JUDGE JESSE L. HOLMAN, was born at Danville, Ky., October 24, 1784. During his infancy his father was killed while seeking to relieve a block-house beleaguered by hostile Indians. With few opportunities for instruction, Jesse L., by persistent efforts obtained an English education, and in later life became accomplished in the higher mathematics and in general literature. Before he attained his majority, under the encouragement of Henry Clay, he published a novel in two volumes , entitled "The Errors of Education," which obtained a large circulation for that period. He studied law at Lexington, Ky., in the office of Henry Clay, and when scarcely of age commenced its practice at Port William, now Carrollton, Ky., where he married Elizabeth MASTERSON, an estimable lady of superior accomplishments. IN 1810 he removed to Indiana Territory and built a cabin on the range of hills that rise abruptly from the Ohio River South of Aurora, and to this new home, which he called "Veraestan," he removed his family in the same year. They brought with them and emancipated a large family of slaves which had descended to Mrs. HOLMAN from her father. Here he cleared his farm, and the embellishment of his beautiful rural home was to him a labor of love. From the time he settled in Indiana Territory until his death, his life was almost uninterruptedly devoted to the public service. In 1811 he was appointed by Gov. Harrison, prosecuting attorney of Dearborn County. IN 1814 he represented that county in the Territorial Legislature and was president of the Legislative Council, and in the same year was appointed by Gov. Posey, judge of the Second Judicial Circuit of the Territory. In 1816, on the admission of Indiana into the Union, he was appointed one of the three supreme judges of Indiana by Gov. Jennings, and remained on the supreme bench fourteen years. In 1831 he was defeated in the Legislature for United States Senator by only one vote, although the Legislature was, politically, strong against him. In 1832 he was elected superintendent of common schools of Dearborn County. IN 1834 he was appointed by President Jackson, United States Judge for the District of Indiana, and held that office til his death, March 28, 1842. Justice John McLean said of Judge HOLMAN: "Of his legal research and acumen he has left enduring evidence, but what most excited my admiration was his singleness of purpose; he had no motive but to discharge his public duty uprightly." Judge HOLMAN was a Baptist preacher, and for years was pastor of the Baptist Church at Aurora, preaching regularly when not away on public duty. He organized a Union Sunday-school, believed to be the first in the State, and was its superintendent up to his death. He laid out the city of AUrora and was active in the establishment of Indiana College, and was one of the earliest and most devoted friends of Franklin College. No man, in the early history of Indiana, was more highly respected and beloved than Judge Jesse L. HOLMAN. One who knew him well, says: "We have often been amused when traveling through the country, to hear honest-minded farmers speak of Judge HOLMAN, and with what lively recollections they would refer to his visits, giving day and date; and often have we heard the remark that this (referring to some accident or occurrence) took place the fall after Judge HOLMAN was here, or that that happened a year or two years after Judge HOLMAN visited us and stopped over night- making his visits an era or important period in the history of the family."

