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BIOGRAPHIES
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
HISTORY OF
BELMONT and JEFFERSON COUNTIES,
OHIO,
AND
INCIDENTALLY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
PERTAINING TO
BORDER WARFARE AND THE EARLY SETTLEMENT
of the
ADJACENT PORTION OF THE OHIO VALLEY,
By J. A. Caldwell
with Illustrations
Assistant, G. G. Nichols
Managing Editor, J. H. Newton
(Assistant, A. G. Sprankle.
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WHEELING, W. VA.
PUBLISHED BY THE HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
1880
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Barnesville -
KELION HAGERSource: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 330 |
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St. Clairsville
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JOHN HAGUE, son of Reuben and Anna V. Hague, was born
in Springfield, Sept. 19, 1853. When very small his parents
removed to St. Clairsville, Ohio, where our subject was educated.
When Nineteen yeas of age he began tailoring with his father, and
has been engaged at the business ever since. Sept. 19, 1874,
he was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Hilligas, of Cadiz,
Ohio.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 245 |
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Colerain Twp.
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THOMAS HALL, ESQ., was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in
1831, and is a son of Thomas and Mary Hall. His father
was born in the year 1788, in North Carolina, and emigrated to
Jefferson county, Ohio, about the year 1801, settling in the same
locality where he now resides. Our subject was married to
Miss Hannah Webster, in 1856, and has raised a family of four
children, all still living. He was educated in the common
schools and at Mt. Pleasant boarding school, then under the control
of the Society of Friends.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 389 |
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St. Clairsville -
CHARLES HAMMOND - First among the names of the
honored members of the bar of Belmont county, stands that of
Charles Hammond, who afterward became a prominent lawyer of the
state. He was a native of Maryland and a graduate of
Washington College. Soon after quitting school he
entered the law office and was a pupil under the celebrated
Philip Doddridge. He migrated to the county in 1801, to
follow his chosen profession. In November of that year, he was
appointed prosecuting attorney by the court, and then, soon
afterwards, legally appointed by the Governor of the Northwest
Territory, in which capacity he served until near the close of 1804.
He was not only a lawyer of fine talent, but a man of great
popularity with all classes. He was honest in the fullest
sense of the word, and remarkably affable in manner. During
the war of '12 he published The Federalist, of St.
Clairsville. At this time he resided on the farm now owned by
Charles H. Amick, near the top of Wheeling hill. In
1824 he removed to Cincinnati and attained a high position there as
editor of the Gazette. He was the author of the
celebrated political essays, signed "Hampden," published in the
National Intelligencer in 1820, regarding the character and
Constitution of the United States government, for which he was
highly complimented by President Jefferson. He died in
Cincinnati in 1840.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 229 |
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Cross Creek Twp. -
ANDREW HERALE - Mr. Herale was born in
Germany in 1832, and came to this country in 1859. He first
located in Connecticut, and lived there about a year, when he came
to Steubenville and went to work at common labor in the rolling
mill, where he accumulated enough to purchase the farm on which he
now resides. He is an enterprising man and has a fine farm,
and is always ready to interest himself in any enterprise by which
he or his family may be benefited.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 599 |
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Richland
Twp. -
JOSEPH HARPER was born in county Down, Ireland, Dec. 14,
1800, and when 18 years of age, he, with his uncle and cousin,
emigrated to America. For about one year he remained at
Philadelphia. In the year 1824, he came to Belmont county on
horseback and located in Colerain township, where he remained for
five years. From thence he removed to Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson
county, remaining there some nine years, and from thence to Harrison
county, where he lived for fifteen years. In 1869 he removed
to the farm on which he now resides in Richard township, Belmont
county. On June 16, 1825, he married Miss Nancy Major,
who died Apr. 16, 1861, and on Dec. 18, 1863, he married Miss
Clarinda A. Rice. Has followed farming as his occupation.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 254 |
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Barnesville -
FRANK W. HIBBARDSource: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 332 |
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St.
Clairsville -
SAMUEL HILLES, Sheriff of Belmont county, a son of Nathan
and Sarah Hilles, nee Cole, was born June 10,
1836, in Chester county, Pa. His parents migrated to Belmont
county in 1844, and located in Loydsville. He received a
common school education in this village. In the spring of
1858, he began the study of dentistry with Dr. Y. H. Jones,
of Loydsville, remaining under his supervision two years. In
1861, he enlisted as a private in company "E," 15th O. V. I.
Immediately after being sworn into service he was made sergeant, and
in 1862, he was promoted to second lieutenant, which rank he held
but a few weeks and being regarded as meritorious, was again
elevated to the position of first lieutenant. His army life
was an active one - full of danger and suffering. He was
engaged in the battles at Shiloh, siege of Corinth, Stone River,
Liberty Gap and Chickamauga. At the battle of Stone River, he
received two severe wounds by the explosion of a shell - one piece
striking him on the right leg above the knee and another piece in
the back between the shoulders, and in the engagement at
Chickamauga, he received a slight wound. He was discharged
Dec. 15, 1863, on account of disabilities by the Medical Board of
Cincinnati. On Sept. 20, 1864, he was united in marriage to
Lizzie N. Lee, of Belmont county. At Loydsville he
embarked in the mercantile trade and merchandised until October,
1867, after which time he went into partnership with Dr. H. W.
