A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work, Volume II, Part 50

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until he has accumulated a competence, and now lives, as old age comes on, in the quiet and ease of retirement. The highway of waters between his native and his adopted land has become familiar to him, as he has crossed the Atlantic three times, both in the slow, storm- tossed sail-ship and the ocean steamer of the present day. Mr. Fulton is a man of pure morals, sound busi- ness capacity, and is as nearly blameless as a man can be in daily walk and conversation.

ARVER, WILLIAM, attorney, of Noblesville, was born near Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, July 19, 1816, and is the third son of Leonard and Catha- rine (Fisher) Garver. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to the sadler's trade. This he followed as a means of livelihood until his twenty-third year, when he was admitted to the bar as a lawyer in open court in 1839. This change in his business was the re- sult of hard study in private, by which he qualified himself for his new profession. After practicing law for two years in Indianapolis, he removed to Nobles- ville, where he has ever since continued to reside. In 1857 he was appointed special mail agent. In 1862 he raised the 101st Regiment of Indiana Volunteer In- fantry, and, entering the army as colonel, remained ten months, when failing health caused him to resign. During his term of service he was in General Rose- crans's campaign, with the Army of the Cumberland. The next twelve months after his return home were spent in getting back his nearly vanished health. In 1865 he was appointed, by Governor Morton, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. To this place he was elected in 1866, re-elected in 1868, again in 1872, serv- ing until the spring of 1873, when the office was abol- ished. Previous to the late Civil War, Judge Garver was a Jacksonian Democrat, but since 1861 he has been an uncompromising Republican. He was a delegate to the Democratic national conventions in 1852 and 1860. In 1848 he was elected and served for three years as state Senator ; was elected prosecuting attorney in 1850, and in 1876-his last connection with politics-served in the Legislature. Judge Garver is the owner of one of the finest farms in the county, and, like all men who are wearied with the intrigue and excitements of public life, he finds in its quiet and solitude that rest which has so long been denied him. He was married, in Sep- tember, 1842, to Miss Eliza J. Stevenson, daughter of General John R. Stevenson, of Noblesville. This lady was the first female white child born in the town. She died in 1850. He was again married in 1852, to Eliza Jane Ray, daughter of Governor Ray, of Indianapolis. She died in 1870, leaving six children. William R., the eldest, is a practicing physician in Marion; the re-

mainder are still at home. He was a third time married in 1873, to Telitha Pierce, a widow, of Grant County. Judge Garver is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; is a leader of the Republican party in the county, and a man whose influence is of great weight, whether in matters of Church or state.

REEN, JOHN, attorney-at-law, of Tipton, was born in Yancey County, North Carolina, May 20, 1807. His parents were James and Catherine Green. His mother's maiden name was Blankinship. Both of his grandfathers were in the Revolutionary War. His paternal grandfather was among the first to receive a pension. He had been all of his life a mem- ber of the society of Friends, but this step put him out of the pale of the organization. After the war he joined the Baptist Church, and their religious views have marked his descendants, except the subject of this sketch. The parents of John Green removed to Indi- ana, then a territory, in 1810, and located in Jefferson County. During the War of 1812 his father was en- rolled as a ranger, or home-guard. He was furnished with government arms and received a land warrant. His wife was a woman of great energy of body and mind, to whom the son is much indebted. In the year IS28 he entered Hanover College, the institution being then in its infancy. Up to this time his is the familiar history of the backwoods lad of that day. He entered the school in view of the ministry, as did most of the students at that time. His mind underwent a change on religious matters, and in 1832 he retired to a farm, where he followed the usual occupations of a farmer until 1839. In this year he commenced the study of law, under the Hon. Wilberforce Lyle, of Madison. While progressing with his studies he had the misfor- tune to be crippled for life with a broken leg, by being thrown from a buggy. This occurrence caused him to lose nearly two years from his studies. In 1844 he was licensed to practice law. His certificate was written by Hon. Miles Egleston, then Circuit Judge in Jefferson County ; the other judge signing his license was the Hon. John H. Thompson. He was admitted to prac- tice in the Federal and Supreme Courts soon afterward, and selected Madison as the scene of his first legal ex- perience. Judge Green is said to have had a strong military spirit in his youth ; he was promoted to the command of a company ; but his military ardor declined, and he turned his attention in another direction. While living in retirement on his farm he was elected a Jus- tice of the Peace for five years. He took a very active part in school matters, and served seven years as trustee at a time when our school system was in its infancy, meeting with much bitter opposition. Judge Green has

