Edward E. Stout, one of the most successful shoe dealers of Indianapolis, was born in that city, July 25, 1862, the son of Benjamin Gilson and Elizabeth (Howe) Stout, both of whom were born in Lexington, Kentucky, on June 11, 1829, and January 3, 1837, respectively, and were married there in 1853. Our subject traces his ancestry to Amsterdam, New Jersey, where his first ancestor as far back as he knows was born in 1602. His family were pioneer settlers of New Jersey where they figured prominently in the early history of our country. Oliver B. Stout, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Kentucky, May 16, 1800, and was a graduate of the Medical College at Louisville. He was one of the pioneer physicians of that section and was widely known throughout his locality. He died in 1862. In the late fifties, Benjamin Gilson Stout came to Indianapolis where he engaged in the grocery business until his death, which occurred in 1875. He had two sons: Harry, who died in 1914; and Edward E., the subject of this review. Edward E. Stout obtained but a limited schooling, being forced to forego his educational career at an early age. He first secured employment with the Baker and Randolph Printing and Bookbindery, and learned this trade in that plant. The Stout Shoe company was started in a small way in 1888 by Harry Stout, Edward became a partner with his brother in 1891, and from thence forward the business increased rapidly, so that today it is rated as one of the substantial shoe concerns in the city of Indianapolis. Mr. Stout's knowledge of the shoe business is surpassed by few, for he has learned it from all angles. He was married on January 24, 1895, to Helen E. Billings, the daughter of William H. and Sarah Billings, of East Gaines, New York. Mr. Stout is a popular member of the various Masonic bodies, being a York Rite and a Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner. He also holds membership in the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Columbia Club, the Country Club, the Highland Golf Club, and the Rotary Club. He is a devout member of the Christian Science Church and he and his wife take an active interest in its affairs. He does not affiliate with any political party, preferring to exercise his franchise as he sees fit.

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

Henry I. Raymond, Jr., secretary and treasurer of the Enterprise Iron works of Indianapolis, was born in this city June 3, 1883, the son of Henry I. Raymond, now retired from the United States army. His father spent all his active life in the military service of the country, holding the commission of colonel during the Spanish-American and World Wars. Henry I. Raymond, Jr., received his elementary and college preparatory education in Boston Latin School, the military academy of Cornwall-on-Hudson, and Lake Forest Academy, of Lake Forest, Illinois. He then matriculated at the University of Chicago, and following his graduation from that institution accepted employment with the Merchants' Heat & Light company. He remained with that concern from 1904 to 1909, serving in various capacities, and when he left was filling the offices of contract agent and superintendent which had been won by hard work and close application to duty. Thereafter, unti11913, Mr. Raymond was the sales manager of the Indiana territory for the Johns-Manville company, of Milwaukee, and during this time he built up an excellent business for his company in the locality over which he was placed. While holding this position his work was of such a nature that he became well known in manufacturing circles throughout the state, and accordingly his services were sought and secured in 1913 by the Enterprise Iron works. He accepted the offer of that firm to become its secretary and treasurer, in which offices he has remained since that time. He is recognized as an able and far-sighted executive and his efforts have done much to place the company upon the secure financial basis on which it operates. The Enterprise Iron works is firmly established in the commercial life of Indianapolis, and the volume of its business grows yearly. On November 6, 1909, Mr. Raymond was united in marriage with Edina L. Denham, of Chicago. Mr. Raymond is a member of the Indianapolis Country Club, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Kiwanis Club, and the Chamber of Commerce.

