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Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio
To Which is Added an Elaborate Compendium of National Biography
Illustrated
Publ. Chicago : The Lewis Publishing Company
1902
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JOSEPH H. HAMILTON
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 211 |
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FRANKLIN HARPER
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 61 |
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CAPTAIN
HENRY CLAY HARRIS. The
well known farmer of Miller township, Knox
county, Ohio, whose name is above has an
enviable record as a soldier and as a
judicial officer, and his standing as a
citizen is deservedly high. Therefore
some account of his creditable career is
absolutely necessary to the completeness of
this work.
Henry Clay Harris, son of Emor and Sarah
(Sweet) Harris, was born in the house in
which he now lives, one of the oldest brick
residences in the county, Sept. 29, 1832,
and it may be said that he practically has
had no business except farming during all
his active years. His father, Emor
Harris, was born in Rhode Island, in
1792, and early connected himself with the
minute men of his day and locality, who were
ever ready to act instantly in defense of
our then young nation. The fact that
there is no record that he was ever called
into active service does not dim the luster
of his patriotic intentions. He
emigrated to Ohio in 1816 and located on
land now owned by H. Grant Harris,
which he secured as military land. He
was a man of influence in the community.
He married, in 1813 Miss Sarah Sweet,
who bore him eight children: Caroline
born in Rhode Island; and Emor B.;
Sarah, May, Bessie, Lydia, Emily and
Henry Clay, born in Ohio. Of this
family of children only Emor B., of
Red Oak, Iowa, Caroline of Galena,
Delaware county, Ohio, and Henry
Clay are living. Sarah (Sweet)
Harris was a daughter of Philip
and Anfillis (Brown) Sweet, natives of
Rhode Island, and her father was a soldier
in the war for independence.
The subject of this sketch is a charter member of Syramore
Valley Lodge, No. 553, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and, having passed all its
chairs, is one of its honored past noble
grands. He has been once elected
treasurer of Miller township and has by
successive re-election filled the office of
justice of the peace for four successive
terms. His military career began early
in 1864, when he recruited a company for the
United States' service in Pleasant and
Miller townships, which became Company C,
One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry and of which he was
elected captain at its organization,
May 13, 1864. The organization was mustered
into the service at Camp Chase, Columbus,
and at once left for Fort Lyon and was under
fire almost daily in Grant's line
advancing on Richmond until it was mustered
out at Camp Chase in September, 1864.
He is a member of Fry Post, No. 706.
When twenty- four years of age Captain Harris
married Miss Dorcas Gates, who has
borne him four children: Mary W., Cyrus
G., Carrie A. and Grant.
Mary W. married A. E. Lockwood
and died in 1891. Carrie A.
died in 1893, unmarried. Cyrus G.
is a teacher of Brandon. Grant
Harris was born Apr. 21, 1867, and was
married Dec. 7, 1892, to Miss Ella Barker,
a daughter of George W. and Rachal
(Moody) Barker, of Brandon. Five
years ago he bought his father's old
homestead, which was secured by his
grandfather in 1816. It comprises
sixty-seven acres and devoted to general
farming. Is a Republican in his
political views. On his twenty-first
birthday he was made an Odd Fellow, and has
passed the chairs of Sycamore Lodge, and
Lyman lodge of Rebeccas was organized under
his jurisdiction as Noble Grand.
Source: The
Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 - Page 140 |
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JOHN O. HARRIS.
In these days of up-to-date farming it is a
pleasure to note the essential facts in the
career of a farmer who is in some ways a
leader in his class in the community in
which he lives. Such a farmer is
John O. Harris, of Clay township, Knox
county, Ohio, who is the owner of one
hundred and eight acres of land comprising
his homestead and one hundred and twenty
acres constituting an independent farm in
Harrison township.
Mr. Harris was born in Jackson township.
Knox county, Ohio, Mar. 29, 1849, son of
Samuel Harris, a native of Ohio,
who was an early settler in the county.
Elijah arris, father of Samuel
Harris and grandfather of John O.
