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D. D. HAGGARD, hardware merchant, Bloomington; was born in Christian Co., Ky., Nov. 16, 1819, and is the son of Dawson and Charity (Baldwin) Haggard, of Virginia, having come to Kentucky at an early day; Mr. Haggard’s father died when he was young, leaving him to take charge of the farm; here Mr. Haggard remained on the farm until 1837; he then went to Indiana and located in Greene County; here he remained until 1841, engaged in farming; he then went to Bloomington; he came here a poor boy, and first commenced making half-bushel measures in the winter of 1841-42; thence to a farm four miles south of Bloomington; he was also engaged in the manufacture of shoe pegs, by a machine invented by himself; in 1843, he entered mercantile business, locating four miles south of Bloomington; he was also in business in Danvers and Concord, in general merchandising; in 1846, he came to Bloomington and commenced business in a general store; from that he entered the hardware business, and at one time he was one of the largest dealers in this line, his sales reaching $100,000 a year, but, during the hard times, he failed; Mr. Haggard has returned to the hardware business, and today is the oldest merchant in the city. Mr. Haggard married, in 1847, Miss Nancy Minter, of Jessamine Co., Ky.; she died in 1854; he next married Miss Mary A. Ballard, of Fayette Co., Ky.; three sons and one daughter.