Milton Simon has been an active member of
the Indianapolis bar
sixteen years. He is member
of one of the
leading law firms of the city
and his
personal abilities have taken him far in his profession and in the
esteem of local citizenship. Mr. Simon was born at Wabash, Indiana,
January 16, 1880, son of Aaron and Helena (Newberger) Simon. He grew up
at Wabash and had a very liberal education preparatory to his chosen
career. He attended grammar and high school at Wabash, graduating from
the latter with honors, from there entered the old and exclusive
preparatory school of Phillips Andover Academy, and did his
collegiate work at Amherst College. His professional
education was acquired in the University of Michigan, from which
he graduated LL. B. in 1902. Since his graduation Mr. Simon has
been in practice at
Indianapolis, first
with the firm of Morris &
Newberger. After
the death of Mr. Morris the
firm was
reorganized as Newberger,
Simon & Davis. Mr.
Simon married in 1905 Miss Rose Morris Haas, daughter of the late
Joseph and Rebecca Haas and a niece of the late Nathan Morris, one of
Indianapolis' prominent lawyers. Mr. Simon is a member of the Columbia
Club, Indianapolis Club, Herron Art Institute, Canoe Club, Independent
Turnverein, Indianapolis Bar Association, Indianapolis Hebrew
Congregation, B'nai B'rith, Theta Delta Chi college fraternity, and a
number of other organizations of social and civic nature. Source:Indiana and Indianans
By Jacob Piatt Dunn, General William Harrison Kemper, 1919
WILLIAM H. ADAMS.
One of the men called to the state
capital as a result of the state election of 1916 was William H. Adams,
a prominent member of the Wabash County bar and formerly vice president
and manager of the Wabash Plain Dealer. Mr. Adams has for a number of
years been influential in republican politics in his section of the
state, but only once before was a candidate for office. In 1916 he was
elected reporter of the Supreme and Appellate courts, and his official
residence is now in Indianapolis. Mr. Adams was born on a farm in
Wabash County, about twelve miles from the City of Wabash, December 5,
1881. He is a son of Richard T. and Lida (Hanley) Adams. Richard T.
Adams was born at Mishawaka, Indiana, June 12, 1849, and for many years
was successfully engaged in farming in Wabash County. He died October
29, 1912. At an early age he was left an orphan by the death of his
parents, John and Lydia Adams, and he grew up as an orphan boy with a
farmer in Chester Township of Wabash County. He had only a limited
education, but became a man of great usefulness both to his family and
to his community. He acquired his first farm in 1886, and passing years
enabled him to accumulate a sufficiency for his own needs and for ample
provision for his family. He always manifested a healthy interest in
public affairs, was a friend of public education and good roads, these
being his hobbies, and for many years was a member of the board of
drainage commissioners. He was active in fraternal affairs and a member
of the Christian Church. On June 31, 1871, Richard T. Adams married
Lida Hanley, daughter of Thomas Hanley. Mrs. Lida Adams is still
living. She was the mother of twelve children, nine alive today. The
sixth in this large family, William
H. Adams during his boyhood had those interests, associations and
occupations of the average Indiana farm boy. He attended the district
schools and afterwards qualified as a teacher, a vocation he followed
to give him means for his higher education. For a time he was principal
of the Liberty Mills School in his native county. He spent two years in
Indiana University, attending law school, and graduated LL. B. in 1906.
Though an active member of the Wabash bar. he gave most of his time to
business. For six years he was in the abstract and loan business at
Wabash and later assisted in organizing the Citizens Savings &
Trust Company of that city, and as a director of the company had charge
of the loan department. Some years ago he and Fred I. King bought the
Wabash Plain Dealer, one of the most influential dailies in Northern
Indiana, and was vice president and manager of the publishing company
until recently.
Mr. Adams first entered politics as a candidate in 1914, when he was
nominated for clerk of the Supreme Court. In 1916 his name was put on
the state ticket and he was elected reporter of the Supreme and
Appellate courts and assumed the duties of that office February 13,
1917. For six years Mr. Adams was secretary of the Lincoln League of
Indiana, and has held various other offices in the same organization.
He is affiliated with the Masonic Order and the Knights of Pythias. In
1910 he married Miss Cornelia E. Strehlow. They have one daughter,
Magdaline.
Source:Indiana and Indianans By Jacob Piatt Dunn, General William
Harrison Kemper, 1919
