Harrell - Hezekiah F. - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

H.F. Harrell asks for vote

Among the enterprising men of Montgomery Co is HF Harrell hardware merchant of New Market and formerly a successful commercial traveler for over a score of years. His acquaintances are extensive and all who have the privilege of his friendship hold him in high esteem for his many sterling qualities of manhood. In private life he is a courteous gentlemen manifesting in his intercourse with his many friends the characteristics and temperment of the genial race to which he belongs and he is deserving of the large material success and the high regard which are his. HF Harrell was b. in Brown Twp May 31, 1858 and was the son of John Thomas Harrell and Elizabeth Moore Harrell, who settled in Brown Twp in 1840. Politically, Mr. Harrell is a Progressive. He is a candidate for Treasurer of Montgomery Co. and earnestly solicits your support, 3rd Row Key 22. - typed by kbz

   

Among the enterprising business men of Montgomery County is   Hezekiah F. Harrell, hardware merchant of New Market, and   formerly a successful commercial traveler for over a score of   years.  His acquaintance is extensive, and all who have the   privilege of his friendship hold him in high esteem for his many   sterling qualities of manhood.  In private life he is a courteous   gentleman, manifesting in his intercourse with his many friends   athe characteristics and temperament of the genial race to which   he belongs, and he is deserving of the large material success and   the high regardw hich are his.  Mr. Harrell was born in Brown   Township, Montgomery County, Indiana May 31, 1858 and he is a son   of John T. and Elizabeth (Moore) Harrell, a highly honored   pioneer family of this locality, the father being a native of   Ohio and the mother of Indiana.  John T. Harrell spent his   earlier years in theBuckeye state and he came to Montogmery   County in 1840 settling in Brown Township, where he followed   farming for some time, later devoting his attention to saw   milling. He was well known among the early settlers and lived to   see the forests give way to the cultivated fields.  He lived to   an advanced age, dying in 1906.  He enlisted in 1861 in Co. C   40th Indiana Vol. Infantry and served through the war, taking   part in 27 hard fought battles. At Missionary Ridge he succeeded   in planting the flag after it had been shot down 5 times.  His   wife, also reached an advanced milestone, passing in 1908. They   were the parents of six: SamuelN; Hezekiah F; Elbert and Minnie   May, deceased; Perry E. and Flora M.  Politically, the father was   a Republican and was an active worker. Hezekiah F. Harrell   received a common school education in Brown township then took up   farming which he continued for six years, then for a  period of   22 years he traveled for the International Harvester Company, the   Zimmerman buggy Company and the Gemmer Engine Company.  He quit   the road in 1910, after giving his employers the utmost   satisfaction and becoming widely known and entered the hardware   business in New Market, this county being still engaged in this   line of endeavor, carrying a large and modern stock of general   hardware.  He enjoys a large and rapidly growing business, with   the surrounding country.  Mr. Harrell was married in 1880 to   Martha E. Jackson, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Bever   Jackson.  Mrs. Harrell was called to her eternal rest in May 1909   at the age of 49, leaving two children, Cordelia who married   Charles T. Hedges of Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Russell E. of   Crawfordsville.  On June 4, 1911, our subject was united in   marriage to Florence Virts, daughter of RH Virts and Mary Amanda   Baker Virts.  She had been previously married to Charles Abbott   and had one child, Verna Lucile. Politically, Mr. Harrell is a   Progressive.  He is assistant postmaster at New Market. He   belongs to the Tribe of Ben  Hur and is a member of the Baptist   Church.   - typed by kbz

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Source: New Richmond Record, 8 October 1914

Among the enterprising men of Montgomery County is H. F. Harrell hardware merchant of New Market and formerly a successful commercial traveler for over a score of years. His acquaintance is extensive and all who have the privilege of his friendship hold him in high esteem for his many sterling qualities of manhood. In private life he is a courteous gentleman manifesting in his intercourse with his many friends the characteristics and temperament of the genial race to which he belongs and he is deserving of the large material success and the high regard which are his.

H.F. Harrell was born in Brown Township May 31, 1858 and was the son of John Thomas Harrell and Elizabeth Moore Harrell, who settled in Brown township in 1840. Politically. Mr. Harrell is a Progressive. He is a candidate for Treasurer of Montgomery County and earnestly solicits your support. 3rd Row Key 22.