the War of 1812. He was a civil engineer and built the first courthouse in Pennsylvania west of the Allegheny mountains. He married a daughter of Gen. John Cadwallader, aide to General Washington and a close personal friend, also of Welsh descent and of their family of twelve children, Thomas J., was the youngest. In 1853, he moved to Indiana, passed many years on his farm near Laurel, in Franklin county, then retired and came to Indianapolis, where he died in 1899, at the age of seventy-six years. David M. Parry grew up on the farm and attended the country schools until sixteen years old, when a natural inclination toward a business life, led to his accepting a clerkship in a local store, at Lawrenceburg, and at other points, and later to the establishing of a hardware store in partnership with his brother, Edward, at Connersville. In 1886, he founded the Parry Manufacturing company, which he developed into one of the largest carriage manufacturing enterprises of the country and continued as its president until his death, May 12, 1915. As time went on he became more and more identified with affairs of moment at Indianapolis, the able administration of his own and other large enterprises arousing such business confidence that he was elected president of that representative body, the National Manufacturers association. During his years of business activity he was also president of the National Civil association, the Manufacturers Insurance company, the Overland Automobile company, the Indianapolis Southern Railroad company, now part of the Illinois Central system, the Indianapolis, New Castle & Toledo Traction company, the Carriage Builders' National association, the Indianapolis Commercial Club, and the Indianapolis Board of Trade, the present Board of Trade building being erected during his administration. He was one of the founders of the Country Club, and of the Marion Club, a liberal contributor to many benevolent causes, a Thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Odd Fellows, the Elks, and the First Baptist Church. He owned one of the most beautiful private estates in Indiana, situated near Indianapolis, his mansion on Golden Hill being surrounded by one hundred acres of woodland. Although politics played but an indifferent part in his life, he was a Republican from principle. For many years he was known as a student of sociology and economics, and his tour around the world made in order to study business conditions and government policies in foreign countries in relation to the manufacturing interests of the United States, attracted nationwide attention. He married in 1875, at Brooklyn, New York, Henry Ward Beecher officiating, Mrs. Cora Harbottle, who died in July, 1882. Of this marriage two daughters are living: Mrs. Helen Fitzgerald and Mrs. Warren D. Oakes, both of Indianapolis. Married second time, October 3, 1883, Hessie, daughter of John Milton and Isabella (Moffett) Maxwell, the latter of whom was a daughter of Capt. William Moffett. Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell were married at Rushville, Indiana, in 1853, and of their five children, Mrs. Parry was the oldest living child. The other surviving members of the family are: Mrs. Mary Knippenberg and Mrs. Ada E. Rose, both of Indianapolis; and John Milo Maxwell, the well-known author, a resident of Indianapolis and Chicago. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Parry. Maxwell Oswald Parry, born December 28, 1887, at Indianapolis, was educated in Culver Military Academy and Harvard and Yale universities, and a graduate of Hotchkiss school course American College, of Strassburg, Germany. After his father's death he assumed charge of his estate, but literary work has been his life's work. He enlisted in the United States Air Service, at Indianapolis, July, 1917, trained at Columbus, Ohio, Fort Worth, Texas, and Toronto, Canada, went overseas in January, 1918, and served in the 149th Aero Squadron, downed three German planes and was decorated by the French and American governments. Reported missing in action, July 23, 1918, his grave was later located near Vanderrille, France. American Legion Post, No. 100, Indianapolis, the Parry-Stephenson Post, perpetuates the name of this young hero. Lydia Maxwell Parry, after graduating from Vassar College, secured her M.A. degree from Columbia University. She married W. C. Teasdale, rubber manufacturer, of New York City, and they have two children: Priscilla and John. Addison Julius Parry, vice-president of the Oakes Company, was educated at Hotchkiss, Connecticut, Strassburg, Germany, and is a graduate of Yale College, and a member of the Yale Club of Indianapolis, and its president. He originated and succeeded in having adopted the honor system in Yale University. Married Mary, daughter, of Colonel and Mrs. William Brown. Isabella Parry, widely known in musical circles, was mainly educated abroad, where she was a pupil of Leschetizky, and of Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler. Ruth Parry, a