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BIOGRAPHIES
HISTORY OF HARDIN COUNTY, OHIO
Containing
A History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches,
Schools, Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Military
Record; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent
Men; History of the Northwest Territory;
History of Ohio; Miscellaneous
Matters, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED
Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
1883.
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Jackson Twp. -
JOHN HAFER, (deceased), was born in
Pennsylvania Sept. 17, 1809, and died in this county July 16,
1882. He matured in his native State, where, on Apr. 12,
1831, he married Catharine Howard, of the same
State. In 1850, they came to Ohio, settling at Milton,
where his wife died the following year, and five of their ten
children are now living. John’s second wife was
Elizabeth Sheckler, to whom he was united Sept. 9,
1852. She was born near Mansfield, Ohio, June 25, 1824.
Their family consisted of five children, of whom four are now
living, viz.: Mary E., widow of Capt. Herrick,
who, for a number of years, taught school in Hardin County;
George W., William C. and Franklin S.
Mr. Hafer and family moved to Hardin County from
Crawford County during the late war, and bought land where he
has since lived, in Jackson Township. He cleared his farm
of eighty acres and improved it, but, up to the time of coming
to Hardin, he chiefly followed his trade as carpenter. In
early life, he belonged to the United Brethren Church, but in
later life joined the Methodist Church for convenience of
attendance.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 958 |
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Dudley Twp. -
THOMAS HAGGARD, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was
born Aug. 25, 1845, in Franklin County, Ohio. At the age
of four years he was an orphan and was reared and educated by
his uncle in Union County. He was married, Oct. 29, 1867,
in Union County, Ohio, to Mary E. Cherry, born Feb. 6,
1850, daughter of Isaac and Susannah (Frankfield) Cherry.
His wife’s father died while in the service of the Twenty-first
Regiment at Chattanooga Mr. Haggard is the father
of six children, three boys and three girls, Millie and
Willie, twins, Etty Belle, Harriet E., Charles
A. and Rutherford B. Mr. and
Mrs. Haggard are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Mr. Haggard enlisted at the age of
seven teen years in the Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in 1863.
He went into camp at Cleveland on November 10, two weeks after
he received orders to go to Johnson’s Island to guard the
prisoners confined there, where he passed through great deal of
suffering during the severe winter that followed, having nothing
but cloth tents for shelter. Early in the spring he went
to Camp Dennison, where he drew his horse and prepared for
further duties. On June 9, 1864, was fought the memorable
battle of Mount Sterling, Ky. At the break of day, Gen.
Morgan with his men crawled through the standing flax,
but were bravely met by our men, among them our subject.
The latter was, unfortunately, badly wounded, left leg broken by
minie ball, right leg by musket, and he laid on the field till
about noon, when he was carried to field hospital and soon fell
into state of unconsciousness. He was finally taken to
Lexington, where he was placed in a regular hospital, and was
well cared for. By September 1, he was allowed to return
home, and in November was able to go about without crutches.
[Since the war, he has been occupied in farming. In
politics, he is Republican and is one of the self-made men of
Dudley Township.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 896 |
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Blanchard Twp. -
J. B. HALDEMAN, Postmaster and grocer, of
Dunkirk, was born Dec. 26, 1840, in Stark County, Ohio. He
is a son of Christian and Mary (Kemp) Haldeman, of German
Ancestry. His father is deceased. The subject of
this sketch was reared in Stark County, educated at the schools
of Magnolia, and, at the age of eighteen years, Aug. 2, 1858.
came to this county. He learned the trade of wagon and
carriage-maker, which he worked at for twelve years; for four or
five years was in the hardware business and is now a grocer, of
the firm of Haldeman & Miller. He has been the
Postmaster of Dunkirk for the last shooters, Company H, and was
discharged July 17, 1865. He was a Quartermaster, and took
part in the following battles: Fort Donelson, Shiloh,
Corinth, Atlanta, Resaca, besides numerous skirmishes. He
was under fire for twenty-two consecutive days. On Oct.
24, 1867, at Arlington, Hancock County, he was married to
Angie E., daughter of Cyrus and Martha Vail,
natives of this State and residents of Arlington. This
union resulted in six children, four sons and two daughters
- Frank O., Winnie V., Maud M., Charles and J. B.; the
sixth died infancy. Mr. Haldeman and his wife are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Haldeman
is a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 624; member of the Knights
of Honor, No. 1919; for two years was Township Clerk; one term
as Corporation Treasurer; was a member, for one term, of the
Dunkirk Council, and in politics is a Republican.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 874 |
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Jackson Twp. -
J. S. HALE, real estate agent, Forest, is
a son of Charles and grandson of Randall Hale,
the latter having been born in New England, of English
extraction. He was a patriot in the Revolutionary war.
