|
BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Hocking Valley, Ohio -
Published Chicago:
by Inter-State Publishing Co.
1883
<
CLICK HERE to RETURN to 1883 BIOGRAPHICAL
INDEX >
| |
Falls Twp. -
NOEL WILLIAM
HAMBLIN, son of Cornelius and Sarah (Joseph) Hamblin,
is a native of New York, being born near Bath, Steuben Co.,
N.Y., Mar. 11, 1844. When he was ten years old his parents
settled in Starr Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, where he was
educated in the district schools and at the High School at
Logan. At the age of seventeen he began to teach school in
Hocking County, and taught there three winters. When he
was nineteen he purchased a team and worked for the Five Mile
Furnace Company two or three years. He then, with his
father, purchased a farm in Falls Township where he pursued
farming two years when he sold it, purchasing another farm in
Starr Township where he farmed and mined iron ore, that being a
deposit on his land. From 1870 till the fall of 1878 he
followed farming exclusively in Starr Township, when he was
elected County Treasurer of Hocking County, and was re-elected
in 1881, this last term expiring September, 1883. Mar. 13,
1866, he married Miss Lodema Skinner, of Starr Township.
They have seven children - Edward C., Winnie, George G.,
Charles E., Blanche, Robert N. and Clara.
Mr. Hamblin is an Odd Fellow of Hocking Valley Lodge, No.
362. He and wife are members of the Berea Presbyterian
church of Starr Township. In 1881 he bought a farm in the
vicinity of Logan on which they now reside.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 954 |
| |
Marion Twp. -
DAVID HAMILTON,
deceased, was born in Pennsylvania, Mar. 19, 1825, and came to
Ohio with his Grandfather Hines and lived with him until
sixteen years of age. His grandparents dying, he worked
for his brother until twenty-one years of age. He had no
education until after his marriage. At twenty-one years of
age he began clearing land his grandfather gave him. In
1856 he sold his farm and purchased land on Laurel Run.
Nov. 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Fifty-eighth Ohio
Infantry, as a private and was appointed First Sergeant of his
company and served as such until his death. He was engaged
in the battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh, and soon after the
battle of Shiloh was taken sick with typhoid fever and died on
the steamer Tycoon, 100 miles south of Cincinnati, May 13,
1862. Dec. 21, 1845, he married Mary, daughter of
Mathias and Hannah (Blosser) Lecrone, of Fairfield
County. They have five children - Noah, of Hocking
County; Elizabeth, wife of J. N. Shaw, of Neosho
County, Kas.; Minervah, Amos, Jacob, of Neosho, Kas.
Mrs. Hamilton sold the farm and settled the business and
has purchased another farm, and her son Amos lives with
her. He is a school-teacher and manages her farm.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1153 |
| |
Washington Twp. -
JOHN HANSEL - The
grandfather of the subject of our sketch, Henry Hansel,
was a native of Pennsylvania, and moved from there to Fairfield
County, Ohio, at an early date. In 1818 he moved his
family to Hocking County, and settled on Scotch Creek, in Falls
Township. He reared a family of seven children, all now
deceased. George Hansel, the eldest son, was born
in Fairfield County in 1806. He was married in 1829 to
Anna Mary Punsey, whose parents were from Pennsylvania,
early settlers of Fairfield and Hocking counties. She was
born Feb. 5, 1805. After his marriage he entered 160 acres
of land three miles east of Logan where he resided till his
death. At the time of his death he had between 400 and 500
acres of land, and had also given each of his children $1,000.
He also had some town property in Logan. He was a
prominent member of the Lutheran church. He died in
August, 1870. His widow is now living on the old
homestead, aged seventy-eight years. She is the mother of
ten children, three sons and four daughters now living.
John Hansel was born Aug. 27, 1831. He was married
Dec. 23, 1853, to Emily Harden, a native of this
township, born Mar. 29, 1834, and a daughter of Even Harden.
