I'm interested in the photographic career of Elmer B. Radabaugh for a directory of Indiana photographers. Do you have his birth and death dates and places? Also, the name of his wife and children? Here is his 1880 census information:
1880 Census Place: Huntington, Huntington, Indiana
Source: FHL Film 1254285 National Archives Film T9-0285 Page 720D
Elmer Radebaugh, 24, MI, artist photo, parents b. OH
Ida, wife, 27, OH, housewife
Hannah Radebough, mother, 45, OH, milliner, Fa: PA, Mo: NJ
Rosa Haunstine, other, 25, single, OH, milliner apprent, parents b. OH
He appears as a photographer in Huntington in these directories:
1879-80 Williams & Co. Indiana State Directory, p. 369
1880-81 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer & Business Directory, p. 1027
1882-83 Indiana State Gazetteer, p. 1088
1884-85 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer & Business Directory, p. 1063
1887-88 Indiana State Gazetteer, p. 1330
1895-96 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer & Business Directory, p. 985
I understand that he sold his Huntington photo studio in 1898 to C. W. Longdon, but I'm not sure where he went. Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Joan Hostetler
Indiana Photographers Project
815 N. Highland Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46202