His wife was a Miss Taylor, cousin of Zachary
Taylor. He and wife both died in Hancock County,
whither they had migrated at an early day. Of their eight
children, Charles was the fourth, born in Jefferson
County, Ohio, in 1815, died in Hancock County, in 1876. At
the time of his death, he had resided forty six years in
Hancock County, where he followed farming. His wife was
Eliza Swinglar, of Jefferson County, and now a
resident of Arcadia, Ohio. Their union resulted in nine
children, of whom J, S. is the fifth. He was born in
Hancock County, Ohio, in 1843. He was raised to farm life,
and acquired a common school education, subsequently taking a
commercial course. At the age of seventeen, he commenced
clerking in the dry goods line, and has since carried on the
business in different places. He came to Forest in 1871,
where he established a drug store, and altogether has been in
the business eight years. He has done much to improve the
town, and now possesses two large brick business houses.
In 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Fifty-seventh Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, serving one year, and participating in the battles of
Vicksburg and Arkansas Post. He was married in July, 1868,
to Nancy Scott, who was born in 1841. She is
a daughter of John and Lucy Scott, pioneers
of Round Head. Mr. and Mrs. Hale have four children.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 958
SHARON WICK'S NOTE:
For some things I found on this family (CLICK
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Liberty Twp. -
JAMES F. HALL,
farmer, P. O. Ada, was born Mar. 17, 1838, in Allen County,
Ohio. He is a son of James F. and Maxy (Fisher) Hall,
both natives of Virginia, the former of English, and the latter
of German descent. His father, a farmer, lived for nearly a half
century in Allen County. Our subject spent his boyhood on
the farm, receiving a common school education, and learning all
about farming, which has formed his occupation through live.
He is also a thresher, and has run a thresher for the last
twenty years, and a steam thresher the last three years.
In 1861, he married Dosha A. Hashe, who was a native of
Allen County. By this union he had three children –
David, Mary Ellen and James. Mrs. Hall died in
1866. In 1867, Mr. Hall formed a second
union this time with Emily C. Hardwick, a native of Ohio,
whose mother was a German, and her father of English descent.
They have eight children, viz.: Cora Alice, Lottie J., Thomas
F., Charles (deceased), Jessie, George E., Albert and
Babin. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are members of the M.
E. Church. In 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and
Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company I, and was
discharged the same year. In 1871, he came to Liberty
Township, Hardin County, where he has remained ever since.
He owns 157 acres of land in this county and some property in
Hancock County, all secured by his own exertions. In
politics, he is a Republican.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 1003
(Transcribed by Teri Eriksen) |
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Liberty Twp. -
CHRISTIAN HAMMER, farmer, P. O. Ada, was
born in Lorain County, Ohio, in 1833. He is a son of
Godfrey and Christine Hammer, both natives of Germany.
His parents came to America in 1932, and settled in Lorain
County, where his father followed farming, although his trade
was that of a carpenter. Our subject, the fourth son of a
family of six, was reared on the farm, and attended the common
schools. He learned the trade of carpenter in Michigan,
and afterward worked at it for three years in Iowa. He
married, in Michigan, in 1858, Miss Lydia Bradford, who
is of English descent. Ten children resulted from this
union, all living, viz.: Elnora, wife of John
Turner, a farmer; Henry, a farmer; Charles Julia,
Albert, Clara, Minnie, John, Alice, and Olie. Mr.
and Mrs. Hammer are members of the United Brethren Church.
In 1871, twelve years ago, he came to this county and settled on
Section 9. He owns 180 acres well-improved land. He
was a Township Trustee in 1881 and 1882; is a prominent member
of the Odd Fellow, and is in the encampment of the subordinate
lodge in Ada.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 1003
(Transcribed by Teri Eriksen) |
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Jackson Twp. -
I. B. HARMAN, farmer, P. O. Forest, is a
son of Christian and a grandson of John Harman.
The latter was a native of Germany, came to America in middle
life, and settled in Columbiana County, Ohio, where he died
about 1836, aged nearly ninety years. Christian, his
third son, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., in 1790, and
died in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1844. He acquired a
common school education, and, early in life, joined the
Methodist Church, although he had been raised by Lutheran
parents, and soon after became an exhorter and finally a
licensed minister. He served in his profession until
declining health forbade it. His wife was Elizabeth
Bowker, a native of New Jersey, and of Irish descent,
born about 1803, and died in Hardin County, Ohio, in 1863.
