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9 HOMAS E. HARRINGTON, the pres- ent efficient recorder of Delaware county, was born in Caroline county, Md., May 25, 1843, a son of James and Martha (Numbers) Harrington, natives of
the same state, and of Caroline and Kent counties, respectively. In 1872 these parents removed to Henry county, Ind., and located on a farm where the father died the same year; the mother survived him until 1889, departing this life in the city of Muncie. They belonged respectively to the Methodist Episco- pal church and Friends' Society, and were peo- ple eminently respected in the community where they resided. They were the parents of seven children, of which family four are now living, namely: Thomas E .; Margaret, wife of John Anderson of Muncie; Lydia M., and J. Harry, an employee of the Indiana Bridge company. Thomas E. Harrington was reared in his native county until eighteen years of age, and received his education in the pub- lic schools. On the breaking out of the rebel- lion he entered the army, enlisting, in 1861, in company D, First regiment Maryland vol- unteer infantry, and gave three years and three months to the service of his country. He was made fife-major of his company, and during the period of his service participated in the Gettysburg campaign, was on the block- ade service, and for some time was under the command of Gens. Butler, Lew Wallace, Dix and Brigadier-Com. Lockwood. After being honorably discharged, he returned to his native state and engaged in teaching, which he followed until 1870, when he came to Indi- ana, where he was similarly employed in Franklin county until 1874.
In the spring of 1875 Mr. Harrington lo- cated in Muncie, and in November of that year removed to Selma, where he taught school during the winter seasons and worked at the carpenter's trade in summers, until the fall of 1890, at which time he was compli- mented by his fellow citizens by being elected to the office of county recorder. In the dis- charge of the duties of this position Mr. Har-' rington has been uniformly kind and obliging,
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and his manner of conducting the affairs of the office is proof sufficient of the party's wis- dom in his election. Politically, Mr. Har- rington is and always has been a supporter of the republican party, and has contributed largely to its success in several important cam- paigns. He is post commander of the S. J. Williams pcst, G. A. R., being also adjutant of the same, and is a member of the Selma lodge, No. 189, I. O. O. F., in which he is past grand chief and past grand patriarch; he is also a member of the Twa Twa tribe of Red Men. Mr. Harrington's marriage was solem- nized in December, 1865, with Miss Sue B. Norris, daughter of William Norris, and they are the parents of the following children: Alice L., wife of C. O. Hanna of Selma, Ind .; Dela S., Harry C., William H., Martha V., Charles O. (deceased), Lola J., Thomas R. and Georgia. Mr. Harrington and family are members of the Methodist church, belonging to the High street congregation of Muncie, and are among the most esteemed residents of the city. His domestic relations, with the exception of the sadness occasioned by the one visitation of death to the family, have been of the most felicitous nature, and his public and social positions have been commen- surate in their pleasant current with the flow of his domestic huppiness. He has been de- serving o' all that has been bestowed upon him, and will ever be able to sustain the high position he has attained in the esteem of his fellow men.
J OHN J. HARTLEY .- Perhaps no one, from choice, would desire to be thrown upon his own resources at an early age, but history continually gives the world examples of successful lives, where the youth- ful days were full of privation and self denial.
John J. Hartley was born in Freedom, Beaver county, Pa., September 21, 1856, son of Charles A. and Barbara (Heffner) Hartley, natives of Baden Baden, Germany, who set- tled in Beaver county, Pa., in 1834. The father was a teacher by profession, had been educated for the ministry, but never entered the sacred calling, preferring teaching, and fol- lowing it in his native country and for some time after coming to America. He taught in tee schools of Pittsburg, and later became the principal of the Trevelyn school, Pennsyl- vania. He and wife died in Freedom, Beaver county, Pa.
John J. Hartley received a limited educa- tion in the public schools, and at the early age of twelve years left home and for eight years thereafter acted as agent for Riley & Sargent and for the Union News company. He naturally took to business, and during the years of 1876 and 1877 he rented the privilege on the limited express trains on the P., Ft. W. & C. R. R. from Pittsburg to Crestline, and operated them successfully. In 1877 he became the manager of the Tremont house at Mansfield, Ohio, and the same year, June 21, was united in marriage to Miss Anna Mc- Sherry, the former proprietor of the Tremont.
