Batman.Hiram.1833.Jefferson.BIOS

HIRAM M. BATMAN was born in Bono Township, Lawrence County, Indiana,
December 6, 1833, the fifth of six children of JAMES and MARIA (MALOTT)
BATMAN,  the parents being natives of Jefferson County, KY., who came to
Bono Township in 1816.  The mother died in 1836, and Hiram M. remained with
his father until the death of the latter April 28,1847, when he went and
lived wtith M. B. LEMON for three years.  He then lived with BOLIVAR DUNCAN
until he was twenty-two years old.  In youth he passed the time at hard
work, and obtained only the rudiments of an education.  November 8, 1855, he
married CATHARINE MCKNIGHT,  and eight children were the issue:  JAMES C.,
WILLIAM W. (who married ELLEN BAUGH), ELIZA A., ULYSSES, REBECCA I., ALBERT,
MARY M. and PEARL.  When young, our subject learned the tanners' trade, and
later the wagon-makers' trade, but for many years has followed farming.  He
owns 285 acres of fine land.  He is a member of the Christian Church, and in
politics is a Republican.   He is one of the substantial farmers of the
county, and is a self-made man.



Submitted by: Diana Flynn <ivie@tima.com>
Date: 25 Jun 1997