Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Rev. James Hadsell, deceased, was the second minister of the Disciples church in DeKalb County. He was born in Broome County, N.Y., Feb. 28, 1813, a son of John and Abigail Hadsell. When he was a boy his parents moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, where he was reared on a farm, receiving his education in the district school, and by studying in his leisure hours when his services were not required on the farm. He began teaching school when a young man, at a time when he received $10 a month for his services. He was married March 12, 1835, to Mary A. Abel, who was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, Aug. 21, 1813, a daughter of Daniel and Sally (Root) Abel. In 1836 they moved to DeKalb County, Ind., and entered eighty acres of Government land in Concord Township, where they lived thirty years. A short time after his settlement in the county he was licensed to preach in the Disciples church, and the rest of his life was an active worker in the cause of Christianity, traveling over DeKalb and adjacent counties for about forty years. He held many offices of trust and responsibility, and at one time represented his county in the Legislature. To him and his wife were born eight children---Byron A., Orlina E., Marshall D., Austin A., Maria M., Carson C., Eveline S. and Camillus J. Mr. Hadsell died March 6, 1876.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Isaac Hague, a pioneer of De Kalb County, Ind., was born in Holmes County, Ohio, June 29, 1837, a son of Aaron and Ruth (Culbertson) Hague. He came when a child to De Kalb County with his parents, who settled in Concord Township September, 1838. When he was sixteen years of age he was apprenticed to Isaac Brandt, of Auburn, to learn the shoe-maker's trade. After serving four years he went to Newville, where he worked at his trade and attended and taught school, remaining there six years. In 1860 he located in Waterloo and worked at his trade. In 1869 he was appointed Postmaster of Waterloo. In 1874 he was elected, on the Republican ticket, Auditor of De Kalb County, and resigned the position of Postmaster and moved to Auburn. After his term of office expired, in the spring of 1879, he became associated with Charles Rant in the boot and shoe business in Auburn, but in February, 1883, sold his interest in the business. Mr. Hague was married to Miss Julia, daughter of J.B. Hoover, of Waterloo. They have two children-Stella M. and Charles E. He is a demitted member of Waterloo Lodge, No. 307, F.& A.M. He and his wife are members of the Disciples church.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Daniel Haller, farmer and stock-raiser, is a native of Germany, born March 14, 1824, the fourth son of Jacob Haller. He was three years of age when his parents came to the United States, and eleven when they moved to Wayne County, Ohio. He was reared and educated in Wayne County, and in 1845 accompanied his parents to Noble County, Ind., and settled on the line of De Kalb County. In 1857 he moved a mile north into De Kalb County where he lived till April 1878, when he bought the farm where he now lives, which contains eighty-nine acres of improved land. Mr. Haller was married in 1849 to Elizabeth Bolenbaugh, a native of Seneca County, Ohio, but a resident of Indiana at the time of her marriage. They are the parents of ten children, but four of whom are living---William B., John W., Annie E. and Minnie M. Nancy A., Mary M., Hiram A., James N., Henry N., and Susan V. are deceased. Mr. Haller, in politics, affiliated with the Republican party.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

John F. Haller, farmer and stock-raiser, Fairfield Township, is a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, born July 16, 1821, a son of Jacob and Catherine (Weller) Haller. His father served eight years in the French army under Napoleon Bonaparte, and two years in the German Army. In 1827 he came to the United States, landing in New York, and settled in Lancaster County, Pa., where he lived till 1835, then moved to Wanye County, Ohio, where our subject grew to manhood. In 1845 he moved to Noble County, Ind., where he died in 1853, aged seventy-two years. His wife died in 1864, aged sixty-five years. John F. Haller remained in Wanye County till 1851, and then came to De Kalb County and settled on the farm where he now lives, which contains 135 acres of valuable land. He also owns a farm of 130 acres in Noble County. He was in limited circumstances when he commenced life for himself, but by industry and good management he has accumulated a competency for his declining years. He was married April 30, 1846, to Joanna Childs, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Cochran) Childs, the former a native of England, and the latter of Maryland, of Irish parentage. Mr. Childs died in Wayne County, Ohio in 1850, aged seventy-five years, and his wife in 1876 aged ninety-two years. To Mr. and Mrs. Haller have been born nine children, six of whom are living---Catherine E., Jacob, Sarah Ann, Nannie E., Samuel M, and Wilber L. The deceased are James, John T. and James H. Mr. Haller has always taken an active interest in the welfare of his adopted county and has assisted materially in its growth and development. In politics he is a Republican, and a ready supporter of all the issues of his party. Mrs. Haller is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Benjamin Hamilton was born in Franklin county, Pa., Dec. 6, 1845, a son of Edward and Rebecca (Bishop) Hamilton. His father died before his birth, and he lived with his grandfather Bishop, till eight years of age, when his mother moved to Adams County, Pa., where he lived till seventeen years of age. When twelve years of age he began to assist his mother in the maintenance of the family. In 1863 they moved to DeKalb County, Ind., and settled in Concord Township. His mother now lives in Hicksville. November, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, Thirteenth Indiana Infantry, and participated in the battles of Fort Fisher and others of less importance. He was discharged in October, 1865, and returned to Allen County, thence to DeKalb County, where he has since followed agricultural pursuits. In 1872 he sold his farm in Concord Township, and bought one in Allen County where he lived till 1881, when he sold it and returned to Concord Township and bought the farm he now owns on section 14, containing 132 acres of valuable land. He was married Jan. 21, 1868, to Catherine Houk, daughter of George and Mary (Shilling) Houk. To them have been born six children---John A. (deceased), George F., Millicent, William, Mary and Adelphia. Mr. Hamilton is a member of John C. Carns Post, No. 144, G.A.R. In politics he is a Democrat.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Gavin Hamilton, (deceased) was born in the city of New York on the 4th day of November, 1792. His father, William Hamilton, was a native of Lanarkshire, Scotland, born in Auldtown in the year 1867, and was married to Catharine Campbell, of Glasgow, Scotland, and with his new bride crossed the billowy Atlantic in the early part of the year 1792 to commence his new life in America. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in the city of New York, and continued in business until 1795 when he died at the early age of twenty-eight years. Leaving his widow and his two sons, Gavin and John Hamilton, surviving him. His grandfather, Gavin Hamilton, was born in Scotland in the year 1723. He married Janet Greenshields, and died at the ripe age of seventy-six year. In the year 1799 his great-grandfather, Gavin Hamilton, also a native of Scotland, purchased the lands known as Auldtowns from the Weirs of Stonebyres in or about the year 1832. His wife was a daughter of Thomas Weirs, of Waterside, who was identified in Scotland with the persecuted Covenants known as the Scotch Presbyterian, who, under the reign of Charles Second of England, had become exasperated by oppression and taken up arms against their oppressors, and when in the battle of Drunnilag, in the year 1679, he came to his death in a singular manner; the bridle rein having broken, his horse carried him into the enemy’s ranks and he was mortally wounded. Gavin Hamilton, the subject of this sketch, was only three years old when his father died, and at the early age of eighteen years, in the year 1810, made his way westward as far as Troy, Ohio. In two years from that time he joined a Government surveying party an assisted in the survey of Northwestern Ohio and Northwestern Indiana as far West as the Missouri border. In 1821 he was married to Anna Platter, of Miami County, Ohio, and four years afterward removed to Defiance County where he resided until the year 1839, when he, with his family, took up their residence in the County of De Kalb, Ind., on the St. Joe River, then the frontier of civilization. In his new home his fortunes were as varied as the seasons. In the years 1839-'40 he build a saw and grist mill, and in 1841 a flood of water, filling the banks of the St. Joe River to overflowing (called by the pioneers a freshet), swept away the work of those two years. With indomitable energy and perseverance he again went to work, and in a few years had replaced his mills, only to be consumed by fire in the year 1847. Afterward the grist-mill was again rebuilt, and known as the “Orangeville Mills.” Mr. Hamilton in politics, was a Republican. He cast his first vote for James Madison, fourth President of the United States, and adhered to the party through its varied changes, supporting Harrison and Taylor as Whigs, and following his party to the succession of the Republican party in 1860, voting for Abraham Lincoln for President, and casting his last vote for General U.S. Grant for President in 1872. He neither sought nor held office, but was true to his friends and party. In 1823 he united with the Methodist church, and lived a consistent member until the day of his death, which occurred on the 10th day of February, 1874. He had attained to the ripe old age of eighty-two years, his wife having previously died in the year 1865 at the age of sixty-five years. Their family consisted of nine children, four only of whom survive him---three sons and one daughter. Mr. Hamilton was a man known far and wide throughout Northeastern Indiana and Northwestern Ohio. He was distinguished for his kindness and generosity. His house was always open to hospitality. He leaves behind many pleasant memories. His body now rests beside that of his wife in the cemetery at Newville, Ind., where a marble shaft marks his last resting place.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

