BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY OF PICKAWAY CO., OHIO
and Representative Citizens
Edited and Compiled by
Hon. Aaron R. Van Cleaf
Circleville, Ohio
Publ. 1906
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DAVID
HALL, one of the prominent ‘
farmers and stock-raisers of Madison township, residing
on his fine farm of 120 acres, was born in this t0wn
ship on February 28, 1865, and is a son of Peter and
Lavina (Solt) Hall.
The paternal grandfather of our subject, David Hall,
was born in Pennsylvania and ac companied his parents to
Pickaway County, Ohio. He was reared in Madison
township, but after his marriage removed to Walnut
township and developed a fine farm. Both parents
of our subject were born and reared in Pickaway County.
David Hall grew to manhood on his father’s farm
in Madison township, the family having settled here in
his boyhood. He at tended the public schools for
some years and then enjoyed the advantages offered at
the nor mal school at Lebanon, Ohio, for a time, but
ever since completing his education he has been engaged
exclusively in agricultural efforts. He owns a
large amount of excellent land, consisting of the farm
above mentioned and another which contains 121˝
acres. The latter he rents.
In 1889 Mr. Hall was married to Hattie Wilson,
who is a daughter of the late John Wilson, of
Madison township, and they have two sons, Clarence D.,
who was born June 16, 1896, and Robert R., who
was born Feb. 28, 1899.
Mr. Hall is a stanch supporter of the Democratic
party. He is one of the leading members of Trinity
Lutheran Church, at Marcy. He is one of the
township’s reliable, honorable men and a thoroughly
representative citizen.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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DR.
CHARLES H. HAWKES was a native of Massachusetts,
being born at Charlemont. His education was
received in Middlebury, Vermont, and at the Berkshire
Medical College, from which he was graduated in the
class of 1845. He began to practice at Tarlton,
Pickaway County, in 1847, and the next year came to
Circleville and became a partner of Dr. Marcus Brown.
This association continued only a year, after which he
practiced alone until 1873, when his brain became
affected by a disease which caused his death, in1878. He
was placed successively in asylums at Dayton, Athens and
Columbus, at which latter place he died. One of
the most costly and beautiful monuments in Forest
Cemetery marks his resting-place. Dr. Hawkes
was married in 1867 to Alice Piper. Their
home was one of the landmarks of the old circle, a
charmingly situated brick house, standing diagonally to
Franklin street, the tearing down of which in 1905
removed almost the last remnant of that peculiar
conformation, to which the town owes its name.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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ROBERT
MATHIAS HIPSHER, a prominent and substantial
farmer of Washington township, the owner of 752 acres of
valuable land, was born in Madison township, Fairfield
County, Ohio, Oct. 10, 1833, and is a son of John and
Elizabeth (Young) Hipsher.
John Hipsher was born at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
and came to Ohio with his parents when two years of age.
His father, Mathias Hipsher, entered land in
Madison township, Fairfield County, and that remained
the homestead. Elizabeth (Young) Hipsher,
the mother of Robert M. Hipsher, was reared near
what is now known as Clear Port, Madison township,
Fairfield County, and was a daughter of Robert Young,
a pioneer of that county. On the paternal side
Robert M. Hipsher comes of German ancestry and on
the maternal is of English descent. On Oct. 1,
1851, John Hipsher left Fairfield County, Ohio,
accompanied by his family, for Effingham County,
Illinois. There he bought a farm of 640 acres of
which both he and his wife died.
Robert M. Hipsher accompanied his parents to
Illinois but remained there only a short time.
After his return to Ohio he spent one __ in Hocking
County and in 1853 he was married to Sarah Chambers,
a daughter of Alexander Chambers. The
latter owned a farm of __2 acres in Washington township,
Pickaway county, on which he never lived and which is
now the home of our subject, having been purchased by
him at $3 per acre. Mr. Chambers spent his
whole life on his farm of 300 acres in Hocking County.
After his marriage, Mr. Hipsher, with his wife,
removed to Illinois, where they lived for several years.
Mr. Hipsher's total residence in Illinois
comprised about four years. Upon returning to
Ohio, they lived on the Chambers homestead in
Hocking County for two years.
In 1857 they came to their present farm, which, at that
time, was heavily timbered. They lived for a time
in a log cabin and while Mr. Hipsher was clearing
the land and getting it under cultivation, the family
saw something of pioneer life. Subsequently the
old log cabin was torn down and a comfortable frame
dwelling took its place. Mr. Hipsher is one
of the largest landowners in his vicinity, his property
being divided into six separate farms, each one of which
has certain claims to excellence. There is one
tract of 402 acres, which is divided into three farms,
which were originally to George Hoffman farm, the
Daniel Heffner farm and the home place. He
also owns 165 acres near Oakland, in Fairfield County,
50 acres near Lancaster, in Bern township, Fairfield
County, and 137 acres in Hocking County. He has
carried on general farming operations on his home place
and has satisfactorily rented his other properties.
