James Whitcomb Riley. The name of James Whitcomb Riley easily outranks any other in Hoosier literature, and, indeed, in the realm of dialect poetry shrines with a brilliancy scarcely equalled by any in the entire United States. A man of the people, he has in his homely and heart-felt song uttered their joys and sorrows. He was born at Greenfield, Hancock county, Indiana, the second son and third child of Reuben A. and Elizabeth (Marine) Riley. Reuben A. Riley was a native of Pennsylvania, but early in life came to Randolph county, Indiana, with his parents. There he grew to manhood and was married February 20, 1844, coming with his wife to Greenfield, in July, of that year. He took up the practice of law, and as an orator and attorney won more than local renown. He was elected to the state legislature, where he made a notable record, and served as a captain of cavalry during the Civil War. He and his wife were the parents of the following children: John Andrew, Martha Celestia, James Whitcomb, Elva May, Alexander Humboldt, and Mary Elizabeth. The mother of these children was a woman of rare strength of character combined with deep sympathy and clear understanding, and made the home life of her family a pleasant one. She had a fondness for literature that found expression from time to time in contributions of verse to the local papers, a gift which was inherited by her son. James Whitcomb Riley went to school until he reached the age of sixteen years, when, unable longer to brook the "iron restraint" of school discipline, he began to travel about the country with a company of young fellows who called themselves "The Graphics," whose business it was to paint advertisements on barns and fences. After two years of this wandering life, he made an attempt to study law with his father, but this did not appeal to him, and he then became local editor of his home paper. Here it was that his first poems found their way into print, and he also contributed to other papers in the surrounding country. At this time he received some stimulating encouragement from Longfellow, and he became convinced that a life of letters was to be his. He next formed a connection with the Anderson Democrat, but was discharged from this position for perpetrating a hoax. Through a friend, he had a poem "Leonainie" published in a Kokomo paper, which was passed off as a theretofore unpublished poem by Edgar Allen Poe, and when the consequent confession came out, caused by a nation-wide controversy on the subject, he had to search elsewhere for work. This he found with the Indianapolis Journal, and from that time forward his success was assured. His first poems were published in pamphlet form entitled "The Old Swimmin' Hole and Leven More Poems," and met with such a sale that other collections were published, among them being "Poems at ome," "Afterwhiles," "Old-Fashioned Roses," "Pipes 0' Pan," "Green Fields and Running Brooks," and many others. He made a fine reputation for himself as a lecturer and reciter of his own poems, and he traveled extensively over the entire country, part of the time with the famous Bill Nye. While he is, perhaps, best known for his dialect poems, he wrote much excellent verse of a different character, and "The Poet of the Future," "When She Comes Home," "That Old Sweatheart of Mine" and his "Away" are illustrations of his tender simplicity which make magic effects. His last years were spent happily among his many friends, at Indianapolis, his brilliant career being brought to a close by his death, July 22, 1916. It is not too much to believe that in the final roll-call of great Indianians, the name of James Whitcomb Riley will, like Abou Ben Adhem's, "lead all the rest." It is certain that up to this time no other can compare with his in literature, and we of Indiana, are so sure of his fame that we have already placed it on a high tablet where all the great of the nation are recorded.

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1924

Ross S. Rissler, M.D. The career of Dr. Ross S. Rissler, a leading physician of Indianapolis, has been an active and varied one, in which he has gained extensive and valuable experience. In addition he is a citizen who has taken part in civic affairs to the benefit of his adopted community, and who has won the respect of his colleagues and the confidence of his patients. He was born in Washington township, Putnam county, Indiana, a son of John T. and Elizabeth (Boyd) Rissler. His grandfather, William Rissler, of Huguenot lineage, was born in 1797, in Virginia, and was a pioneer of Putnam county, where he took up government land during the administration of President Andrew Jackson, in 1831, and that of Martin Van Buren in 1838. This land has never been conveyed out of the Rissler family. His mother was in possession of documents containing the autograph of John Quincy Adams and patent right under date of 1825. His wife, Cathrine Boone, daughter of Squire Boone, was born in 1801, and was a niece of the great scout and frontiersman, Daniel Boone. To them seven children were born, Hiram, Harriet, George, Phoebe, John T., Lewis, and Moses. John T. Rissler was born in Putnam county, January 18, 1837, and aside from the usual hardships suffered by everyone in those days, his boyhood years were uneventful; and on August 18, 1862, he entered the U. S. Service from Terre Haute, Indiana, in Company D, Seventy-first Regiment, or Sixth Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, under Captain D. A. Conover, and Colonel M. D. Topping to serve for the duration of war. The regiment was assigned to the Second Brigade, Third Division Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland. At the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky, August 30, 1862, he lost the index finger of his right hand by gun shot, and, taken to the hospital, was left on the porch for three days, where he ate and slept awaiting his turn for surgical attention. The regiment lost two hundred fifteen officers and men killed and wounded and three hundred forty-seven prisoners; two hundred twenty-five escaping capture, in this engagement. The prisoners were parolled, and returned to Terre Haute, for reorganization. December 27, 1862, four hundred men and officers of the regiment were sent to Mildraugh's Hill, to guard a trestle work. The following day they were attacked by four thousand rebels, under command of General J. H. Morgan, and captured; the regiment was again exchanged and sent to Indianapolis, remaining until August 26, 1863. Then went forward again with better success taking part in the siege of Knoxville, Tennessee, November 17 to December 4, 1863, also in the Atlanta campaign, including Resaca, May 13-26, 1864, Cassville, May 19-22, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, June 9-30, 1864; Allatoona Pass, Lost Mountain, Macon Raid, July 27; Pulaski, Tennessee, September 27, 1864; Nashville Tennessee, December 15 to 16, 1864, and a number of minor engagements. He was finally given his honorable discharge January 28, 1864, on account of surgeon's certificate of disability and returned to his home in Putnam county, where in April 1864, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Boyd, of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry, who had come to Putnam county, from Xenia, Ohio, at an early day. John T. Rissler engaged in farming in Washington township, and continued to be an agriculturist retiring at the age of seventy years, dying August 12, 1915, aged seventy-eight years, while Mrs. Rissler survived until December 26, 1921, and was seventy-eight years of age at the time of her demise. Ross S. Rissler received his early education in the local schools, and after attending high school, matriculated at DePauw University, in 1900, where he took a course preparatory to the study of his profession. He was graduated from the Indiana Medical College, the School of Medicine, of Purdue University, in 1906, and at that time served an interneship at the City Dispensary, of Indianapolis, for one year. He was then for two years state pathologist of Indiana, and likewise served as health officer and special investigator of a Medical Survey in a hookworm campaign assignment in the Philippine Islands, for a period of five years and nine months, beginning in 1909, working under the auspices of the United States Marine Hospital and Public Health Service. At the expiration of these labors he returned to the United States, and settled at Indianapolis, where he has been engaged in practice far eleven years, meeting with splendid success. His offices are located in the Medical Arts Building. He belongs to the American Medical Association, the District Medical Association, the Indiana State Medical Society, and the Marian County Medical Society, other connections being with the Methodist Hospital Research Society, the Marian County Fish and Game Association, and the Izaak Walton League of America. With his family he belongs to the Zion Evangelical Church. As a clubman his connection is with the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Doctor Rissler is a York Rite and Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine, belongs to North Park Lodge No. 646, F. & A. M., and is chairman of the board of directors of the new Memorial Masonic Hospital to be built at Indianapolis. In 1911, and 1912, he served as first and second assistant in the Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippine Islands, and in 1917 and 1918, during the World War, served as an interne in St. Vincent's Hospital, Indianapolis. His practice at this time is largely confined to general and abdominal surgery, in which field he has won reputation and success. In 1909, Doctor Rissler was united in marriage with Miss Emma Dorothy Boeling, of Indianapolis, and to this union there has been born one son: Ross William, born October 2, 1913.

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Paul F. Robinson, M.D. Active and successful in the practice of medicine, at Indianapolis, and prominent also in political affairs, is Dr. Paul F. Robinson, who is serving his third term as coroner of Marian county. He was born at Fillmore, Indiana, August 13, 1878, and spent his boyhood until eleven years old at that place and Lebanon, and then accompanied the family to Indianapolis, and continued his public school training for several more years. Before he was seventeen years old, however, he had worked in railroad offices, where he learned the art of telegraphy and for a time was messenger boy for the master of transportation on the old Indiana Union railroad. In 1895, he was made a brakeman and earned promotion during the succeeding six years that he continued in railroad work. In the meanwhile he had been a student of medicine, and in 1901 entered Indiana Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1905, served as an interne at Babb's Dispensary, and since that time has been engaged in the practice of his profession in this city and has won substantial standing. He is a member of such representative scientific bodies as the American Medical Association, the Marion County, and the Indiana State Medical societies. An active and useful citizen both professionally and otherwise, Doctor Robinson in 1911, became chief deputy in the office of Coronor Tubwiller, serving in that capacity for four years and four more years in the same office under Coroner Poole. In 1918, he was elected coroner of Marion county, a selection that has proved a wise and judicious one to the public. He has the distinction of being the only coroner of this county, who has been honored with three subsequent elections to this responsible office. Doctor Robinson is a York Rite Mason and a Shriner, and is also past chancellor in the order of Knights of Pythias. In 1907, he married Miss Edna C. Castor, of Indianapolis, and they have one son, James Paul, aged eleven years. They attend the Tabernacle Church.

