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Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political
History, Portrait of Prominent Persons, and
Biographies of Representative Citizens.
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ROBERT
EMMETT HAMBLIN, Steward and Financial Manager of the
Athens Asylum for the Insane, born in Logan, Hocking Co., Ohio,
Aug. 14, 1852, is the son of Emmett and Celestia (Cook)
Hamblin. He received his literary education in the
schools of Logan and took a commercial course in the Zanesville
Business College in 1872. At the age of nineteen he began
to teach school, and taught until July, 1874, when he received
the appointment of Steward of the Athens Asylum for the Insane.
In May, 1878, on account of a change of administration, he was
superseded by another. In May, 1880, without being
solicited, he was again appointed Steward of the asylum and
still holds the position. He is a Master, Royal Arch and
Knight Templar Mason and member of the lodge, chapter and
commandery at Athens.
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JAMES HANING, JR.
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REV. JAMES
HANING, JR., Lodi Township, Athens County, was born in Meigs County,
Ohio, Apr. 12, 1819, and is the son of James Haning, Sr., who came to
Athens County in 1796, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. Our
subject's parents moved to Alexander Township where they remained about
seven years; then moved to Lodi where he was reared a farmer, receiving his
education in the common schools. He was married when nineteen years of
age to Miss Hannah Dudley, of Athens County. This union was
blessed with one child - Emily. Mrs. Haning died July
18, 1842. Mr. Haning was again married Mar. 4, 1843, to Miss
Eliza Dudley, a sister of his first wife. They are the parents of
four children - Hannah, Eliza J., Sarah and Mary. Mr. H.
has a fine farm containing 242 acres of land under a high state of
cultivation on which is one of the best coal beds in the county. He is
a zealous worker in the cause of Christianity, and his lectures on sacred
ordinances are very fine.
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JOHN HANING,
born in Alexander Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Aug. 30, 1815, is a son of
James Haning, a native of Washington County, Pa. When he was two
years of age his parents moved to Scipio Township, Meigs Co., Ohio, where
they lied six years. They then returned to Alexander Township and
lived seven years, when his father bought 320 acres of wild land in Lodi
Township, where he has since resided. He owns 184 acres, all under a
good state of cultivation, with residence and barn built in modern style.
He was married in September, 1837, to Delia Reeves, of Meigs County.
They have four children - Margaret, John R., Joseph M. and Charles
W. Mr. Haning is a member of the Free-Will Baptist church, and has
been one of its most liberal supporters, it being through his
instrumentality that the church in Lodi was built.
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JOHN HANSEL
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EPHRAIM HARDEN,
son of Even and Eliza Harden, was born in Perry County, Ohio, Apr.
29, 1831. In September of the same year he came with his father to
Hocking County, when he was reared. He was married Mar. 30, 1854, to
Susan Stiveson, born in Hocking County, May 18, 1835, and daughter of
John and Elizabeth Stiveson. They have four children - Joel,
born July 8, 1855, married to Rachel Campbell; Eliza Jane,
born Oct. 29, 1856, wife of Aaron Zeller; Lucinda, June 24, 1858, and
Elmer, Sept. 8, 1865. In June, 1856, he purchased eighty acres
of land but did not reside on it till 1862. In April, 1878, he
purchased eighty acres, now having in one tract of land 160 acres, where he
resides. Politically Mr. Harden is a Democrat, having always
voted that ticket.
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EVEN HARDEN
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ROBERT C. HARPER, farmer, local preacher and Elder in
the Methodist Episcopal church, was born in Athens Township, Sept. 16, 1823.
He was reared on a farm, and his early education was acquired by a limited
attendance in the common schools. His religious life began when he was
seven years old. He united with the Methodist Episcopal church at the
age of sixteen under the labors of Samuel Mattox, and has ever
aimed to follow his teachings. He always took an active part in church
matters, and has for the last thirty-five years been a preacher of the
gospel. During this time he has taken over 1,100 persons into the
church, and has preached over 1,300 funeral sermons. One year he
preached seven over an average of one per day for the entire year. He
is the owner of a fine farm containing 150 acres of improved land, on which
are substantial buildings. He was married June 20, 1844, to Miss
Catherine Six, daughter of George Six, a
resident of Waterloo Township. Seven children were born to them, three
still living —Leo (deceased), Vinton (deceased), Isador F.,
Serepta F. (deceased), Henderson (deceased), Mary E. and
William W. He married his present wife April 4, 1867. She
was Maria Caldwell, daughter of James and Maria Caldwell,
residents of Pickaway County, Ohio. They have two children—Robert
C. and Amanda M. Mr. Harper is a member of the A. F.
& A. M., being a charter member of Constitution Lodge, No. 426, located at
Marshfield
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JOHN HARVEY, farmer, section 1,
Dover Township, was born in Washington County, Ohio, Nov. 22, 1826.
