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J. D. GEORGE, M. D., a prominent physician of the homco- pathic school of Franklin, Johnson County, Ind., was born in Jeffer- son County, Ind., on March 13, 1854, and is the son of W. J. and Jane (Spann) George. The father was born in Kentucky, in about 1827, and is the son of Milton George, a native of Virginia, and a pioneer of Kentucky, who removed at an early date to Indiana, and located in Jefferson County. W. J., the father, has followed farm- ing as a life vocation, and now resides in Jefferson County. The
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mother was born in Jefferson County, Ind., and was the daughter of Moses Spann, who died in 1886, in his eighty-fifth year; she died when our subject was but five months of age, and his father subse- quently married Edith Spann, sister to his first wife. To our sub- ject's parents two sons and one daughter were born, all of whom survive, and to the second marriage seven children were born. Our subject was reared on the farm, where he remained, attending . school during the winter months, until he was nineteen years of age, and then spent a year in clerking in Madison, Ind. Returning to the farm he attended the high school for two years. He then taught school for two years, reading medicine at the same time, the two years being spent at the Reform School at Plainfield, Ind., of which he was an officer. He then located at Indianapolis, Ind., and read medicine with Drs. Runnels of that city, for several years, and during that time attended the Cleveland, Ohio, Homo- pathic Hospital College, entering the same in 1876, and graduat- ing in 1878. Hle practiced as an assistant to Drs. Runnels from 1878 until ISSo, in Indianapolis, and next located in Franklin, Ind., where he practiced for three years, and then closing his office, went to New York City, where he took a post-graduate course in the Post-Graduate College, Bellevue Hospital College and the New York Homeopathic College. He next returned to Franklin, and resuming his practice, has remained ever since, building up a large practice and establishing a firm footing, both profession- ally and socially. He is at present, and was several years ago, secretary of the Indiana Institute of Homœopathy, and in 1886 was elected to a seat in the city council of Franklin. He was married September 1, ISS5, to Mattie Bergen, of Vinton, Iowa, and to this union a son, George B., was born September 5, 1886. Dr. George is a member of the Hesperian Lodge, No. 12, K. of P., and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church.
THOMAS W. GRAHAM was born where he now resides, Feb- ruary 12, 1849, son of James H. and Jane A. (Dobbins) Graham; the former born in Kentucky, June 6, 1So9, and died April 29, 1886: the latter was born in South Carolina, November 10, IS15, and died in this county in 1859. His paternal grandfather, Thomas Graham, was born in Virginia in 1772, and died in Johnson County in 1859. About 1830 the family came from Kentucky to Johnson County, Ind., and settled just east of Franklin, and later located north of this place. In a family of ten children our subject is the seventh. He was reared on the farm where he now lives, and was a student at the country school, and at an early age began farming for himself, and this vocation he now follows. The marriage of Mr. Graham was solemnized December 23, 1874, to Mary E. Dem-
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aree, a native of this county, born July 24, 1850, daughter of Henry and Nancy S. (Winchester) Demaree. To the above mar- riage five children have been born: Everett, born 1875: Anna, 1877: Maggie, 1880; Minnie, 1882, and Walter, 1886. In politics, he is a republican, and he and wife are members of the Bethany Presbyterian Church, at Whiteland.
PHILIP C. HALFAKER, one of the oldest blacksmiths in John- son County, Ind., and doing business in Franklin, was born in Bar- tholomew County, Ind., on July 18, 1834, and is the son of Jacob and Ruth (Campbell) Halfaker, natives of Virginia and Ohio, re spectively. Father was born August 12, 1So2, and died in Johnson County, in 1879. Mother was born in 1812, and died in Johnson County, in 1883. The paternal grandfather was born in Virginia in about 1765, and died in Johnson County in 1850. The Halfaker family emigrated to Johnson County in 1827, and settled in Blue River Township, and in 1837, removed to Clark Township, where the subject of this sketch grew to manhood on the farm, and at- tended the country schools, securing a limited education. In 1851, he came to Franklin and began serving a three years' apprentice- ship at the blacksmith's trade in the shop of Webb & Clark, and in 1858, began business for himself, and with the exception of four years, has carried on the blacksmith trade in this city. He is a practical mechanic and a first-class workman, and has met with success, his business extending over a large scope of territory. June 16, 1858, he was united in marriage to Miss Anna L., daugh- ter of Jesse and Nancy Coleman, who was born August 11, 1839. To this union are these five children: William C., Charles G., Edgar B., Cora, and Roscoe C. Politically, Mr. Halfaker is a republican, and in 1863 was made a Mason. He and wife are members of the Christian Church.