graduate of Tudor Hall, pursued her studies in vocal music in Europe. Jeannette Parry, a graduate of the Sargent School of Dramatic Art, married Emmert L Daniel, who is in the grain business, and they live at Saylor Park, Cincinnati. David Parry, the youngest of the family, was educated at Princeton and Asheville, North Carolina. Mrs. Parry, is of Scotch ancestry on the paternal and of English on the maternal side, and is a lineal descendant of George Reed, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Her early educational training was received in the E. J. Price Private School, then Glendale College, Ohio, the Cincinnati College of Music, and Wesleyan College. She is a member of the Baptist Church and active in social life, a member of the Writers' Club, the Woodstock Club, and the State Gold Star Mothers.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

William A. Patten, who is assistant manager of FairbanksMorse company's electric motor and generator plant at No. 2060 Northwestern avenue, Indianapolis, has been identified with this nationally known company, almost continuously, for thirty-six years. He has had wide experience in his line of work, both in peace and war, and he is an authority when it comes to the manufacture of marine engines, having had charge of the Baltimore plant of the company which engaged in this manufacture for the government during the World War. He was born at Three Rivers, Michigan, February 19, 1871, third in a family of six children born to John and Elizabeth (Eppley) Patten. They were natives of Pennsylvania, but resided many years in Michigan, and died there. William A. Patten had common school advantages at Three Rivers, and was seventeen years old when he started at the machinist's trade in the Fairbanks-Morse company works, at that place, and continued until 1902, when he went with the Cadillac factory, but in 1903, returned to the Fairbanks-Morse company and so continues. In January, 1921, he came to the company's plant at Indianapolis, of which he has been assistant manager since that time. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the Blue Lodge, at Three Rivers, Michigan, and has membership there also in the order of Knights of Pythias, and at Indianapolis, belongs to the Hoosier Motor Club. Mr. Patten resides at No. 111 East Sixteenth street, Indianapolis.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Mary Elizabeth (Riley) Payne, at present, makes her home in Indianapolis. The youngest child of Captain Reuben Alexander Riley and Elizabeth (Marine) Riley, she was born (as was also her illustrious and world-famed brother, James Whitcomb Riley), at Greenfield, which is the county seat of Hancock county, Indiana. Captain Riley, born in Pennsylvania, was of Dutch and of English extraction. Later on, the family left the East, and moved to Ohio. A few years after, the family settled in Randolph county, Indiana. In 1844, Captain Riley took his young bride to Greenfield, which was then a village of but three hundred inhabitants. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Captain Riley volunteered in the United States army. He was a captain in the Eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and later, captain of Company G, Indiana Cavalry Volunteers. He was a lawyer of distinction, and played an important part in the political history of Indiana for many years. He served four terms as representative in the state legislature from Hancock county, and was also state's attorney for this circuit. Elizabeth (Mafline) Riley, his wife, of North Carolinian family, was Celtic. Her grandfather was born in Wales. The Marines were descendants of French Huguenots, who fled from France, and its religious persecution, and settled in Wales. The gift of verse-making and the love of fine arts continued uninterruptedly through succeeding generations of this Celtic branch of the family. Elizabeth Marine, exerted a profound influence on her son, James Whitcomb, and in after life many of his poems were inspired by the memory he cherished of her. Captain and Mrs. Riley, were the parents of six children: John Andrew, Martha Celestia (who died in childhood), James Whitcomb, Elva May, Humboldt Alexander, and Mary Elizabeth, all of whom are deceased, with the exception of Mary Elizabeth, the youngest. Mary Elizabeth Riley was married to Frank Charles Payne, of Wabash, Indiana. He was dramatic editor of the old "Indianapolis Journal," and a journalist of note, and is now eastern representative for Associated Exhibitors of New York City. Their only child, Miss Lesley Payne, attended Knickerbacker Hall, before she was taken to Paris, France, where she was educated. Mrs. Payne and her daughter are communicants of the Episcopalian Church. They spend much of their time abroad, and have a wide circle of friends in Indianapolis. The natural bond of affection which existed between Mrs. Payne and her brother, James Whitcomb, was intensified by the fact that he knew her to be their "mother's dearest child," and as they were all left motherless when this same sister was still a little girl, his great love tried in every way to make up to her for the loss of their mother. Mrs. Payne, as the only living representative of James Whitcomb Riley's immediate family, is known as an authority on her brother's works.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