Baker, of Barnesville, in dental surgery. In 1870, he
removed to Red Oak, Iowa, and followed dentistry there in connection
with agriculture. Came back to Barnesville in November 1874,
and in January 1875, he took charge of the bas works as
superintendent. In 1878 he became a candidate for sheriff on
the Republican ticket, and in the fall of that year he was elected,
which position he now fills to the people's satisfaction.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 244 |
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Flushing Twp.
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SMITH HIRST - Born Feb. 2, 1809, in Loudon
county, Va. His father, David Hirst, removed to
Jefferson county, near Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. Educational
facilities being quite limited in those days, a boy was considered
quite proficient when he had mastered Comley's spelling book
and Jesse's arithmetic. Young Hirst made the
most of his opportunities and was considered a good scholar.
In 1850, he married Phoebe Wilson, of Chester county, Pa.
His wife having died, he married in 1856, Lydia Hoge,
daughter of John Van Pelt. In 1847, he bought one
hundred acres of land in the southwest corner of Wheeling township,
where he now resides. Mr. Hirst is a man of studious
habits and through extensive reading has accumulated a fund of
information not not often secured by a man whose life has
been spent on a farm.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 380 |
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Barnesville -
ROBERT HODGIN. - In the early part of the
present century, several families (among whom were the Plummers,
Griers, Croys and others) members of the Society of
Friends or Quakers, migrated to Belmont county, and their settlement
was the objective point toward which a large number of Georgians
were attracted, both on account of the salubrity of the climate and
the fertility of the soil, the fame of which had reached their
neighborhood, and the ties of religion and amity, joined to a
natural antipathy to the institution of slavery.
In 1803 the Hodgins, Todds, Williams, Vernons,
Sidwwells, Millhouses, Childreys, Hayes, Stubbs, Pattens, and
other families, from a section of country about fifty miles
northwest of Augusta, arrived in Warren township.
Our subject's father, Wm. Hodgin, was born in
Georgia. He, in 1802, in company with William Patten,
visited this portion of the Ohio valley. They examined
thoroughly the lower Miami lands, (as they were termed), but on
account of the sickness generally prevailing they decided to move to
the Friends' settlement in Belmont county.
Mr. Hodgin left the necessary money with
Jonathan Taylor to enter two sections of land. Mr.
Taylor attended faithfully to the business, and Mr. Hodgin
(in 1803) found himself the owner of the sections of which the
Wm. Bundy and the Lindley Bundy farms form parts.
His brother Stephen accompanied him to his new home. He
(Wm. Hodgin) died in 1820, in North Carolina, while an route
to Georgia, at the age of 54. His wife, who was Agnes
Childrey, died several years later at the age of 74.
The children were: Mary, John, Sarah, William,
Martha, Laban, Robert, Rebecca and Stephen, several of
whom accompanied their parents to the trip to Ohio.
Robert was born in Warren township in 1805.
He at the age of nineteen, began to labor at the millwright trade,
and farmed when not engaged in that calling. In 1837 he
removed to Barnesville, and in later years was in the grocery, drug,
and other business. For several years he has retired from
active work.
He was married in 1828 to Eunice, daughter of
George and Elizabeth Starbuck. The latter were born and
married in North Carolina, and removed to Warren township in 1806.
George Starbuck died in 1815, at the age of forty-one, and
his wife, Elizabeth Starbuck, died at the age of
seventy-four. Their children were: John, Rachel,
Elishal, Mary, Lydia, Eunice, Elizabeth and George.
Elizabeth, George, Elisha and Eunice are the only
children still surviving.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 329 |
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Flushing Twp. -
JOHN C. HOGE, son of Absalom Hoge, of
Loudon county, Va., who came to Ohio in 1800 and located three miles
west of St. Clairsville, where John C. was born July 2, 1813.
He married Rebecca Bonsall, Apr. 26, 1843. Children
born - Lindley M., June 18, 1844; Hannah E. Jan. 12,
1848; Elizabeth B., Oct. 2, 1853. Mr. Hoge is a
farmer by occupation and owns 111 acres. He was reared a
"Friend" and has always adhered strictly to the customs and usages
of that society.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 381 |
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Barnesville -
ABRAHAM C. HOGUE, a native of Jefferson county, Ohio, was
born in a log cabin near what is known as the "Rock Houses, on the
7th of April, 1826. His parents removed to Mt. Pleasant whilst
he was but a mere child. Here he received a common school
education, and at the age of eighteen he began to learn carding and
spinning. He served an apprenticeship of three years, and
after having finished his trade he worked as a journeyman, working
at various places. In the spring of 1851, he found his way to
Hendrysburg, Belmont county, and engaged with Taylor, Tidball &
Co., remaining in their employ three years. During this period
he formed the acquaintance of Cynthia Sells, whom on
the 28th of March, 1854, he led to the marriage altar. After
this he rented a woolen factory on Wheeling creek, Ohio, conducted
it for nine months and then returned to Hendrysburg, where he was
made superintendent of the “Effort Mills,” for two years, and then
became a partner, remaining as such for four years. In 1865,
he removed to Barnesville, and in partnership with William
Barlow, started the Barnesville Woolen Mills, which he is still
operating. Mr. H assisted in weaving the first figured
silk ever manufactured in the United States, and also assisted in
organizing the primitive Odd Fellows’ lodge in Belmont county.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 329 |
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Somerset
Twp. -
SOLOMON HOGUE, son of Samuel Hogue, of
Loudon county, Virginia, was born Feb. 28, 1821. In 1828 his
father came to Ohio and located in Union township, Belmont county.