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Sanford H. Robinson, vice-president of the Indianapolis Paint and Color company, is a thoroughly experienced man in this line of business, for a number of years before forming his present connection, having been identified with other well known concerns in the same field. He was born at Richmondville, New York, November 28, 1863, son of Christopher D. and Mary A. (Lape) Robinson, of Empire State birth and English ancestry. C. D. Robinson came to Indiana with his family and followed agricultural pursuits in Fayette county. Sanford H. Robinson attended school at Connersville, was graduated from the high school and afterward completed a course in a business college. For two years then he taught school but had no intention of making this a permanent profession, and soon afterward entered the drug business at Richmond, Indiana, and after disposing of this establishment, he engaged in the same line of business at Connersville, Indiana. About four years later he accepted a proposition with the Standard Drug company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, as traveling salesman. Later, he was salesman for six years for the A. Kiefer Drug company, of Indianapolis, Indiana, and for some years was salesman for the Sherwin-Williams Paint company, of Cleveland, Ohio. While with the Sherwin-Williams company, Mr. Robinson won the first and second top-notcher prizes for salesmanship. In 1909, he embarked in business for himself, at this time buying an interest in the Indianapolis Paint and Color company, of which he is one of the directors and the present vice-president. He devotes his attention largely to the affairs of the company and the business is in a very prosperous condition. September 27, 1888, he married Miss Alice Elliott, of Connersville, and they have one daughter, Blanche, who is the wife of R. L. Green, of Connersville. Mr. Robinson is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and to a reasonable extent finds an interest in politics, but only as a private citizen. He is a Knight Templar.

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1924

Leopold G. Rothschild, Director of Publicity for the Central Indiana Power company, and the Merchants' Heat & Light company, Indianapolis, has ably and honorably filled many offices of trust and responsibility, and for the past twenty years has been effectively active in political circles both in county and state. He was born at Clifty, Indiana, October 3, 1871, son of Ferdinand and Fannie (Turkenkoph) Rothschild, the latter of whom was born in Pennsylvania. Ferdinand Rothschild, was born at Metz, on the Rhine, Central Europe, came to the United States in 1855, and became a most worthy citizen of this country. For a number of years he was a merchant prior to becoming interested in stockraising, and after that specialized in raising mules for street car motive power. Leopold G. Rothschild attended the public schools at Connersville, Indiana, and after graduating from the high school, pursued the study of law in the University of Michigan and subsequently spent some years in the law office of Senator Beveridge, at Indianapolis, and later was associated with Attorney-General Charles Miller as assistant attorney-general. When the Land Bank and Building & Loan company was organized, he was placed at its head although the youngest of its organizers. During the Roosevelt and Taft administrations, he served as collector of customs, and on numerous occasions has served his party loyally in political campaigns. He was in the close confidence of Governor Goodrich who was succeeded by Governor McCray. His wide acquaintance and special talents have made him exceedingly valuable in many lines of effort. In April, 1916, he became identified as special representative of the Merchants' Heat and Light company, and at present is Director of Publicity for the Central Indiana Power company, and Merchants' Heat and Light company. In October, 1911, he married Nelle W. Ward, of Indianapolis, and has one daughter, Irena Jean. The family resides at No. 4926 Guilford avenue, Indianapolis. He is a member of Capital City Lodge, F. & A. M., of the order of Knights of Pythias No. 56, of which he is past chancellor, and belongs also to the Marion Club, the Columbia Club, the Advertisers' Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade.

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George S. Row, M.D., prominent eye specialist of Indianapolis, was born in Ripley county, Indiana, November 1, 1866. He attended the public schools of Ripley county, and when he had completed his high school education, he matriculated at the University of Cincinnati, in the medical college. He was graduated from that institution in due course with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For two years following his graduation from medical college, he practiced in the state of Louisiana. He then became associated with the eye specialists of Ayers and Sattler, and for four years he remained in this work in which he laid the foundation for his future success in the same field of medical work. In 1897, Doctor Row came to Indianapolis, where he went into the active practice of his profession. He has specialized in eye work since he first came to Indianapolis, and has gained an enviable reputation among the members of his profession for the work which he has done. With what degree of recognition his efforts in this field have been received, may be attested by the fact that he was sought by Indiana University as a member of the faculty of the Ophthalmological department of the College of Medicine of that institution, a position which he now fills. In 1897, Doctor Row married Mary Margaret Hamilton, of Shelbyville, Indiana, and they have two children: Margaret, a graduate of Smith College and the wife of Sinclair Walbridge, of Toledo, Ohio; and D. Hamilton, who following his graduation from Yale University became associated with Breld-Elliott-Harrison, of Indianapolis. Later, he was connected with the Yale Electric company, and is now associated with the E. C. Atkins company, of Indianapolis. Doctor Row is a member of the County, State, and American Medical associations and of the Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology.

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Rt. Rev. Alphonse Smith, D.D., Bishop of Tennessee, to which high office in the Roman Catholic Church he has recently been consecrated, was a member of the Indianapolis clergy from 1908, until the spring of 1924. Born at Madison, Indiana, he is the son of George and Mary (Dittgen) Smith, natives respectively of Kentucky and Lorraine, France. Educated in the elementary schools of his home city, he early felt himself called for the priesthood, and accordingly matriculated at the seminary of St. Mary, Kansas. Completing his studies in that institution in a commendable manner, he went to Rome, prosecuting his theological studies for four years in the "Eternal City." He returned to the United States in July, 1908, receiving an appointment as assistant rector of the cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul at Indianapolis. His work at the end of twelve years in this capacity had won for him such favor that he was in July, 1920, chosen to establish the new parish of St. Joan of Arc in this city. The contract for the construction of the church edifice was let in March, 1921, and it was dedicated in July, of the same year by the Rt. Rev. Joseph Chartrand, Bishop of Indianapolis. The contract for the parochial school of the parish was thereupon let, and the building was completed January 1, 1922, the formal opening occurring on the 16th of the month. Father Smith remained in duty at the cathedral until July, 1921, but the establishment of the new parish had so far progressed by that time that he gave all his attention to it thereafter until he was made Bishop of Tennessee. The church of St. Joan of Arc is at Forty-second and Ruckle streets, and is a beautiful example of the Spanish mission style of architecture. Bishop Smith goes to the Diocese of Tennessee bearing the sincere good wishes of the people of Indianapolis, who, while they feel regret at his departure, know that his appointment can mean naught but good to the Church at large.

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1924

Mrs. Clara B. Smith, who is held in high esteem by the people of Indianapolis, where she makes her home at 515 East Thirty-first street, was born at Temple, Crawford county, Indiana, the daughter of James L. Temple. Her grandparents on her father's side were early settlers in Indiana, coming here from North Carolina. Taking out land, then covered by virgin timber, the elder Temple cleared it, became a successful agriculturist, and acquired a large estate. The old Southern Air Line railroad passed across his farm, and the station of Temple was named in honor of the family. Three brothers of this pioneer served in the army during the Civil War, and one of them made the supreme sacrifice in battle. Mrs. Smith's mother, Anna Stacia Hughes, was born in Crawford county, and had one brother in the War of the Rebellion, and Mrs. Smith is entitled to membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution by reason of the fact that her paternal great grandfather fought in the War for Independence. James L. and Anna S. (Hughes) Temple were married in Leavenworth, Crawford county, and they had two children, Clara B. and Alfonzo, who is now living on the farm cleared by his father. Mrs. Smith was given the educational advantages available in Crawford county, and these she augmented by a natural desire for study and reading. She was married in her native county, in 1900, to Greely Smith, who died, in 1918. His was likewise an old family, in Crawford county, his mother's people having been pioneers of the State. He attended Paoli Normal school, taught school a few years, and then engaged in carpentering and contracting, at Champaign, Illinois. He was successful from the beginning in this enterprise, and after seven years sought a larger field of endeavor in Indianapolis, where he continued successfully engaged in contracting until his untimely demise in 1918. To him and Mrs. Smith four children were born: Mabel, a graduate of Shortr1idge high school; Henry Temple, who is attending Indiana University; and Robert and Ruth, both now students in Shortridge. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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George J. Smith, D.D., the pastor of St. Philip Neri's Roman Catholic Church, was born in Madison, Indiana, in 1876, the son of George and Mary (Dittgen) Smith, the former of whom was a native of Kentucky, and came to Indiana at the age of fourteen years and the latter of whom was born in Lorraine, France. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Madison, until 1890, when he entered St. Meinradi's, studying in that institution until 1895. He had by that time realized that to be a priest was his life's ambition and he accordingly went to Rome to complete his work toward that end. He remained there for six years, applying himself to his theological studies with the assiduity that has, ever characterized his efforts in church work. In 1901, he returned to the United States and became the assistant rector of the Cathedral, in Indianapolis, an office which he held until 1909. He performed the duties of has pastorate so ably that he was chosen to organize the new parish in the east end of Indianapolis. On January 25, 1909, the ground was broken for the erection of the church of the new parish and the work progressed with such speed that it was dedicated on June 25, of that year to St. Philip Neri. It is a beautiful structure and is located at 556 North Rural street. In accordance with the Catholic idea that secular education should be administered along with the usual subjects taught to children, a parochial school has been built by the parish, and, despite the fact that the parish is one of the youngest in the city of Indianapolis, over six hundred pupils are now attending the school, which offers the regulation eight grade curriculum. Father Smith stands high in the regard of his parishioners by whom he is known as a sympathetic priest and a courteous gentleman. He has been extraordinarily active in the civic affairs of that section of the city in which his parish is located, and he is a strong factor in all movements that make for the public welfare.

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1924

Theodore Stein, Jr., a representative citizen of Indianapolis, well and favorably known in the general insurance line, was born in this city, April 11, 1889, coming of old pioneer families, of Marion county, son of Theodore and Bertha (Kuhn) Stein. Both parents were born in Indianapolis, the father in 1858, where he now lives .retired. For a number of years he conducted a title and abstract business, after which he was interested in fire insurance. A solid, reliable business man and respected citizen, on numerous occasions he was elected a member of the city council. Theodore Stein, Jr., enjoyed excellent educational advantages, in the public schools, Wabash College, and the University of Pennsylvania. In, 1909, he became identified with the old German Fire Insurance company, and three years later, in 1912, went into business for himself under the style of Theodore Stein, Jr., Insurance, with offices on the second floor of the Consolidated Building, Indianapolis. Mr. Stein handles every line of insurance with the exception of life risks, and has built up a very substantial business. June 17, 1916, he married Miss Dorothy Kinnear Bennett, who was born at Columbus, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Mary Helen. Mr. Stein is an alert and interested citizen although not particularly active along political lines, was county clerk from 1915 to 1918, is a Scottish Rite Mason, a Shriner, a member of the University, the Indianapolis Country and the Democratic clubs, and a member of the Board of Trade. He entered Field Artillery Officers' Training School at Camp Zachary Taylor, in October, 1918.

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Adele Ida Storck, an attorney of Indianapolis, is one of the few women of this city engaged in the practice of a profession. Born in Germany, the daughter of Albert and Bertha (Limper) Storck, she comes of a noble French family, of Alsace-Lorraine, which is shown by archives and genealogical records to date back to the fifteenth century, and Miss Storck has in her possession a copy of the family coat of arms. When she was eight years of age she was brought by her parents to America. They located at Odell, Illinois, the mother died in Indianapolis. There are seven children, all of whom were born in Germany save one. They are: Dorothea, of Indianapolis, who was educated for the medical profession, but is not in active practice on account of ill health; Hattie, a teacher in school No. 44, this city; Fred H., zone accountant of the N. Y. C. & St. L. railroad (Nickel Plate); Bertha, a nurse with an extensive clientele in Chicago; Mrs. J. B. Lathe, of Chicago; Carl, also of that city; and Adele Ida. Miss Storck had her early educational training in the Odell common schools and the high school of that place, and was graduated from the University of Chicago, and also from the Benjamin Harrison Law School with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. At the time of her graduation she won a prize awarded by the Blackstone Institute of Chicago, for the best law thesis. After teaching school for a number of years, she was admitted to practice before the United States District Court, and in 1921, before the Supreme Court. She then opened an office for the practice of her profession in conjunction with Miss Mason, and this is the only women's law firm in the middle west. Miss Storck has the added distinction of being the first woman admitted to the Indianapolis Bar association. She enjoys an extensive and lucrative practice, being intensely interested in the law and characterized by her excellent judgment. She pays especial attention to the interests of women, and in 1913, spoke before the state legislature against the forty-eight hour law for women. She is a member of the National Women Lawyers' association, which has headquarters in New York, and was vice-president for Indiana last year. For years she has maintained membership in the Woman's City Club, of which she was president two years, and belongs to the University of Chicago Club, the League of Women Voters, was a charter member of the Woman's Republican Club, and belongs to the Order of the Eastern Star, Queen Esther Chapter.

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St. Catherine's Catholic Church, located at the corner of Tabor and Shelby streets, was dedicated, May 26, 1910, by the Rt. Rev. Joseph Chatrand. The first pastor appointed to assume charge of the parish was the Rev. O. Bosler, having received this appointment from the Rt. Rev. Bishop Chatard, on June 6, 1909. Father Bosler had been the assistant in two other churches of the city and had come :to the parish of St. Catherine from St. Patrick's Church, where he had been associated with the Rt. Rev. D. O'Donaghue, who at one time served as the auxiliary bishop of Indianapolis, and is now the Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky. Father Bosler was born of a family of Rockport, Indiana, and he was well known for his zeal, piety, and learning throughout his pastorate, which he was forced to give up in June, 1917, because of failing health, being granted a change through the kindness of the bishop. The Rev. J. M. Downey was then appointed as the successor of Father Bosler, on June 26, 1917, his former position having been that of assistant to the Rt. Rev. F. H. Gavisk, chancellor, of the church of St. John's, of Indianapolis. He had been appointed to that post in June, 1909, immediately upon the close of a ten year course in the classics, philosophy, and theology under the direction of the Benedictines. Reverend James M. Downey was born in Martin county, Indiana, July 12, 1880, the son of James and Mary (Kane) Downey, both of whom were natives of Ireland, the former of whom came to Martin county, with his parents and engaged in farming after reaching his majority. Father Downey was one of four children born to his parents. In the five years that followed his appointment to the parish of St. Catherine's, the growth of the community was such that the aid of an assistant became necessary. To fill this office, the Rev. A. V. Deery was appointed, and although he was but newly graduated from the seminary at St. Meinrad, Indiana, he came to his new post with an excellent reputation for zeal and devotion to duty. His work at St. Meinrad's, had been preceded by a classical course taken at St. Joseph's, Collegeville, Indiana, and he is well fitted for his work. The only building to be erected on the church property was a combination church and school building with full basement. The church auditorium has a seating capacity of about four hundred and fifty people, this number being partly accommodated in the gallery, on which floor there are also four school rooms. In the basement are two small halls and a large one together with an engine room in the rear. In 1914, a small residence for the pastor was purchased and moved on the property. By 1921, it was seen that the accommodations as they then existed were inadequate for an efficient management of affairs, and in the following year plans were perfected and approved by the Rt. Rev. Bishop and his council for the construction of a thoroughly modern combination school building and residence for the teachers. As soon as the approval of the plans had been obtained the work on the new structure was begun and the parish now is well equipped to give the pupils the best care and education that can be obtained. Father Downey is held high in, regard of his parishioners, who look upon him not only as a sympathetic priest but as the real developer of the parish.

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Edward W. Steinhart, founder and executive head of the E. W. Steinhart company, automobile manufacturers and distributors, is one of the aggressive and enterprising business men of Indianapolis, who has had to make his own way ,in the world since early boyhood. He was born at Jackson, Ohio, January 17, 1870, and is a son of Bernard and Margaret (Kessler) Steinhart (the name being primarily spelled Steinhardt). His parents were both natives of Stuttgart, Germany, and upon emigrating to the United States, settled in Ohio, where the father died while still comparatively a young man, leaving a widow and six children. The noble woman bravely faced the onerous responsibilities devolving upon her, and about four years Tater removed with her family to Ransom, Illinois. Here Edward W. Steinhart attended the public schools, and at an early age entered upon his business career as a salesman of farm machinery in southern Illinois. In 1910, Mr. Steinhart came to Indianapolis, and organized the E. W. Steinhart company, as a distributing agency for the Cadillac and Dodge Brothers motor cars. Later subsidiary companies were organized at Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, South Bend, Lafayette and Richmond, Indiana, a chain of companies universally known for absolute dependability in the automobile trade. Up to 1919, Mr. Steinhart was also identified with the Premier Motor company, which he helped to organize and of which he was vice-president and a director. On the date noted, however, he withdrew from this organization in order to devote his entire time to the group of companies bearing his name. In 1921, the E. W. Steinhart company, of Indianapolis, discontinued the Dodge Brothers line and assumed representation far the Oakland Motor Car company, and in 1922, the Chevrolet line was also added. He is a member of the Automobile Dealers' association, and for many years has been an active factor in that organization. Although the scope of his work has always been broad and he gives close and efficient attention to this splendid enterprise, Mr. Steinhart is also loyal and public-spirited in his civic attitude, and gives generously of his time and means to philanthropic work and all matters tending to the public good. For many years he has been actively interested in the welfare and prosperity of bays and young men, especially those who through temperament and inability fail to grasp life's abundant opportunities. To these Mr. Steinhart not only gives financial aid, but assists in every way with efficient counsel in achieving business and social success. Through his own labors he worked his way up; he knows the value of consecutive industry; has had the discipline of "hard knacks," and in the maturing and broadening of his character and the widening of his mental horizon, he has no reason to regret the early struggles and experiences which marked his progress toward the goal of his ambition. Mr. Steinhart is a member of the Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Highland Golf and Country Club, and is a Mason and a Shriner. He is also affiliated with the Old Times Club, of New York City. He was married in 1890, to Miss Mary Gavin, of Ransom, Illinois, and became the parents of three children: Earl T., who enlisted in the United States army, in August, 1917, for service in the World War, and died in France, in March, 1919; a daughter, who is the wife of Howard Ewalt, Jr., and William L.