John M. Price. Many remarkable discoveries of scientific value have been made by accident, but the majority, perhaps, have been developed through close study and intelligent experiment. To this class undoubtedly belong the famous Boncilla toilet preparations, products of the Boncilla Laboratories, Inc., at Indianapolis, of which corporation, John M. Price, a prominent business man of this city, is president. The specialty, Boncilla Facial Clay, of which Mr. Price was the originator, has become known all over the civilized world and has taken prizes at the Paris exposition and elsewhere, outclassing every other imitation that is now on the market. Mr. Price was born in September, 1872, in Washington county, Indiana, son of Charles T. and Alice L. (Garriott) Price, the latter of whom was born in Washington county. Charles T. Price, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1847, and was well known in the lumber mill business. John M. Price, had educational advantages in the public schools of Washington county, and Hartsville College, after which, for a short time, he was associated with his father in the mill business and then embarked in the hardware line at Scottsburg, Indiana, where he continued six years. In March, 1900, he came to Indianapolis, as manager of the Crown Chemical company, a business enterprise that had been started in 1896. Immediately Mr. Price became a moving force in its concerns, and in 1905, brought about the change of name with the manufacture of his discovered, remedial cosmetic preparations and incorporation as the Boncilla Laboratories, and became president of the same. For a quarter of a century almost, he has been identified with this business and has devoted himself largely to its development. The trademark, Boncilla, is positive assurance of purity and efficacy. In December, 1893, he married Miss Rachel P. Stalker, of Salem, Indiana, and they have five children: Blanche, Harry, Raymond, Pauline, and Marguerite. Mr. Price is active in community life, and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Mystic Tie Masonic Lodge, Old Colony, Hoosier Motor, Kiwanis, Columbia, and Indianapolis Athletic clubs.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

John W. Pullen, president of the Citizens State Bank, of Indianapolis, is one of the able and successful financiers of this city, who has made his way to prominence and honorable prestige through his own well directed energies and efforts. He was born in Sumner county, Kansas, November 23, 1877, and is a son of William B. Pullen and Elnora J. (Beck) Pullen, the former of whom was born in Posey county, Indiana, in 1842, and the latter in Boone county, Indiana, in 1848. Imbued with a patriotic spirit, and with the love for the freedom which he believed all men should enjoy, William B. Pullen early answered President Lincoln's call for troops to suppress the Rebellion, and enlisted in the United States army for service in the Civil War. He was a brave and fearless soldier and participated in many battles and skirmishes and was captured by the enemy, and for seven months was confined in the notorious stockade, Andersonville Prison. Some time after his honorable discharge and return to civil life, he wrote a book concerning his experiences while in prison, which became popular and met with a wide circulation. Soon after his marriage he decided to go West, and, with his young wife, he moved overland by covered wagon to Kansas. He met with little success there, having no means to carry him through the droughts and other hardships of the prairie, and in 1891, he removed with his family to Indiana, and the following year opened a general store on Belleview Place, Indianapolis, which he conducted until his retirement five years before his death, in 1911. His wife survived him until July, 1922, when she also passed away. They were the parents of two children: John W. and Mrs. Lizzie Wood, a resident of Muncie, Indiana. John W. Pullen, obtained his early education in the graded and high schools of Indianapolis, and later pursued a course at the Indianapolis Business College, where he made good use of his time and opportunity. He then became identified in the mercantile business with his father and later assumed control of the enterprise, which he conducted until 1914, when he sold the business and, with John L. Duvall, organized the Home Insurance agency, buying the old Hartford Insurance block on Market street, the present site of the Flidelity Bank. Three years later he disposed of his interests in this enterprise and became a member of the firm of Pearson & Pullen, real estate and loans, and in 1911, he became identified