Schuyler Colfax Shilling

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Schuler Shilling - Mr. Shilling's early days were spen in Starke county, where he was born, attended school, taight school and engaged in business and farming. He and Abe Lincoln vae at least one thing in common - both were born in a log cabin.


Mr. Shilling alson arttended Valparios University and Bryant & Stratton Business college in Indianapolis.

His first business experience was with the Keller store in North Judson as bookkeeper and Cashier, a position he held for fourteen months, during which time he was married.

The he formed a partnership with his brother and engaged in farming the old homestead and 1,000 acres in the Kankakee bottoms. After 10 years the partnership was disolved and and Mr. SHilling continued for five years to farm the homestead. In the fall of 1900 he sold the farm and moved to Knox.

On August 1m 1901, he purchased the Exchange bank, a private institution then which lat made a state bank, which span of years makes him the second oldest from the point of continuous business in Culver, the Number one post going to W. S. Easterday.

Running a bank in those days was no bed of roses, and Mr. SHilling had to sell life insurance to make hoth ends meet.

People had the habit of going to larger towns to borrow money, with the result that the Culver bank did not pay any interest on deposits for six years. The in became the first in the county to pay four per cent.

There is a quite contrast b etween bank's business of 1901 and 1939; deposits then were $18,000 - today they are $2,410,492.44; lians were $11,000 - now are $1,945,153.52 a grow in business that few men in a small town have ever experienced.

During the first four years the bank doubled its business and insurance became a sideline rather the main source of income.

In thoses days the bank was in the building now occupied by the SMith SHoe shop, and in 1907 moved into its new quarters in the present location which building was remodeled several years ago.

Mr. Schilling recalls how he bought the land where the library now stands to keep undesirable business away from the church.

Mr. Shilling served a term in the state lefislature staring in 1918, one term on the town board, on the War Fund Board for the townoship, and has been instrumental in securing many improvements for the community, including 25 miles of gravel roads, known as the SHilling roards.

He also helped start the first library and for several years furnished the rooms in the Dr. Rea Building until the library required larger quarters.

He is now president of the State Exchange Bank, the board of directors, and the State Exxchange Finance Company.

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Schuyler Colfax Shilling BIRTH 20 Dec 1862 near Round Lake, south and west of Knox, Starke County, Indiana DEATH 13 Sep 1951 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, BURIAL Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana son of William Foster Shilling and Lovina Gesaman

Final Rites Held Last Sunday For S. C. Shilling, Age 88

Funeral services were conducted here for Schuyler C. Shilling, age 88, on SUnday afternoon at the Shilling home.

Rev. Harry Campbell, pastor of the Culver Methodist Church, conducted the services and burial was in the Culver Cemetery.

Relatives and friends from a wide area attended the rites for the Culve businessman. Many beautiful floral tributes were indicative of t he respect and esteem of the community.

Mr. Shilling, president of the State Exchange Bank of Culver and Argos, and the Farmer's State Bank at Lapaz, passed away last Thursday morning following a five month illness.

Widely know throughout Northern Indiana, he was one of Culver's oldest businessmen.

Mr. SHilling was born December 20, 1862, near Round Lake in Starke county, where his parents Settled in 1852.

Attending Valparaiso University and Bryant and Stratton Business College in Indianapolis, Mr. Shilling taught in the public schools of Starke county for two years before becoming bookkeeper for a North Judson firm.

In 1887, with his brother, he formed a partnership to farm the old homestead of 1,000 acres in the Kankakee valley. The partnership was disolved ten years later and in the fall of 1900 Mr. Shilling sold the farm and moved to Knox, later coming to Culver.

On AUgt 1 1901 he purchased the Exchange Bank, a private financial institution here. In addition to his business leadership Mr. SHilling has had a active role in the business and civic development of the community.

In 1918 he served as State Representative from Marshall county to the Indiana Legislature. He has served as a member of the town board, the War fune board for the townoship in World War I.

On APril 27, 1886, he was unted in marriage to Elizabeth Amanda Collier who passed away in 1919.

