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representative patronage. Mr. Haas is a member of the board of directors of the North Side Realty Company, and has several valu- able pieces of property in that section of the city. He also holds a place on the directorates of the North Side Savings and Loan Company, the Security Savings and Loan Company, the Lottie Hotel Company and the Memorial Park Association. A Democrat since the attainment of his majority, he has always been a great admirer of Ben Bosse and one of his active supporters. - Frater- nally, Mr. Haas is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and as a business man he takes an active part in the meetings of the Chamber of Commerce, of which he is a member.
Edward E. Hardin, junior member of the firm of Hardin and Hardin, attorneys of 510 Old State Bank Building, Evansville, is one of the reputable lawyers of this city. He was born at Onton, Kentucky, February 13th, 1897, and first attended the schools of his native place until he was ten years old when he was taken by his parents to Sebree, Kentucky, and there he continued his school- ing, being graduated from the high school course at Sebree in 1916. While a high school student, he was a member of the de- bating team for four years and won the Western Kentucky Ora- torical Contest in 1915, at which time he represented the Sebree High School, and during his senior year he was selected to deliver his class address. In the fall of 1916 he entered the Law Depart- ment of the University of Kentucky and from then until 1920 he continued a student of that institution with the exception of the latter part of 1918 and the early part of 1919 when he was at Seattle and Bellingham, visiting his uncle, Judge Edward E. Har- din, Judge of the Superior Court of the state of Washington, at Bellingham. During 1916 and 1917, while a Freshman in the Law Department of the University of Kentucky, he represented that de- partment on the debating team and represented the University on the debating team during 1917-1918. He was also a member of the Union Literary Society, the Henry Clay Law Society, and a member of the Delta Chi Fraternity. He was president of the Tau Kappa Alpha during his senior year. Mr. Hardin was grad- tated from the law department of the University of Kentucky in 1920 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and in June of that year came to Evansville to join his brother, Henry T. Hardin, with whom he has since continued in partnership. He maintains his residence at 103 Dreier Boulevard. Mr. Hardin belongs to the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, is a charter member of the West Side Nut Club, which he incorporated, and in 1920 was elected vice president of the Vanderburgh Democratic Club for a period of four years.
Henry T. Hardin, senior member of the legal firm of Hardin & Hardin, is one of the able attorneys practicing at the bar of Evans- ville, with offices 510 Old State Bank Building. He was born at Beech Grove, Kentucky, May 3, 1892, and belongs to the old pio- neer family of that name, prominent in the very early history of
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Hardinsburg and Harrodsburg, Kentucky in connection with Dan- iel Boone. He was graduated from the grade and high schools of Sebree, Webster county, Kentucky, and in the fall of 1910 entered the University of Kentucky and for a year was a student of the arts department, but in I911 entered the law department, and was graduated therefrom in 1914 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. After a brief period of practice in Webster county he came, Sep- tember 20, 1914 to Evansville, and for a time was associated with George K. Denton, later Congressman from this district, in a gen- eral practice. Subsequently Mr. Hardin was associated with E. H. Ireland, present city judge of Evansville, and in 1917 received the appointment of secretary to Congressman Denton from the first Congressional District of Indiana, and held that position from March 4 until the close of the year when he resigned. During 1918 Mr. Hardin served as deputy prosecuting attorney under Lane B. Osborn, then prosecuting attorney of the First Judicial Circuit of Indiana, and then in 1919 entered upon the practice of his profes- sion alone. In June, 1920, however, he was joined by his younger brother, Edward E. Hardin, his present partner. In that same year Mr. Hardin was the democratic candidate for prosecuting attorney of the First Judicial Circuit for the state of Indiana, and, although he was not successful, he made an excellent showing. In 1922 he was the Democratic nominee, without opposition, for pros- ecuting attorney of the First Judicial Circuit of Indiana, was elected by a majority of 2,423, and will assume the duties of the office January I, 1924. Mr. Hardin has always been noted for his oratory, and was a member of the Henry Clay Law Society from I9II to 1914, and was president of the society for the college year of 1913-14. Mrs. McDowell, granddaughter of Henry Clay, pre- sented Mr. Hardin with a piece of wood, from a piece of furniture used by Mr. Clay, out of which a gavel was made. Mr. Hardin was prosecuting attorney for the Union 'Literary Society, and he was the first to inaugurate the senior court of the University of Kentucky, and was its first judge. He has today a slip of paper given him by the giftorian of his class nominating him as the Judge Emeritus of the senior court, and this is one of his most cherished possessions. August 11, 1915 Mr. Hardin was married to Frances Jane, daughter of W. I. Smith of Sebree, Kentucky, and they main- tain their residence at 1609 Olive street, Evansville. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hardin belong to the Walnut Street Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hardin is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Opti- mist Club.