with the Citizens State Bank, of which he served as vice-president until 1919, when he was elected president, a position he still retains being one of the active factors in financial circles of the city. The bank is situated at 2606 West Michigan street, and through the able and conservative management of Mr. Pullen it has become one of the substantial and representative financial institutions of the city. Although the scope of his work is broad and he gives close and efficient attention to his splendid enterprise, Mr. Pullen is also loyal and public-spirited in his civic attitude, and gives generously of his time and means to all matters tending to the public good. He is a Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner, and is prominent in both business and social circles. Mr. Pullen was married September 20, 1906, to Miss Gertrude L. Guynn, of Martinsville, Indiana, and they have one son, Oran W. Pullen. Mr. Pullen and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

James F. Quigley, president and manager of the Quigley Hyland Detective Agency, at Indianapolis, is the able head of an organization that enjoys the trust and confidence of the major business interests of the city. He was born at Boston, Massachusetts, March 22,1860, son of John and Mary (Cullen) Quigley, natives of Ireland. They came to the United States in 1857, and resided in the city of Boston, until 1864, when removal was made to Toledo, Ohio, and from there to Indianapolis, in November, 1873. John Quigley, was a well known contractor, at Toledo, for a number of years having a contract for loading and unloading lake vessels there. After coming to Indianapolis, he engaged first with Kingan & Company, pork packers, and afterward for many years and until he retired, was in the employ of the city. His death occurred in 1911, at the age of seventy-eight years, having survived his wife since 1890. Of their family of sons and daughters, the following are now living: James F., of Indianapolis; John, of Denver, Colorado; Mark and Charles, of Chicago, Illinois; Clara, Mrs. William Evans, of Detroit, Michigan; Mary, Mrs. John Brooks, of Detroit; Anna, Mrs. Nolan, of Indianapolis; and Theresa, Mrs. Theodore Statler, of Detroit. In Toledo's excellent public schools, both grade and high, James F. Quigley, received sound educational training for a few years, and after coming to Indianapolis, attended a business college for a season. At that time, however, on account of his father's ill health, he set aside an ambition to continue his studies and accepted a job with Kingan & Company, in which he not only won the promotion that made him, at the time he left the company's employ, one of the best paid mechanics, but also the personal esteem of his employers to such an extent that long afterward, when a large measure of public regard had become his, they were wont to refer to him as "our boy." It was through his father's influence rather than any real desire of his own, that he became a member of the police force of Indianapolis, April 14, 1883, although indications of failing health and a somewhat adventuresome temperament, had weight. Within eight months his health had materially improved and his efficiency was so far recognized that he was promoted to the police sergeancy and continued in that position for seven years when he was appointed on the first detective force the city ever had and served in that department for one and a half years. In 1891, after the election of Thomas L. Sullivan, as mayor, he was made captain of police, serving as such under different administrations until October, 1897, when he was appointed acting superintendent of the police department, and in the following month became superintendent of the Indianapolis police department, and so continued during the several administrations of Mayor Taggart, when he retired in November, 1901, from the police department. For one year afterward he was with the Lake Erie & Western railroad, as chief special agent, and later, for a few months, was connected with a private detective agency in this city, going then to Des Moines, Iowa, where for eighteen months he was manager of a detective agency. In July, 1906, he returned with his family to Indianapolis, and August 15, 1906, was reinstated on the police force by Mayor Bookwalter, and assigned as special investigator for the chief of police. In the following December, he was made detective sergeant, and in 1913, was appointed chief of detectives by Mayor Bell, serving as such until 1917, during the last ten months serving also as chief of police. In February, 1918, he retired from the police department on a pension, after thirty years of actual service. Thus, honorably released, Captain Quigley, then turned his attention to a private business undertaking for which he was well qualified through long years of varied experience, and in May, 1918, in association with Captain Martin J. Hyland, former chief of police, organized the Quigley-Hyland Detective Agency, subsequently incorporating