History of the Indiana democracy, 1816-1916, Part 135

Author: Stoll, John B., 1843-1926
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Indianapolis : Indiana Democratic Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1104

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Mr. Hack is a member of the Indianapolis and State Bar Associations, the Contemporary Club, German House and Chamber of Commerce of Indianapolis, and is affiliated with the F. and A. M. and Royal Arch Masons, Murat Temple Mystic Shrine, Knight Templars and Knights of Pythias.

GEORGE M. HAEHL

The present chief of police of Shelbyville, George M. Haehl, is a native of Ohio, born April 21, 1849. He attended the public schools of Cincinnati, and in his youth worked at the jewelers' trade. Tiring of this, however, he ran away from home and joined the U. S. Navy, serving three years with the Mississippi Squadron, seeing active service at Hickman, Ky., Island No. 10, Fort Peller, Mem- phis, Haynes Bluff, Vicksburg, Tallahatchie river, Red river, etc. At the close of the Civil War, in 1865, he received his honorable discharge, and four years later located in Shelby county, where he has since become known as a representative citizen.

Mr. Haehl is affiliated with the Red Men and Grand Army of the Republic. In 1915 he was elected chief of police for a term of four years.

FRANK D. HAIMBAUGH

Frank D. Haimbaugh is a Muncie Democrat always on the job. He was born in Ohio in 1856, and when his parents moved him over to Indiana, in 1863, about the first thing he did was to commence working with the Hoosier Democrats. He never quit it. He liked it even if he never enjoyed the excitement of being a candidate for an elective office.

After graduating from the high school at Rochester he finished the scientific course at Valparaiso University. After graduation he was super- intendent of schools for Fulton county for two years, 1885-1887. He was chief doorkeeper of the Indiana house of representatives in the sessions of 1889 and 1891.

From 1900 to 1904 he was a member of the board of police commission- ers of Muncie. Served as field man for the state board of accounts from 1913 to 1915. Under the Woodrow Wilson administration was named post- master for Muncie, taking the office in March, 1916. During 1917 and 1918 he served as fuel administrator for his county, this position being without compensation and held during the war with Germany.

Mr. Haimbaugh spent twenty years as publisher of Democratic newspapers and was a delegate to a Democratic state convention before he was old enough to vote. His first newspaper venture was as a partner with a cousin in publishing the Miami County Sentinel at Peru. That was in 1889. Two years later he bought an interest in the Muncie Daily and Weekly Herald. As editor he worked for the Democracy constantly and won many victories. He founded the Muncie Press in 1905 and man- aged it for four years as an independent Democratic paper and lived to see it become a radical Re- publican sheet.

Mr. Haimbaugh was married to Miss Emma F. Elginfritz in 1890, and their only son served in the war against Germany. This son, Paul A. Haimbaugh, was commissioned a lieutenant from the first officers' training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison in August, 1917. He landed in France a month later and saw active service in the heavy field artillery, until at his own request, June, 1918, he was transferred to the tank service, remaining there to the close of the war.

FRANK J. HALL

Frank J. Hall is a son of one of the oldest and most substantial families of Rush county, his parents being the Hon. Wm. S. and Nancy M. Hall. He was born February 16, 1844; was edu- cated in the schools of Rush county and attended Indiana University, from which he graduated, later taking a law course at the same institution. He then became a resident of Rushville and was admitted to the bar in 1869.

In 1904, in the face of an overwhelming Republican majority, his popularity was demon- strated when he was elected mayor of Rushville, serving until 1906. In 1908 he was elected lieutenant-governor of Indiana, which position he held for four years.

Mr. Hall is still practicing law in Rushville.

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MARSHALL H. HALL

The commonwealth of Posey county is fortunate in having secured for the office of sheriff a man of known integrity and sterling worth.

The incumbent, Mr. Marshall H. Hall, is a native Hoosier, born in Posey county on the 16th day of December, 1859. He attended the common schools of his district, and here his interests have cen- tered.

On the 20th day of February, 1884, he was united in marriage to Miss Ruth Russell, and she has since been the presiding genius of his home and his faithful assistant in his undertakings.

In the year 1893 he was appointed custodian of the county court house, and for twenty years the duties of this position were discharged faithfully and loyally. In the fall of 1913 he was elected to the larger responsibilities of sheriff, and assumed the duties of office on the first day of the year 1914.