Of their three sons—Isaiah E., William H. and Emanuel
P.; the eldest and youngest survive. Isaiah was
born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1816, came to Hardin County
in 1863, and now owns ninety five acres of land in Jackson
Township. His wife was Margaret E., daughter of
Rev. William Stone. She was born in Westmoreland
County, Penn., and died in Hardin County, Ohio, Mar. 19, 1876,
aged nearly sixty years. Their children were: Ann E.,
Christian C., Margaret J., Willard F., William H., John
W., Emanuel I., Marietta, David L. and Elmer E., all
living. Mr. Harman has served as Township
Trustee and School Director.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 959 |
Alonzo Harvey |
Dudley Twp. -
ALONZO HARVEY, Kenton, was born Aug. 29,
1819, in Woodbury, Vt, and is son of Erastus and Betsey (Bettis)
Harvey. Mr. Harvey, Sr., was a regularly
ordained minister of the Free-Will Baptist connection. He
was in the war of 1812, having enlisted for the term of five
years, serving as drummer, and was honorably discharged at the
end of the war. He was ordained to the work of the
ministry in 1825 in Wheelock, Vt. As a minister, he was faithful
in the discharge of all his duties. He served as Clerk of
the quarterly meetings most of the time. He was born in
1789, in East Haddam, Conn., and was married in 1816 to Miss
Betsey Bettis, of Woodbury, Vt., and raised a family of
thirteen children, two of whom died in the army. He
labored in Vermont and New Hampshire for several years and then
moved to Barnston, Canada East, where he resided eight years,
then moved to Woodstock, Champaign County, and from there to
Logan County, where he lost his wife. He next moved to
Iowa, where he married Mrs. Hannah Sargent
and lived for several years. He died near Castalia, Iowa,
Aug. 27, 1872, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. The
subject of this sketch was married in Logan County, Ohio, July
7, 1844, to Rachel, daughter of Caleb and
Rebecca Ballinger, natives of Virginia. Mr.
Ballinger was a Methodist local preacher and much
respected. Mrs. A. Harvey was born in Logan County,
Ohio, Sept. 15, 1823, and has had a family of seven children,
viz., Isaac N., Julius O., Mary M., David O. (deceased),
Thomas N., William N. and Irwin H. Two of
the family still are single, four are married. Isaac N.
and Julius O. both own farms, one in Dudley, the other
about four miles north of Belle Centre. They are leading
members in the United Brethren Church, and much respected by all
who know them. Mary M. married George
Thompson, son of Anderson Thompson, who owns a
farm and is a farmer by occupation. Thomas M. is
minister of the United Brethren connection, and belongs to the
Auglaize Conference. His work is in Indiana this year.
William N. owns one-half interest in a grocery and
provision store in Kenton. Mr. Harvey first settled
on Mill Creek in Logan County, near East Liberty, but he moved
from there to York Township, Union County. He was elected
Justice of the Peace while there, and he was re-elected the
second time. He moved to Mount Victory, Hardin County, in
1858, and in 1860 he moved on the farm which he now owns.
Mr. Harvey now resides in South Kenton and is
known over the county as the Bible agent. He has been a
church member for more than fifty years. and is now in his
declining years enjoying the fruits of his labors.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 896 |
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Dudley Twp. -
J. O. HARVEY, farmer, P. O. Mount Victory,
was born June 29, 1844, in Union County, this State, and is the
son of Alonzo and Rachel (Ballinger) Harvey. His
father is a native of Vermont and of Scotch and English descent.
his mother a native of Logan County, this State. The
subject of this sketch is a farmer by occupation, owns
ninety-three acres of land in Dudley Township and fifteen in
Hale; he has been financially successful and has resided on his
farm, the homestead, for twenty-four years. He was
married, December 21, 1868, to Sarah, daughter of
Henry and Elizabeth\(Wilgus) Sullivan (deceased), both
natives of this State. This union resulted in five
children. one deceased—Charles N., born Oct. 2, 1869;
Alonzo, born June 29, 1873; Estella (deceased),
John S. Harvey, born Sept. 5, 1875; and Ocie, born
Mar. 5, 1879. Mr. Harvey and his wife are
members of the United Brethren Church, where the former is Class
Leader. He filled the position of Township Assessor for
two years (1874 and 1876). In politics, he is a
Republican.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ.
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Buck Twp. -
DAVID O. HATCHER, Farmer, P. O. Mount
Victory, was born near Zanesfield, Logan Co., Ohio, May 15,
1847. He is a son of Daniel and Hopy (Garwood) Hatcher,
of Loudoun County, Va. His father died in Logan County,
Ohio, when he was eight years old, and his mother when he was
thirteen. His mother, when five years old, and a cousin,
aged about ten years, were captured in Logan County by the
Indians, who carried them ten years, were captured in Logan
County by the Indians, who carried them into Champaign County,
where they were followed by a darkey named Anthony Blanks,
who unbound the prisoners while the Indians were asleep, and
escaped with them. Our subject lived with his brother,
Nathaniel O., in Hale Township, until of age. When
sixteen years of age, he worked out by the month until he had
reached his twentieth year, then farmed with his brother for one
year. In 1869, he married, and the following winter
purchased 100 acres of land, most of which was in the woods,
which he has since cleared, and now has sixty acres under
cultivation. He was married, Mar. 31, 1869, to Louisa,
daughter of Conrad and Mary M. (Moore) Harpel, both Sept.
