Articles: Joseph E. Bell (Nov. 28, 1865-Sept. 1, 1923). One of six children, Bell was reared on a farm in Union County Indiana. His… Read More »Joseph E. Bell Charles Andrews Bookwalter (Dec 7, 1860-Oct. 26, 1926). Bookwalter was born on a farm near Wabash, Indiana, and his family moved to Fort… Read More »Charles Andrews Bookwalter John Caven (Apr. 12, 1824-Mar. 9, 1905). Born near McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Caven attended a primitive log school. He worked as a laborer… Read More »John Caven Committee Of Public Safety In the summer of 1877, the nation experienced the most serious labor disruptions in its history. On July 16 a… Read More »Committee Of Public Safety Caleb Stone Denny (May 13, 1850-Mar. 24, 1926). Denny’s father, born in Kentucky, was opposed to slavery, and so settled in Monroe County,… Read More »Caleb Stone Denny Daniel Webster Grubbs (May 19, 1835-Feb. 5, 1917). Born in Henry County, Indiana, Daniel Grubbs learned the printing business at the New Castle… Read More »Daniel Webster Grubbs Samuel Henderson (ca. 1800-1883). A native of Kentucky, Henderson was among the first settlers in the new capital and immediately became a… Read More »Samuel Henderson John W. Holtzman (Apr. 23, 1858-Mar. 6, 1942). Born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, John W. Holtzman moved with his family to White County,… Read More »John W. Holtzman Indianapolis Fire Department The first recorded fire in Indianapolis in a newly built wooden tavern opposite the courthouse on Washington Street, on January… Read More »Indianapolis Fire Department Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Residents of early Indianapolis prided themselves on the orderliness of the community. The peace was kept with a town marshal,… Read More »Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Charles W. Jewett (Jan. 7, 1884-Apr. 28, 1961). The son of a Methodist minister, much of Charles Jewett’s youth was spent in frequent… Read More »Charles W. Jewett Samuel D. Maxwell (Feb. 19, 1803-July 3, 1873). Born in 1820 in Garrard County, Kentucky, of Scottish ancestry, Samuel D. Maxwell moved with… Read More »Samuel D. Maxwell James McCready (Feb. 22, 1816-Oct. 9, 1909). The fourth mayor of Indianapolis (1854-1856), and the first Democrat mayor, James McCready came to… Read More »James McCready John Lennox McMaster (Feb. 9, 1843-May 29, 1914). John Lennox McMaster was born in Rutland, Ohio. He worked at his father’s mill and… Read More »John Lennox McMaster Michael F. Morrissey (July 21, 1898-Mar. 25, 1985). Michael F. Morrissey was a son of immigrants from Limerick and Kerry, and, at 32,… Read More »Michael F. Morrissey Horatio Cooley Newcomb (Dec. 20, 1821-May 23, 1882). Born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, Horatio Cooley Newcomb moved with his widowed mother from Cortland, New… Read More »Horatio Cooley Newcomb Police Mutiny Occasioned by a streetcar strike, the mutiny was the most serious breach of police protocol and one of the greatest… Read More »Police Mutiny Thomas Lennox Sullivan (Oct. 6, 1846-July 9, 1936). The first mayor born in the city, Thomas Lennox Sullivan lived all his life in… Read More »Thomas Lennox Sullivan Harry R. Wallace (Feb. 16, 1869-Sept. 17, 1915). The son of Indianapolis Mayor , Harry Wallace was a lifelong resident of the city.… Read More »Harry R. Wallace Women and African Americans in Public Safety Women and African Americans have made contributions to public safety in Indianapolis for well over 100 years, but their service… Read More »Women and African Americans in Public Safety
Joseph E. Bell (Nov. 28, 1865-Sept. 1, 1923). One of six children, Bell was reared on a farm in Union County Indiana. His… Read More »Joseph E. Bell
Charles Andrews Bookwalter (Dec 7, 1860-Oct. 26, 1926). Bookwalter was born on a farm near Wabash, Indiana, and his family moved to Fort… Read More »Charles Andrews Bookwalter
John Caven (Apr. 12, 1824-Mar. 9, 1905). Born near McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Caven attended a primitive log school. He worked as a laborer… Read More »John Caven
Committee Of Public Safety In the summer of 1877, the nation experienced the most serious labor disruptions in its history. On July 16 a… Read More »Committee Of Public Safety
Caleb Stone Denny (May 13, 1850-Mar. 24, 1926). Denny’s father, born in Kentucky, was opposed to slavery, and so settled in Monroe County,… Read More »Caleb Stone Denny
Daniel Webster Grubbs (May 19, 1835-Feb. 5, 1917). Born in Henry County, Indiana, Daniel Grubbs learned the printing business at the New Castle… Read More »Daniel Webster Grubbs
Samuel Henderson (ca. 1800-1883). A native of Kentucky, Henderson was among the first settlers in the new capital and immediately became a… Read More »Samuel Henderson
John W. Holtzman (Apr. 23, 1858-Mar. 6, 1942). Born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, John W. Holtzman moved with his family to White County,… Read More »John W. Holtzman
Indianapolis Fire Department The first recorded fire in Indianapolis in a newly built wooden tavern opposite the courthouse on Washington Street, on January… Read More »Indianapolis Fire Department
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Residents of early Indianapolis prided themselves on the orderliness of the community. The peace was kept with a town marshal,… Read More »Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
Charles W. Jewett (Jan. 7, 1884-Apr. 28, 1961). The son of a Methodist minister, much of Charles Jewett’s youth was spent in frequent… Read More »Charles W. Jewett
Samuel D. Maxwell (Feb. 19, 1803-July 3, 1873). Born in 1820 in Garrard County, Kentucky, of Scottish ancestry, Samuel D. Maxwell moved with… Read More »Samuel D. Maxwell
James McCready (Feb. 22, 1816-Oct. 9, 1909). The fourth mayor of Indianapolis (1854-1856), and the first Democrat mayor, James McCready came to… Read More »James McCready
John Lennox McMaster (Feb. 9, 1843-May 29, 1914). John Lennox McMaster was born in Rutland, Ohio. He worked at his father’s mill and… Read More »John Lennox McMaster
Michael F. Morrissey (July 21, 1898-Mar. 25, 1985). Michael F. Morrissey was a son of immigrants from Limerick and Kerry, and, at 32,… Read More »Michael F. Morrissey
Horatio Cooley Newcomb (Dec. 20, 1821-May 23, 1882). Born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, Horatio Cooley Newcomb moved with his widowed mother from Cortland, New… Read More »Horatio Cooley Newcomb
Police Mutiny Occasioned by a streetcar strike, the mutiny was the most serious breach of police protocol and one of the greatest… Read More »Police Mutiny
Thomas Lennox Sullivan (Oct. 6, 1846-July 9, 1936). The first mayor born in the city, Thomas Lennox Sullivan lived all his life in… Read More »Thomas Lennox Sullivan
Harry R. Wallace (Feb. 16, 1869-Sept. 17, 1915). The son of Indianapolis Mayor , Harry Wallace was a lifelong resident of the city.… Read More »Harry R. Wallace
Women and African Americans in Public Safety Women and African Americans have made contributions to public safety in Indianapolis for well over 100 years, but their service… Read More »Women and African Americans in Public Safety