AUGUSTUS W. HAMILTON

To the citizens of Wells county, Augustus W. Hamilton needs no introduction, having been an honored public official of Bluffton for a number of years, and a prominent attorney of this commu- nity since 1902.

Mr. Hamilton was born in Indiana on the 30th day of August, 1873. He attended the public schools of his district, and after completing his work in high school entered North Manchester Col- lege for the purpose of continuing his education. In the year 1902 he graduated from the law depart- ment of Indiana University, and in the same year was admitted to the bar of Wells county and en- tered into the active practice of his profession at Bluffton in May. In his chosen work he was very successful, bringing to it untiring energy, patience in research and loyalty to the interests of his clients.

In 1906 he was elected to the position of mayor of the city of Bluffton, assuming the duties of office early in 1907, and for four years his time and energies were given to the service of the public.

Since attaining his majority, Mr. Hamilton has been a loyal adherent to the principles of De- mocracy, and has worked for the furtherance of the cause in Wells county. During the campaign of 1913 he served the party as county chairman, and has at various times represented Wells county Democracy in the state conventions of the party.

Mrs. Hamilton, to whom he was married June 30, 1904, was formerly Miss Blanche M. Small; and as the presiding genius of his home she has helped to win for them both a wide circle of friends.

WILL HAMMELL

Among the younger workers within the ranks of the party in Adams county the subject of this article is well known as a loyal and aggressive Democrat. A native of Adams county, Indiana, he was born on the 9th day of February, 1887. A resident of Decatur, he acquired his schooling in this city, graduating from the high school in 1908. The ensuing four years were spent in the study of law under the capable guidance of Judge D. E. Smith, since which time he has practiced in the county and is recognized as a rising lawyer of the community. He has taken an active part in campaign work, and was the successful candidate for clerk of the Adams circuit court of Adams county, Indi- ana, upon the Democratic ticket in 1914. Mr. Hammell is unmarried, an enthusiastic and conscientious worker and he has shown a remarkable grasp upon the possibilities of his profession.

WILLIAM ADELBERT HAMMOND

The name of William Adelbert Hammond is probably familiar to every citizen of Miami county, serving as mayor of the city of Peru. Mr. Hammond is a native of the state of Pennsylvania, born in Armstrong county on the 13th day of November, 1864. In the year 1898 he emigrated to Indiana, employed as a locomotive engineer by the Wabash Railroad Company. Since attaining his majority he has been an active worker in the ranks of the Democratic party, serving on the city committee and as delegate to numerous con ventions.

He has also continued an active member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and

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shortly after establishing residence in Peru was made chairman of this organization. In the year 1911 he was elected representative from Miami county to the state legislature, and in the fall of 1913 was elected to the position of mayor of the city for a term of four years.

Mrs. Hammond, to whom he was married June 26, 1911, was formerly Miss Norah Almeda Murphy.

STEPHEN J. HANNAGAN

Stephen J. Hannagan, an active party worker of Lafayette, is a native Hoosier, descended from early pioneers who settled in this State in 1844. He was born on the 25th day of May, 1863, and re- ceived his education in the parochial schools of Tippecanoe county.

In the year 1885 he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Foley, and their home was estab- lished in Lafayette.

In the year 1889 he was elected city clerk, and in this capacity served until 1894. In 1896 he assumed the duties of city councilman, which position he held for many years. During the adminis- trations of Governor Marshall and Governor Ralston he served as state oil inspector, and is the in- cumbent of this position.

He has taken an active part in the various campaigns through which he has passed, rendering valued service to the local organization.

ALFRED R. HARDESTY

A life-long Democrat, an unusually versatile man, and one distinguished in various lines of endeavor, Alfred R. Hardesty is justly held in high es- teem in his home town, Valparaiso.

Mr. Hardesty was born in Boone county, Indiana, on the 17th day of January, 1860. He attended the public schools and, after his graduation from high school, entered the university for continued study in the higher branches, and for the courses in law and commerce.

