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Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1899.
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SINCLAIR M. HAGUE.
Success in professional life depends more upon the ability
and energy of the aspirant himself, than is the case with
lines of effort in which extraneous advantages can be made
to reinforce a lack of capacity, and this well-known
attorney of Napoleon, Henry county, may justly take pride in
his high standing in the legal fraternity of this section.
Mr. Hague was born July 6, 1834, at Leesville, Carroll
county, Ohio, whence during his infancy his parents removed
to Moorfield, Harrison county, Ohio, where they remained
until 1837. They then returned to Carroll county, and in
April, 1850, they settled at Urichsville, Ohio.
As our subject's youth was mainly spent in Carroll
county, he received his education in the common schools of
that locality, and after the removal of the family to
Urichsville he taught school for five years in Tuscarawas,
Harrison, and Carroll counties. In the meantime he began
reading law, and in 1855 he was appointed deputy auditor of
Tuscarawas county, a position which he held until the
following year. While continuing his studies he supported
himself by writing in various public offices in that county,
and in September, 1857, he was admitted to the Bar at
Zanesville, Ohio. The next few months were spent in
teaching, but in April, 1858, he began his professional
practice at New Philadelphia, Ohio, where he remained until
December, 1859. During that winter he taught school at
Florida, Henry county, and on May 8, 1860, he located at
Napoleon, where he has since been successfully engaged in
the practice of law. He is a public-spirited citizen; being
active in all important movements in his locality, and he
took an influential part in the incorporation of the town of
Napoleon. In politics he is a strong Republican, and in
religious faith he is a Methodist, being one of the leading
members of the Church at Napoleon.
On October 2, 1860, he was married in Shanesville,
Tuscarawas county, to Miss Helen L. O'Hagan, a native of
Franklin, Portage county, Ohio, who died in Napoleon August
2, 1890. Of their seven children, three died in infancy; the
others are: Alice G., Harry C. (an attorney at Napoleon, now
holding office as justice of the peace), Charles V., and
Edwin C.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1899. - Page 534 |
JACOB
HORNUNG. Mr.
Hornung is a manufacturer of slack barrel staves and
all kinds of lumber, also a dealer in agricultural
implements at New Bavaria, Henry county. He is one of
the public-spirited citizens whose energy and foresight and
locality is indebted for many improvements.
While Mr. Hornung, as a prosperous business man, has given
close attention to his private affairs, he has never
forgotten or ignored that bond of common interest which
should unite the people of every community, and he has
always been ready to promote progress in every line.
Mr. Hornung was born Nov. 25, 1848, in Pleasant
township, Henry county, a son of Charles and Catherine (Desgrange)
Hornung, natives of Germany, the former born May 16, 1823,
the latter on Jan. 25, 1825. The father became one of
the leading and influential citizens of his section of Henry
county - served as postmaster of New Bavaria for many years;
was county commissioner three terms; assessor thirteen
years; notary public twelve years; and justice of the peace
for many years - proving a most efficient and popular
official. Religiously he was a member of the German
Reformed Church. He died Jun. 6, 1894; his widow is
still living.
In the family of this worthy couple were eleven
children, Jacob being third in the order of birth. He
was reared on his father's farm in Pleasant township, and
continued to assist in its cultivation and improvement until
twenty-three years of age, when he embarked in business on
his own account as a farmer. He also became interested
in the manufacture of brick, and in 1882 began the
manufacture of hoops, staves and lumber, in connection with
which he now operates between five and six hundred acres of
land, and deals extensively in agricultural implements.
Mr. Horunug is also engaged in the breeding of Polled-Durham
cattle, also Percheron and French coach horses. His
strict integrity and honorable dealing in business commend
him to the confidence of all; his pleasant manner wins him
friends, and he is one of the popular and honored citizens
of New Bavaria.
In Pleasant township, Henry county, October 10, 1871,
Mr. Hornung married Miss Julia
Sauer, who was born in that
county, Jun. 21, 1851. Of the thirteen children born
to them, only six are now living, namely: Charles,
John, Andrew, Albert, Ora and Ruth
Esther. Those
deceased are Maggie, who died at the age of four years;
Edna
and another, who died in infancy: Herman W., who died at the
age of fourteen years; Walter, who died at the age of ten
years; Abnna, who died at the age of eight years; and Willie,
who died at the age of four months.**
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1899. - Page 410
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NOTES:
** Jacob Hornung - There is a picture of
him in the book that this was extracted from. |
JOHN H. HORNUNG.
This well-known general merchant of New Bavaria, Henry
county, is a man whose sound common sense and vigorous, able
management of his affairs have been important factors in his
success, and with his undoubted integrity of character have
given him an honorable position among his fellowmen.
A native of Henry county, Mr. Hornung was born
in Pleasant township, Jan. 28, 1853, and is the fourth in
order of birth in a family of eleven children, whose father,
the late Charles Hornung, died June 6, 1894.