He has expended a large amount of money in making
excellent improvements.
Mr. and Mrs. Hipsher have had four children, as
follows: Malissa, Jennie, Drusilla and
Rhoda. Malissa married Samuel Heffner
and at her death, in July, 1905, left three of her four
children, viz.: Sarah, who married Elmer
Coffman and has one child, Sarah Jane, born
in July, 1898; Flora, who married George Wolf;
and Weldon. Jennie Hipsher married
Simon Barr. Drusilla married Ananias Morris,
of Circleville. Rhoda remains at home with
her parents. The family is one of the most highly
respected in Washington township.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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JACOB
LUTHER HOOVER, a representative agriculturist of
Walnut township, who resides on his excellent farm of 40
acres, which is situated in section 5, range 21, was
born on his father's farm about a quarter of a mile
south of his present residence, on Dec. 30, 1852.
He belongs to one of the pioneer families of this
section, and is a son of Christian and Margaret
(Tritch) Hoover.
The Hoover family came to Ohio from Virginia.
The great-grandparents of Jacob L. Hoover were
George and Martha Hoover, who were natives of the
Old Dominion, where the greater part of their lives was
spent. In age they joined their son Jacob
in Ohio, where they died.
Jacob Hoover, the grandfather of Jacob L.
Hoover, was born in Pendleton County, Virginia, and
was the pioneer of the family in Ohio. He settled
on a quarter-section of land in Walnut township,
Pickaway County, to which he added other tracts,
developed a farm here, he died at the early age of 47
years, on July 30, 1825. In Virginia he married
Magdalena Ruhlman and when he came to Ohio they had
two children.
Christian Hoover, son of Jacob and father
of Jacob L. Hoover, was born in Walnut township,
Pickaway County, Ohio, where he died Mar. 13, 1889, aged
77 years. He not only kept his father's farm
intact but added to it and at the time of death owned
320 acres He married Margaret Tritch, who
was born and reared in Maryland. She died July 11,
1874, aged 53 years. Her father was William
Tritch. Both her parents died in Maryland.
Christian Hoover and wife had eight children, namely:
Mrs. Emeline Knepper who lives on a farm adjoining
that of Jacob L. Hoover; Madison R., who
married Malinda Robinson and resides at Columbus,
Ohio; Willis E., who married Sophronia Noecker
(now deceased) and resides in Ashville; Mrs. Nancy J.
Strouse, who lives on part of the original farm;
Jacob Luther; Peter E., who married Olive
Scothorn and died in November, 1902; and Mary E.
and Clara C. who live in Ashville.
Jacob L. Hoover was reared in Walnut township.
After completing the district school course, in 1874 he
went to the normal school at Worthington, Ohio, and for
the following 16 years taught in Pickaway and Fairfield
counties.
In 1877 Mr. Hoover was married to Mary Snyder,
a daughter of Adam Snyder, of Fairfield County,
and a granddaughter of Rev. Joseph A. Roof.
She died in 1883. Mr. Hoover was married
(second) to Emma J. Scothorn, on Sept. 12, 1888.
She is a daughter of Monroe Scothorn, of Pickaway
County, and was born Oct. 27, 1863. Mr. and
Mrs. Hoover have one child, Ira Morrison, was
born Oct. 19, 1889.
Mr. Hoover is a member of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church at St. Paul, of which he is treasurer
and in which he has been deacon and steward. He is
one of the directors of the Reber Hill Cemetery.
For three years he was president of the School Board of
Walnut township.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens,
Edited and Compiled by
Hon. Aaron R. Van Cleaf.
Circleville, Ohio -
Publ. 1906 - Page 778 |
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JEREMIAH
B. HORNBECK, proprietor of the "Yellow Bud Farm,"
a large estate situated in Jackson township on the
Dawson turnpike, three and a half miles northeast of
Williamsport, is one of the leading citizens of this
section. He was born in Deer Creek township,
Pickaway County, Ohio, June 17, 1850, and is a son of
Cyrus and Jane (Baker) Hornbeck.
The Hornbeck family is a very old one in
Pickaway County, the grandfather of our subject,
Simon Hornback, having been born in Deer Creek
township, on his father's farm. The latter was of
German descent and spoke that language. It is
likely he was a Pennsylvanian and one of the earliest
settlers along Deer Creek. Simon Hornbeck
spent his entire life in Deer Creek township, where he
owned 100 acres of land. He is represented as
having been a man of great physical development six feet
in height and of athletic build. He was well known
as a hunter and often went with the Indians of this
locality on hunting trips in the forest. He won
the esteem of the savages through fair dealings with
them, and no record is found that they proved other than
trustworthy. He was a great church man and was one
of the founders of the Christian Church in Deer Creek
township. He lived to the age of 80 years.