His father, James Harvey, a native of Ayrshire, Scotland, born in
November, 1802, came to Barlow Township, Washington Co., Ohio, in 1818.
Mr. Harvey spent his boyhood days on his father's farm and attended a
subscription school. He learned the carpenter's trade with his father,
and also learned the wagon-maker's trade. He followed the latter, of
winters, for many years. He came to this county in 1853 and located in
Dover Township, where he still lives. He enlisted in the late war in
Company H, One hundred and forty-first Ohio Infantry. He was married
on Feb. 5, 1854, to Sarah, daughter of Jonas Rice. They
had six children - James R., John C., Mary, Nettie, J. Henry and
Elinor H. Mr. Harvey owns 145 acres of land and is engaged in
farming and stock-raising. He built several of the houses in this
neighborhood, among them that of A. J. Willmarth, Alanson
Courtney, Hugh Poston and Captain Phillips.
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LAFAYETTE
HAWK, Recorder of Athens, was born at Wilkesville, Vinton
Co., Ohio, Aug. 24, 1843, where he was reared, and lived with his
parents until his seventeenth year. He was educated in the
common schools. When first leaving home he enlisted in Company
C, Thirty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; he served as a
private about two years, when he was promoted to Corporal, and three
months after, in July, 1863, to Duty Sergeant. July 18, 1864,
he was detailed as Sergeant Major of his regiment. In
September of that year he was taken prisoner while in an engagement
at Kernstown, in the Shenandoah Valley, and was imprisoned at
Danville, Va., until Oct. 10, when he, with others, made his escape
and returned to the Union lines at Gauley Bridge, Va., being out
twenty-eight days. He was returned to his regiment at
Cumberland, Md., in January, 1865; he was soon after promoted to
Orderly or First Sergeant. May 16, 1865, he was commissioned
Second Lieutenant of Company A, of the same regiment; in July, 1865,
he was mustered out of the service at Columbus, Ohio, when he
returned home to Vinton County. During 1866 he farmed his
father's homestead, and in 1867 he came to Marshfield, Athens
County, and engaged in merchandising until 1871, when he engaged in
shipping produce at the same place until 1872. He was then
employed as a traveling salesman by wholesale houses in Chillicothe
and Portsmouth, Ohio, which he followed with the exception of three
years, until August, 1881. For a short time he was employed as
a clerk at Guysville, Athens County. In the fall of 1882 he
was elected by the Republican party, Recorder of Athens County, and
has just entered upon the duties of that office. Oct. 18,
1866, he married Jennie, daughter of
James Mayhugh, of
Marshfield, Athens County. They have two children living -
Eva
and
Nellie; they lost one -
Nettie - who died
June 1, 1879, at the age of twelve years.
Mr. Hawk is a
Master Mason and member of Constitution Lodge, No. 426, Marshfield,
and of Columbus Golden Post, G. A. R., No., 89, Athens.
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WILLIAM
HUNTER HARRIS, Superintendent and Secretary of the Athens Gas
Light Company, was born at Clarksville, W. Va., Sept. 8, 1845, where
he lived with his parents, James W. and Permilia (Burton) Harris,
until he was eighteen eyars of age. He attended schools in
Clarksville until his sixteenth year, when he was employed as a
clerk in the store of B. F. Shuttleworth for two years.
He then came to Athens with his parents and, with his father,
engaged in the marble business until 1873, when he became
Superintendent and Secretary of the Athens Gas Light Company and has
since held that position. Oct. 27,1 869, he married Miss
Bettie, daughter of the late George Putnam, of Athens.
They had two children - May Putnam and Bessie. Mr.
and Mrs. Harris are members of the First Presbyterian Church of
Athens. He is a member of Paramuthia Lodge, No. 25, A. F. & A.
M.
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LAFAYETTE HAWK, Recorder of Athens, was
born at Wilkesville, Vinton Co., Ohio, Aug. 24, 1843, where he was reared,
and lived with his parents until his seventeenth year. He was educated
in the common schools. When first leaving home he enlisted in Company
C, Thirty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; he served as a private
about two years, when he was promoted to Corporal, and three months after,
in July, 1863, to Duty Sergeant. July 18, 1864, he was detailed as
Sergeant Major of his regiment. In September of that year he was taken
prisoner while in an engagement at Kernstown, in the Shenandoah Valley, and
was imprisoned at Danville, Va., until Oct. 10, when he, with others, made
his escape and returned to the Union lines at Gauley Bridge, Va., being out
twenty-eight days. He was returned to his regiment at Cumberland, Md.,
in January, 1865; he was soon after promoted to Orderly or First Sergeant.
