HALL

WILLIAM N. HALL, a native of Monroe County, Ind./, was born March 20, 1853, four miles north of Bloomington. His parents, Bainbridge and Elizabeth C. (Houston) Hall, natives of Monroe County, Ind., after their marriage located on a farm in Richland Township, remaining for thirty-four years. His mother died January 29, 1875, and his father at present resides in Bloomington. William is the second son and child in a family of five children. He was reared and received a good education in his native county. At the age of eighteen years, he entered the graded schools in Ellettsville, where he remained for about two years. In 1873, he was appointed Deputy Postmaster there, and after serving for a short time entered the employ of Smith & McDonald, harness,makers of Newark, Greene County, continuing one year. In the fall of 1874, he returned to the farm in Monroe County, and five years later he was again appointed to his former position of Deputy Postmaster at Ellettsville, serving for more than two years. He was afterward elected by the Republican party Recorder of Monroe County, and is at present actively engaged in the discharge of his official duties. He is a member of the I. O. R. M., Arizona Tribe, No. 52. On July 17, 1874, he was precipitated from a grade on the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad, at Evansville, dislocating his right hip, which incapacitated him for manual labor. He is a noble principled man, esteemed as a citizen, and efficient as an officer. - Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana Historical and Biographical, By Charles Blanchard, Published by F. A. Battey & Co, 1884, Page 568

JOSEPH HALL is the third son and child in a family of five children, and was born February 11, 1855, in Richland Township, Monroe County, Ind. His parents, Bainbridge and Elizabeth C. (Houston) Hall, were born in Monroe County. Joseph was reared in Richland Township until he attained his majority, receiving meanwhile a good education in the district schools. In 1876, he entered the employ of a farmer in Bloomington Township, and remained with him for two years, when he was engaged to work for another farmer. He then went to Montgomery, Ind., where he stayed for two years, returning thence to the old home farm. About two years later, he rented a farm of 187 acres of good land in Bean Blossom Township, Monroe County, and engaged in agricultural pursuits for more than two years. He was appointed Deputy Recorder (to his brother, William N. Hall) of Monroe County, and is at present in the faithful discharge of the duties devolving upon him. Mr. Hall is a member of the I. O. R. M., Arizona Tribe, No. 52. He is a Republican, a liberal citizen, and highly esteemed by all who know him. - Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana Historical and Biographical, By Charles Blanchard, Published by F. A. Battey & Co, 1884, Page 568

HARRIS

DR. JOHN E. HARRIS, ninth son of A. W, R. and Mary J. D. (Johnson) Harris, natives of Kentucky and Virginia, respectively, was born January 1, 1847, in Louisville, Ky. His parents were married in Louisville, where the father came in 1819. For a number of years, he was bookkeeper for Lithee & Wallace.    In 1856, he was elected City Assessor of Louisville, serving until 1873. His death occurred August 13, 1880. The mother died in 1849. Dr. Harris was reared and educated in Louisville. In 1863, he entered the laboratory of Prof. Thomas E. Jenkins, remaining one year. He clerked in a drug store until 1865, when he formed a partnership with his brother in that business, and two years later he sold out, soon afterward opening a store of his own. Meanwhile he had been studying medicine, and in October, 1868, graduated from the University Dispensary, and school of practical medicine and surgery. He then entered practice there, afterward attending the University Medical College of Louisville, from which he graduated February 27, 187Q. He practiced in Louisville until October 12,1876, when he removed to Bloomington, where he has worked his practice up. On April 24, 1866, he was married to Alice C. Lawes, daughter of Joseph, and Jane Lawes, citizens of Louisville. They have three children,  Ella, John G. and Charles E. Dr. Harris is a member of the K. of H., and of the K. of P. He is also a member of the Methodist Church, and in politics is a Republican. - Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana Historical and Biographical, By Charles Blanchard, Published by F. A. Battey & Co, 1884, Pages 568 - 569

