M. E. Click

    M. E. Click was born in Clark County, Ohio, March 19, 1884, and is a son of Jacob and Catherine (Myers) Click. Mr. Click is of German descent and a native of Rockingham County, Virginia. Their family consisted of nine sons, all living. The mother died in December, 1852, and Mr. Click afterward married Susanna Ream, who became the mother of five children, three boys and two girls, of whom the sons only survive, making a total of twelve living sons of Jacob Click. He is a wagon-maker and farmer, and himself and second wife reside in Clark County, Ohio.

    M. E. Click spent his earlier year on his parents farm, but at the age of twenty, took up the study of daguerreotyping, and has followed it ever since through all the improvements this age of progress necessitated. He traveled extensively in the interest of his profession, and located in Chicago in 1862, for the purpose of studying photography. In May, 1863, he came to Columbia City, where he located for the practice of his art, and being a first-class artist, his location has been permanent and successful. He is now owner of considerable town property.

    In December, 1865, he was married to Mrs. Harriet Nave, and they have one son, Edwin H. Mrs. Click was the widow of Daniel Nave, and daughter of Henry Smith, an early resident of the county. Mr. Click is a Republican, and in Masonry has advanced to the Royal Arch Degree.

Source: Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana, Historical and Biographical. Weston A. Goodspeed, Charles Blanchard, 1882. Page 243.