BIOGRAPHIES
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Eden
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JORDAN HALL, Esq.,
- Squire Hall lived in Eden township more than fifty
years, and died there Dec. 8, 1875, at the advanced age of
eighty-one years. He was born in Monongalia county,
Virginia, in 1794, and came to Licking county, with his
father's family in 1811, when he was seventeen years old,
and had therefore spent fifty-eight years of his life here.
Squire Hall was a man of integrity and intelligence,
and maintained from early manhood to old age an excellent
Christian character. He was for many years an acting
magistrate, and served as county commissioner from 1848 to
1851. Squire Hall had an extensive
acquaintance, and enjoyed the confidence and friendship of a
large circle of friends.
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1798 - History of
Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill,
Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers -
1881 – Page 683 |
Burlington Twp. -
HANGER, A. C.,
Christian minister and farmer, born in 1817 in Knox county,
Ohio. He was married in 1844 to Miss Sarah A.
Rockwill, of Stark county, Ohio. They are the
parents of seven children living and two dead: James A.,
who died in a southern prison during the war; Martha E ,
Mary E., Oliver D., Rebecca (deceased), John, India,
Flora B., Margary.
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1798 - History of
Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill,
Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers -
1881 – Page 683 |
Newark Twp. -
ELIAS HARPER. He was born in
Defiance, Feb. 22, 1851; he is one of the family of seven
children of John Harper, of Mount Vernon. In
early life he learned blacksmithing, and latterly ahs been
in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad company.
He was married May 16, 1878, to Miss Fannie Stinger,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jones Stinger, of Newark.
They have one child, born April 22, 1880.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
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Newton Twp. -
ISAAC HARRIS was born in Loudoun
county, Virginia, in 1803, came with his father to Clear
Fork valley in 1805, where, within a mile of Chatham, he
lived, and where he died Aug. 6, 1879, aged seventy-six
years, having, at the date of his death, the longest
residence (seventy-three years) of any person within the
borders of Newton township.
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Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
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Newton Twp. -
PERRY A. HARRIS, merchant, St.
Louisville, was born in Clay township, Knox county, Nov. 17,
1827. He moved with his parents to Eden township,
Licking county, in 1828; lived with his parents on the farm
until 1847, when he went to Newark, and, during the summer
of 1847, clerked in the grocery store of H. W. R. Brunner,
and for John Lott during the winter. In the
spring of 1848 he went to Martinsburgh, Knox county, and
commenced to learn harness-making; worked two years and gave
it up on account of weakness of the eyes. In August,
1850, he worked for L. Rambo in woollen factory two
miles north of Newark. In the spring of 1851 he went
to work for Colville & Griffin, of Newark. Stayed
there until July 29, 1852, when he started the grocery
business in Vannatasburgh. He stayed there until the
spring of 1853, when he moved to St. Louisville, where he
started business, and has since resided. His stock
consisted of a general stock of goods that he purchased of
William McDaniel for one hundred and fifteen dollars.
The next day he went to Newark and bought one hundred and
thirty-five dollars worth of fresh goods, making the total
amount of stock at commencing two hundred and fifty dollars,
and at present has increased his stock, does an ample yearly
business, and carries about five thousand dollars worth of
goods. Besides his mercantile business he is engaged
in the grain business with G. M. Benear, and has been
postmaster of the place for twelve years. He was
married to Elizabeth E. Myers Oct. 16, 1854.
She was born Mar. 5, 1833, in Richland county. They
had five children - Laura E., born Sept. 19, 1855,
married F. M. Smith Oct. 1, 1873, and resides in
Newark. Mr. Smith is a carpenter and joiner.
Charles F., born Aug. 5, 1857, and died Oct. 31, 1859;
Harry E., born Aug. 22, 1859, is a printer by trade,
and works in Bangor, Michigan; Mary A., born Mar. 23,
1862; Harriet E., born Jan. 5, 1866. Miss
Mary assists her father in the store. Mr.
Harris' father died on the old homestead Nov. 8, 1874.
