Bartholomew-Marion County IN Archives Biographies.....Volland, Fred 1845 - 
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

p. 198-200

FRED VOLLAND.

   Fred Volland, well known in business circles in Columbus as a man of ability,
straightforward and trustworthy, is a native of Prussia, his birth having
occurred in that land on the 4th of November, 1845. His father was reared in
Prussia and became a merchant and well known business man of that locality where
he spent his entire life. In his youth Mr. Volland received good educational
privileges and is a graduate of the school of Rinteln, province Hessia, Germany,
having completed the literary course. He afterward pursued a commercial course
and was thus well qualified for the arduous and responsible duties of a business
career. He afterward entered upon an apprenticeship in a hardware store for four
years and duing [sic] the geater [sic] part of his life he has been connected
with the same line of trade. When a young man of twenty-three, being desirous of
establishing his home in the new world, he sailed for America, taking passage on
a westward-bound vessel in 1866. At length the destination was safely reached
and Mr. Volland continued on his journey toward the interior of the country,
first locating in Indianapolis, Indiana. There he was employed as a dry-goods
clerk for two years, after which he went to California, in which state he
remained for one year. In 1869 he again came to Indiana and located in Columbus,
where he opened a hardware store which he has since conducted. He had little
capital, but he possessed courage and resolution, and gradually he increased his
stock in order to meet the growing demands of his trade. He also gained an
excellent reputation for honesty and upright dealing and because of this and his
enterprise and progressive methods he has built up a business which is now large
and profitable. He carries a full and complete stock of hardware and also farm
implements, having a store on Washington street in a large brick building. He
also has a large warehouse and keeps on hand an extensive reserved stock.

   In 1874 occurred the marriage of Mr. Volland and Miss Mary Roesgen, who was
born in this country but is of German lineage. They have become the parents of a
son and two daughters: Carl, who is a graduate of the high school of Columbus,
is now serving as city clerk; Emma, likewise a graduate here, has also been a
student in the schools of Indianapolis, where she has taken kindergarten work
and is now teacher in charge of the northern kindergarten school of the city
schools of Columbus, Indiana, and Lillian is a graduate of the Columbus schools;
the family is one of which the parents have every reason to be proud. All are
attendant on the services of the German Lutheran church.

   In his social relations Mr. Volland is a member of the tribe of Ben Hur and
is an Odd Fellow, belonging to the lodges in Columbus, and in politics he is an
unswerving Democrat, but has never sought office as the reward for party fealty.
In 1891 he paid a visit to his native country, again looking upon the scenes
amid which his youth was passed and renewing the friendships of his boyhood. The
trip was very enjoyable, but he gladly returned to the new world, for he is a
most devoted and loyal son of his adopted country. In the control of extensive
business interests he has displayed marked capabilities and gradually has
advanced until he is now one of the prosperous men of the community. It is with
pleasure that we contemplate the life history of such a man as Fred Volland, for
his record shows the force of upright character and of unremitting diligence. He
has placed his dependence upon characteristics that everywhere command respect
and confidence and as the architect of his own fortunes he has builded wisely
and well. He is today the oldest hardware merchant of the city, his
identification with business interests here dating back to 1869, and there is no
man in all the trade circles of Columbus more deserving of a high place in
public regard.


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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER

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