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always been the warm friend and supporter of improve- ments in both his county and state. He took a very ac- tive part in the construction of the two railroads making Tipton an intersecting point. Had it not been for his energetic efforts in securing the location of the Lafay- ette, Muncie and Bloomington Railroad by Tipton, the people would not have possessed this line of road. The law of Indiana in regard to gravel and piked roads is more due to him than to any other person. The original bill was drafted by another, but its pas- sage in 1867 is mainly due to his own efforts. The next four years he was in the state Senate, and here he was the constant and vigilant friend of this law. He removed to Tipton in 1848, in which place he still con- tinues to reside. In 1856 he was elected to the state Senate from the district composed of Tipton, Boone, and Hamilton Counties, and served four years. While a member of the Upper House he was chairman of the Swamp Land Committee. At the above-mentioned time the swamp land question was one of the great issues of the day. At the expiration of his senatorial term he was elected Judge of the Common Pleas Court for a district embracing five counties, where he again served four years. In 1868 his constituents a second time chose him as their Representative to the Senate. Dur- ing the term he filled the position of chairman of the Committee on Organization of Courts, in addition to his connection with other committees. Judge Green is a stanch Republican in politics. His first vote for Pres- ident, in 1828, was cast for Adams, and he has voted ever since for the Whig and Republican candidates, in- cluding Mr. Hayes. He has never missed an annual election, and his experience and influence are of great weight with his party in shaping its policy in matters of either local or state interest. He was for many years chairman of the county central committee. He has been time and again a member of the different state committees. In his profession, Judge Green is without a peer in his county, his practice being unusually large and successful. He was married, April 14, 1829, to Mrs. Mary Marshall, of Jefferson County, widow of Robert Marshall, who was the mother of two children, Sallie and Margaret. This lady died in 1865, leaving six children, of whom Sallie, Milton, Alice, and Catherine are still living. He was again married in 1866, to Miss Catherine A. Humerrikhouse. She died in 1875. His present wife was Mrs. Caroline Paswalter, of Noblesville, a daughter of Judge Cottingham. Judge Green, on lo- cating in Tipton, began the preparation of a home for his old age, which he has now completed. His home- farm, of two hundred acres, joins the town of Tipton on the west. He is gradually retiring from the practice of law, and leading a more quiet and retired life. In this town he has resided for thirty years. He is not a communicant of any Church, but attends services reg-

ularly with his wife. Wherever she belongs there he goes. He has been an active man in railroad and other public matters, and a citizen whose death, aside from a sorrowing sense of loss, would cause a vacancy in the community not easily filled.

AZELRIGG, HARVEY G., of Boone County, In- diana, who was born in Bath County, Kentucky, September 13, 1807, was the youngest son of Joshua and Frances (Wright) Hazelrigg. His youth and early manhood were spent in Kentucky. Here, at Mount Sterling, he acquired his education; studied law with Hon. H. S. Lane, of that state; was admitted to the bar, and for a number of years practiced his pro- fession, in which, especially as a criminal lawyer, he was notably successful. Mr. Hazelrigg was married, in 1830, to Margaret Stone, who died in 1833, leaving one child, a daughter. A year later, in 1834, he was married to Miss Mary Jameson, of Montgomery County, Kentucky, a step-sister to Hon. H. S. Lane. In 1840 Mr. Hazel- rigg was elected to, and served one term in, the state Legislature of Kentucky. In 1841, disregarding the advice of his friends, and apparently indifferent to his political or professional advancement, he, with his fam- ily, emigrated to Indiana, purchasing a farm in the vicinity of Lebanon, where he henceforth remained. Like all men of marked characteristics, he had not long resided in this county till his eminent ability attracted attention, and he was solicited to become a candidate for the Indiana Legislature. Being financially embar- rassed at the time, he declined; but, as his friends in- sisted, and offered him the necessary aid, he finally consented to make the canvass. " Although he had a strong opposition to contend with, he was elected by a large majority; and during the following session be- came a leader in the House, taking an active interest in all important measures that came before the Legislature; and was re-elected to the same position. At the expira- tion of his term of service he became a candidate for the state Senate. In the senatorial district his political opponents were largely in the majority; but his friends hoped his great popularity would carry him through. The Free-soilers, however, in order to defeat him, brought forward a third man. This plan proved suc- cessful, and he was defeated by a small majority. Upon the organization of the Indianapolis and Lafayette Rail- road Company, in 1848, Mr. Hazelrigg became one of the stockholders, and was immediately chosen a director. Ile was soon after appointed collector, to collect the stock subscriptions. This task, requiring so much en- ergy in its fulfillment, he prosecuted with vigor, and the rapid completion of the work was, no doubt, greatly due to his strenuous efforts. After the completion of