HEADLEY

B. HEADLEY was born in Randolph County, Va., February 14, 1822, and is the son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Wilson) Headley, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia. Isaac was a millwright and farmer. About 1836, he went to Noble County, Ohio, there farmed for a time, and then came to Brown County, Ind., and died there at the age of eighty years. B. remained on the farm, going to school until his twentieth year. He then learned the shoemaker's trade, and also worked some at black-smithing. During the war, he served in the One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Infantry; took part in a skirmish at Stony Gap, Va., and was. honorably discharged. In 1866, Mr. Headley came to Monroe County, Ind., and settled on a farm two and one half miles east of Bloomington. and which consisted of 226 acres, Earned by himself. In about 1842, Mr. Headley married Eunice Morse, of Washington County. They have had nine children, James M., Isaac W., Hilary D., Marcellus J. Hamlin S., Mary, Charley E., Hattie V. and Benjamin T. Isaac and James served in the Union army in the late war. Mr. and Mrs. Headley are Methodists, and he is a Republican politically. - Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana Historical and Biographical, By Charles Blanchard, Published by F. A. Battey & Co, 1884, Page 569

HELTON

MICHAEL W. HELTON (deceased) was born May 24,1829, in Lawrence County, Ind., and was the eldest son of Andrew and Hannah (Woolery) Helton. He was reared in his native county until eighteen years of age, and there received the rudiments of an education, removing thence to Bloomington, where he entered the State University. A few years later his parents moved to Bloomington, remaining until their deaths, which occurred the father's on April 5, 1874; the mother's April 29, 1870. He was for some time engaged in the dry goods business in Bloomington. He built the Bloomington City Mills, which he ran for some time; then opened a title abstract and real estate office; at the same time he was in the insurance business, which he continued to carry on until his death, which occurred January 18, 1873, at his residence in Bloomington, aged forty-three years seven months and twenty-four days. He had served as Trustee of the State University for many years. He was married, January 29, 1868, by Prof. Ballentine, to Mrs. T. L. Carter, in Bloomington, daughter of Isaiah W. and Lucretia Cron, respected citizens of Bloomington. They had two children,  Lewis C. and A. K. He is one of the most active workers in the Presbyterian Church, and was well known and respected by the entire community. Though he was much afflicted, yet he was never known to murmur at his afflictions, and was active and industrious up to the last two days of his life, it being part of his religion to be always employed in doing good. He sought the comfort of others more than his own. He made a profession of religion in the Second Presbyterian Church of Bloomington, and was an earnest, faithful follower of Christ. - Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana Historical and Biographical, By Charles Blanchard, Published by F. A. Battey & Co, 1884, Pages 569 - 570

HENLEY

MAJ. HENRY HENLEY, a native of Orange County, Ind., was born October 25, 1826. His parents, Joseph and Sarah (Lindley) Henley, natives of North Carolina, were married January 11, 1826. in Orange County, and settled on a farm there, where the father died in July, 1848; the mother died September 23, 1872. The father was a cabinetmaker, and lived for many years near Paoli. The subject of this sketch is the eldest in family, and was reared at home until twenty years of age, where he attended school, and received a good education. He then entered Earlham College at Richmond, Ind., and remained there for one year. When his father died, he left him in charge of the farm and a saw and grist mill, which he ran for ten years, when he went to Shoals, Ind., formed a partnership with Z. W. Coffin and W. Chenoweth, and continued until 1871. August 14, 1862, he was appointed Captain of Company A, Seventeenth Indiana Volunteers, and served for two and a half years. He was then commissioned Major at Louisville November 17, 1864, and resigned one month later. He took part in the following engagements: Munfordville (in which the company was captured and paroled, re-entering in about fifty days), Hoover's Gap, Tenn., Peach Tree, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Shelbyville and Farmington, Tenn.; Kenesaw Mountain, Marietta, Flat Rock and Selma, Ala. In 1871, he came from Shoals to Bloomington to educate his children, and in the fall of 1872 he was elected County Surveyor, which position he filled for four years. After the expiration of his term of office, he engaged in civil engineering and patent rights, and is at present so engaged. In 1873, he purchased the mill at Gosport, and ran it about five years. On May 11, 1852, he was married to Lydia M. Patton, daughter of Alexander and Fannie Patton, residents of Orange County. They have three children, Laura, Joseph and George W. Mr. Henley is a member of the A. F. & A. M., is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Church. - Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana Historical and Biographical, By Charles Blanchard, Published by F. A. Battey & Co, 1884, Page 570

