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Thanks for the reply someone sent me a link, to Rykers Ridge Cem he wasn't there but his in-laws Philip and Sarah Easton were, with that I found a wealth of info. Still do not know where my feller is buried, but will keep trying, Law is a hard name to search for but Internet explorer helps when going through docs. thanks, Jackie Law in Oregon (Gods Country)

Hey All, Could use some help. I have the marriage of Anna Addison and Charles Odle. They married on November 13, 1897, in Delaware County, Indiana. It is recorded in Book C-12, and on page # 121. Could someone please look up this marriage and tell me who the parents of Anna Addison are? I have a couple unmarried Anna Addison in my tree and I don't know which one this is. Be glad to pay for your time. Thanks a bunch, Lora

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: Bark, Ross, Bradley, Rigby, Brown, Corwin, WILLIAM BARK is assistant general superintendent of the National Tube Company, at Gary, Indiana. This position defines him, as one of the important men in this great industrial center of Northern Indiana. Mr. Bark is a native of Scotland, but came to America when a youth and for forty years has been steadily working toward increased proficiency and ability. He was born in Scotland, March 16, 1867, son of Abraham and Janet (Ross) Bark. His parents spent all their lives in Scotland, where they were educated in the common schools. His father was a lighthouse keeper far many years, located at Strauraer, Scotland. He died at the age of seventy-five and his wife at eighty-four. William Bark was the eleventh in a family of twelve children. After attending public schools he spent four years with the R. A. Hanna Milling Company, learning the flour milling business, and this was his first occupation when coming to America in 1887. He was connected with flourmills at York, Pennsylvania, for three years. At Middletown, Pennsylvania, he had his first active connection with the iron and steel business, spending sixteen years as an employee of the American Tube & Iron Company. During the last ten years of that time he was a foreman in the butt-welding mills. In 1904 he transferred his services to the Reading Coal & Iron Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, becoming general foreman in the tube works, and in May, 1905, went with the National Tube Company in its plant at Lorain, Ohio. He remained there for nineteen years, as superintendent of the butt welding and galvanizing departments. Mr. Bark in 1928 was transferred to the National Tube Company’s plant at Gary, Indiana, becoming superintendent of the pipe mills, and in January, 1929, was promoted to assistant general superintendent of the works, the office he now holds. His home is at 600 Pierce Street in Gary. Mr. Bark is a member of the Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce, Gary Country Club, and is a very popular figure in industrial and social affairs. He is a Republican and a member of the First Presbyterian Church. At Middletown, Pennsylvania, June 15, 1891, he married Miss Matilda Bradley, daughter of John T. and Lea (Rigby) Bradley. Her father was a native of England and though he came to America and lived in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for many years he never renounced his British citizenship. He died in 1914 and his wife in 1904, and both are buried at Middletown. Mrs. Bark attended school in Pennsylvania. She has always been a church worker and is active in the Presbyterian Church and Sunday school at Gary, and a member of several women’s clubs. Mr. And Mrs. Bark have three children, Walter, Earl and Robena. Walter Bark graduated from the high school at Elyria, Ohio, attended Oberlin Academy and is now chief clerk in the pipe works of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Sparrows Point, Maryland. He married Miss Louise Brown, of Baltimore. Earl, the second son, graduated from high school at Elyria, attended the Boston Institute of Technology and was in service with the United States Navy at Boston and at Akron, Ohio, during the World war. He had training in dirigible flying and later was transferred to Montauk Point, Long Island, and commissioned an ensign. He was sent to France and was in dirigible convoy work between Brest and Bordeaux until the end of the war. After the war he was retained in service at Montauk Point, Long Island, for several years and altogether was with the navy for seven years. He was pilot of the dirigible, which flew over New York distributing circulars for the Victory Loan drive and demonstrating the use of wireless for communicating from airships. Later he was stationed at Chatham, and had charge of the work of closing up that station. From there he was sent to Pensacola, Florida, as instructor for dirigibles, was on duty for some time as a pilot at Lakehurst, New Jersey, and was at Norfolk, Virginia, when he resigned. For several years before his resignation he held the rank of lieutenant in the navy. Since his resignation he has lived at Gary, and is foreman in the butt-welding mill. He married Miss Mabel Corwin, and they have two children, Ann Corwin and Earl Bradley. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bark, Robena, is a graduate of the high school of Elyria, Ohio, and lives with her parents at Gary.

