Clement Studebaker
Born	March 12, 1831 Pinetown, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	November 27, 1901 South Bend, Indiana

Clement Studebaker (1831-1901) was one of the brothers who founded what eventually became the Studebaker Corporation, an early manufacturer of automobiles. Image File history File linksMetadata Clement_Studebaker. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in leap years). ... Leopold I 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 160 miles (255 km)  - Length 280 miles (455 km)  - % water 2. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... South Bend is a city in St. ... Studebakers Lazy S logo, designed by Raymond Loewy, was used from the 1950s until 1966 The worlds largest living sign was planted at the Studebaker Proving Grounds, west of South Bend, Indiana. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Clement's early education was sporadic at best. By the age of 14, he was working in his father's blacksmith shop, where he shoed horses and occasionally built Conestoga-type wagons. When nearly 20, he moved in the autumn of 1850 to South Bend, Indiana. Saving money from working as a teacher and a blacksmith, he set up his own blacksmith business with his older brother Henry in 1852. Conestoga is a name attached to several places and things: Conestoga High School, an upper-class public high school in Berwyn, Pennsylvania Conestoga Township, Pennsylvania Conestoga River, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in the state of Pennsylvania. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... South Bend is a city in St. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

The company continued to prosper, largely due to contracts to supply wagons to the Army both in 1857 and during the American Civil War. Being raised in the Old German Baptist Brethren faith, Henry found it difficult to reconcile his pacifistic beliefs with providing supplies to soldiers. He eventually sold his share of the company to brother John Mohler. 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederate) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties Killed in action: 110,000 Total dead: 360,000 Wounded: 275,200 Killed in action: 93,000 Total dead: 258... Old German Baptist Brethren (OGBB) descend from a pietist movement in Schwarzenau, Germany in 1708, when Alexander Mack founded a community with 8 believers. ...

Clement continued to build the business into a company that would boast it was the largest horse-drawn vehicle manufacturer in the world. In addition to wagons, buggies and carriages were produced by the company and considered to be among the finest built in the country. By 1870, there were four Studebaker brothers heading various departments of the company, with Clement as its president. The company produced no fewer than thirty types of horse-drawn vehicles and had annual sales of more than $3 million by the 1890s. 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no...

In May 1901, Clement traveled to the spa at Aix-les-Bains in southern France to recuperate from poor health. He remained until autumn. Upon his return to the United States, he stumbled disembarking from the ship, from which he did not recover. He died at his home in South Bend on November 27, 1901. 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Aix-les-Bains is a spa town of eastern France, near the Lac du Bourget, and 9 m. ...

Tippecanoe Place mansion

Tippecanoe Place, Clement Studebaker's former home.

Tippecanoe Place, Clement Studebaker's home, with four main levels totaling 40 rooms and 20 fireplaces, is the embodiment of everything great wealth in the late 1800's could suggest. The 26,000 square-foot mansion was designed by Henry Cobb and built by local craftsmen. Work on Tippecanoe Place was completed in 1889 at a total cost of $250,000. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2500x1667, 1365 KB) Summary Tippecanoe Place in South Bend, Indiana. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2500x1667, 1365 KB) Summary Tippecanoe Place in South Bend, Indiana. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The massive walls are made of local granite fieldstone, and the many broad porches are paved with tile and supported by stone pillars. A flight of stone steps at the main entrance leads into the mahogany paneled vestibule. The decorative carvings on the oval doorknobs exemplify the great attention to detail throughout the entire house.

The mansion, however, was to be more than simply a monument to the architecture and craftsmanship of the period. It would serve as the setting for many lavish parties, weddings, and balls.

Sources

• Crystal, David, ed. The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia. 2d ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

• Garraty, John A. and Mark C. Carnes, eds. American National Biography. Vol. 21. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.