In 1882 Mr. Hartley engaged in the man- ufacture of crackers, which business he con- tinued one year under the firm name of Pur- tell, Hartley & Black, but, owing to poor health, was obliged to dispose of his interests and turn his attention to other pursuits. In 1884 he engaged in the real estate and insur- ance business in Mansfield and continued there very successfully until the spring of 1889, at which date he came to Muncie and since that time has given his entire attention to real estate transactions. In 1887 he pur- chased twelve acres of land and laid out what is known as the Hartley & Lowenstine addi- tion to Muncie, a very valuable and desirable
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part of the city. Mr. Hartley has been fore- most in every enterprise having for its object the public welfare. He assisted in the organ- ization of the Muncie Real Estate exchange, of which he is the treasurer, and is also a stockholder in several large manufacturing plants, and one of the active members of the Citizens' Enterprise company, in the organi- zation of which he contributed $1,000 and much of his time. He is recognized as a busi- ness man of superior ability and marked prob- ity, and the city of Muncie recognizes in him a gentleman of exemplary character in the pri- vate walks of life as well as before the public gaze. His political attachments, though strong, are ever held in subservience to his sense of right, and as a member of the repub- lican party he is frequently consulted on mat- ters of interest in both local and general cam- paigns. He has been active in behalf of the city's welfare as member of the common coun- cil, to which body he was elected in 1891, and in which he served as chairman of the com- mittee on water works and other important committees. Fraternally he belongs to the Masonic order, in which he has taken a num- ber of degrees, including chapter, commandery and Scottish rite. He is also a member of the Pythian fraternity. Mr. and Mrs. Hartley were formerly members of the Congregational church at Mansfield, Ohio, and now belong to the First Presbyterian church of Muncie.
S ETH G. HASTINGS, M. D .- Mun- cie is a city that rejoices in a number of very efficient and skillful physi- cians and surgeons, and prominent among these is Dr. Hastings, who was born in Henry county, Ind., March 1, 1840, son of William and Jane (Reece) Hastings. William
Hastings was bo n in Wayne county, Ind., son of William Hastings, a native of North Carolina, and one of the pioneers of Wayne county, Ind. The mother of the doctor was a native of North Carolina, who settled in Henry county, Ind., in 1823. The doctor's parents were married in the latter county and began mar ied life on a tract of land which they entered and proceeded to clear, residing there for many years. The father died in that county in 1854, but the mother still survives, making her home in Muncie with her son Seth G. Hastings.
Dr. Hastings is the fourth child in a family of seven children, and received his education in the public schools. In the fall of 1859 he removed with his mother to Richmond, Ind., and graduated from the high school of that city, after which he entered Earlham college, graduating in the class of 1867. For the next eight years Dr. Hastings was a most efficient teacher and superintendent of schools in Wayne county, later being made the superin- tendent of the B. C. Hobbs school at Bloom- ingdale academy. After this he taught three years in the Wabash public schools, finally serving most acceptably as superintendent of the Decatur public schools for three years. During this time Dr. Hastings devoted some of his spare time to the study of medicine, and after filling the last named position at Decatur, he attended the Homeopathic Medical college, at Cleveland, Ohio, and finished his medical course at Cincinnati, graduating in 1877. After finishing his studies Dr. Hastings began his practice at Decatur, Adams county, Ind., but in 1887 came to Muncie, where he has built up an extensive practice. He is a member of the State Homeopathic Medical association. Dr. Hastings was one of the organizers of the prohibition party in Indiana, and since that time has been a stanch supporter of the same. In 1892 he was the nominee of the party for
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coroner of Delaware county. February 3, 1870, Dr. Hastings was united in marriage with Miss Edith Towell, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Cox) Towell, of Fountain county, Ind. Mrs. Hastings died November 2, 1889, leaving four children-Alton P., Laura Eilen, Williard S. and Carrie Esther. Dr. Hastings is a member of the Society of Friends, of Muncie, being very active in both church and Sunday school work. He has served as president of the Adams county Sun- day school union and of the District Sunday school association, embracing the Sunday schools of Wayne, Henry, Randolph and Del- aware counties. Dr. Hastings is deservediy popular with all the people with whom he is brought in contact, not only in a professional way, but as a friend and neighbor. The ca- reer of Dr. Hastings, as a professional, has been of the most flattering character, not only from a financial point of view, but from a scientific stand point. His reputation as an exponent of the particular school to which he belongs is widespread and exalted, and he may with complacency look upon the long list of patients his skill has brought him. His stand- ing in society is commensurate with his stand- ing as a physician.