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William George Sullivan, secretary-treasurer of the SullivanGeiger company, of Indianapolis, was born in this city, in 1884, the son of George R. Sullivan, also of Indianapolis, and the grandson of William Sullivan, who was born in Maryland, in 1803, and came to Indiana, in 1833. The ancestors of William Sullivan were among the earliest settlers of the eastern share of Maryland, having come there from Berwick, Maine, prior to the Revolution, and were of Irish-English descent. When the grandfather first came to Indiana, he entered Hanover College, where he was occupied both as student and instructor. In the following year, 1834, he came to Indianapolis, opened a private school, and later became principal of the Marion County Seminary. In 1836, he was appointed civil engineer of the city, and under his direction the first street improvements were made. He was so successful that the people chose him as county surveyor, and during his administration of the office he made a large map of the city, the first to be done. During the troublous financial times, he was appointed commissioner in Bankruptcy for the state of Indiana, by the United States court. He was director of the Central Railway (from Indianapolis to Richmond) during its construction and later was trustee of the Peru and Indianapolis Railroad. His efforts ,in behalf of the community were well directed and met with no little success, but his chief interest lay in improving the educational system, to which he devoted much time and money. He served as president of the city council, and in 1841, he was chosen justice of the peace for Center township, Marion county, an office which he held for twenty-six years, his tenure of the position terminating in 1867. During this time he frequently discharged the duties of police judge and mayor. He was married in 1835, to Clarissa Tomlinson, of Indianapolis, who was of Scotch and English descent, and a sister of Stephen D. Tomlinson, that generous citizen who left by his will a large amount of real estate to the city for the erection of Tomlinson Hall, which was erected in 1885, the city's first public building by donation, and since its erection has been the principal place for holding conventions, fairs, concerts and all manner of public gatherings. George Sullivan, the son of William and Clarissa (Tomlinson) Sullivan, was in the wholesale sheet metal business, and among the wholesale houses of the city for many years was that of Tanner & Sullivan, established in 1878, and one of the most extensive operators in its field throughout the Middle West. Like his father, George Sullivan was an enthusiastic advocate of civic improvements, and his work in the Commercial Club and the Board of Trade was outstanding. He married Annie Moore Russell in 1880, the daughter of James and Isabelle (Stevens) Russell, granddaughter of Col. Alexander Russell, one time postmaster of Indianapolis, and great granddaughter of Gen. James Noble, first senator from Indiana, and they have two sons, William George and Russell. William George Sullivan, was educated at Phillips Academy, at Andover, Massachusetts, attended Shortridge high school, and was graduated from Yale, in 1907, where he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. After completing his university work, he came to Indianapolis, and entered into business with his brother in 1907, and they have been decidedly successful. He is a member of the Contemporary, County, University and Woodstock clubs, the Art Association of Indianapolis, Friends of American Art, Sulgrave Institute, Dramatic Club, Indiana Society of Sons of the American Revolution, the Indiana Historical Society and the Indianapolis Board of Trade. He likewise holds membership in the Society of Indiana Pioneers, the Yale Alumni Association of Indiana, the Yale Club of New York City, the University Club of New York City, and the Folk-Lore Society, (England). He is a communicant of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and is a many-sided member of society. The Sullivan-Geiger company, manufacturers of tin ware, enamel ware and sheet metal goods, is located at 501-509 Madison avenue and Henry street, and is one of the leading industries of the city.

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

Russell Sullivan. No family has been more intimately identified with the political, civic and industrial life of Indiana's capital than has that of Sullivan, a detailed account of which may be found by reference to the biography of William George Sullivan, brother of Russell Sullivan. Russell Sullivan, who is president of the Sullivan-Geiger company, of this city, extensive manufacturers of tin and enamel ware and sheet metal goods, is a son of George and Annie Moore (Russell) Sullivan, is a native of Indianapolis, and attended Shortridge high school here. He also received educational training at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and was graduated from Yale in 1905. He is a member of the American Astronomical Society, and has frequently been a contributor to scientific magazines. He was united in marriage October 21, 1916, with Marguerite Bowen, of Delphi, a daughter of Nathaniel W. Bowen. Nathaniel Bowen's father, Abner H., was born in Ohio, in 1814, was a pioneer of Indiana, and organized a bank at Delphi, in 1837, an institution which has been in continuous operation for eighty-seven years without default, Abner F. Bowen now being its president. Mrs. Sullivan's brother, Robert Nathaniel Bowen is in the real estate department of the Union Trust company, of Indianapolis. Her mother, Caroline F. (Maher) Bowen, was a daughter of Joseph Martin Maher, of Washington, Indiana, one of the state's pioneer residents. Mrs. Sullivan, after attending May Wright Sewell Classical School, matriculated at Vassar, of which she is a graduate. Mr. Sullivan belongs to the Indianapolis Country, Woodstock, University, Indianapolis Literary, Columbia, Dramatic and Contemporary clubs, the Yale Alumni Dub of Indiana, the Art Association, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Indiana Sons of the American Revolution, while his wife is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (General Arthur St. Clair chapter), and of the Indiana Vassar Club. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan are communicants of the Second Presbyterian Church.

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

Carl Gustav Swenson, vice-president and general manager of the Oakes company, was born in Sweden, June 29, 1868. He received his education in that country, and when his tuition days were completed, he decided to learn the machinist's trade. He received an exceptionally thorough training in this work, learning to be a blacksmith, boilermaker, and other branches of the vocation. He followed the trade in Sweden, until he had attained his thirty-fourth year. At that time he came to the United States and located first at Worcester, Massachusetts, where he entered the employ of the Crampton-Oakes company. He remained with this firm for a time and then worked for Francis Brothers. He left the employ of that firm to become associated with the Worcester Pressed Steel company, where he worked his way up to the position of superintendent of the plant. In 1913, Mr. Swenson came to Indianapolis, as one of the organizers of the Oakes company and became vice-president and general manager of the firm at that time. The thorough training received in Sweden, and the insight into American factory methods now proved invaluable not only to Mr. Swenson, but also to the business that came under his management. To his business ability and knowledge of the manufacturing business has been due the large and rapid growth of the company since its inception. He has developed the concern to such a point that it is now rated as one of the most substantial and enterprising firms in the city of Indianapolis. The company manufactures automobile parts, and under Mr. Swenson's able direction, the business has grown to one of large proportions and is now housed in a fine plant. In 1889, Mr. Swenson married Marie Blad, a native of Sweden, and to this union have been born five children as follows: Gertie, Robert, Eric, Blanda, and Helga, the last named served in the balloon service of the United States army for three years. The rapid yet healthy growth of the Oakes company has won for Mr. Swenson the reputation of being one of Indianapolis' ablest business executives, and his successes have been won solely through his own efforts.

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

Hon. Thomas Taggart. It is given to but few men to attain to a position of prominence and popularity as great as that enjoyed by Hon. Thomas Taggart, a leader of public thought whose name is writ large on the scroll of honor in both state and national life. Mr. Taggart was born in Monyhan county, Ireland, November 17, 1856, and came to the United States, in 1861, with his parents, who settled at Xenia, Ohio. Their son was given a common school education, and began his business career as clerk in a railroad lunch room and hotel. His employers sent him to Garrett, Indiana, in 1874, and in 1877, he came to Indianapolis, to take charge of the Union Station lunch room. Within a few years he had bought out the business, and then entered into the hotel enterprise, acquiring control of the Grand Hotel, on Illinois street. His success was uniformly great in all his undertakings, and he soon became president of the Denison Hotel company. Becoming president of the famous French Lick Springs company, of French Lick, Indiana, was but another step upward on the ladder of commercial success. He now has business interests in many places throughout the state of Indiana, and it's capital city, but in financial circles he is perhaps best known as the vice-president of the Fletcher-American company and president of the board of directors of the Fletcher-American National Bank. However, while his business career has been one of outstanding prosperity, it is as a political leader and public official that Mr. Taggart is known most, and will be longest remembered. He began his service in the Democratic political organization as a precinct committeeman, and soon thereafter served as chairman of the Marion County Democratic Committee. He was made chairman of the Seventh District committee, and was state chairman in 1892 and 1894. For several years he continued on the state committee, and from 1900 to 1916, was a member of the National Democratic Committee from Indiana, in 1904, having been elected chairman. As mayor of Indianapolis, three successive terms, 1895 to 1901, Mr. Taggart demonstrated his executive ability in a manner that has left his impress forever on the city. He championed many worthy public movements, notably that of procuring public parks for the citizens, and fought them through with a determination that knew no defeat. He was appointed United States Senator by Governor Samuel Ralston, on March 20, 1916, upon the death of Senator Shively, and held that important office until March 4, 1917. He was his party's candidate for election to the United States Senate in, 1916, and again in 1920, but met defeat at the polls with the rest of the Democratic ticket in Indiana. In 1920, he consented to run for the office after his nomination, but resigned on account of ill health. The State Central Committee, however, importuned him to make the campaign, and he reluctantly reconsidered his decision. Mr. Taggart was married June 16, 1877, to Eva D. Bryant, and they have the following children: Lucy M.; Norah, the wife of D. L. Chambers, vice-president of the Bobbs-Merrill company, and the mother of three children, Evalyn, Lawrence David and Judith; Emily, now Mrs. W. R. McClain, and also the mother of three children: Dorah, Tommy and Letitia; Thomas D. Taggart, who has one daughter, Eva; and Irene, the wife of Dr. William J. Young, of Louisville, Kentucky, and the mother of one child, Thomas Taggart Young.