May 16, 1865, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company A, of the
same regiment; in July, 1865, he was mustered out of the service at
Columbus, Ohio, when he returned home to Vinton County. During 1866 he
farmed his father's homestead, and in 1867 he came to Marshfield, Athens
County, and engaged in merchandising until 1871, when he engaged in shipping
produce at the same place until 1872. He was then employed as a
traveling salesman by wholesale houses in Chillicothe and Portsmouth, Ohio,
which he followed with the exception of three years, until August, 1881.
For a short time he was employed as a clerk at Guysville, Athens County.
In the fall of 1882 he was elected by the Republican party, Recorder of
Athens County, and has just entered upon the duties of that office.
Oct. 18, 1866, he married Jennie, daughter of James Mayhugh,
of Marshfield, Athens County. They have two children living -
Eva and Nellie; they lost one - Nettie - who died
June 1, 1879, at the age of twelve years. Mr. Hawk is a Master
Mason and member of Constitution Lodge, No. 426, Marshfield, and of Columbus
Golden Post, G. A. R., No., 89, Athens.
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Dover Twp. -
JAMES C. HEADLEY, section 12,
Dover Township, was born in Monroe County, Ohio. He was reared on a
farm and educated in a common school, and graduated from the Cincinnati Law
School May 25, 1881. He was married Apr. 20, 1865, to Rhoda Lewis,
daughter of Jacob Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Headley have had
seven children, of whom five are living - Laired J. v., Sabra L. O.,
Irena L. S., Sitha A. F. and Lucetia J. Mr. Headley came to
this county in 1869. For nine and a half years he ran a saw-mill, but
at the present time is engaged in general farming.
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P. G. HEBBARD, born in Dover Township, Athens
County, Ohio, Aug. 10, 1830, is the second of four sons of Alanson and
Becca (Grow) Hebbard, his father an early pioneer of Athens County,
coming here from Vermont in 1819, and his mother a daughter of Judge
Peter Grow, of Meigs County, Ohio. He was reared on a farm and
educated at home under his father's instruction. He afterward taught
seven years. April 20, 1854, he married Jane E. Davis, of York
township. They have seven children, six still living - Mary E.,
Emma J., Charles A., Becca B., P. G., Jr., and Nettie. Mr. Hebbard
has a fine farm of 163 acres, but makes a specialty of stock dealing, at
which he has been very successful. His youngest daughter is a musical
prodigy, and when two and a half years old could play accurate
accompaniments on the piano to the most difficult pieces, and now, though
but six years of age, is a musical wonder.
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SILAS
ELSON HEDGES, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Athens
County, is the son of William F. and (Sarah (McElhiney) Hedges,
and was born in Homer Township, Morgan Co., Ohio, Sept. 26, 1847.
He was educated in the common school, besides attending one term at
Mount Auburn, Ohio. In 1868 he took a commercial course at
Small's Business College, at Zanesville, Ohio. He was
associated with his father, who was a merchant, as clerk and partner
until the death of his father in 1880. After this event he did
not engage in any particular occupation until the fall of 1881 when
he was elected Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County
by the Republican party. Sept. 18, 1871, he married Miss
Sarah J., daughter of Jackson Franklin, of Morgan
County, Ohio. They have three children - William F.,
Flora H. and Fred A.
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CHARLES
BOOTH HENDERSON, druggist, Athens, was born Feb. 23, 1856, at
Parkersburg, W. Va., a son of Richard H. and Anna W. (Shanklin)
Henderson. His parents removed to Wheeling and from there
to Belpre, Ohio, and when he was twelve years of age, to Marietta,
Ohio. He was educated in the schools of Belpre and Marietta.
When nineteen years of age he returned to Belpre and entered the
drug store of C. H. Johnson, with whom he learned the
business, clerking for him three years, till 1878. During 1879
he was employed as bookkeeper for J. W. Moore, of Harmar,
Ohio, six months, returning to Athens in December, 1879, when he was
employed as clerk by F. E. Waterman a year. In January,
1881, he, in company with P. Carpenter, purchased the drug
store of Mr. Waterman and carried on the business under the
firm name of Carpenter & Henderson. In January, 1882,
he withdrew from the firm, and in February established his present
business. Mr. Henderson is a Master, Royal Arch and
Knight Templar Mason, and a member of lodge, chapter and commandery
at Athens.
