[2][3] At a young age, he had learned to work as a blacksmith in his father's shop in Ashland, Ohio.

[3][4] In 1858, Henry's interest in the business was bought out by a younger brother John Mohler Studebaker.

[3][6]: p.26  At that time, the brothers were filling wagon orders for the United States Army, which they continued throughout the Civil War.

[4] As a Dunkard, Henry was a committed pacifist and may have objected to having a part in making war materials.

An official Studebaker company history simply says "Henry was tired of the business.

[citation needed] Studebaker was a commissioner from Indiana to the Paris Exposition in 1878 and the World Cotton Centennial in New Orleans.

[12][13] Several months after Studebaker's death in 1901, St. Paul's Memorial United Methodist Church was completed in South Bend.

Studebaker had contributed the funds to build the church in memory of his father-in-law, George Milburn.

[14] By 1916 Clement Studebaker Jr. had also become president and chairman of the utility, North American Light and Power Company.

[4] In 1889, Clement Studebaker completed construction of a 26,000-square-foot (2,400 m2) mansion on West Washington Street in South Bend and named it Tippecanoe Place (probably in honor of the Family settlement near Tipp City, Ohio).