George W. Hamilton, the eldest son of Dr. Hamilton, was born in Medina County, Ohio, Jan. 28, 1838. He lived with his mother till manhood, and then came to De Kalb County, and soon after, Sept. 5, 186l, enlisted in Company H, Thirteenth Indiana Infantry. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga, Atlanta, Franklin and Nashville. Dec 12, 1863, he veteranized and served till Nov. 25, 1865, serving four years and two and a half months. He returned to De Kalb County, and Jan. 25, 1866, in Medina County, Ohio, was married to S. Elizabeth Phelps, a native of that county, born Nov. 12, 1839, a daughter of George and Sally Phelps. One child has lived to grace their home---Evaline J. John R. died in infancy. Mr. Hamilton resides on the old homestead of his mother on section 10.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

James M. Hamilton. [By A.H. Bittinger, Esq.]---The subject of this sketch was born near Defiance, Defiance Co., Ohio, Oct. 2, 1832. He was a son of Gavin W. and Anna b. Hamilton. His parental ancestors were Scotch and his maternal ancestors of German descent. His grandfather, William Hamilton, came from Scotland, arriving in New York in 1796. In the early part of the year 1839 his parents removed to DeKalb County, Ind., and he is there fore one of the old settlers of the county. He received his education in the local schools which did not at that early day furnish the facilities for education for which in after years that section of the county became noted, but he was an apt scholar and acquire a good and substantial education for the time spent in procuring it. He is a farmer from choice, and has owned the farm upon which he now lives for thirty-three years. He is also the sole proprietor of the Orangeville gristmill, situated upon the same site on the St. Joseph River selected by and upon which his father erected a grist and saw mill in 1839, being the pioneer mills of that section of the country. Although domestic in his habits, he never married. In early life he planned tours through his own and foreign countries which he faithfully carried out in his mature years. In 1864 he made a tour of the Southern States with the assistance of the officers of the Union Army, who furnished him with the proper passes through their lines. In the year 1871 he made a tour of the pacific slope, spending fifteen months in Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, California and Utah. In 1876 he journeyed through the Eastern States and to the capital of the United States. In 1878 he took a voyage to Europe, visiting France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, England, Ireland, and the home of his ancestors in Scotland, where he found many of his kindred still occupying the ancestral homes. In 1885 he again made a tour of the Southern States, this time without the restraint of army passes, the principal object of which was the World's Exposition at New Orleans, La. He has acquired much useful information in his extensive travels. In politics, he is a Republican, his first vote being cast for John C. Fremont for resident in 1856, with which party he has ever since voted for National and State officers---he never sought nor held an office. He zealously advocates any cause he espouses, and I positive in his likes and dislikes. He is quick and electrical in his movements, possessed of much strength and vigor, enjoys the comforts of a pleasant home, and esteem of a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

John Hamilton was born in Medina County, Ohio, Nov. 2, 1840, a son of Dr. Nathan and Julia Hamilton. In 1842 Dr. Hamilton, with his wife and two children, John and George W., came to De Kalb County and located in Concord with the intention of making it his home, but his career of usefulness was suddenly brought to a close. May 2, 1843, in company with his brother-in-law, Lyman Chidsey, he attempted to cross the swollen St. Joseph River in a skiff, but their boat was upset and the Doctor was drowned. The mother soon after returned with her children to Ohio, and in 1846 married Eden Hamilton, a cousin of the Doctor’s. He died in 1849, and in 1856 she married William Cahow, with whom in 1866 she came to De Kalb County and settled on section 10, Jackson Township, on the farm now owned and occupied by her son George W. One son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Cahow, Leonard, now a resident of Steuben County. Mrs. Cahow died Oct. 8, 1877. John Hamilton made his home with his mother till the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, when, Aug. 24, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Eighth Ohio Infantry. He was with General McClellan in his campaign in West Virginia, and with General Shields at Winchester, where, March 23, 1862, he was wounded by a minie ball passing through his thighs. In May he was furloughed from the hospital and July 19, 1862, was discharged. In 1864 he was employed in the transportation service of the army of the Cumberland, and while there was injured by the dislocation of his left shoulder. Returning home, in 1866 he became identified with the interests of De Kalb County. Sept. 24, 1868, Mr. Hamilton was married to Elizabeth Welch, a native of Medina County, Ohio, born Oct. 7, 1844, a daughter of Cornelius and Sally Welch. They had two children---James and Mary. In 1876 Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton settled on their farm where they now reside. He receives a pension for injuries received while in the service of his country. His father was the first white child born in Medina Township, Medina Co., Ohio, and a wealthy man had promised the deed of fifty acres to the first male child born in the township, but owing to the enhanced value of the land settled by giving fifty cents instead of the deed.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