After his marriage he bought 181 acres of wild land, only a
small portion being cleared. On this place he lived
seventeen years, and in 1870 purchased his present residence of
167 acres, having now 348 acres. Feb. 1, 1879, his house
was destroyed by fire. He immediately erected his present
house, which is a large two-story frame. Politically
Mr. Hansel is a Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Hansel
have had ten children, only six now living - Ephraim,
married Mary Armstrong; William married Wilmina Corter;
Mary Ann, wife of C. F. Brandt; Almeda Jane, Sarah
Cora and Benjamin Ruggles. George Riley died at
the age of seventeen years; Evan, aged fourteen; Eliza
Jane, aged one, and one died in infancy. They have one
adopted child - Jacob Hansel, the son of a brother of
Mr. Hansel.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1079 |
Jno. Hansen |
Falls Twp. including
Falls-Gore & City of Logan -
JOHN HANSEN, of the firm of
Burgess & Hansen, attorneys at law, was born in Laurel
Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, Dec. 8, 1838, a son of Samuel C.
and Elizabeth (Kinser) Hansen. He was educated in the
common schools, adn when seventeen years of age commenced
teaching, a vocation he followed at intervals for nineteen
years. Oct. 5, 1861, he enlisted in Company H,
Fifty-eighth Ohio Infantry, for three years, and at the
organization of the company was appointed Sergeant. In
July, 1863, he was appointed First Lieutenant and Regimental
quartermaster and served in that capacity till his discharge, in
January, 1865. He participated in the battles of Fort
Donelson and Shiloh and many others of less importance.
From September, 1862, till April, 1863, he was on detached duty
as recruiting officer at Cincinnati, Ohio. After his
return home he purchased a farm in Laurel Township, which he
carried on in connection with teaching. While teaching he
for a number of years studied law privately and was admitted to
the bar by the District Court at Logan, in December, 1879.
In 1875 he was elected Clerk of the Courts of Hocking County,
and served two terms of three years each. He was Justice
of the Peace of Laurel Township five years. In February,
1882, he became associated with L. J. Burgess and commenced the
practice of law. In 1870 he was appointed Assistant Deputy
United States Marshal to take the census of one of the three
districts of Hocking County. He has been a member of the
Board of Education of Logan five years. In 1880, at the
organization of the Hocking County Children's Home, he was
elected a member of the Board of Trustees, and drew up the
constitution and by-laws adopted for the government of the
institution. Sept. 18, 1858, he married Mary M. McBroom,
of Laurel Township. They have six children - Robert W.
Eudorah V., Charles M., Henry A., Jennie V. and
John E. One child, Pearly C., died in 1871,
aged one year. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen are members of
the Methodist church. Mr. Hansen is a member of J.
K. Rochester Post, No. 140, G. A. R.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 955 |
| |
Falls Twp. including
Falls-Gore & City of Logan -
ROBERT W. HANSEN, ex-Deputy
County Clerk, Logan, Ohio, was born in Hocking County, Ohio,
June 24, 1859. At the age of fifteen he began teaching
school in Laurel Township, and taught two years; then took a
trip to Texas, traveled over Texas and then crossed the Indian
Territory, stopping at various places; thence to Wichita, Kas.;
then returned home and entered the High School and graduated in
June, 1880. He then taught school in Laurel Township some
four or five months, after which he was offered the
Secretaryship of the Logan Joint Life Protection and Relief
Association, which he accepted and remained with this company
one year, when the company removed to Wheeling, W. Va. He
then soon after was appointed civil engineer for the city of
Logan, and some four months later was made assistant civil
engineer for the consolidated coal and iron company at Floodwood,
and held that position six months when the company dissolved.
Mr. Hansen then returned to Logan and opened the largest
grocery store in Logan, and engaged in business until he failed.
He then began the study of medicine with Dr. J. H. Dye in
Logan, with whom he still remains. Mr. Hansen was
married to Emma H. Rochester Sept. 20, 1882. She
was born in Logan, a daughter of Joseph Rochester,
merchant of Logan. Mr. Hansen is a member of Logan
Lodge, No. 119, K. of P., and is the present Vice Chancellor of
the lodge. Is also a member of the A. O. U. W., Mingo
Lodge, at Logan. In politics he is a Democrat.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 955 |
| |
Washington Twp. -
EPHRAIM HARDEN, son of Even and Eliza Harden,
was born in Perry County, Ohio, April 29, 1831. In
September of the same year he came with his father to Hocking
County, where he was reared. He was married March 30,
1854, to Susan Stiveson, born in Hocking County, May 18,
1835, and daughter of John and Elizabeth Stiveson.
They have four children - Joel, born July 8, 1855,
married to Rachel Campbell; Eliza Jane, born Oct. 29,
1856, wife of Aaron Zeller; Lucinda, June 24, 1858, and
Elmer, Sept. 8, 1865. In June, 1856, he purchased
eighty acres of land but did not reside on it till 1862.