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

William L. Taggart. An educated, enterprising and progressive young business man of Indianapolis, is William L. Taggart, who is a member of an old and substantial family of Indiana. The name has long been prominent here bath in business and public life, ever being identified with the city's best interests. Mr. Taggart was born at Indianapolis, January 19, 1889. After completing the public school course in this city, he attended Princeton University, and since then his business interests have been in connection with the Taggart Baking company, one of the solid business enterprises of Indianapolis. He married Miss Marian Thomson, of this city, who, at death, left one son, William L., Jr. Mr. Taggart is a Knight Templar and Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner, belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, the Indianapolis Athletic, the Indianapolis Country, the Highland Golf and the University clubs.

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

Alfred W. Thompson, civil engineer, who occupies the responsible position as general manager with Fairbanks, Morse & Company, at Indianapolis, has had considerable engineering experience since completing his education and technical training. He was barn at Albany, New York, May 7, 1884, son of William and Almira (Borst) Thompson, and on the maternal side a lineal descendant of General Dana, a distinguished officer of the Empire state, during the Revolutionary War. William Thompson was born in England, came to the United States in 1865, to engage in manufacturing, married Almira Borst, who was born at East Cableshill, New York. Of their family of four children, two sons and two daughters, Alfred W. is the youngest. He attended the public schools of Albany, and was graduated from the high school in 1903, and in 1907, was graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, with his degree of civil engineer. For two years afterward he was connected with the George A. Just company, structural engineers, New York City; afterward, for two years with Westinghouse, Church, Kerr company, contracting engineers, New York City, and for the following ten years was associated with the General Electric company, Schenectady, New York. Since March 1, 1920, Mr. Thompson has been general manager at Indianapolis, for Fairbanks, Morse & Company. Although not active in politics, he keeps thoroughly informed, particularly concerning local interests, and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, the Hoosier' Motor Club, the Meridian Hills Country Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club and the Indianapolis University Club. He belongs to the Masonic lodge at Erie Pennsylvania, and also to the University Club of that city . October 17, 1910, he married Gertrude M., daughter of William and Eugenia (White) Ogsbury, of Albany, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson reside at No. 1913 North Meridian street, and he maintains his business offices at 21st street and Northwestern avenue, Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have one son, William O. Thompson, who was born, February 29, 1912. He is attending the grade schools of this city.

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

Theodore M. Tyler, president of the Indianapolis Saddlery company, and one of the leading figures in the harness and leather business of the city, was born at Decatur, Illinois, March 3, 1866, the son of Theodore M. and Sarah (Kennedy) Tyler, the former a native of Illinois, and the latter of Kentucky. Mr. Tyler's educational advantages were those afforded by the public schools of his native town, in which he made good use of his time and opportunity. Early developing an aptitude for business, he learned the harness trade, and in 1885, went to Fredonia, Kansas, where he was engaged in this field of activity for four years. Returning to Decatur, he secured employment for a time with the Decatur Manufacturing company, but in 1893, came to Indianapolis, where he accepted a position with the Holiday & Wyon Saddlery company, and remained with this concern for seven years. In 1900, he became identified with the Indianapolis Saddlery company as superintendent and served in that capacity until 1908, when he was made president, a position he still retains. The Indianapolis Saddlery company manufactures harness, automobile trimmings, fine saddles and many specialties in leather, and are also jobbers in robes, blankets, etc., and takes precedence over all other concerns of its kind in the city, both in prolonged period of operations and in the scope and importance of business controlled. It has kept pace with the marvelous progress of the city since its inception, and its status has long been one of prominence in connection with the representative commercial activities of the country. For nearly a quarter of a century Mr. Tyler's time and energy have been devoted to the building up of this splendid enterprise, and its present prosperity may be attributed in no small degree to his efficient management and untiring efforts. His career at all times has been forceful, energetic and circumspect, and he well deserves a place in the front rank among the leading business men of the country. Although the scope of his work has always been broad and he gives close attention to his business, he is also loyal and public-spirited in his civic attitude, and gives generously of his time and means to all measures tending to the public good. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Commercial Club and is prominent in both business and social circles. Mr. Tyler was married an 1886, to Miss Loretta Hunter, of Decatur, Illinois, and they became the parents of two children: Mabel and Eileen. Mrs. Taylor died in 1896, and in 1897, he was united in marriage with Miss Nellie Feeser, of Indianapolis, and to this union have been born four children: Mary, Margaret, Mildred, and John.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
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1924

J. Ray. Weaver, Chiropractor, 519-20 Occidental Building, Indianapolis, Indiana, an enthusiast with reference to his profession and its future, has done much to advance his fellow practitioners in the science of chiropractic, and is accounted as one of the ablest chiropractors in the chiropractic world. He was born in Miami county, Indiana, April 10, 1890, and attended public schools in his native county, at North Grove common school and Amboy high school, later he completed a thorough Business Course in Personal Efficiency, given by The Emerson Institute, 30 Irving Place, New York City. Directly following this early education his life represents the typical ambitions of the average youth, who is blindly seeking a worthy vocation and as a natural consequence a number of years prior to his professional vocation, were utilized in rendering his efficient services to many large and well known corporations; this commercial and very practical business career has counted much to those years which followed in the natural course of events leading up to his present position of recognized merit. The next episode demanding the interest of this searching student, was the natural sciences and methods directly affecting the welfare of his fellowmen, hence, his response to the urgent needs of the sick and suffering, by acquiring a thorough theoretical and working knowledge of Drugless Healing, including Osteopathy, Physical Culture, Tilden Dietetics, Swedish Massage and Swedish Movements. Since his graduation from the Davenport college of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa, class of 1913, and his location in the city where he has enjoyed a very large and valuable practice, all forms of Health Service other than Chiropractic Spinal Adjustments have been eliminated from his private practice. Because of his newer scientific training in health matters, he is a strong advocate of straight chiropractic practice. In September, 1922, he and L. E. Fuller, under the name of Weaver-Fuller Manufacturing company, himself as president and L. E. Fuller as secretary and treasurer, engaged in the manufacture of the "Correct Posture" Chiropractic Adjusting Table, which completely accommodates the New Posture idea of the patient's adjusting position, (First given to the chiropractic profession by Dr. B. J. Palmer, D.C., Ph.C., president of The Palmer School of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa, in August, 1922.) Besides being a Charter Member of the Mercator Club, he is known as a spirited Health Practitioner and is greatly respected for his civic activities and interest in other organizations. The following narrative will give the reader a fair idea of the aggressive ability and sincerity of purpose underlying the life of J. Ray Weaver and his appreciation toward those friends of a common interest and pursuit in the great service of preserving the life of a fellow being. The J. Ray Weaver Foundation was founded in 1917, and represents the corporate medium found necessary by its founder, (whose name same implies) in developing and expressing certain ideals of said founder. The avowed purpose of this foundation organization is to promote and encourage the best interests of the science of chiropractic and to protect the inalienable rights of the citizens of the United States of America in the right of the sick to get well and their right to choose the health practitioner of their choice. -"A just Government protects all in their liberty of choice."- George Washington. The motto of this progressive organization is: More Practitioners of Straight Chiropractic and a Greater Science. The predominating ideal of the J. Ray Weaver Foundation is, that method or principle capable of delivering the chiropractic message of health and happiness to the multitude, in the shortest period of time possible, is legitimate and a Godsend. Through the moral and financial support of those philanthropic chiropractors associated with this chiropractic foundation, the nucleus has been formed and greatly developed for one of the most gigantic Institutional Building Programs in the history of the scientific world; i.e., Chiropractic Hotels and Research Clinique(s). Covering a period of several years there has been special effort given to the collecting of hotel, apartment, hospital, sanitarium and academic data, together with a vast amount of knowledge relative to corporation law, national organization and practical financing plans necessary in promoting and making such a project feasible. General financial conditions throughout the United States and a few minor adjustments of financial plans and architectural designs have temporarily disbanded immediate material activities.