His mother is still living, is seventy-seven years of age,
and lives with her daughter. Mrs. Harris'
parents are both dead. Her father died Feb. 4, 1854,
fifty-two years old. Her mother died Feb. 20, 1870,
seventy years of age.
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1798 - History of
Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill,
Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers -
1881 – Page 693 |
City of Newark -
M. S. HARRISON,
son of Thomas and Maranda Harrison, was born Jan. 30,
1824, in Orange, New Jersey. Mr. Harrison
learned the shoemaker's trade with his father, and remained
with his parents until he was twenty-two years of age, when
he married Harriet Dean, daughter of Peter L. and
Elizabeth Dean. She was born April, 1829, in
Orange, New Jersey. After living in Orange for two
years after their marriage they removed to Newark, where
they have since resided. They have four children:
Maranda, Jesse, William and Emily.
Maranda married Henry L. Peck, of Huron,
Jesse, married Sadie Losh, of Mt. Vernon.
Mr. Harrison resides on Granville street, in
Newark. Mrs. Harrison's father lives
with them. He served in the War of 1812, and was a
volunteer from New Jersey. He was born in 1791, in
Orange. He possessed a strong constitution.
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Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
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Bennington Twp.
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JAMES HAWKINS, farmer, born in
Hampshire county, Virginia, in 1819, came to this county in
1831, with his father, Joseph Hawkins. James
was married in 1840, to Miss Esther Huddles, of
Knox county; she was born in 1819. They are the
parents of three children: Joseph, living at
home; Homer who is married, and lives on the farm;
and Melissa, living at home. After living in
this county some five years, Mr. Hawkins removed to
Knox county, where he lived about fifteen years, when he
returned to this county, where he still resides. He is
member of the board of directors of the Hartford
Agricultural society.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
682 |
Burlington Twp. -
BURGESS HELPHREY,
farmer, born in 1820 in this county. His father,
Daniel Helphrey, was born in 1796 in Rockingham county,
Virginia. He came to this county in 1808. He was
married in 1816 to Miss Elizabeth Harrison, of this
county. She was born in 1798 in Rockingham county,
Virginia. He died in 1871. They were the parents
of eleven children, seven of whom are living. The
subject of this sketch is the third child. He was married in
1854 to Miss Mary A. Wallace, of this county.
She was born in 1823 in this county. They are the
parents of two children: Mary E., Allie J. Mrs.
Helphrey's father, David Wallace, was born
in county Armagh, Ireland, in 1773. He married Mary
Flenny, of the same county. They came to this
country in 1819. They brought with them three
children. They arrived at Wilmington, now Utica, Dec.
25. Three children, Robert J., Mary A., Elizabeth
J., were born in this country. David Wallace
died Dec. 23, 1846. His wife died Feb. 8, 1857.
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1798 - History of
Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill,
Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers -
1881 – Page 683 |
Mary Ann Twp. -
WILLIAM HICKEY, farmer and
stock raiser, was born in Frederick county, Virginia, near
the town of Winchester, Aug. 4, 1797, he being the fifth
child of Edward and Diannah Hickey.
The subject of this sketch enlisted in the War of 1812 at
the age of seventeen years under Captain David
Vanmeter and Colonel Henry E. Coleman,
and served about three months; was discharged in December,
1814. He then returned home to Virginia, and there
remained until August, 1815, when he made a trip to Ohio
with his knapsack on his back, landing in Zanesville.
From there he went up into Coshocton county, where he
married Sarah Shambaugh, March, 1818, she
being a daughter of Philip and Margaret
Shambaugh, and was born in July, 1805.
After his marriage he moved to Madison township, this
county, where he worked out by the day, farming. In
two and a half years he leased a farm in Mary Ann township
for twelve years, the conditions of the lease requiring him
to clear forty acres of land and set out fifty apple trees.
This was about 1821. After a few years he purchased
three hundred and three acres of land. They had five
children - four sons and one daughter. Their son
Henry died April, 1871. Mr.
Hickey is at present the owner of eight hundred and
seventy-nine acres of land, besides having given to his
children three hundred and eighty-three acres. Sept.