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

Frank M. Dell, deceased, who was one of the most prominent figures in the coal business in Indianapolis, was born in Lafayette, Indiana, February 13, 1853, the son of William and Sophia (Kahr) Dell, the latter of whom was born in Westphalia, Prussia, December 14, 1834, and came to the United States when she was but seven years old. William Dell was born in Germany and when he was twelve years of age, he came to the United States on a sailing vessel on a trip that consumed nearly two months. He settled first at Lafayette, Indiana, where for a number of years he was the postmaster and was the proprietor of a hotel in the same city. He removed to Indianapolis when his son, Frank, was thirteen years old. At that time the soldiers had just returned from their service in the army during the Civil War and the young lad of thirteen heard many exciting stories of the war that made an indelible impression upon his receptive mind. William Dell operated a hotel for a time after his arrival in Indianapolis, but he soon became associated with two other men in the coal business, forming the firm of Butch, Dickson, and Dell. This firm had been established in 1848, and some time after Mr. Dell became associated with it, he bought out the interests of the other owners. Thereafter the concern was known as the William Dell Coal & Lime company, under which it operated until Frank M. Dell took over his father's interests. Frank M. Dell received his early education in the public schools of Lafayette, Indiana, and in the German-English school of Indianapolis. Graduating from the latter institution, spent one year at Earlham College. He then became associated with his father in the William Dell Coal & Lime company. With his father's retirement from the firm, the name was changed to that of Frank M. Dell. This concern is the oldest in continuous operation of any firm in the coal business in the city, it having been in existence for seventy-five years. It was originally located at the corner of Georgia and Pennsylvania streets, then on East Washington street, where the Cole Motor Car company is now situated, and finally moved to the present location at 1001-1215 Southeastern avenue. Although the firm had been one of long standing and had already gained a strong foothold in the commercial life of Indianapolis, Frank M., Dell was mainly instrumental in placing it on the firm basis on which it now operates and making it one of the most secure financially of any business venture in Indianapolis. In 1901, Mr. Dell married May Campbell, of Indianapolis, and to this union was born one daughter, Dorothy. Mrs. Dell is the daughter of Frank and Jeanne (Guist) Campbell, the former a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and the latter of Vincennes, Indiana; Dorothy Dell is now a student at Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts. Frank M. Dell died February 26, 1921. He was a Mason and a member of the Ancient Landmark Lodge. He affiliated with the Zion Church, of which his family had long been members. In his younger life he was actively interested in politics, and served one term as city councilman of Indianapolis. He built their beautiful home at 4285 N. Meridian street in 1911 and Mrs. Dell and her daughter now reside there.

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

Lawrence V. Sheridan, who is one of the younger, yet at the same time, one of the most successful landscape architects of Indianapolis, was born in Frankfort, Indiana, July 8, 1887, the son of Harry C. and Mary (Vinnedge) Sheridan. The grandfather of the latter had the distinction of being the first cabinet maker in the city of Indianapolis. Harry C. Sheridan was born in Frankfort, Indiana, where he still resides, and he is one of the two Federal referees in bankruptcy in Indiana. Lawrence V. Sheridan received his elementary education in the graded and high schools bf Frankfort, and then matriculated at Purdue University; being graduated from that institution in 1909, with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. His first position after graduation was with the Central Station Engineering company of Chicago and Crawfordsville, Indiana, and he remained with that firm until April, 1910, when he accepted a position in the engineering department of the T., St. L. & W. railroad, continuing in that capacity until April of the following year. Thereafter, until 1914, he was associated with the Park Board of Indianapolis and during that time was the engineering inspector of the construction of the Capitol Street bridge and later Chief Inspector of Construction. In July, 1914, he was with the Bureau of Municipal Research. He made studies of municipal government in park and playground systems and also assisted with government surveys in various cities. In September, 1916, he gave up his position to pursue a course of study at the Harvard University School of Landscape Architecture until May of the following year, when he was sent to Camp Pike, Arkansas, as city planner of the division cantonment there. In January, 1918, he entered the Third Officers' Training Corps and served in France for seven months as a second lieutenant of field artillery. After his discharge in January, 1919, he went to Dallas, Texas, where he became the assistant to George E. Kessler, who was consulting engineer of the Dallas Property Owners' Association, which was promoting the development of a part of the business district of Dallas. During this time he also was in practice as a landscape architect, and in December, 1921, he came back to Indianapolis to serve as the executive secretary of the City Plan Commission. The city zoning ordinance and other city planning measures were under his care during his incumbency, which continued until May, 1923, when he resigned as secretary in order that he might give more attention to his private work. He was therefore made a consultant of the City Plan Commission at this time, for the city did not wish to lose his invaluable services. He has gained such a reputation for the excellence of his work in city planning that he is a consultant for the city planning commissions of Richmond, Muncie, Anderson, and Terre Haute, Indiana. This reputation has been acquired only through hard work and an experience of years of varied practice of his chosen profession. He is considered as one of the leading men in his line in the state of Indiana, as well as in Indianapolis. He is connected with the Park Boards of Indianapolis and Terre Haute, Butler College, Crown Hill Cemetery, St. Mary-of-the-Woods and Purdue University, in the capacity of landscape architect, and has in charge a number of private and institutional developments including a number of high class real estate subdivisions. Mr. Sheridan was united in marriage December 15, 1919, with Grace Elizabeth Emmel, the daughter of George and Ida (Roll) Emmel, old residents of Chillicothe, Ohio, and to Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan have been born two sons, Roger Williams, the day of his birth being January 26, 1921, and Roderick Kessler, born on August 21, 1923. Fraternally, Mr. Sheridan is a member of the Masons, and he also holds membership in the American Society of Civil Engineering, the American City Planning Institute, the Sigma Phi Epsilon college fraternity, and the Service Club. He is well known in Indianapolis, as one of its substantial and representative citizens and one who has done much for the public good.