Cortner M. Hardy. For a number of years the name of Hardy was identified with the tobacco business in Kentucky and Indiana, but of more recent years has been associated with the handling of moulding sand in connection with the firm of Hougland & Hardy. Cortner M. Hardy, the controlling figure in this company and also president of the Midwest and Eastern Sand Company, is connected prominently with the business interests of Evansville, where he
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has been a resident since 1913. He was born at Rockport, Indiana, March 14, 1888, a son of Thomas R. and Madge (Cortner) Hardy, and is of the same direct line as Thomas Hardy, the famous English novelist. The family was founded in the United States by Thomas Hardy III., the great-grandfather of Cortner M. Hardy, who brought his wife from England and settled at Brandenburg, Kentucky, where, in 184I, was born their son, Thomas Hardy IV. From Kentucky the latter came to Indiana and engaged in the tobacco business at Rockport, where he continued to carry on busi- ness activities until his death in 1893, when he was fifty-two years of age. Thomas R. Hardy V. was born at Rockport, Indiana, and on attaining manhood engaged in the same business as his father, this having been established as early as 1858. He continued there- with until his retirement from business in 1911. Mr. Hardy mar- ried Madge Cortner, whose people were of English extraction and came to Indiana from Maryland, and their only child is Cortner M. Cortner M. Hardy attended the public schools and Culver Military Academy, which latter he left in 1906, at which time, to gain busi- ness experience, he took the position of bookkeeper and clerk in the Rockport Bank. He remained with this institution until 1909, and then contracted with the American Tobacco Company to han- dle its tobacco business in southern Indiana in 1909 and 1910. In 19II, at the time his father retired from business, he and J. M. Hougland, the eldest son of Charles M. Hougland, revived the to- bacco business firm of Hougland & Hardy. In 1913 Mr. Hardy sold his interest therein and located at Evansville, where he founded the firm of Hougland & Hardy, a moulding sand concern. This company is really owned and operated by Mr. Hardy, but due to the fact that his father and the father of Mr. Hougland had been lifelong business associates, the owner desired to perpetuate the business name. This sentiment really was caused by the close and lasting friendship existing between the two families. Mr. Hardy, as noted, is also president of the Midwest and Eastern Sand Company, and has gained something more than a local repu- tation as a breeder of race horses. He is a member of the Evans- ville Chamber of Commerce and the Country and Crescent Club, and has formed a number of other connections since taking up his residence at Evansville. He maintains offices in the Citizens Bank Building. September 14, 1910, Mr. Hardy was united in mar- riage with Ruth Pyeatt, of Rockport, daughter of Charles M. Pyeatt, who was formerly of Evansville, and to this union there have been born two children : Thomas Hougland and Harry Pyeatt.