it. Captain Hyland retired in Apr.i1, 1920, but the business style has not been changed. It was in October, 1918, that Captain Quigley received an offer by telegraph, of a commission in the United States army from the Ordnance Department, Washington, D. C., which he accepted within ten days, and served the government on special work in that city until March, 1919. Upon his return to Indianapolis, he assumed his present duties as head of the agency, which, in its operations has become a strong force of law and order and has the support of the leading business houses and most important financial interests of Indianapolis. In political sentiment he is a Democrat as was his father. For many years he has been a member of the order of Elks, of which organization he was exalted ruler at Indianapolis, in 1901-1902. November 2, 1881, he married Margaret B., daughter, of Alexander Trueman, of Scotch-Irish descent, who became a resident of this city. They have three daughters and one son: Frances Ruth, Mrs. E. C. Clark, of New York City; Edna, Mrs. R. L. Stancill, of Chicago, Illinois; Albert J., with the National Realty company, Indianapolis; and Mary Louise, Mrs. E. C. Cook, of West Palm Beach, Florida.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Samuel Moffett Ralston, ex-governor, of Indiana and present United States senator from the same state, was born in New Cumberland, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, December 1, 1857, the son of John and Sarah (Scott) Ralston. The great grandfather of our subject, Andrew Ralston, was born in Scot1and, February 25, 1753, and came to the Amel1ican Colonies with his parents when he was still a small boy. They settled in Eastern Pennsylvania, where the entire family, with the exception of Andrew and his sister were massacred by the Indians. With the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, he enlisted in the Continental Army and for seven years and four months served with the Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment. He was taken prisoner, on Long Island, August 27, 1776, and received wounds in the Battle of the Brandywine. When peace had been made between England and the United States, he returned to the pursuits of peace and married Sophia Waltemeyer and one of the children born to this union was David, the grandfather of our subject, who married Sarah Wickard. While David Ralston was living in Pennsylvania, his son John, was born, and it was this man, who was the father of one of America's greatest statesmen. On the maternal side of his family, Senator Ralston, is the grandson of Alex Scott who was born in Ireland in 1775, and who came to the United States at an early day to settle in Pennsylvania. He married Gertrude Kerr, a member of one of the most prominent families of Adams county, Pennsylvania, and they became the parents of Sarah Scott, who was born March 31, 1821, and married John Ralston to become the mother of Samuel Moffett Ralton. David Ralston and his wife removed to Ohio, and shortly after they had established their home in the woods, he died, his son, John, being but three years old at the time. John Ralston and Sarah Scott were married in Ohio, where the former farmed until 1865, in Tuscarawas county. It was on this farm that the future senator was born, and where he made his home until he was eight years old. At that time, his parents removed to Owen county, Indiana, and here his father purchased and operated a large stock farm. In the great panic of 1873, Samuel Ralston, was overtaken by financial reverses, and his son was thus deprived of many of the advantages which he otherwise would have enjoyed, for his father was one of the most successful stock raisers of that vicinity. The parents of our subject were affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and their son was thus raised in a wholesome religious atmosphere. He was one of eight children, four sons and four daughters, born to his parents. Samuel Ralston experienced trials and difficulties almost without number in the various vocations in which he found himself. He was employed on the farm, in the butcher business, and in the coal mines, but he bore his hardships smilingly and uncomplainingly. His great aim in life at the time was to fit himself for a higher position in the scale of human endeavor, and to this end he taught school during the winter months and attended the Central Indiana Normal College, at Danville, Indiana. He was graduated from that institution August 1, 1884, in the scientific course. While attending the Normal College, he met Jennie Craven, of Hendricks county, Indiana, a woman of admirable strength of character, whom he married December 30, 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Ralston have three children: Emmet Gratan, who graduated from Purdue University, in the course in electrical engineering; Julian Craven, a graduate of Indiana University; and Ruth, who graduated from DePauw University. The Ralston home has always been known for its hospitality