From "History of Hendricks County Indiana, Her People and Industries and Institutions,"
John V. Hadley, B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1914, page 30:
JOSEPH H. AIRHART - One of the most enterprising of our younger generation of farmers in Johnson county, who has believed from the outset of his career that the "wisdom of yesterday is sometimes the folly of today," and that while the methods of our grandfathers in tilling the soil were all right in their day, yet in the twentieth century we are compelled to adopt new methods and farm along different lines, in view of the fact that conditions of climate, soil, grains, etc., have changed since the days of the pioneers. He has been a close observer of modern methods and is a student at all times of whatever pertains to his chosen life work and he has, therefore, met with encouraging success all along the line. Judging from his past record, he will undoubtedly achieve much in the future years and take his place among the leading agriculturists of a community noted for its fine farms and adroit husbandmen.
Joseph H. Airhart, proprietor of a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres, considered one of the best improved farms in the county, located in the northwestern portion of Brown township, Hendricks county, Indiana, was born in Boone county, this state, on September 6, 1876. He is a son of Jacob and Mary E. (Gill) Airhart. Jacob was one of a family of six children and was brought by his parents from their native state of Virginia while he was still quite young. His father, Peter Airhart, was a son of a native of Holland who had emigrated to America in the early days and settled in Virginia. Upon coming to Indiana, Peter Airhart settled in Boone county, where he entered land from the government and lived thereon the rest of his life, and on that same land the subject of this sketch first saw the light of day. Mary E. Gill, mother of the subject, was one of a family of seven children born to Washington and Fanny (Gibson) Gill, and w-as brought to the state of Indiana from their old home in Kentucky while still quite a small child. Her father entered land from the government in Boone county, near Advance, and there passed the remainder of his life. Jacob Airhart was twice married, his first wife being a Miss Bowman, to whom he was married in the early fifties. She lived for about ten years thereafter, leaving two children at the time of her death. He continued to live on the old home place after his second marriage, some time in the sixties, to Mary E. Gill, and there 'his death occurred in 1887. By his second wife he had a family of five children, of which the subject of this sketch is one.
Joseph H. Airhart was but eleven years old at the time of his father's death and three years later his mother also died. From that time on until he was twenty-one years of age, he was practically homeless, making his home with whomsoever he could secure work. In 1897 he was united in marriage with Mary E. LaFollette, a cousin of Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin. She was a daughter of Milton and Elizabeth J. (Grider) LaFollette, originally from Putnam county, this state. Her father died when she was four years old and the mother continued to keep up the home near Shannondale, where the present ^Irs. Airhart lived until the time of her marriage to the subject. In 1898 'Sir. Airhart purchased a tract of eighty acres near Lebanon, in Boone county, on which he resided for three years. He then came to Hendricks county and purchased his present farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Brown township, which is considered one of the best-cared-for farms in the county, fully attesting what up-to-date scientific methods in agriculture can accomplish when coupled with energy and untiring effort. The vocation of the farmer is coming more and more to be regarded as the ideal life, that in which a man has opportunity to display ability of the highest order and in which vocation he is more independent than in anv other. Time was when, after a season of arduous labor, the farmer was forced to take for his produce whatever he could get ; now he makes prices himself and so rules the markets of the world.
Mr. Airhart's political preferences are with the Democratic party, of which he has been a stanch supporter for many years. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 839, and the religious membership of himself and wife is with the Christian church, of which he is an earnest member. Mr. and Mrs. Airhart have one child, Fern Evadna, who remains at home. They are considered among the leading citizens of their community, their home extending genuine hospitality to friend and stranger alike. Personally, Mr. Airhart is friendly, a good mixer, and wins and retains friends without effort, for he is at all times a gentleman, obliging, unassuming and honest to the letter in his dealings with his fellow men. His life has been one of unceasing industry and perseverance and the notably systematic and honorable methods he has followed have won for him the unbounded confidence and regard of all who have formed his acquaintance.