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While attached to General Stoneman's command he was captured and immured in Andersonville prison-pen for

the road he was chosen its purchasing agent, acting also as paymaster, track-master, and director of the road for twenty years, or until its consolidation with the seven months. After his liberation, returning home, he Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad. During all these years in which he was actively engaged in public serv- ice or public enterprise, he continued the management of his farm, near the railroad station that is now called Hazelrigg in honor of him. Nor did these various pur- suits interfere with or prevent his taking an interest in other affairs. His services to the railroad company were well rewarded. And in addition to the vocations which we have already mentioned, he entered into the a course in school at Indianapolis. Charles, next older,

engaged in railroading, but in 1868 took charge of his father's farm, where he has continued to reside, remain- ing unmarried. Like his father, he is imbued with the principles of the Republican party. The fifth son, Al- bert, is engaged in manufacturing business in North Indianapolis; and the youngest, Oliver and John (twins), are promising young men, one of whom displays con- siderable literary ability. They are now completing is the publisher of the Thorntown Argus, a spicy state newspaper.

banking and brokerage business, with Judge L. C. Daugherty and Elijah Sims, which he continued till the date of his decease, which occurred December 15, 1877, he being at that time principal of the banking house of Hazelrigg, Daily & Co. Nor were these all, or enough to occupy the mind and time of this man, who proved AZLETT, JAMES, mayor of the city of Anderson, was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, Septem- ber 20, 1809. His father, Samuel Hazlett, was of Irish parentage, and a native of Pennsylvania. He served in the Revolution, and became a captain of -- Kentucky volunteers in the War of 1812, but peace was so useful to his adopted state. He was for many years president of the Boone County Agricultural Society, taking great interest in its development. In politics he was a Whig during the existence of that organization, but upon the organization of the Republican party em- braced its principles, entered into earnest labor for it, declared while he was on the way with his company for and soon became one of its leaders in the state. Al- the seat of war. His mother, Mary Stephenson, was though reared amid the influences of slavery, he was in favor of measures for its abolishment. He was a warm admirer of Henry Clay, and coincided most heartily with his views on the subject. Mr. Hazelrigg was one of the most prominent members of the Masonic Frater-

born also in Pennsylvania, and was of English descent. The farm, the store, the office, and the public assembly are the schools to which Mr. Hazlett is indebted for men- tal training, and in these his lessons have been more than merely memorized; they have been those of endeavor, nity, and as such was known throughout the United , endurance, pain, success, and are not only remembered,

