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Peter M. Hershiser	Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page
	CARL CALVIN HEYMAN Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 304
C. J. Heyman	Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page
Daniel Heyman	Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page136
Mr. & Mrs. William Heyman	Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hinkley	JOSEPH I. HINKLEY, who passed away on the 29th of May, 1908, was for many years actively and successfully identified with the building interests of Huron county as a carpenter and contractor.  His birth occurred in Tompkins county, New York, on the 18th of November, 1828, and when four years of age he was brought by his parents to Huron county, Ohio, the family home being established in Ripley township, where he resided for a number of years.  He obtained his education in the district schools and when he had attained his majority started out in life on his own account, working by the month as a carpenter and joiner.  He conducted a most extensive business as a builder of houses and also erected several churches, many important contracts being awarded him in recognition of his excellent executive ability and reliable methods.  His capable management and keen discrimination were valuable factors in the success which attended his undertakings and he was one of the county's most highly respected citizens, being honored by all who knew him because of his unfaltering integrity and honorable, upright principles.  On leaving Ripley township he made his home in Fitchville for a time and in 1864 bought a farm of sixty-four acres, to which he subsequently added by additional purchases until it embraced three hundred acres of rich and productive land.  He was well known and highly esteemed throughout Huron county as one of its most prominent and worthy residents and his loss was deeply felt when he was called to his final rest in 1908.      In 1856 Mr. Hinkley was united in marriage to Miss Emeline Tanner who was born in Norwich township, Huron county, Ohio, on the 10th of July, 1838  Her father, Elisha D. Tanner, who was a native of Herkimer county, New York, passed away on the 13th of January, 1886.  Mr. and Mrs. Hinkley became the parents of eleven children.  Luzerne H. and Lavern H., twins, were born on the 18th of October, 1857.  The former is now a practicing physician of Greenspring, Ohio, but the latter, who gave her hand in marriage to Zuriel Curtis, died on the 4th of May, 1887.  The record of the other children is as follows:  Horace C., who as bor Apr. 17, 1859, and passed away Dec. 22, 1887; Elisha D., born July 15, 1860, who is practicing dentistry at Denver, Colorado; Burdette C. born Feb. 2, 1862, who is likewise a dentist by profession and is dean of the college at Keokuk, Iowa; Laura E., whose birth occurred on the 28th of April, 1863; Benjamin H., born Nov. 29, 1867, who was called to his final rest on the 16th of May, 1908; Junia J., who was born on the 15th of August, 1871; Lillian L., born Aug. 10, 1872, who passed away Mar. 4, 1875; Mrs. Adeline A. Boardman, whose birth occurred June 16, 1876; and French F. born Apr. 2, 1879, who died on the 27th of September, 1881.      Mr. Hinkley fully realized the value of good mental training as a preparation for life's practical and responsible duties and all of his children enjoyed excellent educational advantages.  The period of his residence in this county covered more than three-fourths of a century and that his life in its varied relations was at all times worthy of emulation and commendation is indicated by the fact that he was best loved where best known.  He was a most devoted and loving husband and father and liberal, the poor and needy found in him a friend hose sympathy manifested itself in material assistance. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 486
	GEORGE W. HOLTZ, one of Richmond township's prosperous native farmers, owns fifty-two and a half acres of well improved land, on which he pursues a general line of agriculture.  He was born Mar. 6, 1851, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Musser) Holtz.  The father, who was a son of Jacob Holtz, was like the latter a native of Perry county, Pennsylvania.  At the age of seven he came with his parents to Ohio, settled in Richland county, which remained his home for some years after his marriage, when he removed to Richmond township, Huron county, where he had bought about fifty acres of land.  At the time of the purchase the farm was virgin soil, and Mr. Holtz had to clear away the timber before he could plant his crops.  They proved to be fertile fields, how ever, and remained his home until his death, although by that time he had added one hundred and eight acres to his real-estate holding.  Mr. Holtz was married twice.  His first wife, who was Miss Elizabeth Musser is her maidenhold, died in 2864, when her son George W. was about twelve years old.  She had borne a family of five children: William, deceased; George W. and John W., who were twins; Sarah, now deceased, who married George Elston and lived in Breckenridge, Colorado; and Jennie, deceased, who was the wife of Elijah Limes and lived in Van Wert county, Ohio.  Miss Sarah Thompson was the bride of Mr. Holtz's second marriage.  She lived, however, only three years after their union, having become the mother of one daughter, Laura, who has been married twice, John Trotter having been her first husband, and Casius Gump her second.  Mr. Holtz, who died May 2, 1898, and the deceased members of his family are buried in Union Bethel cemetery in Richmond township.      