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James Dupont Adams (1887-1966) —
also known as James D. Adams —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.
Born in Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind., July 2,
1887.
Democrat. President, Citizens State Bank;
among the organizers of Columbia Woolen Mills;
publisher, Columbia City Post newspaper;
owner of movie
theaters; president, Whitley County Telephone Co.,
1912-26; cattle
breeder; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary;
American
Bankers Association.
Died in August, 1966
(age 79
years, 0 days).
Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, Columbia City, Ind.
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Robert Mitchell Allen (1877-1920) —
also known as Robert M. Allen —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
19, 1877.
Republican. Telephone inspector; appraiser;
real
estate business; candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1915.
Died, from kidney
complications, in Clara Barton Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
20, 1920 (age 42 years, 184
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Henry A. Barnhart (1858-1934) —
of Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born near Twelve Mile, Cass
County, Ind., September
11, 1858.
Democrat. School
teacher; Fulton
County Surveyor, 1885-87; newspaper
editor and publisher; president, Rochester Telephone Co.
from 1896; president, National Telephone Association, 1901-03;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1908-19.
Died in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., March
26, 1934 (age 75 years, 196
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
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Hugh A. Barnhart (1892-1986) —
of Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., July 14,
1892.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; president, Rochester Telephone Co.; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in 1986
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
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Loren Murphy Berry (1888-1980) —
also known as Loren M. Berry; "Mr. Yellow
Pages" —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., July 24,
1888.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; advertising
salesman who popularized the Yellow Pages business section in
telephone directories nationwide; founded L. M. Berry Co.;
director of telephone companies; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Ohio; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1960,
1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Elected to Telephone Hall of
Fame in 1982.
Died in Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio, February
10, 1980 (age 91 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Allen J. Flannigan (b. 1909) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind., June 9,
1909.
Democrat. Telegraph operator; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; toolgrinder;
committeeman
of Steelworkers Local 1114, 1948-56; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 7th District, 1957-66.
Member, United
Steelworkers of America.
Burial location unknown.
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William Job (1864-1952) —
of Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo.
Born in Fillmore, Putnam
County, Ind., November
15, 1864.
Democrat. Farmer; one
of the organizers of the Farmers' Mutual Telephone Company at
Maryville, Mo.; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Nodaway County, 1917-20,
1923-34; defeated, 1920, 1942.
Died in Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo., December
5, 1952 (age 88 years, 20
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Augustus Manning (1864-1942) —
also known as Isaac A. Manning —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Abington, Wayne
County, Ind., January
14, 1864.
Republican. Telegraph operator; newspaper
reporter; real
estate and insurance
business; coffee
planter;
U.S. Consular Agent in Matagalpa, 1899-1905; U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1907-09; La Guaira, 1909-11; Barranquilla, 1911-16.
Congregationalist.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
17, 1942 (age 78 years, 337
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Frank A. Strehl (b. 1889) —
of Owensville, Gibson
County, Ind.
Born in Gibson
County, Ind., October
13, 1889.
Democrat. Railway
station agent; insurance
business; chair of
Gibson County Democratic Party, 1932-44; president, Owensville
Telephone Corporation.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order
of Railroad Telegraphers.
Burial location unknown.
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William Robert Wood (1861-1933) —
also known as William R. Wood; Will R.
Wood —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Oxford, Benton
County, Ind., January
5, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of J.
Frank Hanly; director and attorney, City National Bank;
director, Lafayette Telephone Co.; Tippecanoe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1890-94; member of Indiana
state senate, 1896-1914; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1912,
1928
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1915-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1933
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Spring
Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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