William D. Hardy. For nearly twenty years William D. Hardy has been a potent factor in the legal profession of Evans- ville, and no lawyer practicing at the bar of Vanderburgh county has a better record or stands higher in his profession. He has al- ways maintained the highest standards of professional ethics and at all times his career has been loyal, energetic, and circumspect. His standing as a citizen is firm and broad, and during the many
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years of his residence here he has wielded definite and benignant influence, both as a citizen and as a man of splendid professional ability. Mr. Hardy was born in Edwards county, Illinois, October 30, 1878, and is a son of James and Lucy (Lambert) Hardy. His early education was acquired in the public schools of his native county, in which he made good use of his time and opportunity. Later he entered Christian University, Canton, Missouri, and was graduated from that Institution in 1901 with the degree of Bach- elor of Arts. Having determined upon the practice of law as a life work, he then matriculated at the law school of the University of Louisville, and was graduated from that institution in 1904 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the bar in the same year and soon afterward came to Evansville, where he estab- lished himself in the practice of his profession and has since been one of the active practitioners of this city. His practice extends to all the Courts, and he enjoys the esteem and confidence of his professional colleagues as well as the general public. He is known as a strong trial lawyer and an able advocate, and his clientage has been drawn from representative corporations and prominent busi- ness men throughout the country. Thoroughly appreciative of the city of his adoption, Mr. Hardy is loyal and public-spirited in his civic attitude, and gives generously of his time and means to all measures tending to the public good. During the World war he served as a member of the State Legal Advisory Board, and in many other ways contributed to war movements. He has been active in the ranks of the Democratic party and has served as Chairman of the County Central Committee. He also served as President of the Hendricks Club, a Democratic organization. He was Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for a time, and no citizen of Evansville has shown greater interest in the moral welfare of the city. He is a member of the Evansville Chamber of Commerce and of the various organizations of his profession, and is inter- ested in all measures which has for its aim the advancement of citizenship and the betterment of existing conditions. Mr. Hardy was married July 5, 1906, to Miss Lina Heyns, a native of St. Wen- dells, Indiana, and later of Evansville, and a daughter of William and Anna (Raben) Heyns, and to this union there has been born one daughter, Miriam, who is attending the Evansville High School.
Henry W. Hartig. Many of the men who have become suc- cessful in the business activities of Evansville owe much of their prosperity to the strict and valuable training which they secured during their boyhood and youth in the farming districts of the locality, where they learned the value and dignity of labor and were brought to an understanding of the rewards to be gained by industry. In this class is Henry W. Hartig, one of the most suc- cessful realtors of Evansville, whose early life was passed in an agricultural atmosphere. Mr. Hartig was born on a farm in Ger- man township, Vanderburgh county, Indiana, a son of Frederick
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William and Katrina Hartig, July 27, 1852. His parents, natives of Germany, were married in that country, and after the birth of five of their eight children (of whom two are now living) came to the United States and settled in German township, Vanderburgh county, where they passed the rest of their lives in farming, and after long and useful lives died, the father in 1898 and the mother in 1899. They were people who were greatly respected in their community for their many sterling qualities of mind and heart. Henry W. Hartig was educated in the country school near his father's farm in German township, and, having been reared to agricultural pursuits, on attaining manhood adopted the vocation of farming as his own. This he followed for a number of years, but eventually turned his attention to the real estate business, coming to Evansville, where he established an office. Mr. Hartig became the leading real estate dealer of his section, having sold practically every home lot in West Heights, which is located in Perry township, this county. He has transacted numerous other important deals, and among realty men and the general public has a reputation for absolute integrity. Although a Democrat in poli- tics and residing in a strong Republican county, his capability and trustworthiness are so well known that he was elected a member of the board of county commissioners by a majority of 2500 votes, and served in that office for six years, with credit to himself and to the benefit of the community. He was also a jus- tice of the peace for five years. In 1874 he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Naab, who was born February 12, 1852, in Germany, and was but two and one-half years of age when the family left that country for the United States. Her mother died at sea, while her father passed away in 1896. To Mr. and Mrs. Har- tig there have been born nine children of whom eight survive. They have thirty-three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family belongs to the Evangelical church. Mr. and Mrs. Har- tig have led useful and honorable lives, and will leave to their des- cendants the priceless heritage of a worthy and honored name.