John Gavin Hamilton, retired farmer, Butler, Ind., was born in Orangeville, Concord Township, De Kalb County, Ind., April 1, 1841, a son of Gavin Hamilton. He remained at home till the outbreak of he Rebellion, when he enlisted in Company H, Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry, and served three years, participating in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, and others. After his return from the war he worked on the farm for a time, and then bought a flour-mill in Orangeville, on the St. Joe River, which he ran a few years. It is now owned by his brother James, but is run by a lessee. After he disposed of his mill he bought the farm near Coburn Corners, Concord Township, which he now owns. He left his farm and moved to Butler in 1881, and embarked in the hardware business, but sold out in April, 1884, to John H. McCurdy, and has since lived retired from active business life. Mr. Hamilton was married June 14, 1866, to Ursula Dawson, a daughter of Lorenzo Dawson, and early settler of Concord Township. They have two children---Correl and Guy. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton are members of the Christian church.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Sylvanus L. Hamlin born in Orleans County, N.Y., Oct 12, 1833, a son of Samuel Seymour, a native of the same county, who died when our subject was fourteen years of age. He received a good education, attending the academy in Millville, N.Y. After leaving school he worked for a time in his native county, and then went to Shelby, Ohio, and engaged in the grocery business two years, when he moved to Hudson, Lenawee Co., Mich., and worked at the carpenter's trade and at contracting with his brother Semour nine years, and then moved to Fayette, Ohio, and engaged in the furniture business till 1880, when on account of the ill health of himself and wife he sold out and went to Petoski, Mich. In October, 1882, he moved to Butler, Ind., and engaged in the furniture business till Oct. 15, 1884, when he sold out and is now engaged in contracting and building. Mr. Hamlin was married Oct. 12, 1858, to Sarah Hamlin, a native of Orleans County, N.Y., a daughter of Luman Hamlin. Mr. Hamlin is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Adam Hamman, farmer and stock-raiser, section 7, Franklin Township, was born in Stark County, Ohio, May 12, 1833, the seventh of eight children of Daniel and Saloma (Thomas) Hamman, natives of Virginia. In 1848 his parents moved to De Kalb County and settled on the farm where our subject now lives. At that time it was a tract of uncultivated land. The father was in feeble health, and the greater part of the work fell on Adam. He was a faithful, industrious young man, and was rewarded with good crops, and the consciousness of being a comfort and stay to his parents in their declining years. He now owns eighty acres of valuable land, with good farm buildings. He has many friends in the county, and, although not an aspirant for official honors, has served two terms as Constable. He was married in December, 1857, to Rebecca Curry, daughter of John Curry. To them have been born ten children; seven living---Ida M., Emma C., Ada M., Lydia, Jesse L., Rebecca and Miles.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Franklin Hamman, section 22, Smithfield Township, was born in Franklin Township July 1, 1848, a son of John Hamman, an early settler of that township. Who died May 27, 1885. When two years of age he went to live with an uncle, Solomon Branderburg, and remained with him till manhood. He was married to Phoebe Martin, daughter of John Martin, of Smithfield Township. They have two children---Francelia and Olive. Mr. Hamman, in connection with his agricultural interests, is extensively engaged in the manufacture of draining tile, brick and lumber. He has a patent kiln for the manufacture of tile, and makes all sizes, having a capacity for making 400,000 annually.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

John Hamman was born in Stark County, Ohio, May 18, 1817, a son of David Hamman, a native of York County, Pa., who emigrated to Stark County, prior to the war of 1812. In 1837 our subject left home and explored the northern part of Indiana, visiting De Kalb County in his travels. In 1844 he again came to De Kalb County and remained two months, and while here bought a tract of wild land on section 19, Franklin Township. In 1847 he moved his family to their frontier home, and began to make a farm out of a tract of timber land. How well he has succeeded is proven by a visit to his pleasant home and viewing his 101 acres of cultivated, valuable land. Mr. Hamman was married May 22, 1839, to Margaret Frick, daughter of Henry Frick. Mrs. Hamman died in September, 1850, leaving five children---Simeon, Daniel, John, Franklin and Sarah. The latter died at the age of thirty-three years. Nov. 25, 1852, Mr. Hamman married Anna Clark, a native of Stark County, Ohio, daughter of David Clark, and early settler of De Kalb County. They have had eight children, five of whom are living---Susan, Clara E., Freeman, Commodore P. and Hamilton C. One daughter, Francelia, died at the age of twenty-four years. Mr. Hamman's sons, Simeon and Daniel, were soldiers in the war of the Rebellion. Mr. Hamman is a member of the Presbyterian and his wife of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Thomas Hamman, one of the most successful farmers and stock-raisers of De Kalb County, bought his farm on section 16, Smithfield Township, in the fall of 1847. The next April he began clearing his land, which was heavily timbered, and the same year began the erection of a dwelling which he finished in the spring of 1849. This was the first frame house in Smithfield Township. It is 18x30 feet in size, with 13-ft. posts. Mr. Hamman has always been a hard working man. The first six years he was in De Kalb County he cleared and fenced sixty acres of heavily timbered land, and since coming to the county has chopped the timber from 140 acres. He now has 312 acres of land, 135 of which is under cultivation. His buildings are among the best in the township. His barn which is 85x42 feet in size, was built in 1864, and for a long time was the best, and is not excelled now by any in the township. Mr. Hamman was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1823. His father died when he was fifteen years old, and from that age he was obliged to rely on himself for a livelihood. He was married in 1850 to Elizabeth Sayler, a native of York County, Pa., who came with her stepfather, Adam Hood, to De Kalb County in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Hamman have had nine children, but five of whom are living---John Henry, Caroline, Thomas and Simon. Samuel died at the age of thirty years in 1883; Eliza and two others died in infancy.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