In April, 1878, he purchased eighty acres, now having in one
tract of land 160 acres, where he resides. Politically
Mr. Harden is a Democrat, having always voted that ticket.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1883 - Page 1079 |
| |
Washington Twp. -
EVEN HARDEN, son of Ignatius and Rachel (Griffith)
Harden, was born near Pleasantville, Fairfield Co., Ohio,
Mar. 12, 1805. He was reared in Perry County, and remained
with his father till his death. In 1831 he moved to
Washington Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, where he lived nine
years. He bought his farm near Ewing in October, 1840,
where he still resides. He was married Sept. 20, 1827, to
his cousin, Eliza Harden, born in Bedford County, Penn.,
May 10, 1810, and died Jan. 5, 1880. They have had six
children, three of whom are living - William E., married
to Lucetta Harsh; Ephraim, married to Susanna Stiveson,
and Emily, wife of
John Hansel. Politically Mr. Harden is a
Democrat, he having cast his first Presidential vote for
General Jackson. Ignatius Harden was born in
1710, and was an old Revolutionary soldier. In the fall of
1800 he moved to Fairfield County, and in 1805 he located in
Perry County, where he remained until his death, which occurred
in 1827, he having lived to be 117 years of age. His wife
died in the fall of 1856. They reared a family of twelve
children, seven sons and five daughters.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1079 |
| |
Starr Twp. -
JOSEPH W. HARNED, section 28, Starr
Township, was born in Preston County, W. Va., July 26, 1836.
His father, Edward Harned, deceased, was also a native of
Preston County, and removed his family to Fayette County, Pa.,
in 1839. Our subject came to this county in 1864. He
was a soldier in the late war, in Company I, One Hundred and
Fifty-first Regiment, Ohio National Guards, for four or five
months, and was present when Breckenridge made the charge
on Washington City. He married, Nov. 26, 1859, Miss
Mary F. Guthrie, daughter of Absalom Guthrie,
deceased. They have had seven children, only five now
living - Annie L., Walter, Jennie B., Lucy and Estella
May. Mr. Harned owns 207 acres of land and is
engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was Trustee of
Starr Township for three years, and Ministerial Trustee for the
past two years. He and family are members of the Methodist
church. Mr. Harned is a member of the I. O. O. F.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1052 |
| |
Ward Twp. -
JOHN HARPER was born Jan. 4, 1833, and is a son of
John Harper, who lived in Cincinnati, and died with cholera
in 1832. Mr. Harper was married Mar. 20, 1850, to
Miss Annie Harrison, who came from England about two years
previous to that time. They have eleven children of whom
ten are living - Catherine, Alice, Sarah, Benjamin, Lincoln,
Lillie, Nira, Mary, Josephine and Blanche. Martha
died when she was about four years old. Mr. Harper
is a very successful farmer and has in his possession 100 acres
of land, residing on section 14, Ward Township. He sold
$16,000 worth of coal land in the last year. He is now,
and has been for the last six years, Township Treasurer, and was
Land Appraiser one year.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1018 |
| |
Falls Twp. -
SOLOMON HARSH, farmer, second
son of John and Christina (Stiverson) Harsh, was born in
Falls Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, Feb. 14, 1822. At the
age of twenty-one years he began farming for himself on his
father's farm. In 1848 he purchased lands in Laurel
Township, and in a short time sold and purchased the farm where
he now resides. He owns and resides on the farm first
settled by his grandfather. He remembers when the State
road was first opened, his father and Uncle Daniel
Harsh having the contract for opening the road.
Also remembers the first horse-tracks seen on the new roads.
He has resided on the farm he owns since his birth, and has
always farmed for a livelihood. Dec. 9, 1847, he married
Mary A., daughter of Frederick and Barbara (Houseman)
Elick, of Falls Township. They have had twelve
children, six sons and three daughters now living - John S.,
of Wells County, Ind.; Emanuel C., of Mercer County,
Ohio; Jacob F., at home; Daniel S., of Wells
County, Ind.; George W. and Joel A., at home;
Caroline, wife of Jacob Mathias, of Falls Township;
Helena and Delilah, at home; William W.,
died at the age of thirty-four years in Cincinnati, Ohio;
David A., at the age of twenty-three years; Lorenzo D.
in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Harsh are members of the
United Brethren church, he being Trustee.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 956 |
 |
Falls Twp. -
REV. C. C. HART, of
Logan. -
Joseph Hart was born in Botetourt Co., Va., June 22, 1760.