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CHARLES HENRY was born in Bern Township,
Athens County, Ohio, Apr. 18, 1821, son of John and Margaret Henry,
who settled on the farm where our subject now lives, in 1817. He
received his education in the schools at Amesville. He has always
lived on the old homestead and cared for his parents in their old age.
He was married Sept. 18, 1848, to Fanny M., daughter of Nathan and
Fanny Dean, of Ames Township, Athens County. They have had five
children - Charles E., Nathan Wm., Fanny E., Carlos D., Augusta M.
(deceased). He has give his children upon their reaching their
majority each a good farm. The homestead contains 360 acres of land,
and is one of the finest in the county. He has a fine residence and
large and commodious barns and stables. He has a large and beautiful
fish pond, well-stocked with the choice varieties of fish. Mr.
Henry has always led a quiet life, never aspiring to publicity, but in
1881 he was persuaded by his friends to accept their proffered suffrage, and
was elected by a large majority to the office of Director of the Athens
County County Infirmary, which he has filled with honor to himself and
credit to his constituents.
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DAVID HENRY was born in Bern Township,
Athens County, Jan. 19, 1827, son of John and Margaret Henry, where
he was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. He was
united in marriage Apr. 11, 1850, to Miss Margaret A. Owen, of Ames
Township, Athens County. They are the parents of eight children, seven
only now living - Florina, Marcela, Ray, Jennie, Mary, Nora, George B.
and Bradford. He has a fine farm containing 160 acres of land
under a high state of cultivation.
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GEORGE E. HENRY, the youngest son of
Robert and Levina (Glazier) Henry, was born in Bern Township, on the
same farm and in the house where he has since resided, Aug. 15, 1841.
Received his early education in the common schools of his native township,
finishing in the Ohio University, at Athens. His youth was spent in
assisting his father on the farm and attending school. After leaving
school he engaged in teaching until the breaking out of the late civil war,
when he enlisted, June 24, 1863, in Battery K, Second Ohio Volunteer
Henry Artillery, and was appointed Quartermaster-Sergeant, but served on
detached duty as clerk in the office of Provost Marshal and Provost-Marshal
Generals at Knoxville, Tenn., until March, 1865, when he was appointed
Hospital Steward at Knoxville, and served in that capacity until Aug. 12,
1865, when he was mustered out of the service, after which he returned to
his home in Bern Township and took charge of the farm where he has since
resided. After serving in various township offices he was elected to
the office of Justice of the Peace, serving since 1870. He was united
in marriage, Sept. 18, 1872, to Sarah C. Demming, daughter of
Daniel and Louisa (Curtis) Demming, born in Washington County, July 15,
1850. They have one son - Heber Homer, born July 13, 1877.
Mrs. Henry is a member of the Presbyterian church at Amesville.
He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Amesville Lodge, No. 278. He is
also a member of Columbus Golden Post, No. 89, G. A. R.
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CAPTAIN ROBERT HENRY, deceased, was born of
Irish parents in Chester County, Penn., Dec. 14, 1797, and came with his
father's family to Newport, Washington Co., Ohio, in 1801, and five years
later removed to Warren, four miles below Harmer, and in the spring of 1817
came to Athens County, and located in what is now Bern Township, where he
assisted his father in clearing his land and opening up their frontier home.
Having more than an ordinary education he engaged in the winter of teaching
school, working on his farm in the summer. He was united in marriage
to Levina Glazier, Nov. 30, 1826, by Judge George Walker.
He immediately moved on his farm, where he continued to reside until his
death, a period of over fifty-four years. During his life he held,
several local offices of trust and responsibility. He was naturally of
a retiring disposition, which prompted him to refuse places of this kind
unless tendered him under circumstances that left no doubt in his mind that
it was the earnest wish of his friends that he should accept their proffered
suffrage. In 1826 he was commissioned by Governor Jeremiah Morrow
Captain of the Second Light Infantry Company, First Brigade, Third
Division, Militia of Ohio, which office he held until 1830, when he resigned
his commission. In the fall of 1829 he received the appointment as
Postmaster at Amesville, being the second Postmaster in that township.
In 1834 he was elected Justice of the Peace, which office he held for
several years. Mr. Henry and his wife were ardent
workers in the cause of Christianity, and united with the Presbyterian
church at Amesville, at the time of its organization in 1832. He was
very affable, courteous and gentlemanly in his intercourse with mankind, and
received, as he deserved, the confidence and respect of all who knew him.
His wife died Oct. 31, 1857, and he, Jan. 5, 1881, leaving four sons and two
daughters a large number of relatives and friends to mourn his loss.
