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History of Auglaize Co., Ohio -
Vol. II of 2 Volumes
Edited by William J. McMurray
Wapakoneta, Ohio
Historical Publishing Company
Indianapolis
1923
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FLOYD HARDEN,
one of the well-known farmers of the upper part of Union
township and a substantial landowner in that part of the county,
is a member of one of the real pioneer families of this county,
the Hardens having been represented here for nearly
ninety years, or thirteen years before Auglaize county was
organized. Mr. Harden was born in a house in the
immediate vicinity of the place on which he is now living on
Dec. 16, 1861, and is a son of NOAH
and Mary (Lusk) Harden, the latter of whom also was a member
of one of the first families in Union township. The late
Noah Harden was born in Knox county, this state, and was
but three years of age when he came to this part of Ohio with
his parents, JOHN
and Catherine Harden, the family settling on a woodland
tract there along the creeks in section 10 of Union township.
John Harden, the pioneer, was born in Somerset county,
Pennsylvania, and after his marriage had settled on a farm in
Knox county, Ohio. When the new lands up here at the
headwaters of the Auglaize were opened for settlement following
the departure of the Indians, he became attracted to the
possibilities of settlement here and entered a considerable
tract of land in section 10 of Union township, in what then was
Allen county. That was in 1835. He moved his family
here and established his home on that place, where he spent the
remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1845, he then
having become the owner of several hundreds of acres of land in
that vicinity. John Harden had eight children, and the
Harden connection thus became a considerable one hereabout.
The site of James Harden's grave became the nucleus for
the establishment of the Fairmount cemetery, his body having
been the first buried there. Noah Harden grew to
manhood on that pioneer farm, and out of the estate left by his
father received eighty acres, on which he established his home
after his marriage, later increasing this tract by the purchase
of an adjoining tract of thirty-six acres, and on this farm of
116 acres carried on his operations until his death in 1912, he
then being right around eighty years of age. Noah
Harden was twice married. By his union with Mary
Lusk he had two children, the subject of this sketch having
a sister, Anna. Mark Harden, a half-brother of
these, died at the age of twenty years. Reared on the home
farm in Union township, Floyd L. Harden received his
schooling in the neighborhood school (district No. 2, known as
the Harden school), and from the days of his boyhood has been
attentive to farming. He continued farming in association
with his father until his marriage at the age of twenty-six
years, when he bought a farm of eighty acres in Wayne township,
and there made his home for five years, at the end of which time
he sold that farm and bought sixty acres of the old home place
in Union township, where he since has made his home and where he
and his family are very comfortably situated. Since taking
possession of this place, Mr. Harden not only has made
numerous substantial improvements in the way of modern
equipment, but has increased his land holdings there until now
he is the owner of a fine farm of 260 acres. It was on
Sept. 26, 1888, that Floyd L. Harden was united in
marriage to Rebecca Jane Myers, who was born in the
neighboring township of Wayne, daughter of George and Lydia
(Williams) Myers and to this union four children have been
born, two sons and two daughters, Lehr, Foster F., Sarah
Normal and Adena, all of whom are married.
Lehr Harden married Alice Seiler and has one child, a
daughter, Helen. Foster F. Harden married
Audrey Lutz and has three children, Floyd P., Caroline
and Kenneth E. Sarah Normal Harden married
Rudolph Yoder and has two children, Floyd and Byron E.
and Adena Harden married John Fox and has one
child, a son, Earl. Mr. and Mrs. Harden are members
of the Church of God at Waynesfield and are Democrats. The
Harden home is pleasantly situated on rural mail route No. 1
out of Uniopolis and has a well-established reputation for
hospitality.
Source: History of Auglaize
County, Ohio - Vol. II - Pub. 1923 - Page 357-358 |
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FRANK P. HARDIN,
assessor of Union township and a well known and substantial
farmer and stockman of that township, proprietor of a well
improved farm in the pleasant valley of Virginia creek northeast
of Uniopolis, was born on the farm on which he is now living,
and has lived there all his life, a period of more than
sixty-five years. Mr. Hardin was born on Aug. 22,
1857, and is a son of Jesse and Mary (Brentlinger) Hardin,
both of whom were members of Jesse and Mary (Brentlinger)
Hardin, both of whom were members of pioneer families in
that vicinity, the latter a daughter of
JOHN BRENTLINGER, who had entered his
lands in section 7 of Union township in 1834, two years
following the departure of the Indians from this region.