John F. Harter was born in Stark County, Ohio, Oct. 24, 1848. He is the third son and fifth child of six children of Emanuel and Mary Ann (Rasor) Harter. The former is a son of Jacob Harter, a native of Pennsylvania and of German parentage; the latter was a daughter of William and Mary Ann (Everhard) Rasor, formally from Westmoreland County, Pa., and later of Medina County, Ohio. Our subject was reared on a farm, the district schools affording him the means for an education. He lived with his parents till twenty-two years of age, when he came to De Kalb County and remained one year, then returned to his former Ohio home. A year later he returned to De Kalb County, and Jan. 8, 1873 was married to Eliza, daughter of William and Catherine Schoup, and again returned to Ohio, where he remained till after the death of his father, which occurred June 24, 1873. His mother died July 14, 1882. Returning to De Kalb County he rented land, and in 1881 purchased eighty acres, on which he now lives. He has two children---William E. and Rosetta. He is a member of the Lutheran church.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Ezra D. Hartman, attorney at law, Auburn, was born in Lehigh County, Pa., May 16, 1841, a son of Abraham and Catherine Hartman, also native of the State, his father of German, and his mother of English descent. Abraham Hartman was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1847 he moved to De Kalb County, Ind., settled on a farm three miles northeast of Auburn, where he lived several years and subsequently moved northwest of Auburn, where he died in the spring of 1873. aged sixty-three years. He was an energetic, progressive citizen and was especially active in all matter of interest to the church. His wife is still living on the homestead with one of her sons, in the seventieth year of her age. Ezra D. Hartman received a good education attending the district school and the Auburn High School. He began teaching when but seventeen years of age and taught several years, attending school in the meantime as he had opportunity and means. While teaching he borrowed some law books of Judge Mott and read during his leisure hours under his direction. He afterward entered the office of J.B. Morrison and remained with him till September, 1861, when he went to Ann Arbor, Mich., and entered the law department of the Michigan University, remaining there six month. Returning to Auburn he continued his studies and in June, 1862, was admitted to the bar. The following August he enlisted and helped to raise a company and on its organization was elected and appointed its Second Lieutenant; in less than two months he was promoted to First Lieutenant, and two months later to Captain, having served in that capacity the greater part of the time from the start. He participated in the operations of the army in Kentucky and Tennessee and later in the siege of Vicksburg and the capture of Jackson, Miss. While in the army he contracted disease, especially of the eyes, which disabled him for active service, and in the spring of 1864, having received an honorable discharge, he went to Cleveland, Ohio, for treatment and remained till July, 1866, attending in the meantime lectures at the law school from which he graduated in the spring, his previous knowledge of the law enabling him to pass the examination with very little reading. In the Republican Convention of that year he received the nomination for Representative in the State Legislature. His opponent was Hon. Freeman Kelly. Mr. Hartman entered at once in the campaign speaking at every available point in the county, and though the county was very close politically, was elected and served with credit. In the spring of 1867 he again began to practice in Waterloo, and the following fall was elected Prosecuting Attorney for the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, composing the counties of De Kalb, Steuben, Lagrange, Noble, Elkhart, and Kosciusko, and served three years. In the meantime he had formed a partnership with J.L. Morland, and the firm of Hartman & Morland continued till the winter of 1871, when Mr. Hartman moved to South Bend, engaging in practice there. In 1873 he returned to De Kalb County and located in Auburn, forming a partnership with J.E. Rose. In September, 1881, this firm was dissolved and Mr. Hartman has since practiced alone. He is a popular and successful lawyer and has many friends both in and out of the profession. He is an eloquent speaker and although not a bitter partisan freely gives his services to the cause of the Republican party. He is Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and was the first Commander of the Post at Auburn. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and has served as Trustee and Elder since 1873. He was married Oct. 15, 1868, to Mary, daughter of Levi Cummingham, a prominent citizen of Bryan, Ohio. They have three children---Mabel, born May 16, 1870; Walter C., born Feb. 11, 1873, and Hubert Ezra, born Oct. 27, 1884.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Leonard Hartman, one of the most successful of the pioneers of Fairfield Township, is a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, born Sept. 27, 1819, a son of Leonard Hartman. When he was about six years of age his parents moved to the United States and settled in Franklin County, Pa., thence to Wayne County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood, remaining there till 1845, when he came to De Kalb County, Ind., and bought 160 acres of wild land in Fairfield Township, which is a part of his present farm. He had but $24 when he reached this county and was obliged to buy his land on time. He cleared and improved his land, paid for it, and has added to it till he now owns 450 acres, the greater part under cultivation. His success is due to his energy and industrious economical habits, aided by a most estimable wife. He has assisted materially in the growth and development of the township, and gives liberally of his means for the furtherance of every laudable enterprise. Mr. Hartman was married June 24, 1841, to Mary Martz, a native of Germany, who came to the United States with her parents when seventeen years of age. They have had twelve children, ten of whom are living---Cassie, John, Susan, Sophia, Adam, Lydia, Joseph, Levi, Emma and Martha. The deceased are Solomon and Libbie. Mrs. Hartman is a member of the Lutheran church. In politics he is a Democrat.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

George C. Haskins, proprietor Haskins Livery Stable, Butler, Ind., was born in Wood County, Ohio, July 23, 1850, a son of Henry Haskins, of Butler. He was reared and educated in Kendallville, De Kalb County, where his parents moved when he was a child. In 1864 they moved to Corunna, and in 1866 to Butler, where they have since lived. Upon reaching his majority he embarked in the livery business, and has built up a good trade. He keeps a good supply of carriage and road horses, and buggies of every description. Mr. Haskins was married Feb. 19, 1882, to Nancy J. Harn, a daughter of David Harn, who came to De Kalb County in 1851, living here till his death. She was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in April, 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Haskins have one child---Leta H.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Albert Hathaway was born in Lake County, Ohio, May 9, 1828, a son of Nathan and Hannah (Hamilton) Hathaway, natives of Massachusetts, who moved to Ohio in the early days of that State's existence. He remained with his parents till twenty-two years of age, and with them in 1842 came to Indiana and settled in Richland Township, De Kalb County, where his father died Dec. 16. He was reared a farmer and has always made agricultural pursuits his occupation. He now owns 156 acres of choice land, well improved. He was married Dec. 25, 1854, to Phoebe Haulk, a daughter of John Haulk, who moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio in an early day, thence to Adams County, Ind., where Mrs. Hathaway was born. Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway have had thirteen children, Eleven are living---Eunice Ellen, Hannah, Mary Jane, Nathan, John, Anna, Lydia, Silas, Dollie, Stella and Calvin. Politically, Mr. Hathaway casts his suffrage with the Democratic party. He and his wife are members of the German Baptist church.

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Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Lucian Hathaway was born in Lake County, Ohio, in 1836, a son of Nathan and Hannah (Hamilton) Hathaway. He was but six years of age when his parents moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and his education was all obtained in the county of his adoption. He remained on his father’s farm till manhood. He enlisted in the war of the Rebellion in Company H, Thirtieth Indiana Infantry. While in the service he had the measles, and owing to exposure and lack of attention, took cold and has never regained his former health. He was discharged Aug. 12, 1863. In 1866 he bought the farm where he resides, in Keyser Township, which contains eighty acres of well-improved land. Mr. Hathaway was married Sept. 27, 1866, to Elizabeth Swanders, a daughter of Jonathan Swanders who moved from Pennsylvania to Carroll County, Ind., in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway have had eight children; but seven are living---Diana, Miles, Ellen, Pogie, Alton, Cyrus and Milton. Politically Mr. Hathaway is a Democrat. He is a member of the Charles Case Post, Mo. 233, G.A.R.

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George Hauk, retired farmer, was born in Dauphin County, Pa., Oct. 23, 1812, a son of Samuel and Catherine (Spraker) Hauk, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. His father died in Lebanon County, Pa., aged sixty years, and his mother in Stark County, Ohio, aged eighty-six years. When he was eighteen years of age he left his native State and went to Stark County, Ohio, where he learned the miller’s trade, serving an apprenticeship and worked at it ten years. He then bought a farm and followed agricultural pursuits in Stark County till the fall of 1853, when he came to De Kalb County and bought 160 acres of land in Jackson Township. He subsequently added to it from time to time, till he now owns a fine farm of 400 acres. In 1874 he retired from the care of his large farm relinquishing it to his children, and bought thirty-nine acres in Spencerville, where he and his wife are now enjoying the accumulations of their many years of toil. He was married June 27, 1838, to Mary Shilling, daughter of Adam and Mary (Roan) Shilling. To them have been born seven children---Mary A., wife of George Shutt, of Allen County; Hiram, of Allen County; Elizabeth, wife of William Shutt, of this township; Daniel married Rila Kiner and lives on the old homestead; Emeline J. Bell, wife of Nicholas Goldsmith, on the old homestead; Amelia Catherine, wife of Benjamin Hamilton, of this township, and Sarah Matilda, wife of Samuel Canard, of Allen County. Mr. and Mrs. Hauk are members of the Lutheran church. In politics he was originally a Whig, but now casts his suffrage with the Democratic party.

