Sketches of prominent citizens of 1876 : with a few of the pioneers of the city and county who have passed away . ention and win respect in whatever sphere he is called to first wife was Miss Butler, daughter of a prominent citizen of hisnative county. She having died, he married the daughter of MatthewLong, of this city. HENRY SCHNULL. * Among the enterprising business men of Indianapolis, Mri Schnullwill be found in the front rank. He was born in the kingdom of Prussia,on the 26th of December, 1833, where he received a good came to the United States and to this city in O
Sketches of prominent citizens of 1876 : with a few of the pioneers of the city and county who have passed away . ention and win respect in whatever sphere he is called to first wife was Miss Butler, daughter of a prominent citizen of hisnative county. She having died, he married the daughter of MatthewLong, of this city. HENRY SCHNULL. * Among the enterprising business men of Indianapolis, Mri Schnullwill be found in the front rank. He was born in the kingdom of Prussia,on the 26th of December, 1833, where he received a good came to the United States and to this city in October, 1852. In December, 1856 he was married to Matilda Schramm, the daugh-ter of a wealthy farmer of Hancock county, where she was born. Mr. Schnull was the first to commence the wholesale grocery businesson Meridian street. He was in that business from 1855 to 1872—firstunder the name of A. & H. Schnull, and afterwards Severin, Schnull&Co. Mr. Schnull was for several years president of the Merchants NationalBank of this city, and was also a partnerin the foundry known as theEagle Machine /a.^ ^^< SAMUEL HANNAH. 353 He is at this time president and treasurer of the Indianapolis CottonManufacturing Company. By this it will be seen that since Mr. Schnullstwenty-four years residence in the city he has been one of its activebusiness men. He now resides in an elegant residence on North Ala-bama street. As Mr. SchnuU has been so fortunate in his businesstransactions, he must have had his foot planted on the ladder of fortune,and has worked himself up to the top, and is considered one of the sub-stantial men of the city. JOSEPH W. NICHOL. Prominent among the younger members of the Indianapolis bar isMr. Nicl^pl. He was born at Lafayette, Tippecanoe county, receiving a primary education in his native town, he finished it atthe Wabash College, Crawfordsville. He then studied law in the officeof his uncle, the Hon. Joseph E. McDonald. He commenced the prac-t
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