S TEPHEN HATHAWAY, M. D., de- ceased, one of the oldest and most experienced physicians and surgeons of eastern Indiana, was born near Co- lumbus, Ohio, August 1, 1819, and was a son of Erastus and Mercy (Norton) Hathaway, natives of Massachusetts. He was reared on a farm, educated primarily in the common schools, and began the study of medicine under a private preceptor in Columbus, attended a medical college at Cleveland, graduated, came
to Delaware county, Ind., in 1844, and prac- ticed at Granville until the California gold fever became rife in 1849. He at once joined a com- pany of some fifty Muncie and other Delaware county people and went to the gold fields, where he passed a year and did fairly well. On his return he settled in Muncie in practice, and was also for some years in partnership in the drug business with John C. Helm. The doc- tor was favored with a large practice, extend- ing over a wide area, until about the close of the civil war, when he retired to a farm of thirty-three acres at what is now known as Riverside. Of this he made a nursery and fruit farm, and carried it on for several years, closing out the nursery in 1888. He was a man of great industry and perseverance, but was stricken with paralysis, and died in April, 1891, in his seventy-second year. His mar- riage took place May 26, 1853, to Sarah Jar- rett, daughter of Daniel Jarrett, for many years a resident of Delaware county. This union was favored with the birth of nine children, in the following order: Charles, who died at the age of eleven years; William, of Lafayette, Colo .; D. Jarrett, in the lumber business at Topeka, Kan .; May, wife of J. B. Ragan, of Sidney, Neb .; Stanley, at home; Sherman, in the stone business at Denver, Colo .; Lydia, stenographer, at Pittsburgh, Pa .; Addie, a ste- nographer, and Sallie, at home.
Of the old Hathaway homestead, thirty-one acres constitute a part of the new and attrac- tive addition to Muncie, known as Riverside. It is laid out in wide streets, and forms one of the most desirable and beautiful residence sub- urbs of the city, is attracting the best class of business men; possesses good natural drainage and is underlaid with deep strata of gravel; is in close proximity to the business portions of the city, and is entirely free from factories and other annoyances that mar the quiet peace and repose of retired domesticity.
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R EV. JACOB W. HEATH, was born February 23, 1829, in Wayne county, Ind., and is of English stock; his great-grandfather, together with two brothers, crossed the Atlantic, from, their Lon- don home, and stopped in Maryland, where the grandfather, Jacob Heath, was born and reared; and, early in his life, removed to Guil- ford county, N. C., where Ralph Heath, father of Jacob W., was born, reared and mar- ried to Miss Mary Tomlinson. After the birth of three sons and one daughter-the daughter dying in infancy-the parents decided to move the young family to the wilds of Indiana, and in October, 1828, they left their home in the sunny south, crossing the mountains in the lit- tle wagon, to Wayne county, Ind., where Mr. Heath stopped with his family for one year. During the summer of 1829 Ralph Heath came to Delaware county, to enter land; less than 200 voters were in the county, and much of the land, where the city of Muncie now stands was congress land, subject to entry, at $1.25 per acre. But Mr. Heath finally located in Salem township, five miles sonthwest of Mun- cie; built a cabin, and brought his family here December 25, 1829- but one family liv- ing nearer than the little village of Muncie- town, five miles distant. The growling of the bear, the scream of the panther, and the howling of the wolf with all the loneliness of this wilderness country, were what the father and mother had to endure. The sons older than Jacob W. were Albert, now of Hannibal, Mo .; John W., of Muncie, and the Rev. James W., deceased, who all shared in the hardships of pioneer life with their father and mother. The father was a christian man and was among the first to open his cabin to the early missionaries of the M. E. church. This cabin was the preaching place in the early settlement for years, and this early training that Jacob W. received
from the early ministers and parents fixed him in his religious convictions during life.
