History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Co.,'s Indiana Goodspeed
Bros. and Co., 1884

     HIRAM M. BATMAN was born in Bono Township, this county, December 6,
1833, the fifth of six children of Jason and Maria (Malott) Batman, the 
parents being natives of Jefferson County, Ky., who came to Rogo
Township in 1816.  The mother died in 1887, and Hiram M. remained with his 
father until the death of the latter April 28, 1847, when he went and lived
with 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 marred Ellen Baugh), Eliza A., Ulysses, Rebecca I., Albert, Mary M. 
and Pearl.  When young, our subject learned the tanner's 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.


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