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Auburn, Indiana
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Samuel S. Haynes, farmer, section 20, Richland Township, was born in Portage (now Summit) County, Ohio, Aug. 1, 1813, a son of Benjamin and Christiana Haynes, his father a native of Maryland and his mother of Virginia. He was reared and educated in his native county, of which his parents were early settlers. In May, 1841, he moved to Indiana and purchased forty acres of heavily timbered land north of Auburn, and began making a frontier farm. He cleared the land which is now the public square of Auburn. In 1844 he sold out and bought eighty acres in Richland township, and the second time settled in the woods and cleared a farm in De Kalb County. He has made this last purchase his home, and now has one of the finest farms in the township. Mr. Haynes was married Feb. 22, 1837, to Marian Meed, a native of Vermont, who came with her parents, Julius and Marian (Bain) Meed, to Ohio when she was sixteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Haynes have had ten children---Julia L., George B., Charles S., Lorenzo D., Egbert M., Tryphena C., Freeman E. (deceased), Perry F., Alfred G. and Chloe K. Politically Mr. Haynes is a Republican. He and his wife are member of the German Baptist church.

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Jonathan Hazlett, engineer and grain inspector for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company, at Butler Ind., was born in Wayne County, Ohio, Feb. 26, 1831, a son of David Hazlett, a native of Pennsylvania, who settled in Wayne County about 1825. His father was a blacksmith and miller by trade, and his early life was spent in assisting on the farm and in the mill. He learned the wagon-maker's trade and worked at it five years. In the fall of 1854 he came to Butler, and in May 1855, went to St. Joseph County, Mich., and in the fall of 1856 returned to Butler, and worked at his trade two years, and then ran an engine in a saw-mill till 1864. He enlisted in the war of the Rebellion in Company H, Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry. He was with Sherman on his march to the sea, and participated in the battle at Bentonville, N.C. He returned to Butler after the war, and in 1873 was employed in his present position. He was married in December, 1860, to Sarah E., daughter of John Helwig, of Monravia, Kan. They have three children---Florence E., now Mrs. Charles Huey; Carrie May and John H. Mrs. Hazlett and her daughter Florence are members of the Disciple church. Mr. Hazlett is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Grand Army of the Republic. He served as Marshal of Butler one year, Trustee ten years, and Treasurer one year.

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Dewitt Clinton Headley was born in Concord Township, De Kalb County, Oct.25, 1839, a son of Samuel and Rebecca (Woodcock) Headley. When fifteen years of age he began to take care of himself by working at the mason's trade and for farmers. His father was a merchant, and he assisted him in the store occasionally. In 1859 he went to California and teamed across the Sierra Nevada Mountains from Sacramento to Virginia City till December, 1863, when he returned to Newville and worked on a farm till March, 1864. Then he enlisted in Company H, Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry, and served till August, 1865, when he was discharged at Indianapolis. He participated in all the engagements of Sherman's army after Buzzard's Roost. After his discharge he returned to Newville, and soon after went to Marshalltown, Iowa, returning to De Kalb County in 1868. The summer of 1869, he spent in Iowa, and then was associated with Joseph Rainier in the livery business till the fall of 1871. In the fall of 1872 he became associated with John Greenamyer in the boot and shoe business in Butler, and in December, 1873, they moved their stock to North Benton, Steuben Co., remaining there till June, 1874, when, his partner having previously retired from the firm, he moved his stock to Auburn, and the following September sold it. From 1875 till 1881 he was variously employed, and then was appointed by Joseph Rainier assistant Postmaster, holding the position till Jan. 16, 1882, and since then has been associated with Mr. Rainier in carrying on the City Meat Market, the firm name being Rainier & Headley. April 10, 1873 Mr. Headley was married to Corlanthia R., daughter of John H. Parks, of Marshall County, Ind. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Headley is a member to De Kalb Lodge, No. 214, F & A.M.

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Wilson S. Headley was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, June 26, 1843, a son of James Headley, who was born Jan. 10, 1810 in Greene County, Pa., and a grandson of Maurice Headley. In 1845 James Headley brought his family to De Kalb County, Ind., and entered eighty acres of land on section 8, Newville Township, where he has since lived. Wilson S. received a good common-school education, completing it at the Newville select school. He remained at home till after the breaking out of the Rebellion, and in 1863 enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and served nearly two years. He participated in the battles of Kenesaw Mountain, Burnt Hickory, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, Bentonville, and others of less importance. After his return home he worked on the homestead three years and then spent two years on Bear Creek, Concord Township. In 1877 he moved to Newville where he has since live. He has been prominently identified with all the interests of the town since living here, and in 1884 was elected Justice of the Peace, and makes an efficient and reliable officer. He was married Jan. 5, 1867, to Sarah E. Bradley, daughter of Joseph Bradley. To them have been born six children---Vernon D., James, Maud, Lee, Dott and an infant son.

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Solomon R. Herberling, dealer in agricultural implements, sewing-machines and musical instruments, Auburn, Ind., was born near Somerset, Perry Co., Ohio, Feb. 7, 1838, the third son of Jacob and Susannah (Wymer) Heberling. His mother died when he was eight years old, and his father soon after moved this family to Fremont, Ohio, where he was reared on a farm, attending school only five months in his life. He assisted his father till nearly twenty-two years of age, when, in the fall of 1859, he left home and with eight others went to Tennessee as agents of Dr. Gunn's medical work. They divided the territory, and he and three others commenced work in Obion County. The John Brown trouble at Harper's Ferry had just taken place, and there was a strong prejudice in the South against Northerners, and when about to deliver the books they had sold in Jacksonville, one man raised a mob and demanded their departure. Their gentlemanly bearing won them many friends, and after some excitement they were allowed to remain three weeks, and during that time many who were bitterly opposed to them, became their warmest friends. Their party disbanded, and with one associate he returned to Indiana, arriving at Evansville, March 1, 1860. While traveling through Kentucky, they paid their expenses by selling fluid lamps. Finding no territory in Indiana, they went to Missouri, but there met with the same opposition as in Tennessee, and, not wishing to pass through the same trouble, returned to Indiana penniless. He worked a month on a farm near Evansville, and then engaged in book canvassing in Vanderburg and Pose counties and in three months sold between $1,700 and $1,800 worth of books, receiving half as his commission. In August he went to Vernon, Ind., where he was taken with typhoid fever and was sick ten months. He had but $100 left, when he started for his father’s house, and all but $15 of this was taken from his pockets while on the way. He was taken with a congestive chill on the boat and was unable to proceed. Finally he reached his uncle's at Lima and remained there three weeks, arriving home Jan. 21, 1861. Oct. 21, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Seventy-second Ohio Infantry, for three years, but was discharged July, 1862, on account of disability. He participated in the battle of Shiloh. He returned to Fremont, and after his recovery bought a farm and remained on it till 1871, when he began traveling for J.I. Case & Co., of Racine, and was in their employ till November, 1883, having charge of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. He was then employed by the Snyder Wagon Company till March, 1884, when he became established in his present business in Auburn. Mr. Heberling was married Dec. 4, 1881, to Mrs. Sophronia Alderman, of Van Wert County, Ohio. He is a member of the City Council of Auburn. He is a prominent Odd Fellow, a member of Helena Lodge, No. 592, and Thompson Encampment, No. __, Helena, Ohio. He is also member of De Long Post, No 67, G.A.R.