15, 1848, his wife died, and in July, 1853, he married
Harriet Moore, daughter of Thomas
and Catharine Moore. She was born Mar. 18,
1831. They have three children, one son and two
daughters all living. Mr. Hickey has
been justice of the peace three terms. He and his wife
are members of the Disciple church of Rocky fork.
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Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 –
Page 687 |
Franklin Twp. -
WILLIAM HISEY. -
Mr. Hisey was born in Shenandoah county, Virginia,
Dec. 24, 1822. In 1824, his parents, Jonathan and
Sarah Hisey, removed with their family to this township.
All the children, eleven in number, are, at this writing,
still living - most of them in this county. Mr.
Hisey's occupation is farming, and he has always resided
in this township. He was united in marriage Oct. 25,
1855, to Sarah Parr, the daughter of Samuel Parr and
Amelia Ann Ernst, born June 12, 1829. Her
grandfather, Ernst, was one of the original settlers
in the township, and located upon the farm where Mr.
Hisey now resides. He endured the hardships and
privations incident to pioneer life. His first corn
crop having failed to mature, his family was obliged to
subsist during the ensuing winter upon bread made from a
mixture of the unripe corn and boiled pumpkins.
Mrs. Hisey has in her possession a valuable relict inthe
shape of a snuff box of peculiar pattern, once belonging to
her mother's grandfather. Their only child, Louisa
Vilora, was married Mar. 4, 1877, to William Alfred
Smith, who died of bilious fever Apr. 24, 1880.
She now lives with her parents.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 –
page 683 |
Newark Twp. -
A. ABSOLOM HOLLAR, son of Henry and Catherine
Hollar, was born in Newark township, Nov. 18, 1818.
His father was born in Virginia, in 1770, came to this
county in 1814 and settled in Newton township, near what is
known as the Bunker hill school-house. A short time
after this he and his brother John purchased a tract
of land containing two hundred and eighty-two acres, in the
northern part of Newark township, where they erected a log
cabin. Here Mr. Henry Hollar reared a family of
eight children: Absalom, Moses, Polly, Joseph, Peter,
Henry, Elizabeth and Ellis. Absolom and
Polly are still living upon the old homestead;
Joseph, Moses, and Peter are dead; Henry
lives in Newark; Elizabeth lives in the western part
of Newark township and is the wife of John King; Elias
lives in Vanattasburgh, Newton township. Mary Ward,
an old lady, lives in the Hollar family. She
came from Virginia at an early day, and has always made
Mr. Hollar's her home.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 –
Page 688 |
Newark Twp. -
ADAM HOLLER, deceased, son of
Nicholas and Sarah Holler, was born in Pennsylvania,
Mar. 9, 1809. In 1812 he was brought to Licking
county, Ohio, by his parents, who located on a farm in
Newark township, now owned by their son, Nicholas Holler,
where they passed the remainder of their days. Mar. 5,
1840, Mr. Holler was united in marriage with Miss
Elizabeth Hetzer, born in Maryland, Apr. 3, 1811, and
came to this county in 1814. Mr. and Mrs. Holler
settled on a part of the Holler homestead now
occupied by his heirs. Their union resulted in five
children: David T., Nancy E., Oliver M., William and
Adam. David T. is deceased. Nancy E.,
married Aaron Vannatta, and is now living in
Granville township. Mr. Holler deceased July
31, 1872, and thus ended the life of one of the county's
pioneers.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
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Page 689 |
Granville Twp. -
MRS. JULIA A. HOLLER, was born in
Bedford county, Pennsylvania, Sept. 29, 1809; she is the
daughter of John Cutchall, an early settler of
Newark. She was married to Samuel Holler, Feb.
22, 1833; they are the parents of eight children: Mary
A., wife of Charles Hendricks; N. C., Sarah E.,
wife of William Boner; S. J., James E., Jacob N., David
S., Isaac W. Mr. Holler by occupation was a
farmer. He died July 18, 1871, aged sixty-four years.
