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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

JOB HAMBLEN.

   Job Hamblen, who carries on general farming in Sand Creek township,
Bartholomew county, was born in Brown county, Indiana, July 12, 1852, and is a
son of Jesse and Millie (Rice) Hamblen. The Hamblen family was founded in
Virginia at an early day and in the Old Dominion the father of the subject was
born and spent the first seven years of his life. He then accompanied his
parents on their westward emigration, the first location being made in Parke
county, whence they came soon afterward to Bartholomew county, arriving in the
year 1818. They were among the first settlers and amid pioneer environments they
established their home. There was but one house in the city of Columbus at that
time and but five acres of ground on the town site had been cleared. The county
had not been organized and the work of progress and improvement had scarcely
been begun, and almost the entire county was still in its primitive condition.
After remaining for three years the family removed elsewhere on account of the
unhealthfulness of this district. The land was low and malarial conditions
existed. They went to the hills of Brown county in 1822 and were among the first
settlers of that county. The grandfather of Job there entered land from the
government, began the development of a farm and continued to make his home
thereon until his death. The township of Hamblen was named in honor of the family.

   Jesse Hamblen was reared on the old homestead in Brown county, there living
until he was twenty-one years of age, when he was married and went to a home of
his own. He was twice married and was the father of a large family.

   Job Hamblen was reared upon a farm in his native county. His educational
privileges were limited, but his training at farm labor was not meager, for as
soon as old enough to follow the plow he began work in the fields and continued
to assist his father until twenty-one years of age. He then started out in life
on his own account and for one summer was employed as a farm hand in the
neighborhood.

   May 29, 1873, Mr. Hamblen was united in marriage to Miss Isabella Long, a
daughter of William Long, of Union township, this county. She was born in 1853
and acquired her education in the schools of Bartholomew county. Mr. and Mrs.
Hamblen continued to reside in Brown county for fifteen years and in 1890
removed to this county, where they have since lived, except two years in Jackson
county. He has always been a farmer and in connection with the tilling of the
soil he is now engaged in the buying of grain at Azalia. He had no means when he
started out in life, but he determined to win success if it could be gained
through honorable and persistent effort and he has improved his opportunities to
the best of his ability with the result that he is now accounted one of the
prosperous residents of this community.

   Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hamblen have been born two children: Amanda, who died at
the age of ten years; and Josie F., who is a graduate of the Sand Creek high
school, of the class of 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Hamblen have also supplied a home to
an orphan boy, Charley Lewis, who came into the family a lad of seven and who
remained until he was eighteen, receiving the same advantages as their own
daughters. The parents and their daughter occupy an enviable position in social
circles in the community and have a large circle of warm friends, while their
own home is noted for its cordial and gracious hospitality. All are members of
the society of Friends and Mr. Hamblen is a Knight of Pythias, belonging to
Cortland Lodge, No. 160. He is also president of the Horse-thief Protective
Association at Azalia. He is a Democrat, has never faltered in his allegiance to
the party and was once a candidate on its ticket for the office of commissioner,
and is recognized as one of the leaders of his party in Sand Creek township.
Although he has been a resident of the county for but a comparatively brief
period, he has the qualities which would render him a valued citizen in any
community and the agricultural and business circles of Sand Creek township find
in him a worthy acquisition.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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