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: Bates, Haywood, Laningham, Smith, Ziegler, Graham GERRITT M. BATES is an Indianapolis attorney, a young man of exceptional qualifications for his profession and an Indiana citizen with a background of several generations of worthy and highly respected members of his family in the state. Mr. Bates was born at Mount Comfort in Hancock County, Indiana, September 30, 1903. He is a son of Jeremiah Smith and Daisy Blanche (Haywood) Bates. His great-grand- father Bates was Smith Bates, a native of Massachusetts. As a boy he was bound out to a horse dealer at Cincinnati, and after some years came to Western Indiana and took up land comprising the site of old Fort Harrison. It was at Fort Harrison that Mr. Bates’ grandfather Moses was born. He lived on a farm, but forty years of his life were spent in teaching school. He married a Miss Van Laningham, of Medford, Massachusetts, who was also a schoolteacher. Jeremiah Smith Bates was born at the homestead at Fort Harrison and acquired a good education, attending the Indiana Medical School. However, he yielded to the persuasion of members of his family and the community to teach, and for twenty-five years carried a large burden of educational responsibilities at Mount Comfort. He also served as county assessor. He died in 1928 and his widow now resides at 127 South Bancroft Street in Indianapolis. Daisy Blanche Haywood was born near Charlottesville, Indiana, daughter of Amos and Naomi (Smith) Haywood, who came from Massachusetts and settled in Hancock County at an early date. Gerritt M. Bates attended the grade schools and the Technical High School at Indianapolis, continuing his education through Butler College and the University of Michigan, and in June, 1929, was graduated from the Indiana Law School. Since his admission to the bar he has practiced with offices in the Fletcher Trust Building. He is a member of the House of Representatives during the session 1931 and 1932, Indiana Legislature. He is a Phi Delta Theta and Delta Theta Phi and Tau Kappa Alpha, and has come into considerable prominence as a speaker in political campaigns and has served on Democratic committees. He is a Methodist. Mr. Bates married, February 25, 1927; Miss Cecile Ziegler, who was born at Thorntown, Indiana, daughter of Harry and Flora (Graham) Ziegler.

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: ROTTGER, Entriken, Schurz, Wilbur, Freeborn, Smith, CURTIS H. ROTTGER is a former chairman of the board of the Bell Telephone Company of Indiana at Indianapolis. A complete story of his experience in the telephone industry would be a notable contribution to the history of this distinctly modern method of communication. The first official recognition of the telephone instrument was given at the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876, but even after that several years passed before it was anything more than a toy. Consequently Mr. Rottger when he became night operator of a little exchange at Jacksonville, Illinois, was unconsciously getting into a business whose tremendous future development no one could predict. Mr. Rottger was born at Jacksonville, Illinois, January 16, 1864, son of John and Emma L. (Entriken) Rottger. His father was born in Germany, son of John R. and Wilhelmina Rottger, who left Germany at the time of the failure of the liberal movement in 1848 and came along with Karl Schurz and other distinguished German Americans to this country. Emma L. Entriken was born in Pennsylvania, daughter of Thomas C. and Millicent Entriken, who moved west to Morgan County, Illinois, settling near Murrayville. Mr. Rottger’s grandfathers were farmers. His parents were married at Jacksonville, where his father for many years carried on a successful business as a furniture dealer and undertaker. For one term he was coroner of Morgan County and he served in the Home Guard during the Civil war. John Rottger died in 1904 and his wife and the mother of Curtis H. Rottger passed away in 1872, when her son was eight years old. Curtis H. Rottger attended grade and high schools in Jacksonville and the Brown Business College. On May 8, 1883, immediately after completing his business college course, he accepted a position, which in his most sanguine moments he hardly regarded as opening a career into the larger world of business. A local citizen of Jacksonville, Dr. W. H. H. King, in 1881 had secured from the Bell Telephone Company of Boston five telephone instruments, which served as the nucleus of the first telephone exchange started at Jacksonville. It was a telephone service of extremely limited facilities when Mr. Rottger became night operator in 1883. In time it became one of the units of the organization known as the Central Union Telephone Company, in whose service Mr. Rottger has had many interesting promotions. In March, 1884, he was made manager of the exchange at Paris, Illinois, in January, 1885, was transferred to Muncie, Indiana, in June, 1885, accepted the offer to return to Jacksonville, Illinois, as manager there. In April, 1892, he was made manager of the exchange at Springfield, Illinois, and in 1896 became district manager, with supervision over the telephone exchanges in five counties in Central Illinois. Mr. Rottger in April, 1904, was made general manager of the Central Union properties in the State of Illinois. He has been a resident of Indianapolis since 1920, when he became vice president of the Indiana Telephone Company, and in October, 1921, was advanced to president, serving in that capacity until April 24, 1930, when he was elected chairman of the board of the Indiana Bell Telephone System. Mr. Rottger was also president of the Lebanon Telephone Company, director of the Clay County Telephone Company, director of the Princeton-Indiana Telephone Company, and director of the Sullivan Telephone Company. His long experience and important services make him one of the outstanding men in the telephone industry in the Middle West. Mr. Rottger married, June 30, 1887, Miss Agnes J. Wilbur, who was born at Exeter, Scott County, Illinois, daughter of William and Ruth L. (Freeborn) Wilbur. Her father was born in Illinois, and her mother came from Maysville, Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Rottger have a son, Russel Curtis, now vice president of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company at Indianapolis. Russel C. Rottger married Florence Smith, of Oak Park, Illinois, and has a daughter, Rosemary Jane. Mr. Rottger is a member of the Central Christian Church of Indianapolis. While living at Jacksonville, Illinois, he was a member of the board of aldermen for two years, 1890-91. He is a Republican, a Knight Templar and thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner, member of the Knights of Pythias and B. P. 0. Elks, is a director of the Columbia Club of Indianapolis, and a member of the Woodside Country Club and the Rotary Club.

