A History Of The Town Of Sullivan New Hampshire 1777 1917 Vol 2 Classic Reprint

Author : Thomas J. Wolfe
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ISBN 13 : 9781332333639
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book A History of Sullivan County, Indiana, Vol. 2 written by Thomas J. Wolfe and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of Sullivan County, Indiana, Vol. 2: Closing of the First Century's History of the County, and Showing the Growth of Its People, Institutions, Industries and Wealth John T. and Will. H. Hays. - The law firm of John T. Will. H. Hays, of Sullivan, is composed of John T. Hays, who has been a leading attorney and citizen of this locality for some thirty years, and Will. H. Hays his son, who has been associated with his father since 1900. The firm are attorneys for the various railroads, coal companies, and other important corporations which are so much concerned in the development of Sullivan county, among them being the Evansville Terre Haute Railroad Company; the Indianapolis Southern Railroad Company; the Terre Haute, Indianapolis Eastern Traction Company; the Dering Coal Company; Consolidated Indiana Coal Company; Jackson Hill Coal Coke Company; Carlisle Coal Clay Company; Bellevue Coal Company; Sullivan County Coal Company; the West Jackson Hill Coal Mining Transport Company; the London Liability and Guaranty Company; the Illinois Coal Operator's Mutual Employer's Liability Insurance Company; the Central Union Telephone Company; the Sullivan Lighting Company, and the People's State Bank of Sullivan. John Tennyson Hays, senior member of the firm, is a native of Beaver county, Pennsylvania, born on the nth day of November, 1845. His parents and grandparents were all native-born Americans. He lived on a farm with his father until he was sixteen years of age, attending the short winter terms of the common schools in his native county during that time. In 1864 he was graduated from the Iron City Commercial College at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, then attended the high school at Lisbon, Ohio, and in 1866 entered Mount Union College. He was graduated from that institution in June.1869, receiving the highest honors of his class in natural science and mathematics. For a year after his graduation he was principal of schools at Calcutta, Ohio, and in August, 1870, moved to Farmersburg, Sullivan county. He taught in the Ascension Seminary there, and later in Sullivan, until 1874, with the exception of one year, during which he was principal of the schools at Oaktown, Knox county. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.