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George Heller, blacksmith, Troy Township, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., Sept. 23, 1822, a son of Philip Heller. When he was six months old his parents moved to Stark County, Ohio, and from there when he was eight years old to Holmes County, where he grew to manhood. He learned the trade of blacksmith of his father, and has made that industry his means of obtaining a livelihood. In 1854 he moved to Steuben County, Ind., and lived in Richland Township till December, 1883, when he moved to De Kalb County and settled in this township. He has a good trade and owns the place on section 29, where he lives. He was married in December, 1842, to Barbara Tinstman, daughter of Mark Tinstman. To them were born six children; but two are living---Philip and Dewitt. Mrs. Heller died in 1860, and in 1862 he married Abigail King, daughter of Peter King. To them have been born six children, but three of whom are living---George, Edwin and Edward, the two latter twins. Mr. Heller served two years as Constable in Steuben County

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J.W. Helmer, dealer in general merchandise, grain and produce, Corunna, Ind., was born in Allegany County, N.Y., Jan. 12, 1824, a son of Godfrey and Barbara Helmer, natives of New York, of German descent. He was reared on a farm, attending the district schools till sixteen years of age, when his parents moved to Ashtabula, Ohio, where he began to work at the cabinet-makers' trade, and served an apprenticeship of three years, receiving as a remuneration $30 a year, and was also to have privilege of attending school eleven months, which was not given to him. After completing his time he went to Buffalo and worked as a journeyman two years. He then came west to Conneaut, Ohio, and bought the shop that he formerly learned his trade in and employed his old boss, and continued in business at that place for himself for the next three years, during which time he married Miss A.Z. Spalding, and bought a home. He rented his property and moved to Pierrepont, where he built a saw-mill; after running it one year he sold it and built another, three miles from the first, running that one year and sold it, making $3,500 in two years. At that time his health failed and he went to Sheboygan, Wis., where he engaged in the livery business till 1852, when he went to California, remaining there ten years (till 1864) when he sold and moved to Goshen, Ind., and engaged in the livery business and a stage route from there to Warsaw, which he sold a month later, making $1,200. In 1864 he moved to Kendallville, and the following fall to Corunna, where he has since resided. Mr. Helmer was married in April, 1847, to Anna, daughter of D. Spalding. They have two children---Guilford S. and Hattie. Mr. Helmer is a member of the Presbyterian and his wife of the United Brethren church. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Helmer's life is a strong incentive to our young men, as by hard labor and close economy and strict honesty in business he has succeeded in accumulation a handsome fortune.

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Hon. Jacob Helwig, deceased, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1804, a son of George Helwig. He, in his youth, learned the cabinet-maker's trade of his father, and worked at it several years in Ohio. He was a resident of Tuscarawas and Carroll counties, several years each, and was a prominent man wherever he lived, holding several offices of trust. In 1841 he came to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled in Troy Township. He was elected twice to the Legislature from this district, and also served two terms as County Commissioner and one as Treasurer. He was a member of the Lutheran church in early life, but after coming to De Kalb County united with the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he was a strong Democrat. He was married to Jemima Jenkins, and to them were born five children---George, Elizabeth, Peter, Isaac, and John B. The latter was for eight years President of Wittenburg College, Springfield, Ohio, and is now pastor of the Lutheran church at Akron, Ohio. His wife died and he afterward married Sarah Gossage. They had a family of five children---Barbara A., Kezia, Mary, Rebecca, and Christina. Mr. Helwig died Dec. 10, 1869.

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Peter Helwig, farmer and stock-raiser, section 36, Franklin Township, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, Jan. 31, 1830, a son of Jacob Helwig, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and grandson of George Helwig, a native of Germany. Nov. 3, 1841, his parents moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on a tract of timber land in Troy Township. All kinds of wild animals common to Indiana were abundant. His father was fond of hunting and furnished the family with plenty of meat. He at one time killed four deer, from one of which they procured eighteen pounds of tallow. Our subject received a fair education in the district schools, but was early in life obliged to assist his father on the farm. When he started in life for himself he worked for fifty cents a day, and part of the time for $5 a month. In this way he earned the money to pay for thirty-six acres of land, where he commenced his married life. In the winter of 1853-'54 he built a lob cabin. He had a stove and borrowed the rest of their furniture. Their only sauce was dried elder-berries, and when cooked had to borrow a dish to put it in. They made their own sugar, he carrying the water night and morning, and his wife boiling it down during he day while he worked at the carpenter’s trade at fifty cents a day. He was married Sept. 10, 1853, to Elizabeth Jadwin, daughter of Andrew Jadwin. Of the five children born to them four are living---Phedima, Theodosia, Ann E., and Jacob R. Phedima married Eli Bryan, and has one child---Luther Lee. In 1866 Mr. Helwig sold his first home and bought the farm in Franklin Township where he has since lived. His father was a prominent man of the county, and in 1843-'44 represented his district in the Legislature. He died Nov. 10, 1869.

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Alonzo Hemstreet, deceased, was born in Ohio, Feb 6, 1840, a son of Jeremiah and Mariam (Smith) Hemstreet. When he was a child his parents moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled in Smithfield Township, where he was reared and educated, attending the district schools. He remained with his parents till his marriage, and then bought the farm in Fairfield Township where his family now lives, and where he died Feb. 22, 1870. The farm contains eighty acres of valuable land, but when Mr. Hemstreet settled on it was some improved and heavily timbered. He was and energetic, frugal man, and with the assistance of a most estimable wife, cleared and improved his land, and at his death left one of the best farms in the township. He was married Dec. 5, 1865, to Julia Zwilling, a native of New York, daughter of Henry and Julia (Howald) Zwilling, who came from Germany and settled near Utica, N.Y., and subsequently moved to Holmes County, Ohio, and in 1848 to De Kalb County, and settled in Fairfield Township, and removed to Smithfield where the father died. The mother is now living in Marshall County, Iowa, in the seventy-fourth year of her age. To Mr. and Mrs. Hemstreet was born one son---Clark A., who lives on the old homestead with his mother. Mr. Hemstreet in his political views was a Democrat.