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: Coates, LOWTHER, Oppenheimer, Iglehart, Fairbanks RICHARD L. LOWTHER is a member of the Indianapolis bar, prominent over the state for his able work in conducting Republican campaigns, and his time and abilities are now concentrated on his duties as receiver for the J. F. Wilds Bank at Indianapolis. Mr. Lowther, whose office is in the Continental Bank Building, was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1883. His parents, William and Hannah Mary (Coates) Lowther, were born in Newcastle, England, were married there and in 1875 came to the United States and located at Pittsburgh. His father for many years was in business as a general contractor. He died in 1919 and his wife in 1900. Richard L. Lowther acquired his grade and high school education in Pennsylvania and Indiana, and at an early age became self-supporting and completed his training for the bar in the intervals of working for his livelihood. As a young man he became an expert stenographer, and in 1915 was made reporter for the Marion County Probate Court in Indianapolis. He performed the duties of that position for ten years. In the meantime he was studying law in night classes of the Benjamin Harrison Law School, was graduated LL. B. in 1920, and in 1925, after giving up his work for the Probate Court, formed a partnership with U. S. Lesh, former attorney general of Indianapolis. Mr. Lowther on August 8, 1927, was appointed with E. H. Iglehart joint receiver of the J. F. Wilds Bank. Mr. Iglehart resigned August 7, 1928, and since then Mr. Lowther has handled all the work in connection with the receivership. He has been interested in politics since reaching his majority, and has shown an unusual capacity for handling the work of political campaigns. He is a Republican. In the 1916 campaign he acted as private secretary to Charles W. Fairbanks, then candidate for vice president with Justice Hughes. In 1920 Mr. Lowther had charge of the Harding Club of Indianapolis and did some notable work in that campaign. Mr. Lowther is a member of the Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations, the Columbia Club, is a Royal Arch Mason, member of the Lodge and Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and B. P. 0. Elks. He and his family are Presbyterians. He married, May 8, 1909, Janet Regene Oppenheimer, who was born at Bridgeport, Ohio. Her parents, Samuel and Sophie Oppenheimer, came from Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Lowther have two children: Richard J., born in 1911, a student in DePauw University; and Regene, born in 1915, attending the Shortridge High School at Indianapolis. The family reside at 5540 Central Avenue.