At about twenty years of age he removed to the colony of
Tennessee and located on the French Broad River. In 1785
he was married to Miss Nancy Shanklin, of East Tennessee,
and settled in Blount County near Marysville. To them were
born five sons and one daughter. In 1810 the mother died,
and the father married his second wife, Miss Mary Means,
of Blount County, in the year 1812. To them were born five
sons. The youngest, the subject of this sketch, Charles
Coffin Hart, was born near Maryville, Tenn., Mar. 29, 1820.
In October, 1821, Mr. Hart, with his wife and four
younger sons - one having died in infancy - emigrated to Indiana
and settled on Clifty Creek, Bartholomew County, five miles east
of Columbus. Here Charles was brought up, working
on the farm in the summer and going to a loud school in
the winter. In February, 1836, Charles went to
Salem, Washington Co., Ind., and was indentured by his father as
an apprentice to the cabinet-making business, in which capacity
he served four years, until Feb. 10, 1840. For the next
three years he worked as a journeyman at his trade. In may,
1843, he went to Marietta, Ohio, and entered the preparatory
department of Marietta College. When he left his home in
Indiana he had $50 in silver, which he had earned the winter
previous by teaching school for $12.50 per month and "boarding
round." He took his tools with him to Marietta and
established a little shop near the college. For five years
he studied and worked at his trade, earning money enough to pay
his current expenses, which was not more than $160 per annum,
including clothing. He graduated from college in the class
of 1848. He entered Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati,
September, 1848, where he studied and worked at his trade for
two years. In May, 1850, he went to Columbus, Ind., and
taught school ten months in the old "County Seminary." In
September of that year he was examined and licensed as a
probationer for the gospel ministry by the Presbytery of
Madison, then in session at Columbus. In the spring of
1851 he visited Mississippi. Being an abolitionist in
sentiment he wished to see slavery and some of its practical
workings in its stronghold, and for this purpose he spent five
months on the cotton plantations on the Yazoo and Big Black
rivers. During this time he preached once in two weeks at
the Madison Presbyterian church, located twenty-five miles north
of Jackson, and composed of planters. In October, 1851, he
returned to Lane Seminary, pursuing his theological studies and
preaching at Cleves, near the old residence of General
William H. Harrison, and in June he graduated from the
seminary in the class of 1852. In July following he
returned to Mississippi to reside in the family of his brother,
Samuel Hart, at Carrollton, where for nearly four years
he preached at Carrollton, Middleton and Greenwood churches, all
in Carroll County. He was ordained to the work of the
gospel ministry in Carrollton, Jan. 1, 1853, by the Presbytery
of New Lexington; and in the afternoon of the same day, in the
presence of the Presbytery, he baptized his brother's son,
Charles, and other children, and also several candidates for
church membership. In September, 1863, he was married in
St. Louis, Mo., to Miss Olivia P. Studley, of Boston.
Miss Studley was the daughter of Dr. H. M. Studley,
of Bradford, N. H., but being left an orphan when quite young,
her brother, Edward A. Studley, who was doing business in
Boston, educated her in the schools of that city. After
completing her education she went to Livingston, Madison Co.,
Miss., in 1849, to teach in a private family. Here she
continued for one year when she became a teacher in Bascom
Female College, Grenada, Miss. Here she became acquainted
with her future husband, and while on a visit to her brother,
R. P. Studley, of St. Louis, Mo., was married, Sept. 6,
1853. Mr. Hart continued his ministerial services
to the churches of Carroll County until February, 1856. At
that time the politicians of the South, arranging for the
presidential campaign of that year, took the ground (at least in
the State of Mississippi) that slavery was a divine
institution, like the family, and hence must be perpetuated;
and that every preacher in the State must defend it from the
Bible. But as Mr. Hart did not believe his
doctrine, and could not advocate it, neither with nor without
the Bible, he judged it to be his duty to leave the slave
States. Consequently he, with his wife and son, Edward
Studley Hart, took a steamboat Feb. 10, 1856, at Greenwood,
on the Yazoo River, for Vicksburg and thence to St. Louis, which
journey occupied eleven days. Leaving his little family in
St. Louis, in the care of his brother-in-law, R. P. Studley,
Mr. Hart set out, March 10, to look for a field for future
labor. Rev. Marcus Hicks, of Columbus, Ohio,
advised him to visit Logan. He reached Logan Mar. 29,
1856, and found a town of about 1,400 inhabitants, a
Presbyterian church of fifty members that had had no stated
preaching for more than a year. He engaged to supply the
church for one year, and continued to do so from year to year
until Sept. 30, 1868, when the church at Shawneetown, Ill., gave
him a call to become their pastor. He began his labors
with that church on the first Sabbath of October, 1868, and
continued to be their Pastor for three years, during which time
125 members were added to the church. The church at Logan
being without a Pastor, Mr. Hart was invited to return to
Logan, did so, and was installed Pastor of the church the 12th
of November, 1871, returning to his old home where two sons and
three daughters had been born, and where God had given him many
spiritual sons and daughters, and where he has continued his
labors to the present time, July 2, 1883.