W. C. HALL, M. D., physician and surgeon, and a prominent citizen of Franklin, Johnson County, Ind., is a native of New York State, and was born September 11, 1830, at the village of Castile, being the third son of Justice and Rachel (Gibbs) Hall. Dr. Hall entered Alleghany College, at Meadville, Pa., at the age of fifteen years, and spent three years completing the scientific course. In 1849, he entered the office of Dr. J. H. D. Rodgers, of Madison, Ind., and began the study of medicine, and subsequently studied at the Louisville Medical College, and, in 1857, attended his last course of lectures at the Starling Medical College, of Col- umbus, Ohio. He removed to Jefferson County, Ind., and prac- ticed his profession until 1862, and then enlisted as a private in the Eighty-second Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was shortly afterward transferred to the Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio
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Volunteer Infantry, and commissioned a surgeon. Returning from the war, he located in Franklin. Ind., where he has since resided, and practiced his profession. He has given his entire time and at- tention to his profession, and that he has made a decided success is evidenced by the large practice he now has and has had for years. During 1875 and 1876, he was president of the Board of Health of Johnson County. He is a member of Wadsworth Post, No. 127, G. A. R., of which he is the present post commander. Dr. Hall was married in March, 1858, to Malvina C. Tilford, of Hanover, Ind., who was born in IS34.
JOSIAH H. HANDLEY was born October 12, 1846, in Dorchester County, Md., son of Henry and Mary A. (Woollen ) Handley. The father of our subject was born in Maryland about 1805, and died in his native state in 1850, and by occupation was a carpenter. His mother, also a native of Maryland, was born in 1815, and now re- sides in this county. Our subject received a common school educa- tion, and at ten years of age, began supporting himself. From 1861 until 1867 he led the life of a sailor on the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. In 1867, he began farming in Maryland, and in 1868 came to Johnson County, and worked on the farm by the month, until February, 1869, when he began farming for himself, in Union Township, where he remained until 1879, when he removed to his present farm, which contains 104 acres. For several years he has been engaged in breeding fine-stock, and has been very suc- cessful. Mr. Handley was married December 10, 1868, to Miss Nancy J. Carnine, born in Johnson County, Ind., near where she now resides, September 30, 1848. Mrs. Handley is the daughter of Andrew and Nancy (Banta) Carnine, natives of Kentucky, the former born in 1804, and died in 1873, and the latter died in this county in 1853. Mr. and Mrs Handley are the parents of four children: Sarah A., born October 10, 1869; James E., June 3, IS73; Mary Anna, December 19, 1879, and Lorin A., February 12, ISSI. Politically, he is a republican, and through his own industry and economy, has succeeded. Mr. and Mrs. Handley are members of the Hopewell Presbyterian Church.
SAMUEL HARRIS, the subject of this sketch, was born in Union Township, in the western part of Johnson County, Ind., July 30, IS44, and is the son of John and Jane (Province) Harris. The father was born in Kentucky, in ISIS, and was the son of Jesse Harris. Jesse Harris was a native of Kentucky, and he was the son of Joshua Harris. Joshua and a brother, while quite young, were left orphans, and were drafted into the American Army during the Revolutionary War. At the battle of Bunker Hill, the two brothers were separated, and the other brother was never heard
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of after. Jesse Harris served in the War of 1812, and participated in the battle of New Orleans. He removed to Indiana in about IS24, and in 1827, came to Johnson County, and located in what is now Union Township. Joshua, the grandfather, came with the family, to Johnson County, where he died. John, the father, was a farmer, and was quite prominent, holding several public offices, serving for about twenty years as trustee of his township. He died in 1867, holding office at that time. The mother was born in Ireland, near Londonderry, in about 1816, and came to America when quite young, with her widowed mother. They located in Kentucky, and she then removed to Indiana, and the marriage of the parents occurred in Johnson County. She came here to make her home with an uncle, her mother having married a second time. She is now residing in Union Township, Johnson County. To the par- ents eight children were born, all of whom, save one, survive. Our subject was reared on the farm, and secured a common school edu- cation. He remained on the farm until about 1878, during which time he was engaged in buying stock on an extensive scale. In 1878 he located in the village of Union, in the township by that name, where he merchandised and traded in stock, for about three years. He was married December 19, 1867, to Cordelia S. Garsh- wiler, who was born in Morgan County, Ind., December 30, 1850. To this union two children have been born, one of whom survives. Our subject is quite an active Mason, being a member of Franklin Lodge, No. 107, F. & A. M., Franklin Chapter, No. 65, and Franklin Commandery, No. 23, and a member of the