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History of Hocking Valley, Ohio -
Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co.
1883

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CHARLES E. HAWK, undertaker a native of Vinton County, was born Oct. 20, 1839.  He has always been a resident of the county.  He lived on a farm till he was twenty-one years old when he learned the carpenter's trade which he was followed more or less ever since.  He, in the company with Mr. H. B. Strong, commenced his present business in 1879.  Feb. 22, 1864 he enlisted in Company C, Third Ohio Infantry, and served till June 13, 1865, when he was mustered out at Gallipolis, Ohio.  He then returned home, since when he has been engaged in his present business.  He was married Sept. 13, 1860, to Christine Barger, a native of Harrison County, Ohio.  They have been blessed with seven children - Arminda, Viola F., Orestus G., Docia, Emerson M., Michael and Jennie M.  Mr. Hawk and wife are members of the Presbyterian church, as are also the three eldest children.  He is a member of the G. A. R.
SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1361 - Wilkesville
DAVID HAWK was born upon the old home-place in 1828 and is a son of Jacob Hawk, Jr.  In 1857 he was married to Sarah L. Barker and afterward located upon his present farm.  He owns 161 acres of land in the homestead and 170 acres in Swan Township.  He farms largely in grain and stock, keeping a flock of 200 sheep.  Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hawk, three of whom are living - Cynthia A., Cora A. and Sarah E.  The deceased are - Louisa, Dora M. and Mary E.  Mrs. Hawk died Jan. 21, 1883, aged forty-four years and eleven months.
SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1246 - Elk Twp.
FLETCHER HAWK, teacher, is a native of Wilkesville Township, Vinton County.  He received his education in the township, and at the age of seventeen years commenced teaching, which he followed with success for a number of terms.  He has been a correspondent for the Hamden Enterprise for the pat three years, and Dec. 4, 1882, was appointed to fill the vacancy of Village Clerk, caused by the removal of W. H. Lucas.  This expired May 3, 1883.  Mr. Hawk is a strong advocate of the Temperance cause.  He intends for the future to follow the profession of school-teaching.  Jonah Hawk, his father, was born in this township about 1826, and has followed farming and still resides on the place where he was born.  Matilda Hawk, mother of our subject, was born in Ireland about the year 1826.  They had three children, viz.: Fletcher (our subject), born April 8, 1857; Dora, born Sept, 28, 1860, and Ella, born Aug. 26, 1866.
SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1361 - Wilkesville
ISAAC HAWK deceased, was born in Pocahontas County, Va., Dec. 26, 1790, a son of Jacob and Sarah (Bumgardner) Hawk.  In 1814 he came to Ohio, making the trip on horseback, and located in what is now Vinton County.  His brother John Hawk preceded him in Ohio, entered land, married and settled on his place where he lived till his death.  Isaac Hawk entered land in Jackson Township.  His farm contained 309 acres, which with the exception of forty acres purchased afterward, was entered in the beginning.  On this place he resided nearly fifty-three years.  In the fall of 1816 he was married to Sallie Swisher, a native of Virginia, born Jan. 16, 1796.  In 1809, when she was thirteen years old, her father moved to Gallia County, Ohio.  Isaac Hawk was a hard-working man. Coming into an almost unsettled country, he made his home with his brother, John Hawk, a few years, and in 1820 erected his log cabin on his land, and moved into it.  On this place he reared eight children out of a family of eleven - Mary, Rebecca, Iagnes, Mahalia, Christina, Eli, Catharine and Elizabeth.  Two daughters and one son died in childhood.  A few years after Isaac settled here his parents came and entered and bought land in Elk Township.  There were fifteen children in Jacob Hawk's family, eleven sons and four daughters; five of the sons married in the Swisher family.  At the time of Jacob Hawk's death, Feb. 18, 1870, at the age of ninety-one years, he had 110 grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren.  Six  of his children are living - Mary, Rebecca and Catharine are living in this county; Christina in Missouri; Iagnes in Kansas; Mahalia in Illinois.  Rebecca Hawk, of whom this sketch is obtained, was born Jan. 27, 1820.  She was married in 1851 to Robert Smith  The latter was born in Pennsylvania, where Pittsburg now stands, Mar. 4, 1814.  His parents were natives of Ireland.  In 1850 he came to Vinton from Muskingum County, and the following year was married.  His death occurred Jan. 18, 1861.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith had two children - Sarah and William.
SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1315 - Swan Twp.
J. H. R. HAWK, farmer, was born in Gallia (now Vinton) County, Ohio, Nov. 5, 1826, and is living at present in his native place, where he has 287 acres of good land on section 5, Wilkesville Township.  He was educated in the county and learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked three years, but not agreeing with him he quit it and followed farming.  He was married Mar. 9, 1856, to Matilda Fletcher, a native of Ireland, who died May 25, 1875.  They were blessed with three children - Fletcher Dora and Ella.  He enlisted Feb. 7, 1874, in Company D, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth Ohio Infantry, and served nine months.  He was discharged at the end of the war.  He was married a second time, Jan. 22, 1879, to Mrs. Mary Bowen, a native of Meigs County, Ohio, born Aug. 5, 1842.  They have one child - Morato, born Feb. 13, 1882.  Mr. and Mrs. Hawk are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.  Thirty-three of his relatives served in the late war at the same time.  His grandfather, Isaac Hawk, a native of England, deserted the English army and came to America and fought in the Revolutionary War.  He lived to be 115 years old; was buried in Greenbrier County, W. Va.  His wife was also a native of England, where she remained till after the Revolutionary War when she joined her husband in America.  She died at the advanced age of 117 and was buried in the same graveyard.
SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1362 - Wilkesville
JOSEPH F. HAWK, is a son of Jacob and Anna (Switezer) Hawk, was born Sept. 27, 1820, in Elk Township, where he has always resided.  He and his sister Rebecca own 320 acres of well-improved land.  His father was born in Pocahontas County, Va., and is a son of Jacob Hawk, Sr., of German descent.  The Hawk family settled in Athens County (now Vinton), two miles west of McArthur, in 1816.  Here Jacob Hawk, Sr., died in 1849 and his wife, in 1853.  They were among the successful and enterprising pioneers of the county.  They had a family of fifteen children - John, Abram, Isaac, William, Henry, Samuel, Reuben, James, Eli, David, Jacob, Rebecca, Sarah, Christina and Nancy.  Jacob, Jr., was married after his parents came here, and in 1818 located on the land where Joseph F. now resides.  He had a family of eight children - Sarah, Joseph F., Jacob B., John S., George (who died in infancy), Rebecca, David and Allen Jacob Hawk, Jr., died at the old homestead Jan. 14, 1873, aged seventy-eight years, three months and twenty-three days.  His wife died Mar. 12, 1870, aged seventy-eight years, six months and ten days.
SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1246 - Wilkesville
OSCAR F. HAWK, a native of Wilkesville Township, Vinton Co., Ohio, was born Feb. 22, 1847.  He was educated in a common district school, and attended college a short time in Athens.  In the late war he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment of the Ohio National Guards, and served four and a half months  He re-enlisted Mar. 6, 1864, in Company D, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth Ohio Regiment, and served nine months.  Since his return home he had been engaged in farming and burning charcoal.  He has also been engaged in the saw-milling business, and at the present time owns a share in a saw-mill.  At present he is making a specialty of raising sheep.  He was married Feb. 21, 1869,  to Mary E. Miller, born in Wilkesville Township, Vinton County, Aug. 25, 1850.  Their children are - Edgar, born Dec. 24, 1870; Lucella, Dec. 6, 1872; Mittie C., Mar. 27, 1875; Maud, Sept. 10, 1877; Marion, Apr. 10, 1880.  Mr. Hawk has 450 acres of good land and a residence on section 30, Wilkesville Township.  He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1362
JOHN S. HAWKIN, one of the prominent farmers of Jackson Township, was born in Elk Township, Vinton, Co., Ohio, July 18, 1823.  He was reared on a farm and received his education in the common schools of the country.  Feb. 5, 1856, he was married to Miss Catherine Appleman, born in October, 1833, daughter of Levi and Savilla (Tatman) Appleman, natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland respectively.  They have been blessed with eight children - Jasper, Allen, George W., Abraham L., Rebecca, Mary, Oliver and William.  Mr. Hawkin has by his industry and energy accumulated a good property, having at the present time a fine farm of 1863 acres highly cultivated on which is found plenty iron ore of the best quality.  In politics Mr. Hawkin is a Republican.  His parents, Jacob and Ann (Switzer) Hawkin, were natives of Virginia and came to Ohio in a very early day.
SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1332 - Jackson Twp.
JAMES HAWKINS was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1822.  He was reared on a farm in his native county until 1856 when he moved to Hocking County, and in 1872 purchased 316 acres where he now resides.  His farm at that time was in a poor condition, but through his labor he has now one of the best kept farms in the township.  Besides farming he is engaged in stock-raising and at present has a flock of 260 sheep, among them being a number of fine merinos.  He has been Trustee of Richland Township two terms.  During his residence in Hocking County he held that position nine years.  He has been twice married, his first wife being Amanda Tidd, whom he married in 1844.  She bore him two children - William Q. and one who is deceased.  Mrs. Hawkins died in 1848.  He was again married to Lavina Ensbery.  This union has been blessed with five children - Elwood D., James O., John C., Thomas E. and Charles O.  Mr. Hawkins and wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal church for some time.
SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1343 - Richland
ROBERT A. HAYS was born in Richland Township, Aug. 7, 1845, and lived with his parents till his twenty-fifth year.  He was married Oct. 19, 1870, to Erminia Deaver, who was born May 27, 1853, in Vinton County, a daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth (Milligan) Deaver, residents of Elk Township.  Mr. Hays has lived in Swan Township since he was married, and in 1876 bought his present farm on section 26, containing 160 acres.  He is one of the substantial young farmers of Vinton County, and is everywhere recognized as a young man of good judgment and decision of character.  Mr. and Mrs. Hays have two children - Almonta D., born Jan. 16, 1872, and Lizzie E., born Nov. 1, 1874.  In May, 1864, Mr. Hays enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Ohio National Guard, and was in the service six months; discharged Dec. 15, 1864.  He entered the 100 days' service, but did not get home till six months after.  His father, William Hays, an old settler of the county, was born in Pennsylvania, May 27, 1819, and when a young man he came with his parents, David and Edith Hays, to Ohio, and located in Guernsey County, but a short time after came to Vinton County.  He married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Aiken, a native of Muskingum County, Ohio.  After his marriage Mr. Hays located in Richland Township, in the neighborhood of his present residence.  His farm contains 200 acres where he has lived upward of thirty-six years.  He is a member of the Presbyterian church of McArthur, and has been connected with this denomination for twenty-five years.  Politically he is a Republican, and has served as Trustee of Richland Township.  He has generally taken an active part in political matters.  He has been a delegate to the Republican State Convention two or three times, held at Columbus.  He was a juror in the Supreme Court at Cincinnati in 1871.  Mr. and Mrs. Hays reared a family of eleven children, ten now living - Elizabeth, Robert A., Lafayette (married to Anna Payne), David H. (married to Mary Anderson), Edith J. (wife of J. J. McCleland), Samuel W., Sarah A., Ella, Mary and Taylor William died at the age of eighteen years.
SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1316 - Swan Twp.
CHARLES HENRY, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Canaan Township, Athens County, Apr. 20, 1842, a son of William and Eunice (Carpenter) Henry  He was reared on a farm and received his education in the common-schools, living with his parents until he was thirty years of age.  He was married Oct. 17, 1865, to Miss Katie Lindley, a daughter of Ziba Lindley, a resident of Athens.  By this union are four children - John L. born Oct. 25, 1866; Wm. H. and Ziba L. twins, born Oct. 25, 1872, and Francis B., born July 3, 1880.  Henry Henry located on his present farm in 1872, which contains 150 acres of improved land.  He also owns seventy acres located in Canaan Township.  He is at present one of the Trustees of the Children's Home to which office he was appointed in 1882.  Mrs. Henry is a member of the Presbyterian church.  He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Athens Lodge, No. 479.
SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1388 - APPENDIX
VOSS HOFFHINES, farmer, postoffice McArthur, is a son of William and Mary (Coon) Hoffhines his father of German parentage and his mother a daughter of George Coon. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812.  His parents were married in Pickaway County, Ohio, and in 1819, with four children, came to Vinton County and settled on section 33, Elk Township, where his father entered eighty acres of land, but gradually increased his possessions until he had quite a tract, which he divided with his children.  He donated an acre for a cemetery, the first burial being a children of Nelson Hoffhines,  In 1823 he erected a tannery on section 33, and manufactured the leather for his own use, having but little to sell.  Of his six children Voss was the fifth and was born Oct. 16, 1820.  He was reared to the farm life of the pioneer days.  He received a limited education, and was obliged to walk a distance of two miles to school.  Mr. Hoffhines started in life for himself in 1842, marrying that same year Polly Cassell, daughter of Abraham Cassell. She died leaving two children.  He afterward married Margaret, daughter of William Creamer.  They have two children.  Mr. Hoffhines still lives of the farm where he settled in 1842.  He has 400 acres of fine land and raises mostly wheat, corn and stock.  He has as yet never examined his land for mineral.
SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1246 - Elk Twp.
PARIS HORTON, manufacturer of and dealer in furniture, McArthur, is a son of Nathan, and grandson of Nathan, Sr., and Sarah HortonNathan, Sr., was a native of New York and his wife of Pennsylvania.  He came to what is now Vinton County, Ohio, in an early day and died here; his wife subsequently died in Iowa.  Of their six children, Nathan, Jr. the father of our subject, was the third child.  He was born in Pennsylvania and came to what is now Vinton County, Ohio, in minor life, where he married Arete daughter of Isaac White, and ever after lived in the vicinity of McArthur.  He was by occupation a millstone cutter and farmer.  He was a member of the Methodist church and died in 1855.  His widow is still living.  She was born in Elk Township, now Vinton County, Ohio, in 1821 and has thus far always resided in the county.  Her father Isaac White, was born in Maine, and reared in Massachusetts.  He married Mary, daughter of John Dunkle.  They were early settlers of Vinton County, where they both died.  He was by occupation a millstone cutter.  Of their six children four are living, Mrs. Horton being the eldest.  Paris and his twin brother Tyrus were born near McArthur, Aug. 31, 1840.  He was reared and received his education in his native county.  At the age of eighteen he commenced learning the cabinet-maker's trade and completed it in 1864.  He has devoted his time to that occupation ever since.  In 1867 he became proprietor of his present establishment, succeeding E. P. Bothvvell, where he has made some additions and is now doing a good business.  His wife is Augusta, daughter of Rev. A. M. Alexander, of Licking County, Ohio, where she was born.  They have seven children.  Mrs. Horton is a member of the Methodist church.  He belongs to the I. O. O. F. and has filled all the offices up to and including Representative of the Grand Lodge of the State of Ohio.
SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1247 - Elk Twp.
W. S. HUDSON, attorney and school examiner, McArthur, Ohio, is a son of S. B. and Abigail (Atkinson) Hudson, both lineal descendants of England, and now living in Morrow County, Ohio.  The subject of this biography was born in Monroe County, Ohio, in 1851, but from early life matured in Vinton County, where his parents lived until 1882.  His early or minor life was devoted to agricultural pursuits, devoting his winters to school.  At the age of nineteen he entered the Ohio University at Athens, and graduated in 1875, having during his collegiate life taught more or less, by which he maintained himself.  Subsequent to his graduation he taught four years.  During this time he took up the study of law under H. C. Jones, and was admitted to the bar in 1880, and in 1882 was appointed School Examiner, to succeed Professor M. R. Barnes.
SOURCE:  History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1247 - Elk Twp.

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