John Hartmetz. One of the honored citizens of other years who has now passed to the Great Beyond, but who is still remem- bered for his many sterling qualities of mind and heart was the late John Hartmetz, loyal citizen, gallant soldier and honorable business man. During the period between 1877 and 1899, when he made his home at Evansville, by his probity of conduct and his good citizenship, no less than by his kindly spirit and generosity, he attracted to him the good will and respect of those with whom he came in contact and who felt a personal loss in his death. Mr. Hartmetz was born October 10, 1841, in Germany, where he re- ceived a public school education, and at the age of nineteen years emigrated to the United States and took up his residence at Louis- ville, Kentucky. In 1862 he came to Indiana and enlisted in the Union army for service during the Civil war, joining the Twenty- second Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Later he was
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transferred with others to the First Indiana Battery, in the artil- lery service, with which he was connected for three years, partici- pating in numerous battles and always comporting himself bravely and fulfilling every duty of a good soldier. He later joined the Grand Army of the Republic, with which he was connected for the remainder of his life. Returning to 'Louisville, he joined one of his brothers in the operation of a brewery until 1877. In the latter year he came to Evansville, where he established a brewing busi- ness, and this he conducted until his death, April 13, 1899. Mr. Hartmetz was a capable business man, and while he did not live long enough to realize all of his worthy ambitions, had acumulated quite a handsome property and had formed business connections that were profitable, among them being a directorship in the Peo- ples Savings Bank. He always enjoyed the companionship of his fellows and was always pleased to foregather with his old army comrades, of whom he found twenty-two living at Evansville at the time of his arrival. He was a member of St. John's Church, and lived his faith. Nearly eight years after his first arrival in the United States, Mr. Hartmetz returned to Germany, where, in 1867, he married his old schoolmate, who had attended the same school and been confirmed at the same time as he, Miss Elizabeth Simon, who was born in Germany, November 10, 1841. She sur- vives him as a resident of 520 Riverside Avenue, Evansville, and is one of the highly esteemed women of her community, and a faithful member of St. John's Church. They became the parents of four children : Charles F., a resident of Evansville; Ida, the wife of John Weber, of Evansville; Elizabeth, the wife of John Zutt, of this city ; and Otto C., also of Evansville.
Theo. W. Hartig. The mercantile interests of Evansville are well and worthily represented by Theo. W. Hartig, a member of the enterprising firm of Hartig & Blomer, now engaged in a large and growing shoe business at 1029 West Franklin Street. Mr. Hartig has passed his entire career at Evansville, where he has formed a number of important connections in business circles, and is accounted a merchant of reliability and substantiality. He was born at Evansville, September 22, 1873, and is a son of August and Johanna Hartig, natives of Germany. August Hartig was brought to the United States by his parents in 1858, the family settling at Evansville, where Mr. Hartig was reared and educated and where he passed the rest of his long and useful life, dying May 22, 1885. Mrs. Hartig, born August 25, 1848, was about three years of age when brought to this country, her parents settling on a farm in German township, Vanderburgh county, where she was reared and educated, and now maintains her home in Evansville. Both her parents are now deceased. Theo. W. Hartig attended the Centen- nial School at Evansville, and upon the completion of his education became a clerk for William Scherffius, in whose employ he re- mained eleven years. He then spent eight and one-half years in the shoe department of Strouse Brothers, and when he severed this
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connection became identified with Stinson Brothers, remaining eight years. July 29, 1914, he entered the business of Hartig & Blomer, at that time situated at III5 West Franklin Street. This business grew and developed, and in 1918 the increased patronage demanded more commodious quarters, and in the same year the enterprise was moved to the present location, 1029 West Franklin Street, where the proprietors have a business that is up-to-date in every particular. The firm enjoys an excellent standing in busi- ness circles, as to integrity, while the many patrons of the estab- lishment will testify to the courteous treatment, honest representa- tion and fair dealing extended. Mr. Hartig is a member of Osseo Tribe No. 403, Improved Order of Red Men. In politics he is a Republican, but has not sought public preferment. With his fam- ily, he belongs to St. Paul's Church. Mr. Hartig married Annie, daughter of James and Margaret Fairhurst, of Evansville, both now deceased, and to this union have been born three children: James H. who died at the age of nine and a half years; Mary Vir- ginia, born October 29, 1911, who is attending the same school as that at which her father secured his education, and Katherine Elaine, who died in infancy.