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This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: Hartinan, GUTZWILLER, Hartinan, WILLIAM A. GUTZWILLER. The contracting and building interests of Batesville have a worthy representative in William A. Gutzwiller, owner and general manager of the W. A. Gutzwiller Company. Under his able and energetic direction this concern has erected some of the finest, most beautiful and most substantial residences and business and public buildings at Batesville and in the surrounding communities, and in addition has built up a large business in the handling of all kinds of building material and supplies. Mr. Gutzwiller was born at Sunman, Ripley County, Indiana, in 1892, and is a son of Martin and Elizabeth (Hartinan) Gutzwiller. His paternal grandfather was John Gutzwiller, who was born in Switzerland and as a young man, eighteen years of age, came to the United States with his father and settled in Dearborn County, Indiana, in 1832. Both were carpenters. Martin Gutzwiller was born in Dearborn County, where he was reared and educated, and as a youth applied himself to the carpenter trade, which he followed throughout his life. For a number of years he was employed at his vocation at Sunman where he died in 1900. One of a family of six children, William A. Gutzwiller was only seven years of age at the time of his father’s death, and his educational training was intermittent and confined to the public schools of Sunman. At the age of seventeen years he began to work as a carpenter, and continued to be thus employed until 1915, when he became identified with the lumber business. In 1918 he disposed of his interests and enlisted in a branch of the United States Medical Corps for service during the World war, but was put at engineering work and was in France for one year. He saw thirty-three days of active service at the front, as corporal of the Thirty-fourth Company, Seventh Division, A. E. F., and after the armistice accompanied his command to Germany, returning in August, 1919, to the United States, where he received his honorable discharge. Locating at Batesville, Mr. Gutzwiller engaged in a general contracting business until the spring of 1924, when he added the building supply business and organized the firm of W. A. Gutzwiller Company, contractors and dealers in all kinds of building materials. Among the many important contracts carried to a successful completion by this firm have been a school at New Alsace, Dearborn County; Saint Louis School Batesville; the Batesville High School; Saint Mary’s School, Greensburg; Saint Joseph s School, Shelbyville; Saint Mary’s School, Rushville; Saint Gabrielle’s School, Connersville; the grade and high schools at New Salem; the grade and high schools at Sunman; the senior high school at Madison; Batesville Memorial Building; Saint Martin’s Church, Yorkville; grade and high school at Milan; high school at Jeffersonville; Oldenburg sch ool, Oldenburg, Indiana, and numerous industrial plants, residences and public and business buildings throughout this section. Mr. Gutzwiller has a splendid reputation in business circles because of the capable and prompt manner in which he carries out his contracts. He is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce and has belonged to the board of directors of that body for four years, and has also served as city chairman of Batesville. For four years he was commander of the local post of the American Legion, and is also a leading member of the Knights of Columbus. The firm of W. A. Gutzwiller Company has warehouse space and yards at John and East Pearl streets, with a storage space of 40,000 square feet, and carries a complete line of building material. The offices of the company are located in the First National Bank Building.