Jesse Hardin was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania,
and was four years of age when he came to Ohio with his parents,
JOHN HARDIN and
wife, the family settling in Knox county, where they
remained for some years, or until the settlement of lands up in
this part of the state began to attract the attention of
prospective settlers. In 1835 John Hardin came here
and entered claim to a tract of land in section 10 of Union
township, this land then having been a part of Allen county, and
almost immediately thereafter cut out a clearing on the woodland
tract, erected a log cabin on the same and moved his family here
and established his home. He was a good farmer of the
go-ahead pioneer type, well trained to woodcraft in his native
Pennsylvania, and as his affairs prospered he added to his
holdings there until he became the owner of no less than
600 acres along the creeks in sections 9 and 10 of Union
township and was accounted one of the substantial and
influential pioneers of that community, and here he spent the
remainder of his life. He was twice married, his first
wife having died in Knox county in 1833, and he was the father
of eleven children. As most of these children lived to
maturity and had families of their own, the Hardin
connection in the present generation, of this line, is a no
inconsiderable one. Jesse Hardin was four years of
age when the family moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio and he was a
well grown boy when his father moved from Knox county to his new
lands in what is now Auglaize county. He thus took a hand
at once in the laborious task of clearing and developing
the woodland tract upon which his father had settled, and after
his marriage continued to farm on that place. To the tract
he received by inheritance following his father's death he added
until he became the owner of more than 300 acres of excellent
land and had a well improved farm. On that place he spent
his last days, his death occurring in 1882. His widow
survived him for many years, her death occurring in 1916, she
then having been at the great age of ninety-eight years.
Of the eleven children born to Jesse and Mary (Brentlinger)
Hardin but two are now living, the subject of this sketch
and his sister, Mary. The deceased members of this
family were John, Martha, Louisa, Catherine, Lucinda, Martin,
Joseph, Anna and Melissa. Reared on the old
home farm, where he was born, Frank P. Hardin received
his schooling in the neighborhood school (district No. 2) and
from the days of his boyhood was trained to the ways of farming.
He remained on the farm with his father during the days of his
young manhood, helping in the labors of developing and improving
the place, and after his marriage at the age of twenty-four
continued to farm there. Within less than a year afterward
his father died and he then came into possession of the home
"eighty" by inheritance and has continued to reside there, he
and his family being very comfortably situated. Mr.
Hardin has added to his holdings there until now he is the
owner of a fine farm of 242 acres, all a part of the original
Hardin holdings there in Union township. In addition to
his general farming he has for years given much attention to
live stock, with particular reference to Percheron horses,
Holstein cattle and Poland China hogs, and has done well in
these operations, long having been recognized as one of the
leading stockmen of that part of the county. Mr. Hardin
is a Democrat and for twenty-five years has been serving as
assessor of Union township, thus being recognized as an
authority on land values in that part of the county. It
was on Christmas Day, 1881, that Frank P. Hardin was
united in marriage to Harriet J. Parlett, who also was
born in this county, a member of one of the old families here,
daughter of John and Mary Parlett, and to this union have
been born four children, Lillian and Roy,
deceased, and Jesse M. and Carl F. Hardin, both of
whom are married. Jesse M. Hardin has been twice
married and by his first marriage, to Lora Countryman,
has one child, a son, Franklin D. He married his
deceased wife's sister, Grace Countryman, and by this
latter union has one child, a daughter, Koneta. Carl F.
Hardin married Emma Stephenson and has one
child, a daughter, Yvonne. The Hardin
home is very pleasantly situated on rural mail route No. 1
out of Uniopolis.