Following his attainment of the degree of B. S., he entered the educa- tional field, and for many years was an instructor in the public schools, dur- ing which time he held the position of superintendent of schools at Chester- ton for a period of nine years, leaving there of his own accord to accept a similar but better position at Hobart, where he remained six or eight years and where, at that time, was the largest commissioned township high school in the state. For two years following this, under the superintendency of the late Frank E. Cooper, he acted as assistant county superintendent of Lake county, one of the largest and most important counties in the State from the educational point of view. During his incumbency of these positions his progressive methods and rare tact in dealing with the various problems involved in the training of the youthful mind won for him the high esteem of the community. He successfully passed the examination for and is the holder of a life state license to teach in any of the schools of the State. He was also, for a few years, an instructor in the uni- versity of Valparaiso.

Wishing to enter a new field of work, however, he passed the examination for accountants, un- der the public accounting act, and served two years as public accountant under the administration of Governor Marshall. At the expiration of this period he engaged in the real estate business, and now does a general insurance and brokerage business as well. Though a member of the bar of Porter county, Mr. Hardesty has never practiced law, but has kept in touch with legal affairs.

On the 25th day of August, 1887, he was united in marriage to Miss Belle E. Fish of Buffalo, N. Y., and their home in Valparaiso has been the meeting place of many friends, who rejoice to accept their hospitality.

HARVEY HARMON

Harvey Harmon, a native and lifelong citizen of Gibson county, is well known throughout the county as a zealous Democratic worker and a prominent attorney-at-law.

Mr. Harmon was born at Owensville on the 12th day of August, 1873, and attended the schools of that place, graduating from the high school. His studies were continued at the Indiana Uni-

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versity at Bloomington, and he later entered the law school at DePauw University, from which he was graduated.

On the 14th day of June, 1901, his marriage to Miss Nora McGinnis was solemnized and their home was established in the city of Princeton, where he engaged in the active practice of law. So successful was he in his chosen profession that in the year 1911 he was elected county prosecutor, as- suming the duties of office on the first of January, 1912. In the exercise of the duties pertaining to this office Mr. Harmon has shown the same conscientious zeal which has characterized his private undertakings.

He has taken an active part in fraternal affairs and has membership in Prince Lodge 361, F. and A. M .; the Princeton Commandery Knights Templar; the B. P. O. Elks; Hadi Shrine of Evans- ville; the Delta Tau Delta, Tau Epsilon and Phi Phi Delta Phi educational societies.

JOHN G. HARRIS

John G. Harris, for many years a leading attorney of Bloomington and mayor of this city, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on the 12th day of October, 1869. In the year 1876 his parents lo- cated in Monroe county, where he received his schooling. Following his graduation from the high school he entered Indiana University, graduating from this institution in June, 1896. In the year 1901 he emigrated to Oklahoma for his health, and in the same year was elected police judge of the city of Hobart. This position he held until 1905, at which time he returned to his home in Bloom- ington. In the fall of 1908 he was elected joint representative from Monroe and Brown counties to the state legislature, and the following year was elected to the position of mayor of the city for a four-year term. At the expiration of this period, in 1913, he was re-elected. From 1890 to 1894 he served as secretary of the Democratic county committee, and was county chairman from 1906 to 1910, and also in 1914.

Mrs. Harris, to whom he was married April 22, 1889, was formerly Miss Florence Barnes.

COL. JOSEPH RICHARD HARRISON

Joseph Richard Harrison needs no introduction to the citizens of Whitley county, having been the holder of various positions in the service of the commonwealth, and for many years a leading citizen of the community.

Mr. Harrison was born in Green township, Noble county, Indiana, on the 28th day of May, 1862. In his childhood, however, he was brought to Whitley county by his parents, and here his schooling was received in the common schools of his dis- trict, and later in the Churubusco High School.

On the 10th day of February, 1881, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Jennie E. Stough, but death deprived him of her companionship in the year 1905.

In the year 1879 he assumed the duties of deputy county clerk of Whitley county and in this capacity served for eight years. During the first administration of President Cleveland he held the position of clerk of the United States court of the Fourth District, New Mexico; and four years were spent as clerk of the Whitley circuit court. He is, perhaps, best known for his service as mayor of Columbia City, a position which he held for eight years, entering upon the duties of this office in the year 1902.

Upon retiring from office January 1, 1916, he entered the profession of the law, having been ad- mitted to the Whitley county bar in 1891.

Colonel Harrison is a Spanish war veteran and for 20 years was an officer in the Indiana National Guard, retiring in 1915 as lieutenant-colonel of the 2d Indiana Infantry. He has been a Shetland pony breeder for 20 years and is past president of the national club.