Jacob W. Heath remained with his parents until of age. attending the district schools dur- ing the winter and working on the farm dur- ing the summer. In 1848 and '49, he was a student in the old Delaware county seminary. In 1850, he was united in marriage to Miss Rhoda A. Perdiue, daughter of the Rev. Abner Perdiue, a pioneer minister, and an early settler of Delaware county. Mr. Heath, at the time of his marriage, was engaged in teaching, but soon engaged in the business of the farm, and continued in the same till 1868, when he removed to Muncie, since when his time has been taken up in the grocery busi- ness, life insurance and real estate.
Mr. Heath joined the M. E. church when sixteen years of age. He has filled the offices of leader, steward, trustee, Sabbath school sup- perintendent, exhorter, and for the last seven- teen years, local minister. Mr. Heath became a member of Delaware lodge, No. 46, Free & Accepted Masons, in 1856, and is a strong be- liever in the principles of that order. He has been for many years a zealous workers in the cause of temperance, and has been heard from in almost every pulpit in the county and state. He attended the constitutional amendment case of the supreme court, in the city of Des Moines, Iowa, in 1883, and did effective work there.
In politics, Mr. Heath is a republican, and has been at all times in line with his party, and taken an active part in all political campaigns since 1860. While Mr. Heath was not in the army during the dark days of the war, there was no man in the south part of the county, where he at that time resided, who did more for the support of the families of the men who went to the front, according to his financial ability. The fruits of J. W. Heath and wife's marriage, have been six sons and two dangh-
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ters, namely: John B., Frederick W., Perry S., Fletcher S., Cyrus R., Cassie E. and Mary A., and one son, Arthur, deceased.
Mr. Heath calls to mind, the first death and funeral, that occurred between the very small village, of Muncietown and Middletown. In December, 1833; was present at the funeral, and saw the few early settlers deposit the remains of the wife and mother in the silent and new cemetery; this being the first one laid to rest in what is know now as the Old Heath cemetery.
J ULIUS A. HEINSOHN, proprietor of the Kirby house and one of the genial, pleasant and hospitable hosts of Muncie, is a native of Germany, born June 10, 1837, the son of Andrew and Martha (Brum- mer) Heinsohn. He was reared and educated in the country of his nativity, where he remained until his eighteenth year, at which time, October 1, 1856, he came to the United States, locating in Louisville, Ky., where, until 1859, he was engaged as bookkeeper, and in. that year, in company with his brother, George E., also of Louisville, came to Muncie, Ind., and engaged in the manufacturing business, which he continued until his return to Louis- ville in 1861. In that city Mr. Heinsohn again became bookkeeper, in which capacity he con- tinued without change until 1872, when he returned to Muncie, Ind., and became proprie- tor . of the well known Kirby house, which, under his management, has become one of the favorite resorts of the traveling public. Since taking charge of this hotel, Mr. Heinsohn has twice rebuilt the house, and in its appoint- ments and modern improvements it is now con- sidered one of the most complete places of the kind in the city. During his residence in Muncie, Mr. Heinsohn has not been unmind-
ful of the city's material advancement, and he has been a potent factor in many of the impor- tant measures which have brought prosperity to this part of the gas belt. He was one of the organizers of the Muncie Natural Gas company, and is a director and stockholder in the Muncie Artificial Ice company, also a charter member and one of the board of advisers of the Citi- zens' Enterprise company. In politics Mr. Heinsohn is an unswerving supporter of the republican party, but has never sought political distinction, preferring to devote his energies to his business. In business circles his presence is always felt, and socially his integrity of character has made him exceedingly popular with all classes of his fellow citizensof Muncie. Mr. Heinsohn was married November 8, 1866, to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Kirby, of Muncie, and is the father of two children, namely: Thomas Kirby, the present captain of the Muncie Fencibles, and Sarah Heinsohn. Mr. Heinsohn and family are members of the Episcopal church, belonging to the Muncie congregation, in which he has served as ves- tryman.
H. HIGHLANDS .- In these times of modern invention and improve- ment, so much of the comfort of living is due to the plumber and gas fitter that the business has become one of the greatest interest and importance to all. The efficient and capable business man whose name introduces this sketch is a practical plumber and gas fitter, and is also much more-being one of the city's leading legisla- tors and one of the most energetic and pro- gressive among its well known business men. H. H. Highlands was born in Carroll county, Ohio, November 8, 1858, and is a son of Daniel and Mary (Gregory) Highlands, both parents natives of the same county and state. During
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the late war Daniel Highlands served his country as private in the One Hundred and Forty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, and died in the year 1864.