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. Edward Ferger, nee Mariah Ann Bradley, one of the most astute business women of Indianapolis, has gained especial renown as a breeder of pedigreed Duroc-Jersey swine . She was born in Johnson county, Indiana, the daughter of James Leonidas Bradley, a pioneer of this state. He was born in 1819 at Stamping Ground, Franklin county, Kentucky, the son of Henry Bradley, who came to Indianapolis in 1821 with his family. Mrs. Ferger has in her possession the rifle her grandfather carried when he blazed the trail from Kentucky. He was the first magistrate of Center township, Marion county, and served as such for many years. He was one of the prime movers in and a large stock holder of the old Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis railroad, serving on the directorate of the road for many years. One of his philanthropies was the donation of the lot for the Baptist Church, the present site of the Star Newspaper Building. Mrs. Ferger's mother, Patience (Kennedy) Bradley, was born in Greenville, Tennessee, of old southern stock, and an ancestor, Co1. Daniel Kennedy, was in the Revolutionary War. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley were married at Amity, Indiana, and their union was blessed with three children: Harry, now of Bartholomew county, Indiana; Mrs. Lulu (Bradley) Oliver, of Franklin, this state; and Mrs. Mariah Ann (Bradley) Ferger. Mrs. Ferger attended an elementary school in Johnson county, located a mile and a half from her home; attended Shortridge high school, the Bellewood Seminary at Anchorage, Kentucky, and Miss Anna Nowles Finishing School at Louisville, where she specialized in music. Upon returning to Indianapolis she studied law three years for the pleasure she derived from it and also to become a business companion to her father, whose "rod and staff" she was. Through assisting him in various enterprises she developed unusual business ability, and has successfully carried on some of the enterprises in which her father had been interested, particularly that of raising fine stock. She has a large number of club and kindred affiliations, being life member of the D. A. R., of which she has been vice-regent, Children of American Revolution, the Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter. She is treasurer of the chapter house fund, and having an excellent musical education, has always been interested in music in this city. She is a member of the Matinee Musicale, the Society of Indiana Pioneers, the Indiana Historical Society, was treasurer of the Department Club two years, one of the first stock holders of the Propylaeum, and was founder of the Home Economics Club of Indianapolis Sunnyside Guild. She is first vice-president of the Women's Organization National Association of Retail Druggists, the purpose of which is to assist in educational, civic and charitable work. The national organization educates girls in pharmacy and the local chapter, Indianapolis Chapter No. 20, Women's Organization National Association of Retail Druggists will furnish a rest room in the Riley Hospital and has established a 500 Loan Scholarship fund in the Indianapolis College of Pharmacy, M. B. Ferger chairman of same. She is also a member of the Herron Art Institute, Chamber of Commerce, the League of Women Voters, the Seventh District Republican Club and has served on its board, and is active in the missionary society of Central Christian Church. Mr. Edward Ferger, her husband, was born in this city, the son of Charles and Minnie (Deuschle) Ferger, the father coming to America from Germany to escape compulsory military service. He located at Lawrenceburg, Indiana, but soon came on to Indianapolis, and here their son, Edward, was born, educated, attending Shortridge high school and later Purdue University, from which he was graduated. He is almost a pioneer in pharmacy in Indiana, and after having business locations in various places throughout Indianapolis, is now situated in the Traction Terminal Building. He is a Mason, a member of the Board of Trade, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Hoosier Athletic Club, of which his father was one of the founders. He belongs to the National Association of Retail Druggists, the Indiana Pharmacy Association, the Indianapolis Association of Druggists and the Blue Ribbon Druggists of Indianapolis. The Democratic Club and Hoosier Motor Club hold his membership, and his religious affiliation is with the Zion Evangelical Church. During the World War Mrs. Ferger did much valuable work with the Red Cross as instructor in surgical dressings, previous to which she opened her home for a sewing unit and also worked in the packing rooms with such devotion that she won her Red Cross.

