Excerpt from Pictorial and Biographical Record of La Porte, Porter, Lake and Starke Counties, Indiana: Containing Biographical and Genealogical Records of Leading Men, Women and Prominent Families of the Counties Named, and of Other Portions of the State; Together With a Number of Valuable Portraits The Publishers, with much pleasure, present this beautiful volume to their friends and patrons, for whom it is prepared. It will be found to be a valuable work, full of interesting personal and historical reminiscences of many of the leading families, and many of the most important occurrences in the eventful past of the counties named. Every individual or family sketch was carefully type-written and submitted by mail, or written with pencil and submitted in person by our representative, to a member of the family and, in nearly every instance, was corrected and promptly returned to the Publishers, thus insuring almost absolute accuracy. If mistakes are found in the few sketches that were not returned, the Publishers, though not to blame, stand ready, as is their custom, to correct the same by special errata sheet to be sent to every subscriber. The Publishers wish to call special attention to the fact that, in spite of the hard times and a limited patronage, they have issued a work fully up to their promises, and one of high merit. The illustrations will be found to add very materially to the value of the book. We are satisfied our work will bear the closest scrutiny and sustain our well-known reputation for accuracy and fidelity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.