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The Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company was founded in 1857 by Henry and <br />Clem Studebaker. The company originally produced wagons and wagon parts, eventually <br />evolving into an automobile manufacturer. Aside from its extremely successful <br />manufacturing business the Studebaker Brothers Company also dabbled in real estate, <br />platting the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Subdivision of Bank Out Lot 112 in <br />1900, led by Clem Studebaker Sr. [5] <br />The St. Joseph Agricultural Society, a society of prominent businessmen and area farmers, <br />led by its president, Eli Wade, and secretary, J. Benjamin Birdsell, platted the Agricultural <br />Society Subdivision of BOL 112 in 1891. The society was formed for the purpose of <br />holding fairs on County purchased land to promote farming. Mr. Wade was a pioneer <br />and prominent citizen of New Carlisle, he made his living as a very successful farmer, <br />owning over 180 acres. [5] Mr. J. Benjamin Birdsell was the secretary of the society and <br />president of the Birdsell Manufacturing Company, a corporation known throughout the <br />world as the largest clover huller factory in existence. [6] <br />The Cushing and Lindsey Subdivision of BOL 107, 108 and 109, was platted in 1892 <br />by Albert G. Cushing, Charles T. U Lydia Lindsey, Edwin K. Lindsey, Lelia & Edgar <br />Sisson and Alma and David Hunstinger. Albert Cushing arrived in South Bend in 1849, <br />he purchased the Dwight Deming drug business in 1852 and renamed it Cushing 8t <br />Company. Mr. Cushing was a prominent South Bend citizen, he was successful in the <br />drug trade and made lucrative real estate ventures on the side. Mr. Cushing teamed up <br />with the Lindsey family in 1892 to plat a new subdivision along the west side of Cushing <br />street. The Lindsey family was headed by the eldest brother, Charles T. Lindsey, one of <br />South Bends most prominent businessmen. He was the cashier of the Citizen's National <br />Bank and president of the Citizen's Loan, Trust and Savings Company. [5] <br />The Miller's Subdivision of BOL 113 was platted in 1875 by William Miller and his son <br />Horace G. Miller. Mr. Miller was born in 1809 in Virginia, his family moved to Indiana <br />in 1810. Mr. Miller married Mary Miller, daughter of Col. John Miller in 1812. He <br />and his wife moved to St. Joseph County in 1833 and engaged in farming. His farm <br />quickly became noted as the most productive on Portage Prairie. Mr. Miller was an <br />industrious farmer as well as father, he sired nine children. The oldest child was, John F. <br />Miller, a major - general during the Civil War. Shortly after William Miller's arrival here he <br />was nominated justice of the peace, an office he held for many years. In 1844 he was <br />elected to the legislature which he held for three terms. In 1958 Mr. 8L Mrs. Miller <br />moved to South Bend to retire from arduous farm life. However, he did not remain idle, <br />he spent the last years of his life holding public office and promoting South Bends <br />attributes to prospective manufacturers. Mr. Miller's son, Horace Greeley Miller, took <br />over the ownership and sale of William Miller's holdings when his father died in 1879. <br />Horace held several positions after he graduated from Monmouth College in 1870. <br />3 <br />
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