3, 1843, in Jefferson Township, Logan Co., Ohio. Of the
seven children born six are living, viz.: Alonzo O.,
Benabille O., George E., Minnie M., Ona F. and Grace
E. An infant son is deceased. Mr. Hatcher
and his wife are members of the Christian Church, of which he is
a Trustee. In politics, he belongs to the Democratic
party. His brother, Isaac H., enlisted, Sept. 20,
1861, at the age of sixteen years, in Company C, Ninety-sixth
Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed in the battle
of Chickamauga. Nathaniel O. was a member of
Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
and served from August, 1862, to June, 1865. He was in
several battles; was with Sherman on his Atlanta campaign, and
was imprisoned a few days in the Andersonville Prison. He
returned home, and died from physical disability, Mar. 3, 1881.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 1045 |
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McDonald Twp. -
SAMUEL HATFIELD, farmer, P. O. Belle
Center, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., July 1, 1820,
and is a son of John and Mary Hatfield. His parents
were both natives of Maryland, and moved to Ohio, settling in
Jefferson County. They subsequently moved to Carroll
County, remaining there for some years, and then pressed forward
to Hardin County, where they spent the remainder of their days.
Mr. Hatfield died in 1855, his widow in 1864.
Our subject was twice married—the first time, in 1846, to
Nancy Steward, who was born in 1821, and died June 4,
1851; subsequently, on July 20, 1853, he married Mary A.,
daughter of John and Jane Watson. She was born in
Allen County, Ohio, Apr. 9, 1837. Her father departed this
life in 1853, her mother in 1848. Our subject is the
father of seven children, of whom the three surviving are
Solon, Olive J. (wife of Hunter Grice) and Ulysses
S. The deceased are Francis M., Mellicca, Ethelda
E. and Abraham L. Mr. Hatfield came to Hardin
County in about 1839, and settled in McDonald Township, where he
and his family reside. He has been engaged in farming. and
owns ninety-five acres of improved land. He is well known
by the neighboring residents, and is respected by all.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ.
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McDonald Twp. -
WILLIAM H. HATFIELD, farmer, P. O. Belle
Centre, was born in Mary land Sept. 12, 1812. He is a son
of John and Mary A. Hatfield, who migrated to Ohio and
located in Jefferson County, thence moved to Carroll County, and
subsequently came to Hardin County, where they finally settled.
Mr. Hatfield died in 1855, and his wife in 1864.
Our subject settled on the home farm, where he and his family
are residing. He is a farmer, and has accumulated 186
acres of land, which he has cleared of timber, and which is now
under a good state of cultivation. In April, 1838, he was
united in marriage to Catharine Hites, born in
Jefferson County, Ohio, Oct. 10, 1818, and a daughter of John
and Elizabeth Hites. Mrs.
Hatfield belongs to the Lutheran Church. Mr.
and Mrs. Hatfield have been blessed with six
children, three living—George W., Amanda and
Catharine. The deceased are Barbara A., Henry H.
and Minerva.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ.
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Blanchard Twp. -
DR. L. W. HEBENTHAL, druggist, Dunkirk,
was born July 27, 1837, in Manheim, Germany. He is a son
of George and Maria (Bucher) Hebenthal (deceased), also
natives of Germany, and is a member of a family of three; his
brother, George W., is deceased, and his sister,
Josephine, is the wife of Vincennes Link. The
Doctor studied chemistry in Manheim, Germany, received a diploma
for same, and emigrated to Toledo, Ohio, at the age of sixteen
years. He was in Maumee City for two years, and then
proceeded to Waterville. He enlisted, Apr. 18, 1861, in
the Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company K, and served
three months, during which time he was made Corporal, and fought
in the battles of Phillippi, W. Va., Laurel Hill, July, 1861, and
Cheat River, July, 1861, and was discharged August, 1861.