Solomon remained at home till the age of nineteen, when he
engaged as clerk in his brother's store at Lamp's Mill, in Goshen
township. Here he remained until 1844, when he removed to
Hocking county, Ohio, and engaged in merchandizing in company with
John Meade. Returned to Lamp's Mill in 1845 to settle
up his brother's business, and the same fall bought an interest in
the store of William Hogue, in Somerton, and continued in
partnership until 1853, when he purchased his brother's interest.
Mr. Hogue was married June 7, 1847, to Cornelia H.
Kontz, daughter of Hon. John Koontz, of Somerton, Ohio,
by whom he had two children, who died in their infancy. His
wife died in August, 1850, and on Jan. 20, 1852, he married
Orilla E. Koontz, sister of his first wife. To them were
born six children, three of whom are now living, viz.:
Honoria Z., married to Charles Koll, of Salem, Ohio;
Martha R. K. and Emma H. While continuing in
business at Somerton, Mr. Hogue was also engaged in the dry
goods and grocery business at Barnesville, in 1862; wholesale
groceries in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1863-4; and general
merchandizing at Fairview, Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1865. In
1867 Mr. Hogue was nominated for the Legislature on the
Republican ticket, but was beaten by his Democratic opponent.
In 1879 he was again nominated for the same office, but was beaten
by eight votes. He was elected county commissioner in 1874,
and served three years with ability and integrity in that capacity.
Mr. Hogue is still engaged in the general merchandise,
tobacco and wool trade in Somerton, and does a business of forty or
fifty thousand dollars annually.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 409 |
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Union Twp. -
WASHINGTON HOGUE
was born in Loudon county, Virginia, December, 1813. In 1828
he migrated to Belmont county, and located on section eight in Union
township. He was married to Miss Phoebe Gregg, in 1836.
Their family consists of four children - three sons and one
daughter.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 373 |
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Barnesville -
DR. HOOVER - In 1833 the scarlet fever
scourged Barnesville and vicinity as an epidemic. In the midst
of its ravages Dr. Isaac Hoover, a young and promising
physician came to Barnesville from St. Clairsville, Ohio. He
at once obtained a good practice, which in a short time, by the
death and the retiring of the Drs. Judkins, became very
extensive. He continued a successful career here until 1868,
when he removed to Bellaire, O. There he met with nothing but
disappointment, under the pressure of which his mind gave way, and
for several years his life was a blank. His son Thomas,
a young physician of the finest promise, having secured a good
practice at Columbus, O., took charge of his father and family.
Dr. Isaac Hoover died at Columbus in 1878, and was buried in
South Cemetery, Barnesville.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 317 |
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St. Clairsville -
WM. B. HUBBARD. As a Mason, William
B. Hubbard acquired a national reputation. He was made a
Mason in this lodge. He filled the different offices of the
same with satisfaction to his brethren. In 1838 he removed to
Columbus. Whilst residing there, he was appointed Grand Orator
for the year 1842. In 1850 he was appointed Grand Orator for
the year 1842. In 1850 he was elected Grand Master of the
state, which position he held for three successive years, with
distinguished ability. Was elected the Most Eminent Grand
Master of the General Encampment of the United States, serving in
that capacity from 1847 to 1856. He died in Columbus, Jan. 5,
1866.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 231 |
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St. Clairsville -
WILLIAM B. HUBBARD, emigrated to St.
Clairsville in 1820. He came as an indifferent lawyer, but
through Jacob Nagle he became quite a successful one.
Served as prosecuting attorney from 1825 to 1833. He removed
to Columbus where he accumulated a master fortune. He lived in
that city until his death.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 229 |
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Goshen Twp. -
J. A. HUTCHISON was born in Washington county,
Pa., Jan. 4, 1819, and came with his parents at an early age to
Belmont county. When about twenty-two years of age, he went to
Jefferson county and engaged in the tanning business at Tiltonville,
on the Ohio river. He was married Dec. 11, 1845, to Miss
Jane Cochran, and raised two sons, both of whom grew up to
manhood, but are now deceased. He carried on the tanning
business till about 1863, when he removed to Goshen township, and
bought a farm, where he has since resided. He is a great
reader of books, and well versed in history, and is a member of the
United Presbyterian church.
Source: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 406 |
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Barnesville -
WILLIAM HYDESource: History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio,
Publ. at Wheeling, W. Va., by the Historical Publishing Company -
1880 - Pg. 331 |
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