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LEWIS A. GOODRICH
Lewis A. Goodrich came to Wolcott soon after the close of the Civil war, having served therein from his native county of Montgomery, New York. In partnership with his brother he started a wagon shop, having learned the trade of wagon-making in boyhood. His death occurred at Wolcott in July, 1912, in his seventieth year. He married Sarah E. Johnson in January, 1868, who survived him, with eight children.
THE GRAVES FAMILY
Lewis Graves, born in Coshocton County, Ohio, May 24, 1837, son of James and Christena (Potter) Graves, came to Indiana in 1838, located in Tippecanoe County, remained one year and then removed to White County, where he resided the rest of his life. He grew up and received his schooling in Monon Township, was a Presbyterian in religion, a democrat in politics; was married to Martha C. Downey on October 23, 1860, moved to the homestead farm just north of Monon, where he resided till his death on March 18, 1915, at the age of seventy-seven years, nine months and twenty-four days. He was strong, athletic and rugged, weighing about 225 pounds, and was six feet one inch in height. He retained the best of health till the close of life, and was sick but two days with a stroke of apoplexy.
Martha C. Graves was also born in Ohio, Perry County, January 5, 1835, came to Indiana with her parents in 1836, received her schooling in Monon Township, was a Presbyterian, a member of the Bedford and Monon churches, till her death, which was on April 23, 1910, aged seventy-five years, three months and eighteen days. The other members of the family, brothers and sister of Lewis Graves, are John Graves, of Monon, Indiana; James M. Graves, of Nebraska; Catharine Culp, the widow of George Culp.
There was born to Lewis and Martha C. Graves: James T. Graves, an attorney of Monticello, Indiana; Samuel Graves, a contractor of Alexandria, Ohio; Catharine M. Graves, a dressmaker, now near Monon, Indiana ; Effie Grace Leavell, married to Edward E. Leavell, of Fulton, Indiana; Fannie Belle Troxel, wife of Daniel J. Troxel, of Mulberry,
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Indiana; and William C. Graves, who died at the age of twenty-one, leaving no descendants.
This family has had its part in the making of White County, in its development from a wild waste of swamp and brush, inhabited by deer, prairie wolves and Indians, to the splendid improvements now to be seen, fine schools, churches, a highly civilized and Christian people, fit citizens for any government.
BENJAMIN GREENFIELD
Benjamin Greenfield, born in Hawkin County, Ohio, May 2, 1834, died at his home in Monticello, April 29, 1903, from pneumonia. Mr. Greenfield was brought by his mother to Indiana in 1835 and was reared as a member of the family of John Burns, in Big Creek Town- ship. He was married February 2, 1859, to Martha Hornbeck and located on a farm near the mouth of Big Creek, where they resided until they moved to Monticello, a short time before his death. The widow has since died, but they are survived by two children, Dr. Charles Greenfield, of Chicago, and Mrs. Allie Ward.
ROBERT A. HAMELLE
Robert A. Hamelle was born in Blount County, Tennessee, May 5, . 1812, and in the spring of 1833 came on horseback to Indiana, where, two years later, he settled on a farm in Carroll County, about four miles southeast of Monticello, where he lived until 1872, when he removed to Monticello, from which place, in 1874, he moved to Idaville, at which place he died January 2, 1885. On November 11, 1840, he married Margaret G. Montgomery, who died at Idaville, January 25, 1888. To this union was born eight children, four of whom survive and are living in White County. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, a man of strong religious convictions and a good citizen.
ABRAM HANAWALT
Abram Hanawalt, a pioneer and one of the best known citizens of White County, was born in Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, February 21, 1829, and died December 9, 1909, at the home of his son, Prof. Frank W. Hanawalt, Tacoma, Washington. He was one of twelve children born to his parents and in 1846 came to White County, locating near Burnettsville, but in 1851 he came to Monticello and engaged with his brother, Joseph, in the plastering business, one of their first contracts being the old Methodist Episcopal Church, which stood at the northwest corner of Main and Marion streets. On Christmas eve, 1854, he was mar- ried to Barbara Hartman, who died and exactly forty years from his first marriage, on Christmas eve, 1894, he married Mrs. Mary Baum, who died on Christmas eve, 1908, on the eve of their wedding anniversary. To the first marriage eight children were born, one of whom, Alva, now lives in Monticello, and Frank W., another son, is professor of mathe-
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matics in the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington. Mr. Hanawalt was a model of industry and integrity and by a close applica- tion to his business had amassed considerable of this world's goods. He died universally respected by all who knew him.
