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CHARLES M. GRAVIS is the eldest son and third child born to Sebastian and Minerva (Barker) Gravis, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively, and married in Williamsburg, Ohio, in 1839. In 1863, they removed to Indianapolis, where the father at present resides. The mother died in July, 1849. Charles M. Gravis was reared and edu- cated in Ohio. When seventeen years of age, he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-ninth Ohio Volunteers, under Capt. William A. Townsend. He served for three years, during which time he participated in the battles at Hoover's Gap and Chickamauga. At the latter, he was captured, and put in the prison on Belle Island, but wassoon after transferred to " Libby," where he remained for about two years. From there he was sent to Dan- ville, Va., and incarcerated for five months, when he was transferred to Andersonville. He remained there for seven months when he was paroled, and soon after exchanged, immediately returning to his company. He participated in the battle at Bentonville and a number of skirmishes. At the close of the war, he returned to Clermont County, Ohio, soon after coming to Indiana, where he learned the brickmason trade with his father. He afterward studied medicine with Dr. D. Wiley, for three years. In March, 1871, he graduated at the Indiana Medical College, at Indian- apolis. In September, 1870, he was married to Sarah C. Smock, a native of Indiana. They had six children-Walter, Charles, William, Ursula, all of whom are dead; Gracie B. and Frederick L. are living. In 1871, he began the practice of his profession in Southport, Ind., and from there, - eighteen months later, removed to Indianapolis. He there entered into practice, and in the drug business, which he continued for three years,
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returning thence to Southport, where he remained until September, 1880. He was in partnership with Dr. George Spees, in Glenn's Valley, where he remained eighteen months, when he came to Martinsville, where he is at present engaged in the practice of his profession. He has filled all the chairs in the I. O. O. F., Southport Lodge, No. 394, and of the Grand Lodge. He is also a member of the G. A. R., and is a Repub- lican. Himself and wife are members of the Baptist Church.
SAMUEL S. GRIFFITT, dealer in groceries and queensware, is car- rying a stock of $3,000, with about $15,000 annual sales. The father of our subject, Reuben Griffitt, was born in Tennessee in 1797; there mar- ried, in 1824, to Miss Lovina Shell, and in 1834 removed to this county, and farmed near Morgantown, where he died November, 1871. Samuel S. Griffitt was born in this county February 13, 1836; reared on a farm; taught school some time; engaged in merchandising at Morgantown from 1856 to 1859; then served as Deputy County Clerk one term, and in the Auditor's office for several years. February, 1863, he married Miss Re- becca M. Drumheller, which union gave issue to two children, Mary and Neddie. After 1871, Mr. Griffitt engaged in the hardware trade for five years, and served one year as Superintendent. In 1881, he engaged in his present business, in which he has been uncommonly successful. Mr. Griffitt is in politics a Republican.
HON. GEORGE W. GRUBBS, attorney, Martinsville, was born in Franklin, Johnson County, Ind., September 26, 1842. He was the second son of Richard L. and Louisa (Armstrong) Grubbs. His ancestors came from Pennsylvania. His Grandfather Armstrong was a soldier in the war of 1812. The subject of this sketch graduated from Franklin County in 1861, and at once enlisted in Company I, Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry. From this time until the spring of 1866, he was on active duty, and for meritorious conduct he rose successively from private to Lieutenant, Brevet Captain, and in the summer of 1864 was commis- sioned Major of the Forty-second Regiment Colored Infantry, General of the First Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth Army Corps. He was in all the important engagements in which his regiment participated, and while commanding the Forty-second Regiment was engaged in the Nashville campaign. From the close of the war until he was mustered out of service, he was stationed as commander at Decatur, Ala. Im- mediately upon his return from the field, he entered the law office of Por- ter, Harrison & Fishback, at Indianapolis, and began the study of the profession. He was admitted to the bar in 1868, and removed to Mar- tinsville the same year. In 1876, he was elected by the Republicans of his district to the Legislature, and served with ability, being honored with the chairmanship of Judiciary Committee. He was elected to the State Senate in 1878, and was appointed a member of the same commit- tee. As an attorney, the reputation of Mr. Grubbs is high. He was a delegate to the National Convention, which nominated Gen. Grant for the Presidency in 1868, and the later one which nominated R. B. Hayes in 1876. He was also a member of the Electoral College in 1872, and as- sisted in the re-election of Gen. Grant. He has also been a constant at- tendant of the Republican State, district and county conventions.