On July 3 1920 he was married to Mary E. Custer Shilling.

I addition to the widow he is survived by one son Olver Shilling of Riverside, Calif.; three daughters: Mrs. Carl Adams, Mrs. Clara Allman and Mirs. W. O. Osborn all of Culver.

Another daughter Mrs. Marion Jones, preceded him in death parring away in 1949. On grandchild John Richard Shillin was willing in action in Italy in World War II. A daughter Mary AManda Shilling, also preceded him in death.

Others who survive include six grandchildren, Mrs. Arden Butler of Culver; Wendell Jones of Plymouth, Jack Jones of Pittsburgh; Mrs Mary Amanda Hoffman; Frederck and Carl Adams Jr. all of Culver; and seven great grandchildren. - Sep 19 1951 - Citizen.

married 26 Apr 1886 Starke county , Indiana Amanda Elizabeth Collier BIRTH 11 Oct 1866 Starke County, Indiana DEATH 5 Sep 1919 South Bend, Portage Twp., St. Joseph County, Indiana, BURIAL Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, daughter of Albert Collier & Susan DeHaven

A Well-Known Culver Family Bereft By Death

Mrs. Schuyler C. Shilling passed away at Epworth hospital in South Bend, on Friday morning at 2:30 after an illness of several weeks.

The origin of her fatal malady was a cut on the thump which became infected.

She was taken to a Chicago hospital and returned somewhat improved, but unfavorable symptoms persisted and about two seeks before her death she was taken to South Bend.

Prior to her illness Mrs. Shilling was a woman of vigorous physique. The characteristic, combined with an orderly mind, made her very efficient at home and in such public activities as she engaged in. She possessed an even temperament and an affectionate disposition, and among her friends as well as at home she was dearly beloved and respected.

The sympathy of the community was shown in the outpouring at the funeral, in the great profusion of flowers and in the cavalcade of 50 cars which accompanied the transfer of the body to her former home in Starke county.

Floral tributes, aside from individuals, were given by the Standard bearer class of the M. E Sunday School, the Knight of Pythias, the Pythian Sisters, the L. I. A. of the M. E. church, the W. C. T. U., the Culver City Water Co., the Trust Company Bank of Knox, and the directors of the State Exchange bank of Culver

The pallbearers were S. E. Medbourn, H. J. Meredith, C. E. Medbourn, H. M. Speyer, L. C. Dillon and W. H. Porter.

Amanda Elizabeth Collier, daughter of Albert and Susan Collier, was born in Green county, Ohio, Oct. 11 1866 and departed this life Sept 5, 1919, aged 52 years, 10 months and 24 days.

Mrs. Shilling moved with the family to Howard county, Indiana, near Greentown in 1870. In 1875 the family moved to Stark county settling on a farm in the Round Lake neighborhood where she grew up to young womanhood.

She was united in marriage to Schuyler C. Shilling April 27, 1886. To this union were born six children - Mary Amanda having preceded her mother to the spirit world; Mrs Minnie L. Osborn of Culver; Mrs. Clara Alleman of Argos; Mrs. Susie Jones, Oliver C. and Margaret I. Shilling of Culver.

Mrs. Shilling united in early life with the United Brethren church at Round Lake. After moving to Culver in 1901 she placed her membership with the M. E. church in Culver.

Mrs. Shilling leaves to mourn thier loss a husband, five children, four grandchildren, five brothers - Chas C. and Elmer E. Collier of Pogosa Springs Colo, Linus E. of Spokane, Wash., James A. of South Bend and Dr. T. E. Collier of Brook, Ind.

Mrs. Shilling was a truly home woman, finding her greatest enjoyment at home with her family to which she was a most devoted mother. She was quiet and unassuming in her manner, but always ready to do a kindness to the needy

During her long illness she manifested true Christian fortitude, making no complaint and expressing no regret but that of breaking the family ties which had so strongly bound them together during life.

The funeral was conducted Sunday afternoon at the residence by Rev. Wayne Nicely, pastor of the M. E. Church at Linden, Ind. and former pastor at Culver 12 years ago.