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Jeremiah Hemstreet was born in Half Moon, Saratoga Co., N.Y., in 1803. He was reared in Herkimer and Lewis counties, N.Y. He married Sabrina Merchant, who died in New York. Their four children are also all deceased. After the death of his wife he went to Huron County, Ohio, and there married Mariam M. Smith, a native of New York, who went with her parents to Ohio when twelve years of age. In 1842 Mr. Hemstreet loaded his household goods on a wagon and with his family started for De Kalb County. He entered a tract of wild land from the Government on what is now section 22, Smithfield Township. He has been a hard working, persevering man, and has cleared, broken and fenced over 100 acres of land with his own hands, and at the age of eighty-two years is still hale and hearty. To Mr. and Mrs. Hemstreet have been born seven children; but five are living---Cornelia, wife of John Campbell; Sabrina, wife of Jotham Woolsey; Mary, wife of Orlando Seery; Ellen, wife of Adam Strow, Albert F., of San Francisco, Cal. The latter is a native of Smithfield Township, born Sept. 12, 1843. Melvina died at the age of nine months, and Alonzo, aged thirty years.

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James Henderson, son of Samuel and Letty (Moody) Henderson, was born in Richland County, Ohio, June 2, 1831, and was in his sixth year when his parents moved to De Kalb County. He lived with them till manhood, receiving as good an education as could be obtained in the district schools. He was reared a farmer, and has made that vocation his life work, Oct. 5, 1856, he married Mary Jane Sanders, a native of Wayne County, Ohio, born June 22, 1837, a daughter of Henry and Mary Sanders. The first three years he worked his father’s farm, and then moved to the home where they now live, which is 160 acres of his father’s old homestead on section 36. His land is well cultivated and his residence and farm buildings are among the best in the township. He pays special attention to sheep-growing, having one of the finest flocks in the county, He and his wife take a just pride in their henery where they have about twenty varieties of pure-bred fowls. They have a family of three sons---Newton, William Franklin and George. Mr. Henderson is a worthy representative of one of the leading pioneer families of De Kalb County.

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John Henderson, farmer and stock-raiser, section 36, Jackson Township, was born on the old homestead of his father in this township, Jul 3, 1844, a son of Samuel and Letty Henderson. After his father’s death he continued to make his home with his mother till his marriage. He now has a fine residence on section 36, his farm of 160 acres being one-half of the homestead. Mr. Henderson inherits his father’s love of fine stock, and the greater part of his attention is given to breeding blooded stock. He was the first to introduce Devon thorough-bred cattle and Shropshire-downs sheep into Northeastern Indiana, and in this enterprise has been a public benefactor. He is one of the most influential and prominent men of the township. He is now serving his third term as Magistrate. In politics he adheres to the Democratic party. He was married March 30, 1870, to Adeline Keyes, a native of Carroll County, Ohio, born Oct. 21, 1846. They have four living children---Josephine, Mabel, Glengyle and Kitty. Their eldest child, William R., died at the age of six years.

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Samuel Henderson, one of the earliest and most prominent settlers of Jackson Township, De Kalb County, Ind., was born in the State of Pennsylvania, in the first year of the nineteenth century. His father, William Henderson, moved a few years later to Harrison County, Ohio, where our subject was reared on a farm. He was married in Richland County, Ohio, in 1823, to Letty Moody, a native of Westmoreland County, Pa., born in 1805. In October, 1836, they moved to De Kalb County, Ind., locating on section 36, Jackson Township. Mr. Henderson built a log cabin, which was the first building in the north or east part of the township. Of their ten children, six were born in Ohio and four in Jackson Township---William, resides in Concord Township; Jane married Henry Blake, and died in 1863; George resides in Allen County; Sarah married Peter High, of Auburn; James is a prominent farmer of Jackson Township; David lives in Michigan; Rachel is the wife of S.M. Braden; Joseph R. resides in Kosciusko County; John and Elizabeth, now Mrs. Samuel Stafford, reside in Jackson township. Mr. Henderson early turned his attention to raising stock, and made that industry a successful and lucrative one. He was a man of untiring energy, and is remembered by all who knew him as a man of active and enterprising zeal in all public affairs. His affection was largely centered in his family, and he never let anything interfere with his giving them his first and principal attention. He gave to each of his sons, except David, who preferred and received a college education, 160 acres of land, and to each of his daughters he gave an equal amount in money. He was a devoted member of the Masonic Fraternity, squaring his life by its tenets. He died in 1863 and was buried by his beloved order with honors. His wife survived him till Dec. 5, 1880. In her childhood she joined the Methodist Episcopal church, but later joined the Lutheran church, always living a devoted Christian life.

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William Henderson, one of the pioneers of De Kalb County, is a native of Ashland County, Ohio, born April 26, 1824, the eldest of thirteen children of Samuel and Lettie (Moody) Henderson, natives of Pennsylvania, of Irish parentage. They were married in Harrison County, Ohio, and soon after settled on rented land on the present site of Haysville, and afterward bought a farm two miles north, where they lived till the fall of 1836. In July of that year Mr. Henderson came to De Kalb County and entered 320 acres of land, and returned to Ohio for his family. Sept. 25 they left the latter State and Oct. 13 arrived at their frontier home. They built a fire by the side of a log and made their wagon their house till a cabin could be built. The next morning the father started for Fort Wayne to mill, and was gone four days. When he returned the boys had their cabin ready to raise, and in less than a week from the time of their arrival they had a house to live in, the first in the township. He afterward bought 120 acres more land, making a large farm of 440 acres which he and his sons cleared and improved. He was elected the first Justice of the Peace in the township but refused to qualify, having no aspirations for official honors. He lived to see all but three of his children married and settled on home of their own, and died Feb. 15, 1863, aged sixty-five years. His wife survived till December, 1880, and died at the age of seventy-five years. William Henderson was twelve years old when his parents moved to De Kalb County, and although so young he was obliged to assist in clearing and improving a frontier farm. His educational advantages were limited, never attending school but seven weeks. He was married Jan. 9, 1845, to Matilda Watson, a native of Ashland County, Ohio, daughter of William and Susan (Keffer) Watson, of Allen County, Ind. After his marriage he settled on a tract of heavily timbered land, and began to make a farm for himself. He built a cabin 16x18, in which he commenced housekeeping, and went bravely to work to clear his land. He has cleared 160 acres, and now has one of the finest farms in the township, and has made it his home for forty years. To him and his wife have been born four children, two of whom are living---Margaret and John W., their eldest died in infancy, and Elizabeth was the wife of Milo F. Walker, and died May 5, 1883, aged twenty-eight years. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson have been members of the Methodist Episcopal church forty years. He is a member of Concord Lodge, No. 556, A.F. & A.M. In politics he was originally a Democrat, but since its organization has affiliated with the Republican party. He was elected County Commissioner in 1866 and served four years, and has also served as Township Trustee four terms.