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

Vincent A. Lapenta, M.D. It is an acknowledged fact that some of the most distinguished members of the medical profession in this country are those of foreign birth, who, coming to this land of greater opportunity, rise to high position, and give to the country of their adoption a faithful and valuable service. Among the sons of Italy who have reflected honor upon their native land, as well as upon the profession of their choice in the United States, is Dr. Vincent A. Lapenta, with offices in the Knights of Pythias Building, Indianapolis. In addition to winning the support of a large clientele, he has been singularly honored, not only in his own country, but also by England. In 1921, he was appointed Royal Italian Consul for Indiana; and in 1922, was elected a Knight of the Crown of Italy, with the rank of a knight, and title of Sir; and was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts of England. Doctor Lapenta is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Fellow of the American Medical Association. His professional efforts are devoted to abdominal surgery and researches in biological chemistry. His work in this line culminated a few years ago in the discovery of a serum for the control of hemorrhages which is now in large use throughout the world.

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

Charles S. Goar, M.D., has long been recognized as one of the able physicians and surgeons of Indianapolis, where he has been engaged in a general practice since 1899. He was born in Tipton county, Indiana, August 17, 1865, son of Henry and Martha E. (Smith) Goar. His maternal grandfather, Robert Smith, was one of the pioneers of Indiana, and his parents came, at a very early day from Henry county, Indiana, to Tipton county, where they took up government land. Subsequently Mr. Goar donated an acre of his farm to be used for cemetery purposes, and in this old burial ground lie the remains of his wife and himself, he having passed away in 1906, at the age of eighty-five, and she in the same year, at the age of seventy-eight years. During the long period he was a resident of Tipton county Mr. Goar took a prominent part in its affairs, and had warm personal friends throughout that and other counties. A man of high moral character, he early became interested in the prohibition question and for many years was an ardent supporter of the prohibition party during the years when that appeared to be a losing cause. Doctor Goar attended the public schools of his native county, and Central Normal College, Danville, Indiana, and was graduated in medicine from Central College in 1888, and entered at once upon the practice of his profession in Tipton county. Always active in politics, he represented Tipton and Hamilton counties in the upper house of the Indiana State Assembly from 1897 to 1899. In the latter year he moved to Indianapolis, and here he has since continued in active practice, his offices being at 746 Bankers' Trust Bank Building. For years he has maintained membership with the local, state and national medical associations. He is a Thirty-second degree Mason, and also belongs to the Mystic Shrine. In 1891, he was married to Miss Virginia Ann Hinkle, of Tipton county, and they have one son, Churchill, who was graduated from Manual Training high school. Subsequently he attended the University of Indiana, Butler College and John B. Stetson University of Deland, Florida. A natural musician, he developed his talent, and is now a teacher of vocal music and the piano, and resides at 28 West Sixty-third street, New York City, New York.