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HON. WILLIAM S. HOLMAN, attorney at law, Aurora, is a native of Dearborn County and was born September 6, 1822, at his father's homestead, Veraestau, on the Ohio River hills near Aurora. He was the son of Judge Jess L. and Elizabeth (MASTERSON) HOLMAN. He was educated in the common schools of his neighborhood and at Franklin College, Ind., where he studied two years. When he was twenty years of age his father died, and this prevented his completing the college course. He studied law,, and when of age was admitted to the bar, and at once began the practice of his profession in his native county. In the same year in which he was admitted to practice, 1843, he was elected probate judge of Dearborn County. In 1849 he was chosen prosecuting attorney, and in 1850 was elected senatorial delegate from Dearborn County in the constitutional convention. In 1851 he was elected a representative in the first Legislature under the new constitution; and although one of the youngest members of the House, was made chairman of the judiciary committee. He supported most of the measures of reform which were incorporated into the revised statutes, and secured the passage of the bill which extended the township system to the several counties of the State. In 1852 he was elected common pleas judge, and served until 1856. During his incumbency he received a commission as circuit judge, but held the office of common pleas judge until the end of his term. In 1858 he was first elected to Congress from the Fourth District, and in 1859 took his seat in the Thirty-sixth Congress. He has been elected to Congress eleven times, being a member of the Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh, Thirty-eighth, Fortieth, Forty-first, Forty-second, Forty-third, Forty-fourth, Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses, and has served as a representative for a longer period than any other Western man. He has always acted with the Democratic party. During the war he was a Union Democrat and supported the war measures of Mr. Lincoln's administration and voted for all the appropriations made for the suppression of the Rebellion. He brought forward many of the measures which became laws, touching the increase of pay and bounties of the Union soldiers. Judge HOLMAN earnestly opposed the subsidy system from the public resources, either in bonds, lands or money, to promote private enterprises; and it has been claimed for him that the series of resolutions on that subject which he succeeded in carrying through9ugh the house, broke down - for the time at least - the entire system of subsidies. He has opposed all forms of class legislation. He was an earnest advocate of the homestead policy, and opposed any other method of disposing of the public lands except as bounties to the soldiers of the Union army. He introduced and carried through the measures which relieved the commerce of the Ohio River from the oppressive tax imposed on it at the Louisville & Portland Canal. He has generally been a member of the committees on was claims, commerce and appropriations. At the last session of the Forty-fourth Congress, he was chairman of the committee on appropriations, and also of the committee on public buildings and grounds. He was chairman of the committe appointed by the Forty-eighth Congress to inquire into Indian affairs. Judge HOLMAN was a formidable candidate for the United States Senate in 1875, and for governor in 1876 and 1880, and was the favorite of the New York Sun for the Democratic nomination for president in 1884. As a lawyer he stands in the front rank of his profession. Before reaching his majority he was married to Miss Abigail KNAPP, a young lady of excellent education and refinement. When not absent on public duties, with strong attachment for the place of his birth, he resides at Veraestau, engaging in the delightful employments of rural life, and being still in the enjoyment of vigorous health. His home is situated on a breezy and romantic eminence overlooking the Ohio, and commanding a view of wonderful beauty stretching away for many miles.

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JOHN F. HOMANN, merchant and postmaster, Sparta Township, was born in the county of Meinersen, Hanover, Germany, December 20, 1848. His parents, John F. and Frederick {yep, that is what the book says} (WREDE) HOMANN, were both natives of Germany, former born in 1824, the latter, in 1826. They resided in Germany their entire lifetime, the former dying in 1875, the latter in 1881. they were the parents of two children, viz.: Caroline and John F., our subject, the eldest. He was educated in Germany, and when about fourteen years of age, began the shoe-making trade, which he completed and in 1870 immigrated to the United States, landing at New York City May 7, of that year; from thence he came immediately to Chicago, Ill and after traveling through Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas, in the spring of 1871, landed at Cincinnati, Ohio. He worked at his trade there fro about four years, and was there married, October 13, 1874, to Emma SCHILLING. She was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, August 24, 1855, and was a daughter of August and Dorothea (IDEKER) SCHILLING, who immigrated to Dearborn County in the year 1861. In 1877 Mr. HOMANN moved to Cold Spring, and in the same year purchased the store of Henry Wilkening, which he has since conducted with igor and success, and is now doing a large business in general merchandise. June 2, 1884, he was appointed postmaster of this place, which office he at present holds. Mr. HOMANN is a good citizen, and a member of the Lutheran Church. He is the father of four children, namely: John F., George A., Augusta E. and Charlotte M.