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MATHEW HENRY, deceased, was born in Ireland
in October, 1792, a son of John and Rachel Henry, and when he was about six
months of age he came with his parents to the United States, and located in
Chester County, Penn., where he lived until 1801, when they removed to Ohio
and settled in Newport, Washington County. Five years later they moved
to Warren, where they resided until August, 1817, when they came to Athens
County, settling in what is now Bern Township, where he spent the remainder
of his days. He was married Aug. 16, 1817, to Lavinia Proctor,
who was born in Danvers, Essex Co., Mass., Apr. 12, 1793, and came with her
parents to the then Northwestern Territory in the same year and located in
Washington County, where she was reared and educated. After their
marriage they settled on a part of the tract of land previously purchased by
his father, where he set to work clearing his land and improving his home.
He followed the avocation of a farmer until his death, and was highly
successful. Although he never aspired to publicity he accepted the
proffered suffrage of his friends and was elected to many local offices of
trust and responsibility, having served as Township Trustee for several
years, and Justice of the Peace several years. Mr. Henry and
his wife were active members of the Presbyterian church, having joined at
the time of the organization in 1832. They were the parents of eight
children, five still living. Mr. Henry died Mar. 17, 1865, at
the advanced age of seventy-three years, having retained the mental and
physical vigor of the youth to a remarkable degree. Nov. 23, 1882, his
wife followed, at the age of eighty-seven years.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by
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Dover
Twp. -
WILLIAM HENRY was born in Wales,
Oct. 2, 1836. He was educated in the public schools of Wales, and came
to America in 1850, stopping in New York City; thence to Pittsburg and
Pomeroy, Ohio, where he lived about a year. He then worked on
railroads a while, and came to Chauncey in 1856, where he has since resided,
with the exception of the time he was in the army, and has worked in the
coal mines at the Chauncey Salt Works. He enlisted in May, 1862, in
Company E, Seventy-fifth Ohio Infantry, and participated in the battles of
Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Fredericksburg, and was discharged in May,
1864, on account of disability, caused by a wound through the large part of
the left leg, at the battle of Gettysburg. He was married May 26,
1858, to Lydia A. Birge, daughter of William A. Birge, of this
county. They had six children, four of whom are living - Wilford,
William, Winifred and John. Mr. Henry is a member of the
Sons of Temperance.
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JOSEPH HERROLD, a farmer and mill owner of Athens Township, was
born in Ames Township, Athens (then Washington County), Feb. 2, 1809.
He is the son of Christopher and Martha (Cable) Herrold, who came to
Washington County in 1798. His father dying when our subject was only
thirteen years of age he began to support himself at that age by working as
a farm hand at $8 per month. In 1833 he worked, under a contractor, on
the Ohio Canal for $24 per month. In the latter part of that year he
returned to Athens County and worked for Captain Bingham for $20 per
month, and while with him, in 1834, built a flat-boat and ran it to Cairo
for him. In 1836 he began to work as a bridge-builder and continued so
until 1849. Many of the bridges built by him are still standing.
In 1840 he purchased the mills now known as Herrold's Mill, on
Hocking Rover, which he rebuilt in 1858 with a run of five pairs of burrs.
In 1850 he went to California for his health, accompanied by C. H.
Armitage, Isaac Deshler and Isaiah Baker. While a
California they established a mercantile house in a mining district, and he
was to receive a percentage of their profits for the first eighteen months.
He then cruised on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and returned home during
the latter part of 1850. In 1854 he built the Woolen Mills at Athens,
which he ran up to 1873. In 1858 he purchased 400 acres of coal lands
at the mouth of Monday Creek, in York Township, and opened up the Herrold
coal mines, employing many miners and shipping his coal to various places on
the Hocking Valley Canal up to 1873. In 1860 he purchased the Ballard
Salt Works, Athens County, which he enlarged and worked till 1880. In
1857 he again went to California, having been appointed administrator of the
estate of C. H. Armitage, who was murdered at Virgin Bay, on the
Pacific Coast, when on a return trip to Athens; and while there, prospected
on the North Fork of the American River and returned to Athens in 1858.
He has been twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth Barker,
whom he married in 1830, who died in January, 1849, from the effects of
injuries received by a falling bridge near Pomeroy. They had eleven
children, five of whom are still living. He married his second wife,
Mrs. ORpha Baker, in December, 1849. In 1871 he built his present
residence near Athens, it being one of the finest in Athens County. He
is a Master, Royal Arch and Knight Templar Mason and member of the lodge,
chapter and commandery at Athens. He has been a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church since 1837 and an exhorter for many years.
