A Very Long Love Letter

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Benjamin Abbott Huron, father of our subject, was born near Lebanon, Ohio,
December 31, 1811, and removed to Hendricks County, Indiana, in 1832. On
December 10, 1835, he married Katherine Harding, who was born August 4, 1815, at
Campbellsville, Kentucky, and removed to Indiana in 1833. After marriage the
young couple settled in the Indiana forest, where they developed a farm, reared
a creditable family and became the worthy leaders and promoters of the various
agencies and enterprises which go to the founding of a happy and stable community.

George A. Huron grew up under the home roof and his experiences were those
which naturally came to a boy who was commendably assisting his parents in
making a productive farm out of the unbroken forest, and while they were not
notably different from those of many others, the experienced man can recognize
that each had its value in the development of self-reliance and physical
endurance. From 18 to 23 years of age, he alternately attended and taught
school, enjoying the advantages afforded by the public schools in his locality,
supplemented by an academic training at Danville, Indiana, where a Methodist
academy was supported. His ambitions were in the direction of educational work
and he proposed making special preparation for the position of teacher, but on
the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted in the service of his country.

In August, 1861, Mr. Huron enlisted in Company I, 7th Reg., Indiana Vol.
Inf., was promoted to the rank of quartermaster sergeant and was mustered out
with his regiment, September 20, 1864. He saw much hard service and with his
comrades participated in innumerable skirmishes and in these battles:
Winchester, Front Royal, Slaughter Mountain, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Ashby's
Gap, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, the Wilderness,
Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania, Po River, North Anna River, Bethesda Church, Cold
Harbor, siege of Petersburg and Yellow Tavern. After he was mustered out of a
service in which he had made an honorable record, Mr. Huron was commissioned by
Governor Oliver P. Morton as Indiana State sanitary agent for the armies of the
Potomac and James, with his headquarters at City Point, Virginia, in which duty
he remained until the close of the war. He arrived at the front, at Appomattox
Court House, the day after the surrender, with the first sanitary supplies to
reach the Union Army.

In December, 1865, Mr. Huron was appointed clerk in the Third Auditor's
office, United States Treasury Department, Washington, D. C, where he remained
until June, 1868, when he graduated from the law school of Columbian (now George
Washington) University. In August, 1868, he removed to Valley Falls, Kansas, and
practiced law in Jefferson County until the spring of 1883, when he removed to
Topeka, which has remained his home ever since and where he has been prominent
in his profession. In 1868 he was elected probate judge of Jefferson County and
held the office two terms.

Judge Huron was married July 31, 1861, in Hendricks County, Indiana, to Mary
Frances Freeman, who is a daughter of Blackstone and Sarah J. (Bennett) Freeman.
The surviving children of this union are: Horace, born May 10, 1862, who resides
at Rock Island, Illinois; Mary H. (Hale), of Topeka, Kansas; and George B., of
Galveston, Texas.

In politics Judge Huron has always been a Republican and is an able advocate
of the principles of his party and has done much effective speech-making in
various campaigns. He has identified himself with all public enterprises and in
various ways has aided much in the development of the State. Since March, 1872,
he has been an active Odd Fellow and for several years was grand treasurer of
the Grand Encampment of that order; he is also a member of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen and of the Knights and Ladies of Security, of which last-named
society he has been the head of the law department since its organization. He is
also an active member of Lincoln Post and a worker in the Grand Army of the
Republic. Since his 16th year he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He is a popular citizen of Shawnee County and in his profession ranks
with its leaders.

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439. George Andrew Huron (Benjamin, Othneil Hurin, Seth Mahurin, Ebenezer, Hugh) was born March 29, 1838 in Avon, Indiana, and died June 21, 1927. He married Mary Frances Freeman July 31, 1861 in Avon, Indiana. She was born July 27, 1841 in Rockville, Indiana, and died February 13, 1916.

Notes for George Andrew Huron:
After the military he was appointed Indiana Sanitary Agent, head quartered at City Point, Virginia until the Treasury Department in Washington, he studied law, graduating in 1869. They then moved to Vally Falls, Kansas where he practiced law, edited a newspaper, and was a Probate Judge. In 1883 the moved to Topeka, Kansas where they remained; he practiced law and was Judge of the Police Court.

More About George Andrew Huron:
Military service: Bet. August 24, 1861 - September 20, 1864, Union Soldier, Company I, 7th Indiana Infantry. He was in many battles.