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