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JOHN T. HAYS, attorney at law, is the son of Harrison and Eliza- beth (Rowles) Hays, and was born in Beaver County, Penn., November 11, 1846. At the age of twelve he was taken to Columbians County, Ohio, and four years later entered the seminary at New Lisbon, where he remained three years. He then attended the Iron City Commercial College of Pittsburgh, from which institution he graduated in the spring of 1864, and for a period of about six months thereafter, took a clerk- ship in a mercantile establishment, but, becoming dissatisfied with the business, he took charge of two oil wells through the influence of his uncle, and in four months cleared $1,000. In the fall of 1864, he en- tered Mount Union College, Stark County, Ohio, and in 1869 graduated. He taught school one year, and in August, 1870, located in Farmersburg, where he continued teaching, but soon afterward became Principal of the West Union Seminary, Knox County, which he conducted two terms
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and then with Capt. Crawford took charge of the Sullivan schools. After this he studied law, and became associated with the Buffs in the prac- tice. In 1878, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney, and in 1879, formed his present partnership. In 1869, he married Maggie T. Hart, who bore him two children -Mattie and Bertie -and in 1874 died. December 9, 1876, he married Miss Mary Cain and by her bas one child-William H. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
H. J. HAYS, attorney at law, received the foundation of his educa- tion in Columbiana County, Ohio, but in 1874, entered Mount Union College, Stark County, Ohio, and four years later graduated, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, and commenced the study of law under Maj. W. Wallace, which he diligently pursued until March 24, 1879, when he came to Sullivan and was soon appointed Principal of the town schools to fill the unexpired term of Prot. Long. He secured admittance to the Sullivan bar, and has since been associated in the practice with his brother, John T., and has had a lucrative business. From the spring of 1879, to the fall of 1880, he served as Deputy Prose- cuting Attorney of the judicial district. July 18, 1882, he married Miss Fannie E., daughter of H. and Z. (Griffith) Reed, who was born in Sul- livan County, June 27, 1861. They have one child-Harry H. Mr. Hays is a member of the F'. & A. M. and of the K. of P. He was born in Beaver County; Penn., December 4, 1851, to Harrison and Elizabeth (Rowles) Hays, and at the age of eight years was taken to Ohio.
TARLTON HAWKINS is the son of Abraham and Sarah (Dowell) Hawkins, natives respectively of North Carolina and Maryland. The father was born in Rowan County, June 14, 1771, and the mother May 20, 1782. They were married in North Carolina and started West, set- tling in Lawrence County, Ind., in the fall of 1819, where they followed farming until their deaths-the father in February, 1844, and the moth. er in November, 1823. Our subject was fifteen years old before he re- ceived his first schooling, having received an injury which crippled him for a time and gave him his first educational opportunity. He attended eleven months, hobbling to the schoolhouse on crutches. In after years this limited schooling was supplemented by self-imposed study. At the age of twenty-two he began farming in Lawrence County, but in 1846 came to Sullivan County, locating on 120 acres near Sullivan. This farm was increased to 620 acres, but has been partly sold and partly given to his children until but 323 acres remain. He married Miss Mary M., daughter of Elder John S. Bailey, January 12, 1845. This lady was born August 14, 1826, and has borne her husband these children- George R., Sarah E., Clementine, John B., Isabella R., Achsa, Flor- ence, Mary, Anderson W. and May and one that died in infancy. Mr. Hawkins is a Democrat, and himself and wife are members of the Chris- tian Church.
J. F. HAXEL was born in Braubach, Germany, August 12, 1826, son of Phillip H. and Johanette M. (Bruehl) Hazel. He was educated in his native town and afterward was employed in the silver mines at Brau- bach, but in 1846, worked in the iron mines there until the revolution of 1848, when he volunteered as a home guard, serving for two years. On the 6th of April, 1850, he set sail for New York, and upon his arrival went to Cincinnati, where he became a clerk, but soon afterward com- menced trading on his own responsibility. In April, 1851, he went to St. Louis, and soon afterward to Quincy, Ill., where he became a shoe clerk,
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but in December, opened a shoe store of his own. In 1855, he moved to Coatsburg and for ten years was merchant and coal dealer, securing in the meantime a partnership in the Bevier Coal Mines of Macon City, Mo. Here he made a fortune, but meeting with serious losses he returned to Quincy in 1865, and engaged in sundry mercantile pursuits until 1871, when he accepted the position of Secretary and Treasurer of Dick & Bros'. Brewery, Quincy. Three years later be resigned and again engaged in merchandising, continuing until 1877, serving in the meantime as Vice President and Director of the I. & I. S. Railroad. Later he located at Sherman, Texas, engaging in the coal trade and operating a cotton prees. In January, 1879, he accepted a position on the Texas Pacific Railroad, but in 1880 located in Sullivan, taking several bridge con- tracts on the I. & L S. Railroad. In August, he organized the coal company at Buell, which, two years later, became a stock company with himself as Superintendent. In 1851, he married Miss Anna E. Heiden- reich, who has borne him five children-Theresa, William H., Amelia B., Phillip A. and Louisa. C. He married his present wife, Mrs. Amelia (Schill) Frank, August 4, 1876. She has presented him with two chil- dren-Amelia and Bertha. Mr. Hazel is a member of several secret nocities and is an esteemed citizen.