Hartig Brothers. One of the sound and substantial business concerns of Evansville, which, while under its present management only for several years, is an enterprise of long standing, is the gro- cery conducted by William Hartig and August Hartig, Jr., at IOII West Penn Street. During their careers the brothers have passed through varying business experiences, which have given them breadth of view and an understanding of the value of honorable principles when applied to mercantile affairs. The elder member of the firm, William Hartig, was born September 22, 1871, at Evansville, and is a son of August and Johanna Hartig, a review of whose lives will be found elsewhere in this work. The lad ac- quired his education at the Centennial school, after leaving which he secured employment in the cotton mills, as then operated, now the plant of the Meade-Johnson Company, manufacturers of baby food, where he remained two years. He was next employed by Fred Bauer, in the latter's grocery establishment at Tenth and Ohio Streets, and three years later resigned and entered the ser- vice of the flour mills conducted by George Brose. About the year 1888, Mr. Hartig accepted employment with the street railway company, which at that time was operating its cars by mule power, and during the fifteen years that followed saw wonderful advance- ment, both in equipment and service. When he ceased railroading he became identified with the Evansville Brewing Association, by which concern he was employed for eighteen years. In September, 1921, he formed a partnership with his brother, August, in the present grocery business, which, under the name of Hartig Broth- ers, has built up an excellent patronage through fair representa- tion, honest dealing and strict attention to business. Mr. Hartig is a capable business man of ripened judgment and bears an ex-
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cellent reputation in business circles. He married Anna, daugh- ter of Philip Koch, of West Heights, and to this union there have been born two sons and one daughter: Elmer, aged twenty-five years, who married Annabelle Martin, of Mount Vernon, Indiana, and is a resident of Flint, Michigan; Irma, aged nineteen years, who is employed as a Government stenographer ; and George, aged seventeen years, who is employed by his father. Fraternally, Mr. Hartig is identified with the Owls, the Eagles, the Haymakers, the Woodmen of the World and the Improved Order of Red Men, and also holds membership in the Retail Merchants' Association. He is a stanch Republican in politics, and he and Mrs. Hartig belong to St. Paul's Evangelical Church. August Hartig, Jr., the junior member of the firm of Hartig Brothers, was born at Evansville, June 7, 1881, and after attending the Centennial school pursued a course at the Spencerian College. On arriving at manhood he em- barked in the retail liquor business, in which he continued until prohibition became effective in Indiana, following which he con- tinued to conduct his establishment as a soft drink parlor. This, however, did not prove a profitable venture, and he entered the employ of Mr. Gordner, at IOII West Penn Street, an old-estab- lished grocer. At the end of eight years Mr. Gordner decided to retire, and in 1921, as noted above, Mr. Hartig and his brother, William, became proprietors by virtue of the purchase of stock and fixtures. Like his brother, Mr. Hartig is a reliable and effi- cient business man, who has the confidence of his associates in business affairs. He married Nellie May, daughter of John and Mary Schreiber of Evansville, April 27, 1905, and to this union there has come one son, Kenneth, who was born January 4, 1906, educated at Rice's High School, Evansville, and now employed by his father in the grocery business. August Hartig, Jr. belongs to Osseo Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men, and is greatly popular with his fellow-fraternalists. While not a member of any church, he is an attendant of St. Paul's Evangelical. He votes the Repub- lican ticket and is a firm believer in the doctrines of the Grand Old Party.
Frank H. Hatfield. Of the men who have gained position and success at the Vanderburgh county bar, few are better known for professional ability and personal integrity than Frank H. Hatfield, who has been engaged in practice at Evansville since 1904. Mr. Hatfield was born at Cannelton, Indiana, January 1, 1869, and at the age of seven years went with his parents to Boonville, this state, where he attended the public schools and graduated from the high school in 1886. In the same year he enrolled as a student at the Indiana State University, graduating in June, 1890, with the de- gree of Bachelor of Arts, and two years later completed the law course and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws. For one vear thereafter he practiced his profession at Bloomington, but in Sep- tember, 1894, returned to Boonville and became a member of the firm of Hatfield & Hemenway. This professional association
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