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Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
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Page 684 |
Newark Twp. -
NICHOLAS HOLLER, deceased. He
was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, Dec. 20, 1808,
and came to Newark township with his father in 1812.
His father purchased fifty-two acres at ten dollars per
acre; he afterwards had to release a mortgage that cost him
ten dollars more per acre. Mr. Holler, jr., is
the fourth of his father's family of eleven children.
His father, Nicholas, was Pennsylvania by birth, and
died near Newark in 1870, aged eighty-eight years. His
wife preceded him some five years, aged fifty-six years.
The subject of this sketch is the only surviving member of
his father's family. He was married Nov. 18, 1845, to
Sarah Hetser, daughter of Jacob Hetzer.
She was born near Newark, May 22, 1822. They are the
parents of six children living, and two died in infancy:
Philip, William, Lucinda, now the wife of John R.
Jones; Mary wife of James W. Taylor; Susan and
Libbie are single. Mr. Holler has followed
farming all his life; he now has a farm of seventy-eight
acres of choice land three miles west of Newark, and one
hundred and sixty acres of land in Illinois.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 –
Page 689 |
Fallsbury Twp. -
THOMAS HOLMAN,
farmer born in Cornwall, England, May 5, 1820. At the age of
twenty four years he married Charlotte Simmons Mar.
26, 1845. She was born in Devonshire, England, Sept.
1, 1825. The next April he and his companion sailed
for America, landing at Quebec, Canada, May 29. From
there he came to Marietta, Washington county, remaining
there about three years, and performing labor on a farm; he
then moved to Portsmouth, Scioto county, in the fall of
1827, where he remained about eight years, laboring in a
rolling mill; from there he moved to Zanesville, Ohio, where
he remained about three months, driving team during that
time; from there he came to Fallsbury township, and
purchased a farm of eighty acres, where he now resides.
It is a very desirable and pleasant home. Mr. and
Mrs. Holman are the parents of eight children:
Elizabeth A., born Mar. 28, 1846; Thomas H.,
August 18, 1847; Mary S., July 20, 1850 (died August,
1850); William J., born Nov. 4, 1852; Samuel P.,
Jan. 8, 1859; Mary E., June 8, 1862; Florie E.,
Nov. 19, 1865; Emma Z., Oct. 29, 1867. Mrs.
Holman is a consistent member of the Methodist
Episcopal church of Pleasant Valley.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
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Newton Twp. -
JAMES HOLMES, farmer, post office,
Cooksey, was born Sept. 20, 1813, in Fauquier county,
Virginia. In 1837 he came to this township, where he
has since resided. He was married to Miss Elizabeth
Redmond, a native of Virginia. They have had six
children- Willis, Isabell, Susanna, Lucy, infant, and
Sarah Elizabeth. Isabell was married to E.
J. Thumwood. Lucy was married to George W.
Gardner. Sarah was married to Minor Romine.
Mr. Holmes is possessor of three hundred and forty-five
acres of land, and is an industrious, honest man. His
father and mother were natives of Virginia, of English
extraction.
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Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 –
Page 694 |
City of Newark -
W. F. HOLMES, was born in Franklin,
Harrison county, May 21, 1852. In 1868 he moved to
Denison, Ohio, and was married Dec. 1, 1870, to Rebecca
J. Speck, of that place. She was born in
Tuscarawas county, Ohio, Dec. 10, 1850, and is the daughter
of John and Margaret Speck. The father died in
1876 at the age of sixty-four years. Her mother lives
in Harrison county. Mr. Holmes is the
son of Samuel and Rebecca Holmes;
his father died in 1855, but his mother is yet living in
Denison, Ohio, at the age of sixty-four years. Her
mother lives in Harrison county. Mr. Holmes
is the son of Samuel and Rebecca Holmes; his father
died in 1855, but his mother is yet living in Denison, Ohio,
at the age of sixty-four years. Mr. Holmes is
the father of four children: Alwilda Ann, born Sept.