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WILLIAM
HENRY HERROLD, proprietor of Herrold's Mills, is the son of
Joseph and Elizabeth (Barker) Herrold, and was born near
Athens, Apr. 8, 1833, where he was reared, and received a
common-school education. When seventeen years of age he
commenced to assist his father in his extensive coal mining, milling
and salt manufacturing business. He worked for his father till
1876, when he became associated with him in the milling business.
In 1880 his father gave him two thirds of the mill as his share of
the estate, and sold him the remaining third. Mr. Herrold
is a practical business man, having received a business education in
boyhood, and entered upon a business career before reaching manhood.
He was married June 16, 1862, to Orpha Reynolds, of Athens.
They have one daughter - Rosa.
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JOSEPH
S. HIGGINS, farmer, stock dealer and market gardener, Athens
Township, second son of Michael and Mary (McClintick) Higgins,
was born in Athens Township, June 30,1828, and lived with his
parents until he was twenty-two years of age; then continued in
business with his father until 1861, when he purchased the farm on
which he now resides, and was engaged in farming until July 28,
1863; he then enlisted in the Independent Battery of Ohio Volunteer
Artillery for sixty days; was appointed Corporal and served as such
with his battery through the Morgan invasion of the State. At
the expiration of his term of enlistment he was discharged at Camp
Denison, Ohio, in November, 1863, and returned home, and has been
actively engaged in farming, gardening and stock-dealing to the
present time. He has served as Assessor of his township
several years. He has been a member of the Board of
Agriculture of Athens County for twenty years, serving as
Vice-President eight yeasr, and President two years. He is a
Master Mason and member of Paramuthia Lodge, No. 25, F. & A. M.,
Athens, Ohio. Sept. 2, 1851, he married Hannah W.,
daughter of John M. and Amith L. (Lyons) Hibbard, of Athens
Township; they have had ten children, nine living - Charlotte E.,
wife of William H. Wood, of Smithfield, Jefferson County,
Ohio; Joseph W., married and living near his father; Cyrus
M., Daniel N., John M., Charles H., Mary E. Hannah E.,
Nettie A. A., all at home. They lost their second child,
Sarah E. who died Feb. 22, 1874, at the age of twenty years.
Mrs. Mary (McClintick) Higgins, his mother, now resides with
him, on the farm she settled on in the year 1817.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago:
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JUDIAH
HIGGINS, harness-maker, was born near Cadiz, Ohio, May 7,
1837. When he was two years old his parents, Edward and
Nancy (Collins) Higgins, removed to Athens and was apprenticed
to J. W. Bayard to learn the harness-making trade and served
three years. He worked as a journeyman until 1867, when he
established his present shop at Athens. In 1873 he was elected
a member of the Council at Athens and re-elected in 1875. In
1873 he was also elected Township Trustee of Athens Township and
held the office by re-election for three years. He worked as a
journeyman until 1867, when he established his present shop at
Athens. In 1873 he was elected a member of the Council at
Athens and re-elected in 1875. In 1873 he was also elected
Township Trustee of Athens Township and held the office by
re-election for three years. In 1878 he was elected Treasurer
of Athens Township and re-elected in 1879. In 1880 he was
elected a member of the Board of Education of Athens and still holds
that office. In 1858 he was married to Miss Jane Umbowers,
of Athens. They have two children - William EDwards and
Katy K. Mr. Higgins is a member of the Masonic and Odd
Fellows fraternities at Athens.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago:
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ARNOLD HILL, farmer, was born in Zanesville,
Ohio, Nov. 9, 1824, the son of Jonathan and Nancy (Arnold) Hill, who
were among the early settlers of the county, coming here from Massachusetts
in 1817 and locating in Ames Township. He was the builder of one of
the first bridges across Federal Creek. He came to Canaan Township
about 1826, and located on what is now known as the N. O. Warren farm,
where he remained until a short time before his death, which occurred in
Ames Township, Feb. 26, 1862. Our subject was reared on the farm and
remained with his parents until he was twenty-two years of age. He was
married Aug. 25, 1855, to Mary Pruden, daughter of Samuel Pruden,
a pioneer of the county. By this union there were ten children; nine
still live— Charles C., Romma, Samuel B., Silas, Hattie, Eva, Nathan,
Mida and Ella. He is the owner of 430 acres of land, 300 of
which is improved and on which is a valuable deposit of coal, which he has
operated quite successfully. He has held several different offices at
the hands of the people and has in discharge of these duties given
satisfaction to his constituents. He always takes a lively interest in
educational matters and has been School Director for twenty-seven years.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by
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DANIEL HILL, farmer and stock-raiser, was
born in Canaan Township, Aug. 15, 1829, son of John and Nancy (Arnold)
Hill. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools.
