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JOHN C.
HATHAWAY, a prominent pioneer and one of the prosperous
citizens of Claridon township, was born in Geauga county, Ohio, Apr.
6, 1831, a son of Wanton Hathaway, a native of Massachusetts.
His grandfather, Captain Clothier Hathaway, was born at Fall
River, Massachusetts, and was captain of an ocean vessel for many
years. He finally settled in Onondaga county, New York, where
he met whit a violent death, being killed by a fallen tree, at about
the age of fifty years. Wanton Hathaway was married in
Onondaga county, New York, and emigrated to Geauga county, Ohio, in
1820; he located in the southeastern part of Claridon township,
building a log cabin in the heart of the dense woods. He was a
skilled hunter, and killed many deer and wolves. He cleared
and improved about 100 acres of land, a task of some magnitude.
He was a most industrious worker, and a man of good judgment.
He married Miss Anna Hotaling, a native of the State of New
York, and to them were born five children; he died at the age of
fifty-one years and she lived to the age of sixty-nine; they were
members of the Disciples' Church. J. C. Hathaway, their
son, was reared mid the wild scenes of the frontier, experiencing
those trials and privations which fall to the lot of the pioneer's
family. He received his education in the common school, and
also enjoyed the advantages of the academy at Chardon for two terms.
As he attained his majority he started out in life for
himself. He was one of a company of thirteen that went to
California, via Isthmus of Panama, in the winter of 1853, settled in
Forest City, a mining town in Sierra county, and returned to Ohio in
1854. He was married to Miss Adaline Potter in 1855;
Mrs. Hathaway was born in New York State and came to Ohio when a
child. They are the parents of four children: Warren W.,
Hattie E., Flora Bell and Mud Murrie.
Responding to his country's call, Mr.
Hathaway enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, being First Sergeant. He was in the battle
of Perryville, Kentucky, but was taken ill, and for eight weeks was
confined to the hospital. He rejoined his regiment at
Munfordville, Tennessee, going thence to Nashville; he was finally
discharged on account of disability. After the war was ended
he settled on his farm in Claridon township. In 1872 he
removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where he resided until 1888; he was
employed by D. M. Osborn & Co., dealers in agricultural
implements, as traveling salesman, and he was interest in various
other manufacturing enterprises. He owns a fine residence in
Cleveland, a farm of 155 acres in Claridon township, and another
farm in Midland county, Michigan. He carries on a general
agricultural business, making a specialty of raising-grain; and also
bales and ships large quantities of hay each year.
Mr. Hathaway is president of the
County Farmers' Institute, and was a member of one of the first
farmers' clubs in the State. He is well known as a most
intelligent agriculturist, possession rare judgment and unusual
ability.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio - Publ.
Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Co., 1893 - Page 723
NOTE: See family tree at http://www.dave-francis.com/genealogy/francisfamily/pafg426.htm |
HENRY HOTCHKISS,
a popular and successful member of the farming community of Burton
township, Geauga county, Ohio, was born at Cheshire, Connecticut,
Mar. 10, 1831, a son of William F. Hotchkiss. The
father emigrated to Ohio in 1836, making the journey by wagon and
accomplishing it in eighteen days. He settled in Burton
township, where he cleared a farm and made improvements. He
died in Geauga county in 1886, in his eighty-fourth year. He
married Hannah Gaylord, a native of Connecticut, and they
reared a family of five children. The wife and mother died at
the age of seventy-four years. Henry Hotchkiss is the
only surviving member of the family; he attended the district
schools and was a student at Burton Academy.
He was united in marriage, in 1854, to Sarah A.
Conant of Troy township, Geauga county, her family having
removed to Ohio from Massachusetts and located in Troy township.
In 1861 Mr. Hotchkiss enlisted in Company B, Forty-first Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and served three years; he was in the
engagements at Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga and Pickett's Mills.
He was driving a team during the battle at Missionary Ridge, and was
on detached duty at brigade headquarters from Apr. 1, 1864, until
the fall of Atlanta. He was in the battle of Atlanta and took
part in the fight at Lovejoy Station. He was ordered back to
Chattanooga, where he was mustered out Sept. 8, 1864. He was
almost fatally injured by being thrown from a wagon just before the
battle at Stone River, and was confined through a long illness in
the winter of 1861-'62 in the hospital at Louisville, Kentucky.
After a long and honorable service he returned to his
old home and took up agricultural pursuits. He has lived on
his present farm since 1866, and has 297 acres under cultivation.
He carried on general farming, and has met with more than ordinary
success.
Mr. and Mrs. Hotchkiss are the parents of three
children: Clarence A., Harry P., and Benjamin E.