and cheer. As is usually the case in such marriages, the high mental and moral endowments of the wife are a continual source of inspiration and encouragement to the husband, and Senator Ralston derives much pleasure from stating that he owes much of his success to the good sense, genuineness of nature, and high standard of life of Mrs. Ralston. In September, 1884, as soon as he had completed his college education, Mr. Ralston began studying law in the law offices of Robinson and Fowler, at Spencer, Owen county, Indiana. For a year and a half, he read law in these offices, and on January 1, 1886, he was admitted to the bar in Indiana. He did not take up the active practice of his profession, however, until the following June, but in that month he opened law offices in Lebanon, Boone county, Indiana, where he enjoyed an excellent practice that he developed entirely through his own efforts and ability at the bar. He continued to practice in this city until he was called to the governor's chair of Indiana. Mr. Ralston had always been a staunch Democrat and had been one of the leading figures in Democratic politics in the state of Indiana. In 1888, he was a candidate for election as joint senator from Boone, Clinton and Montgomery counties, but met defeat in a Republican district. Twice, in 1886 and 1898, he was a candidate for Secretary of State, and in 1908, he was defeated for the nomination for governor by Thomas R. Marshall. By 1912, expressions were made from all sections of the state in favor of the nomination of Samuel Ralston for governor. So insistent and forceful were the expressed desires of the people, that although several able men were anxious to secure the same nomination no other name than that of Sam Ralston was placed before the convention, in Tomlinson Hall. On March 17, 1912, therefore, Samuel M. Ralston was unanimously chosen as the Democratic candidate for governor of Indiana. His election to that office followed as a matter of course and he was sworn into office to become one of the strongest men who has ever filled the gubernatorial position in Indiana. His term was characterized by the keen insight into state economic problems, an ability for quick and decisive action, and an extraordinary mastery over the details of government in the departments of the state executive and administrative machinery. His courage and firmness of purpose were displayed in the street car strike of October and November, 1913. As arbiter of the controversy, he settled the dispute to the satisfaction of both parties, who felt that the governor was strictly impartial and keen of judgment. The laws passed during the administration of Governor Ralston were wide in the various fields that they covered and shrewdly applicable to the cases which they sought to regulate. Many of the laws come under the following classifications: Benefits for workmen; prohibition of the sale of habit forming drugs; conservation of natural resources; development of the live stock industry; prevention of tuberculosis; industrial aid to the blind; regulation of hospitals and tenement houses; pure water supply; and the establishment of children's playgrounds. The Public Utilities law and the Vocational Act stand out as two of the most constructive pieces of legislation that the state had yet experienced. At that time, the state educational institutions were considerably hampered in their work by lack of funds and it was due to the efforts of Governor Ralston that these all important institutions were placed upon secure financial bases. For forty years before Governor Ralston assumed the duties of that office, Indiana had carried a heavy debt, the subject of which had been a more or less important campaign issue previous to his election. But no governor had heretofore dared undertake, or even to advocate, the liquidation of this debt. In Mr. Ralston, however, the state found a man who was willing and able to relieve the people from this burden. With what success he met, may be judged by the fact that the debt had been paid off and the treasury contained $3,755,997.98 at the end of his administration. It was the first time in eighty years that the state of Indiana was free from debt. Governor Ralston was a staunch advocate of good roads and was instrumental in calling the meeting that established the Dixie Highway. The State Park system that is a credit to Indiana, was inaugurated at this time and the beautiful and picturesque Turkey Run, was saved for the enjoyment of future generations. At the Centennial of Perry's Victory, the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the State of Indiana was represented by Governor Ralston, who made speeches on each occasion. On January 5, 1917, just before retiring from office, Governor Ralston, in a message to the Legislature recommended the passage of a great number of progressive bills that only served to mark him anew as a man of strength and foresight. Though his services to the state were great and though he rose to a place of highest social prominence in the commonwealth, his manner was ever marked by a charm and simplicity of nature that endeared him to all and won him universal acclaim. With his retirement from the office of governor, Mr. Ralston was not done with public life, for in 1922, he was sought as a candidate for election as United States Senator on the Democratic ticket. His term as governor of the state of Indiana had convinced people that he would serve them in the best way should he be elected. Accordingly he was elected in November, 1922, and took office March 4, 1923. He holds more of the goodwill of the people of Indiana than perhaps any other man, all of which is due to the fact that he places their interests above every other consideration.