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Note: \tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural\f0\fs24 \cf0 --1900 Montgomery Co IN census, Franklin twp wife Viola & children; his occupation farmer \par --1910 Boone Co IN census, Sugar Creek twp wife Viola & children; his occupation manager of the telephone service \par --1916 Crawfordsville Review Tuesday May 2, 1916 Lebanon Reporter -- MARTIN L. CLOUSER brought suit Saturday afternoon against VIOLA CLOUSER for divorce alleging cruel treatment in that the defendant cursed and struck him. The couple married April 25, 1893. They have 8 children. The plaintiff\'d5s attorney is Ira M. Sharp. \par --1920 Boone Co IN census, Sugar Creek twp, 2nd wife June M, stepson Charles Browson age 15; Martin's occupation manager telephone service. \par --1930 Boone Co IN census, Sugar Creek twp; 2nd wife Goldie M; his occupation manager telephone service; hers bookkeeper at the telephone service \par --Martin L. CLOUSER received his education in the district schools, later attended the State Normal at Danville for four years, then spent two years in the Uni\\ersity of Valparaiso. He remained with his parents until his marriage on April 25, 1892, to Viola !\\Moore, who was born in Clinton county, Indiana, and a daughter of Rev James and Harriet (Smith) Moore, a highly- respected family of that locality. After his marriage our subject located on a farm in Montgomery county and followed general agricultural pursuits until the fall of 1902, having forged to the front rank of his fellow tillers of the soil through his close application and good management. Upon leaving the farm he removed to Thorntown, Boone county, and became manager of the Thorntown Co-operative Telephone Company, which responsible position he has held continuously to the present time and has been responsible for its rapid growth and evver-increasing importance. This company was organized in the fall of 1900 with H. W. Huber (HARVEY W HUBER, also in this family tree, see index), president; S. V. Titus, vice-president; L. D. Woodcock, secretary. At this writing S. V. Titus is president; Dr. E. L. Brown, vice-president; L. W. Beesley is secretary and treasurer ; J. E. Boyer, superintendent ; Martin L. CLOUSER, assistant secretary and manager. The company started with twenty-six telephones, on borrowed capital, and it had a competitor. At this writing it has over six hundred telephones, is free of all encumbrances, has bought out its competitor, and it is now worth twenty thousand dollars. SOURCE: book History of Boone County Indiana}
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