Harris, was also a pioneer in Knox
county. Sarah Hill, who married
Samuel Harris and became the mother
of the subject of this sketch, was a native
of Knox county. Samuel Harris
died a the age of seventy-eight years; his
wife at the age of sixty-five years.
They were the parents of one daughter and
two sons, and our subject was the youngest
of their three children.
John O. Harris was reared in Clay township and
educated in the common schools in his
vicinity. He has become prominent as a
farmer, is an active member of the Disciple
church, and is locally influential in the
Democratic party. He was married in
June, 1876, to Miss Lydia Cochren, a
native of Morrow county, Ohio, and a
daughter of John and Delia A. (Walker)
Cochren. A biographical sketch of
her father appears on another page of this
work. She was reared in Howard
township, Knox county, and is an
accomplished woman, highly esteemed by all
who know her. She has borne her
husband a son and a daughter named Vincie
Craig and Sallie.
Source: The
Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 - Page 71 |
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GEORGE S. HARTER
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 344 |
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WILLIAM HAWN
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 305 |
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J. K. HAYDEN
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 311 |
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TELFORD F. HAYES
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 371 |
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JACOB HAYS
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 82 |
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LEANDER HAYS
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 81 |
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MORGAN HAYS.
One of several citizens of Clay township,
Knox county, Ohio, who were especially
conspicuous for their sterling worth and who
have passed away during recent years was
Morgan Hays, who was born May 21, 1821,
and died Apr. 22, 1900.
Morgan Hays was a native of Knox county, Ohio,
and was the youngest son of James Hays,
who was born in Pennsylvania and married a
Miss Bell, who was also a native of
that state. When he was a small boy
death visited his family and made him
motherless, and he went to Coshocton county,
Ohio, and for a time lived with a brother
and with his sister Elizabeth, who
had become a Mrs. Boggs. His
educational advantages were limited to such
as were afforded by the public schools in
vogue in his locality at the time of
his youth. He was married Oct. 16,
1849, when he was about twenty-eight years
old, and located in Harrison township, Knox
county, where he lived on one farm for six
years and on another farm for eleven years
thereafter. He then removed to
Pleasant township and afterward to Clay
township, where he farmed until 1889 when he
retired from active life and bought the
homestead in the village of Martinsburg,
upon which Mrs. Hays now lives.
In Politics he was a Democrat and as a man
of influence and enterprise he was well
known throughout the county.
Deborah A. (Breece)
Hays, widow of Morgan Hays, was
born in Virginia May 18, 1828, a daughter of
Abraham and Eliza (Ward) Breece.
Both of her parents died in Coshocton
county, Ohio, when she was young that she
had little knowledge of their family
history, the youngest child having been at
the time of the death of her mother only
three months old. They left thirteen
children, of whom she was the eighth in
order of birth, and they found homes with
different families, she at the age of
twelve years, with Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel
Boggs, with whom she lived six years.
After leaving their roof she supported
herself two years at Mount Vernon. She
bore her late husband a son and a daughter -
Leander Hays, county commissioner of
Knox county, a biographical sketch of whom
appears in this work, and Elizabeth,
of Gambier, Ohio, who is the widow of
Mark Workman. Mr. Hays has
three grandchildren, Bertha Hays, Howard
Hays and Estella Workman.
the last named is the wife of Lewis Horn.
Mrs. Hays, who is a member of the Disciples'
church, is a woman of high character and
many accomplishments and her circle of
acquaintances is large and extremely loyal
to her. She is one of the well-to-do
women of Knox county, owning a fine farm of
eighty acres, which, since her husband's
death she has managed with much ability.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 177 |
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THOMAS R. HEAD
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 164 |
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CHARLES W. HENLEY
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 52 |
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GEORGE E. HENWOOD
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 330 |
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GEORGE E. HERVEY
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 375 |
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HENRY HIBBETS
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 288 |
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THOMAS C. HICKMAN
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 104 |
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JAMES HONEY
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 167 |
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MARTIN J. HORN.
