Bartholomew County IN Archives Biographies.....Springer, Jerome C. 1859 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 21, 2007, 1:17 am Author: B. F. Bowen (1904) p. 204-205 JEROME C. SPRINGER. One of the leading farmers of Rock Creek township is Jerome C. Springer. He was born in Elizabethtown on the 14th of March, 1859, and is a son of Edward and Nancy (Collier) Springer. His father was born in Kentucky on January 2, 1822, and while still quite young left that state and came to the section of Indiana in which he is still living. He has been a prominent and progressive business man, connected with various lines of commercial activity. He has followed carpentering and farming, conducting a sawmill, a flouring mill, a store and has engaged in banking. For forty years he conducted a general store at Elizabethtown and is now the oldest resident of that place. He helped to build the first line of railroad in this state, having a contract for seven miles, and his activity in commercial and industrial circles proved of marked value to the community in advancing general prosperity, while at the same time it gained for him a creditable success. At the present time he is the president of the Farmers and Merchants' Bank of Elizabethtown, A man of excellent business ability, his activity has touched upon many lines and he has carried forward to successful completion whatever he has undertaken. Mr. Springer votes with the Republican party and is stanch and unfaltering in his views, yet he has not given allegiance to the party with the hope of enjoying the rewards of office. It is a matter of principle with him as he is guided in everything that he does. He belongs to the Christian church and is a man of unfaltering honesty. Unto him and his wife have been born four children: Clara, who is the wife of William E. Moffat, a farmer and the vice-president of the Farmers and Merchants' Bank; William E., who married Allie Clist and is the cashier in this bank: Nettie, who is the wife of D. M. Branham, a merchant of Elizabethtown; and Jerome, of this review. In taking up the personal history of Jerome C. Springer we present to our readers the life record of one who is widely and favorably known in Bartholomew county, for his entire life has been passed within its borders and his record has been as an open book which all might read. He was trained to habits of industry, economy and honesty under his father's direction and these have proven factors in his successful career. He possesses resolution and strength of character and along legitimate lines has won prosperity. He has two hundred and fifty-five acres of valuable land, nearly all of which is under cultivation. He carries on general farming and raises Duroc-Jersey hogs. His farm is one of the best in the county, with modern buildings and well-equipped with all desired conveniences and accessories. In fact, it is one of the best farms in the county, as he is one of its most progressive farmers. On the 9th of November, 1880, occurred the marriage of Mr. Springer and Miss Elizabeth Shirk, a daughter of David C. and Jennie (Hill) Shirk. The father was born in Franklin county, Indiana, in August, 1835, and is now living at Logansport. He was a leading merchant at Columbus, where he carried on business for five years. He also owned the farm upon which the subject now resides and which he largely developed from its wilderness condition. He owned a factory at Kokomo and there engaged in the manufacture of headings until a fire destroyed his plant, entailing heavy loss. He later established a similar factory at Logansport, but a few years later, in 1893, this was also destroyed by fire, greatly crippling him financially. Mr. Shirk now owns a grain elevator at Hoover, Indiana, which he is successfully conducting. Unto him and his wife have been born five children: Edward, who married Lydia Oiler and resides in Logansport; Linnie, the wife cf Forest West, M. D., of Everett, Washington; Samuel, of Greensburg, Indiana; Jennie, a resident of Indianapolis; and Mrs. Springer. In his political views her father is a Republican. He belongs to the Baptist church, taking an active and helpful part in its work, and is also associated with the Masonic fraternity. Mr. and Mrs. Springer have one son, Edward, whose birth occurred on the 19th of March, 1884. He was graduated from the high school in 1902 and is a student in Butler University. Mr. Springer exercises his right of-franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party and is deeply interested in its success and welfare. Fraternally, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias and to the Masonic order. What he has accomplished has come to him through his own energy and he is today one of the county's most active and influential farmers. Additional Comments: Extracted from BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INDIANA INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA ILLUSTRATED 1904 B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/bartholomew/bios/springer688gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 5.4 Kb