Ind- iana Consistory of Scottish Rite. In ISS2 he was nominated by the democrats of Johnson County, for the office of cir- cuit clerk, and was elected by a majority of 475 votes, and removed to Franklin in 1883, taking his position November I, ISS3. He held the office of circuit clerk for four years. Janu- ary I, ISSS, he engaged in the insurance, pension and loan business in Franklin, purchasing the business of Samuel A. Wilson. Upon his retirement from the office of circuit clerk in 1887, he was the recipient of a gold-headed cane at the hands of the court, bar and officials of Johnson County, as a token of the esteem and respect in which he was held by the members of the same as an efficient officer, good citizen and clever gentleman, and resolutions were adopted and spread on record as follows: Resolu- tions adopted September 24, 1887, by the court, bar and officers of the Johnson County circuit court, in relation to Samuel Harris, retiring clerk of the court: "It being at this time suggested by the members of the bar, that before the convening of the next session of this court, the term of office of Samuel Harris as clerk thereof,
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will have expired, the court, on motion of Jacob L. White, ap- pointed Samuel P. Ovler, H. C. Barnett and W. J. Buckingham, to draft suitable resolutions expressing the esteem in which said retiring clerk is held by the court and the members of the bar of this county, and said committee reported the following resolutions :
" The committee appointed to draft resolutions on behalf of the court and bar, relative to Samuel Harris, Esq., retiring clerk of this court, respectfully submit the following: First, That during the four years of Mr. Harris' services as clerk of the court he has displayed in the performance of the duties of that office great in- dustry, promptness and accuracy, and now at the close of his of- ficial term we hereby express our acknowledgment of the able and efficient manner in which he has discharged his official duties. Second, That we desire to place upon the records of the court our said acknowledgments and approval, and our sense of his courtesy shown us in the discharge of his duties. Third, That these reso- lutions be spread upon the records of this court, and a copy fur- nished Mr. Harris at the close of his official term. S. P. Ovler, H. C. Barnett, W. J. Buckingham, Committee. Which resolu- tions were received by the court and ordered spread upon the rec- ords thereof, which was accordingly done."
ELI P. HAYMAKER, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Mont- gomery County, Va., May 25, 1843, being the fourth in a family of five children born to Philip and Martha (Perterson) Haymaker, and is of German lineage. His father was born in Virginia, and died in that state about IS48; the mother, also a native of Virginia, was born in ISIo, and now resides in that state. Our subject re- ceived a common school education in his native state, and worked on the farm until 1862, when he enlisted in Company F, Eleventh Virginia Infantry. C. S. A., where he served three years, and dur- ing this time was promoted to the position of second sergeant. He was at the seven days' battle before Richmond : also Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor, and Druey's Bluff. In March, 1865, Mr. Haymaker came to Johnson County, and for a number of years worked by the month on a farm. In 1870, he settled on the farm he now owns, and is one of the most extensive farmers in Johnson County. His mar- riage occurred September 16. 1869, to Miss Sarah, daughter of William R. and Louisa Ann (McRae) Poulter. Mrs. Haymaker is a native of Mercer County, Ky., born April 13, IS4S, and is the mother of these children: Zora A., born August 13, 1870: Ira P., February 4, 1872: John W., April IS, 1873, (deceased) : Charles O., February 31, 1876: Lelie, January 26, 1879; Guy E., June 6, ISSO, and Clarence E., August 15, 1883. Mr. Haymaker is a democrat, an Odd Fellow, and belongs to the Bargersville Horse
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Thief Detective Company, and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
JACOB HAZELETT, the subject of this sketch, is one of the lead- ing young republicans of Johnson County, and sheriff of the same, and is also engaged with his father, M. Hazelett, in the livery busi- ness in Franklin. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 19, IS50, and is the son of M. and Elenor ( McClannahan ) Hazelett, both of whom were born in Ireland and immigrated to America in 1849, and located in New York, thence to Cincinnati and thence to Franklin County in August, 1852. Both are living. Our subject was reared in the city of Franklin, and attended the city schools, securing a fair education. He engaged in the livery business in May, 1866, and has continued up to the present date, he and his father now owning the leading stable in the city. In ISS2, he made the race on the republican ticket for sheriff, but was defeated by 125 votes, and in 1886, he was again re-nominated by the republicans for sheriff, and was elected by a majority of 101 votes, being the only one on the republican ticket who was elected that year, and enjoys the honor and distinction of being the first re- publican sheriff of Johnson County. He is a member of the K. of P. order, of which he is also a member of the uniform rank.