Washington county, Pennsylvania, furnished
many pioneers to Ohio, and they were men of
the highest character and ability and their
descendants are leaders in various
communities at the present time. The
old Pennsylvania family of HorGn is
represented in Harrison township, Knox
county, and perhaps no one who bears the
name is better known than Martin J. Horn,
long a successful farmer and who is now
living in well earned retirement.
Martin J. Horn was born in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, July 22, 1822, a son of
John Horn, who was born in the same
county, within six miles of the seat of
justice, in 1799. John Horn
was reared to be a fanner and miller, and on
his farm of three hundred and forty-five
acres he owned a mill. He was in all
sense a man of success and prominence.
He was a Whig and Republican and an active
and liberally helpful member of the Baptist
church. Martin Horn, father of
John Horn and grandfather of
Martin J. Horn, was born on the same
farm in Washington county which was the
birthplace of John Horn, and he lived
to be eighty-four years old.
Hartman Horn, father of Martin
Horn and great-grandfather of Martin
J. Horn, was born in Germany, and was an
early settler in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, where he purchased public land
and was in his time a well known farmer.
John Horn married Mary Gantz,
who was born at Ten Mile Creek, Washington
county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1799, and
she died in 1866. John Gantz,
her father, who was a farmer, miller and
distiller, was a native of Germany, as was
also his wife. He achieved success in
his 'time and locality as a man of affairs.
John and Mary (Gantz) Horn had
children as follows: Martin J.,
the first born, is the immediate subject of
this sketch. Mary Ann is dead.
George lives on the old family
homestead in Washington county,
Pennsylvania. Margaret is dead.
Jacob died in the service of his
country in the Civil war. Elizabeth,
who is the widow of James Price,
lives in California. Hugh is
engaged in farming in Henry county, Iowa.
Hannah lives in Iowa. John
is dead. William owns and lives
on a part of the old Horn property in
Pennsylvania. Maria is the wife
of George Coogle, of Washington
county, Pennsylvania.
Isaac is a prominent farmer and
stock-raiser of Moultrie county, Illinois.
The subject of this sketch was reared at the old family
home of Horn in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, as a farmer and miller, but
eventually engaged in teaming between
Wheeling, West Virginia; Cumberland,
Maryland; Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; and other
points with six-horse teams, of which from
time to time he owned several. He came
to Knox county in 1847 and began farming in
Harrison township. In May, 1848, in
Butler township, he was married to Miss
Sarah Eley, who was also born there, a
daughter of Michael and Catharine
Eley. They were early settlers in
that part of the county. Immediately after
his marriage Mr. Horn brought
his wife to the farm on which he now lives,
and where he had "bached"' it for a time.
He has been successful in his business
affairs, and at one time owned four hundred
acres of excellent land. He is
regarded not only as a progressive farmer
but as an influential citizen. In
politics he is a Democrat, and in religion
he affiliates with the Christian church.
His wife, who died July 16, 1891,
bore him four children,—Mary R., who
is now Mrs. Jacob Black, and lives
with her father; and Hugh, John
and Eley, all of whom live in
Harrison township, near their father.
Mr. Horn has given or sold to
each of his children on favorable terms a
good farm, and they have all entered upon
active life with excellent prospects.
Source: The
Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 - Page 94 |
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R. D. HORN.
Among the successful and capable physicians
of Knox county is numbered Dr.
Horn, who is engaged in practice in
North Liberty. He was born in Harrison
township, Knox county, Oct. 16, 1858, and
represents an old family of Pennsylvania,
his grandfather, Joseph Horn,
having been born in Washington county, that
state. When civilization was in its
primitive period in Knox county, he took up
his abode in this portion of Ohio and
followed farming here for many years.
His son, Jacob Horn, was born
on the old homestead in Harrison township,
in 1825, and now resides in Mount Vernon,
living retired from business cares. He
wedded Sarah Robinson, a
native of
Union township, Knox county, where she was
born in 1830, a daughter of William
Robinson, who was of English descent.
He came from Maryland to Ohio, and at an
early date began farming here, following
that pursuit as a life work. Mr.
and Mrs. Horn became the parents of
three sons and a daughter.