SAMUEL M. GUTHRIDGE is the second child in a family of ten, and was born on August 30, 1854, in Green Township, Morgan Co., Ind. His parents, Lemuel and Elizabeth (Feeters) Guthridge, natives of Ohio and Indiana respectively, shortly after marriage located on a
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farm in Green Township, Morgan County, where they remained until 1865. They removed thence to Cope, Green Township, where the father engaged in the mercantile business, and continued there for three years, when he was elected County Treasurer on the Democratic ticket. He served for two years, and then formed a partnership with J. A. Lewis in the general merchandise business, which firm at present is doing a lucra- tive trade. Samuel M. Guthridge was reared and educated in his native township. In 1872, he entered the Martinsville High School, which he attended for two years; during the winters of 1872-73-74, he taught school in Green Township. In February, 1875, he entered the Northern Indiana Normal at Valparaiso, remaining until August, when he returned to his home and went to work on his father's farm. In 1878, he removed with his parents to Martinsville and took a position under his father as Deputy County Treasurer. January 1, 1879, he formed a partnership with W. H. Miller in the hardware and implement business, under the firm name of Miller & Guthridge. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Martinsville Lodge, No. 74, and of the I. O. O. F., Martinsville Lodge, No. 274. He is also a member of the K. of P., Anniversary Lodge, No. 89, and politically he is a Democrat. He was married on December 25, 1879, to Alice Egbert, daughter of G. W. Egbert, of Morgan County. They have had three children, Bernice, George E. (deceased) and Nellie.
WILEY S. HALTON, Sheriff of Morgan County, is a native of Owen County, Ind., and was born April 28, 1843; he was reared in the county of his birth, where, April 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Four- teenth Indiana (three months') Volunteers, after which service he re-en- listed, in October of the same year, in Company A, Fifty-ninth Indiana Volunteers, and served in the following engagements: New Madrid, Corinth, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills, siege of Vicksburg, Mis- sionary Ridge and Sherman's campaign through Georgia and to Wash- ington. After his discharge-July 25, 1865,-he resumed farming in Owen County, at which he continued three years, when he removed to this county and farmed until 1882, except four years passed at Eminence and Louisville, in this county. December 7, 1867, he married Catherine Munday, with the result of five children-Minnie, Alpha, Daisy, Ethel and Clarence (twins). In 1882, Mr. Halton was elected Sheriff by the Republicans. . He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also of the G. A. R. He owns a half interest in a store and has other property in Louisville.
E. R. HAMILTON was born in Vermont, on September 15, 1843. He is the youngest of nine children. His parents, James and Sarah (Plum- ley) Hamilton, natives of Scotland and Vermont respectively, were married in Vermont, and located in Brattleboro, removing thence to Randolph, Vt., where they remained for some time. In 1849, they went to Lowell, Mass., where the father died in 1854. The mother at present resides in Martinsville, eighty-two years of age. E. R. Hamilton was reared in Massachusetts and Vermont until nineteen years of age. In 1861, he went to Iowa, remaining for a short time, and then went to Tennessee, where he clerked for six months. He then went to Memphis, and kept books for the Elmwood Cemetery for one year. Returning to Vermont, he took a course at "Eastman Business College," and graduated in the fall of 1863. He then returned to Memphis, and took a clerkship under Gen. Ornee (Special Agent of the United States
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Treasury Department), and he remained until 1865, going thence to Ver- mont and then to Columbus, Ind., where he kept books for J. H. Phil- brooks, a dry goods merchant. Two years later they formed a partner- ship, and in 1872 Mr. Hamilton purchased his partner's interest, and carried it on by himself for three years. He then came to Martinsville, and went into the "walnut lumber" business, in which he is now engaged. In June, 1864, he was married to Cora L. Plumley, of Albany, Vt. They had one child which died when young. His wife dying, he next married, in 1876, Mary A. McEwen. They have two children, Mary A. and Samuel. Mr. Hamilton is a stanch Republican.