SANITARIUM
By Adolph Wolff, D.C.

An edifice shall proudly rise
Of granite built, of noble style,
All those that enter it with sighs
Shall leave it with a happy smi1e-
In this great temple no one prays,
Health is the only God and creed
The priest his pious hand but lays,
Upon the sinner, who is freed.
Of all his sins (sin is disease),
And he is told to sin no more.
He laughs with joy, he breathes with ease,
He never felt so good before.
In every city of the land,
And of the world, I prophesy
A Chiro Temple there shall stand,
And this, before much time goes by.

The following "Official Calender" completes to a large degree, a few items of interest which the J. Ray Weaver Foundation is sponsoring and are a matter of Pioneer Chiropractic History, namely: (l) Institutional Building Program. (2) National Organization of Research. (3) Practice Building Service to Qualified Chiropractors. (4) Endowment Service to Chiropractors. (5) Endowment Service to Prospective Students. The American Clinique of Chiropratic Research came into existance in the year of 1920, by the virtue of the J. Ray Weaver Foundation and is strictly a Field Membership organization, selected from Practitioners of Straight Chiropractic of proven ability; because of the unified rational blending of knowledge, derived through its choice membership of Accredited Chiropractors holding the "Doctor of Chiropractic" Degree form one or more of the following Chiropractic, Institutions, viz., (P.S.C.) Parmer School of Chiropractic, (U.C.C.) Universal Chiropractic College, (D. C.C.) Davenport College of Chiropractic, (C-D.C.C.) CarverDenny Chiropractic College, (R.C.C.) Ross College of Chiropractic, (M.C.C.) Michigan College of Chiropractic, (N.C.C.) National College of Chiropractic, (C.S.C.C.) Central States College of Chiropractic, etc., a complete Cumulative Research Value of Chiropractic Philosophy, Science, Art and Technique is assured its members. The main purpose of this great Chiropractic Institution is research and advance instructions (Post Graduate in character) to its select membership; thus assuring those in need of chiropractic spinal adjustments, competent practitioners from the world of Chiropractic Science. The "Motto" of this organization, (which is in reality, a Clearing House of Chiropractic Ideas), is "Laboratory Research True to the Spine" and from its already limited existence, the following A.C.C.R. Recommendations are hereby mentioned as a matter of Scientific Prior-Legal Rights: first, to the wonderful Science of Chiropractic, and second, to this organization of Men-o'-Science, namely-: (1) Positive and Negative Spinal Analyzing. (2) Positive and Negative Nerve Analyzing. (3) Vari-Posture Analyzing. (4) Basic Subluxations. (5) Regulation Subluxations, (Palmer). (6) Scientific Adjusting Schedules. (7) Abstract Major and Minor Analyzing. (8) Plus and Minus Nerve Tracing. (9) Alignment Calculations. (10) Articular Calculations. (11) Vibratory Calculations. (12) Progressive Research Philosophy. (13) ,Patient Dispatch and Appointment Record. (14) Weekly Laboratory Deductions. (15) Current Analytic Review. (16) Verified Transcript Spinography. (17) Systematic Allotment Period. (18) Laboratory Extension Service (Members). (19) Regulation Spinal Analysis, (Palmer). (20) Case Record Barometer. (21) Chiropractic Hotel and Research Clinique, National Institutional Building Program-. (22) Laboratory Technique-viz., a-Rib Transverse Control Bridge Transverse. c-Eccentric Bridge Transverse. d-Dialytic Compound. e-Specific Equalizer. f-Super-Recoil Adaptability, (Palmer). g- Two-in-one Specific. h- Three-in-one Specific. (23) Definition-(Universal Chiropractor's Association)-The practice of Chiropractic consists of the adjustment, with the hands, of the movable segments of the spinal column to normal position for the purpose of releasing the prisoned impulse. (24) Definition-(Ametican Oinique of Chiropractic Research)- The practice of Chiropractic consists of the adjustment, with the hands, of the movable segments of the spinal column to normal position, for the purpose of permitting natural nerve expression. The American Clinique of Chiropractic Research (Offioial Personal)-J. Ray Weaver, president and general manager. G. Chester Peirce, vice-president and director of Research. Scott W. Allison, secretary and treasurer. P. O. Remler. laboratory registrar. Board of Directors- J. Ray Weaver, G. Chester Peirce, Scott W. Allison. Research Executive Committee - J. Ray Weaver, D.C. (Chairman); G. Chester Peirce, D.C.; Scott W. Allison, D.C.; L. E. Fuller, D.C., A. J. Bridgford, D.C.; Leslie J. Aldrich, D.C.; Wm. J. Miller, D.C.

MUTUAL FELLOW PRACTITIONERS
(Name) (School or Col1ege) (Gradation Date)
Wm. J. Miller, D.C. P.S.C. 1914
G. Chester Peirce, D.C U.C.C 1913
C. W. Sharp, D.C. (D.C.C.-1915) P.S.C. 1920
C. J. VanTilburg, D.C........... N.C.C. 1916
Harry C. McIlroy, D.C N.C.C 1919
A. J. Bridgford, D.C C-D.C.C. 1908
L. E. Fuller, D.C M.C.C 1910
Leslie J. Aldrich, D.C. ........... R.C.C. 1921
Scott W. Allison, D.C. R.C.C. 1921
J. Ray Weaver, D.C . D.C.C. 1913

It is the desire of J. Ray Weaver to express his sincere thanks to an of his friends and associates for their encouragement and assistant in his unselfish endeavor to serve and he wishes to especially offer his gratitude to his friend and colleague, G. Chester Peirce, D.C., for his indispensable assistance in matters of Research and personal interest in all the ideals set forth herein -he is a scholar of rare ability and possesses potentialities necessary as a teacher and essential to his responsible executive position with the American Clinique of Chiropractic Research. He was born at Waterloo, Indiana, November 27, 1894, and obtained his early education in the public schools of Wayne county, and later graduated from the Hagerstown high school, Hagerstown, Indiana, and later graduated from the Universal Chiropractic College, Davenport, Iowa, in 1913. He was married to Miss Mary Ensley, of Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1916, is at present Dean of the Central States College of Chiropractic, Indianapolis, Indiana, and is a member of Cambridge City Lodge No. 5, F. & A. M. -it goes without saying that he is prominent in both professional and social circles because of his lovable character and heart-felt interest in serving his fellow-men. Citation for loyal services is due Mrs. Opal Remler, who is associated with the private practice of J. Ray Weaver and is affiliated with many activities affecting his chiropractic program; Mrs. Remler, possesses a very brilliant mind; has a splendid education, is a chiropractic enthusiast, and has a host of friends who love and respect her for the high ideals and conscientious, service rendered in her chosen chiropractic capacity. The limitless assistance given by Prof. W. D. Crawford, of. Illinois, with his seemingly unlimited volume of scientific knowledge, together with his Rush Medical training, plus his natural adaptation in things chiropractic and oratory will always be remembered and appreciated by his large circle of acquaintances. The name and friendship of Scott W. Allison, also associated with J. Ray Weaver, Chiropractor, will always be a reminder to those having had the good fortune of his acquaintance, of that optimistic Chiropractor, who is always making friends and keeping them because of his sterling character and willingness to serve. He was born in Fayette county, Indiana, March 23, 1897, and, received his early education in Miami county, Indiana, and later, sacrificed four years of Academic Schooling in clergy preparation and his former life's ambition for the cry of suffering humanity. He is a graduate of the Ross College of Chiropractic, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, class of 1921.

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

Luther Williams, M.D., a surgeon of state-wide reputation with offices at 408 Pennway Building, Indianapolis, was born in Hendricks county, Indiana, January 15, 1871. He obtained his preliminary education in the graded and high schools of his home community, after which he attended the Central Normal College, and DePauw University. After teaching a short while he entered the Indiana University School of Medicine, from which he was graduated in 1897, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He immediately entered upon the practice of his profession at Coatesville, Indiana, where he continued for several years with the exception of considerable time spent in the Chicago Hospitals, in post-graduate work. Later he entered the University of Pennsylvania, at which institution he continued for a period of two years as a special student, then entering the Post-Graduate Medical School for a period of six months, then entering Johns-Hopkins University for, a like period. With this preparation he returned to Indianapolis, in 1911, where he has gained an enviable reputation as a consultant and surgeon. During the World War, he was a member of the Reserve Corps, but was not called into active service. In 1900, Doctor Williams was united in marriage with Carrie Snoddy, of Indianapolis. They maintain a pleasant home at 2250 College avenue. He is a member of the county, state and American medical associations, is also a Knight Templar and Shriner.