Contributed by Marc Doty
John V. Hadley, B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1914, page 30:
JOSEPH H. AIRHART - One of the most enterprising of our younger generation of farmers in Johnson county, who has believed from the outset of his career that the "wisdom of yesterday is sometimes the folly of today," and that while the methods of our grandfathers in tilling the soil were all right in their day, yet in the twentieth century we are compelled to adopt new methods and farm along different lines, in view of the fact that conditions of climate, soil, grains, etc., have changed since the days of the pioneers. He has been a close observer of modern methods and is a student at all times of whatever pertains to his chosen life work and he has, therefore, met with encouraging success all along the line. Judging from his past record, he will undoubtedly achieve much in the future years and take his place among the leading agriculturists of a community noted for its fine farms and adroit husbandmen.
Joseph H. Airhart, proprietor of a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres, considered one of the best improved farms in the county, located in the northwestern portion of Brown township, Hendricks county, Indiana, was born in Boone county, this state, on September 6, 1876. He is a son of Jacob and Mary E. (Gill) Airhart. Jacob was one of a family of six children and was brought by his parents from their native state of Virginia while he was still quite young. His father, Peter Airhart, was a son of a native of Holland who had emigrated to America in the early days and settled in Virginia. Upon coming to Indiana, Peter Airhart settled in Boone county, where he entered land from the government and lived thereon the rest of his life, and on that same land the subject of this sketch first saw the light of day. Mary E. Gill, mother of the subject, was one of a family of seven children born to Washington and Fanny (Gibson) Gill, and w-as brought to the state of Indiana from their old home in Kentucky while still quite a small child. Her father entered land from the government in Boone county, near Advance, and there passed the remainder of his life. Jacob Airhart was twice married, his first wife being a Miss Bowman, to whom he was married in the early fifties. She lived for about ten years thereafter, leaving two children at the time of her death. He continued to live on the old home place after his second marriage, some time in the sixties, to Mary E. Gill, and there 'his death occurred in 1887. By his second wife he had a family of five children, of which the subject of this sketch is one.
Joseph H. Airhart was but eleven years old at the time of his father's death and three years later his mother also died. From that time on until he was twenty-one years of age, he was practically homeless, making his home with whomsoever he could secure work. In 1897 he was united in marriage with Mary E. LaFollette, a cousin of Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin. She was a daughter of Milton and Elizabeth J. (Grider) LaFollette, originally from Putnam county, this state. Her father died when she was four years old and the mother continued to keep up the home near Shannondale, where the present ^Irs. Airhart lived until the time of her marriage to the subject. In 1898 'Sir. Airhart purchased a tract of eighty acres near Lebanon, in Boone county, on which he resided for three years. He then came to Hendricks county and purchased his present farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Brown township, which is considered one of the best-cared-for farms in the county, fully attesting what up-to-date scientific methods in agriculture can accomplish when coupled with energy and untiring effort. The vocation of the farmer is coming more and more to be regarded as the ideal life, that in which a man has opportunity to display ability of the highest order and in which vocation he is more independent than in anv other. Time was when, after a season of arduous labor, the farmer was forced to take for his produce whatever he could get ; now he makes prices himself and so rules the markets of the world.
Mr. Airhart's political preferences are with the Democratic party, of which he has been a stanch supporter for many years. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 839, and the religious membership of himself and wife is with the Christian church, of which he is an earnest member. Mr. and Mrs. Airhart have one child, Fern Evadna, who remains at home. They are considered among the leading citizens of their community, their home extending genuine hospitality to friend and stranger alike. Personally, Mr. Airhart is friendly, a good mixer, and wins and retains friends without effort, for he is at all times a gentleman, obliging, unassuming and honest to the letter in his dealings with his fellow men. His life has been one of unceasing industry and perseverance and the notably systematic and honorable methods he has followed have won for him the unbounded confidence and regard of all who have formed his acquaintance.