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John C. Henry, banker and wholesale dealer in notions and drugs, Auburn, came to De Kalb County, Ind., Nov. 28, 1862, and settled in Fairfield Township. He engaged in farming till August, 1864. He removed to Steuben County and engaged in farming until about 1871 when he removed to the town of Hudson (same county), Ind., and engaged in mercantile business until 1877. He removed to Auburn and engaged in wholesale notion business, and in August, 1882, added to it the drug business and in February, 1882, he, with Nicholas Ensley, Jacob Walborn, Guy Plumb and Albert Robbins, instituted the Farmers' Bank of Auburn. He has been Treasurer of Auburn High School for two years, and is the incumbent of that office at the present writing. Mr. Henry is a native of Ohio; was born in Millersburg, Holmes County, Jan. 1, 1841. His father, Samuel S. Henry, died when he was about the age of twelve years. He remained with his mother, Jane C. (Allcook), until about the age of sixteen when, in the spring of 1856, he, thinking Ohio a poor place for a poor boy to get a start, went to try his fortune in the land of gold-California, where he remained until the fall of 1860, when he returned to his home in Millersburg, Ohio. Not having an opportunity, he received only a limited education, but by natural ability and energy he has acquired a good business education. Nov. 28, 1861, he married Marian Baughman, of Millersburg, Ohio, by whom he has two children---Helen Louisa and Harry Cook. He is a Mason and a member of De Kalb Lodge, No. 214; was formerly a member and one of the founders of Hiawatha Lodge, No. 528, Hudson, Ind., and was Master of the same as long as he remained a citizen of the place.

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Charles F. Hepp, blacksmith, in the employ of the Wabash Railroad, at Butler, Ind., a son of Charles Hepp, was born in Richmond, Va., Sept. 13, 1852. In 1863 his father moved to Baltimore, Md., thence to Dayton, Ohio, in 1864, and in 1865 to Richmond, Ind., where he lived till 1875, and is now in the employ of the Pan Handle Railroad in their shops at Logansport. Charles F. learned the blacksmith's trade, when a boy, serving an apprenticeship in the shops of Gaar, Scott & Co., at Richmond, Ind., manufacturers of saw-mills, threshing machines, etc. He subsequently went to Logansport and was employed in the shop with his father till 1881, when he came to Butler and entered the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company. Mr. Hepp was married May 27, 1878, to Flora E. Cariger, daughter of George Cariger, of Logansport, Ind. They have one child---Pearl, born May 27, 1879. Mr. Hepp is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has taken the Knight Templar degrees.

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History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Amos Hilkey was born in Ashland County, Ohio, Jun 28, 1843, the third child of John and Susanna Hilkey. John Hilkey was born in Maryland, Oct. 16, 1816, and when a small boy removed with his parents, George and Barbara Hilkey, to Ashland County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood and was married Feb. 29, 1839, to Susanna Anthony. In March, 1846, he became identified with De Kalb County, locating near Spencerville. Notwithstanding he had passed the age which required him to perform military service, he enlisted in the war of the Rebellion in Company L, Second Indiana Cavalry, and served fourteen months. He died at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 14, 1863. His widow survived him till Oct. 16, 1875. Three of their sons were also in the service of their country, viz.: George W., who enlisted in the Eighty-eight Infantry, but was discharged in 1863 for disability, and after his recovery enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifty-second Infantry and served till the close of the war. Daniel enlisted in the Thirtieth Infantry and served till the close of the war; now resides in Alabama. Amos enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, in Company D, Eighty-eighth Infantry, and participated in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Atlanta, and all others of that gallant regiment, with Sherman, and at Washington, D.C., in May, 1865, was one of the proud heroes of the grand review; was discharged June 7, 1865. Of the other children of John Hilkey, Frances married George Thorp, of Allen County; John E. and Abraham (twins) died in infancy; James A. resides in Nebraska; Benjamin and Samuel are residents of Jackson Township; Mary, deceased, was the wife of J.D. Freeman; Charles Bennett died at the age of fifteen years. Amos Hilkey entered the employ of Edmund Freeman after his return from the war and soon after married his daughter, Rosan, who was born in Ohio, Sept. 13, 1842. He remained in the employ of Mr. Freeman six years and then bought eighty acres of land on the same section (30), where he has a comfortable and happy home. Mr. and Mrs. Hilkey have eight living children---Edmund Norton, Martha S., Elmer L., Mary J., Howard Hayes, Bessie A., Jesse O. and Francis M. Daniel B. died at the age of four years; Amos A., aged two years and Edith B., aged four months. Mr. and Mrs. Hilkey are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he is a Republican.

Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Henry Hines, Justice of the Peace, Jackson Township, was born in Ashland County, Ohio, April 1, 1839, a son of Francis and Lovina (Culler) Hines. In 1844 he parents moved to Kosciusko County, Ind., where the father died in 1877, and the mother still lives on the old homestead. Our subject lived with his parents till his marriage to Sarah Abigail Smith, Feb. 6, 1858. She was born in Medina County, Ohio, April 8, 1838. The year following their marriage they came to De Kalb County and settled in Jackson Township, and began making a farm out of a tract of heavily timbered land. They now have a fine farm of 160 acres, eighty acres and their residence being on section 11, and eighty acres on section 10, all cleared by frugality and good management. Mr. Hines is a man of sterling character, and upright, independent action, and his worth was soon recognized by his fellow-townsmen, who placed him in the front in township affairs. He is now serving his third term as Justice of the Peace. His honorable dealings coupled with a strong sense of right and justice to all, make him especially fitted for this position. In politics he acts with the Democratic party. Mr. and Mrs. Hines have six children---Lillie Louise, wife of James H. Farver, of Kosciusko County, Ind.; Francis M., Wesley L., Leonard A., Lovina and Effie A.

Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Isaac Hirschler, proprietor of Hirschler's Opera House, Butler, Ind., was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 3, 1839, the eleventh of thirteen children of Simon A. Hirschler, but six of whom are living. His father was a native of France, and served eleven years in the French army, nine years of the time was one of Napoleon Bonaparte's body-guards. At the battle of Waterloo he was wounded, and carried a ball in his leg fifty years. It was extracted in 1863 by Prof. Gross, of Philadelphia Medical College, and is now in the museum of that institution. He died in Philadelphia, Aug. 16, 1868. Two sons, Henry and Leopold, died of cholera in New Orleans in 1852. Isaac Hirschler removed from his native city to De Kalb County, Ind., in 1873, and located in Butler, where he has since lived. In 1883 he built his two-story brick opera house block, which yields him a good revenue. Mr. Hirschler was married Sept. 15, 1867, to Dora Myers. They have five children---Matilda, Dina, Amelia, Rosalee and Herman A.

Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.