H. H. Highlands received a practical edu- cation in the public schools, and when eighteen years of age engaged with the Alliance (Ohio) Gas Light company, of which in a few years he was made manager. In 1883 he accepted a position with the American Water Works and Guarantee company of Pittsburg, Pa., and built the gas works and the electric plant, also of that city, and the water works at Connellsville, Pa., and superintended the construction of the gas plants at Muncie and Marion, Ind .; he then returned to Muncie and for some years had sole charge of the con- struction of the water and gas company's plants. In 1887, in partnership with P. T. Kirby, Mr. Highlands purchased the business of the Muncie Plumbing company, which, under the firm name of Highlands & Kirby, continued until January 1, 1891, when Mr. Kirby retired and Mr. Highlands became sole possessor. At that date he severed his con- nection with the American Water Works and Guarantee company, since which time he has done an extensive wholesale business, and is now the leading dealer in chandeliers, gas fixtures, etc., in Muncie. He is prominent in many ways in the city, being an important member of the Masonic fraternity and a charter member and one of the leading movers and organizers of that important business as- sociation, the Citizens' Enterprise company, which has resulted so greatly to the benefit of Muncie city and Delaware county. He was one of the first to drill many of the gas wells in the vicinity of Muncie, and to his energy, perseverance and wise foresight is the city largely indebted for its present position as the leading city in the great Indiana gas belt.
Politically Mr. Highlands has been a po-
tent factor in the republican party of Delaware county, and his efforts in behalf of the city have been rewarded by his election to the common council, of which body he is a lead- ing spirit. He is a true guardian of the inter- ests of the city, a man of clear cut ideas, keen and thoughtful, and his career as a municipal legislator proves him to be a true servant of the people. He also served as chairman of the judiciary committee in 1891, Mr. High- lands was married in 1888 to Miss Margaret H. Smith, daughter of M. C. Smith, Esq., of Muncie, and has one child-Hubert Highlands. Mrs. Highlands is a member of the Episcopal church and a lady of culture, intelligence and fine social qualities. The family is much esteemed in Muncie, and move in the best social circles in the city.
EORGE NEWTON HIGMAN, of Muncie, a popular real estate and in- surance agent, as well as secretary of the Mutual Home & Savings associa- tion, was born in Niles township, Delaware county, Ind., August 23, 1856. His father, a native of the state of Delaware, bore the name of Alexander Higman, and was brought to Delaware county by his parents. . He was educated in the common schools, and faithful- ly helped to clear the home farm, which com- prised 160 acres entered from the government. Until his father's death, which occurred August 23, 1855, with a younger brother he aided in clearing this new home, and later aided his widowed mother, effecting the most satisfactory results to the family. In 1861 he removed to Albany, and in 1863 to Morriston (now known as Parker), where he embarked in the saw milling business, and was making another success, when he was accidentally killed, July 18, 1864, being caught on the saw
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carriage while paying in a log. He had mar- ried Miss Sarah Coulter, a daughter of Reese and Rhoda (Pugh) Coulter, and the result of the union was four boys, named as follows: George N., whose name heads this sketch, John C., Arthur W., and Elmer E., all still living.
George N. Higman was but a lad of seven years of age when he was left with his three younger brothers and their widowed mother. The family resided on a farm in Niles town- ship, to which they had removed after the father's death, and there George N. attended school and worked for neighboring farmers until his mother's marriage, two years later, to William T. Hale, when they all moved to a farm two and a half miles northwest of Albany, where the step-father died when George N. was fourteen years of age. On the settlement of the estate the mother moved to Blackford county and purchased a farm of forty acres, and for two and a half years there passed the time with her children; she then sold out and bought property in Dunkirk, where George N. worked at farm labor and again attended school until he was qualified to teach. For three terms he taught in Jay county and then came to Muncie, Delaware county, and engaged in the real estate busi- ness, in which he has made so great a success and to which he afterward added loans, in December 1883. After the discovery of natural gas he organized, in 1889, the Mutual Home Savings association, of which he has been the secretary ever since. He is, also, a member of the Standard Manufacturing company, which is engaged in the production of a very ingenious little invention for stretch- ing and tacking floor carpets.
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