Contributed by Marc Doty
From "History of Hendricks County Indiana, Her People and Industries and Institutions,"
John V. Hadley, B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1914, page 30:
JOSEPH H. AIRHART - One of the most enterprising of our younger generation of farmers in Johnson county, who has believed from the outset of his career that the "wisdom of yesterday is sometimes the folly of today," and that while the methods of our grandfathers in tilling the soil were all right in their day, yet in the twentieth century we are compelled to adopt new methods and farm along different lines, in view of the fact that conditions of climate, soil, grains, etc., have changed since the days of the pioneers. He has been a close observer of modern methods and is a student at all times of whatever pertains to his chosen life work and he has, therefore, met with encouraging success all along the line. Judging from his past record, he will undoubtedly achieve much in the future years and take his place among the leading agriculturists of a community noted for its fine farms and adroit husbandmen.
Joseph H. Airhart, proprietor of a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres, considered one of the best improved farms in the county, located in the northwestern portion of Brown township, Hendricks county, Indiana, was born in Boone county, this state, on September 6, 1876. He is a son of Jacob and Mary E. (Gill) Airhart. Jacob was one of a family of six children and was brought by his parents from their native state of Virginia while he was still quite young. His father, Peter Airhart, was a son of a native of Holland who had emigrated to America in the early days and settled in Virginia. Upon coming to Indiana, Peter Airhart settled in Boone county, where he entered land from the government and lived thereon the rest of his life, and on that same land the subject of this sketch first saw the light of day. Mary E. Gill, mother of the subject, was one of a family of seven children born to Washington and Fanny (Gibson) Gill, and w-as brought to the state of Indiana from their old home in Kentucky while still quite a small child. Her father entered land from the government in Boone county, near Advance, and there passed the remainder of his life. Jacob Airhart was twice married, his first wife being a Miss Bowman, to whom he was married in the early fifties. She lived for about ten years thereafter, leaving two children at the time of her death. He continued to live on the old home place after his second marriage, some time in the sixties, to Mary E. Gill, and there 'his death occurred in 1887. By his second wife he had a family of five children, of which the subject of this sketch is one.
Joseph H. Airhart was but eleven years old at the time of his father's death and three years later his mother also died. From that time on until he was twenty-one years of age, he was practically homeless, making his home with whomsoever he could secure work. In 1897 he was united in marriage with Mary E. LaFollette, a cousin of Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin. She was a daughter of Milton and Elizabeth J. (Grider) LaFollette, originally from Putnam county, this state. Her father died when she was four years old and the mother continued to keep up the home near Shannondale, where the present ^Irs. Airhart lived until the time of her marriage to the subject. In 1898 'Sir. Airhart purchased a tract of eighty acres near Lebanon, in Boone county, on which he resided for three years. He then came to Hendricks county and purchased his present farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Brown township, which is considered one of the best-cared-for farms in the county, fully attesting what up-to-date scientific methods in agriculture can accomplish when coupled with energy and untiring effort. The vocation of the farmer is coming more and more to be regarded as the ideal life, that in which a man has opportunity to display ability of the highest order and in which vocation he is more independent than in anv other. Time was when, after a season of arduous labor, the farmer was forced to take for his produce whatever he could get ; now he makes prices himself and so rules the markets of the world.
Mr. Airhart's political preferences are with the Democratic party, of which he has been a stanch supporter for many years. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 839, and the religious membership of himself and wife is with the Christian church, of which he is an earnest member. Mr. and Mrs. Airhart have one child, Fern Evadna, who remains at home. They are considered among the leading citizens of their community, their home extending genuine hospitality to friend and stranger alike. Personally, Mr. Airhart is friendly, a good mixer, and wins and retains friends without effort, for he is at all times a gentleman, obliging, unassuming and honest to the letter in his dealings with his fellow men. His life has been one of unceasing industry and perseverance and the notably systematic and honorable methods he has followed have won for him the unbounded confidence and regard of all who have formed his acquaintance.