He re-enlisted Sept. 18, 1861, in the Sixty-seventh Regiment,
Company K, and was at the siege of Charleston, S. C., 1863; in
the charge on Fort Wagner, Charleston, July 1863. He
received a gunshot wound in the left arm, a bayonet wound in the
left ankle and was sent to the Beaufort Hospital, thence to the
hospital in Fort Schuyler, N. Y., and returned to duty Mar. 16,
1864. He was promoted to the First Lieutenancy in 1864,
and discharged Sept. 9, 1865. After the war, he was
engaged in the livery business, in which he continued during
1865, and 1866, and, the year after, had a supply store in
Napoleon, Henry Co., Ohio, and, the following year, a wholesale
confectionery in Defiance. For two years, he was druggist
in Mount Blanchard, and finally, in 1876, came to Dunkirk, where
he established a drug store, which he has carried on to the
present time. On Sept. 19, 1867, while in Waterville,
Ohio, he was married, by Rev. Mr. Gibb, to Lena,
born Mar. 22, 1845, in Lucas County, Ohio, the daughter of
Edwin and Mary Jane (Gillet) Dyer, the former a native of
Vermont, the latter of New York. This union resulted in
two children - Delia C., born in Waterville, Mar. 24,
1870, and Mamie, born in Defiance Apr. 13, 1874.
Mrs. Hebenthal is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and Mr. Hebenthal is a Universalist in his
religious belief. Mrs. Hebenthal has two brothers -
E. M. and F. M. - and one sister - Roxana,
wife of David Hancock. Mr. Hebenthal is a member of
the Grand Army of the Republic at Dunkirk, of the I. O. O. F.
and the Knights of Honor at Dunkirk, and in politics is a
Republican.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio -
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Jackson Twp. -
WILLIAM HEMPY, farmer, P. O. Forest, is a
son of Peter Hempy, whose father was born near
Lutzenburg, Germany. Peter Hempy was born in
the State of Maryland, where he matured and married Mary
Michael, of the same State. During the first decade
of the present century, they settled in Fairfield County, Ohio,
where they both died. He was a millwright by trade, but
owned and lived on a farm. He furnished a substitute in
the war of 1812 from Fairfield County, where William, the
sixth of their thirteen children, was born Apr. 15, 1823. William
matured in his native county, where he received a common school
education, and when sixteen years old was enabled to teach.
About this time, his father died, leaving him entirely alone in
the circle of life. On June 15, 1851, he married
Christina Trissler, and the same year purchased and
settled on five acres of land in this township. By strict
economy and industry, he and his wife have accumulated until
they now own nearly 400 acres of good land. In 1863, when
all building material was extremely high, his entire buildings
were swept away by the devouring flames. Mr.
Hempy has always been handy with tools, and has done
considerable carpentering, which was convenient for him in many
instances when starting in the dense wilderness of Hardin
County. He has devoted some time to saw-milling, and for
several years had a mill on his farm. He and wife have had
eight children, seven of whom are now living. Mrs.
Hempy is a sister of J. R. Trissler, whose sketch
appears in this volume.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner,
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Jackson Twp. -
CAPT. CYRUS HERRICK, deceased, was a son
of Ezra Herrick, who was a resident of the
neighborhood of Dunkirk, Ohio, at the time of his death, which
occurred in December, 1871. Cyrus Herrick
was born near Hawley, Oakland Co., Mich, Dec. 13, 1841. In
1847, his father moved to Ohio and settled in Blanchard
Township, this county. He bought eighty acres of the farm
that the Captain owned when he died. The place was but a wild
forest without even a house. They unloaded their goods
under the trees and went to work to build a house, where they
lived until the late rebellion. Capt. C. Herrick
enlisted in the Eighty-second Regiment as private; was promoted
to Second Lieutenant July 17, 1862, to First Lieutenant July 31,
1862, and to Captain May 3, 1863, serving to the close of the
war. While in the service, he obtained a furlough to visit
his home, on which occasion he married Miss Parmelia Wilson,
daughter of R. S. Wilson. This was on Feb. 9, 1864.
At the close of the war, he came home and bought his father's
farm, and, in a short time, bought 100 acres more, which made
him a home of 180 acres. In 1869, he built a large barn; in
1873, he built a large brick house at a cost of $4,500. On
Dec. 17, 1874, his wife died, leaving three children, two now
living— Emma and Anna. On Mar. 16, 1876, he
married a second time. The part ner of his choice was Miss
Mary E. Hafer, daughter of John Hafer; he had been
acquainted with the lady for a number of years; she having
taught school in his district at one time. By this union
two children were born— Gertie and Alice, Alice
being only eight weeks old when her father died, and his widow
was but twenty-six years of age. In 1879, Capt.
Herrick bought another farm of 117 acres, which gave him in
the aggregate a farm of nearly 300 acres. He died Mar. 8,
1880.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 959 |
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Liberty Twp. -
SAMUEL HETRICK, farmer, P.