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ANDREW D. HOPPING, farmer, Centre Township, resides on Section 5, possessing 160 acres of land, on which he was born August 29, 1817. He attended school in a log schoolhouse, and received only a limited education. His father, Ephraim HOPPING, was born in New Jersey, August 29, 1775, and his mother was born in the same State April 29, 1778. They cane to Indiana in the fall of 1816, and in the spring of 1817 to this locality. The father was a tailor by trade, but followed farming. He was a member of the first school board in Aurora. He died October 22, 1848. The mother slipped and fell, and broke her hip, which caused her death October 29, 1870. She never lost a tooth from childhood, and all were perfect, except one, at her death. Mr. HOPPING was married, October 10, 1848, to Miss Jane N. GREER, who was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., July 25, 1826. They have been blessed with eleven children, namely: Mary F., Lewis, George, James, Laura, Harvey, Elizabeth (born April 11, 1864, died June 28, 1882) Jesse, Nettie, John and Edward. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

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JOHN HORNBERGER, one of the foremost citizens of Lawrenceburgh, is a native of Bavaria, Germany, where his forefathers for many generations had lived and died. He was born at 5 o'clock P.M., August 16, 1817, according to the old record which he still has in his possession. His parents, George N. and Anna M. (FORSTER) HORNBERGER, natives of Steinweiler and Minnfeld, Bavaria, respectively, the former born October 24, 1788; the latter January 7, 1797. Their parents were Nicholas and Margaret (FIEVER) HORNBERGER and Jacob and Margaret FORSTER. His grandfather died in Steinweiler. March 19, 1865, his father passed away being then a resident of this county, having immigrated with his family in 1831. There were six children, four born in Germany: John, Anna M. ( Mrs. HAUCK), Mary C. (Mrs. SCHULZE), Elizabeth (Mrs. WIDELSTADT). Mary C. and George N. were born in Cincinnati, Ohio. The family landed in New York in June or July, 1831, and reached Cincinnati August 8, the same year. Here they resided till 1837, the father following the cabinet trade for a time and also conducting a hotel in the city. They then moved to Lawrenceburgh, where Mr. HORNBERGER died as stated above, after having entered about 1,000 acres of government land in Dearborn and Franklin Counties. John HORNBERGER, the subject of this sketch grew to manhood in Cincinnati, being about fourteen years of age when he came to America. He came to Lawrenceburgh with his parents in 1837, having first married in the city Mary E. LOGE, May 14, of that year. She was a native of Steinweiler, County Condel, Germany, and daughter of John and ANna M. (ODENBACH) LOGE. Her father died in this country in 1873, her mother in 1865. Her grandparents were John and Mary LOGE and Carl and Catherine ODENBACH. ON locating in Lawrenceburgh Mr. H. engaged in the hotel business, which he continued with marked success till November, 1851, a period of fifteen years. He then established himself in the wholesale and retail grocery and liquor trade and continued this till 1868, doing a prosperous business. From 1846 to 1858 he was also engaged at intervals in flat-boating produce on the Ohio River, and in this occupation he was also largely successful, his most profitable trip being made in 1855, the net proceeds for the same amounting to more than $3,000. In 1853 Mr. HORNBERGER manufactured about 1,000,000 bricks in connection with his other business operations, and in the winter of 1855-56 was engaged in the rendering business at cincinnati. From 1860 to 1865 he did a large business in contracting and filling, operating as many as forty men and twenty five carts in his railroad and other engineering constructions. His last work in this line was done in 1874. Besides his business operations Mr. HORNBERGER has been largely identified with the official interests of Lawrenceburgh and vicinity. IN 1859 he was elected township assessor of real estate and re-elected to the same office in 1864. Was elected to the Lawrenceburgh city council in 1859, and so faithful was he in the discharge of his duties in this capacity that he as sustained in this position by his constituents for sixteen consecutive years, and is now a member of the same body. He officiated as controller and manager of the Greendale Cemetery for about eighteen years, and was for some time director of the Lawrenceburgh Gas Company. In all his official transactions he has discharged his duty with faithfulness and integrity, and in both capacities of citizen and public servant he has fully merited the esteem and honor which attaches to his name. Mr. and Mrs. HORNBERGER were married May 15, 1837, and eight children have blessed their union, namely: Mary Louise, born July 23, 1842, now the wife of Valentine J. KOEHLER; John William, December 17, 1843; John F., January 14, 1845; Caroline, April 8, 1847; George N., November 2, 1848; Henry, February 9, 1850; Richard W., July 18, 1851; Mary C., September 30, 1853. Five of these children are deceased, viz: John William, Caroline, George N., Mary C. and Richard W. In politics Mr. HORNBERGER is a stanch Democrat and firm in the faith of the principles of his party. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. having joined the society in 1839 and now the oldest member of the Lawrenceburgh lodge. He has practically retired from active business, his chief employment now being to look after the property which by a long life of industry he has been able to accumulate, and he may therefore be aptly termed a landlord.