GEORGE W. HIGBEE, M. D., was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, near Cincinnati, March 3, 1842, son of John L. and Elizabeth (Bedannah) Higbee, who came to Sullivan County in 1862. Subject entered the Morris Hill College when he was sixteen years of age, where he remained four years, when the family moved to Sullivan County, and he entered Merom College, where he remained one year, at which time he enlisted in the army of the United States, serving until the close of the war, and being honorably discharged. In 1865, he commenced the study of med- icine with his father, and in 1869 entered the Homoeopathic College at St. Louis, from which institution he graduated; started in business at his home and is enjoying a lucrative practice. He was united in marriage to Miss Lenora Lusk, daughter of Patrick and Catharine (Patterson) Lusk, residents of Sullivan, and one child, who died in infancy, was burn to them. Mrs. Higbee also died September 28, 1877. Dr. Higbee was married the second time, to Miss Savander Page, August 14, 1878, in Clermont County, Ohio, and to this marriage have been born two chil- dren-Roy and Paul. He and family are members of the Christian Church. Although Dr. Higbee started in life a poor boy, he educated himself by teaching and other work, and has accumulated a handsome fortune, being looked upon as one of the leading physicians of Sullivan County.
JOHN W. HILL was reared and educated in Sullivan, his native county, his birth occurring January 9, 1822, the third in a family of. twelve. He located on his present farm of 220 acres in the fall of 1845, and here has since lived and farsued. He made his first money by work- ing at the carpenter trade, which occupation he followed more or less for eight years. In 1856, he owned and operated a saw mill. He is a mem- ber of the Baptist Church, and is politically a Republican. March 30, 1843, he married Miss Jane, daughter of James and Mary (Mckinley) Russell, natives of Kentucky. This lady was born in Spencer County, that State, July 17, 1821. They have had eight children-James H., Mary J., Nancy A., Sarah M., Joseph R., Albert P. and Narcissus and Rebecca T., deceased. The parents of Mr. Hill were Hardy and Mary 45
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Hill, natives respectively of Kentucky and Virginia. The father was born February 16, 1794, and died March 28, 1876; the mother died No- vember 19, 1858, in her sixty-fourth year. They were married in Ken- tucky in 1818. The father enlisted in the war of 1812, and was capt- ured on the River Raisin and imprisoned for six weeks. He was a pio- neer of this county and a farmer by occupation.
PETER HILL was born near Bloomfield, Ind., June 30, 1832, and was there reared and educated. His parents, John and Jane S. (John- son) Hill, were natives of Maryland and Virginia, and the father lived in Greene County until his death in 1870. Both father and mother came to the State at a very early day, and the latter passed a short period of her early life in the old fort at Carlisle. Peter, when old enough, en- gaged in farming. On the 12th of August, 1861, he enlisted in Com- pany K,;Eightieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, as First Lieu- tenant, and served until March, 1863, participating in the battle of Per- ryville, and others of less note. At the latter date he resigned, and, re- turning, located on a farm in Knox County, but in August, 1865, moved to Sullivan County, locating on a farm of 314 acres near Carlisle. In 1876, he moved to Sullivan, and has since been engaged in buying and shipping grain and live stock. August 22, 1863, he married at Vincennes, Miss Amanda A., daughter of Samuel P. and Tilla (Hite) Langdon. This lady was born in Owen County, February 25, 1845. Mr. Hill has always been a good neighbor and an honest man.