O. Ada, was born Oct. 3, 1827, in Perry County. He is a
son of Jacob and Sarah (Fought) Hetrick, both natives of
Pennsylvania, and of German descent. His father was a son
of Peter Hetrick, a farmer; he followed farming, and also
the trade of a blacksmith, and came to Ohio in 1804, at a time
the Indians still abounded in that vicinity, and settled in
Perry County. Our subject was reared on the farm,
receiving a common school education, and was able to read and
write both in English and German. He came to this county
in 1856, and settled on section 33, when it was all a
wilderness. In 1855, he married Leah Klingler,
daughter of Adam Klingler, of German descent. Her
parents were both natives of Pennsylvania. Five children
were the result of this union - Benjamin F., Rufus C.,
Jacob L., William H. and Sarah E. Mr. and Mrs.
Hetrick are members of the reformed church, where the former
is a Deacon, and an Elder. Mr. Hetrick has been
successful in farming, and is the owner of 118 acres of land.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner,
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Jackson Twp. -
JAMES M. HIGGINS, farmer, P. O. Forest, is
a son of William Higgins, who was born Apr. 22, 1805,
near Philadelphia, Penn., and died in Hardin County, Ohio, in
1858. He was raised in his native State and was married in
Fayette County, in 1826. to Mary A., daughter of David
Trissler. She was born near Hagerstown, Md., Dec. 22,
1807. They came to Ohio in 1831, stopping in Jefferson
County, but in 1836 came to Hardin County, settling on Section 2
of Jackson Township, where he entered forty acres of land.
He was a stout, hearty man, energetic and industrious, and
erelong he had transformed the handiwork of nature into open and
productive fields. He had eleven children—David, Mary
A., Eliza, Christina (who married, and at her
death left a family), William, Margaretta, John
J., Frances M., James M., Amanda E. and George W.
Of this family our subject was the ninth, and was born in
Jackson Township Apr. 11, 1844. He has always resided in
the county and followed farming, save nine months during the
late war. He is a live, energetic, tidy and practical
farmer, owning 140 acres, well improved in modern style.
His wife was Miss Annie B., daughter of Jasper M.
Pimperton. She was born in Hardin County, and they have one
child—Eva.
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Jackson Twp. -
JOHN J. HIGGINS,
farmer, P. O. Forest, is brother of J. M. Higgins, whose
sketch appears in this volume. John was born in
Jackson Township, Feb. 9, 1841. He has
always resided in Hardin County and followed farming, and is now
the owner of 229 acres of well-improved land in Jackson
Township. This he cleared and improved himself, and has it
stocked with good cattle, sheep, hogs and horses. He was married
to Nancy M., daughter of Nathaniel Miller, of Hancock County,
where she was born in 1840. They have family of four children.
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Blanchard Twp. -
S. HINEBAUGH, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was
born Apr. 5, 1832, in Fayette County, Penn., and is a son of
Jonathan and Mary Hinebaugh. He emigrated, while
young, to Hardin County, Ohio, and received there his education.
Was in the show business for two years, and is now occupied in
farming; owns sixty-three acres of land in Sections 7 and 8, and
he enlisted in the Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry and
served nearly four years, fighting in a dozen or more battles
and numerous skirmishes. He was married, Jan. 25, 1866, to
Elizabeth Karrick, born Dec. 13, 1836, in Portage County,
Ohio, and a daughter of Samuel and Mary Karrick,
Eight children have blessed this union, five sons and three
daughters. Three of the children are deceased.
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Blanchard Twp. -
W. S. HINEBAUGH, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk,
was born Mar. 27, 1828, in Fayette County, Penn., and is a son
of Jonathan Hinebaugh of German parentage. His
grandfather, George Hinebaugh, died at the age of
ninety-eight years. The subject of this sketch came to
Hardin County at the age of eight years, and received a common
school education in Logan and Hardin Counties. He is a
farmer by occupation, and owns seventy-seven acres of land in
Section 8, Blanchard Township. On the 3d of August, 1851,
he was united in marriage with Mary Cooper, a native of
Pennsylvania, born Aug. 16, 1828, daughter of Andrew and
Sarah (McLane) Cooper. From this union there have been
ten children, four sons and six daughters, as follows: Oragan
(deceased), Francis A., Hanson F., Sarah C., William St.
Clair, Mary J., Alice C., Florence A., John M. and Esther
M. Delia McClure, aunt of Mrs. Hinebaugh, was
born Apr. 20, 1820, in Randolph, Va., and is a daughter of
Aber McLane. She lived for three years in Licking
County, Ohio, and afterward came to Hardin County, where she has
since remained. She remembers the time this county was
quire a forest. Mr. and Mrs. Hinebaugh, have been
members of the Christian Church since 1851. Mr.