J. E. HENLEY, eldest son and second child in a family of three children, was born April 21, 1856, in Orange County, Ind. His parents, Henry and Lydia M. (Patton) Henley, were natives of Indiana and North Carolina respectively. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in his native place until fifteen years of age, when he came to Bloomington with his parents. In July, 1875, he graduated from the State "University with high honors. In the following fall, he took the chair of Greek in Smith's Grove College, Ky., which he filled for one year. He then was elected City Superintendent of the public schools of Shoals, Ind., serving for two years. In the spring of 1879, he was elected City Clerk of Bloomington, and served for two years, during which time he studied law, and in 1880 he entered the regular practice here. He formed a partnership with "William P. Rogers, and is now successfully engaged as a practitioner. In November, 1882, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney for the Tenth Judicial Circuit, comprising Monroe, Lawrence, Orange and Martin Counties, and is serving at the present writing. August 8, 1883, he was married to Ida M. Howe, daughter of Joseph Howe, a resident of "Washington Territory.    Mr. Henley is a member of  the K. of P., and also of the Methodist Church. He is a Republican, and is highly respected as a citizen, and his legal advice is greatly sought after. - Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana Historical and Biographical, By Charles Blanchard, Published by F. A. Battey & Co, 1884, Pages 570 - 571

HIGHT

WALLACE HIGHT, farmer, was born in Bloomington, Monroe Co., Ind., May 28, 1832, and is the fourth child born to John and Elizabeth Hight. John Hight was a native of Kentucky, and after his marriage came to Bloomington in 1818. He was a saddler by trade; finally built a a tavern, and in 1836 a grist and woolen milL He built the first flatboat that went to Salt Creek. He died in 1878, much respected, and, his wife preceded him in about 1868. Wallace was reared on a farm, and at the age of twenty learned the tanner's trade, in which he continued until the war broke out, when he had made and mounted a six-pounder bronzed cannon at his own expense, and on going to Indianapolis received a commission of Second Lieutenant in the Ninth Indiana Battery. Lieut. Hight took part in a number of hard-fought battles, and when his time expired, in 1$64, he went out as a sutler until the close of the war. Since his return, he has engaged in farming. His farm consists of 155 acres. In 1880, he was census enumerator for this township, and was also the one who circulated the first petition for building pikes in the county. He has also aided in petitioning for other improvements. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and a Republican. On February 26, 1852, Mr. Hight married Emily Hook, who was born in Indiana on September 22,1832. Mrs. Hight was a daughter of Thomas and Jane (Dye) Hook, natives of Kentucky, who settled in Indiana in 1829. Mr. and Mrs. Hight have three children, Annie J., Mary J. and Wallace.    They have also given a home to James Krohn, an orphan. - Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana Historical and Biographical, By Charles Blanchard, Published by F. A. Battey & Co, 1884, Page 571

HILL

NATHANIEL U. HILL, one of the most prominent and successful citizens of Bloomington, was born in Clay County, Ind., June 21, 1852. He was the fourth son of six children born to Abel S. and Almira (Usher) Hill, and was reared in Brazil, Ind., where he received a good education in the public schools. When sixteen years of age, he entered the academy at Ladoga, Ind., where he remained two years. In 1870, he came to Bloomington, remaining one term in the freshman class of the State University, after which he spent one year in " Harvard College " at Kokomo, Ind. In the spring of 1872, he again entered the State University, where he graduated with honors in June, 1875, and during the same year, took a junior law course, graduating in June, 1876. He immediately thereafter began the regular practice of law at Brazil, continuing until July, 1878, at which time, he entered the employ of Bryson & Hill, hardware merchants of Brazil. He remained in their employ until December 31, 1879, when he was married to Miss Anna M. Buskirk, daughter of George A. Buskirk. To crown the happiness of this union, there have been born two children, Nathaniel U. and Philip K. After his marriage, he was prevailed upon to come to Bloomington and take charge of the settlement of the estate of his father-in-law (deceased), which was at that time very much complicated, through litigation and bad management. He was at once elected a Director of the First Nation Bank, the controlling interest of which was owned by the estate. In January, 1881, he was elected Vice President of the bank, and at present is in the discharge of his duties as such. He successfully settled up the estate, and taking the bank in its weakened condition, occasioned by the " panic," the stock having depleted until only worth in market 85 cents on the dollar, he, by untiring energy and industry, succeeded in bringing it to its present thrifty and substantial condition, The stock is now worth $1.25, and the bank has "accumulated a surplus fund of $20,000, its capital stock being $120,000. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity and a stanch Republican. - Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana Historical and Biographical, By Charles Blanchard, Published by F. A. Battey & Co, 1884, Pages 571 - 572