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: Travis, Brand, Powell, Closser, Bonaparte, Churchhill, Muller, McGowan, Mansfield, HON. JULIUS C. Travis since 1921 has been an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana. Mr. Travis still retains his home at LaPorte, where he is known for his diversity of interests, business as well as professional, and it was in Northern Indiana that he laid the foundation of his very successful career as a lawyer. Judge Travis was born in Pleasant Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, July 31, 1868 where his people since pioneer times have been factors in the history of LaPorte County and that section of Northern Indiana. Prior to coming to Indiana his Travis forefathers lived in New York State, at the community of Sleepy Hollow. A son of Joshua Travis was John Travis, who moved to Western New York, living in Chautauqua County. He and his wife, Sally, reared a family of nine children. Curtis Travis, grandfather of Judge Travis, was a son of John and Sally and was born at Sleepy Hollow, New York. In 1882 came west from Chautauqua County, locating in LaPorte County, and was one of the first settlers there. He entered a Government homestead, and by his individual labors improved a farm from a portion of the wilderness. There he lived, earning and enjoying he respect of his neighbors and in many ways impressed his abilities and influence on the community. He started and operated one of the first saw mills in Northern Indiana. In religion he was a Methodist Protestant. He was sufficiently interested in his religion to take active steps to establish a church and secure preaching services. In his sawmill he made the lumber for the construction of the first church of that denomination and also built a parsonage. He went to New York and secured a preacher, who soon moved away, and he secured another preacher in the same way. Curtis Travis had a great love for fine horses, a trait which has been characteristic of the family for generations. He owned several fine stallions and was one of the leading breeders in that section of Indiana. The parents of Judge Travis were Wesley and Mary Rebecca (Brand) Travis. His father was born in LaPorte County, in 1835, and died in 1902, at the age of sixty-seven. His mother was born in Chautauqua County, New York, and died in 1919, at the age of eighty-seven. She was a daughter of Morrell and Sarah (Powell) Brand, natives of New York City, and granddaughter of Samuel Brand, of New York City, whose father, Benjamin Brand, was a native of England, followed the sea, became captain of a vessel and lost his life when he went down with his ship. Mary Rebecca Brand was well educated in New York and came to Indiana to teach school. Here she met and married Wesley Travis and left school work to become the wife of a farmer. Julius Curtis Travis attended township grade and high school in LaPorte and in 1888 entered the University of Michigan, where he studied in the literary department and in 1894 was graduated LL. B. He began practice in the City of LaPorte, in 1894; during 1898-99 he served as prosecuting attorney of the Thirty-second Judicial Circuit, being appointed by Governor Mount. He was also a member of the City Council, city attorney, and by appointment served four years as county attorney, resigning to go on the Supreme Bench in January, 1921. He was for ten years secretary of the LaPorte County Republican county committee, and later was chairman, being a member of the committee altogether for twenty-one years. Judge Travis is a member of the LaPorte County, Indiana State and American Bar Associations, the American Law Institute. In 1892 he helped organize and became the second secretary of the American Republican College League. Along with a busy law practice Judge Travis has had a part in the commercial and industrial life of his hometown. In 1902 he started the Rustic Hickory Furniture Company at LaPorte, serving as president until 1922 and is still a director of the company. He organized in 1912 the LaPorte Lumber & Coal Company and was its treasurer until 1921 and is now president. In 1919 he organized the Peterson Hardware Company of LaPorte and has served it as secretary. His chief hobby is live stock farming. He owns a 420-acre stock farm in LaPorte County and up to 1926 gave it his personal supervision. For several years he was a breeder of Shropshire sheep, but the farm is best known for its herd of pure bred registered Shorthorn cattle. Judge Travis married, September 10, 1896, Miss Ethel Rebecca Closser, of LaPorte. She is a daughter of Jerome Bonaparte, a native of LaPorte County, and Ophelia Viola (Churchhill) Closser, a native of New York. His grandfather, Nicholas Closser, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1812. In 1815 the Closser family moved to Warren County, Ohio, and in 1825 to Indianapolis, where Nicholas Closser became a pupil in the first Sunday school organized in Marion County. Afterwards he moved to Northern Indiana and became a farmer in LaPorte County. Judge and Mrs. Travis have four children. -The oldest, Dr. Richard Churchill, was educated in the University of Michigan and is now a practicing physician at Reading, Pennsylvania. He married Audrey Muller, of Baltimore. The daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of Malcolm E. McGowan, formerly of Steubenville, Ohio, who now operates a dude ranch located a hundred miles northwest of Lander, Wyoming. Howard Powell Travis is a graduate of Howard College and Harvard Law School, and is practicing law at Indianapolis. He married Pauline Mansfield and has two children, Howard Powell and Curtis Sumner. Julius Curtis Travis, Jr., was a student in the Park Preparatory School at Indianapolis, and is now a student of Lake Forest Academy. Judge Travis is a Swedenborgian in religious belief and served as an official of the church at LaPorte. He is a member of the Kappa Sigma, Knights of Pythias, and the Columbia Club of Indianapolis