17, 1871; Margaret Maud, Jan. 18, 1873; Elizabeth
Viola, Mar. 25, 1875; J. H. P., Aug. 18, 1876. In
his early days Mr. Holmes followed farming. In
1869 he engaged with the Pan Handle railroad company as
brakeman. Nov. 18, 1876, by an accident in Denison
yard, he lost his left leg; this kept him from duty
some six months; he then came to East Newark, June 3, 1877,
since which time he has been in the employ of the same
company, guarding crossing on East Main and Morrison
streets.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 –
Page 693 |
Bennington Twp. -
B. G. HOOVER, merchant, was born in
Monroe township, this county, in 1843. His early life
was spent at home with his parents, attending school and
working on the farm until he was about twenty years of age.
Early in the year 1864, he went to Montana territory,
spending nearly two years there, returning late in 1865, the
mining business proving unsuccessful. In 1866 he
married Miss Susie McInturf, daughter of James
McInturf, of this county. Miss McInturf was
born in December, 1845, in this county. They are the
parents of three children. Immediately after returning
from the mines, he engaged in farming his father's place,
working as a tenant for two years, and at the end of that
time purchasing a part interest in the farm. He
continued farming until the autumn of 1872, and, although
successful at farming, he sold out and engaged in the lumber
business, handling a large amount of lumber and logs in the
three years that he was interested in the business. In
1876, he in company with an older brother, J. N. Hoover,
purchased a general merchandise store in Appleton.
In September, 1879, he bought out his brother's interest in
the store, and at present is the sole owner.
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Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
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Bennington Twp. -
J. H. HOOVER, farmer, born in Monroe
township, this county, in 1835. Has been engaged in a
great many pursuits, and has been moderately successful in
all. Was married in 1870, to Miss Sarah Woodward
of this county; she died in 1876. They had two
children. Again married in 1878, to Miss Huldah
White, of this county. Mr. Hoover is a
farmer, and devotes some of his time to selling agricultural
implements.
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Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
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682 |
Burlington Twp.
DANIEL M. HOUCK.
- Mr. Daniel Houck was the son of the veteran
pioneer, James Houck, now considerably more than
ninety years old. Daniel Houck was born in
Muskingum county, Mar. 10, 1810, and died at his residence,
in Burlington township, Apr. 9, 1877, at the age of
sixty-seven years. The house of his father stood
within the range of the great "Burlington Storm" of
1825, and was blown down but non of the inmates were
seriously injured. He had a large circle of friends
and relatives who all highly esteemed him for his many
excellent traits of character. Mr. Houck held a
membership in the Christian church for many years, and was
always held in high repute for his work's sake.
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Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill,
Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers -
1881 – Page 683 |
Bennington Twp. -
WILSON HOUCK, farmer, born in 1848, in
this county. His father, David Houck, was born
in Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1810, and came to this county
in 1818. His wife, Miss Hannah Vance, of Knox
county, Ohio, was born in 1809. Mr. Houck died
in 1877. They were the parents of four children; the
subject of this sketch is the youngest. He was married
in 1872, to Miss Christiana Myers daughter of
Solomon Myers of this county. She was born in
1850, in this county. They are the parents of two
children: Mabel D. and Orril.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
682 |
Granville Twp. -
ELIAS HUGHES, was born in Allegheny
county, Pennsylvania, May 13, 1830. He was reared a
farmer. In 1849 he commenced working at the plastering
trade in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1851 he migrated
to Columbus, Ohio, where he formed a partnership with
Evan Jones, to work at the trade of plastering, and
contracting for the erecting of buildings. They
continued as partners, making the business a success until,
in 1862, they dissolved partnership. In 1863 our
subject purchased and moved on the farm where he is now
living, locating on the Cherry Valley road, Granville
township, Licking county, Ohio. For his first wife he
married Mary Jones, of Columbus, Ohio, in 1853.
Their marriage resulted in five children - one son and four
daughters. Sept. 20, 1869, his wife deceased.
For his second wife he married Leah B. Arthur,
December, 1870, born in Wales in 1844, migrated to America
with her parents in 1846. They have two children -
sons. He is now following farming and stock raising.