JOSEPH HANAWALT
Joseph Hanawalt, a member of an old and honored family, will long be remembered by the early citizens of White County. He was born October 10, 1823, in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, and died in Burnetts- ville, February 8, 1909. He came to Indiana in 1846 and on August 18th of that year was married to Catharine M. Grassmyer. To this union were born three children, William, Mary, and a son who died in early infancy. The daughter Mary died in 1872 and the mother followed in 1893. Two years after the death of his first wife he married Nancy Bennett, who died October 19, 1910. Mr. Hanawalt was a brother of Abram Hanawalt, deceased. In 1849, with his wife, he joined the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, to which he ever afterward gave his earnest sup- port and was one of the active members who assisted in the erection of the first Methodist Church built in Monticello, about 1850. Twenty-eight years prior to his death he organized a Sunday school at the White Oak church in Cass Township and for many years was its superintendent. Father Hanawalt left his influence for good in every locality where he was known and his loss was deeply felt in the circle in which he moved.
MARY HANAWALT
All the trials incident to pioneer life were not undergone by the stronger sex-woman has often proven herself to be as true a soldier as man. Mrs. Mary Hanawalt was born in Mifflin County, Pennsyl- vania, on January 1, 1801. She was the daughter of Rev. Joseph Roth- rock and about 1820 joined the German Baptist Church and in 1846 came to White County and settled near Burnettsville. "Aunt Mary," as she was generally known, died May 23, 1885, at the residence of her son, Isaac Hanawalt, about five miles northeast of Monticello, universally respected.
JERRY HANCOCK €
Jerry Hancock, who has lived the quiet life in Norway for over half a century is well known to most of the people in Monticello and vicinity. He is an old veteran of the Civil war and is entitled to a pension of $30 per month, having served in the army for more than three years and being almost eighty years old. He came to Norway in 1860, from Southern Indiana, when that village had a flour mill, a woolen mill, three sawmills, a tan yard, three blacksmith shops and several stores, all doing good business. Uncle Jerry has outlived them all and bids fair to be with us for many years.
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MRS. BELLE HANNUM
Mrs. Belle Hannum, daughter of Joseph and Eliza Rothrock and sister of Bowman and Samuel Rothrock and Mrs. James S. Wigmore. She was born in Monticello, where she spent her girlhood. She was married to George E. Hannum, December 31, 1868. In those early years there lived with them a younger sister of Mr. Hannum's, Miss Melissa Hannum, who, in her younger days, displayed considerable literary talent, writing several poems of local interest. Among these the most pretentious was "The Legend of the Tippecanoe," a lengthy production purporting to give the origin of the name of this beautiful river. This was printed in the local papers at the time, and a number of years later-July 26, 1901- was reproduced in the White County Democrat. Mrs. Hannum removed to Denver, Colorado, in the '70s, where she died November 18, 1907, leaving three daughters, Mrs. Marion Lord, Mrs. Julia Strong and Mrs. Maude Karstul, of Colorado, and one son, Joseph Hannum, residing in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
THADDEUS HANWAY
Born November 14, 1830, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; died March 30, 1897. On December 23, 1856, he was married to Elizabeth Baker at Hanover, Pennsylvania. Located in Monticello in 1862, where he en- listed in Company G, Sixty-third Indiana Volunteers. He was stricken with paralysis in 1891 and continued an invalid until his death. He left two sons, George H. and Thaddeus E., the latter being at present (1915) the well known manager of the Monticello Telephone Company.
JONATHAN HARBOLT
Jonathan Harbolt, who died at Monticello, August 12, 1872, in his sixty-seventh year, was a man who was an honor to White County. He was a native of Culpeper County, Virginia, and when a youth crossed the mountains on horseback, located in Monticello about 1835, and fol- lowed his trade of cabinet-maker and undertaker. The old cemetery north of town is filled with his old-fashioned coffins. He was for many years a justice of the peace and his probity has passed into a proverb : "As honest as the old Squire." He was a Presbyterian of the old school, a democrat and a man of unfeigned honesty of purpose. In the convention of 1850, that formed the present constitution of our state, he was chosen a delegate from the counties of Benton, Jasper, Pulaski and White, was present at its opening session and took an intelligent part in all its proceedings. He favored the election of one senator for each 3,000 voters, and a representative for each 1,000 voters, which would have made both bodies too large. He was instrumental in having a clause inserted in article 2, section 9, providing that in counties casting less than 1,000 polls the office of clerk, auditor and recorder, or any two of them, may be held by one person. His wife died December 25,
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1872. Two young children are buried by their parents, one son, John, went west and died, one lost his life in the Civil war and one other son, the unfortunate "Billy," is the sole survivor of the family.