JAMES W. HINKLE. Grandson of Wendell and Elizabeth Hinkle (Fox), and James and Jane Reid (Black), and son of Philip and Martha Hinkle (Reid), was born in Jefferson County, Ky., February 7, 1818, and was brought by his parents to Sullivan County, Ind., in 1819. He has one brother and two sisters living-Jackson Hinkle, of Farmersburg; Mrs. Butler, of Greene County; and Mrs. A. P. Forsyth, of Kansas. Philip Hinkle, with his family, settled in the southeast corner of this county, at the early date named, and shared in the toils, and hardships and privations of a pioneer life. His only resource for bread, outside of his grater or pestle and mortar being to take his sack of corn upon his horse, and follow the trace-way to Shaker Town, about fifteen miles distant, to have it ground. The youthful days of J. W. Hinkle were spent, as was usual in those times, about nine months of the year upon the farm, about three months in the country school. Some of these schools, although lacking many of the appliances of the present day, were very superior for this primitive period, taught by such men as Hugh G. Ross and James F. Harvey. After his majority, he worked upon the farm during the summer and taught school during the winter, until his twenty-sixth year, when he entered Asbury University, and remained two years, going through the most of the course, the mathematical entire. From the fall of 1846, he taught most successfully and pleasantly in that grand old school district near Vincennes. During the time of his employment . in this district, he formed the acquaintance of the one who has shared to the fullest extent all his joys and sorrows to the present day-Miss Helen Langton, daughter of Squire Samuel Langton. After he had taught a very full and very successful school in Carlisle, during the summer of 1848, on the 12th of October, they were married, and came immediately to Sullivan. Here he taught three years; then engaged in merchan- dising, which he has followed the most of the time since, having been Clerk of the courts of Sullivan County from 1860 to 1864. This couple,
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as parents, have raised five children-Mrs. Dr. C. F. Briggs, Mrs. W. S. Maple and Mrs. G. W. Langworthy, Jr., and Carl R. and Helen L. Hinkle.
JACOB F. HOKE was born near Carlisle, Sullivan County, August 15, 1839; son of Jacob and Rosa (Brentlinger) Hoke, natives of Ken- tucky, but of German descent, settling on a farm near Carlisle about 1830, where they resided till their deaths, his occurring January 25, 1876, and hers December 15, 1876. Subject remained with his parents until 1859, when he entered the dry goods business with James A. Walls, having purchased the interest of J. W. Hinkle. In 1862, he enlisted in the service, where he remained until the fall of 1864, when he was dis- charged, having risen from a private to First Lieutenant. After return- ing home, he entered the hardware business with W. H. Crowder, contin- uing till 1872, when they dissolved partnership, but Mr. Hoke bas con- tinued the same business since. March 9, 1863, he was nnited in mar- riage to Miss Kizzie Ann Maxwell, daughter of Levi and Lydia Gobin (Harper) Maxwell, and to this union have been born three children- Cora Estella, Nellie Maxwell and Hallie Kizzie Ann died July 11, 1882, and is buried in the cemetery at Sullivan He and family are mem. bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has been successful in busi- nees, and is looked upon as one of the most careful and energetic business men of the county. He takes an active interest in all public matters, and is a Republican.
HON. JOHN M. HUMPHREYS was born in Monroe County, Ind., March 8, 1828, and is the son of Solomon and Sarah (Smith) Humphreys, natives of Tennessee. The parents came to Monroe County in November, 1827, but three years later moved to Putnam County, and in 1848 to Greene County, where they resided until their deaths, at an advanced age. Subject received limited educational advantages in youth, but re- placed the want in maturer years by self-imposed study. In 1847, he began the study of medicine with Dr. W. L. Mahan, at Pleasant Garden, Putnam County, continuing until 1850, when he began to practice in Wright Township, Greene County, where his parents then lived, and was thus engaged until 1855, when he was elected Clerk of Greene County. He moved to Bloomfield, served one term, refused a re- nomination, owing to poor health, and went South for improvement. At the end of a year, he returned and in 1862 was elected to represent Greene County in the Lower House of the Legislature, and was re-elected in 1864, and in 1866 was elected to the Senate to represent Greene and Owen Counties, and served one term. He began the practice of law in 1861, which was fol- lowed during his legislative career. From 1865 to 1872, his family lived upon a farm near Linton, but at the latter date he moved to Evansville, where he practiced law two years, removing thence to Sullivan. Here he has since resided. His partner in law is Thomas J. Wolfe August 30, 1855, he married Miss Emeline Ballou, who bure him one child, De- lana Eckels Humphreys, now a resident of Greene County. His wife died October 7, 1859, and he then married Ruth S. Rhoads. To this union Allie May, wife of James W. Palmer, was born. Mrs. Humphreys died August 8, 1868, and on the 20th of April, 1871, he married Miss Jennie E. Temple, daughter of David and Margaret Temple. This lady died August 16, 1879, without issue. Mr. Humphreys is a member of the Christian Church.
