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money borrowed for the building Of the
hospital.
1t would be an unending task to attempt
an enumeration Of the instances illustra-
tive Of. Mr.. S~tudebaker's generous and
philanthropic nature. He delighted to DO
good and in a thousand ways by little acts
as well as by deeds which more commonly
find their place in annals he was a helpful
and steadfast friend of mankind. Among
his employees he was greatly beloved.
Neither wealth nor worldly hOnOrs engen-
dered I'm him the slightest trace of ostenta-
ton or assumption Of superiority. He ap-
preciated the enjoyment Of the comforts
sake Of show or display TO excite the envy
Of others were utterly foreign to his ma
ture. His hand grasp and salutation of
good cheer was as freely offered to the
humblest worthy workman as to the titled
and cultured. He was patient and slow to
blame, harsh and unforgiving never, but
quick and generous in praise of service
faithfully rendered.
HIS HOME LIFE.
In his home life none was seen at happier
advantages. To guests he was invariably
urbane, entertaining and hospitable. To his
wife and children he was devotedly affec-
tiopate, considerable and indulgent. He
could scarcely ever allude to the happiness
of his family relations without manifesting
an excess Of feeling. His servants, one and
all, loved him and found it a pleasure as
We'll as a duty to minister to his require
ments.
Mr.. Studebaker was twice married. He
had two children born of his first wife.
They died in infancy and their mother did
not long survive them. He afterward, on
Sept. 10. 1862, married the eldest daughter
Of the late George Milburn, president of
the Milburn Wagon Company, then of
To them were born three chill
dren, George NJ. Studebaker. colonel of the
Observation-Disclosures Indiana Reg
iment during the Spanish-American war
and secretary of the Studebaker Brothers
Manufacturing Company; Clement Stude-
baker, jr, cashier of the Studebaker COM
pany, and Mrs. Charles Arthur Carlisle,
whose husband is at the head of the Stude-
baker purchasing department.
The widow and three children survive to
whom living they loved with the tenderest
affection and whose memory, now that he
is gone, they will venerate and cherish as
a precious and undying legacy. Besides the
baker, there also remain three sisters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Witwer and the Misses Rebecca
and Maria Studebaker. all Of South Bend;
Mr.. Studebaker's affection for his family,
his domestic tastes and his love of home
were indicated strongly when he con-
structed Tippecanoe place, the magnificent
stone mansion on West Washington street,
one of the finest and most attractive houses
in America. Almost destroyed by fire on
the early morning Of Wednesday,, Oct. 9,
1889, while he was on a train with other
members of the Pan-American congress,
speeding from Portland, Me, to Worcester,
Mass, he did not permit ruined walls to
recall liz llNlldllOn " entertain the COu-
gress. He Immediately went home, ar
engagements were made and on the follow
ing Saturday the members of the congress
arrived in South Bend and were his guests
at q dinner served within the ruins of the
stately house. 1t was a novelty which
proved to be one of the features of the
foreign delegates tour of the United
States.
When Mr.. Studebaker built this home
Re had one Of the windows of his private
study etched in color with a faithful rep
ra~artoffnn Of tho hfGfnrfP old Ghnn of his
father, and James Barton Adams, in a
poem of merit entitled Memories OF Forge
and Fireside," eloquently depicts the laborS
of father and sons at this lowly smithy
and the devoted Illustrations of the mother
for their comfort and rest when the days
work was done. This dear, good mother
lived to see her son one of Americas lead
ing citizens and her later years were made
pleasant by his almost daily visits to her
home in South Bend, with her daughter, at
Taylor street and what is now West La
Sale avenue.