HOUSTON

CLINTON M. HOUSTON, farmer, was born in, Bourbon County, Ky., on September 29, 1828, and is the son of Samuel and Morning (Adams) Houston, who were natives of Kentucky, and farmers by occupation, which they followed in their native State until their death. The paternal grandparents of our subject were natives of North Carolina. They came to Monroe County in 1828. Here they both died the grandfather at ninety-two, the grandmother at eighty-five years of age. The maternal grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier. Our subject's father died in 1888. Mr. Houston is a self, made man. He received a common school education, and resided on a farm in Kentucky until 1840, when he came to Monroe County with his mother. She afterward went to Illinois, where she lived until her death. In 1852, Mr. H. was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Emsley and Elizabeth (Worley) Wood. Mrs. H. was born July 5, 1833, on the farm on which she now resides. Her father was born in Floyd County, Ind., December 16, 1800, Her mother was born in Highland County, Ohio, on September 30, 1805. They came to Bloomington among the first settlers. In 1828, he entered the farm now owned by Mr. Houston. He was considered one of the practical farmers of Monroe County, and owned at his death a large tract of unimproved land. He died on June 7, 1844. His wife died on November 8, 1864. Our subject and wife are the parents of nine children, Nathaniel C, Richard W. (deceased), Charles D., Emma E., Emsley C, Samuel F., Luella, Eva and Maggie dying in infancy. Mr. Houston and wife, are members of the Christian Church. - Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana Historical and Biographical, By Charles Blanchard, Published by F. A. Battey & Co, 1884, Page 572

HOWE

JOSEPH M. HOWE, one of the oldest pioneers of Monroe County now living, was born in Nicholas County, Ky., June 20, 1805. He is the seventh son in a family of eleven children born to Samuel and Elizabeth (Showel) Howe, natives of Maryland. He was reared in Kentucky until nineteen years of age, when he came to Bloomington, Monroe County, and entered the employ of his brother, Joshua O. Howe, a merchant of that village. He remained with him for ten years, at which time he purchased an interest in the business, continuing for about four years, when he sold his interest. In 1842, he opened a general merchandise store, continuing about five years. He then erected a building on the site of the one he now occupies, which was completely destroyed by fire in August, 1873. After the destruction of this building, he erected the present edifice, and taking his son, Alfred R., into partnership, opened an immense dry goods store, under the firm name of J. M. Howe & Son, dealers in dry goods, notions, boots and shoes, hats, caps, etc. Mr. Howe is recognized as one of the most prominent and successful citizens of Bloomington, and for forty-five years served as Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the State University. He has also, for forty years, been Treasurer of the Monroe County Bible Society, and for about thirty years an active and efficient member of the Presbyterian Church. In olden times, he was a Whig, and at present is a stanch Republican. In 1845, he was married to Sophia W. Walker, daughter of Judge George Walker, of Athens County, Ohio. By this union there have been born to them three children, only one of whom is now living Albert R.. who married, April 10, 1878, Mary Frazee, daughter of Dr. L. J. Frazee, of Louisville. - Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana Historical and Biographical, By Charles Blanchard, Published by F. A. Battey & Co, 1884, Page 572

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