States. Possessing a winning, persuasive, and well-mod- ulated voice, Freemasonry was one of his favorite themes; and while discussing its merits he became earnest and eloquent. His addresses were therefore welcomed, and he was recognized as an orator of great ability. His untiring zeal and interest in behalf of Masonry rendered him dear to the hearts of his brethren in the order, and his decease left a void that can not be filled. The death of such a man as Mr. Hazelrigg is not only a loss to his family and the community, but a loss to the public and to the state. Fulfilling all duties, public or domes- tic, aiding the spirit of enterprise and improvement, it may be truly said of this man, "He made the world better by having lived in it." A wife and seven chil- dren, all residing in Indiana, survive him. James, the but, in a certain sense, have become a part of himself. His early life was spent in farming, and at the age of twenty-three he became a salesman. Three years later he entered into the dry-goods business in Indianapolis, in partnership with J. D. Morris. In 1838 he removed to Anderson to conduct the business of the firm of Morrison, Hazlett & Co., formed in Indianapolis. The following year the state of Indiana suspended work on all public improvements, and thus so greatly embarrassed contractors and others that the mercantile houses, to which they had become indebted, severely felt the effect. His firm was among those which suffered most. After paying out all assets, judgment was rendered against it, in the United States District Court, for the sum of eleven thousand dollars. This left Mr. Hazlett penni- eldest son, who is now dead, was a practitioner of law ' less; but with fortitude, and a sense of honor not too in Lebanon. G. W., the second, resides in Thorntown, where he is engaged in the hardware business. The only daughter is married, and resides on a farm in Boone County. David W., the third son, who is administrator of his father's estate (which is the largest in the county), was born on St. Valentine's Day, 1838, was educated in the common schools, and in 1864 enlisted as a private in the 5th Indiana Cavalry. often seen in these days, he set to work again, and paid his share of the indebtedness, though to do it required ten years of the best part of his life. In 1844 he was elected clerk of the Circuit Court of Madison County, and held the office by re-election until 1855, when he engaged in the produce and grain trade till 1870. In 1852 he had been elected a director of the Bee-line Railroad, and again in 1856, but refused each time to

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qualify ; in 1872 he was elected a director of the Cin- cinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railway, and the posi- tion was offered him again in 1876, but was declined on both occasions; he also twice refused to accept a directorship of the Anderson, Lebanon and St. Louis Railroad. He perfected the organization of the Ander- son, Frankfort and Bloomington Railroad, and was elected its president, but it was never completed, be- cause of the panic of 1873. In 1856 he assisted in or- ganizing the Madison County Hydraulic Company, sub- scribed for twenty-five hundred dollars' worth of stock, and was elected a director. He is now a director in each of four turnpike companies-the Anderson and Alexander, Anderson and Lafayette, Anderson and Perkinsville, and Anderson and Fishersburg; he is also president of the last named company. In 1872 Mr. Hazlett was elected county commissioner, and served one term. In May, 1878, he was chosen mayor of the city of Anderson. He has been a Republican since the or- ganization of that party, and, though he has never sought political favors, has held office over fourteen years, when, during all this period, the Democrats have been in the majority. Mr. Hazlett was married, at Rockford, Illinois, May 4, 1838, to Miss Elizabeth Jack- son, a native of Maryland. Three children have been born to them: Mrs. Judge Goodykoontz, of Anderson; Mrs. Doctor E. V. Van Norman, of Springfield, Ohio; and one son of twenty-three years, a salesman. The parents and their two daughters are members of the Presbyterian Church. Endowed by nature with execu- tive powers, with the ability to organize and direct public enterprises, Mr. Hazlett has been eminently use- ful in promoting the prosperity of the state of Indiana. His example is worthy the emulation of young men, for, without the early advantages of education, of wealth, or of influence, he has won his way to honorable position. Pecuniary misfortune overwhelmed him for a time, but, with courage undaunted and character unsul- lied, he roused his energies and, struggling on, wrested victory out of defeat.

IMMEL, LOUIS, mayor of the city of Lafayette, was born at Roedgen, near Frankfort-on-the-Main, on the twenty-first day of April, 1828. His par- ents, Conrad and Catharine Kimmel, were hum- ble but respected peasants, and his early life was spent with them in rural occupations. His only school advan- tages were those of the eight years-from six to four- teen -of compulsory education of his native land. He came to this country in 1854, and, with the exception of two months spent in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he has resided in Lafayette ever since. The first five years in his adopted country and city were spent in ordinary labor, and in the year 1859 he began the publication,