JOHN T. HAMMANS was born in Morgan County, Ind., December 31, 1830, and is a son of Pryor and Matilda (Burk) Hammans, both of whom came to this county in the early days, married and passed the larger portion of their lives; Mr. Hammans died in 1866, but Mrs. Hammans is yet living in this county. Their children were by name Joshua, William, Harvey, Andrew, Mahala, Mary, George, Martin, Elijah, Adeline, Hester, Elizabeth, Rhoda, Nancy, Martha and John T. Our subject married in this county, August 16, 1857, Delilah, daughter of Ivan and Irena Voyles, with an issue of eleven children, Catherine, James, Irena, Robert, Mary, John, Maria, Sarah, Clarissa, Burley and Margaret. In August, 1862, Mr. Hammans enlisted in Company H, Seventieth Indiana Volunteers, and served until September, 1864, on July 23 of which year, at Atlanta, he was wounded by a gunshot passing through his cheek and cutting his tongue. Mr. Hammans is an honored citizen, and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church.
A. S. HART is the ninth child in the family of A. B. and Sarah A. (Chipps) Hart, both natives of Sussex County, N. J., where they married, and in 1840 moved to Morgan County, Ind., and made there a home. Their family was made up as follows: Mercy, Margaret, Amos S., Mary, Aaron R., Mahala, John W., Elizabeth and Emma. A. S. Hart, our sub- ject, was born in Morgan County December 12, 1845. November 24, 1870, he married Miss Emeline, a daughter of Maxville and Sarah Shire- man, and a native of this county, born July 10, 1848. This union was endeared by the following family: Harry M. (deceased), Ora A., Maggie M., Laura A. and Adie. Mr. Hart is a highly esteemed gentleman, a member of the order of Odd Fellows, and likewise of the Methodist Epis- copal Church.
J. H. HART, eldest son and eighth child of Henry and Catharine (Bricker) Hart, natives of Pennsylvania, was born in Franklin County February 14, 1852. His father was a blacksmith, which trade he fol- lowed in Mercersburg, Franklin County, from the time of his marriage until the fall of 1852, when he removed to Salem, Owen County, Ind. Remaining two years, he went to Quincy, Owen County, where he died in December, 1880. J. H. Hart was reared in Quincy, Owen County, where he received his education. When thirteen years of age, he began working with the farmers in the neighborhood; continued for three years, and then came to Martinsville; he was employed in a drug store here until 1874, when he went to Indianapolis; returning in a short time, he formed a partnership in the drug business with James P. Baldwin. Con- tinuing for two years in this, he sold out, and for several months acted as Deputy Clerk to Willis Record. In February, 1876, he was married to Arra Lindley, daughter of Robert and Cynthia Lindley, of Monrovia, He is the father of two children, Lillian E. and Beryl. In the fall of
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1876, Mr. Hart opened a drug store in Monrovia, removing his stock two years later to Martinsville, where he is at present doing a lucrative business.
