Wayne County Biographies



Part of the Indiana Biographies Project



Omar L. Hittle

Omar L. Hittle, real-estate broker, Richmond, Ind., was born in Richmond, Aug. 31, 1853, a son of Squire L. and Anna C. (Byers) Hittle, his father a native of Butler County, Ohio, and his mother of Dauphin County, Pa. His father was of French descent, the name being originally spelled Hittelle. His parents settled in Richmond in 1839, where his father was engaged in looking after his own real estate. He died in April, 1875. He was one of the leading capitalists of Eastern Indiana, and was a shrewd business man. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, his wife being a member of the eame church. Of their six children, Omar L. is the fifth. He was educated in Richmond. In 1878 he erected the Hittle Block, a three-story brick building, stone front, 67 x 110 feet in size, on the corner of Ninth and Main streets. The first floor has three store rooms; the second floor fifteen offices, and the Masonic Hall occupying the entire third floor. Mr. Hittle is one of the enterprising young men of the city. He was married in 1877 to Mamie L. Patterson, of Richmond.

Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2