Hinebaugh has filled the office of Township Trustee for two
years; also that of a Supervisor and School Director.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ.
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Blanchard
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CYRUS HOFSTEATER, sawyer and engineer,
Dunkirk, was born July 2, 1830, in Wyandot County, Ohio, and is
a son of Charles Hofsteator, of German and Irish
descent. He enlisted, September, 1861, in the Fourteenth
Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company K; was discharged
February, 1863; re-enlisted Oct. 12, 1864, in the One Hundred
and Eighty-third Regiment; discharged July 14, 1865. On
Mar. 24, 1857, he was united in marriage with Eliza J. Elliot,
born July 23, 1840, of German and Irish parentage. By this
union there have been eight children, serving living.
Mr. Hofsteater has been in the planing and saw mill of I.
C. Miller for about twenty-one years, and for nine years has
been pursuing the trade of a carpenter.
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Blanchard
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J. E. L. HOLDEN, gunsmith, Dunkirk, was
born in Marseilles, Wyandot Co., Ohio, July 5, 1858. He is
a son of A. C. and E. K. (Piedmore) Holden, the former a
native of Licking County, Ohio, and of English descent, the
latter a native of New Jersey. His grandfather, Wilson
Holden, was First Lieutenant in the war of 1812, in which
year he passed, with Gen. Hull, through what is now
Dunkirk. His father was a gunsmith and a millwright by
trade; followed the former occupation for three years in Cuba,
Wyandot County, and ten years in Dunkirk. The subject of
this sketch was reared in Marseilles, Wyandot County, until
twelve years of age. He has followed the occupation of his
father, that of gunsmith, which business he has been in charge
of for two years. He has one brother, two sisters and two
half-brothers.
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Liberty Twp. -
B. A. HOLLAND,
lawyer, Ada, was born Oct. 21, 1822, in Fayette County, Ohio.
He is a son of Thomas and Lorena (Cahill) Holland, both
natives of Pennsylvania, and of English descent. Thomas
Holland, a carpenter, came to Ohio in 1800, and settled at
first in Harrison County, and thence moved to Fayette County.
Our subject was educated in Fayette County, and learned the
trade his father had followed. In 1836, he went to Lima,
Allen County, and resided there up to 1862, at which latter time
he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. He served with great distinction in
the war; at first he was commissioned Second Lieutenant, then
First Lieutenant, then Captain and Major, and finally Lieutenant
Colonel. On his return home from the war, he studied law
for three years and took up the practice of it, although not
regularly admitted to the bar until 1875. He is now one of
the prominent lawyers of Ada. In 1844, Mr. Holland
was united in marriage with Lydia Osborn, a native of
Warren County, Ohio. Four children have blessed this
union, Viz.: Thomas E., a lawyer in Paulding County,
Ohio; Rachel A., wife of James McKenny, a
contractor and lumber dealer in Lima, Lorena A., a
prominent merchant of Ada, and James C., an architect,
who stands high in his profession. Mrs. Holland is
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Holland
is a member of the Masonic order; is a prominent member of the
G. A. R., and commander of the Post in Ada.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner,
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Dudley Twp. -
CHARLES HOLLAND, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was
born in 1834, in England, and is a son of Robert and Sarah (Walkington)
Holland, of English descent. In 1852, he emigrated to
New York, where he resided for nine years. Returning to
England, he remained there four years, when he gain returned to
the United States. He was married, July 7, 1872, to
Margaret Ann Tuttle born Nov. 8, 1842, in Clark County, this
State, and a daughter of Sylvanus and Jane D. (Garlough)
Tuttle, natives of Ohio and of German descent. This
union has been blessed with four boys, to Hardin County in 1878.
Mrs. Holland received her education at the schools of
Clark County, and for two years was a teacher there. She
has three brothers living, James O., Marion and George
H., and one sister, Tabitha J. She had also a
brother, John G. (deceased).. Mr. Holland
has three brothers living, John, Mark and Peter,
and one sister, also living, named Ann, and has four
brothers deceased, viz., William, David, George and
Robert. Mr. Holland has followed the occupation
of a farmer through life, and is one of the useful citizens of
Dudley Township.
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R. F. HOLMES, farmer, P. O. Dunkirk, was
born Oct. 25, 1827, in Carroll County, Ohio. He is a son
of Samuel and Sarah (Rutter) Holmes. He was
married, Nov. 17, 1853, to Emeline Steel, who was born
January 28, 1828, in Columbiana County, Ohio, and has been
blessed with three children - Alsines M. (deceased),
John S. and Elizabeth I. Mr. Holmes enlisted in
the Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company G, and served
three years. He fought in the battles of McDowell, Cedar
Bull Run, and sent to the hospital at Alexander, where, on
getting well, he was detailed as nurse. In the latter part
of 1863, he was transferred to Camp Denison, where he remained
on duty until Dec. 4, 1864, the date of his discharge. For
thirteen years, Mr. Holmes and his wife have been members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, where the former has been
Superintendent of the Sabbath school and is a leader in the
choir. Mr. Holmes is a member of the Grange, and is
one of the useful citizens of Blanchard Township.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ.