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DR. JOHN KIVETT (deceased), son of Henry and Agnes (Good) Kivett, was born in Posey County, Ind., May 5, 1823. He received limited early education in his native county, and when a young man entered Asbury University, remaining therein until 1850, when he crossed the plains to seek the gold fields of California. He engaged in mining and merchandising there for two years, and then returned to Indiana, and soon afterward located at Evansville, where he read medicine under Dr. Bray. In a short time, he entered the Evansville Medical College, and in February, 1853, graduated. Not liking his profession, he studied and graduated in dentistry, which he practiced in Evansville about six years. In 1859, he bought the Novelty Flour Mills, of Rockport, which he operated about five years, and then located in Covington, Ky., where he speculated in various branches of trade about six years, after which he followed milling at Morris, Ind., about two and a half years. He then began dealing in stocks and real estate in Indianapolis, but in 1873 located in Sullivan, where he practiced his profession until his death, June 19, 1883. In Gloucester County, N. J., July 15, 1858, he married Miss Sarah A., daughter of Nathan and Sarah (Coles) Gaunt. Mrs. Kivett was born March 7, 1836, and bore her husband five children, four of whom are living-Carrie B., John H., Ada M. and Dircie A. The one deceased was Walter.
WILLIAM F. KNOTTS was born in Sullivan County June 14, 1838, and is the fifth in a family of eight born to Ambrose and Mary E. (Bland) Knotts, natives of Kentucky. The father was born in 1802, and the mother in 1804. The father died August 25, 1882, and the mother Jan- uary 28, 1846. The father's second wife was Letitia, daughter of Thomas Criger. The subject of this memoir finished his education in his native county in 1860, and then followed farming until October, 1863, when he enlisted in Company G, Eleventh Indiana Cavalry, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, as Third Sergeant, and served faithfully until his muster-out at Leavenworth, Kan., in 1865. He then bought eighty acres of land near New Labanon, upon which he lived until September 6, 1869, when he bought his present farm of 160 acres. Here he has since resided. His wife was Miss Mary A., daughter of William and Sarah (Ledgerwood) Cartwright, the latter, it is said, being the first white child born in Sullivan County. Mrs. Knotts was born February 22, 1846, and has presented her husband with two children-Lucian C. and Ida. The parents belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Knotts is a Republican.
JAMES M. LANG was born in New York, December 25, 1855. He was left an orphan when but a child, and was adopted by John W. Lang, with whom he remained about nine years, receiving in the meantime the rudiments of an education. In 1871, he came to Sullivan County, and accepted a home with George W. Ferree, with whom he lived until he attained his majority, entering during this period the famous school of Valparaiso, Ind., and finishing in the spring of 1877. He then returned to Sullivan County, where he taught school during the winter months for about four years. Prior to the expiration of this term of four years, he completed a course of commercial study at Indianapolis. Late in 1881, he accepted his present position as book-keeper of the Sullivan County Bank. Mr. Lang is a self-made man, is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellow fraternities, and a member of the Christian Church, and stands without reproach touching the matter of personal integrity and moraliworth. .
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BARTON W. LUZADER, dealer in sewing machines, is the son of George W. A. and Nancy (Harrison) Luzader, natives respectively of Indiana and Virginia, who came to Sullivan and located in the town in 1844, two years after it was founded. The father established a tannery, which he conducted until 1857, and was thus one of the pioneer business men of the county seat. The mother died in 1854, and the father in 1878; their births being 1815 and 1809, respectively. Barton W. was born in Sullivan, Ind., October 30, 1846. His early years were passed without noteworthy event; but in August, 1863, he enlisted in the Twen- ty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until January, 1866. After the war he engaged in farming, but in 1873 went to Texas, returning in 1877. In 1883, he secured the general agency of the Singer Manufacturing Company for Sullivan County, and is thus engaged at present. September 5, 1869, he married Miss Isabel, daughter of Carl- ton and M. M. (Bailey) Hawkins, to which union five children have been borD. The family belong to the Christian Church, and Mr. Luzader is an Odd Fellow, and is probably the oldest resident of Sullivan born within the town. His great-grandfather was a Welshman, who settled in Virginia at an early day, and his grandfather, Isaac, located in Knox County, Ind.