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

Frank A. Witt, one of the foremost grain dealers in the city of Indianapolis, was born In Boone county, Indiana, October 15, 1884, the son of Joseph Wheeler and Theodosia (Allen) Witt. The paternal grandparents of our subject came from South Carolina to settle in Boone county, Indiana, and the maternal grandparents of Frank Witt emigrated from Vermont to Parke county, Indiana. Joseph Wheeler Witt was born in Boone county, April 30, 1857, and his wife was born in Parke county on August 2, 1859, the daughter of a preacher who was one of the old school of circuit riders. Joseph Witt, like his father before him, was a millman, and he has always been active in church work in his home community. He and his wife are still living in Boone county and they are the parents of two sons, the subject of this review, and Walter G., of Indianapolis. Frank A. Witt received his elementary education in the graded and high schools of Boone county, and then matriculated at Franklin College, being graduated from that institution in 1906, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. His education completed, he engaged in the same business that his father pursued, going into business for himself at Thorntown, Indiana, where he handled all kinds of grain and conducted a mill. In 1909, seeking a larger field for his work, he came to Indianapolis, and since then has been identified with the grain business of that city. Solely through his own efforts has so conducted his venture that he has come to be recognized as one of the prominent figures in his line in the city. December 18, 1907, he was united in marriage with Katherine Terhune, of Lebanon, Indiana, and to this union has been born one daughter, Virginia. Mr. Witt is a popular, member of the Country Club and the University Club, and he is serving on the Board of Governors of the Board of Trade. In political issues he supports the Republican party. He is rated as one of the successful business men of the city and his business is rated as one of the financially secure ones in Indianapolis.

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

Rev. J. F. Byrne, pastor of Holy Cross Church. On November 8, 1895, Rev. William F. Quigley, assistant at St. Patrick's Church, Indianapolis, was appointed to organize a new parish in the eastern part of the city. This parish he named Holy Cross, to commemorate the first Catholic Church organization in Indianapolis, which was called Holy Cross. The name disappeared when the congregation moved from the corner of Washington and California streets, to Georgia street, at which time the pastor called the new church St. John's. The corner stone of the new Holy Cross Church was laid by Bishop Chatard on Easter Sunday, April 5, 1896. It was located at Oriental and Springdale Place. Father Quigley died April 27, 1896. Rev. Denis McCabe was appointed pastor and completed the church which was dedicated by Bishop Chatard August 9, 1896. Reverend McCabe died April 21, 1903. Rev. James J. Wade was appointed pastor, April 18, 1903, and immediately took charge. He died December 25, 1919, and was succeeded by Monseigneur J. F. Byrne, who took charge August 1, 1920. The present church was built under the administration of Monseigneur Bryne. The ground was broken for this new edifice, in April, 1921, the corner-stone was laid June 26, of the same year; and the structure was dedicated by Bishop Chartrand the first Sunday in July, 1922. The assistants to Monseigneur Byrne, at the present time, are the Reverend Urban Sonderman and the Reverend Fintan G. Walker. Holy Cross is one of the largest Catholic parishes in the city, the congregation numbering about four thousand. The parish has its own parochial school, which has an attendance of four hundred and sixty pupils.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
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1924

