ABRAHAM H. HITE, farmer, Walnut township; was born in Walnut township Apr. 13, 1828, the son of Samuel S. and Anna (Hite) Hite.  S. S. Hite was born about 1790, in Virginia.  He came with his father, Abraham Hite, to Ohio in 1805 or 1806.  He lived on the home place, now owned by John A. Hite.  He raised a family of seven children, three sons and one daughter survive.  S. S. Hite was a prosperous farmer and a strong supporter of religion.  He died about 1871; his wile about 1865.  A. H. Hite after completing his education in the common schools, turned his attention to farming at home, until his marriage, Dec. 23, 1855, to Ann, daughter of Henry and Catharine Hempy, who were early settlers in Greenfield township.  Mrs. Hite was born in Greenfield township, Sept. 30, 1831.  In the spring of 1856, he settled where he still resides, and has improved much by buildings.  It consists of one hundred and twenty-four acres.  He also owns eighty acres elsewhere.  He is a successful stock raiser and farmer.  They are the parents of nine children, of whom six are living: Samuel S., a resident of Walnut township, living on a place owned by his father; Henry M., living in Walnut township; Levi and Eli were born Nov. 19, 1861; they reside with their parents; Catherine Elizabeth, born May 19, 1866; Abraham, born Oct. 14, 1868.  Mr. Hite was one of the soldiers in 1812, under Captain Peter Lamb.  He is a prosperous and esteemed citizen.
Source:  History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 310 

J. H. HITE, merchant, Pleasantville, born in this county in 1832; son of Samuel and Catharine (Hockman) Hite.  Mr. Hite was raised on a farm, and at an early age commenced business for himself.  He first engaged in buying and shipping horses.  About the year 1858 he engaged in the grocery business and has followed that ever since.  Mr. Hite was married, in 1837, to Miss Eliza J. Geiger, daughter of Daniel and Jane Geiger  They have two living children, Plenny E. and Daisie L., and one deceased.
Source:  History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 313

JAMES K. POLK HITE, farmer, post office, Pleasantville, was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, in September, 1844.  He was married Aug. 26, 1866, to Miss Minerva Jane Miller who was born Dec. 8, 1849.  Their children are Alice, born Oct. 24, 1867; Sarah born Au. 24, 1869; Metta, born Aug. 6, 1871; Samuel Joseph, born Nov. 14, 1873; Emma E., born Nov. 23, 1875; Jackson, born Nov. 23, 1877; Leota May, born Apr. 8, 1880; infant, born Mar. 12, 1882.
Source:  History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 313

JOHN A. HITE, farmer, Walnut township, was born May 17th, 1838.  He is a son of Samuel S. and Anna (Hite) Hite.  Samuel S. Hite was born in the State of Virginia, Sept. 18, 1790; came to Ohio with his father, Abraham, in 1806, who settled in Walnut township, upon the farm now owned by J. A. Hite where he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land, and lived up to the time of his death.  Samuel S. continued to live upon the homestead after his father's death and raised a family of seven children, four of whom are living - three sons and one daughter.  He was a successful farmer and stock raiser, and owned at the time of his death five hundred and sixty-six acres of land.  He died Mar. 7, 1871.  John A. Hite was educated in the common schools of his native township, was brought up on a farm, and lived at home until he was married, Oct. 17, 1865, to Miss Charity W., daughter of John Geiger, who was a resident of Walnut township.  Mrs. Hite was born in this township May 28, 1845.  They are the parents of nine children, of whom seven are still living - two sons and five daughters.  After his marriage he remained upon the homestead, and now lives in a fine brick farm residence, built in 1840.  He owns two hundred and forty acres of land, and is one of the most extensive farmers and stock raisers of his township.
Source:  History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 312

JOHN C. HITE, son of Samuel and Catharine Hite, was born near Pleasantville, Pleasant Township, Fairfield county, Ohio, on the 25th day of November, 1827.  He was raised a farmer, and in connection with that industry, in the fall of 1846, at the age of nineteen  he began teaching school in Pleasantville.  In this village he taught four terms with remarkable success.  He was regarded as being one of the most successful teachers in this county.  He was an ardent friend to education, and was one of the projectors of the Fairfield Union Academy, now known as the Pleasantville Collegiate Institute, at Pleasantville.  He remained a farmer until October, 1868, when he came to Lancaster, Ohio, and purchased the bookstore of Tuthill & Rigley.  He continued in the book business until the fall of 1870, when he was induced by number of his leading political friends to purchase a one-half interest of the Ohio Eagle, which he did, and continued one of its editors until Nov. 10, 1873; when he entered upon his duties as County Auditor, having been previously elected to that office.  This position he filled four years with great satisfaction to the tax payers of both political parties.  On the 5th of Aril, 1879, he was elected Superintendent of the Ohio Reform School, which position he held until June, 1879, when he resigned and returned to Lancaster, and took charge of the Fairfield County Democrat, as editor and publisher.  This paper he enlarged from a seven column folio to a six column quarto.  This change was made Aug. 5, 1879, from which date the paper has been known as The Saturday Journal.  Up to the time of the writing of this sketch, he is still editor and publisher of this paper.   Politically, he is a Democrat, religiously, a Missionary Baptist, in which charge he has taken great interest, especially in the Sunday School work.  He has served in the capacity of Sunday School Superintendent in the Lancaster Baptist church for eleven years.  He was married to Miss Mary Miller, of Pleasant township, Fairfield county, Sept. 23, 1852.
Source:  History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 310

