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CHRISTIAN H. HANAWALT, Postmaster and Notary Public, Mt. Sterling, was born April 1, 1833, in Ross County, Ohio.
He was a son o f John Hanawalt, a native of Pennsylvania, and Mary Hanawalt, a native of Maryland. At the age of
fourteen, he was apprenticed at Chillicothe to the harness making and saddler's trade, where he continued four
years. He then went to Columbus, where he followed his trade, about six months. From there he went to Harrisburg,
where he remained a short time, and where, on October 28, 1852, he married Miss Elizabeth Deyo, by whom he had
seven children, two of whom are now living - John W., employed by the Government as Postal Clerk between Toledo
and Columbus, and Georgie, married to McGill Mitchell, of Mt. Sterling. In 1852, our subject engaged in harness
making and saddlery at Mt. Sterling, which he continued until 1861. In 1862, with J. W. Riddle as a partner, he
entered into the grocery business. under the firm title of Hanawalt & Riddle. This firm continued to transact
business under the above head until 1864, when a dissolution occurred. In 1863, he was elected Justice of the Peace
for Pleasant Township, the duties of which office he performed faithfully for eighteen successive years. He also
for several years acted as Pension Claim Agent. In 1870, he was appointed, by the Government, Assistant United
States Marshal, in taking the census of Madison County. In 1871, he was appoited Postmaster of Mt. Sterling, the
duties of which office he has faithfully discharged up to the present time. Politically, he is a Republican, in
the ranks of which party he has been an earnest worker for many years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and of the F. & A. M., and of the I. O. O. F. societies.
From:
History of Madison County, Ohio
Published by: W. H. Beers and Company
Chicago, Illinois
1883
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