as editor, of a German newspaper, the Indiana Post, which he continued till the breaking out of the war, in 1861. He immediately enlisted as a private soldier in the 32d Indiana Volunteers, Colonel Willich command- ing, but, before the company was mustered in, he was elected second lieutenant. He was afterwards promoted to first lieutenant, and subsequently to captain of the company. He participated in many of the most noted engagements of the war, among them the battles of Shi- loh, Pittsburgh Landing, before Corinth, Stone River, and many minor engagements. Mayor Kimmel has oc- cupied numerous positions of public trust and honor. In 1867 he was elected a Justice of the Peace, and served four years. At the expiration of this term he was elected mayor of the city. In 1873 he was chosen cashier of the German Savings Bank, and continued as such till its business was closed. In 1877 he was again elected mayor for two years, and was re-elected in 1879. He is now, and has been for many years, presi- dent of both the Concordia German Association and the Turners' Association. He was also a charter mem- ber of the German Independent Order of Odd-fellows and the Ancient Order of Druids. His first marriage was with Miss Catharine Stumpf, January 16, 1850, by whom he had two children. During the terrible cholera scourge of 1854 he lost, within a week, by that disease, his wife, one child, his mother, sister, and sister-in-law. July 9, 1857, he married Miss Mary Pfuhl, by whom he had eight children, six of whom are living, making his present family consist of six boys and one girl. His father-in-law, Mr. John Pfuhl, an old and respected citizen, eighty-three years of age, resides with him. Mayor Kimmel was educated in the Lutheran faith, but has made no religious profession. In politics he has always been an active Republican, but possesses to an unusual degree the confidence and esteem of his fellow- citizens of all parties, as is evident from the fact that he has, on the Republican ticket, been three times elected mayor of a city whose normal political status is Demo- cratic. And more than once his party, in close con- tests, has owed its success to his personal efforts and in- fluence. In stature, he is somewhat below the medium height, well and compactly built, of pleasing address, social manners, and a countenance indicative of that cheerful temperament, indomitable energy, and uncom- promising integrity, which have been the secret of his success in life.

POVETT, JOHN W., lawyer, Anderson, Indiana, was born in St. Omer, Decatur County, Indiana, September 22, 1847. He received a thorough education, having graduated at Asbury University, Greencastle, Indiana, and also at the Law School at Washington, District of Columbia, From boyhood he

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has been a diligent student, and while at college ac- complished in three years what is included in a four years' course. He mastered the principles of law in a short time, soon became familiar with its practice, and is now one of the best young lawyers in the state. He is a good manager of a case in court, and an earnest and able advocate before a jury; he briefs a case well for the Supreme Court, arranging all the authorities that can be found bearing upon the points under dis- cussion; is exceedingly laborious, and gives closer at- tention to his business than his physical strength will warrant. Ile is the law partner of Hon. Milton S. Robinson, of Anderson, Indiana, where they have a large and lucrative practice in the State and United States Courts. As a public speaker, Mr. Lovett is forcible and eloquent. He is a stockholder and director in the Citizens' National Bank of Greensburg. In poli- tics, he is a Republican. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and takes a deep in- terest in all important public enterprises having for their object the advancement of the public good. He was married, December 24, 1872, to Miss Ella, daughter of HIon. Will Cumback, of Greensburg. They have one child.

"AKEPEACE, ALLEN, of Madison County, was in his early manhood an Indian trader, one of those who, like the gold-seeking explorers of our coast, led advancing civilization, paving the way for and often protecting the missionary and the settler, and establishing trading posts which became germs of future cities. He was born in Massachusetts, September 1, 1802, and died in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, in 1871. His father, Amasa Makepeace, was also a native of Massachusetts. Allen removed with his parents to In- diana in 1811. He had received thorough instruction in the common schools of his own state, and now felt prepared to follow the bent of his genius as best he could under the eircumstances. He commenced trading with the Indians. His capital was but one hundred and fifty dollars, and his entire stock was contained in a pack; with this on his back he traversed the wilderness from camp to camp with untiring energy, and an indiffer- ence to hardships and exposure for which his class were distinguished. The Indians learned to regard him as a friend, and gave him all needed assistance. His busi- ness prospered. Every stream he forded became to him, as it were, a Pactolus with golden sands, and the deep forest an Aladdin's cave. Very soon, in 1823, his pack expanded into a store in Chesterfield, Madison County, and later he established another in Columbus. With the proceeds of his trade he speculated in land and invested in public improvements. He became one of the original stockholders of the Bellefontaine (now the

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A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work, Volume II, Part 50

Author: Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio : Western Biographical Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 1006

Author:
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio : Western Biographical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1006