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: Petersen, Weber, Clementz, HANS C. PETERSEN has been a resident of Gary for many years, a quiet and efficient citizen and businessman, and well deserves the sincere esteem in which he is held. He was born in Denmark, September 9, 1868. His parents, Hans and Loraine (Weber) Petersen, lived all their lives in Denmark. His father was a contractor. They are buried at Home, on the Island of Fyn, Denmark. In their family of eight children Hans C. was sixth. Mr. Petersen attended school in Denmark, getting a substantial general education and also, in 1890, received a diploma from the University of Copenhagen, so that he was well equipped for a life of usefulness when he arrived in America in 1891. The first year in this country was spent at Omaha. At Chicago he became clerk in a drug store, and later entered business of his own as a chemical manufacturer. In 1901 he sold out his interests in Chicago and spent the next seven years in the far North, in the gold mining regions of Alaska, but in 1902 his sojourn in the North was interrupted by a few months in Denmark. In 1908 he returned to Chicago, again became connected with the drug business and in 1910 moved to Gary, where for twenty years his store has been one of the recognized institutions of the city. He took his degree as a registered pharmacist from the State Board of Pharmacy in Illinois in 1891. His store is at the corner of Eleventh and Roosevelt streets, and he owns other valuable property in the city. Mr. Petersen was for fifteen years, until 1927, clerk in charge of the Tolliston branch post office. He is a Master Mason, being affiliated with Ben Hur Lodge No. 118, A. F. and A. M., in Chicago. He is a member of the Lincoln Hill Country Club, is a Republican and of the Lutheran faith, though he attends the Presbyterian Church in Gary. Mr. Petersen married at Chicago, April 15, 1893, Miss Lucca S. F. Clementz, who was born in Iceland and was reared in Denmark. Part of her education was acquired in private schools in Chicago. She is a Presbyterian, a member of the Eastern Star and White Shrine of Jerusalem. They have two children, Charles C. and Esther. The son, Charles, attended public schools of Gary, graduated from the Hammond High School and is now with the J. C. Kramer Music Company of Gary. He is married and he and his wife, Sadie, have two daughters, Charlotte and Esther. Miss Esther Petersen graduated from the Emerson High School in 1927 and from the Gary Business College, and is now clerk in the treasurer’s office. Mr. Petersen during the World war, because of his connection with the branch post office, had much to do with the promotion of the Savings Stamp drive and was also interested in the Liberty Loan campaigns.

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Has anybody ever heard of this cemetery? my ancestor John Matson LAW was supposed to have been buried there he died in 1852 all the info that was given to me says in Madison Indiana, I am new to searching in Indiana, is Madison the county or the town? thanks for any help, Jackie

On the 1860 Indiana Census, White Water Township Anna Gibson, 17, b. in IN Living with: John Stallcup, 58 VA Mary Stallcup, 59, NY Walter Stallcup, 22, IN Wesley Stallcup, 20, IN Diane

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography are LEFFLER, Davis, ELTON F. LEFFLER, attorney, in the Meyer Kiser Bank Building at Indianapolis, has worked his way to a successful position in his profession, having learned the lessons of initiative and independence while a boy in school. Mr. Leffler was born at Saint Paul, Decatur County, Indiana, November 19, 1899, son of George L. and Margaret (Davis) Leffler. His father was a mechanic. Elton Leffler received the advantages of the local common and high schools and on coming to Indianapolis studied for one year in Butler College. He is a graduate of the Indiana Law School and for six months before graduating was doing work in the legal department of the Meyer-Kiser Bank. He now handles the legal affairs of that institution and is also carrying on a steadily growing general practice. Mr. Leffler is unmarried. He is a Republican, a member of the Christian Church, the Columbia Club and the Sigma Delta Kappa fraternity. He resides at 1503 North Pennsylvania Street.

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. I don't know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography are: Roller, Pagan, Payne, Knetemeier, RUDOLPH J. ROLLER, Indianapolis attorney, was born in that city October 1, 1887, and has practiced law there for twenty years. Mr. Roller is a son of John J. and Ina (Pagan) Roller. His father was born in Germany and his mother in Switzerland, and they were married in Indianapolis, where they lived out their lives. Rudolph J. Roller attended the grade and high schools of Indianapolis and in 1911 was graduated from the Indianapolis College of Law. He immediately began the work of his profession, and has specialized in the practice of probate and real estate law. He has handled a large volume of important work for individual clients and business corporations. His law offices are in the Knights of Pythias Building. Mr. Roller is a member of the Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations. He has not been active in politics, though he served for a time as deputy prosecuting attorney. He married in 1915 Miss Nellie A. Payne, also a native of Indianapolis, and daughter of Henry W. and Fannie W. (Knetemeier) Payne. Her father was born in Germany and her mother at Indianapolis. Mr. Roller is a member of the Reformed Church, is a Democrat, a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner and a member of the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Improved Order of Red Men. He resides at Seventy-fifth Street and Central Avenue.

