Hallowell - James Reed (Col)
Col. J.R. Hallowell
Source: Sunday Star, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana June 26, 1898 p 1
Col. J.R. Hallowell died on Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Doubleday, West Main of consumption. He and his wife have been visiting there for some weeks. The funeral will be from the Doubleday home at 2 p.m. today. He was a veteran of the late war and a prominent Kansas politician and an attorney of ability. His wife is the daughter of Isaac Montgomery of Linden - typed by kbz
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Source Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 1 July 1898
James Hallowell was the son of a Quaker miller and was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in 1841, but it would be hard to conceive of a man with less of the look and way and feeling and habit of the Quaker than he. He nevertheless spoke with pride of his Quaker ancestry and of the fact that “down in Cherokee’ the Friends, who are quite numerous, stood by him in all his political campaigns. The sons of Quakers, when they become soldiers, as they are apt to do, can be relied upon to stay with the fighting line. This young Hallowell did. He was on his way south with the Eleventh Indiana on the 17th of April, 1861. He stayed always where the fighting was going on till the very end. He was at Donaldson and Shiloh and Stone River and Chickamauga, and in the hard time at Franklin and the following “sweep” at Nashville. He rose to be lieutenant-colonel of volunteers
Source Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 1 July 1898
Last Friday afternoon shortly after three o’clock Colonel James Reed Hallowell died at the home of Mrs. Laura Doubleday on West Main Street, he having been visiting there with his wife for several weeks. Col. Hallowell was suffering from a complication of diseases and consumption brought on through the grip and when he reached here it was doubted whether he would ever be able to leave again. The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon at half past two o’clock from the Doubleday home. The interment was at Oak Hill.
Col. Hallowell was born in Montgomery County, Penn., but when quite young came to Parke County, Ind., where his father was engaged in the milling business. As a boy he was self helping and enterprising and was a student at DePauw University when the war broke out. He enlisted at once in the 11th Indiana volunteers for the ninety days’ service and was one of the few in the regiment who in the ninety days’ service had a taste of fighting. At Kelley’s Island on the Potomac he was one of thirteen scouts of the regiment who engaged in the memorial little fight there. After his service in the 11th was ended he enlisted in the 31st as a lieutenant and was soon after promoted to a captaincy. Later for meritorious service he was made major, then lieutenant colonel and finally colonel. At Fort Donaldson, he was twice wounded and suffered greatly from these injuries all his life. Soon after the war closed he removed to Baxter Springs, Kansas, and at once took a prominent place in the state as a Republican politician. He was elected state senator and served four terms. Later he was appointed United States attorney and as such was recognized as a most thorough and efficient officer. In 1879 he ran for congress from the state at large and was elected in spite of the terrible Democratic landslide that year. However, he was unseated in a contest brought against him. In 1890 he again ran for congress but was defeated by Jerry Simpson, the famous “sockless statesman.”
About a year ago Col. Hallowell removed to Chicago and opened a law office there. He started out very auspiciously but was soon obliged to retire on account of his failing health. He leaves a wife and one son, Montgomery Hallowell, a young man twenty two years of age who is engaged in the practice of law in Chicago. Mrs. Hallowell is a daughter of Isaac Montgomery of this county.
Colonel Hallowell was a man of rare gifts and was recognized by all who knew him as honorable to a high degree. In his life as a soldier and as a public official he always did his duty. Col. Hallowell was quite prominent in G. A. R. circles and also in the loyal legion.
The funeral of Col. James R. Hallowell occurred Sunday afternoon from the residence of Mrs. Laura Doubleday on West Main Street, and the service was attended by a large number of citizens and quite a number of old soldiers from over the state. There were many beautiful floral tributes and at the cemetery where the interment took place, the impressive service of the G. A. R. was carried out. The funeral was conducted by Chaplain J. B. Hamilton, of Bloomington, who was chaplain of the 31st regiment, and his remarks on the war record of Col. Hallowell were touching and eloquent. -s