Politically, our subject affiliates with the
Republican party, and is an ardent supporter of the principles of
that organization. He is a member of the Patchin Post, 229, G.
A. R., and belongs to the I. O. O. F.
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The
Lewis Publishing Co., 1893 - Page 931 |
A. S. HUDSON,
an honored citizen of Geauga county, is a native of the State of
Ohio, born in Cuyahoga county, May 20, 1833. His father,
William Hudson, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but emigrated
to Cuyahoga county, in 1817; he was a joiner by trade, and made all
the window sash in the Wedell and America hotels when they were
built in Cleveland. He worked on some of the oldest business
blocks in Cleveland, and followed his trade in that place until
1845. He was united in marriage with Delphia Sherwin,
a native of Vermont, who came with her father to Ohio in 1820.
They had a family of eight children, six of whom grew to maturity.
The father died at the age of seventy-nine years, and the mother
lived to be eighty-four. Before the war he was a Democrat, but
after that conflict he gave his allegiance to the Republican party.
A. S. Hudson is the seventh born ; he was reared in the city
of Cleveland, attending Shaw Academy, and finishing his education at
Hiram College, where he and James A. Garfield were
classmates. He and the distinguished statesman were close
friends and visited each other in after years. Mr.
Hudson learned the carpenter’s trade in Cleveland. Just
before the war between the North and South he had removed to
Michigan, expecting to locate near Grand Rapids. On Aug. 30,
1862, he enlisted in Company H, First Michigan Engineers and
Mechanics. He was mustered in at Grand Rapids and sent to
Louisville, Kentucky. His first engagement was at Perryville,
and thence he went to
Nashville, Tennessee. He built many block houses, bridges and
commissary buildings, and did much repairing. His regiment was
divided, and his company went through to
the sea with Sherman. He participated in the battles of
Mill Creek, and Bentonville, North Carolina, and took part in the
Grand Review at Washington. He was commissioned Second
Sergeant at Atlanta. He was never absent from duty a single
day, and was mustered out at Washington, June 16, 1865. He
settled in Cleveland after the war, and engaged in contracting and
building. For fifteen years he carried on a successful
business, erecting many of the large and handsome blocks on Euclid
avenue and Chestnut street. In 1883 he retired and removed to
a farm in Chardon township, on which he lived until September, 1892.
In order to give his children better educational facilities he came
to Chardon.
He was married in 1856 to Nancy Z. Hendershot,
of Cleveland, Ohio. They have a family of eleven children:
Acy K., Herbert E., Robert A., Vila S., Thomas S., Clarence W.,
Howard G., Chauncey O., Delphia R., Gertrude E., and Florence
Z. Mr. Hudson and wife are consistent members of the
Church of Christ and take an active interest in the welfare of the
society. He was a Republican in politics for thirty-seven
years, but now supports the views of the Populist party. He is
a member of the G. A. R. Post, No. 387. Beginning life with no
capital, by industry and frugality he has amassed a competence.
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The
Lewis Publishing Co., 1893 - Page 753 |
FREDERICK
HULBERT, one of the most enterprising and progressive
citizens of Thompson township, is a native of Ohio, born in Geauga
county, Apr. 16, 1818, a son of Seth Hulbert, whose history
appears on another page of this volume. Frederick Hulbert's
first home was the log cabin built by his father; his education was
received in the primitive log schoolhouse characteristic of the
frontier; he was permitted to attend the short sessions of school
until he was sixteen years old, when he went to work on the farm.
His father had 200 acres of land, and the harvesting of grain was
all done by hand; the day of reapers, self-binders and
steam-threshers had not yet dawned. The father often went to
Painesville to work by the day, and would return at night with a
sack of meal on his back, guided in his path by the glazed trees of
the forest. Wild game was abundant, and Frederick supplied the
family table with meat by hunting; he was also a skillful trapper
and brought home many a coon and fox. He remained at home
until he was of age, and then went to Mentor, where he was employed
for nearly two years. At the end of this time he came back to
the old homestead which he cultivated three years. Having
saved his earnings until he had accumulated a little money, he
bought fifty acres of land which had been a part of his father's
farm. He cleared away the dense timber, moved into a log house
that was on the place, and began the task of placing the land under
cultivation.
Sept. 8, 1842, he was united in marriage to
Charlotte C. Tolcott, a native of Connecticut and a daughter of
Moses and Charlotte (Warner) Tolcott; John Tolcott was
the first member of the family to come to America; he emigrated from
England, and was one of the colonial settlers of New England.