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

John G. Wood, was born in Indianapolis, August 6, 1883, the son of H. F. and Rose (Gram) Wood, the former of whom was a native of Indianapolis, and the latter of Spencer, Indiana. H. F. Wood, operated the H. F. Wood Transfer Line, in Indianapolis, and about 1849, his father was the director of a stage line running between Greenfield, Indiana, and Indianapolis. He later went into the garage business. John G. Wood received his elementary education in the graded and high schools of Indianapolis. He then matriculated at Leland Stanford University, where he began a course of study that he completed at Purdue University. Following his graduation from college, he accepted a position with the National Motor Car company, in the drafting and experimental departments. Here he worked for a time, and then entered the employ of the Empire Motor Car company. He gave up this work to become associated with the Indiana Die Casting company, but not finding the work just to his liking, he left the company to work for the Remy division of the General Motors company, at Anderson, Indiana. In all these positions he learned every phase of the motor car and gasoline engine building with a thoroughness that paved the way for his future success in the same line of work. In 1918, he was sought by the Mid-West Engine company, and in that year became associated with the firm as president, holding that position until 1922, when he became vice-president, serving until March 1924. Mr. Wood himself has won the name of being one of the ablest business executives in Indianapolis, where he is regarded as one of the city's most substantial citizens. Mr. Wood is a valued member of the Columbia Club, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, and the Highland Golf and Country Club.

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

H. H. Woodsmall, prominent figure in commercial life at Indianapolis, is officially identified with some of the city's most important business interests. Coming here in 1903, three years later he established his own business organization, H. H. Woodsmall and Company, dealing in insurance, and in the direction of its affairs, and those of others with which he has become connected, has displayed business acumen of the highest order. Mr. Woodsmall was born at Macon, Georgia, December 20, 1875, received his educational training in his native city, and graduated from Franklin College in 1898. He has had many years of experience in the insurance field, and is president of the Union Insurance company, of Indiana, and president also of the MidAmerican Casualty company, other official connections being, secretary and treasurer of the Indianapolis Glass company, secretary and treasurer of the Capitol Amusement company, and on the directing board of the Fidelity Trust company. He is a Knight Templar Mason, and belongs to the Shrine, and is a valued member of the Columbia 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

Horace J. Yount, president and manager of the Eagle Machine company, was born in Covington, Ohio. He received the early part of his education in the public school of his home community, and his high school education in Kokomo, Indiana. In that city he took up the machinist's trade when his school days had been completed, following that vocation there until 1884. In that year, he came to Indianapolis, continuing to work at his chosen trade until 1910, when with his son, C. W., and C. A. Newhart, he organized the Yount-Newhart Machine company. This partnership continued until 1917, when it became necessary to incorporate the business to more efficiently handle the increased volume of business. At the time of incorporation, the name of the firm was changed to that of the Eagle Machine company, under which it operates today. The officers of the new company were, and still are: Horace J. Yount, president and manager; C. W. Yount, secretary and treasurer; and J. E. Yount, vice-president. The firm began in a very small way, the first building being located on East Michigan street, having been used as a barn. Later the plant was moved to 332 Market street, where more suitable quarters were obtained, but in 1917, the plant was razed by fire and a new location was found at 24 North Noble street, which is the present home of the company. The building is a fine two story structure thirty-five by a hundred and thirty feet in size, and is equipped with the most modern machinery to handle the work of the firm. The company, starting with a capital of only five hundred dollars, has enjoyed a steady growth in its business, and it manufactures patented articles invented by Mr. Yount. The territory in which the products of the company are handled extends from New York City to Denver, and from Canada to Mexico. A universal aligning apparatus is manufactured at the Indianapolis plant while a machine for the repairing of scored cylinders is handled by thirty-five companies on a royalty basis. Through the growth of the company, it has come to be recognized as one of the most successful manufacturing ventures in the city of Indianapolis, and is rated in commercial circles as one of the most financially substantial enterprises of its kind, a reputation that has been won through the efforts and genius of Mr. Yount, with the assistance of his sons, Chas. W. and E. J. In 1887, Mr. Yount was united in marriage with Lydia Thalman, and to this union have been born six children, as follows: Charles W., Nellie Bowers, Edward, Catherine Ruth, Horace A., and Gladys. All of the children of our subject are married but one. Mr. Yount has never sought nor he1d office with any political party, and he has been an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for thirty-five years.

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

Louis J. Borinstein was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, December 29, 1881, son of the late Joseph A. and Anna (Cohen) Borinstein, who for a number of years was engaged in the scrap iron business, and he (Louis J.) is now general manager of the A. Borinstein business. His early schooling was in Indianapolis, and he was graduated from the Public School Number Six and Emmerich Manual Training high school. He began his business life in 1899, entering the office of A. Borinstein, wholesale dealer in scrap material. The business was started in 1873 by Joseph A. Borinstein. Conscientious effort, business acumen and enterprise on the part of Mr. Borinstein were responsible for the upbuilding of the business, which at the time was recognized as one of the leading concerns of its kind in the Middle West, supplying many foundries and mills with all their raw materials. As the factories and foundries grew, so did the business, and now the A. Borinstein organization is among the large scrap material concerns in the country. Louis J. Borinstein, under the business training of his father advanced rapidly in the business and now is the general manager. One of the original incorporators of the Indianapolis Club, he has served for two years as president of the club. In 1910 he was president of Indianapolis Lodge No. 58, Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, an altruistic organization having a local membership of more than five hundred men. In 1916 and 1917 he served as president of district Grand Lodge No.2, Independent Order of B'nai Brith, comprising the states of Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. More than 15,000 men are members in district No.2 whereas more than 60,000 men are identified with this organization in this country. In District No. 2 the Jewish Orphans' Home at Cleveland, Ohio, and the National Jewish Home for Consumptives in Denver, Colorado, are among the more important institutions. The latter home admits patients of any creed, but only those who are unable to pay for such treatment. Mr. Borinstein is a member of the board of directors of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation and a member of the Board of Governors of the Indianapolis Jewish Federation of Charities. He was chairman of the State of Indiana of the American Jewish Relief Campaign in 1921 and 1922 for sufferers from the war, and succeeded in raising more money per capita than any other state and at the lowest of administration costs. He also is a member of the Masons, the Broadmoor Country Club, the Athenaeum and Marion Club. On June 30, 1908, he married Eva Oypenheim, of Cleveland, Ohio, and to them have been born four children: Marcus E., Helen E., Lucille J., and Robert A. The family resides at 4137 North Meridian street.

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

E. Howard Cadle, founder of the Cadle Tabernacle and president of the American Shoe Rebuilders' company, was born on August 25, 1884, at Fredericksburg, Indiana, son of Thomas J. and Loretta Cadle. In 1921, he built in memory of his mother the Tabernacle at New Jersey and Ohio streets, and it is the largest tabernacle in the world, having a seating capacity of 10,000 people, and is fashioned after the Alamo Mission at San Antonio, Texas. The structure was completed at a cost of $315,000, and was dedicated on October 9, 1921, by Gypsy Smith, noted evangelist. Mr. Cadle is president of the choir which is the largest permanently organized choir in the world. It is composed of 1,500 persons and is interdenominational. In addition to the religious services the Tabernacle is used for public meetings, conventions, pageants and civic activities. While traveling he conceived the idea of the "while you wait shoe repairing business," and is now the president of the American Shoe Repairing company, of which there are a chain of stores in ten cities of the Middle West. He is a member of the First United Brethren Church and also of the Indianapolis Athletic Club and the Columbia Club. He was a state game commissioner during the term of Governor Hanly. On December 25, 1904, he married Ola M. Collier at Fredericksburg, Indiana. They have two children, Bulford M. and Helen L. They reside at 830 East Maple Road.

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

Dr. Edmund D. Clark, who has attained distinctive success and prestige in the profession of surgery, was born in the village of Economy, Indiana, November 28, 1869, son of Dr. Jonathan B. and Matilda (Conley) Clark, the former of whom was born in Randolph county, North Carolina, and the latter in Union county, Indiana. His early education was in the schools of Economy and later he took one year at Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, and a course of two years at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, after which he entered Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York City, from which he graduated in 1891 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then went to Wyoming for one year and then to Baltimore, Maryland, where for two and one-half years he served as assistant surgeon in the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and while there he gained a wide and valuable clinical experience. Then in 1896 he moved to Indianapolis, where he has since engaged in active practice. With the opening of the war Mr. Clark was made Major and stationed at Lilly Base Hospital which was afterwards known as United States Army Base Hospital No. 32, and it was under his supervision that the organization work of that unit was completed and the hospital prepared for overseas duty. He was in service from December 4, 1917, until July 15, 1918, and served as Chief of the Surgical Service, then on the last named date he was changed to the rank of lieutenant colonel and was in this capacity until January 14, 1919, then he was transferred to Angers for return to the United States. Doctor Clark is a member of the Indianapolis Medical Society, Indiana State Medical Society, American Medical Association, Western Surgical Association, American Association of Obstetricians, Gynecologists and Abdominal Surgeons and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. In 1910, he was secretary of the Indiana School of Medicine and at the same time was Professor of Surgery of that institution. From 1905 to 1910 he was president of the Indiana Board of Health and during the administration of Thomas Taggart as mayor of the city of Indianapolis, acted as secretary of the Board of Health. He is a member of Pentalpha Lodge No. 546, F. & A. M., and has attained to the Thirty-second degree in the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, being affiliated with Indiana Sovereign Consistory, Sublime Princess of the Royal Secret. He is also a member of the Indianapolis Athletic, University, Country clubs (president, 1922), and the Society of Mayflower Descendants. On June 1, 1893, Doctor Clark was united in marriage with Harriett Lewis, of Selma, Indiana, and they have one daughter, who is now married, Mrs. Arnold B. Talbott, who resides in Cleveland, Ohio. The family home is at 1321 North Meridian street.