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JOHN F. HORNBERGER, the popular jeweler of Lawrenceburgh was born in the same city in 1845, and is a son of John HORNBERGER, whose notice appears above. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and for several years was engaged in the various county offices as clerk or deputy. At the age of twenty-one years he began the jeweler's trade with John Goessler, of Newport, Ky., with whom he remained about two years. He then went to Cincinnati for a time, opening his shop in Lawrenceburgh in 1869. His establishment is located at No. 71 High Street, where he carries a stock of general jewelry valued at about $5,000. He does all kinds of work peculiar to the trade, and has a liberal patronage. Mr. HORNBERGER was married, in 1869 to Buena Vista McCRIGHT, of Lawrenceburgh, daughter of Joseph and Nancy McCRIGHT, well known residents of the place, and they have four children: Katie, Nanna, George and John. Mr. HORNBERGER is a member of the K. of P., and one of the live business men of the town.

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ROBERT HUDDLESTON, one of the truly representative citizens of Miller Township, was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1820. His parents were Robert and Mary (WARD) HUDDLESTON, both natives of England, where his mother died. His father and four children immigrated to America in 1831, and located in this township, where the father purchased land and resided till his death, which occurred soon after. The children, thus left in their early years without paternal guidance, engaged in work among the farmers of the community till grown to maturity, when the old homestead being divided, they established themselves in homes of their own. Robert HUDDLESTON, the subject of this notice, was married at the age of twenty-two years to Mary J. EWBANK, an early settler of English birth. Her father was born in 1793, and emigrated from England with his parents in 1807, settling in New Jersey. In 1811 the family moved to Indiana Territory, and settled on Tanner's Creek, in this county. In his twenty-fourth year (1817) Thomas EWBANK married Elizabeth ANDERSON, a native of New Jersey, and they began house-keeping in the same place in which Mr. EWBANK closed his earthly career November 26, 1857. In his sixteenth year he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his walk thereafter was that of the conscientious Christian. He also assisted in organizing the Methodist Protestant Church, in this county, at the time of the division between the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Protestant denominations, and was warmly attached to the cause of religion. After his marriage Robert HUDDLESTON took possession of his portion of the home farm, erected a cabin on the same in the winter of 1842-43, and with a very small outfit of furniture (which included a new cook stove, then a great curiosity to the whole neighborhood, and the first in the community), began housekeeping and farming in real pioneer style. The old cabin is still standing as a monument to the early sacrifices endured within its humble walls; but its day of usefulness has long since gone by, and it has given a place to a comfortable brick residence of modern design. A life of industry has rewarded Mr. and Mrs. HUDDLESTON with a fair portion of worldly comforts, and their union has been blessed by eight children, seven of whom are now living: Sarah C., wife of M.B. WOOD; T. Henry; Carrie G., Wife of John KUNTZ; Martin V. who married Mary J. HANSEL; John F., who married Ella COOK; Ida M., wife of Dora HANSEL, and Anna B. who is still at home. It is worthy of note that Mr. HUDDLESTON owned the second wagon made at the Guilford shop and the first iron toothed harrow used in the community. Mr. and Mrs. H. were formerly members of teh Methodist Protestant Church but are now associated with the Methodist Episcopal society, with which they have been connected many years.

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HENRY HUDDLESTON, merchant, Guilford, of the firm of Robertson & HUDDLESTON, born in Dearborn County in 1847, is a son of Robert HUDDLESTON, and grew to maturity on the farm with his parents. At Indianapolis he learned the art of telegraphy, which he engaged in about two years, in Ohio, and then, after a few months at home for recuperating his health, went to Fort Gibson, Ind. T., where he was employed three years as operator and express agent. Failing in health, he returned home in 8176, and after a long period of suffering from Spinal affection, in baffling which he displayed pluck and tenacity, his health was so far restored as to permit him to resume work of a light nature, and in 1884 he purchased a half interest in the Robertson store, of Guilford, and has since engaged in mercantile pursuits. He married Emma SPARKS in 1871 and they have two children; Mertie and Alice.

