History of Bloomington, (Monroe County) Indiana United States of America

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Morton Craig Hunter, soldier, was born in Versailles, Ind., Feb. 5, 1825. He was prepared for college at Versailles and Wilmington, and was graduated at Indiana university, LL.B., in 1848. He settled as a lawyer in Bloomington, Ind., and was a representative in the state legislature, 1858. He served in the civil war as colonel of the 82d Indiana volunteers, and was under General Thomas from Stone's river to Chickamauga, and under General Sherman to the close of the war. He is credited with saving the day at Chickamange, and when before Atlanta was assigned to the command of the 1st brigade, 3d division, 14th army corps, and he led his brigade in the march to the sea and through tire Carolinas, and was mustered out at Washington, D.C., in 1865. He was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865. He was a Republican representative in the 40th congress, 1867-69, and in the 43d, 44th and 45th congresses, 1873-79, and was named as an available candidate for governor, He died at Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 25, 1896.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

George Grover Wright, senator, was born in Bloomington, Ind., March 24, 1820. He was graduated from Indiana university, A.B., 1839, A.M., 1842; studied law with his brother, Joseph Albright Wright , at Rockville, Ind., and removed to Kesauqua, Iowa, and was admitted to the bar in 1840. He was married, Oct. 19, 1843, to Hannah M. Dibble; was prosecuting attorney of Van Buren county, 1847-48; was elected state senator in 1848, and was defeated for U.S. senator on the Whig ticket in 1852. He was elected chief justice of the state supreme court in 1855; resigned in 1860, but was appointed to fill a vacancy on the same bench in 1860, and was elected for the unexpired term that fall; removed to Des Moines in 1865, and was re-elected, serving, 1855-71. He was U.S. senator from Iowa, 1871-77; declined re-election in 1877. He was president of the Iowa Agricultural society, 1860-65. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by Iowa college in 1863; by Iowa State university in 1864 and by Indiana university in 1866. He died in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 9, 1896.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

William D. Owen, representative, was born in Bloomingtom, Ind., Sept. 6, 1846; son of William D. and Priscilla (Rawlings) Owen; grandson of David and Elizabeth (Dunn) Owen, and a descendant of David and Mary Jennings. He attended the Indiana State university in 1865, and studied law, which he relinquished in 1868 to become a minister of the Christian church, serving as such unti1 1878. He was married, Sept. 8, 1869, to Mary, daughter of John P. and Ads Ross of Oxford, Ind. He edited the Western Journal, Logansport, Ind., and was a presidential elector on the Garfield and Arthur ticket in 1880. He was a Republican representative from the tenth Indiana district in the 49th, 50th and 51st congresses, 1885-91. He is the author of Success, and The Genius of Industry.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor