HATHAWAY, George - Putnam

GEORGE HATHAWAY, Attorney-at-law and abstractor, at Greencastle, is a son of Russell L., deceased, and Mary T. {Wood} Hathaway, and was born in Greencastle October 2, 1853. He graduated at Asbury University with the class of '75. While attending the university he studied law under his father, and after his graduation he was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of his profession with his father at Greencastle, under the firm name of Hathaway & Hathaway. This partnership continued until the death of his father, which occurred in 1881. In 1885 he began the compilation of abstract of titles of Putnam County, and engaged in the abstract business at Greencastle. In 1882, being of the principal movers in the organization of the Building, Loan and Trust Association of Greencastle, known as the People's Building, Loan Fund and Saving Association, he was elected secretary. In 1886 he was elected secretary of the Putnam County Building, Loan and Trust Company, of which he was one of the principal incorporators. In 1886 he became a stockholder in the Greencastle Electric Light Company, and was elected secretary and treasurer. He is a Republican in politics, and in 1880 was elected justce of the peace of Greencastle Township, and re-elected in 1884, but resigned soon after his election. October 4, 1877, he was married near Rockville, Parke County, Indiana, to Miss Alice M. McMurtry, daughter of Alexander R. and Melissa {Russell} McMurtry. She was born and reared in Parke County, and educated at the Presbyterian Female College at Greencastle. They are Members of the Presbyterian church at Greencastle, of which he is one of the ruling elders, and Sabbath-school superintendent.