John W. Hackleman, one of the best-known farmers of Fairview township, former trustee of that township and proprietor of "Spring View Farm," a well-improved and profitably cultivated place of eighty-five acres on rural mail route No. 2 out of Connersville, is a native of Fayette county and has lived here all of his life. He was born on a farm northeast of Harrisburg, in Harrison township, March 15, 1843, son of William ad Nancy (Hawkins) Hackleman, substantial residents of that community and the later of whom is still living, being now past ninety-five years of age.
John W. Hackleman was but a boy when his father died and he remained on the home farm with his mother until he was twenty-five years of age, when he married and started farming on his own account. During the Civil War he did not enlist for the regular service, his three elder brothers having gone to the front the family concluded that his place was at home with the widowed mother, but during the excitement incident to the Morgan raid he took part in the valiant operations of the home defenders and thus was abe to feel that he had done something in the way of active service. After his marriage he lived for a year on the Broadus farm and then moved to the farm of his father-in-law, the old Shortridge farm, and there lived for three years, at the end of which time he moved to the Huston farm, where he lived for nine years and six months. He then, in July, 1891, bought the farm on which he is now living in Fairview township, moved there and has ever since made that his place of residence. The farm when Mr. Hackleman bought it contained fifty-five acres, but he shortly afterward bought an adjoining tract of thirty acres and now has a well-improved place of eighty-five acres, clear of all incumbrance. On this farm there are a number of excellent springs and on this account Mr. Hackleman has given his place the name of "Spring View Farm." He has a comfortable, two-story brick house, with a broad lawn in front bounded by a neat iron fence, fine maple and locust trees growing about the house; altogether one of the most attractive places in that part of the county. Mr. Hackleman has for years given his earnest attention to local civic affairs and twenty-five years or more ago served for some time as trustee of his home township. During that incumbancy he caused to be erected the first graded-school building in Fairview township and possibly the first such school house in the county. That school house was a four-room, furnace-heated building that stood between Fairview and Falmouth, at the poin where the present handsome brick school building now stands.
John W. Hackleman has been twice married. In October, 1867, he was united in marriage to Martha Shortridge, who was born in Fairview township, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (King) Shortridge. She died on February 13, 1892, leaving six sons and one daughter, namely: Charles, Frank, Fred, Emery, Huston, Carl, and Lillie (who died when twelve years of age).
On February 8, 1894, Mr. Hackleman married, secondly, Lena Scofield, who was born on a farm near Connersville, a daughter of Sherman and Eliza (Ross) Scofield. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hackleman are members of the Christian Church, which Mr. Hackleman joined at twenty years of age and in which he has been an elder for the past quarter of a century. --Excerpts taken from The History of Fayette County, Indiana, 1922
John W. Hackleman was but a boy when his father died and he remained on the home farm with his mother until he was twenty-five years of age, when he married and started farming on his own account. During the Civil War he did not enlist for the regular service, his three elder brothers having gone to the front the family concluded that his place was at home with the widowed mother, but during the excitement incident to the Morgan raid he took part in the valiant operations of the home defenders and thus was abe to feel that he had done something in the way of active service. After his marriage he lived for a year on the Broadus farm and then moved to the farm of his father-in-law, the old Shortridge farm, and there lived for three years, at the end of which time he moved to the Huston farm, where he lived for nine years and six months. He then, in July, 1891, bought the farm on which he is now living in Fairview township, moved there and has ever since made that his place of residence. The farm when Mr. Hackleman bought it contained fifty-five acres, but he shortly afterward bought an adjoining tract of thirty acres and now has a well-improved place of eighty-five acres, clear of all incumbrance. On this farm there are a number of excellent springs and on this account Mr. Hackleman has given his place the name of "Spring View Farm." He has a comfortable, two-story brick house, with a broad lawn in front bounded by a neat iron fence, fine maple and locust trees growing about the house; altogether one of the most attractive places in that part of the county. Mr. Hackleman has for years given his earnest attention to local civic affairs and twenty-five years or more ago served for some time as trustee of his home township. During that incumbancy he caused to be erected the first graded-school building in Fairview township and possibly the first such school house in the county. That school house was a four-room, furnace-heated building that stood between Fairview and Falmouth, at the poin where the present handsome brick school building now stands.
John W. Hackleman has been twice married. In October, 1867, he was united in marriage to Martha Shortridge, who was born in Fairview township, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (King) Shortridge. She died on February 13, 1892, leaving six sons and one daughter, namely: Charles, Frank, Fred, Emery, Huston, Carl, and Lillie (who died when twelve years of age).