The music was furnished by a quartet composed of the Misses Alice Wiseman, Ruth Speyer, Grace Buswell and Mrs. Huldah Taber.

Internment was made at Round Lake cemetery, Starke county, Indiana.

Relatives and friends from a distance attending the funeral were: E. E. Collier of Pagosa Springs, Col.; J. A. Collier and family of South Bend; D. T. E. Collier and family of Brook, Ind.; H. G. Shilling and family, W. W. Shilling and family, Sarah Coffin and family, And Bailey P. Shilling and family of Knox; Mrs. Henry Shilling and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Atwood Campbell of Logansport; Mr. and Mrs. Milo Calbeck and Mr. and Mrs. Newton Calbeck of Ligonier, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wenninger, Mrs. Vance Collier, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Schricker and Mr. and Mrs. A. Miller of North Judson; Mr. and Mrs. WM. Allman, J. F. Garn and family of Argos; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pulver, Mr. and Mrs Gates, A. L. Porter and family of Plymouth; Mrs. O. A. Rea and daughter Lucretia, Miss Grace Smith of Rochester; Mr. and Mrs. A. Loss and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Aurand of Chicago; Mrs. Sophia Ebersole of Warsaw, Ind.

The Misses Sage and Schurr, nurses who attended Mrs. Shilling during her illness at Epworth hospital also were present the funeral - Sep 10 1919 Citizen

Children:

Minnie Lavina Shilling (1887 - 1977) married WIlliam O. Osborn (1885 - 1981)

Clara Schilling BIRTH 13 Mar 1889 Starke County, Indiana DEATH 15 Jul 1988 Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana BURIAL Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, married Howard L. Alleman BIRTH 2 Aug 1886 Argos, Marshall County, Indiana, DEATH 1 Sep 1947 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana BURIAL Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana
Howard L. ALLEMAN, 61, former resident of Argos, died early Monday in the Central Hospital, Indianapolis, where he had been a patient for a number of years. His death was attributed to complications.

Mr. Alleman taught music in Argos and Culver for several years and at one time had a class of students in Rochester. He had many friends throughout Marshall and Fulton county.

Howard Alleman was born in Argos on August 2, 1886, the son of William and Amelia (Hudson) ALLEMAN. On May 18, 1917 he was married to Clara SCHILLING, of Culver. In addition to his musical instruction work, Mr. Alleman was mail carrier on a route out of Argos for several years. He was a member of the Argos Methodist church, the Argos Citizens Band and the IOOF lodge.

His wife is the sole survivor.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday 2:30 p.m. at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos. Rev. Paul REISEN, of Lowell, Ind., will officiate and burial will be in he Culver c emetery. The body lies in state at the funeral home where friends may call


Susie Shilling BIRTH 31 Aug 1890 Starke County, Indiana DEATH 19 May 1949 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, BURIAL Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, married Marion Edgar Jones BIRTH 25 Nov 1888 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana DEATH 18 Apr 1967 Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, BURIAL Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, son of Jordan Jones and Amdelia McFarland

Mary Amanda Schilling BIRTH 23 Oct 1894 DEATH 7 Jul 1896 BURIAL Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana

Oliver Collier Shilling BIRTH 5 Apr 1898 Knox Starke County, Indiana DEATH 23 Jun 1984 South Bend, St. Joseph county Indiana BURIAL Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana,

Margaret Irma Shilling (1901 - 1991) married Carl M. Adams Sr. (1898 - 1982)

Schuyler married 2nd 3 Jul 1920 Logansport, Cass, Indian Mary Evaline Custer BIRTH 7 Mar 1873 Cass county Indiana DEATH 5 Sep 1955 Culver , Marshall county Indiana BURIAL Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana daughter of John C. Custer & Mary E. Tilton She married 1st 29 Dec 1898 Cass county Indiana Elmer E Shilling BIRTH 30 Nov 1868 Clay twp. Cass County Indiana DEATH 7 Mar 1905 Cass County Indiana BURIAL Mount Hope Cemetery Logansport, Cass County, Indiana son of Samuel D Shilling & Harriett H Lackey