SOURCE: History of Hocking
Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1883 - Page 957 |
| |
Salt Creek Twp. -
CHRISTOPHER C. HAYNES, son of Christopher and
Annie (Wiggins) Haynes, was born Feb. 28, 1846. He was
reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. Jan.
24, 1867, he married Ella, daughter of George and Mary
Crider. They have one son. He bought 100 acres
of land in Pickaway County but lived there only a year.
Oct. 1, 1869, he sold his Pickaway County farm and bought 420
acres where he now resides, and has since bought forty acres
more. He is now having three pounds for fish made,
covering one half an acre each. He has a saw-mill that has
the capacity for cutting 8,000 feet of lumber per day.
Mr. Hayes is one of the substantial men of this township,
and is always ready to do all in his power for its welfare.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1101 |
| |
Salt Creek Twp. -
JACOB S. HAYNES, a native of Salt Creek Township,
born July 16, 1842, is a son of Christopher and Annie
(Wiggins) Haynes, natives also of Ohio. His father
died in the spring of 1859. February, 1866, he married
Maria, daughter of
David and Jane (Smith) Dressback. He located on 160
acres of fine land which was his share of his father's estate,
and by industry and frugality has added to it from time to time
till he has now 300 acres, with good frame residence and
commodious farm buildings. In November, 1863, he enlisted
in Company M, Twelfth Ohio Cavalry, and was mustered out in
October, 1865. He participated in several skirmishes and
was with General Burbridge on his march through Virginia,
Kentucky, Tennessee and South Carolina to Georgia.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1101 |
| |
Perry Twp. -
AMOS HEDGES, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in
Perry Township, Fairfield (now Hocking) County, Nov. 17, 1833, a
son of Caleb and Mary (Clelen) Hedges. His father
was born March 4, 1789, and his mother, Feb. 2, 1794, near
Georgetown, Md., of English descent. They were married in
1814. His father came to Ohio in 1812 and located the farm
where our subject was born. In the spring of 1813 he
planted a cherry-tree, which at the present writing (1883) is
three and one-half feet in diameter.
Mrs. Hedges died in February, 1856, and Mr. Hedges
in October, 1875. He had filled many offices of trust,
both in the church and township. Amos Hedges is
still living in the house where he was born. He was
married Oct. 11, 1855, to Sarah J., daughter of George
and Elizabeth (Shuck) Morgan, natives of Pennsylvania, who
came to Perry Township in 1843. They have had the
following children - Caleb Russell, Clark (died October,
1876, aged sixteen years), Eliza, Mary S., Cora D., Emma May,
Amos W., and two that died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs.
Hedges are members of the Methodist church. Mr.
Hedges has been Justice of the Peace since 1879. He
has a fine farm of 160 acres.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1118 |
| |
Perry Twp. -
JOSEPH HEDGES,
merchant, Laurelville, was born in Salt Creek Township, Pickaway
Co., Ohio, Oct. 2, 1818, a son of Joseph Hedges.
His father came to Ohio from Barbour County, W. Va., in 1802.