At the age of twenty-three he purchased the farm on which he as since
resided. It contains 320 acres of improved land. In connection
with his farming he has been extensively engaged in shipping stock to
Eastern markets. He was married June 11, 1858, to Miss Flora Lewis,
a native of Noble County. They have had six children, four still
living - William E., Annie M., Oliver E. and Linnie.
Charles and an infant are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hill are
both members of the United Brethren church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley,
Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 527 |
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LOREN HILL, farmer and stock-raiser, was born
in Ames Township, Jan. 21, 1837, the second son of Amos and Mary Ann
(Miner) Hill. He lived with his parents on the farm during his
minority, receiving a common-school education. Apr. 28, 1875, he
married Lucinda, daughter of Nelson and Lucy McCune.
They have four children - Herbert H., Luella M., Carny C., and an
infant. After his marriage Mr. Hill bought a farm and lived on
it till 1879. He then returned to the old homestead, where he has
since resided, taking charge of the farm. Mrs. Hill is a member
of the Presbyterian church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley,
Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 527 |
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SOLOMON HILL was born in Spencer, Mass.,
Aug. 15, 1814, an when three yeas of age came with his parents to Athens
County and settled on a farm about two miles from where the village of
Amesville now stands. The days of his youth were spent in assisting
his father on the farm and attending the subscription schools. He
resided with his parents until their death, and then succeeded them on the
old homestead, which was purchased by his father in 1825. He has added
to it until he has now 260 acres of good land. He has been extensively
engaged in raising stock and sheep of the higher grades. He was
married Mar. 13, 1844, to Miss Ellen P. Mitchell. They are the
parents of four children, all daughters - Alice A., Margaret J., Emma L.
and Florence A.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley,
Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 527 |
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NATHANIAL P. HOISINGTON, farmer and stockraiser, was born in Ames
Township, Nov. 19, 1819, the youngest son of Joab and Annie B. (Green)
Hoisington. His father was a native of Vermont and came to Athens
County in 1804, and his mother a native of Massachusetts and came here in
1802. Our subject was reared on a farm and received his early
education in the common schools, living with his parents until he reached
his majority. He then took charge of the old homestead until the death
of his parents. He was married Dec. 3, 1843, to Miss Elizabeth Weis,
daughter of Jacob and Rosanna (Stalder) Weis, who came from Newburn,
Switzerland about the year 1818. They have had a family of eight
children, seven still living - Dudley W., Rose, Mary, John B., Lou M.,
William P. and Kittie. Jacob L. is deceased. Mr.
Hoisington purchased his present farm in 1857. It contains 230
acre of excellent land and is one of the best farms in Athens County.
He has held several offices of trust in the township. He and his wife
are members of the Presbyterian church at Amesville.
Source: History of Hocking
Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. -
1883 - Page 530 |
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CLEMENT HOOPER,
a son of Stephen and Ellen Hooper, was born in Wheeling, Va., Apr.
23, 1824. When he was quite young his parents removed to Belmont
County, Ohio, where they lived till 1835, and then came to Athens County,
settling on the land now owned by their son. July 9, 1845, Mr.
Hooper married Rhoda Axtell, of Alexander Township, formerly of
Mercer County, Pa. They had a family of twelve children - Elizabeth
Ann, Stephen F., G. W., Jerusha A., Mary
Jane, E. A., Amasa, R. S., Ida B., Victoria Blanche, Ellen and an
infant. Mrs. Hooper died Oct. 22, 1881. May 11, 1882, Mr.
Hooper married Thula Coughenour, of Gallia County, Ohio, a
daughter of David Coughenour. Mr. Hooper has a large,
fine farm well improved. He has one of the best residences in the
township. He has been engaged in dealing in stock more or less for a
number of years. Politically he is a Republican. He has been
Justice of the Peace six years. He is a member of the Free Will
Baptist church.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by Inter-State
Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 560 |
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G. W. HOOPER,
son of Clement Hooper, was born in
Athens County, Oct. 22, 1849. His early life was spent on a farm and
in attending school. He was married Aug. 3, 1873, to Susannah
Sisson, daughter of William Sisson, of Columbia Township, Meigs
County. They have five children - Alert, John W., Elden W., Lulu B.
and Ralph. Mr. Hooper settled on the farm where he now lives in
1874. He has eighty-seven acres of well-improved land, and is engaged
in general farming and stock-raising. He has held the office of
Constable seven years, and is at present Township Trustee. He is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by Inter-State
Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 560 |
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HIRAM L. HULL, son of S.
