BIO: Batman, Hiriam M. - Jefferson Co, Ky & IN From: Diana Flynn Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 18:08:02 -0400 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ HIRAM M. BATMAN was born in Bono Township, Lawrence County, Indiana, December 6, 1833, the fifth of six children of JAMES and MARIA (MALOTT) BATMAN, the parents being natives of Jefferson County, KY., who came to Bono Township in 1816. The mother died in 1836, and Hiram M. remained with his father until the death of the latter April 28,1847, when he went and lived wtith M. B. LEMON for three years. He then lived with BOLIVAR DUNCAN until he was twenty-two years old. In youth he passed the time at hard work, and obtained only the rudiments of an education. November 8, 1855, he married CATHARINE MCKNIGHT, and eight children were the issue: JAMES C., WILLIAM W. (who married ELLEN BAUGH), ELIZA A., ULYSSES, REBECCA I., ALBERT, MARY M. and PEARL. When young, our subject learned the tanners' trade, and later the wagon-makers' trade, but for many years has followed farming. He owns 285 acres of fine land. He is a member of the Christian Church, and in politics is a Republican. He is one of the substantial farmers of the county, and is a self-made man.