He was a very prominent man of the county, having been Sheriff a
number of years, and at the time of his death, 1835, was County
Auditor. The subject of our sketch spent the earlier years
of his life on a farm and worked a year at the carpenter's
trade. April 26, 1836, he was engaged as clerk for David
King, of Tarlton, remaining with him two years. He then
worked for another firm several months, and in 1841 became
established in the mercantile business for himself. In
1856 he removed to Laurelville. In 1863 he returned to
Tarlton, and sixteen years later, Oct. 2, 1879, came again to
Laurelville, where he is doing an extensive business. July
16, 1841, he married Elizabeth J. Hamlin, a native of New
Hampshire, born Mar. 13, 1820. Eight children have been
born to them, only five now living - Matilda, born in
1843; Mary, born in 1844; James H., of Tarlton,
born Jan. 30, 1852; Anna, now Mrs. Edward Bitzel;
William Henry, died in 1842; Leafy, died in 1861;
Francis, born in 1845, died in 1852; Elizabeth, wife
of John Burt, died in December, 1880. Mrs. Hedges
died July 31, 1879. Mr. Hedges was Mayor of Tarlton
and a Commissioner of Pickaway County. In 1883 he was
elected Trustee of Perry Township. He is a member of the
Masonic fraternity. He has been a member of the English
church since 1837; his wife was also a member of that
church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1118 |
| |
Falls Twp. -
REV. HENRY HENKEL, son of
John and Katherine (Plack) Henkle, was born in Hesse,
Germany, Oct. 4, 1845, where he lived until his sixteenth year.
In 861 he emigrated to the United States, settling first at
Germantown, Montgomery Co., Ohio, where he worked on a farm for
three years, when his parents also came to the United States.
He then went with them to Hancock County, near Pendleton, Ind.,
where he remained and worked on the farm until January, 1868,
after which he went to Columbus, Ohio, and entered the
theological department of the Capitol University, which he
attended three terms. He obtained his literary education
by private study, having attended the schools in Germany till
his fourteenth year. He was ordained to the ministry at
Columbus, Ohio, May 2, 1869, Professor W. F. Lehmann, M. Loy
and E. Schmid officiating. His first charge was the
Evangelical Lutheran Zion's Church at Springfield, Ohio, where
he officiated three years, when in September, 1872, he received
a call from the Evangelical Lutheran St. Matthew's Church at
Logan, being Pastor there till October, 1881. About that
time a division took place in his congregation on a theological
question brought up in the Ohio Synod, when he, with a part of
his congregation, dissenting, withdrew and organized the
Lutheran Trinity Church, of Logan, of which he is now Pastor
He was married Nov. 24, 1870, to Miss Minnie Meyer, of
Woodsville, Ohio. They have five children, viz.: Ida
S., Theodore H. T., Otto H. K., Theophil F. and Willie F.
G.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 959 |
| |
Perry Twp. -
DAVID R. HOEY, born in Adams County, Va., Apr. 25,
1805, was a son of William and Julia A. (Stanley) Hoey,
natives of Ireland. When he was twenty years of age he
commenced the manufacture of shingles, an occupation he followed
a number of years. In 1827, he married Jane Hutchison,
a native of Maryland, born in March, 1809. In 1833 they
came to Ohio and resided in Wayne County four years. They
then came to Hocking County, at that time little more than a
wilderness, and entered forty acres of wild land, where he has
since resided. He has by industry added to his farm from
time to time till he now has 280 acre of fine, well-improved
land.
Mr. Hoey is a self-made man, and one in whom the citizens
of the township have confidence. He is liberal, and by his
influence and means contributes largely to all enterprises that
will be of benefit to the county. Mr. and Mrs. Hoey
are the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are now
living.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1119 |
| |
Perry Twp. -
WILLIAM J. HOEY, son of David R. and Jane A.
(Hutchinson) Hoey, was born Jan. 2, 1828, in Adams County,
Pa. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common
school. Nov. 11, 1849, he married Eliza Reid, who
died Sept. 6, 1855. May 25, 1856, he married Leah
Huffman. Nine children have been born to Mr. Hoey,
only six now living. After his marriage he settled on the
farm where he now lives, at that time containing forty acres,
which he has since added to, and now owns sixty-three acres of
good, well improved land. During the late war he enlisted
in Company A, Seventy-third Ohio Infantry. He was
stationed at Camp Logan, Ohio, about three months, and from
there went to New Creek, Va. Then to Clarksburg, where he
was in charge of the hospital four months. He was in the
engagement at Morefield, Va., and was afterward sent to
Frederick City, Md., where he had charge of the hospital two
months. He received his discharge at Seminary Heights.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1119 |
| |
Starr Twp. -
BENJAMIN A. HOSOM,
of Belpre Township, Washington Co., Ohio, was born in Bristol
Township, Morgan County, Jan. 24, 1825. His father,
Andrew Hosom, was born near Augusta, Maine, in 1777.
