Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Eder, George M. 1868 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

GEORGE M. EDER.

    George M. Eder, cigar manufacturer at 205 South Hohman street, Hammond, has
been a successful business man in Lake county for a number of years, having
learned his trade when a boy and having begun the manufacture of cigars in Crown
Point about thirty years ago. There is a large and steady demand for all the
goods that he can produce, and his output has gained him quite a reputation.
Before coming to Hammond he held a number of important local offices, and his
public-spirited interest in general affairs and his loyalty to home, city and
state mark him out as a representative citizen as he is also a man of highest
integrity and sterling personal worth.

    Mr. Eder was born in Landau, Bavaria, Germany, April 22, 1855. His paternal
grandfather, Martin Eder, was a farmer and died in Germany when an old man. By
his wife, Mary Eder, he had seven sons and one daughter. Mr. Eder's maternal
grandfather died in Germany during middle life, and his wife, Theressa Huber,
lived to the great age of ninety-six years, they having been the parents of only
one child, the mother of Mr. Eder.

    Mr. Eder's parents were John B. and Theressa (Huber) Eder, both natives of
Germany. His father was a laborer in the fatherland, and later served for twelve
years in the Bavarian army. He came to America in 1855, locating in Chicago,
where he followed various pursuits. He was burned out at the Chicago fire in
1871, and in 1873 moved to Crown Point, Indiana, where he died February 3, 1877,
aged sixty-nine years. His wife survived him and died at the age of eighty-two.
They were both Catholics. There' were three sons and one daughter in their
family, and the two now living are Joseph, of Crown Point, and George M., of
Hammond.

    Mr. George M. Eder was in infancy when his parents crossed the ocean to
America. He was reared in Chicago, where he attended the public and parochial
schools and learned the cigarmaker's trade, and lived there until 1873, when he
accompanied the rest of the family to Crown Point. He engaged in the manufacture
of cigars at the county seat until his election, in 1890, to the office of
county clerk, which position he occupied for two terms, or eight years. In May,
1903, he moved to Hammond and resumed the manufacture of cigars. He owns his
nice home at 205 South Hohman street, where is also located his factory. Mr.
Eder is a stockholder in the Commercial Bank of Crown Point, and for five years
was vice-president of the bank.

    Mr. Eder was town clerk and treasurer of Crown Point for six years, and was
twice elected township trustee, resigning that office after three years in order
to accept the county clerkship. He has fraternal affiliations with the Catholic
Order of Foresters and the Independent Order of Foresters. He and his wife are
members of the Catholic church.

    September 24, 1878, Mr. Eder married Miss Frances M. Scherer, a daughter of
Peter and Catherine (Young) Scherer. There are seven children of this union,
George J., Edward J., Clarence M., Louis G., Rose M., Daniel and Florence.
George J. is in the employ of the American Express Company; Edward J. is a
lawyer in Hammond; Clarence M. clerks in a grocery store in East Chicago; Louis
G. is attending college in Chicago; and the other three are in the public
schools of Hammond.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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