T. Hull, was born in Lodi Township, Athens County, Ohio, Dec. 17, 1848,
and was reared and educated in his native township, residing at home until
he arrived at manhood. Mar. 24, 1866, he married Mary E. Smith.
Seven children have been born to them, five living— Florence, Samuel,
Charles, Lucy and Hattie. Allie and Absalom are deceased.
Mr. Hull has a farm of 120 acres, under a good state of
cultivation.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 -
Page 803 |
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S. T. HULL, born in Delaware
County, N. Y., July 16, 1819, was the youngest of ten children of Samuel
and Rachel (Bostick) Hull. When he was four years of age, his
parents moved to Ulster County, N. Y., where he was reared and educated,
living there till he was twenty years of age. In 1839 he came to
Athens County, locating in Lodi Township. He was married Mar. 10,
1842, to Maria Witham. Five children were born to them,
only four living— Augusta, Hiram S., Adaline and Jessie B. Samuel
is deceased. S. T. Hull enlisted in November, 1861, in Company
K, Seventy-third Ohio Infantry. He was in the battles of Cross Keys,
Gettysburg, Lookout Valley, Mission Ridge, Chancellorsville, Resaca and
Dallas. At the latter place he was wounded May 27, 1864, losing an
arm. He was discharged Aug. 1, 1865, being mustered out as Sergeant.
He lived eight years in Washington County, Ohio, and one year in Kansas,
then returned to Lodi, where he still resides. He has held the office
of Justice of the Peace five years.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 -
Page 803 |
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STEPHEN W. HULL, son of
Wakeman and Jane (Stewart) Hull, was born in Meredith, Delaware Co., N.
Y., Jan. 13, 1818. May 29, 1836, he started for Athens County with a
team, and arrived at Lodi Township, June 19. In 1836 he settled on the
farm where he now resides. He has eighty-two acres of land, and a good
residence. He has held several township offices, and was Postmaster
one month under Buchanan and Lincoln’s administrations.
He has been married three times: the first time Oct. 19, 1839, to Mary P.
Masters. They had two children— W. B. and N. N.
Aug. 1, 1849, he married Nancy Wilmarth. One child was
born to them—Edgar E. Aug. 20, 1874, he married Mary Elizabeth
Jennings. They have two children—Nora Ann Elizabeth and
Phoebe Lucinda Jane. Mr. Hull is an Elder in the
Presbyterian church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 -
Page 804 |
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E. C. HUMPHREY,
carpenter, was born in Washington County, Ohio, May 3, 1823, and in 1846
came to Lee Township, Athens County. He was married in September,
1846, to Sarah Rigg, a native of Pennsylvania, born May 29,
1826. They have had four children, only two now living—William E.
and Joseph E. Their eldest son, John A., enlisted in the
late war, and at the battle of Winchester, July 24, 1864, he was shot
through the thigh, and as the Union forces left the field to the rebels, he
fell into their hands and is supposed to have died as he has never since
been heard from Mr. Humphrey enlisted Feb. 1, 1862, in Company
C, Seventy-fourth Ohio Infantry, and was discharged Nov. 5, 1862, on account
of disability. March 1, 1864, he raised a company to take a wagon
train to Cumberland Gap. On their arrival at Camp Nelson, Ky., it was
formed into a pack-mule train, and he was appointed its Captain.
During the John Morgan raid in Ohio he enlisted in the State
Militia and served till after Morgan’s capture. Mr. and Mrs.
Humphrey are both members of the Free-Will Baptist church.
Source: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: by Inter-State
Publishing Co., 1883 - Page 617 |
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WILLIAM S. HYDE was born in
Homer Township, Morgan Co., Ohio, Jan. 29, 1819, and is a son of William
Hyde, a native of New York City, who came to Morgan County, Ohio, about
1817. In 1827 he removed to Millfield, this county, where he died
Sept. 15, 1846. He owned large tracts of land around Millfield, and
was extensively engaged in farming and in the mercantile business. Our
subject was educated in a select school. He bought the farm where he
now resides in 1860, and has recently sold it to the Buchtel Iron Company,
but still resides in the fall of 1843 to Hetta C. Andrews, daughter
of Samuel Andrews. they have four children - Achsa, Emma,
William and Maurice. Emma is married to Smith Jennings,
of Nelsonville, and William to Adda Conant, and resides in
Fairfield County, Ohio. Mr. Hyde was Infirmary Director of this
county for nine years, and for many years was Trustee of Dover Township.
He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by
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