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Welcome To Sullivan County, Indiana
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JOSEPH W. BILLMANJOSEPH W. BILLMAN was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, July 14, 1843, son of Andrew and Catharine (Howbert) Billman, the former a native of Belmont County, Ohio, and the latter of Roanoke County, Virginia. They came to Indiana, in 1875, and settled on a farm near Sullivan, but, Mrs. Billman dying in 1878, her consort returned to Ohio, where he now resides. Joseph W. remained with his parents till 1864, when he entered the Wittenberg College, at Springfield, Ohio, and in 1869, graduated from that institution. He then entered the law office of Judge William Lawrence, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, where he remained two years, when he was admitted to the practice of law by the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio. He then opened an office at Mt.Vernon, Ohio, with Israel & Devin, and remained there till the spring of 1875, when he located in Sullivan, where he has been in practice ever since. He was married to Miss Alice C. Thompson, November 2, 1881, she being the daughter of Alfred and Matilda (Henderickson) Thompson, who reside in Rush County, Ind. One child has been born to this union--Perola T. Mr. Billman is an A., F. and A. M., Sullivan Lodge, No. 263, an I. O. O. F., and a K. of P. He is a Republican, politically, and one of the leading attorneys of the Sullivan Bar.HAMILTON TWP. PAGE 718 FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. 1884, CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. |
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