HARVEY D. HENDERSON, farmer, was born on the farm where Albert List now resides, January 10, 1830; he is the son of Thomas and Mary (Demott) Henderson, and is of Irish-Dutch descent. His father was born in Virginia, June 17, 1796, and died September 28, 1862, and was among the early pioneers of Johnson County. The mother of Mr. Henderson was born in Kentucky about 1802. In a family of eleven children, our subject is the fifth. He received a good education, and at twenty-one years of age, he embarked on his own responsibility on life's voyage, and, in 1858, settled on his present farm, which contains 167 acres. Mr. Henderson was mar- ried October 17, 1855, to Miss Nancy S. Wheat, born near where she now resides, November IS, 1833. The father of Mrs. Hender- son was born in Virginia, in ISOS, and died in Franklin, in 1886; her mother was born in Kentucky in 1806, and died in Franklin in ISSI. To Mr. and Mrs. Henderson were born these children: Mary L., born 1856; William E., born 1858; Florence H., born IS59; John E., born 1862; Anna L., born 1863, (deceased, 1864) ; Emma and Ella (twins), born 1866; James M., born 1867, and Ethel, born 1879. In politics, Mr. Henderson is a republican, and he and wife are members of the' Hopewell Presbyterian Church, having united with this denomination in IS58 and 1853, respect- ively. His father donated the ground upon which the Hopewell
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Church, school-house and cemetery, are located. These people are highly respected, and both are representatives of early families.
STRATHIER HEROD, farmer and carpenter, is a native of Putnam County, Ind., born November 14, 1846, and is the fifth in a family of nine children born to Rev. E. D. and Lucinda (Kendall) Herod. His father was born in Kentucky, December 28, IS15, and his mother, a native of the same state, was born in IS23, and died Jan- uary 30, ISSS. In IS31, the father came to Indiana and settled in Putnam County, and later removed to Johnson County, where he now resides. For almost fifty years he has been a Baptist minis- ter. The immediate subject of this biography was raised on the farm, and received a common school education. At the age of twenty years he began life for himself, and in 1871 came to John- son County, and settled in White River Township, where he re- mained for one year, and then removed to Hensley Township, where he resided until ISSI, when he came to Franklin Township, where he has a good farm. Mr. Herod was united in marriage September 1, ISSI, to Mrs. Margaret E. Mullendore, whose maiden name was Nay. Mrs. Herod was born in Johnson County, Ind., April 22, 1847. They have one child, Ralph T., born November 25, ISS5. At the time of her marriage to our subject, Mrs. Herod had these three children: Jesse V., Maude M. and Wilda W. In politics, he is a democrat, also a K. of P. and a member of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Herod is a member of the Christian Church.
A. G. Hicks, the subject of this sketch, is proprietor of the photographic parlors of Franklin, Johnson County, Ind., and one of the leading young citizens of that place. He was born in Franklin, Ind., on February 23, 1851, and is the son of Royal S. and Mary G. (Keen) Hicks. The father was born in Patriot, Ind., and was the son of Joshua Hicks. He subsequently held position in auditor of state's office at Indianapolis, and was also appointed to positions un- der the administration at Washington. He next located at Rock- port, Spencer County, Ind., where he engaged in the newspaper business. During the war he was elected to the office of circuit clerk, of Spencer County, and afterward was engaged in the practice of law at Rockport, at which he continued until his death, in ISS3. He was one of the best-known men in the "Pocket," of the state. The mother died in 1869. To the parents nine children were born, of whom five are now living. Our subject was reared principally at Rockport, where he attended the public schools. He left Rockport and came to Franklin, in fall of 1868, and learned the profession at which he is now engaged, with John Nicholson. He continued with Mr. Nicholson for three years, and then purchased
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the business, and has been conducting same ever since. Does a general work in photographs of all sizes, and has exclusive control of business in town. He is a member of the K. of P. lodge. Ile was married in 1870, to Bettie Burton, who was born in Kentucky, and was the daughter of Mary Burton. She died in 1873, and he was again married in 1875, to Sallie C. Jackson, of Franklin, daughter of Nathan Jackson. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hicks are members of Christian Church.
