SECTION 7 - OAK HILL NORTH
Major Isaac C. Elston: (1794 - 1867)
Businessman, Banker, and Founder of Michigan City.
General Henry S. Lane: (1811 - 1881)
13th Governor of Indiana (for only 2 days) in 1861
U.S. Representative
1840 - 1843 for the Indiana 7th District
U.S. Senator from Indiana
1861 - 1867
He and General Lew Wallace were brother-in-laws.
General
Lewis Wallace: (1827 - 1905)
General Lew Wallace has an extreme
Military Record. He was a Civil War
General; Lieutenant in and Indiana Infantry in the Mexican War;
Colonel
in the 11th Regiment
Author of the book "Ben Hur"
Prosecuting Attorney, State Senator, U.S. Minister to Turkey
Member of the Court Martial which tried the conspirators in the Lincoln
assassination
in 1865
Patented the fishing rod and held many patent's
for the Railroad
General Lew Wallace was Henry S. Lane's brother-in-law,
as well as, Isaac C.
Elston's son-in-law.