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1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
685 |
Washington
Twp. -
JONATHAN HUGHES, retired
farmer, post office, Utica, was born Jan. 14, 1796, Thursday
evening, eleven o'clock, in Harrison county, Virginia, and
is one of the sons of Captain Elias Hughes, the great
Indian hunter, scout and spy. His father removed with
his family, in 1797, to Muskingum county, in a vessel made
of a large poplar tree, called a pirogue. It is large
enough to lay a barrel across the boat lengthwise; part of
their goods were sent on horseback. His mother rode a
horse and carried him, and those of the family who were able
to walk did so. He was the eleventh child and the
baby. Captain Hughes remained in Zanesville
until Apr. 6, 1798, when he started for Licking county with
his family. During their stay in Zanesville, Mrs.
Hughes gave birth to a daughter, consequently there were
three young children in the family; the subject of this
sketch being about two years old, a brother eighteen months
older. The subject of this sketch and his brother,
older, were placed each one in a salt sack, were hung over
the pommel of the saddle and were carried to Bowling Green
in that manner. They made the trip as fast as their
geese would travel, as they drove them and had to cut a path
through the woods. The Hughes and Ratliff
families were the first white settlers that settled within
the boundary of Licking county, and he is the only surviving
member of either family. His father was ninety-seven
years old when he died; he was a soldier in the battle at
Point Pleasant in 1774, and was not married until he was
past twenty-five. They lived in Bowling Green ten
years, when they moved upon North Fork, on a farm owned by
Samuel Davis. In 1809 his father bought a farm,
now owned by William Weiss and, in the fall of 1813,
gave it up. During the winter of 1808 and 1809, he
attended school taught by his brother-in-law, James
Maxwell, east of St. Louisville, a distance of six
miles; he boarded with his sister; he attended school during
the winter of 1810 and 1811, and then was apprenticed to a
carpenter and joiner in Mount Vernon, Knox county, in 1815.
During his apprenticeship he received two months schooling
in a school situate in the public square at Mount Vernon; he
remained there till the fall of 1816; was married to
Lovina Davis, June 9, 1817. He carried on the
carpenter business in Utica thirty years. When his
father-in-law died, he purchased the interest of the heirs
and moved to his farm, where he has since resided, farming
and working at his trade until fifteen years ago, when he
gave up his trade altogether. Mrs. Hughes was
born June 14, 1800, and became the mother of five children;
she died Oct. 28, 1876. Her children are: Clarenda,
born Dec. 7, 1818; Louisa, born Nov. 17, 1820;
James M., born July 15, 1823; Vincent S., born
Mar. 31, 1827, and Adaline N., born Dec. 7, 1829.
They are all married and are living in various parts of the
country. After his wife's death, two of his
granddaughters kept house for him; they are the children of
his son James who lives in Indiana. He is an
unusually smart and intelligent man for one of his age, and
has remarkable good health, and is able at this time of life
to split his one hundred rails a day. On his eightieth
birthday he cut and split one hundred and thirty rails in
five hours and forty minutes, and walked fifty rods to his
work, and came to his dinner and returned within the time.
He has five grandchildren married, and has ten
great-grand-children; his oldest great-grandchild is about
twelve years of age, and his oldest grandchildren of past
forty. His father before him was a remarkably smart
man in old age. when he was eighty years old he
started from Utica after sunrise, and arrived at his
daughter's, in Muskingum county, before sunset the same day,
a distance of about forty miles; he remained with
Jonathan from the spring of 1828 until the fall of 1844,
when he died; he had been blind in one eye before he made
the walk spoken of, but when he reached his daughter's, he
found he was totally blind; outside of that was in perfect
health till the day of his death. He always had a
deadly hatred of the Indian race. Although a great
many Indian murders were laid to his door, there are but few
of which any proof is known. At one time General
Putnam was going to have him arrested, but through the
agency of Colonel Ben Wilson and Colonel Elias
Louths, General Putnam withdrew the order, as the
Virginians thought everything of Captain Hughes, and
they were afraid that if anything was done to him they would
raise up and destroy the town of Marietta. At one time
the Indians stole some horses belonging to him, Ratliff,
Bland and Mr. Weedman He, Ratliff
and Bland, started in pursuit. They overtook
them, shot them, and returned with the horses. About a
year after, some Indians, friends of those that were shot,
came to Ratliffs and demanded indemnity for those
that were killed. Ratliff sent to Hughes
a number of times, but he did not go, but finally he told
his daughter Mary to go home and tell her father he
would be over in the morning and tell him "damn him, I will
pay him." On his return, he told his wife that the
Indians had gone, and he did not see children; of whom
fourteen lived to be men and women; she died in 1827.