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

W. L. Ramsay, cashier of the Travelers' Mutual Life Insurance company at Indianapolis, ably fills an office of responsibility, for which a number of years of like financial experience thoroughly trained him. He was born at Indianapolis, July 7, 1893, son of John L. and Mary (Lytle) Ramsay, of American birth, but of Scotch ancestry. Mr. Ramsay was educated in his native city and after graduating from the high school, entered the employ of the Weaverly Auto company, where he continued five years, during this time having been in several departments, and before retiring was in the cost department. For three years afterward he worked in the cost department of the Link-Belt Corporation, then became assistant cashier and shortly afterward, cashier with the Travelers' Insurance company, of Hartford, Connecticut, where he spent three years and then changed to the American Central Life Insurance company, as cashier of the local collection office. April 1, 1923, he became associated with the Travelers' Mutual Life Insurance company, of Indiana, which is the outgrowth of the oldest organization in the state giving life insurance protection. Its nucleus was the Commercial Travelers' association, state of Indiana, incorporated February 15, 1875, and reorganized February 3, 1923. October 28, 1916, Mr. Ramsay married Miss Irene Lees, of this city, and they have two children: Janith Louise and John Lees. Mr. Ramsay is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is also affiliated with the Third Christian Church.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Frank Riess, the president of the Riess Manufacturing company, was, born in Bavaria, Germany, February 10, 1891, the son of John and Valburga Riess, the latter of whom died but three years ago. Our subject was educated in the common schools of Germany, which was followed by a classical course. He then entered the Mechanical Engineering Training School, where he remained until he had attained his seventeenth year. After completing his work in that institution, he entered the employ of a large electrical concern in Germany, making and installing dynamos, generators, and the like. He continued in this for a year and a half when he went to Switzerland, where he was in charge of the construction of an electric railway from Chicago to Luckan, a distance of one hundred-fifty miles. With the successful termination of this job, he went to Milan, Italy, and secured employment in an automobile factory, at Bianco, where he remained for six months. Leaving there, he went to sea for a time, and in 1910, came to the United States, landing at New York. He went immediately to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he helped to build the first Cincinnati universal grinder, a machine that has done much toward speeding up production in machine shops. He then came to Indianapolis, to work for the Fairbanks-Morse company. His next position was with the Nordyke-Marmon company as efficiency engineer, after which he joined the force of the Stutz Motor car company, as the assistant production manager. In 1920, he organized the present company, although at the time of its inception, it was called the Riess Tool and Die company. The organization was effected in conjunction with a Mr. Ross. For the first two years that the company was in existence, it had a hard pull to keep going, but by indefatigable energy and faith in his product, Mr. Riess brought the firm from under the shadow of financial disaster. The company manufactures a patented riveting machine, which was invented by Mr. Riess. In the year 1923, the concern produced five thousand machines, and it is expected that the output for this year will be double that of last year. When the plant is working at capacity, forty men are employed, a marked contrast to the start of the company, which had its first home in the garage of Mr. Riess. In 1912, Mr. Riess married Barbara Miller, of Cincinnati, Ohio, a refined and cultured woman. Mr. Riess is a valued member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Loyal Order of Moose. He does not affiliate with any political party, preferring to exercise his franchise as he sees fit.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924