On February 8, 1894, Mr. Hackleman married, secondly, Lena Scofield, who was born on a farm near Connersville, a daughter of Sherman and Eliza (Ross) Scofield. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hackleman are members of the Christian Church, which Mr. Hackleman joined at twenty years of age and in which he has been an elder for the past quarter of a century. --Excerpts taken from The History of Fayette County, Indiana, 1922
John W. Hackleman, one of the best-known farmers of Fairview township, former trustee of that township and proprietor of "Spring View Farm," a well-improved and profitably cultivated place of eighty-five acres on rural mail route No. 2 out of Connersville, is a native of Fayette county and has lived here all of his life. He was born on a farm northeast of Harrisburg, in Harrison township, March 15, 1843, son of William ad Nancy (Hawkins) Hackleman, substantial residents of that community and the later of whom is still living, being now past ninety-five years of age.
John W. Hackleman was but a boy when his father died and he remained on the home farm with his mother until he was twenty-five years of age, when he married and started farming on his own account. During the Civil War he did not enlist for the regular service, his three elder brothers having gone to the front the family concluded that his place was at home with the widowed mother, but during the excitement incident to the Morgan raid he took part in the valiant operations of the home defenders and thus was abe to feel that he had done something in the way of active service. After his marriage he lived for a year on the Broadus farm and then moved to the farm of his father-in-law, the old Shortridge farm, and there lived for three years, at the end of which time he moved to the Huston farm, where he lived for nine years and six months. He then, in July, 1891, bought the farm on which he is now living in Fairview township, moved there and has ever since made that his place of residence. The farm when Mr. Hackleman bought it contained fifty-five acres, but he shortly afterward bought an adjoining tract of thirty acres and now has a well-improved place of eighty-five acres, clear of all incumbrance. On this farm there are a number of excellent springs and on this account Mr. Hackleman has given his place the name of "Spring View Farm." He has a comfortable, two-story brick house, with a broad lawn in front bounded by a neat iron fence, fine maple and locust trees growing about the house; altogether one of the most attractive places in that part of the county. Mr. Hackleman has for years given his earnest attention to local civic affairs and twenty-five years or more ago served for some time as trustee of his home township. During that incumbancy he caused to be erected the first graded-school building in Fairview township and possibly the first such school house in the county. That school house was a four-room, furnace-heated building that stood between Fairview and Falmouth, at the poin where the present handsome brick school building now stands.
John W. Hackleman has been twice married. In October, 1867, he was united in marriage to Martha Shortridge, who was born in Fairview township, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (King) Shortridge. She died on February 13, 1892, leaving six sons and one daughter, namely: Charles, Frank, Fred, Emery, Huston, Carl, and Lillie (who died when twelve years of age).
On February 8, 1894, Mr. Hackleman married, secondly, Lena Scofield, who was born on a farm near Connersville, a daughter of Sherman and Eliza (Ross) Scofield. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hackleman are members of the Christian Church, which Mr. Hackleman joined at twenty years of age and in which he has been an elder for the past quarter of a century. --Excerpts taken from The History of Fayette County, Indiana, 1922
John W. Hackleman was but a boy when his father died and he remained on the home farm with his mother until he was twenty-five years of age, when he married and started farming on his own account. During the Civil War he did not enlist for the regular service, his three elder brothers having gone to the front the family concluded that his place was at home with the widowed mother, but during the excitement incident to the Morgan raid he took part in the valiant operations of the home defenders and thus was abe to feel that he had done something in the way of active service. After his marriage he lived for a year on the Broadus farm and then moved to the farm of his father-in-law, the old Shortridge farm, and there lived for three years, at the end of which time he moved to the Huston farm, where he lived for nine years and six months. He then, in July, 1891, bought the farm on which he is now living in Fairview township, moved there and has ever since made that his place of residence. The farm when Mr. Hackleman bought it contained fifty-five acres, but he shortly afterward bought an adjoining tract of thirty acres and now has a well-improved place of eighty-five acres, clear of all incumbrance. On this farm there are a number of excellent springs and on this account Mr. Hackleman has given his place the name of "Spring View Farm." He has a comfortable, two-story brick house, with a broad lawn in front bounded by a neat iron fence, fine maple and locust trees growing about the house; altogether one of the most attractive places in that part of the county. Mr. Hackleman has for years given his earnest attention to local civic affairs and twenty-five years or more ago served for some time as trustee of his home township. During that incumbancy he caused to be erected the first graded-school building in Fairview township and possibly the first such school house in the county. That school house was a four-room, furnace-heated building that stood between Fairview and Falmouth, at the poin where the present handsome brick school building now stands.
John W. Hackleman has been twice married. In October, 1867, he was united in marriage to Martha Shortridge, who was born in Fairview township, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (King) Shortridge. She died on February 13, 1892, leaving six sons and one daughter, namely: Charles, Frank, Fred, Emery, Huston, Carl, and Lillie (who died when twelve years of age).
On February 8, 1894, Mr. Hackleman married, secondly, Lena Scofield, who was born on a farm near Connersville, a daughter of Sherman and Eliza (Ross) Scofield. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hackleman are members of the Christian Church, which Mr. Hackleman joined at twenty years of age and in which he has been an elder for the past quarter of a century. --Excerpts taken from The History of Fayette County, Indiana, 1922
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