William A. DeHority, who is numbered among the capable and prosperous certified public accountants of Indianapolis, maintaining offices in the Lemcke Building, is a native son of the Hoosier State, born October 24, 1868, at Elwood, a son of John W. and Jane (Moore) DeHority. James M. DeHority, his paternal grandfather, was born in Delaware, in 1819, and was eighteen years of age when he came to Indiana and settled at Hamilton. There he spent some time in the study of the law, but did not follow that profession, being first a farmer and later a merchant. He died at Elwood, in 1890. Mr. DeHority was a Democrat in his political allegiance. His wife, a midget, was born in the hills of Northeastern Tennessee, near Bristol, and in 1836, came with her brother to Indiana, where she met and married Mr. DeHority, and lived the rest of her life at Elwood, her death occurring in 1899, when she was eighty-three years of age. John W. DeHority was born October 10, 1840, at Hamilton, and was about fourteen years of age when take by his parents to Elwood, where he was a merchant for the greater part of his life and died in 1881. Like his father, he was a Democrat. He married Jane Moore, who was born May 13, 1841, within four and one-half miles of where she now resides at Elwood. Her parents were old pioneer characters, who came from Virginia by wagon in 1834, and entered a piece of land on which they spent the remainder of their lives, meeting the conditions of the olden days and overcoming numerous obstacles. The grandmother passed away in 1882, at seventy-seven years of age, while the grandfather died in 1878, when seventy-five years old. John W. and Jane (Moore) DeHority were the parents of four children: Charles C., cashier of the Elwood State Bank; Mrs. E. C. Heck, of Elwood; Frank E., of Elwood; and William A. William A DeHority, after graduating from high school, attended Earlham College for two years and then took a commercial course at Louisville, Kentucky. His first employment was in a bank at Elwood, by which he was employed in a clerical capacity in March, 1888. He was also employed, by the gas company for a time, and June 9, 1891, was elected mayor of Elwood on the Democratic ticket, serving in the capacity of chief executive for one term, during which time natural gas was installed in the community. Following the expiration of his term of office, he became secretary and treasurer of the gas company, subsequently served as a member of the board of equalization and after 1901 acted as a city commissioner. During 1900 and 1901 he was deputy treasurer of Madison, and at that time, recognizing the need of a tax duplicate system devised a form which was first adopted by the city of Madison, and later by the state board of accounts. In 1903, Mr. DeHority organized the Elwood State Bank, of which he was assistant cashier until June 7, 1909, when he assumed the position of state examiner, being appointed by Governor Marshall, when the board was organized. He continued to act in that capacity until 1913, and then took up his work as an accountant. He has been a certified public accountant since 1917, and maintains offices in the Lemcke Building, where he has a large and profitable clientele. Mr. DeHority is a member of the Masons and Odd Fellows, and has been active in the work of the Methodist Church. June 27, 1888, Mr. DeHority married Frances C., daughter of Rev. M. S. and Eliza W. Metts, of Tipton City, Indiana, where Reverend Metts was a minister of the Methodist Church. Mrs. DeHority died in 1910, the mother of the following children: Maruth, now Mrs. W. K. Booth, of Chicago; Winifred; Edith; John W., deceased; James L., married, of Columbus, Ohio; and Walter C., married, of Richmond, Indiana.