JONAS HITE, Walnut township, farmer; was born June 9, 1820, second son of Joseph and Frances (Berry) Hite.  Joseph Hite was born in Virginia about 1780; came with his father, Abraham Hite, to Ohio, about 1807, settling in Walnut township on the farm now owned by John A. Hite.  He was a farmer, and lived upon that farm up to the time of his death.  He raised a family of ten children, of whom six are now living, three sons and three daughters.  Jonas was educated in the common schools to a limited extent.  He was brought up a farmer, and remained at home until he was married, Sept. 24, 1844, to Miss Lovina, daughter of Henry Huffman, who is a well-known farm er of Walnut township.  Mrs. Hite was born in Maryland, Apr. 27, 1822.  They are the parents of ten children, eight of whom are living, viz.:  Henry H., a carpenter of Hadley Junction; Lewis S., a farmer of Walnut township; Mary Catharine, wife of Lewis Snyder, of Walnut township; Amos, a farmer of Perry county, Ohio; Almeda J., wife of George L. Snyder, who lives on the homestead; Clarence C., wife of Henry Miller, Jr., of Walnut township; Belle V. Stella, at home; and Flora, now a pupil of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, at Columbus, Ohio.  After his marriage, Mr. Hite lived in various places in Walnut township, until 1848, when he settled upon the then almost unimproved farm that he has since made his home, at first purchasing forty-one acres of land, to which he has added until there is now one hundred and eleven acres.  He also owns twenty-two acres of the old homestead, that lies near Thurston.  He has improved, at different times, his home residence.  He has served as township trustee; four years in the army, and was instrumental in raising the quota of soldiers required in Walnut township during the late war.  Mr. and Mrs. Hite are members, in good standing, in the Baptist Church.  Mr. Hite's father, Joseph Hite, settled in Rushcreek township about 1817, on what is known as Swope farm, and upon which the village of Thurston now stands.  Up on that farm he lived until 1862, at which time he moved to Huntington county, Indiana, where he died in the fall of the same year.  His farm in Ohio contained two hundred acres of land.  He was a prominent member of the Baptist Church.
Source:  History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 311

JOSEPH HITE, farmer; post office, Pleasantville; was born in Pleasant township, Oct. 24, 1811, and has always resided in this township.  Oct. 26, 1836, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Lamb, who was born in Fairfield county Mar. 1, 1818.  Their children were William L., born Sept. 14, 1837; Katharine, born Oct. 18, 1840; Joseph Lemuel, born Oct. 25, 1842; James K. Polk, born Sept. 20, 1844; Sarah B., born Apr. 2, 1840; Henry, born Oct. 22, 1851; Elizabeth Ann, born Mar. 3, 1853; Maria Ellie born Mar. 3, 1853; Mary Magdalena, born Jan. 18, 1857; William L., died Sept. 24, 1840; Henry, died Oct. 22, 1851; Katharine, died Sept. 20, 1856; Mary Magdalena, died Sept. 25, 1877; Sarah B., died Jan. 8, 1878; Maria Ellie, died Oct. 5, 1878.
Source:  History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 313

LEVI HITE, attorney-at-law, of the firm of Hite & Dolson, office in Mumaugh's building, Main street, Lancaster, Ohio.  Attorney Hite was born Feb. 11, 1848, in this county, son of Jonas and Ruth (Stevenson) Hite, of German ancestry.  Young Hite was educated in the public schools and in the Fairfield Union Academy.  In January, 1872, he registered as a law student in the office of Hon. Charles D. Martin, of this city, with home he read until September of the same year, when he entered the law department of Yale College, where he graduated in June, 1875, and was admitted to the bar in the District Court of Vinton county, Sept. 7, 1875, and immediately formed the above firm.  Attorney Hite was married Sept. 9, 1879, to  Miss Lizzie, daughter of Cyrus and Catharine (Switzer) Courtright.  They are the parents of one child, Bertha.
Source:  History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 311

HOCKING H. HUNTER, deceased.  He was born in Lancaster, Aug. 23, 1801; the son of Captain Joseph and Doretha (Berkshire) Hunter.  Joseph Hunter was a native of Virginia, his wife of Maryland.  He was an officer in the Revolution, and soon after the war he settled in Kentucky, and in 1798 emigrated to Ohio.  His son Hocking H. as the first white child born in the county.  He received a liberal education in the Lancaster school, completing the same under Professor Whittlesy at the Lancaster academy.  He read law in the office of Judge William Irvin.  He was admitted to the bar in 1824.  In 1827 he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney of Fairfield county, filling this position nine years.  In later years he was elected Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, on the Union ticket, resigning his office before taking his seat on the bench.  Mr. Hunter was a man of extraordinary ability.  During the war he promoted in many ways the Union cause.  To the poor and needy he was an able assistant.  Few have higher claims to a greatful remembrance.  He was married to Miss Ann Matlock, Nov. 30, 1823, who was born in Kentucky in 1802.  They were the parents of nine children, of whom three sons and three daughters survive.  Mr. Hunter died Feb. 4, 1872.  Mrs. Hunter is still living, vigorous in mind and body for one so advanced in years.
Source:  History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 315