CLARKSON C. HARVEY was born in Brown Township, Morgan County, Ind., October 12, 1852. His parents, Robert and Sarah (Hadley) Harvey, were natives of Ohio and North Carolina respectively, and of Scotch-Irish extraction. They are Quakers, and in 1833 settled in Brown Township on a farm of 200 acres, where they have since resided. Clark- son C. Harvey is the seventh son and ninth child in a family of twelve children, and being raised on the farm, received a very ordinary educa- tion in the district schools of his native township, remaining at home until in his twenty-first year, when he went into the employ of a grocery merchant in the town of Mooresville. About seven months later, he went to Illinois, and worked for some time at farming in Ford County. In September, 1874, he removed to Martinsville, where he opened a restau- rant, and at present enjoys a lucrative business. Mr. Harvey is identified with the Republican party. He was married, January 14, 1877, to Annis H. Gregory, a daughter of M. W. and O. D. Gregory, pioneers of Mor- gan County. He is a member of the Methodist Church in good standing. His wife has been attentive to her duties as a member of the Christian Church. They have two childien, Harlon and Olivia.
CHARLES HASTINGS is a native of Franklin County, Ind., was born September 2, 1820, and is a son of Job and Keziah Hastings. Job Hastings was born near Pittsburgh, Penn., where he married; afterward removed to Franklin County, Ind., and thence, in 1835, to Morgan County, where he ended his life. His family was as follows: Matilda, Mary, Reese, Sarah, Charles, Kelly, Hannah C., Rebecca, Eliza J. and Martha A. The grandfather of our subject, Isaac Hastings, was a native of England who settled near Pittsburgh, Penn., but died in Franklin County, Ind., the father of nine children. Charles Hastings married, January 1, 1850, Susanna, daughter of John and Sarah Rudicel, and soon afterward located at his present home, which comprises a farm of 475 acres of fruitful and improved land. He is a genial gentleman and respected citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings have been parents of four children-Louisa I., Mary A. (deceased), Evangeline and William C.
AUSTIN HATLEY was born in Chatham County, N. C., September 15, 1822, and is the eldest of the family of William and Martha (Bow- ers) Hatley, natives respectively of North and South Carolina, who moved to this State and county in 1832, where they closed their lives- he in 1847, and she eight years later. They were parents of ten chil- dren-Harriet, Jacob, William, James, Leroy, Minerva, Eliza, Polly, Elizabeth A. and Austin. Our subject has remained in this county since brought hither by his parents. December 19, 1850, he married Cathe- rine, daughter of Harvey and Susan Williams. In 1869, Mr. Hatley located on his present farm, previous to which, in 1868, his wife died, and afterward he married Sarah Wilson, who died in 1872, whereupon, in 1873, he married Frankie E. Martin. Mr. Hatley has been the par- ent of fifteen children in all-William H., Martha A. (deceased), Henry J., Elizabeth J., George W., Thomas M. (deceased), Lafayette and three unnamed, by his first; Sarah C. (deceased) and Harriet M. (deceased), by his second, and Mary A., Richard P. (deceased) and Nancy E., by his third wife.
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LEROY S. HATLEY, fifth son and sixth child of William and Mar- tha (Giles) Hatley, natives of North Carolina, and of Scotch and English extraction, was born April 7, 1837, in Washington Township, Morgan County, Ind. His parents came to Indiana from North Carolina, where they were married, and located in Morgan County, where the father died July 3, 1847. The mother died April 15, 1855. The father entered a farm of 220 acres, which he farmed during the last few years of his life. Leroy S. Hatley, when nineteen years of age, went into the employ of J. M. & S. M. Mitchell, worked on their farm for three years, and after- ward worked for P. M. Parks until April, 1861. He then enlisted in the three months' service, in Company K, Seventh Indiana Infantry, under Capt. Jeff K. Scott. He participated in the battles at Philippi, Bealington, Laurel Hill and Carrick's Ford, and at the expiration of this term of service he returned to his home. On July 7, 1862, he en- listed in Company H, Seventieth Indiana Volunteers, under Capt. A. D. Cunning, and participated in the following engagements: Russellville, Resaca, Marietta and Atlanta. He marched with Sherman to the sea, and took an active part at Bentonville, and then on with Sherman to Washington. After the battle at Atlanta, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant, which position he filled until June 8, 1865, when he re- ceived an honorable discharge at Washington. After the war closed, he returned home, and for two years farmed, removing then to Illinois, where for two years he was again engaged in agricultural pursuits, after which he returned to Morgan County, locating in Martinsville shortly afterward. He owns 129 acres of excellent farm land in the county, the cultivation of which he superintends. He was for two years As- sessor of Washington Township, also served the same length of time as Township Trustee. He was Deputy Sheriff for one year, and for some time City Marshal. March 20, 1872, he married Kate Watkins, daughter of John A. Watkins, a pioneer of Morgan County. Mr. Hatley is a mem- ber of the K. of P., Anniversary Lodge, No. 89, an active Republican, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church. They have had three children-Oscar (deceased), Bessie and Maudie.