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ELIJAH HUFFMAN, farmer, Hogan Township, resides upon Section 21. He was born one mile west of Aurora, July 26, 1818. His education was very limited. His father, Conrad, was born on the south branch of the Potomac River, Virginia, in 1770. His mother, Elizabeth (CARBAUGH) HUFFMAN, was born in Harrison County, Ky., in June, 1798. His father was a farmer, and came here in 1803, and nearly every year he built boats and took his crops South. He was a scout in the war of 1812, under Gen. Dill, and died June 20, 1862; his mother died July 17, 1884. Mr. HUFFMAN was married May 5, 1836, to Miss Rachel BUFFINGTON. She was born in Dearborn County, January 29, 1818, and to their union six children were born: Andrew J., William B., Daniel, Mary A., E. Homer and Nancy J. Andrew J. served three years in Company I, Eighty-third Indiana Volunteers. William B., enlisted in the Sixteenth Indiana Volunteers, served ninety days, then went into the gunboat service, and served over two years. E. Homer served three months in the Ninety-first regiment, then went into the gunboat service and served until the close of the war. Mr. HUFFMAN was congressional township trustee from August, 1839, to 1845, and justice of the peace from 1845 to 1854. He was elected State Senator in 1866, and resigned to defeat the Fifteenth Amendment; after which he was re-elected by a larger majority than before, showing that he was fully indorsed by his constituents, who honored him with the office for six years. Again Mr. HUFFMAN resigned his seat and returned home, feeling that he had accomplished all the good he could for his friends and neighbors. He has always been a warm friend to education, and has served as school director for many years. He was county assessor, by election , for two years. He was the originator of the Grange Mutual Fire Insurance Company, framed all the papers, and was the first secretary, holding that position for four years, and is now vice-president of the organization. He also has an interest in the Grange Supply Store, at Cincinnati, Ohio. He cleared most of his present farm, and built all his own buildings, as well as many other permanent improvements in the neighborhood. He is a member of WIlmington Lodge No. 158, F.& A. M. Both he and Mrs. HUFFMAN are members of the Christian Union Church. Mr. and Mrs. HUFFMAN are a well preserved old couple, and enjoy life, having plenty to meet their every want whilst serving out their pilgrimage here below.

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JESSE HUNT, of Lawrenceburgh, was born in the State of New Jersey in the year 1787, and immigrated west with his father's family in the year 1806, and located at Elizabethtown, Ohio. He moved to this city in the year 1817, and rented the Horner Hotel, and in less than a year bought it. In 1819 he removed the old log building, and erected the three story building on the corner. It was the first three-story brick building erected in the city, and is said to have been the first in the State. He continued to keep hotel up to 1848, with a few years of intermission during that time. He was a man of extraordinary energy and mechanical genius. He invented and used the first hay press that was ever used in the United States, and was the pioneer of the hay trade to the Southern market. In the year 1823 he erected his first hay press on the lot where Epstien's store is . It was a wooden screw, and his first bales pressed weighed from two to three hundred pounds, and were tied with withes. His trial trip down was composed of thirty tons. The next year he improved and reconstructed his press, and conceived the idea of using hoops and nailing them, for the bales. He pursued that business for nearly five years, when he retired from it, and confined himself entirely to the management of his hotel, and the improvement of his property in the city. At the organization of the branch of the State bank at Lawrenceburgh, he was appointed one of the State directors of said bank, and continued in that position for over twelve years, and for a number of years was president of the board of town trustees. He always took a great interest in the improvement of the city, and aided in every effort to advance its prosperity. Prompt in all his business engagements with his fellow me, he possessed enough common sense to act the part of an honest man in all his private and public trusts. He died in April, 1873, at the advanced age of eighty-six years, respected by all who knew him.

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