CHARLES L. HARTING

A true product of Madison county, serving as city treasurer of Elwood, Charles L. Harting is well known and highly esteemed by the entire community.

He was born on a farm near Elwood, March 6, 1876, the son of Harmon G. Harting and Josephine Mock Harting, both natives of Johnson county. When he was three years of age the family

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moved to Elwood, and here the son received his schooling, graduating from the high school. Later a course in electrical engineering was taken at Purdue University, after which he entered the employ of the Elwood Electric Light Co., now known as the Indiana General Service Co. Here he remained for twelve years, resigning to assume the duties of city treasurer, a position to which he was elected in the fall of 1913. He has often served the party as precinct committeeman and delegate to the various conventions. He is affiliated with the fraternal orders of Masons, Elks, Knights of Pythias and Moose.

Mrs. Harting, to whom he was married June 22, 1904, was formerly Miss Roxana Moore of Kokomo.

BAYLESS HARVEY

The responsibility which falls to the lot of the publisher of a newspaper is great, as the mold- ing of the sentiment of the community is largely in his hands; and seldom is this responsibility borne by one of greater ability or having more interest in the community than the publisher of the Paoli News, Bayless Harvey.

Mr. Harvey is a native Hoosier, born on the 12th day of November, 1873. He attended the public schools of his district and graduated from the high school. Later he entered Indiana Uni- versity at Bloomington for study in the higher branches, and received the degree of bachelor of arts in 1895. The following year he returned for the study of law and in 1896 received the degree of LL. B.

In the same year he was admitted to the bar of Orange county and entered into the practice of his profession at Paoli. The following year he was appointed deputy prosecuting attorney of Orange county, and in this capacity served for nine years, rendering efficient service to the com- munity and establishing a reputation for marked ability in the legal profession.

In the year 1912 he assumed the duties of county attorney, and was the incumbent of this position until 1915. He is now the publisher of the Paoli News, and in this venture has demonstrated a marked intelligence in administration.

On the 28th day of November, 1898, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Erma King, and to them has been born a daughter.

During his years in college he became allied with a Greek letter fraternity and is now affiliated with the Royal Arch Masons No. 134 at French Lick and the Free and Accepted Masons Lodge 119, of Paoli, and Bedford Commandery No. 42, Knights Templar. In 1918 he was elected Democratic county chairman of Orange county.

SIDNEY B. HATFIELD

Few citizens of Warrick county are better known or more highly es- teemed than Sidney B. Hatfield, for many years a prominent attorney of Boonville.

Mr. Hatfield was born in the state of Kentucky, but at an early age was brought by his mother to Indiana, his father having purchased and located upon a farm in Perry county, near the Ohio river. There he remained until he attained the age of seventeen years, when he entered Indiana University. Following his graduation from the literary department of that institution in 1864, he matriculated in the law department, from which he was graduated in 1866. Immediately thereafter he was admitted to the bar of Perry county and entered upon the active practice of his profession at Cannelton. On the 10th day of March, 1872, he assumed the duties of clerk of the Perry circuit court, and in that capacity served for four years. In the fall of 1879 he was elected prosecuting attorney for Perry county, and at the expiration of a two-year term, in 1882, was re-elected for further service of two years. Later he located in Boonville, where he has since been engaged in practice.

During his college days Mr. Hatfield became a member of the Phi Delta Theta Greek Frater- nity, and during his residence in Cannelton became affiliated with the Masons and Odd Fellows. He is a member of Strangers' Rest Lodge No. 240, Free and Accepted Masons, and Hebron Lodge, In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, both of Boonville.

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Throughout his career Mr. Hatfield has stood for the principles promulgated by Thomas Jeffer- son, and has consistently voted the Democratic ticket and given his support to the various organ- izations of the party. Mr. Hatfield ranks as one of the leading attorneys of Southwestern Indi- ana, and also is regarded as one of the best citizens.

FRED A. HAUSHEER

For many years the incumbent of various positions of responsibility in the serv- ice of the commonwealth, Fred A. Hausheer needs no introduction to our readers.

Mr. Hausheer is essentially a product of the Hoosier state, having been born in Indiana on the 14th day of March, 1861. He attended the public schools of Laporte county and early entered into the business life of Laporte.