EBENEZER HENDERSON (ex-Auditor of State) was born in this county June 2, 1833. His duties called him to Indianapolis quite often, and he resided there from January, 1875, until 1879. His parents, James C. and Mary (Piercy) Henderson, natives of Shelby County, Ky., were married in July, 1831. They came to Morgan County the following fall, and the father entered eighty acres of land five miles south of Mar- tinsville. He built a cabin, and began to clear the wilderness. At his death, January 8, 1867, he owned 360 acres of land. The mother died in Martinsville, October 25, 1879. Ebenezer Henderson was educated in Morgan County in the three-months' winter schools. At the age of twenty, he entered the State University at Bloomington, where he re- mained for two years. On returning home, he took charge of his father's farm and traded in stock, fast accumulating money. He was married, in 1856, to Ann C. Hunt, daughter of a neigboring farmer, soon after which he was appointed Deputy County Treasurer, in which office he served for four years. In 1860, he received the nomination, on the Democratic ticket, for County Treasurer. In 1868, he was nominated for State Sen- ator for the counties of Morgan and Johnson, was elected, and served four years. On retiring from this office, he gave his attention to his extensive farm, and the erection of a large pork-packing house in Mar-
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tinsville, which was run under the firm name of Henderson, Parks & Co. until 1880, and now under the firm name of Harrison, Parks & Co. In 1874, he was elected Auditor of State, and was re-elected one year later, serv- ing for three years. He was chosen by the Democratic party in their State Convention a member of the State Central Committee for the In- dianapolis District, which position he occupied for two years. At pres- ent, he resides in Martinsville, in the full vigor and prime of his man- hood. He is the father of six children-Fannie, Ella, Maggie June, William, Howard and Court.
CORNELIUS HILL, a native of Indiana, was born August 23, 1836, in Richmond, Wayne County. His parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (White) Hill, native of Indiana and North Carolina respectively, were married in Indiana in 1833, and locating in Richmond, the father fol- lowed the carpenter's trade. In 1838, they removed to Grant County, to a farm, where in August, 1843, the father's death occurred. The mother died in April, 1865. Cornelius was the eldest son and second child, and was reared in Grant County until eight years of age; then with his mother he went to Washington County. Shortly after, they removed to Orange County, where he obtained a good education. When seventeen years of age, he began working on a farm, which he continued until the fall of 1856, when he came to Morgan County and farmed near Mooresville for some time. In 1859, he went into the confectionery business, and about one year later, he went to Kentucky, farmed for some time, returning thence to Indianapolis. In 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Seven- tieth Indiana Volunteers, under Samuel Harriman, and served for nearly three years, acting as Corporal. He took part in the battles at Resaca, Atlanta, Peach Tree Creek, Averysboro, Cassville, Kenesaw Mountain and Bentonville. After the close of the war, he located in Martin County, Ind., as stationary engineer. In March, 1869, he was married to Letha A. Greeson, of Morgan County. They have one child-Mabel Pearl. In 1874, he went into the confectionery business again. In November of 1879, he sold a half interest and added a stock of groceries. In August of the next year, he went to Wabash and opened a bakery and confec- tionery, which he continued to run for one year, when he came back to Mar- tinsville, where he is at present engaged in a lucrative business. Mr. Hill is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and of the G. A. R., and is politically a Republican. His wife is an active member of the Meth- odist Church.
