Stilwell - Hiram H. - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

   

H. H. STILWELL, attorney, Covington, whose name stands   prominent among the list of Fountain County's oldest attorneys,   is a native of Montgomery Co, In where he was b. March 10, 1830.   He is the son of Jeremiah and Didama (HALLOWAY) Stilwell, who   became residents of Montgomery as early as 1826. His early life   was spent on his father's farm, where he was kept hard at work   and had no chances for obtaining an education. His chances were   so meager in this respect that he was 16 before he had learned to   read. He made the most of the opportunities that were afforded   him, and though he remained on the farm, he had progressed so far   in his studies at the age of 21 that he was able to teach a   common school. He continued teaching and studying for about two   years, then engaged for a short time in the grain trade, and then   tried the dry goods business, in the capacity of a salesman.   Through these different changes, he had continued to study, and   after carefully considering the question, and by the advice of   friends, he concluded to enter the legal profession. With this   object, in view he entered Asbury University and graduated from   the law department at that institution Feb 5, 1857. Returning to   Crawfordsville, he was formally admitted to practice at the   Indiana Bar March 5, 1857 and continued it until 1860. In Jan of   that year, he removed to Covington, where he has since resided   and practiced with success, both financially and professionally.   In 1865, he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of   Indiana. The first year of his residence in Fountain he was   honored by the Republican Party by being elected to the office of   Prosecuting Attourney, the term being for two years and was   reelected for another two. Four years after he became a resident   of Covington Mr. S. was alone in the practice of law. His first   partnership was with Mr. S. F. Wood, with whom he was associated   8 years. He and his brother, Thomas H., were then together three,   and then for four Mr. Jno. B. Martin was with him, and was   dissolved in 1879, since which time he has been alone. Mr. S's   specialty in the practice is probate business. In this line he   probably does as much as the balance of Covington's attorneys. In   1861, he married Miss Clara V. KNIGHT, whose people were among   the early and prominent pioneers of Montgomery County. They have   one son.

  NOTE FROM KAREN ZACH karen.zach@sbcglobal.net, COORDINATOR,   Montgomery County GenWeb page

   

according to the 1850 Montgomery County Census, this man would   be Hiram H. Stilwell. #470 Union Twp, 1850 Montgomery County   Census
  Jeremiah Stillwell 54 Farmer b Ky.;
  Didamah 50 Ky.;
  Hiram H. 20 Ind.;
  Martha A. 18 Ind.;
  Jeremiah M. 14 Ind.;
  Stephen A. 12 Ind.;
  Elizabeth A. 10 Ind.;
  Thomas L. 7 Ind.