The Doctor is their youngest child and his boyhood days
were spent in his native township, where he
attended the district schools, thus laying
the foundation for the broad general
knowledge upon which he has reared the
superstructure of professional learning.
At the age of eighteen he began the study of
medicine under the direction of Drs.
Russell and McMiller of Mount
Vernon. He remained with them for four
years, and in the meantime he attended two
courses of lectures in the Wooster Medical
College, at Cleveland, being graduated in
that institution with the class of 1881.
Thus well equipped for his professional
career. Dr. Horn located in
Jelloway, Ohio, where for four years he was
in partnership with Dr. Hyatt. On the
expiration of that period, he came to North
Liberty, where he has now successfully
practiced for seventeen years.
In 1885 occurred the marriage of Dr. Horn
and Miss Alma B. Loney,
a daughter of John C. Loney.
She was born in Vernon township and pursued
her education in its common schools.
Four children blessed their marriage:
Ida, Rufus H., Daniel L. and Donald.
The family is well known in the county and
its members rank high in social circles.
The Doctor is unswerving in his advocacy of
Republican principles, but has never been an
aspirant for public office, proferring to
devote his time and attention to his
business affairs, in which he has met with
creditable success, resulting from his skill
and ability. He keeps thoroughly
informed concerning the advancement made by
the profession and is quick to adopt any
ideas or methods of practice that he
believes will prove of practical benefit in
alleviating human suffering.
Source: The
Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 - Page 370 |
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LEWIS B. HOUCK
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 312 |
Leroy G. Hunt |
LEROY
G. HUNT.
Almost continuously through the last decade
of the nineteenth century Colonel Leroy
G. Hunt was in public office in Mount
Vernon and no one has ever more capably,
efficiently and faithfully served his fellow
townsmen than he. For four years he
was a member of the city council and for
four years mayor, and throughout the period
he exercised his official prerogatives in
support of all measures of practical
utility, of reform and substantial progress.
Mr. Hunt is numbered among the native
residents of Knox county, his birth having
occurred at Hunt Station in
1843. In the first decade of the
century the family was founded in this
county by Jonathan Hunt, the
grandfather of our subject, who came from
Maryland to Ohio about 1806. Here he
began the development of a home upon the
wild western frontier and aided in
reclaiming this district for purposes of
civilization. When the country became
involved in a second war with Great Britain
he joined the army and fought for the rights
of the nation. He married Honor
Wells, who resided near Wellsville,
Ohio, and among their children was Thomas
Hunt, who was born in 1811 upon the
same farm where occurred the birth of our
subject, and where he died in 1852, being
killed by the falling of a tree. He
wedded Miss Mary Baxter,
a daughter of one of the pioneer settlers of
Pleasant township, Knox county. In
addition to our subject their children were:
Thomas, who is now living in Mount
Vernon; Honor J., the wife of J.
J. Phiffer, of this city; Richard C.,
who was a member of Company G, Twentieth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and is living in
Los Angeles, California; and John D.,
who was a member of the One Hundred and
Forty second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and is
living in Petoskey, Michigan. One son,
Ezra Hunt, died in 1893.
It is a well-known fact that the majority of men who
become prominent in the various important
walks of life come from the farm. Our
subject was thus reared amid the beauties of
nature, growing vigorous and strong in mind
and body, nourished by healthful country
food, breathing pure air and from his
infancy feeling that freedom and
independence which comes to the fanner above
all others. He pursued his education
in the common schools, and in 1861 he
offered his services to the government,
becoming one of the boys in blue of Company
G, Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with
which he served until 1865, when, the war
having ended, he received an honorable
discharge. He was under Grant
in the seige of Vicksburg, was with
Sherman's army in the Atlanta campaign
and went with him on the celebrated march to
the sea, being a member of the Seventeenth
Army Corps under General McPherson.
He was never known to falter before duty and
with loyal courageous spirit defended the
Union cause until the supremacy of the
national government at Washington was
established.
After his return to Knox county Mr. Hunt was
connected with the building trade for a time
and afterward conducted an omnibus line for
sixteen years. For thirty years he has
been engaged in the livery business in Mount
Vernon and has a good establishment,
well-equipped with a large line of fine
vehicles and many excellent horses.