THOMAS A. HARDY
Juniata County, Pennsylvania, sent forth many of her sons to people our county and one of the older ones was Thomas A. Hardy, who was born in Mifflin, Pennsylvania, on December 19, 1832. On January 22, 1857, he married Miss Mary Sulaff, of Mifflin, who died December 28, 1878. In 1864 he enlisted in the army and at his death was a mem- ber G. A. R. Post No. 101 of Monon. He came to Wolcott in 1865, to Monticello in 1866, then to Monon in 1872. He united with the Presby- terian Church at Mifflin, Pennsylvania, when a mere youth, brought his letter to Monticello in 1866 and then to Monon in 1889 and was one of the original members of the latter church at its organization. He died at his home west of Monon, November 12, 1895. He had nine children, five sons and four daughters, but was survived by only two sons, David and Alexander, and one daughter, Mrs. George McDonald. His life was that of a consistent Christian.
SPENCER C. HART
Born in Trenton, New Jersey, October 6, 1819, Spencer C. Hart died at his home in East Monticello, Indiana, April 17, 1915, in his ninety- sixth year. He removed to Dayton, Ohio, when a young man, coming on to Indiana in 1863, locating at Battleground. He came to White County in 1864 and located in Prairie Township, near Brookston. About four years prior to his death he moved to Monticello. November 30, 1853, he was married to Miss Catharine Stine, who died January 2, 1886. They leave four children surviving. These are Lee S. Hart of Brookston, Mrs. Charles Alkire of West Lafayette, Mrs. James L. Stanford of Brockton, and Miss Nettie Hart, who kept house for her father in his closing years. Mr. Hart was one of the oldest Masons in the state, having been a member of the order sixty-five years. He was buried at Battleground under the. auspices of the Masonic lodge at Brookston, of which he was a member,
MRS. CARRIE HARTMAN
Mrs. Carrie Hartman, the mother of Hon. Charles S. Hartman, and for half a century one of the beloved women of Monticello, died at the old Heckendorn home, where she had been her father's housekeeper so many years after the death of her husband, on the 15th of December, 1911. She was born in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, on the 12th of December, 1835, a daughter of Samuel and Ann C. Heckendorn. Her parents located in Monticello in 1838, where she resided until her mar- riage to Sampson Hartman on May 12, 1856. Shortly after their mar- riage the young couple moved to Hudson, Wisconsin, where Walter S.
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Hartman was born February 22, 1857, and Alpheus D. Hartman on March 6, 1859. Soon afterwards the family moved to Hannibal, Mis- souri, but owing to the ill health of Mr. Hartman they returned to Monticello in the fall of 1860. The' illness of her husband terminated in his death on January 26, 1861, and on the following first of March, Charles S. Hartman was born. The widow bravely assumed the care of her three young children and, at the same time, was her father's housekeeper for nearly twenty years preceding his death in 1886.
RUFUS L. HARVEY
One of the most highly respected men who ever lived in Monticello was Rufus L. Harvey, who served as deputy clerk of the county, deputy auditor, and eight years as county recorder, being elected to that office in 1874 and again in 1878. He was again his party's candidate for recorder in 1886, being defeated by a narrow margin. After the death of his wife in 1897, failing health compelled him to cease work, and he went to the National Soldiers' Home at Marion, where he died Septem- ber 10, 1901. He was a dependable, working member of the Odd Fel- lows and K. of P. organizations, and also of Tippecanoe Post No. 51, G. A. R., and under the auspices of these organizations his body was brought back to Monticello for burial. He was born in Orange County, Vermont, December 14, 1824, and came to Monticello in 1860. He enlisted in Company K, Twentieth Indiana Volunteers, in 1861, but was discharged on account of failing health in December, 1862. April 13, 1863, he enlisted in Company G, Sixty-third Indiana Volunteers, and served mostly on detached duty until May 15, 1865. He left surviving two children, William R. Harvey and Mrs. Victoria Winchell, both some place in the West.