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

Rabbi Mayer Messing, Rabbi Emeritus of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, is probably the most distinguished member of the Jewish Rabbinate in America. He was born in Gostin Province of Posen, Prussia in 1843, the son of Rabbi Joseph Messing. The father, who had three sons, all rabbis, was born in Argenau, Prussia in 1812, during his life time, was of unusual service to the Hebrew Church, of which the Messing family have long been Rabbis. Rabbi Mayer Messing received his early education under Guttmacherat Graetz Ottinger, Germany, a Rabbinical school, and at Zunz, Berlin. He came to the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation in a unique way in 1867. While performing enforced military service, from which he was anxious to escape, a friend sent him a copy of the "Deborah," a paper published at Cincinnati. Reading it while walking a sentry post before an officer's quarters he saw the item that the Hebrew Congregation of Indianapolis wanted a Rabbi. He answered and sent his picture bearing the inscription, "Here's your man, if you want him, vote for him," and at a meeting of the board he was selected from among ninety-four applicants. When he first came to Indianapolis, the congregation was worshipping on Washington street, later moved to the Market Street Church, and then to the Temple now on Delaware street, while the congregation has grown from eighty male members to four hundred. Rabbi Messing continued in active service as rabbi of the congregation for forty years, retiring in 1907, but has since then been active in civic affairs of the city and state. He is always a willing helper in his own congregation, and has the love and the admiration of the people of Indianapolis of all denominations. He was instrumental in organizing the American Red Cross chapter at Indianapolis, and has been a director of it. As one of the organizers and the first president of the Humane Society he has done much to eliminate cruelty to animals in this city. He is a member of the Conference of American Rabbis, and is one of the best known Jewish leaders in the country. In speaking of him the "American Israelite" has said: "From the beginning Rabbi Messing was very active. He was one of the active and valuable supporters of the late Rabbi Isaac M. Wise, and he (Doctor Messing) put Judaism on the map in Indiana. He was a pioneer in Jewish and non-Jewish philanthropy in Indiana. He was president of the first humane society in the state, and one of three men who started to finance an industrial school for the blind and who maintained it until the state took it over. He was a director of the Red Cross. He has been prominent in both B'nai B'rith and Masonic circles. He has done good service for twenty-five or thirty years by conducting services during vacations in Mackinac Island and Petoskey, Michigan, when communities there had no rabbi and assisting when they had. Since his retirement from active service he has also been officiating at Long Beach, California. "The Indianapolis Star" of December 9, 1923, said: "Rabbi Messing's service has been exceptional, both in length of time and value, and deserving of more than passing recognition. That he may be spared for years to come to enjoy the fruits of his labors is the wish of hundreds of sincere friends in all parts of the country." Rabbi Messing was married in New York in 1868, to Ricka Naphtali, a woman of superior qualities, of French origin, who passed away in 1908. To their union seven children were born, all of whom are now living: Dora, of Los Angeles, married M. S. Meyberg and has three children; Esther, of LaFayette, married Isaac Rice and has one daughter; Emma, secretary of the United States Embassy at Berlin, had charge of the music in the Indiana building in the World's Fair in California, in 1915, spent three years in Washington, D. C., in governmental work, and was appointed to her present position by the Secretary of State, being the first woman thus honored; Abraham Lincoln Messing, of Lafayette, married Della Pottlitzer and has one son; Samuel, of Toledo, married Selma Silberberg and has two children; Sara, now Mrs. Leon Stern, resides in Terre Haute; and Josephine, who married Jack Harding, vice-president and treasurer of the Russel M. Seeds company, and has one daughter, Jane.