Contributed by Marc Doty
John V. Hadley, B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1914, page 30:
JOSEPH H. AIRHART - One of the most enterprising of our younger generation of farmers in Johnson county, who has believed from the outset of his career that the "wisdom of yesterday is sometimes the folly of today," and that while the methods of our grandfathers in tilling the soil were all right in their day, yet in the twentieth century we are compelled to adopt new methods and farm along different lines, in view of the fact that conditions of climate, soil, grains, etc., have changed since the days of the pioneers. He has been a close observer of modern methods and is a student at all times of whatever pertains to his chosen life work and he has, therefore, met with encouraging success all along the line. Judging from his past record, he will undoubtedly achieve much in the future years and take his place among the leading agriculturists of a community noted for its fine farms and adroit husbandmen.
Joseph H. Airhart, proprietor of a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres, considered one of the best improved farms in the county, located in the northwestern portion of Brown township, Hendricks county, Indiana, was born in Boone county, this state, on September 6, 1876. He is a son of Jacob and Mary E. (Gill) Airhart. Jacob was one of a family of six children and was brought by his parents from their native state of Virginia while he was still quite young. His father, Peter Airhart, was a son of a native of Holland who had emigrated to America in the early days and settled in Virginia. Upon coming to Indiana, Peter Airhart settled in Boone county, where he entered land from the government and lived thereon the rest of his life, and on that same land the subject of this sketch first saw the light of day. Mary E. Gill, mother of the subject, was one of a family of seven children born to Washington and Fanny (Gibson) Gill, and w-as brought to the state of Indiana from their old home in Kentucky while still quite a small child. Her father entered land from the government in Boone county, near Advance, and there passed the remainder of his life. Jacob Airhart was twice married, his first wife being a Miss Bowman, to whom he was married in the early fifties. She lived for about ten years thereafter, leaving two children at the time of her death. He continued to live on the old home place after his second marriage, some time in the sixties, to Mary E. Gill, and there 'his death occurred in 1887. By his second wife he had a family of five children, of which the subject of this sketch is one.
Joseph H. Airhart was but eleven years old at the time of his father's death and three years later his mother also died. From that time on until he was twenty-one years of age, he was practically homeless, making his home with whomsoever he could secure work. In 1897 he was united in marriage with Mary E. LaFollette, a cousin of Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin. She was a daughter of Milton and Elizabeth J. (Grider) LaFollette, originally from Putnam county, this state. Her father died when she was four years old and the mother continued to keep up the home near Shannondale, where the present ^Irs. Airhart lived until the time of her marriage to the subject. In 1898 'Sir. Airhart purchased a tract of eighty acres near Lebanon, in Boone county, on which he resided for three years. He then came to Hendricks county and purchased his present farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Brown township, which is considered one of the best-cared-for farms in the county, fully attesting what up-to-date scientific methods in agriculture can accomplish when coupled with energy and untiring effort. The vocation of the farmer is coming more and more to be regarded as the ideal life, that in which a man has opportunity to display ability of the highest order and in which vocation he is more independent than in anv other. Time was when, after a season of arduous labor, the farmer was forced to take for his produce whatever he could get ; now he makes prices himself and so rules the markets of the world.
Mr. Airhart's political preferences are with the Democratic party, of which he has been a stanch supporter for many years. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 839, and the religious membership of himself and wife is with the Christian church, of which he is an earnest member. Mr. and Mrs. Airhart have one child, Fern Evadna, who remains at home. They are considered among the leading citizens of their community, their home extending genuine hospitality to friend and stranger alike. Personally, Mr. Airhart is friendly, a good mixer, and wins and retains friends without effort, for he is at all times a gentleman, obliging, unassuming and honest to the letter in his dealings with his fellow men. His life has been one of unceasing industry and perseverance and the notably systematic and honorable methods he has followed have won for him the unbounded confidence and regard of all who have formed his acquaintance.
Contributed by Marc Doty
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