JAMES HAY
James Hay, sheriff of White County two terms, from 1878 to 1882, died at his home in Brookston, February 4, 1902. He was a genial, warm-hearted man, well liked and highly esteemed by all who knew him.
TRUXTON HEAD
Truxton Head, long an active business man of Brookston, died at his home in Indianapolis on December 1, 1913. After conducting a general store at that place for a number of years, he located at Lafay- ette, where he engaged in the manufacture of brick. About 1903, with his wife and a portion of his family, he went to South McAlester, Okla- homa, and thence to Indianapolis. Mrs. Head, who had died in the preceding January, was born at Battle Ground, where her remains were interred. Seven sons and daughters, married and scattered from Indiana to California, survive the parents.
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CHARLES HEADLEE
Charles Headlee was born in New Jersey March 15, 1794, and came to White County, Indiana, in 1856, where he died on March 3, 1877, aged eighty years. He was one of the early settlers of Cass Township and did his full share to redeem that locality from its wilds. He was a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and lived an upright Chris- tian life.
SILAS HEADLEE
Silas Headlee, son of Charles and Mary Headlee, was born in Green County, Pennsylvania, March 2, 1832. On September 7, 1854, he mar- ried Margaret Emmons, who died on March 17, 1857. On December 20, 1857, he married Angeline W. Crowder, who died August 2, 1908. To his first marriage was born one son, Charles J., who survived the father, and to the second marriage was born one son and five daughters. He was a devoted husband, a kind and loving father. In the great civil conflict he gave four years of his life in support of his country-for three years in Company G, Sixty-third Indiana Volunteers, and one year in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Indiana Volun- teers, in which he served until the close of the war. In early life he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and lived an unselfish, devoted Christian life. He died February 18, 1909.
SAMUEL HECKENDORN
Samuel Heckendorn was one of the oldest and best known of all the early settlers of White County. He was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, March 26, 1809, where he lived until 1838, locating July 4th of that year in Monticello. On October 23, 1832, he married Miss Ann C. McDonald. To this union was born three children, all of whom are dead. His first wife died March 1, 1857, and he was again married March 28, 1858, to Elizabeth M. Thayer, who died December 20, 1860. To this union was born one daughter, Ellen, who died at the age of six- teen. About 1833 he united with the German Reformed Presbyterian Church, but on coming to Monticello he joined by letter the Presby- terian Church, where he remained a consistent member until his death, which occurred at Monticello on June 10, 1886. It may safely be said that no citizen of this county was ever more universally loved than Father Heckendorn.
JOHN BIBLE HEMPHILL
John Bible Hemphill, who died in Wolcott, Sunday, November 9, 1913, was born in Fountain County, Indiana, June 3, 1830, and was the oldest son in a family of ten children. December 3, 1854, he married Sarah Dobbins of White County, who died, and in 1866 he married Mary E. Pugh, and to each of these marriages were born four children. In his early manhood he united with the Christian Church and was an active
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Christian worker until his death. He was one of the fourteen charter members of Wolcott Lodge No. 180, F. & A. M., which was chartered May 30, 1866, and James O. Johnson is the only one of this fourteen who is yet living. He was the Master of this lodge for several years and was greatly attached to the institution of Masonry.
MATTHEW HENDERSON
Matthew Henderson, one time sheriff of White County, was born in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, March 6, 1828, and came to Burnetts- ville in 1850. Ten years later he removed to Monticello, where he resided until his death, May 30, 1890. He was married three times, the last time to Margaret Ross on April 5, 1864. He was twice elected sheriff of White County and at his death was a justice of the peace in Monticello. He was a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow and his funeral was one of the largest ever seen in Monticello.
CAPT. JAMES HESS
Capt. James Hess, son of John and Elizabeth D. Hess, was born in Findlay, Ohio, February 10, 1839. He was of Welsh-English descent and came with his parents in 1856 to Big Creek Township, where he learned the mason's trade, and in April, 1861, enlisted in Company K, Tenth Indiana Volunteers, and served for three months. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Forty-sixth Indiana Infantry, and served until December, 1864, when he was mustered out of the service at Lexington, Kentucky, having been promoted to the captaincy on September 12, 1863. He was in many hard fought battles and he it was who planted the first Federal flag on the ramparts of Fort Pillow. In 1874 he settled on a farm in Honey Creek Township and after a residence of a few years there he came to Monticello, where he died October 5, 1909. He was married February 21, 1866, to Lottie E. Law- son, a native of Sweden, who bore him three children, Lena (deceased), Mary D. McCuaig of Monticello and Clara W. Warden of Coffeyville, Kansas.