Source: History of Auglaize
County, Ohio - Vol. II - Pub. 1923 - Page 505-507 |
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GILFORD HARDIN,
a member of one of the old families of Union township, now
living retired at Uniopolis, was born in Union township and has
lived there all his life with the exception of a period of some
years prior to his retirement, when he was living in the
neighboring county of Allen. Mr. Hardin was born
June 14, 1850, and is a son of MARK
and Margaret (Sloan) Hardin, who had a fine farm along the
creeks in section 10 of Union township, about two miles
northeast of Uniopolis. Mark Hardin, who became one
of the large landowners of that township, was born in Knox
county, this state, and was sixteen years of age when he came to
what is now Auglaize county with his parents, John and
Catherine Hardin, the family settling on a tract of land
which John Hardin had entered from the Government in
section 10 of Union township in 1835. John Hardin
was a go-ahead pioneer and became one of the substantial
landowners of that part of the county, which at the time of his
settlement there and until thirteen years later was included
within the confines of Allen county. On that pioneer farm
Mark Hardin
grew to manhood and after his marriage became a farmer on his
own account, buying a farm in that vicinity, and as his affairs
prospered continued to add to his holdings until he became the
owner of 640 acres of land. He and his wife were the
parents of ten children, five of whom are still living, the
subject of this sketch having a sister, Lydia, and three
brothers, George, Charles and Jacob Hardin.
The deceased members of this family were Mary Ann, Nancy,
John, Marion and Joseph Hardin. Reared on the
home farm in section 10 of Union township, Gilford D. Hardin
received his schooling in hte neighborhood school (district No.
2) and upon attaining his majority began farming a tract of
eighty acres which his father gave him in that neighborhood.
After his marriage he continued farming there, meanwhile
increasing his holdings to 142 acres, until he disposed of that
place and bought a farm of 110 acres north of there along the
county line. On this latter place he made his home for
twenty-five years, at the end of which time he moved up into
Allen county, where he and his wife bought a small farm of
thirty-two acres and where he lived until his retirement from
the farm and removal to Uniopolis, where he has since made his
home. On Apr. 24, 1884, Gilford D. Hardin was
united in marriage to Lillie M. Harrod, also a member of
one of the old families of Union township, daughter of Levi
and Susan Harrod, and to this union have been born six
children, Alice, Grace, Ada, Claude, Clarence and
Harry, all of whom are married save the last named.
Alice Hardin married Edward Hartung and has
three children, Carl, Zenith and Darrell. Grace
Hardin married Edward Shade and has five children,
Argyle, Lucille, Donna, Evelyn and Merlin. Ada
Hardin married Edward Lytle and has four children,
Oopal, Ganelle, Foster and Catherine. Claude Hardin
married Bertha Miller and has two children, Claris
and Robert, and Clarence Hardin married Mary
Pantry and has had two children, who died in infancy.
Mrs. Hardin is a member of the Church of Christ.
Source: History of Auglaize
County, Ohio - Vol. II - Pub. 1923 - Page 516-517 |
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OLIVER W. HOERATH,
former mayor of the village of New Knoxville, former clerk of
the village, former president of the local board of education
there, chairman of the board of directors of the Home Benefits
Association at that place, formerly and for years a teacher in
the schools of this county and present secretary and treasurer
of the Detjen Grain Company of New Knoxville and Moulton, was
born at New Knoxville and has resided there practically all his
life. Mr. Hoerath was born in Oct. 23, 1881, and is
a son of JOHN
and Fredericka (Schneider) HOERATH,
both of whom also were born in this county, members of pioneer
families here, the former born at St. Marys and the latter in
German township. JOHN HOERATH
grew to manhood at St. Marys, were he received his schooling,
and as a young man went to Cincinnati, where he learned the
trade of harness making. Upon finishing his trade he
returned to this county and opened a harness shop at New
Knoxville, where he continued in business for about forty years.
He was twice married and by his first wife (Fredericka
Schneider) was the father of two sons, the subject of this
sketch and Arthur J. Hoerath. Upon the death of the
mother of these sons, Mr. Hoerath married Fredericka
Schroer a member of one of the old families of Washington
township, and to this union two sons were born, Julius
and Walter Hoerath. Reared at New Knoxville, where
he was born, Oliver W. Hoerath received his early
schooling in the schools of that village and then entered the
St. Marys high school. Upon finishing the high school
course he secured a license to teach school, and in the
following winter taught a district school in St. Marys township.
