DOCHTERMAN, H. H. - Putnam

H.H. DOCHTERMAN, Attorney, Covington, who has made rapid strides of progress toward a place of prominence at the Fountain county bar, is a native of Franklin county Indiana. In 1840 when he was but a child his parents moved to Montgomery county, Indiana. His father Charles E. Dochterman was a millwright by trade, though shortly after his removal to Montgomery county, he took up the study of medicine, and had but just fitted himself to practice when, in May 1854, he was taken sick and died. H.H. had progressed so far in his studies as (1866) to be admitted to Asbury University, from which he graduated in the class of 1869. While in college he also read law in a private office of practicing attorneys. After leaving college he spent some time in teaching. He afterward became a resident of Covington and during 1871-2 he was studying law with the firm of Stillwell & Wood. In 1872 he began practice and in 1875 made his first efforts in the Supreme court of Indiana. He was a member of the Board of School Trustees of Covington, and is also a member of Covington Lodge No. 21, 1.0.0.F.