History of Daviess County, Indiana : Its people, industries and institutions ..with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families . of necessity in character. To enter fullv int(.i the intereslinL; details o| his career,the strnL;L;les and the successes of later vear-, would irauscend thelimits ,f\ this .irlicle. .Mi. lilleil a larL;e in the (jfpiihlic-sjiirited cilizens and successful men of his dav and .gen-eration in haviess coniiiv. His career has keen a loiii;, husy anil useful
History of Daviess County, Indiana : Its people, industries and institutions ..with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families . of necessity in character. To enter fullv int(.i the intereslinL; details o| his career,the strnL;L;les and the successes of later vear-, would irauscend thelimits ,f\ this .irlicle. .Mi. lilleil a larL;e in the (jfpiihlic-sjiirited cilizens and successful men of his dav and .gen-eration in haviess coniiiv. His career has keen a loiii;, husy anil useful he is a coin]iarativ elv _\,L^ man, .Mr. has keen keenlydevoted to tlie |)roL;ress and prosperitv of his native citv, and ;is ;i joint?owner of the U asliiiuitnu I Kiiiiuriil, keen in a position to contiihutematerially to its i^rowth and prosperity. Meiiry Hacke.^ was horn on ITTrnarv lo. ^^7^^ in W ashin^tii, Indiana,a son of John P. and i Maker ) who were married in Wash-int^ton, [ndiana, on January :;(>, \Sji. The t;rand])arents of , Henry ;uid Katherine ([areiis) , were amoii.;- the earlv set-. lll?;^?|;^• uackios. CDl-INTY, INDIANA. 5I3 tiers of Washington, coming from Bitburgh, Gcnnany, in July, 1854, aftera sevent}-t\vo-day voyage on a sailing vessel. No railway passed throughWashington then, and the trip from Little Orleans, Indiana, to Da\ lesscountys cajjital was made by wagDU. IJem-y Backes recei\-e(l his education in the public schools of his nati\ecity, and served his apprenticeship as a printer in the oflices of the Gazetteand the Advertiser. On January i, 1906, he purchased a half interest inthe De}Hoerat from S. B. Boyd, and since then he and Mr. lioyd have beenassociated together as equal partners in the enter]irise. i\Ir. Backes has beenideutiiied with the Deiiwerat in the capacity uf ])rinter, li)reni;in, cit\- editorand business manager since iSoi- Although an arden
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