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- HON. WALTER J. DAUNHAUER. Born, reared and educated at Ferdinand, Hon. Walter J. Daunhauer, postmaster of the same place, has all of his interests centered here, and naturally has the continued prosperity of his native place close to his heart, and he is willing to make any kind of sacrifice for its advancement. His birth occurred March 24, 1902, and he is a son of Joseph B. Daunhauer, who was born near Ferdinand, in Dubois County. For a number of years he has owned a grocery and bakery here, and he is numbered among the leading business men of the town. His father, John Daunhauer, was one of the very early settlers of Dubois County, coming here from Pennsylvania, and later moving to Spencer County, where he spent most of his life in farming and died at Ferdinand in March, 1928, at the age of ninety-two. Many others followed him and located in the region about Ferdinand. He owned the first threshing outfit in the county, and for some years operated it in the summer season. The mother of Postmaster Daunhauer was Ann Russ prior to her marriage, and she was also born in Dubois County. Eight children were born to the parents, namely: Postmaster Daunhauer, Myrtle, Earl, Cora, Mabel, Doris, Doherty and one who is deceased.
After he had attended the public and parochial schools of Ferdinand, Postmaster Daunhauer took a commercial course in the Lochyear Business College at Evansville, and was graduated therefrom, after which he returned to Ferdinand and became a clerk in a jewelry store. Still later he occupied a similar position in his father's store, and held it until he was appointed postmaster of Ferdinand by President Coolidge in 1928, which office he still holds.
In political faith he is a Republican and he is one of the active members of the local organization. He and his family are members of the Roman Catholic Church, and he is a Knight of Columbus. Postmaster Daunhauer is unmarried. Since he took charge of the postoffice its affairs have been admirably administered, and the service is proving satisfactory to all concerned. It is a source of pride to him that in a community where his name is an old and honored one, he is able to add to its distinction and prove that his generation is as progressive as those before him.
When the grandfather of Postmaster Daunhauer came to Dubois County this part of Indiana was almost entirely undeveloped, and if he had not been far-sighted and practical he might not have been willing to remain and contend with all of the pioneer conditions. However, he saw that Indiana was destined to become a great state, and that those who became its pioneers could achieve prosperity for themselves and their children, and he sent back such encouraging reports of the region that a number of his old neighbors in Pennsylvania migrated to the county, and they, too, became successful farmers and business men, and therefore from the initial settlement of the first of the name of Daunhauer has come, in large part, the wealthy and important Dubois County.
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INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931
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1902 - 1952 (50 years)