In the next year he began teaching in the schools of Washington
township, and was thus engaged during the winters for six years,
at the end of which time he was appointed to the schools of New
Knoxville, and for seven years was a teacher in the village
schools, at the same time and meanwhile becoming active in the
general affairs of that village. In 1912 Mr.
Hoerath left the school room to give his attention to the
affairs of the Detjen Grain Company of New Knoxville and
Moulton, of which concern he was elected secretary and
treasurer, and has since devoted his chief attention to the
operations of that company, which not only maintains grain
elevators at New Knoxville and Moulton, with its rail outlet at
the latter place, but also is extensively engaged in the sale of
coal, lumber and builders' supplies and farm implements, with
sales establishments in both villages. Mr. Hoerath
has long been looked upon as one of the "live wires" in the
business life of his home town. He was one of the
organizers of the Home Benefits Association of that place and is
the present chairman of the board of directors of the same.
He is a Democrat and has long taken an active interest in local
civic affairs, having at various times rendered public service
as mayor of New Knoxville (two terms), two terms as clerk of the
village, and four years as president of the local board of
education. Oliver W. Hoerath married Ida
Headapohl, daughter of Catherine Headapohl and also a
member of one of the old families in this county, and to this
union one child has been born, a daughter, Kathryn.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoerath are members of the First Reformed
church in New Knoxville, of which congregation Mr. Hoerath
is one of the deacons, and of which he also for the past five
years and more has been serving as clerk, or secretary of the
church. The Hoeraths have a pleasant home at New
Knoxville and have ever taken an interested and helpful part in
the general social activities of that community.
Source: History of Auglaize
County, Ohio - Vol. II - Pub. 1923 - Page 374-375 |
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CHARLES L. HUNTER,
former postmaster at St. Marys and formerly and for years
actively engaged in newspaper work in that city, one of the best
known newspaper men in western Ohio, was born at St. Marys and
has lived there all his life. Mr. Hunter was born
on Jan. 6, 1869, and is a son of ANDERSON R. and Julia A. (Emerick)
Hunter, both also natives of Ohio, the latter born in Mercer
county on May 25, 1844, and both of whom are now deceased.
Anderson R. Hunter was born in Stark county, this state,
Aug. 29, 1824, and in the days of his young manhood located at
St. Marys, where after his marriage he established his home and
spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring there in
June, 1892. His widow survived him until Oct. 25, 1918.
Anderson R. Hunter was for many years widely known
hereabout as a buyer of live stock and he also was engaged in
the retail meat business at St. Marys. To him and his wife
were born eleven children, all of whom are living save four,
three who died in infancy and Anderson R. Hunter, Jr.,
who died at the age of fifty-two years, the subject of this
sketch having one sister, Mrs. D. E. Howe, and five
brothers, James, John, Norville C., Reussell Hunter
received his schooling in the excellent schools of that city and
when eighteen years of age, in 1887, entered upon his career as
a newspaper man and general printer, a vocation he followed
until the time of his appointment in March, 1914, to the
position of postmaster t St. Marys, which position he occupied
until the expiration of his commission on Feb. 1, 1923.
Upon entering the newspaper office at St. Marys back in the '80s
Mr. Hunter started in with the determination to learn all
departments of the business and he thus became an all around
newspaper man, familiar with all details of the craft from the
"case" up, and was general manager of the Daily Leader at
the time of his appointment to the postoffice. Mr.
Hunter's service in this latter capacity covered the period
of national stress during the time of this country's
participation in the World war, when many new and onerous duties
were being laid on postmasters in connection with the
administration of local war activities, and it is needless to
say that in the discharge of these duties he was proved in every
way equal to the emergency. He also served as a director
of the local Community Welfare Association, an organization
growing out of war needs, and in that capacity rendered equally
valuable service to the community of which he is so vital a part.
Mr. hunter is a member of the local Chamber of Commerce and
has for many years been recognized as one of the most potent
factors in the development of the commercial and industrial
activities of his home town. He is a 32 degree Mason,
affiliated with the consistory at Dayton and with the blue
lodge, the chapter and council of the Masonic bodies at St.