In the year 1889 Mr. Hausheer was appointed deputy treasurer of Laporte county and for five years he remained in that position, working with conscientious zeal and intelligent effort. In 1906 he was appointed deputy auditor of the county and in that capacity acted for a term of four years. He then was elected county auditor and on the first day of the following January assumed the duties of the office, amply qualified by his years of service as deputy and thoroughly prepared to administer the affairs of the office in an efficient manner. In the fall of 1914 he was again the candidate of the Democratic party for this position.

On April 22, 1882, Mr. Hausheer was united in marriage to Miss Susie Held.

CHARLES H. HAVENS

Charles H. Havens was born in Kokomo, May 4, 1858, a son of Henry Bascomb Havens, one of the early settlers of Howard county, and a grandson of the Rev. James Havens, noted pioneer Methodist preacher and contemporary of Peter Cartwright. He was carrier-boy for the Radical Democrat (afterward the Kokomo Dispatch) when it was established in Kokomo by Jap Turpin in 1872. Entering a printing office at the age of fourteen years, he was identified with newspaper work as printers' "devil," printer, reporter and editorial and political writer, with the exception of half a dozen years in which he was engaged in the theatrical business, until his ap- pointment as postmaster for Kokomo, March 1, 1914. He succeeded J. O. Henderson as managing editor of the Kokomo Daily Dispatch in 1890, on the election of Mr. Henderson to the office of auditor of state. He never sought official position, and was recommended for appointment as postmaster for Kokomo by Congressman Martin A. Morrison at a time when .Mr. Havens was earnestly advocating the selection of another Democrat for this position.

In 1880 Mr. Havens married Lou Ewing Coate of Paducah, Ky., who died four years later, the issue of the union being one daughter, now Mrs. Paul M. Gerhard of Kokomo. In 1886 he mar- ried Orpha D. Mckinsey of Kokomo. There were born to them two children, a son who died at the age of five years, and a daughter, Mrs. George Carl Yearling of Kokomo. There are three grand- children, by whom Postmaster Havens sets great store-Master Charles Logan Gerhard, Master Daniel Havens Gerhard and Mary Louise Yearling.

Mr. Havens devotes his entire time to his duties as postmaster and has been energetic in the promotion of the newer features of the postal service-the parcel post, the postal savings system and the organization of the Kokomo postoffice under the "two-division" plan in operation in offices of the larger cities.

THOMAS HAWKINS

A representative Indiana citizen of the higher type is Thomas Hawkins. Born on a farm, he has mounted steadily upward in business and political circles until he holds the highest office in the gift of the people of Shelbyville, and his administration proved the wisdom of voters who, normally Republican, swung away from party lines and placed him in office with a huge majority as an ex- pression of their confidence.

Mr. Hawkins was born in 1859 in Washington township, Shelby county. Educated in the dis- trict schools, he longed for further insight into the rules which governed business, and attended commercial schools of Indianapolis. After finishing his course there he returned to his father's farm and for a few years turned his attention to tilling the soil. Later on he purchased a farm of his

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own, buying eighty acres in Washington township, and in 1882 married Ella M. Easley, one of the county's most popular young ladies. In 1893 Mr. Hawkins left the farm and moved to the town of Flat Rock, where he bought out a large store owned by Wesley Nading. After conducting this busi- ness for nine years, during which time he showed remarkable business ability, he sold out to O. R. Miller. In 1902 Mr. Hawkins was elected county auditor, and moved with his family to Shelby- ville in 1903. He served four years in this position of trust and was elected county chairman in 1906 and 1908.

On November 3, 1909, the crowning act of confidence which the community felt in him was shown when he was elected mayor of the city of Shelbyville. Although Mr. Hawkins was a Democrat in a Republican community, he received a majority of 356 votes.

A man of pleasing personality, Mr. Hawkins makes friends quickly and, it may be said to his credit, holds them long. His business ability has been demonstrated in the manner in which he has conducted the affairs of the city since taking hold of the reins of government and it is not too much to say that no chief executive ever justified the confidence imposed in him more fully than has Mayor Hawkins. He is one of the solid citizens of the community in his home life, spending much time with his family, which numbers three, his wife, his son Perry, and his daughter Hazel.

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History of the Indiana democracy, 1816-1916, Part 135

Author: Stoll, John B., 1843-1926 Publication date: 1917 Publisher: Indianapolis : Indiana Democratic Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1104

Author: Stoll, John B., 1843-1926
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Indianapolis : Indiana Democratic Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1104