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Jackson Twp. -
HARVEY S. HORN, editor of the Review,
Forest, is a grandson of a German physician who died in Findlay,
Ohio, in 1868, and a son of J. B. Horn, who was a native
of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and who came to America in 1837.
Harvey was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, November 11, 1854,
but from boyhood matured in Findlay, where he graduated in the
union schools May 24,1872. In 1873, he entered the office of the
Hancock Courier as printer. After four years’ experience
there, he came to Forest, where he is editing and publishing the
Forest Review, a weekly issue.
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Cessna Twp. -
I. N. HUEY, farmer and saw-miller, P. O.,
Kenton, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, May 28, 1829, and is
a son of Jonas and Rosanna (Fry) Huey. His parents
are natives of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio at an early day.
He (I. N. Huey) located in Hardin County in the year
1869. Our subject was reared on a farm, obtained an
education from the common schools of Ohio, and for one year was
at the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. He taught
school in his younger days for about sixty months in the
district schools, and part of the time he had charge of the
advanced classes in the graded schools. For twenty-four
years past, he has been running his saw mill, and latterly
clearing and improving his farm. He was married, Dec. 30,
1852, to Mary Woods, born July 8, 1832, in Knox County,
Ohio, and a daughter of Timothy and Mary Woods, and to
this union six children have been born, viz., Emma, born
Nov. 13, 1853, married to J. D. Guider; Melville, born
Apr. 3, 1856, married to Emma Bowman and residing in
Cessna Township; Mary Ann, born June 2, 1858; Madaline
Leslie, born Oct. 3, 1860; Leclair, born May 3, 1864,
died Mar. 19, 1873; and Carlie, born Aug. 19, 1866.
Mrs. Huey died Feb. 3, 1867, and Mr. Huey was
remarried Feb. 18, 1868, taking for his second wife Ruth Ann
Brooks, who was born Oct. 2, 1838, in Coshocton County,
Ohio. Her father, James Brooks, was a native of
Pennsylvania, and her mother, Elizabeth Brooks, a native
of New Jersey; they were residents of Coshocton County, Ohio.
The four children born to this union are Alice May, born
May 1, 1869, died Mar. 25, 1871; Milton, born June 19,
1874; Cora Arametta, born Apr. 5, 1877; and Bessie
Mondella, born Feb. 18, 1881. Mr. Huey and
family are member of the Church of Christ, of which he has been
an Elder for fourteen years. In politics, he is a
Republican, and is serving as Trustee of Cessna Township.
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JAMES HUSTON, dentist, Dunkirk, was born
Aug. 17, 1832, at Mount Eaton, Wayne Co., Ohio. He is a
son of Cunningham and Elizabeth (Scott) Huston, the
former of Irish, the latter of Scotch descent. His mother
died in Millersburg in 1863, at the age of sixty-eight years,
and was buried at Mount Eaton. His father was a tanner and
merchant by occupation, and, in 1845, while he was in Mexico on
business, was murdered. The subject of this sketch was the
sixth son and seventh child of a family of ten children, seven
sons and three daughters, of whom there are six living. He
received his education at Mount Eaton and at the normal school
of Fredericksburg. He taught school for six or seven
terms, and then took up the study of dentistry at Massillon,
Ohio, with Dr. E. Chidester. He was in West
Virginia in 1861, for six months, and then returned to Mount
Eaton, where he lived for thirteen years. He passed the
State Dental Board examination at Columbus, May 6, 1868, and
finally came to Dunkirk, where he has successfully pursued his
practice. On Oct. 2, 1862, he was united in marriage with
Rachel Griffith, born in West Lebanon, Wayne County, Ohio,
Nov. 3, 1837, and a daughter of Elisha and Mary (Bailes)
Griffith.
To this union there have been born three children - Meade C.,
born July 15, 1863; Lula E., born Feb. 5, 1867, and
Frank G., born February 6, 1870. For fifteen years,
Mr. Huston and wife have been members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Mr. Huston for twenty years has
been a member of the Masonic fraternity, Massillon, Ohio, ten
years, and at Forest, ten years (No. 378). He was also a
member of the School Board for ten years, but resigned in the
spring of 1882.
Source: History of Hardin Co., Ohio - Publ.
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