He was the father of eleven children, seven girls and four boys,
of whom the subject of this sketch is the youngest. Six of
this number are living - Martha, Sarah, Andrew J., Elbridge
G., Lydia and Benjamin A. Andrew Hosom
came to Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1815, and to Bristol
Township, Morgan County, in 1816, and settled in the woods.
He died in Morgan County in 1867. Our subject was reared
on a farm, and received a common-school education. For ten
years he sold goods over the Southern part of Ohio, but for the
past twenty-five years has been selling fruit trees in Central
and southern Ohio, and West Virginia. As a fruit-tree man
Mr. Hosom has been eminently successful. His motto
has always been fair and honest dealing, and his business has
constantly increased. In 1872 he sold trees for a few
orchards in the neighborhood of Nelsonville, to the amount of
$1,100, and in the past two years he has sold $4,000 worth on
the same territory. He makes budded peaches a specialty,
and has all the latest varieties, and one of the largest
collections. He has planted some of the best orchards in
the State of Ohio. He was married July 4, 1850, to Mary
A. Beckett, by whom he has had ten children. Of these
eight are living - Andrew J. M., Henrietta A., Mary E., Clara
A. and William B. (twins), Elmer E. and
Everett E. A. (twins), and Eva Delle.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1053 |
| |
Laurel Twp. -
D. W. HOWDYSHELL, son of Samuel and
Sylva Howdyshell, is a native of Falls Township, Hocking
County, Ohio, born May 2, 1843. When he was three months
old his parents moved to Perry County, Ohio, where he was
reared, spending his boyhood days in assisting on the farm and
attending the common school. When twenty-two years of age
he came to Hocking County, and located in Laurel Township, where
he now has a fine farm of 306 acres on section 36, and is making
a specialty of sheep-raising. He was married Sept. 9,
1866, to Mary Jane Metler, of this township. They
have two children - Sarah Matilda and Hannah R.
Politically Mr. Howdyshell is a Democrat. He has
been Township Clerk three years, and is at present President of
the Board of Education.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1137 |
| |
Marion Twp. -
NICODEMUS D. HUFFORD, M. D.,
third son of Christopher and Mary (Reaner) Hufford, was
born in Fairfield County, Ohio, June 14, 1826. When
twenty-one years of age he rented land, and the next two years,
in connection with farming, studied medicine. He then
began teaching school, and continued reading medicine for three
years. He then located at Straitsville, Perry County, and
practiced until 1861. In August, 1861, he was commissioned
as recruiting Lieutenant and enlisted in Company H, of the
Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted to
Captain of the company; was on special detail surgeon duty.
He was in the battles of Winchester, Va. His command was
then transferred to the Peninsula, from there to Fortress
Monroe, Yorktown, Suffolk and Norfolk, and returned to Fortress
Monroe, where he was discharged in December, 1862. He
returned to Straitsville, and resumed the practice of medicine,
and in the winter of 1864-'65 attended lectures at the Columbus
Starling Medical College and graduated in the spring of 1865.
He continued his practice at Straitsville until 1879 when he
purchased the farm where he resides. Feb. 25, 1847, he
married Eliza J., daughter of Rev. Samuel and Rebecca
(Igehagnes) Bright, of Hocking County, by whom he has one
son - George A., of East Tennessee. Four children
are deceased - Samuel S., died, aged eighteen months;
William J., aged fifteen months; Clara D., aged one
year; Mary R., aged twenty-two years. He was
divorced from his wife in1876. May 13, 1877, he married
Frances, daughter of Joseph B. and Catharine
(Leonard) Bright, of Hocking County. They have one
daughter - Mary H. Himself and wife are members of
the Methodist Episcopal church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1153 |
| |
Good Hope Twp. -
OWEN R. HULS, merchant, station and express agent,
was born in Falls Township, Hocking County, Apr. 1, 1837, the
son of
William and Mary (Roberts) Huls. His father a native
of New Jersey, and his mother of Pennsylvania, came to Ohio
about 1833 and located in Hocking County. Our subject was
reared on the farm and received his education in the common
schools, attending the University at Westerville one term.
He began teaching school when eighteen years of age and taught
thirteen years. He was married in 1860 to Miss Ann M.
