The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15
D. W. MINSHALL Is DEAD
EMINENT TERRE HAUTFs CAPITALIST
PASSES QUIETLY AWAY.
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Minshall. whose alarming illness for some
time past has caused his friends to antici-
pate a fatal ending. died at 10 o'clock this
morning at his home here. He had been
In feeble health for several months. with
short periods of rallying in which he
showed great recUperative powers Mr.
Minshall was reputed to be the wealtbiest
man in western Indiana, and left an estate
estimated at over 100000 Among his
larger holdings was his investment in the
indianapolis Stockyards Company, said 20
amount TO $4,000.
Mr.. MinshaH has been generally REGARDED
by the public OF Terre Haute as a success
lul business man. Comparatively few per-
soHs hneW MIN as the close and analytical
STUDENT OF public affairs. local and national.
IN the past ten or fifteen years while he
was not actively engaged I'm business he
was I great reader of the higher class of
literature. Ordinarily taken for a man
OF reserve he was nevertheless a conversa-
uonallst OF rare charm and with rich
;,pPIecld'ioh or humor. Last spring. when
ne gave 10 DE Pauw University $4,000 for
laboratory. he was asked by a reporter
ABOUT the gift In his characteristic way
ne said he had been informed as TO tie
needs OF the university in that direction
ana as ne had the money TO give, he simply
made the gift. Much in the same way
AoA 1pAAt ytdIS ne udQ Deen giving nDeTdllV
70 the local Society for Organized Charity
About a year ago he walked to the east
enc or the city, where a Bal tist minister
had established mission He had heard
or the good work being done there and
calling the minister 10 the sidewalk he
handed him 800 with the obligation that
no word Of the gift was to be made public
Last spring Mr.. Minshall was very ILL.,
but rallied and was able to go TO Nan
tucket where for some years he had spen.
his summers. Speaking with a friend the
first day he was able to be out of the
house before starting East, he said: Il
was Just that close 10 death that | real
lied that | could turn my face TO one side
and, yielding, all would be over, and then
1t occurred TO me that would be cowardly
and / quickly turned my face the other
way. and here I am"
Mr.. Minshall was born in November of
1923. I'm Franklin county. Pennsylvania and
ployment in store, of which he became
part proprietor five years later. In 1860 he
was in business for himself, and in 1866 he
became president of the First National
Bank Later he left the First National
and became associated with w r. McKeen
in a private bank and was the principal
manager of the bank until 1877, when he re-
tired from active business affairs. In 1879 he
accepted the position of internal revenue
collector and served in that capacity until
1888. In 1856 Mr.. Mnshall married Miss
Sarah Seibert. of Chambersburg. Pa, his
rative town. There were two children, Miss
Helen Minshall. and Mr.. Charles Minshall.
now secretary and manager of the Standard
Wheel Company. both of whom survive
him. Mrs. Minshall died several years ago.