Mary's, and is also a member of the local lodge of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. For some years he has
been the secretary of the local Masonic bodies. On July 4,
1891, Charles L. Hunter was united in marriage to
Matilda Caldwell, who was also born in this county,
daughter of Ephraim and Matilda (Boltz) Caldwell, and to
this union have been born four children, all of whom are living
save Hannah, who died in March, 1910, the others being
two daughters, Julia M. and Helen Marie and a son,
Robert G., who married Vivien
Clark, of Wapakoneta, and has one child, a son,
Charles C., born on Dec. 23, 1818. Robert G. Hunter
is a machinist operator in the office of the Daily Leader
at St. Marys having charge of the linotype machines. The
Misses July M. and Helen Marie Hunter have for
some years past been engaged in Chautauqua work, directors for
the Ellison-White Company of Portland, Oregon, and in
this capacity have appeared in all the important towns in the
West. Both young ladies were graduated from the St. Marys
high school and Julia M. Hunter supplemented the training
there received by a course in the Columbia School of Expression.
Source: History of Auglaize
County, Ohio - Vol. II - Pub. 1923 - Page 523-524 |
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JOHN H. HUT,
a well known farmer of Pusheta township, living on rural mail
route No. 8 out of Wapakoneta, is a native son of Auglaize
county and has lived here the better part of his life.
Mr. Hut was born in German township on May 2, 1857, and is a
son of
Theodore and Mary (Gressbrink)
Hut, the latter of
whom was born in Kentucky.
THEODORE
HUT was a
European by birth, born in the grand duchy of Luxemburg, and was
but a lad when he came to this country with his parents, the
family proceeding on out into Ohio and settling at Minster not
long after the settlement there of Stallo colony.
Theodore Hut grew up there and became a shoemaker.
After his marriage he settled on a farm in German township, but
some years later moved to Toledo, where he became engaged at his
trade. Late in life he returned to Minster, where his last
days were spent. He and his wife were the parents of six
children, two of whom are still living, the subject of this
sketch having a brother, Edward Hut, of Toledo.
John H. Hut was but a child when his parents moved to Toledo
and he was reared there, receiving his schooling in the schools
of that city. As a young man he learned the trade of
butcher, becoming thus employed when eighteen years of age, and
for nearly twenty years followed that vocation, or until his
marriage at the age of thirty-five, when he began farming,
renting from his father-in-law, Joseph Baker, the farm of
eighty acres on which he is now living in Pusheta township.
Following the death of Mr. Baker, Mr. Hut's wife
inherited that place and the home has since been maintained
there, the family being very comfortably situated. Since
coming into charge of this place Mr. Hut has made
extensive improvements, these including a new set of buildings
on the place, and he now has a well equipped farm plant.
In addition to this farm he rents an adjoining "eighty" and thus
is farming 160 acres. In connection with his general
farming he gives considerable attention to the raising of life
stock and is doing well, his sons being valuable aids to him in
the operation of the farm. It was on May 27, 1892
that John H. Hut was united in marriage to Anna Baker
and to this union ten children were born, eight of whom are
living, and but one of whom (George) is married.
George Hut married Agnes Sholl and is farming for his
father. The other children of this family are Alfred,
Philip, John, Theodore, Gertrude, Bertha and Theresa.
The mother of these children died on Mar. 29, 1922. She
was born at Crestline, Ohio, and was a daughter of
JOSEPH and Theresa (Heueisen)
BAKER, who were
the parents of five children, Mrs. Hut having had a
sister, Mary, and three brothers, George, Joseph
and John Baker. Mrs. Hut was but a child
when her parents moved from Crestline and settled on a farm in
Washington township, this county, and her schooling was
completed at Botkins. Mr. Hut is a member of the
Church of Immaculate Conception at Botkins and his children have
been reared in the Catholic faith. He is a member of the
local branch of the Knights of America (No. 937) at Botkins and
in his political faith is a Democrat.
Source: History of Auglaize
County, Ohio - Vol. II - Pub. 1923 - Page 611 |
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