Cupp. They were the parents of two children - O.
Willard and Wm. Howard. His wife died Jan. 1,
1864. He was again married Nov. 26, 1866, to Susan L.
Cupp, a sister of his first wife. They have seven
children - Frank M., Chas. B. and Wm. L. (twins),
Cora, James C., Henry M., Daisy. Mr. Huls
has held the office of Township Trustee for two terms, and now
is a Justice of the Peace, serving his second term in this
office. He has been notary public for about eighteen
years. He and his wife are members of the Advent church.
Politically he is a Republican.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1145 |
| |
Good Hope Twp. -
CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. HULS, born in Falls Township, Apr.
1, 1837, is the son of William and Mary (Roberts) Huls.
The father was born in New Jersey, June 8, 1806; came to Ohio in
1827 and located at Canal Winchester where he became engaged on
the canal locks which were being constructed at that place.
Here he was married, Oct. 22, 1829, to Mary, daughter of
Owen and Letitia (Williams) Roberts. They moved to
Falls Township in 1836 where Mr. Huls worked on Bonner's
lock, after which he became engaged in farming. They
joined the Methodist Episcopal church in 1830, in which they
remained until 1848, when they joined the United Brethren
church, of which they were members at the time of the father's
death, Feb. 11, 1868. The mother remained a member of hte
above church until 1870, at which time she joined the Advent
Christian church at Rockbridge, Ohio, of which she was a member
at the time of death, June 15, 1874. Both are buried in
the Antioch cemetery. Our subject remained with his
parents until he reached his majority and received a
common-school education. He taught his first and last term
of school in the Kline district during the winter of 1860.
At the breaking out of the late civil war he was engaged in
learning the carpenter's trade, but Oct. 5, 1861, enlisted in
Company H, Sixty-first Ohio Infantry, as a private; was soon
elected Second Lieutenant, and Oct. 2, 1862, was promoted to
First Lieutenant, and Jan. 1, 1864, to Captain, which commission
he held at the close of the war. During his service in the
army he participated in several hard-fought battles, among which
were Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Johnson' Landing, Miss., and was on
the gun-boat Pittsburg when she ran the blockade of Vicksburg.
He was mustered out of the service at Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 14,
1865, after serving four years and three months. On
leaving his company he came to Rockbridge where he now resides.
He was married June 30, 1864, to Miss Elizabeth Weltner.
They have six children - A. Eugene, Iola Bell, Winona
E., William M., Eva J. and Bertha E. Mr. Huls
was appointed notary public in April, 1882. He and his
wife are active members of the Advent Christian church.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 1145 |
| |
Falls Twp. -
JAMES ELDER HUSTON,
superintendent of the cabinet department and stockholder in the
Logan Furniture Company, was born in Armagh, Indiana Co., Pa.,
July 18, 1822, a son of John D. and Margaret (Elder) Huston.
When he was three years of age his parents came to Ohio,
settling in Putnam, but a year later removed to Madison, Perry
County. He attended the common schools till fifteen years
of age, when he went to Norwich, Muskingum County, and became
apprenticed to William Stephenson to learn the cabinet
and chair-maker's trade, serving four years and five months.
He then worked as a journeyman till 1842, when he opened a
cabinet shop at Loudonville, Ohio. IN 1848 he removed his
business to Somerset, remaining there till 1857, when he went to
Lancaster and was employed as foreman of the painting department
of the C. & M. R. R. shops. In 1873 he came to Logan and
became a stockholder in the Logan Manufacturing Company.
In 1880 he withdrew fro the company, and with others organized
the Logan furniture company, of which he was secretary and
treasurer till 1882; since then he has been superintendent of
the cabinet department. In May, 1844, Mr. Huston
married Ann Prutzman, who died in June, 1866, leaving ten
children, nine now living. He afterward married Mrs.
Mary J. Jenkins, who died in April, 1872, leaving no
children. His present wife was Miss Virlinda Bright,
of Logan. They have two children. Mr. and
Mrs. Huston are members of the Methodist church. He is
a Master, Royal Arch, Council and Knight Templar Mason, a member
of the lodge at New Salem, chapter and council at Logan, and
commandery at Lancaster. He has passed the chairs of all
excepting the commandery, of which he has been Prelate.
While in Somerset, Mr. Huston served as Mayor from 1851
till 1853.
SOURCE: History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 - Page 960 |
.NOTES:
|