The parents of Mrs. Hulbert removed to Ohio in 1830, and
settled near Thompson, where the father died, at the age of
sixty-six years; the mother survived to the age of eighty-one years.
They had a family of four children, two of whom are living.
Mr. and Mrs. Hulbert celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of
their marriage, Sept. 8, 1892, with a golden wedding. They had
born to them six children: Alonzo, who enlisted in the
service of his country at the age of eighteen in the Sixth Ohio
Cavalry, Company A, and died, in 1863, in the hospital at
Germantown. He was in the service two years. Edgar
is married, and resides in Youngstown, Ohio; he has three children.
Esther is the wife of G. A. Mathews, of Jackson,
Michigan. Mary is the wife of Charles Wilber, a
farmer of this township. Newell E. is a minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church; and Almira E. is living at home.
The father and mother are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Politically, Mr. Hulbert supports the issues of
the Republican party, and has served as Trustee of his township
several terms. He now owns seventy-five acres of choice land,
well-stocked with good horses and cattle. He has given his
children a liberal education, fitting them for useful positions in
life, and has contributed very generously to the building of the
church at Thompson.
Source: Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio - Publ. Chicago -
The Lewis Publishing Co., 1893 - Page 953 |
HENRY HULBERT
has been closely connected with the progress and development of
Thompson township since early times, and is entitled to the space
accorded him in this history of Geauga county. He was born
here Sept. 10, 1814, a son of Seth Hulbert of
Connecticut. His grandfather, Seth Hulbert, Sr.,
emigrated to Ohio in 1808, and died near Painesville soon after
coming to the State. The father of Henry Hulbert
located in Thompson township, Geauga county, selecting a home in the
dense forest where the hand of man had not been laid to interrupt
the course of nature. Indians were numerous, and wild game
abounded. Being a good marksman he brought home much game, and
often found wild honey, which was one of the luxuries of the table.
In the war of 1812, he went as a minute-man to Fairport. He
was Justice of the Peace for many years and filled other local
offices. He died at the age of fifty-three years. His
wife’s maiden name was Theodosia Bartlett, and she
lived to the age of eighty-one years. They reared a family of
eight children, Henry being the second-born. He first
saw the light of day overshadowed by the forest primeval, and during
his babyhood the howling of wolves was often his lullaby. He
gained an education in the little schools that were taught in the
neighborhood at the homes of the settlers, and also later on in the
log schoolhouses. At the age of fifteen he laid aside his
books and took the implements of agriculture; as early as the age of
twelve he swung a scythe in clover by the side of grown men.
He worked at the carpenter’s trade, too, during his youth, and
assisted in building the bridge over the river at Painesville.
He followed this vocation in Williams county, Ohio, and cleared
fifty acres of land while there.
He was married Nov. 8, 1836, to Martha Warren,
who was born in Champaign county, Ohio. Soon after this event
he moved into a log house on his present farm, which he cleared and
improved. He was prosperous and eight years later was able to
build a more modern structure, which he still occupies. He set
out fruit as soon as he could get the land in proper condition,
planting the first tame grapes in the township. He has been
one of the most extensive fruit-growers in the county for many
years, and has done much to promote this most important branch of
agriculture. Mr. and Mrs. Hulbert are the parents of
seven children: George, David, Charles, Jane,
Rufus, James and Janette, all living but
David, who died when about a year old Having always the courage
of his convictions Mr. Hulbert has been independent in
his political views, and has cast his vote rather for the man than
for the party. He was Trustee of the township four years,
serving with credit to himself and the satisfaction of the public.
He has never sought official position, but prefers the management of
his private business. He was one of the organizers of the
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Thompson, and was treasurer four
years. He now owns seventy acres of fine land, having given
land to his sons to aid them in making a start in life. Mr.
and Mrs. Hulbert have traveled life’s pathway together
fifty-seven years, meeting and overcoming obstacles by the support
of each other’s affection and bearing the burdens and trials with
bravery and fortitude.
Mr. Hulbert’s mother when a young woman
had an adventure in Lake county quite thrilling enough to be
recorded: She was going home on horseback from Painesville,
when she became bewildered and lost her way in the forest; unable to
find the path she passed the night in the woods near a large tree;
the wolves howled near her and she expected to be torn in pieces and
devoured before the dawn of another day. Desiring to leave
some trace of the way she had taken and to give a clue to her end,
she hung her bonnet in the tree; fortunately, however, she escaped
with her life. Mr. Hulbert belongs to the
Spiritual Church and has contributed liberally to its progress.
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio - Publ. Chicago - The
Lewis Publishing Co., 1893 - Page 978 |
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