JARVIS J. HILTON, a native of Indiana, was born September 21, 1855, in Morgantown, Morgan County. He was the second son and fourth child of Emsley C. and Sarah A. (Jones) Hilton, natives of Indi- ana and Kentucky respectively. His parents were married in Johnson County, Ind., where they remained for some time, removing thence to Morgan County, where his father followed cabinet-making and carpenter- ing until his death, which occurred October 5, 1877. The mother at pres- ent resides in Morgantown. In April, 1869, Jarvis J. Hilton was em- ployed as clerk in a general merchandise store, where he remained for three years. He then went into the employ of the National Publishing Company for a short time, after which he was in Franklin, Ind., for some time. Returning to Morgantown, he clerked for Samuel Rozengarten, a merchant in that place, until in the fall of 1877; afterward for another merchant in the town until December, 1878. Meanwhile he had been reading law, and in November, 1877, was admitted to the bar in Morgan
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County. He is at present extensively engaged in the practice of law and pension business in Martinsville. In 1881, he was appointed Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and served creditably for about two years. In April, 1877, he was married to Ida M. Skinner, daughter of George W. Skinner, a pioneer of Morgan County. By this union there was one child-Fred H., November 19, 1879. His wife dying, he was next mar- ried, May 6, 1880, to Flora B. Pervis, daughter of George C. Pervis, a citizen of Johnson County. Mr. Hilton is a member of the I. O. O. F., and is at present Prelate of the K. of P., Anniversary Lodge, No. 89.
D. L. HINE was born in Lincoln County, N. C., May 26, 1829, and is the youngest child of Philip and Mary M. (Shufford) Hine, the former born in Germany in 1774, the latter in Lincoln County, N. C., in 1784. Philip Hine emigrated to America in 1795, and located in Lincoln Coun- ty, N. C., where he married in 1803. In 1836, they moved to Morgan County, Ind., where they ended their days, he in 1856, she in 1844. Their family comprised eleven children-Elizabeth, George J., Barbara, Daniel S., Henry, Anna, Philip J., Clara, John W., Sarah and David L. Our subject married in this county, July 6, 1856, Miss Sarah, daughter of Cutter and Elizabeth Salmon, and born in Morris County, N. J., July 21, 1824; she died December 25, 1876, having borne one child -Flora B. February 19, 1879, Mr. Hine married Miss Jennie, daughter of William and Cynthia Clark, and born in Appanoose County, Iowa, November 11, 1856. The result of this union was two children-Gentry S. and Edna M.
HIRAM J. HINSON was born in Mooresville, Morgan County, De- cember 31, 1850. His parents, William H. and Mary (Butner) Hinson, natives of North Carolina, were married in Morgan County, and located in Mooresville, where the father has farmed, and they at present reside. Hiram J. Hinson is the fourth son and child of a family of nine children. He was reared and educated in his native town. When sixteen years of age, he began working on a farm in the neighborhood and continued to farm for five years. In 1861, he began learning the cabinet-making with his uncle in Mooresville. Remaining with him for two and a half years, he came to Martinsville. Here he entered the employ of Lewis & Co., and in 1873 he opened a shop of his own in Monrovia, Morgan County, and after one year in this, he returned to Martinsville. He then en- tered the employ of J. A. Lewis, a furniture dealer, with whom he re- mained for four years. On December 23, 1878, he became a partner of W. W. Kennedy in the same business, having bought his stock of Mr. Lewis. Three years later he purchased the other half interest, and has since carried on the business by himself, at present being one of Martinsville's most successful and enterprising merchants. He has a stock of furniture worth $4,000, and is also doing a superior class of undertaking. Mr. Hinson is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Martinsville Lodge, No. 74. Politically he is a Republican.
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