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1924

Edward Francia Hodges, M.D., who was one of the leading men in medical circles in the city of Indianapolis, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, August 1, 1851. His boyhood was spent in Lincoln, near Concord, Massachusetts, and his early associations were all of that locality. He knew the Emersons, the Altotts, the Frenchs and others who made the little New England town famous. As a boy, he attended the celebrated school at St. Hyacinthe near Montreal, Canada, where he acquired an excellent knowledge of the French language. He then attended the Boston Latin school and in the fall of 1863 entered Phillips Exeter Academy, from which he was graduated in 1867. In the fall of that same year, when he was but sixteen years of age, he matriculated at Harvard University. During his residence at that institution, he studied under Asa Gray, Louis Agassiz, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and others, who helped to make Boston the center of American culture. In 1871, he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. The next year he went to Washington, D. C., where he became an examiner in the Patent Office and at the same time attended lectures in the medical school of Georgetown University where in 1874, he won his first degree of Doctor of Medicine. In 1875, he returned to Boston to enter the Harvard Medical school, where h€ took his second degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1877. In 1880, Doctor Hodges came to Indianapolis, and for thirty years thereafter he was engaged in the active practice of his profession. He served as a member of the faculty of the Indiana Dental College, lectured at the City Hospital Training School for nurses, was a pathologist for the Central Hospital for the Insane, served as the obstetrical surgeon for the Indianapolis City Hospital, was Contract Surgeon for the Arsenal, and for over twenty-five years held the chair of Professor of Obstetrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. For his students in the medical school he prepared an obstetrical chart which was of great value, not only to them, but also the profession. Doctor Hodges was a Thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Board of Trade, trustee of the Gregg Fund, to which post he was appointed by the Indianapolis School Board, vestryman of Christ Church, a member of the Pi Eta Society, of Harvard, a founder and first president of the Harvard Club of Indiana, and first governor of the Society of the Mayflower. He held membership in the Marion county Medical Association and was a Fellow of the American Medical Association, Fellow of the Royal Microscopic Society of London, professor emeritus of the Indiana University School of Medicine, was president of the Literary Club, and was a member of various other clubs. While attending to a large practice, Doctor Hodges found time to carryon studies in botany and bacteriology, to win honors as a marksman, to become a germ expert; a judge of letters, an authority on Indian lore, a sailor and a linguist. He was widely traveled. He was a pioneer automobilist and had the first car in the city. He died of cardiac asthma, July 11, 1923, at his summer home, Glimmerstone, Cavendish, Vermont, survived by his widow, Laura, the daughter of Stoughton A. Fletcher, Jr., who died August 23, 1923, and one son, Dr. Fletcher Hodges, of Indianapolis. In 1875-1876 the doctor was abroad and there met his future wife, marrying her in 1877. Prior to coming to Indiana he was visiting physician for the Boston Dispensary and gained a wide knowledge of his profession. The family founder came over on the "Mayflower" and Doctor Hodges traced his line of descent to six of the passengers of that famous ship.

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

Carl H. Wallerich, president of the C. H. Wallerich company, dealers in automobiles, recognized by his contemporaries as one of the substantial business men of the city of Indianapolis, was born in Sigourney, Iowa, May 5, 1883, the son of Mathias and Babette (Wills) Wallerich, the former of whom went to Iowa at the age of fifteen years. Carl H. Wallerich received his education in the graded and high schools at Des Moines, Iowa, after completing which he came to Indianapolis in the year 1900. For several years he was associated with the H. Lieber company. Later on he entered the Sales Department of the Diamond Rubber company, at Chicago, returning to Indianapolis later with the G. & J. Tire company. In 1907, he became associated with J. N. Willys, of the Willys-Overland company, as sales manager of Indianapolis Overland interests. He remained in this capacity until 1910, when he was appointed general sales manager of the Haynes Automobile company at Kokomo. In 1915, he accepted an appointment as District manager of the Hupp Motor Car corporation, at Detroit. He ably filled this capacity until 1918, when he offered his services to the government as a civilian buyer of steel truck bodies at Washington. His services were no longer required by December 25, 1918, and he returned to Indianapolis as manager of the Dodge Brothers department of the E. W. Steinhart company. In 1921 a company of which he became president was organized and was appointed Indianapolis dealer by Dodge Brothers, Inc., Detroit. His efficient management and knowledge of sales direction gained in his previous positions have stood in him in such good stead that he has increased the business to the point where he can handle the production allotment of his territory. Mr. Wallerich was married February 9, 1911, to Inez Foley, of Indianapolis, and to this union has been born one child, Alice Elizabeth. In fraternal circles, Mr. Wallerich is a popular and valued member of the Masons, being a Shriner, the Kiwanis Club, the Columbia Club and the Indianapolis Athletic Club. He is a strong believer in the principles of the Republican party, firmly maintaining that its doctrines best serve the public welfare.

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