Person:William Mowbray (8)

William E. Mowbray was educated in the public schools and was a student of the high school of the city when the War of the Rebellion was inaugurated by the secession of the southern states. Like many thousands of the youth of the land he left the schoolroom to shoulder a musket in defense of the Union, enlisting in August 1862, in Company C, Twelfth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, which resulted in his honorable discharge form the service. His disability on account of his wound was so great as to prevent his reenlistment, which he desired to do. He had previously participated with his regiment in the unfortunate Battle of Richmond, Kentucky, where the regiment lost one hundred and seventy-six men, killed and wounded; but in that disastrous affair he escaped without injury. Mr. Mowbray had decided to enter the legal profession before the war and had pursued the study of law to some extent. He now resumed his study in the office of Judge John Mitchell, under whose kind and able instruction he made rapid progress, and was admitted to practice in 1865; and he has followed his chosen profession in the city of his birth ever since 1867, having been previously located at Warsaw for about a year. He is recognized as an able and conscientious lawyer, and as a citizen he is held in high esteem. He is prominently connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been a trustee since the two churches of the city were consolidated in 1875. In his political affiliations he is a Republican, and while not an office-seeker he takes a commendable interest in the success of the principles of his party.