THOMAS J. MANN was born in Turman Township, Sullivan County, March 12, 1848, son of James B. and Fidelia A. (Turman) Mann, the former a native of Kentucky, who came to Indiana in 1819 with his par- ents, settling on a piece of land near Merom; the latter of Indiana. They resided at Merom till 1844, when they moved to where they now live, four miles north of Merom. Subject remained with his parents till 1879, working on the farm and attending school. In 1865, he en- tered the university at Vincennes, where he remained one year, and then taught school for some time. In 1878, he was elected Clerk of the Cir- ouit Court of Sullivan County, and was re-elected in 1882. Mr. Mann has been very successful in all his undertakings, and his re-election gives evidence of the confidence of his fellow citizens. He is an A., F. & A. M., Lodge No. 289, at Merom; also a member of the Royal Arch Chap- ter at Merom.
J. A. MARLOW, County Superintendent, was born in Sullivan County, April 14, 1844, son of W. and M. (Ledgerwood) Marlow, and received a good education at the common schools, finishing his studies in 1864 at Merom. He then began teaching in Sullivan County, and' about this time also taught in Hocking County, Ohio. He continued bis career as teacher mainly in Sullivan County, with more than ordinary mooees, studying, in the meantime, to fit himself for higher responsibil- ities, and in 1875 was elected County Superintendent, to which position he has been re-elected four times. He is one of the most popular office holders the county has had, serving to the entire satisfaction of his con- stituancy. In 1874, he was elected County Assessor, with a majority of about 1, 700, but the Legislature abolished the office before he had taken his seat. Mr. Marlow has done an excellent work in effecting a better system of grading in the common and high schools. May 12, 1867, he married his wife, who has borne him the following children: William, Cora and Clara, living, and Edward and an infant, deceased. Mr. Mar- low is an upright man, and is a member of the F. & A. M. and L. O. O. F. fraternities. His parents were early settlers in Sullivan County, and the father is still living.
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WILLIAM McCAMMON, of the firm of McCammon & Wolfe, mer- chants, was born in Sullivan County, Ind., March 1, 1844, the thirteenth in a family of fourteen children of William and Jeremiali (Sinclair) Mc- Cammon, who were natives of Kentucky, and among the early pioneers of Sullivan County, farming in the latter place until their respective deaths. William McCammon, subject of this sketch, lived with his parents until twenty-one years old, farming summers and attending school winters, un. til 1864, when he began for himself. Embarking in the grocery trade in Sullivan in 1868, he continued this two years, when he sold out, and with J. B. Able opened and conducted a clothing store till 1874, when the partnership was dissolved. This same year be opened another clothing store, but in 1880 sold out to Wolfe & Wolfe, and in 1882 he purchased the interest of one of the firm. In 1883, this firm consolidated with Mr. Able, under the firm name of McCammon, Able & Co., but the dissolution of the firm in February, 1884, resulted in McCammon & Wolfe still con- tinning the business. They carry a clean stock of goods, to the value of about $8,000, and are doing a good business. Mr. McCammon began doing for himself a pour boy, but his business qualifications have enabled him to secure a comfortable fortune. In 1881, he erected the McCam- mon House, one of the best hotels in Southwestern Indiana. To his mar- riage with Miss Rosa D., daughter of Allen and Susan Ann (McClure) Pierce, which occurred October 6, 1864, three children have been born, named. Cora M., Harry (deceased) and one that died in infancy unnamed. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
JAMES C. MOCLANNAHAN is a native of the Old Dominion, his birth occurring June 11, 1823. He was early taken to Coshocton County, Ohio, where he was partly raised and educated, and in 1839 was taken to Vigo County, Ind., where his mother purchased 160 acres of land. After a few years he was taken to Curry Township. where he engaged in agri- culture, but in 1855 moved to near Graysville, remaining until 1865, and then purchased a farm of 292 acres east of Graysville, upon which he lo- cated. In August, 1870, he moved to Farmersburg to educate his chil- dren, but two years later, in partnership with his son, Andrew T., em- barked in the drug trade at Sullivan. Three years later he retired fromn active business. His wife, to whom he was married October 10, 1850, is Mary J., danghter of Alexander and Anna (Harris) McKee, whose birth occurred in Sullivan County January 9, 1833. She has borne her hus. band the following children: Andrew T. and Annie, living; and Alexan. der, Arabella and Charles, deceased. Mr. McClanvahan is a Republican, a member of the A., F. & A. M., and one of the best citizens of the county. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His parents were Andrew and Mary A. (Keys) McClannahan, natives of Virginia.
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