PLEASANT HUFFMAN was born in Anderson County, Ky., June 25, 1833, son of Henry and Barsheba (Craig) Huffman, and is of German-Irish descent. His parents were natives of Kentucky. His mother died in Kentucky in 1858, and his father died in this county, July 26, 1865. The boyhood of our subject was spent on the farm, and at an early age began life as a farm-hand, which he continued six years, and in 1858 located one and a half miles north of where he now resides, on a small farm of his own, and which he sold in ISSO. In 1875 he removed to where he now resides, and here owns 140 acres, the same being a part of the Melvin Wheat es- tate. In 1858 Mr. Iluffman was united in marriage to Miss Mar- garet H., daughter of Melvin and Mary Wheat. Mrs. Huffman was born near where she now resides, September 5, 1837. They have six children, as follows: Clara E., born in 1860; Warren, 1862; Emma A., 1864: Margaret L., 1867; John, 1870, and Henry, I873. He is a republican, a successful farmer, and he and wife are members of the Hopewell Presbyterian Church.
ROBERT P. HUNT is a native of Johnson County, Ind., born where Wasson McCaslin now resides, September 6, 1836, son of Joseph and Nancy (Garshwiler) Hunt, natives of Kentucky, the former born in 1802, and died in this county in 1872; the latter born in 1805, and died in this county in 1876. They were among the early pioneers, having removed from their native state to John- son County in IS28. His paternal grandfather, Simeon Hunt, a na- tive of North Carolina, died in this county, about 1847. The boy- hood of our subject was spent on the farm. In 1861 he enlisted in Company I, Eighteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was dis- charged in February, 1862, on account of physical disability. Re- turning home he engaged in farming in Nineveh Township, and there resided until 1882, when he removed to his present farm, which consists of eighty acres of well-improved land. He was married in 1865 to Miss Mary L. Mullikin, born in this county, in IS43. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt are the parents of these children: Will- iam F., born in 1866: Georgia B., 1874, and Frank R., 1876. In politics, Mr Hunt is a democrat, and Mrs. Hunt is a member of the Baptist Church.
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WILLIAM JACKSON, councilman of the Second Ward of Frank- lin, Johnson Co., Ind., and foreman of N. M. Pittman's saw-mill, was born in Madison, Jefferson Co., Ind., on March 26, 1850. He is the third of ten children, born to James and Nancy ( Loyd) Jackson. The father was born in Indiana in IS21, and is the son of Samuel Jackson, a native of South Carolina. Samuel came to Indiana at an early date and located on a tract of land which he owned on Crooked Creek, in Jefferson County. He followed farming there until about 1867, and then removed to Johnson County, where he died in 1869. The father came to Johnson County in 1864, from Ripley County, and located in Franklin. While in Jefferson County, he followed farming, but since coming to Franklin, has not followed any particular calling. He now resides in Franklin, is a member of the Christian Church. and is a man respected by his fellow-citizens. The mother was born in Kentucky in I819, and is the daughter of Giles Loyd, a native of South Carolina, who emigrated first to Kentucky and then to Jefferson County, where he died. She is a member of the Christian Church. Our subject was reared in Jefferson, Ripley and Johnson counties, and secured a common school education. He began work in a planing-mill in Franklin, for the Builders and Manufacturers' Association. He was next in the mill of Jones, Bergen & Co., and then at High & Son's planing- mill, and since that time has been with W. H. Mclaughlin until the purchase of the mill by Mr. Pittman. He has always taken an in- terest in public affairs, is a republican in politics, and in 1885, was elected to represent his ward in the city council of Franklin, being elected for a term of four years. He is a member of Hesperian Lodge, No. 12, K. of P., a member of the Christian Church, and is generally respected by his fellow citizens. He was married February 26, 1877, to Clara A. Colbert, who was born in Ken- tucky in 1848, and is the daughter of Martha (Colbert) King. To this union seven children have been born, four boys and three girls, six of whom survive. Mrs. Jackson is a member of the Christian Church.
WILLIAM H. JENNINGS, deceased, stands prominent among those citizens of Johnson County who have passed from their field of labor. He died in the prime of manhood, before his natural powers of body or mind were abated, but his life was well spent, his work well done, and he left indellible traces behind him of duties faith- fully discharged. He was a native of Mercer County, Ky., and of English extraction on his father's side. In an early day, his father and mother, William and Mary Jennings, were united, and led a happy and successful life. They raised a large family, William H. among the rest, his birth taking place June 27, IS19. In 1832,
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