His earnest desire to please his customers
and his reasonable prices have secured for
him a liberal patronage.
Mr. Hunt was married to Miss Martha F. Sapp,
a daughter of Levi Sapp, deceased,
formerly of Mount Vernon. Socially he
is connected with the Royal Arcanum, the
National Union, the Junior Order of United
American Mechanics and the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, being the first
exalted ruler of the lodge in this place.
He likewise belongs to the Grand Army Post,
of Mount Vernon, has served as its
commander, and was on the staff of the state
department commander and for one term on the
staff of the national commander. He
belongs to the Loyal Legion and is
quartermaster general on the staff of
General T. W. Minshell, of the Ohio
Brigade of the Uniformed Rank of Knights of
Pythias, and he commanded the Fifth Regiment
of Knights of Pythias in Ohio for over six
years. He also served as signal
officer on the staff of General
Howe of the Ohio Brigade of Knights of
Pythias. In his political views he is
a stanch Republican, unwavering in his
allegiance to the principles of the party.
He served as deputy sheriff for one year
under Sheriff Steele and in
1891 was elected a member of the city
council, serving in that office for four
successive years. In 1896 he was
elected mayor and continued in that position
for four years, during which time he
demonstrated that his loyalty to the best
interests of his city was as great as that
which he displayed toward the Union cause
during the Civil war. He studied
closely public needs and demands and
endorsed every measure which he believed
would prove of public good. His course
was such as to continue him in the warm
regard of his fellow men which he had long
enjoyed, and as a representative citizen of
Knox county he well deserves mention in this
volume.
Source: The
Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 168 |
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JOHN J. HYATT
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 331 |
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LUTHER L. HYATT.
Nature seems to have intended that the
closing years of life shall be a period of
rest and inactivity. In youth one
possesses vigor and strength and the courage
that dares to undertake almost any task; as
middle age comes on judgment and experience
direct into safe channels the labors of
younger years and make profitable the honest
toil; then if any has carefully husbanded
their resources in the evening of life there
is plenty to meet the needs of man and also
to supply him with many of the luxuries that
go to make life worth the living and where
he is still living. He still owns a
valuable farm of one hundred and five acres
of highly improved land in Wayne township,
the greater part of which is under
cultivation and from which he derives
annually a good income.
In March, 1853, Mr. Hyatt secured as a
companion and helpmate on the journey of
life Miss Malinda Smith,
a daughter of Preserve Smith,
and unto them were born four children:
Charles Hamilton, a farmer of Wayne
township; Louella, the wife of
Alonzo Rock, of Canton, Ohio;
Carrie Josephine, the wife of
Frank McFadden, of Mount Vernon;
and John, who is living in Red Lodge,
Montana. After the death of his first
wife Mr. Hyatt wedded Matilda Ann
Walker, a daughter of William Walker.
She, too, died and he married Miss
Catherine Davis Wolfe, a daughter of
Eli and Caroline (Hyatt) Wolfe.
At the time of the Civil war Mr. Hyatt
put aside all personal consideration and in
1864, in Mount Vernon, enlisted in Company
A, One Hundred and Forty-second Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, for one hundred days'
service. He participated in several
skirmishes, but was mostly engaged in guard
duty, and at the close of his term was
honorably discharged and mustered out at
Columbus. He is now a member of Joe
Hooker Post, G. A. R., of Mount Vernon,
and in politics he is a stalwart Republican.
He has held several township offices and in
1870 was made county infirmary director,
which position he held for two terms.
He has always been prominently identified
with movements for the general good,
cooperating heartily in advancing many such
measures. Great changes have occurred
since he came to the county and a wonderful
transformation has been wrought, for the
wild lands have been reclaimed for purposes
forests are now seen fields rich in golden
grain. The work of progress has been
carried steadily forward and no one has
taken greater pride in what has been
accomplished than this honored pioneer,
Luther L. Hyatt, who for seventy years
has resided within the borders of Knox
county.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 239 |
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