The subject of this sketch never drank whisky, as the
beverage, in his life, never tasted tobacco but once, and
that was so cure a sore mouth, and never smoked a cigar,
never voted the Democratic ticket, only at the time of the
Jackson and Clay ticket, when he voted for Jackson. He
is now a strong Prohibitionist.
Source:
1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
696 |
Granville Twp.
-
LUCIUS HUMPHREY
was born in
Connecticut in 1813, and is the gentleman mentioned in
another part of this work as having conveyed a valuable
property in Columbus to Judge Buckingham and others
for the purpose of establishing, in this county, a "Home for
the Friendless." He stood in front rank of Licking
county's philanthropists. He died in Etna in this
county Nov. 2, 1876, in the sixty-fourth year of his age.
Source:
1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
685 |
Licking Twp. -
ADALINE HUPP, post office, Jacktown,
was born Mar. 31, 1820, in Ohio county, West Virginia; was
the daughter of Joseph B. and Margaret Steward, of
the same county, who moved to this county in 1834, making
the journey in wagons. They located in Licking
township, where they lived and died. Joseph B.
Steward died Feb. 26, 1879, aged eighty-eight years;
Margaret Steward died Aug. 4, 1878, aged eighty-one
years. Adeline was married to Samuel Hupp,
of this county, Jan. 31, 1839. Results this marriage -
four children: Joseph M., Margaret S., J. W., and
George N. Joseph M. married Lucy White, of
this county; Margaret S. married James Richeson,
of this county, who died Sep. 7, 1870, aged thirty years;
J. W. married Amelia Jane Etnier, of Licking
county; George M. is single and lives at home with
his mother on the old homestead where his father was born
and reared. Samuel Hupp's parents came to this
county in an early day, when there were but a few log cabins
where Newark now stands. Their old homestead was all
in woods when they located upon it they themselves cutting
away the trees to build a cabin. Mrs. Samuel Hupp
is a member of the Presbyterian church at Fair Mount.
Source:
1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – Page
686 |
Bowling Green Twp. -
BALSER HUPP born
in Franklin township, May 14, 1828. At the age of
Fifteen he and his brother contracted extensively for
cutting wood in Green, Hamilton, Butler and Warren counties
for the Cincinnati market. In 1849 he went to
California, where he spent the next four years of his life
engaged chiefly in mining. Since his return he has
been farming and buying and shipping stock. In August,
1856, was married to Esther Lewis. They have
three children: Emma, Flora and Charles Henry.
Emma was married to Henry Courson, of this
township, who is engaged in business with his father-in-law.
Source:
1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 –
Page 682 |
Licking Twp. -
BALSER HUPP, was
born Oct. 4, 1779, in Shenandoah county, Virginia. He
was the son of Balser and "Barbara Hupp; married
Mary M. _anaup, of Rockingham county, Virginia.
The results of this marriage were eleven children; moved to
Licking county in 1825, and worked at house carpentering and
farming. Mrs. Hupp died September 28, 1852, in
her fifty-fifth year. Harry Hupp was born July
4, 1816, in Shenandoah county, Virginia; came to this county
with his parents; was married to Helen Stevens, of
Licking county; they have no children of their own, but have
adopted and raised seven children, all of whom are married
and living but one. Balser Hupp is now in his
one hundred and first year, and lives in Bowling Green
township, and is in good health.
Source:
1798 - History of Licking Co.,
Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ.
Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 –
Page 687 |
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