Upon the home farm our subject spent the days of his boyhood
and youth, attending the district schools and assisting in
the labors of the fields. Desiring a better education
than the common schools afforded, he at the age of twenty
entered Heidelberg College (now Heidelberg University),
where he graduated with the class of '76. After
leaving college he was employed as a civil engineer until
1888, and also successfully engaged in the manufacture of
hoops, staves and lumber, depositing of that business in
1896. On May 1, 1894, he became interested in
mercantile pursuits, and has since successfully conducted a
general store in New Bavaria, carrying a large and
well-selected stock, and receiving from the public a liberal
patronage.
In Jonesville, Michigan, Mr. Hornung was united
in marriage with Miss Cora M. Pratt, who died in a
hospital in Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 18, 1894, leaving two
children: Robert P. and Grace A. Mr. Hornung
was married in Toledo, Feb. 13, 1896, to Miss Laura
Whitney, and they have a daughter, Imogene, born
Dec. 17, 1897.
Socially, Mr. Hornung is an honored member of
the Masonic fraternity, and of the Benevolent and Patriotic
Order of Elks, while politically he is a prominent
representative of the Republican party, always taking an
active and leading part in local political affairs.
For nine years he was one of the county teachers' examiners,
and has always been identified with those enterprises
calculated to promote the moral, educational or material
welfare of his community.
Mr. Hornung was born Dec. 9, 1864, in Toledo,
Ohio, a daughter of Toledo High School, class of '85, and
for some time was a successful teacher in that city.
She also graduated in January, 1891, from the Flower Mission
Training School for Nurses, at Indianapolis, Indiana.
She comes from a family of teachers, her mother and
grandmother having both followed that profession. Her
father, who for many years was a prominent lawyer in Toledo,
died in 1871, her mother in 1889, and Mrs. Hornung is
their only daughter.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1899. - Page 420 |
PETER
HORNUNG. Mr.
Hornung,
the subject of this brief biographical sketch, and who is
successfully engaged in the grain and liquor business in New
Bavaria, Henry county, is one of that county's native sons,
and a representative of one of her most prominent and
honored family, whose identification with her history dates
from an early period in the development of the county.
Mr. Hornung was born n Pleasant township, September 28,
1861, and is next to the youngest of the eleven children
constituting the family of Charles and Catherine (Desgrange)
Hornung. The father was born in Germany, May 16, 1823,
and died in Henry county, Ohio; the mother was born in the
same country, January 25, 1825, and is still living.
In the local schools Peter Hornung acquired his
education and upon the home farm was reared to habits of
thrift and industry. On leaving the parental roof in
1889, he came to New Bavaria, where he embarked in the
saloon business, which he has since successfully conducted,
and since 1893 he has also engaged in the grain business,
which he has found quite profitable. He has always
taken a deep and commendable interest in public affairs, is
an enterprising, progressive citizen, and has acceptably
served as township clerk for three years.
On May 21, 1889, in New Bavaria, Mr. Hornung married
Miss Maggie Roos, who was born in that village, April 19,
1871, fourth in the order of birth of the thirteen children
of George and Elizabeth R. Roos. Mr.
and Mrs. Hornung
have four children: Charles F., Earl W., Mabel
A. and Esther M.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1899. - Page 413 |
JACOB
HOY.
Mr. Hoy, who is one of the
well-to-do and prosperous farmers of Henry county, resides
on the southeast portion of Harrison township. He is
one of the men who thoroughly understands the business they
pursue, and he has secured a comfortable competence.
His home place is a fertile and productive farm of eighty
acres, which he has brought to its present highly cultivated
state by the exercise of great industry, perseverance and
excellent management. His improvements are of a
substantial character, and everything about the place
denotes prosperity and thrift. Besides this farm he
owns another tract of eighty acres hear Holgate, Henry
county, which is also well improved.
Mr. Hoy was born Aug. 31, 1831, in Pennsylvania, but
when quite young removed from that State to Niagara county,
New York, with his parents George and Lydia (Kiefer) Hoy.
A few years later they came to Wayne county, Ohio, and after
a short time spent in that locality, they removed to
Fairfield county, this State, where both parents died.
Our subject was the second in their family of five children
who reached years of maturity, and upon his father's farm in
Fairfield county he grew to manhood, becoming thoroughly
familiar with the labors and duties which fall to the lot of
the agriculturist. Throughout his active business
career he has engaged in the occupations of farming and
threshing, and since 1869 has carried on operations in Henry
county, living upon his present farm since that year.
In Fairfield county, Ohio, December 17, 1857, Mr.
Hoy
married Miss Sarah Shaffstall, also a native of
Pennsylvania, and to them have been born seven children, as
follows: Mary Ann, who wedded Lyman
Hall, and died in
Harrison township, Henry county; Lydia S., wife of J. O.
Blythe; Alice, wife of John Klein;
b, wife of Lyman Hall; George, who died when about ten years old;
Minnie M.,
wife of Clinton Otis; and Carrie M., wife of
Doctor H. C. Burson,
of Grelton, Henry county.
Politically Mr. Hoy is identified with the Democratic
party, and socially affiliates with the Grange. He has
been quite prominently identified with the interests of the
community in which he lives; has capably filled the offices
of township trustee and school director, and has assisted
materially in the development of his section of the county.
He bears a high character for sterling integrity, and has
the confidence and respect of all who know him.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1899. - Page 558 |
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