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography are: Beasley, Rogers, Williams, Mitchell, Fender, Beasley, Evans, Steers, Klee, Bert BEASLEY, a member of the Indiana bar since 1904, formerly practiced at Terre Haute, but now has his offices in the new City Trust Building at Indianapolis, and among other professional connections represents the legal department of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Pacific Railroad in Indiana. Mr. Beasley was born near Shelburn, Sullivan County, Indiana, January 22, 1878. He is a son of Samuel and Lucy F. (Rogers) Beasley, grandson of Ephraim and Sarah (Williams) Beasley, and William and Sarah Ann (Mitchell) Rogers, and great-grandson of Alexander and Frances (Fender) Beasley. His great great-grandfather, Vinson Williams, came to Indiana in 1818 and was one of the prominent pioneers of Lawrence County, serving as major of militia, as a member of the State Legislature. Tie was a son of Richard Williams, who served with the North Carolina militiamen in the War of the Revolution. Both the Williams and Beasley families came from the Carolinas, crossing over the mountains into Western Tennessee and Kentucky. Alexander Beasley entered Government land in Lawrence County in 1820. Ephraim Beasley was born in Lawrence County, while the father of Bert Beasley, Samuel, was born near Linton in Greene County, Indiana. Lucy F. Rogers was born at Maysville, Kentucky, and her parents came to Indiana as refugees at the time of the Civil war. William Rogers was a bridge builder and farmer. Samuel Beasley was born in 1852 and has spent his active life as a farmer. He is now living near Sulphur Springs, Texas. His wife died November 20, 1919. Bert Beasley grew up on a farm in Sullivan County, attended school at Shelburn and high school at Hymera, and the first occupation of his early manhood was teaching. He taught in Sullivan County from 1896 to 1902. Mr. Beasley finished his law course in the Indiana Law School and on June 17, 1904, was admitted to the bar. For ten years he practiced in Terre Haute, with the firm of Lamb, Beasley & Sawyer, and in 1914 joined the law firm of Beasley, Doughitt, Crawford & Beasley. He was a member of this partnership until July 1, 1927, when he was appointed solicitor for the State of Indiana for the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul & Pacific Railroad Company, and at that time moved his offices to Indianapolis, where he is also a member of the law firm Fenton, Steers, Beasley & Klee. Mr. Beasley married, December 29, 1904, Miss Mary Evans, who was born near Pameroy, Ohio, daughter of William E. and Catherine (Valentine) Evans. Her father was born in Wales and her mother in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Beasley have four children: Lois, a student and teacher of music at Terre Haute; Lucy Elizabeth, in high school; John Byron and Julia Betty, twins, pupils in grade school. Mr. Beasley was an elder of the Presbyterian Church at Terre Haute. He is a Democrat, member of the Knights of Pythias and B. P. 0. Elks, the Exchange Club and the Indianapolis and Indiana Bar Associations.

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography are: Born, Gottscho, Weil, Salus, ISAAC BORN, Indianapolis attorney, is regarded as one of the most competent legal authorities on transportation issues in the Middle West. Mr. Born was born at Lafayette, Indiana, March 2, 1872, son of Samuel and Therese (Gottscho) Born, natives of Germany. His father was a grain merchant. Isaac Born was educated in the grade and high schools of Lafayette, in Purdue University and also had the advantages of foreign travel and was a university student in Germany. Mr. Born was admitted to the bar in 1893. In the course of his professional career he has practiced in different localities and in 1910 established his home at Indianapolis, first practicing with offices in the Majestic Building and now in the Occidental Building. For a number of years he has specialized in railroad law and has appeared in nearly every large case involving railway transportation in the Middle West. Mr. Born married in 1896 Bertha Weil, of Rockport, Indiana. They have two children, Therese, wife of Herbert W. Salus, of Philadelphia, and Ferdinand, a lawyer associated with his father in practice. Mr. Born and family are members of the Jewish Congregation. He is a Democrat, a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Academy of Music and numerous social and civic organizations. He and his family reside at 533 South Central Court.