George W. Holtz attended the district schools of Richmond township, though the education he received was comparatively meager, for he was compelled to leave school when he was seventeen and during his earlier years could only spend two or three months at school each winter, for his assistance was needed on the farm as early and as late as the weather would permit.  To agriculture he has devoted his time throughout life, for it was but in the course of the farm work that he became a skillful manager of a threshing machine and hay baler.  Richmond township has always been his home, save for three years he lived in Chicago, Ohio.  However, he ahs made three trips west, for pleasure and to view the grandeurs of the western scenery.  After his marriage the first land Mr. Holtz bought was a tract in Richmond township consisting of forty acres, which he purchased from Joseph Rush but he later traded that for a farm of eighty-five acres, making up the difference in price with cash.  He was soon able to add thirty acres to the tract, thus bringing his holding to one hundred and fifteen acres, to which fifty-two and a half acres were added about the same time through and inheritance.  Subsequently he bought the farm on which he now lives and has sold the rest of his land, though he still retains some property in Chicago, Ohio.      Mr. Holtz has been married twice.  Miss Susan Pickens, his first wife, to whom he was united November 29, 1872, was a daughter of Chris Pickens.  By her marriage she became the mother of five children:  James W., who lives in Utah; Irvin W., a resident of Attica, Ohio; Jacob, of Huron county; Vernon C., who died in his thirty-first year; and Jennie B., who lives in Toledo, Ohio.  After his first wife's death, Mr. Holtz married Miss Esther Mathilda Waltz, a daughter of John G. and Myra (Casey) Waltz.  Her father was born in Germany, but her mother was a native of Virginia and is still living, in Chicago, Ohio, celebrating the eighty-third anniversary of her birth, Oct. 4, 1909, and enjoying good health.  Mrs. Holtz was the eldest of four children, the others being Margaret Elizabeth the wife of T. W. Bussard; Jacob D., who lives in California; and Amanda Catherine, the wife of W. A. Miller of Wood county, Ohio.  By Mr. Holtz's second marriage there was born one daughter, Anna Marion.      A democrat in his political views, Mr. Holtz takes a vital interest in matters  that concern the welfare of his fellow citizens, though he could never be called either a politician or an office-seeker.  He has, however, served the community in the capacity of road supervisor and has been a member of the school board, and his influence is ever given to what he believes to be right.  His religious affiliations are with the United Brethren.  A hard working man, a generous competence has rewarded his labors, and he has been able to add improvements to his farm, has remodeled the house, built new sheds and put a new roof on the barn, all things bespeaking his industry and good management. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 508
	CHARLES W. HOPKINS, one of the pioneer residents of Huron county, where he has resided for more than sixty years, is one of the successful and influential agriculturists of the district in which he lives, his farm of eighty acres, situated in Ripley township, being one of the finest and best improved properties of the county.  He was born in New Jersey on the 14th of March, 1838, and on the paternal side traces his ancestry back to a Mr. Hopkins who came to America in the Mayflower, founding the family in Massachusetts.  His parents were John and Levica (Mott) Hopkins, the former a native of Massachusetts, where his birth occurred in 1807, while the latter was born in New Jersey in 1815.  The father was the eldest in a family of eight children born until Joshua Hopkins, the others being Orpha, Willard, Juliana, Sarah Hane, Amanda, Joshua and Samuel  The mother was a daughter of Henry Mott and the eldest of six children, the others being as follows:  Allen, Job, Henry, Elizabeth and Marietta.  John Hopkins, who came to Ohio at an early date, was among the pioneer settlers of Huron county and for many years his efforts were potent factors in the work of improvement and development which was carried on within its borders.  He passed away in 1904 at the very remarkable age of ninety-seven years.  His family consisted of the following:  Charles W., Elizabeth, James Henry, John Norris and Levica, while another child, whose name was also James Henry, was burned to death in infancy.      Charles W. Hopkins was a little lad of five years old when he came with his parents to Ohio, and here on his father's farm he was reared to manhood, spending the period of his boyhood and youth in much the usual manner of farm lads of that time.  He shared with the other members of the household the privations and experiences of life in a frontier district and was early trained to habits of industry and economy.  He has devoted his entire life to farming and kindred pursuits, and throughout his business career his efforts have been actuated by a spirit of industry, perseverance and close appliation that has won its just reward in a substantial and gratifying success which is today his.  He owns eighty acres of excellent land which constitutes one of the finest farming properties in Huron county, and everything about his place indicates that he is in touch with the modern spirit of progress which is manifest in agricultural lines.  In connection with his farming he engages to some extent in stock-raising, making a specialty of breeding horses, and both branches of his business - the raising of grain and the raising of stock - are proving profitable sources of revenue to him.      It was on the 28th of September, 1862, that Mr. Hopkins was united in marriage to Miss Ann Mitchell a native of Michigan, born Mar. 10, 1842.  