WILLIAM HINCHMAN
William Hinchman was one of the oldest and best known citizens of Princeton Township, where he located October 13, 1854. He was born in Cabell County, in what is now West Virginia, August 1, 1830, and died at his home July 26, 1912. On December 18, 1856, he married Miss Rhoda Nordyke, who survived him. He was a carpenter by trade, but devoted most of his time to his farming interests. He served one term as township trustee and during his long life was noted for his absolute integrity.
ROBERT BATY HOOVER
Robert Baty Hoover came to Monticello in 1865 and entered the medical profession, but after a short time removed to Burnettsville and
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continued the practice in his chosen profession until his death on May 3, 1880. He was born February 22, 1825, near Lewistown, Pennsyl- vania, and in May, 1849, married Miss Sarah J. Roberts, with whom he afterwards joined in uniting with the Baptist Church. In our Civil war he became captain of Company B, Two Hundredth Regiment Penn- sylvania Volunteers, in which capacity he served for three years. In May, 1866, he lost his wife, and in February, 1867, was married to Miss R. A. Wickersham, by whom he had one child. He was the father of Will B. Hoover, deceased, who at his death was owner of the Monticello Democrat. Doctor Hoover was a democrat in politics and always took a deep interest in the success of his party.
WILL B. HOOVER
Will B. Hoover, one time editor of the Monticello Democrat, was born in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, in December, 1851, and removed with his father to White County in 1865, locating first in Monticello, but after a brief residence in that place his family removed to Burnettsville, where his father continued the practice of medicine. After serving for a short time as solicitor and reporter on the Logansport Journal he came to Monticello in 1877 and took charge of the Monticello Democrat, which he conducted until his death in September, 1879. Will B. Hoover always took great interest in all things connected with his chosen profession and possessed the true spirit of journalistic enterprise.
NELSON HORNBECK
Nelson Hornbeck was one of the old settlers of White County, a man of sterling qualities and one whose death was a great loss to our people. He was born in Piqua County, Ohio, March 7, 1824, and died in White County, January 22, 1885. He came to White County with his parents in 1837 and for three years served as a county commissioner during which time he proved himself a faithful and prudent public servant. He was a republican in politics and was a member of the New Light Church, which he joined in 1845.
JOHN C. HUGHES
John C. Hughes was born in Pennsylvania in April, 1828, and came to White County at an early date. For a number of years he operated a sawmill at Norway. Later he moved to a farm on the east side of the river, just above that village, where he lived until he removed to Monti- cello, where he died September 1, 1903. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and K. of P. orders, being a charter member of Tippecanoe Lodge No. 73, K. of P.
MRS. NANCY HUGHES
Mrs. Nancy Hughes died May 31, 1899, at the advanced age of eighty- two years. Her maiden name was Nancy Imes. Born in Green County,
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Pennsylvania, December 15, 1816, where she was married to Rowland Hughes, April 25, 1833. Soon thereafter they located in Monticello, where her husband became the leading merchant of the town, continuing in business until his death in 1883. She was a woman of strong character, positive in her views, and though for many years in feeble health she retained a controlling hand in her personal affairs.
ROWLAND HUGHES
Rowland Hughes was born in Green County, Pennsylvania, June 15, 1836; died February 9, 1899. He located in Monticello in 1846, and after one year removed to a farm in Liberty Township, where he resided till death. April 10, 1851, he was married to Laura Mcconahay, who died May 9, 1874. One son of this union, Rev. M. Allison Hughes, is now (1915) a resident of Monticello. He was married a second time to Margaret J. Bowen on October 21, 1875, who with four children sur- vived him. He was a member of Company G, One Hundred and Fifty- first Indiana Infantry.
RICHARD IMES
Among the pioneers of White County, Richard Imes must not be for- gotten. Born in Pennsylvania in 1821, he, with his parents, moved to Tippecanoe County, Indiana, where he married Mary Ann Orr, and to them were born eight children, only two of whom, Mrs. John Brannan and Mrs. Rolandus Smoker, survived him. He died September 17, 1895, after a long illness from a complication of diseases. He was an earnest worker in the Presbyterian Church and Sunday school, and at his funeral in the Bedford Cemetery each of the Sunday school children dropped a bunch of flowers upon his casket after it was lowered into the grave, to show their love and respect.
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