Cyrus Hornbeck, son of Simon and father
of our subject, was born in Deer Creek township, where
his whole busy, useful life was spent and where he died
on Christmas Day, 1886, aged 68 years. He was a
man of large means and invested much money in land, at
one time being the owner of 800 acres. This was
the home farm, a fertile tract all in one body, in Deer
Creek and Jackson townships. He was a very
successful farmer and devoted his entire life to
agricultural pursuits. A great part of the immense
body of land he cleared himself; some of it was
originally covered with heavy timber. Mr.
Hornbeck voted, in early life, with the Whig party,
and later with the Republicans, but he would not, under
any consideration, accept office. In him the
Christian Church found a liberal supporter - he was one
of the local preachers in this religious body.
When the proposal came to erect the present church
edifice, he made a contribution of $1,000.
Cyrus Hornbeck married Jane Baker, who
was born near Clarksburg, Deer Creek township, Oct. 18,
1819, and died Feb. 5, 1891, aged 72 years. She
was a daughter of James and Mary Baker, and a
niece of Mackey Baker, was a wealthy stock-raiser
of Deer Creek township. Cyrus Hornbeck and
wife had nine children, as follows: Ira,
deceased; Marvin, who married Mary Keys
and is now deceased; Sarah; Mary, who married
Jarret Rector, of Chillicothe; Jeremiah B.,
of this sketch; Oliver B., of Williamsport, who
married Mary Yates; Mrs. Henry Galbreth, a widow,
residing at Mount Sterling; Edgar C., of Mount
Sterling, who married Ella Hunsicker; and Etta,
of Mount Sterling.
Jeremiah B. Hornbeck remained on the home farm
until his marriage and then settled on 100 acres of his
present farm, which his father gave him. He has
made all the modern improvements which make it one of
the township's fine farms, at various times having also
added to its extent. He purchased 80 adjoining
acres and in the spring of 1905 he bought 75 more and
has 255 acres in one body of land, this comprising his
home place. He also owns a farm of 118 acres in
Perry township and another, of 114 acres, in Monroe
township. He rents two of his farms and operates
the rest of his land in general farming and
stock-raising. The homestead of Mr. Hornbeck
is known as the "Yellow Bud Farm," being named for the
stream of that name which flows through his land,
draining it and making it well adapted to both farming
and stock-raising. It borders one of the leading
highways of the county - the Dawson turnpike.
This farm is within easy distance of two towns,
Williamsport being but three and a half miles to the
southwest, and Circleville being within eight miles and
a half. This farm is widely known for its fine
grade of stock.
On Jan. 17, 1884, Mr. Hornbeck was married to
Theresa E. Phillips. She was born in Monroe
Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, Sept. 7, 1850 and is a
daughter of Daniel Ryan and Nancy (Outen) Phillips.
The parents of Mrs. Hornbeck were born and
married in Delaware. In 1833 they located in
Monroe township, Pickaway County, where they spent the
rest of their lives. The children of Mr. and
Mrs. Phillips were: Maria Elizabeth, who
married A. J. Walston - both recently deceased;
Kendall, David I. and Rev. Charles A., all
of whom served in the Civil War; Mary A., who
married George Betts, of Deer Creek township;
Sarah Jane, deceased, who was the wife of Jacob
Terflinger, of Monroe township; Amanda who
died in 1902 at the home of our subject; Alice Bell,
deceased in infancy; and Theresa E., who is the
wife of our subject. The three soldier brothers of
Mrs. Hornbeck are dead. Kendall enlisted
from Pickaway County, in Company E, under Captain
Abraham, in the 114th Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., as
did his brother David I., and both died at
Vicksburg. Rev. Charles A. was a minister
in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He enlisted in
the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., and died soon after
returning from his army service. Many years have
passed since these loyal hearts have rested under their
coverlet of green, their life-work finished, but they
are not forgotten.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hornbeck are:
Ella N., a talented young lady who is under
instruction at the Capital College of Oratory and Music,
at Columbus; and Blanche, who attends school at
Williamsport.
Mr. Hornbeck has always been a Republican,
imbibing the principles of this party in his youth.
He has been a very prominent factor of the party in his
locality for many years, and has served on numerous
occasions as a delegate to county, district, State and
congressional conventions. He possesses every
qualification for holding high position, but has worked
harder for others than he has for himself. He is
at present committeeman for the south precinct, which
carries with it a large degree of influence.
Fraternally Mr. Hornbeck is a Mason, one of the
leaders in the lodge at Williamsport. He is a
member of the Christian Church at that place also and
lives up to what have been the convictions of his family
for generations, both in political and religious life.
In every way he stands as one of the representative
citizens of Jackson township, one who for years has
forwarded all laudable public movements and with purse
and influence has assisted in the development of this
part of hte county along agricultural and educational
lines.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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