Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1901 — BEGAN LIFE HUMBLE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BEGAN LIFE HUMBLE

Clement Studebaker Was a Type of the Self-Made Man. Clement Studebaker, who died in South Bend, Ind., recently, was a type of the self-made man, beginning his business

life on the modest capital of s<>S and gradually building upward until tiie wagon manufacturing plant, of which lie was the head, had grown to mammoth proportions. Mr. Studebaker was born in 1831 in Ada m s County, Pa., a few miles from the scene of

the battle of Gettysburg. When he was 4 years old his family removed to Ohio and there until the age of 14 Clement attended school. He then worked on a farm for $2 per month and later learned the wagonmaking business with his father. In 1850 he moved to South Bend and taught school for one winter. He then worked for a threshing machine company for 50 cents a day and his board. In 1832 he and his brother. Henry, with a combined capital of S6B, set up in the blacksmithing business, making an occasional wagon as the demand arose. Soon the business began to grow and in 1868 it was incorporated, Clement being made president. Meantime Henry had retired and other brothers had joined the concern. Mr. Studebaker died leaving an ample fortune and a flourishing business. He was during his life a delegate to several Republican national conventions, commissioner to the Paris Exposition, member of the Pan-American Congress and president of the Chautauqua Assembly of New York.

C. STUDEBAKER.