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

Mrs. James F. Edwards, nee Stella Payne Lodge, public speaker, lecturer and entertainer of outstanding ability, was born at Madison, Indiana, the daughter of Gavin K. Lodge, of Quaker descent whose family came from Virginia to Madison in 1820. His mother was a niece of Daniel Boone, and the family was prominent in the development of the new country. Mrs. Edwards' mother, Stella L. (Payne) Lodge, was of an Ohio family which originated in New England. A Mayflower ancestor, Stephen Hopkins, was a signer of the Compact, and William Grant and Jesse Gates were Revolutionary forebears. Mrs. Edwards' parents were married in 1862 at Madison, and had two children, of whom she is the second. Her early education was obtained in the common and high schools of her home city, and being a natural lover of books, has augmented this training by extensive study of literature and history. Upon leaving school she wanted to follow a career of her own, and since the only thing she could decide upon that did not in some way involve mathematics, her stumbling block, was the profession of nursing. She came to Indianapolis and entered a nurses' training school in the City Hospital. She was graduated at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, and entering the government service, was stationed at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, near Cincinnati. In 1899 she was married to James F. Edwards. Mr. Edwards was born near Portland, Oregon, his parents, who were eastern people, having crossed the plains in the forties to become settlers of Oregon territory, making the arduous and dangerous journey in ox-drawn covered wagons. The family still remains in the West, having witnessed and participated in the wonderful growth and development of that section of the country. Coming to Indianapolis in 1894, Mr. Edwards went into the real estate business in the office of Mr. F. T. McWhirter, and now has an office at 122 East Market street. He and Mrs. Edwards have one son, James Morris, who was born in this city, completed the prescribed course of study in the Shortridge high school, entered Wabash College where he was a member of and president of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and on the editorial staff of the "Wabash," and was graduated in 1923. He is now connected with the State Mutual Life Assurance company, of Worcester, Massachusetts, in Indianapolis, and was married in 1923 to Genevieve Adams, daughter of J. D. Adams. Mrs. Edwards is active in social, literary and civic work, and gives lectures and entertainments before various organizations. For two years, 1921-23, she was first vice-president of the Woman's Department Club, was Chairman of the literature department of that organization for four years, belongs to Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter of the D. A. R. Is a member of the Indiana Pioneer Society, the Writers' Club, the Review Circle, is past president of the Monday Club, Magazine Club and of the Parent-Teachers' Club of School No. 45. One of her chief hobbies is astrology, on which subject she has written for magazines. Politically she is active in the League of Women Voters and the Democratic Club, and her religious affiliation is with St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in which she has served as president of the auxiliary.

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

Cora C. Epps was born in Ridgefarm, Illinois, and is the daughter of Colonel Terence Clark, who was a native of Ohio and a pioneer settler of Illinois. The father of Colonel Clark pre-empted land near Ridgefarm, where the home, which he built of brick of his own manufacture, is still standing and where he raised a family of seven boys and four girls. This family was all born in Ohio and the children were grown up before they moved to Illinois. Charles Clark, a brother of Terence, served in the Union army as a captain and was killed in action. Terence Clark, as soon as Lincoln issued his call for volunteers, organized a company and for a time served as captain with the men whom he had recruited, but his knowledge of military science and tactics soon won him promotion to the rank of major and finally to that of colonel, a commission which he held to the end of the war. He was taken prisoner in the battle of Chickamauga and for five months was incarcerated in the notorious Libby prison, from which he made his escape through a tunnel which he and a number of men dug under the foundations. They came to the surface across the street. Cora Clark, daughter of Colonel Clark, received her early education in the schools of Paris, Illinois, and in 1885, she married Harry George Epps, a native of New Hampshire, where his father was interested in the Amoskeag Cotton mills. Harry G. Epps was educated in the Phillips Exeter Academy, after which he became a farmer and an elevator man. He applied himself to his work with such vigor and foresight that he soon won his way to a high place among men in his field and soon became the owner of a chain of grain elevators throughout Illinois. In 1898, he came to Indianapolis, gaining a reputation in commercial circles of the city as being an astute business man and able executive. He died in Zanesville, New York, July 4, 1913. Mr. and Mrs. Epps were the parents of one child, Martha Jess, who married Horace Hill, Jr., of Boston, Massachusetts, they have three children as follows: Horace Hill, III, Laurence Epps, and Martha Judith. Mr. Hill held the commission of major in the Signal corps of the United States army during the World War, serving with the A. E. F. during a short time before the cessation of hostilities. He is now associated with his father in a large corporation in Boston. Harry G. Epps was a Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Columbia Club, Commercial Club, and the Woodstock Country Club. Mrs. Epps and her daughter are members of the Caroline Scott Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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

Mrs. George C. Finfrock, nee Ada Campbell Dugan, is one of the most thoroughly effective women workers in Indianapolis in the cause of bettering social conditions in general and improvement of the educational system in particular. Mrs. Finfrock was born at Cincinnati, the daughter of Matthew Dugan, a native of Ulster, Ireland, of Protestant-Irish extraction, who came to America in 1880. He became the owner of lime kilns in Cincinnati, Springfield and Sidney, Ohio, and was recognized as one of the prominent men in southwestern Ohio. He married Jane Campbell, who was of Irish, Scotch and English descent. Her parents came to Cincinnati in the early part of the last century, making the journey across Ohio by canal before there were any railroads in existence in that part of the country. Mrs. Finfrock's maternal grandmother had two brothers who were killed in the Civil War, and were buried at Camp Nelson. Matthew Dugan and his wife were married at Cincinnati in 1870, and had nine children, four of whom are now living, Mrs. Finfrock being the youngest. One son, James. M. Dugan, is still living in Cincinnati, a leading figure in the community. Mrs. Finfrock received her preliminary education in the public schools of Cincinnati and is a graduate of the famous Woodward high school of that city, the first high school west of the Allegheny mountains, and probably the only one founded and endowed by an individual and operated as a public school. Its founder was William Woodward, a wealthy philanthropist. Hon. William Howard Taft is a graduate of this school, and is honorary president of the alumni association. Mrs. Finfrock later attended the University of Cincinnati. In 1904 she married George C. Finfrock, who was born near Pleasanton, Linn county, Kansas, the son of James Finfrock, a native of Maryland. The father was a Union soldier during the Civil War, and his ancestors came to America as early as the Seventeenth century, settling in Pennsylvania. The family were of Pennsylvania Dutch stock on the paternal side. Mr. Finfrock's mother was a member of the Scarborough family, of Tennessee, and during the Civil War was at Fort Donelson until its capture by General Grant, who gave her a passport through Kentucky to Ohio, where she met James Finfrock, marrying him at the close of the war. George C. Finfrock was educated in the public schools of Kansas and at a normal school; matriculated in the Department of Law at the University of Michigan in 1895, from which he was graduated in 1898 with the degree of LL.B. After teaching school for a time, he became secretary-treasurer of the St. Francis Townsite company, of St. Francis, Missouri, and secretary-treasurer of the Grandview Mining company, of Deming, New Mexico. In 1902 he became associated with the Sanborn Map company, with which concern he has been identified for the past twenty-two years, coming to Indianapolis in 1913. They are the parents of one son, Robert Joseph Dugan Finfrock, a fine lad in the Freshman year of high school. Mrs. Finfrock was president of the local federation of Parent-Teachers' Clubs in 1921-22-23, and did excellent work in that office, cooperating with the school board in everything worth while. For two years she was also chairman of the extension committee of the federation. Her chief interest has been the matter of nutrition of children, and she worked heroically for the passage of the School Lunch Bill in 1921. She was chairman of the committee which started serving milk in fourteen schools in 1918, and later was director of the School Lunch Association. She served three years as president of the Parent-Teachers' Club of School No. 60, the period which covered the World War, and stressed the conservation of food, and was also chairman of the Red Cross unit that made preserves for the soldiers during the war. She is now vice-president of the Parent-Teachers' Federation of Indianapolis and chairman of the civics committee of that body; is an advisory member of the fire prevention committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and worked on the accident bureau and a special committee to cooperate with the board of education in building operations; is vice-president and a director of the Indianapolis League of W omen Voters and chairman of the program committee; a member of the Board of Directors of the Little Theatre Society and an active worker in the organization; is on the board of the Camp Fire Girls, and together with all her outside activity is an exemplary mother, having reared her son to the highest principles of life. She is a forceful member of All-Souls Unitarian Church, and is chairman of the social service committee of the Alliance.

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