Indiana and Indianans - a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood (1919) (14577446239)

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Title: Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Dunn, Jacob Piatt, 1855-1924 Kemper, General William Harrison, 1839-
Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: Chicago and New York : The American historical society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center



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the By-ram Foundry and also president of theByram Estate, both institutions that havesolid standing among Indianapolis businessmen, has doubtless found one of his great-est satisfaction in his ability to continuethe business and in some important respectsthe influences that emanated from the char-acter of his honored father, the late Nor-man S. Byram. Norman S. Byram, a resident of Indian-apolis from 1842 until his death in 1902,was born in New York State and was asmall child when his parents came to In-diana and located at Brookville. There heattended school for a brief time, but at theage of twelve came to Indianapolis. Hisown exertions gave him his education, andhe had to look to the same source for hissuccess in business. His first employer wasOliver Tousey, a pioneer merchant of In-dianapolis, who found in young Byram anassistant whose value was not measured byhis salary alone. In time the firm of Oli-ver Tousey became the Tousey-Byram Com-pany, later was conducted as Byram, Cor-
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INDIANA AND INDIANANS 1693 nelius & Company, and the great businessof this firm was finally sold to D. P. Irwin& Company. Norman S. Byram amongother important financial interests waspresident of the Capital National Bank. His contemporaries say he was alwaysseeking some opportunity to better condi-tions in the city. Once he frankly soughtthe office of councilman, was elected andbecame president of the board, and in thatcapacity personally conducted raids on thevice and gambling places, and probablycleaned up the city as effectually for thetime as eve» in its history. He was alsoa member of the county council one term.His contributions to charity were many,but given quietly. During one of the worstfloods in the Ohio Valley he was a memberof the committee representing the localboard of trade and worked unremittinglyfor days until hundreds of cases of realdistress were provided for. He was a Ma-son and in politics a republican. He was seventy-two when he died in1902. He married