She was a daughter of Moses M., and Hulda (Hale) Mitchell and a sister of Matilda, Lorana, Ada and James Mitchell.  The home of Mr. and Mors Hopkins was blessed with nine children, namely: Ada, Rosella, Jennie, Artie, Maud, Lizzie, James, Fred and Roy.  After the death of his fist wife,,, Mr. Hopkins was again married, his second union being with Miss Emma Reeves Lincoln, a daughter of James Lincoln, and unto them were born four sons:  Frank, Carl, Lincoln and Leland.  The parents are members of the Congregational church, of which Mr. Hopkins is a deacon, and they are greatly interested in the various phases of church work.      In politics, Mr. Hopkins gives his allegiance to the republican party and on that ticket served as postmaster at Carson, Ohio, for fourteen years.  He can will remember the time when dense forests covered much of the district and wild animals were seen in abundance.  During the intervening years he has watched the steady growth and advancement of the community, has seen much of the land cleared and converted into productive fields and has witnessed the log cabin giving place to the modern and substantial residence, while in this work of improvement he has taken a willing part, at all times rejoicing in the progress which has been made and doing all in his power to advance the best interests of the community.  Although he has now passed the Psalmist's allotted span of three score years and ten, he nevertheless remains an active factor in life's work and is recognized as one of the substantial, influential and valuable citizens of Huron county. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 484
	WILLIAM W. HOPKINS, William W. Hopkins, a farmer of Greenwich township and also a contracting builder, is a well known citizen of the county, being especially active in Grand Army matters, having been a worthy wearer of the blue during the trying days from 1861 to 1865.  He was born Sept. 27, 1844, and is a native of the township where he resides.  His parents were Willard K. and Jane U. (Easterly) Hopkins, the father a native of Barnstable, Massachusetts, the mother of Gloversville, New York.  Her uncle was the pioneer glovemaker of that village.  Willard K. Hopkins came to Greenwich township in 1838 with his first wife, Lucy Reed, of a New York family, who died shortly after coming to Ohio, leaving two children, Mary A. and Lucy M.  In 1843 occurred the second marriage of Mr. Hopkins and eight children were born of this union, namely: William W., Albert J., Francis T., Elizabeth J., Julia E., Isadora A., Arman B., and George H., all living but Elizabeth.  The father was one of the pioneers who hewed their farms out of the forest and lived to see them cultivated and improved tracts.  He was a man of strong character, quiet and of homelike tastes, and greatly respected by those who knew him.  He and his wife lie together in Greenwich cemetery, the father passing first in May, 1879, the mother in 1882.      William W. Hopkins was reared to pioneer life and received but the rudiments of an education in the crude schools of his time.  Being of an observant turn of mind, he has made up for many delinquencies in the school of life as time has passed.  A lad yet in his teens when Old Glory felt the traitor’s blow, he soon found himself beneath her folds, as a private in Company D, of the One Hundred and First Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He served two years and ten months, to the close of the struggle, for the greater part of the term in the middle west with the Army of the Cumberland, doing faithful service in the memorable Atlanta campaign.      Soon after returning home, Mr. Hopkins was joined in marriage to Phoebe J. Beers, a daughter of Lewis and Dorothy A. (Percy) Beers.  Her father was from Connecticut, and lived his life at Clarksfield, his wife having been a native of that town.  He was a millwright and carpenter of great industry and of forceful character.  His wife died in 1853, while he lived to an advanced age, dying in 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins are the parents of six children: Lewis W., a resident of Akron, Ohio; Clarence R., of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Maude E., deceased; Clayton J., a farmer of Richland county, Ohio; Nellie C., the wife of Charles Daty, a jeweler, of Canton, Ohio; and Willard K., of Akron.      From 1869 until 1872, Mr. Hopkins and his family resided in Norwalk township and then removed to Greenwich township, where he followed farming until 1879.  Since then he has made his home in the village of Greenwich and has engaged in business as a brick-mason and builder.      He is a republican in politics and has always been a wise counsellor in the deliberations of the party in his community.  As township trustee, constable, member of Greenwich council and waterworks trustee, he performed the duties of the various positions with the greatest efficiency and to the best interests of the public.      In his social life Mr. Hopkins gets most of his pleasure in serving the Grand Army.  He is a past commander, has served in all of the minor offices and is a familiar figure at the different reunion of that grand organization.  He and his family are active members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and as a member of the board of trustees and as financial and recording secretary has done good service in the church.  His wife is an intelligent and refined woman, active and forceful in the church and its various interests, and a worker in all charities of the community.  The Hopkins home radiates an influence which is a great factor for good, and both parents and children receive, as they should, the esteem of the whole countryside. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 515

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