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History of Morgan County, Ohio
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Portraits and Biographical Sketches
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By Charles Robertson, M. D.
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DR. E. W. HALL,
a native of Muskingum County, studied medicine under
Dr. J. F. Leeper, of Rural Dale, graduated at the
Starling Medical College in Columbus and began practice
in Bristol in 1885.
Source: Chapter XV - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 289 |
John R. Hambleton |
JOHN R.
HAMBLETON. Joseph Hambleton and
family came to Morgan County in 1832. He died in
1845, and his widow, whose maiden name was Ann R.
Neal, died in 1852. Their children were
Susannah, Stephen, Elizabeth, Lydia, James, Franklin,
William, John R., Joseph, Alfred, Albert, Emily and
Neal.
John R. Hambleton, a prominent farmer, was born in
Lancaster County, Pa., and came to Morgan County with
his parents. In 1850 he married Mary A. Strode.
Children: Elizabeth, Ann R., Orlando C., William T.,
Sarah M., Lydia F., Mary E., John R., Lucy J. and
Eliza A. Mr. Hambleton has earned a merited
success in his calling, and is classed among the
representative farmers of the county.
Source: Chapter XV - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 451 |
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HON. JOHN E.
HANNA is not only the oldest member of the Morgan
County bar, but also one of the oldest lawyers of
Southern Ohio. He has resided and practiced his
profession in McConnelsville for sixty years. The
county has not citizen who is better known or more
highly esteemed. Full of years and honors,
Judge Hanna is passing the evening of his life among
the people of Morgan County, to which he came when on
the threshold of man's estate. He has witnessed
most of the changes which time and progressive industry
have wrought in the county since its organization, and
his own influence has always been cast n favor of every
public measure calculated to promote the best interests
of the people. The merchants, doctors, county
officials and lawyers of McConnelsville in 1826 - where
are they?
"They are no longer
here; they are all gone
Into the land of shadows - all save one.
Honor and reverence, and the good repute
That follows faithful service as its fruit.
Be unto him, whom living we salute." |
John E. Hanna is
descended from a family of pioneers. His
grandfather John Hanna was pioneer settler west
of the Alleghanies, and was the founder of Hannastown on
the Loyalhanna, the first county seat of Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, which was burned by the Indians
and the proprietor of the town and his wife taken
prisoners. John Hanna, the father of
Judge Hanna, learned the saddler's trade, and
established himself in business in Greensburg, where he
married Ann Leonard, a niece of Governor
Finley. John Hanna and wife lived in
Greensburg until after three children were born, then
bought a farm on the Youghiogheny River, in Rostover
Township, Westmoreland County, three miles above
Robbstown. There, on the 19th of December, 1805,
John E. Hanna was born. In 1815 the family
removed to Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, where the
subject of this sketch was reared and educated.
The father of Judge Hanna was the first auditor
of Harrison County, and afterward held the office of
associate judge. John E. Hanna read law
under Hon. Chauncey Dewey and was admitted to the
bar of Ohio September 25, 1825, although then less than
twenty years of age.
In the spring of 1826 he came to McConnelsville, where
his home has been ever since. June 7, 1826, he
married Susan Robertson, a sister of Dr.
Robertson. Mrs. Hanna died Apr. 15, 1865, and
the Judge afterward married Sarah S., daughter of
Rev. William Swazey.
In 1826 he was appointed as aid upon the staff of
General Alexander McConnel, and in the following
year brigade major. He held the latter position
until 1834, and was then chosen brigadier-general of
militia, in which capacity he served until 1840.
In the spring of 1831 he was appointed prosecuting
attorney, and on the 12th of October, in the same year,
postmaster of McConnelsville. In 1833 the office
of prosecuting attorney was made elective and
postmasters became ineligible. He therefore
resigned the postmastership and was elected prosecuting
attorney. He continued to serve in that office
until 1838, and in the fall of that year was elected
representative to the legislature from Morgan County.
He was re-elected the following year and served another
term.
In February, 1840, he was elected president judge of
the eighth judicial circuit of the court of common
pleas, embracing the counties of Morgan, Washington,
Athens, Meigs, Gallia, Lawrence and Scioto. In
this important office he served with honor for seven
years, and doubtless would have been reelected but for
the fact that the legislature was anti-democratic.
In 1854, Judge Stillwell having resigned as
president judge, Judge Hanna was appointed to
fill the vacancy.
At the opening of the rebellion he espoused the cause
of the Union with warmth, and took an active part in
raising troops for the army. He was offered the
position of lieutenant-colonel of the 17th Regiment, but
declined on account of the ill health of his wife.
Governor Foster appointed him one of the trustees
of the Athens Asylum for the Insane, and through his
influence Dr. Agnes Johnson was appointed
physician to minister to the wants of the female
patients. This was the first appointment of a
female physician in any of the State institutions, and
experience has shown the wisdom of the experiment.
In November, 1855, Judge Hanna was appointed
postmaster at McConnelsville, and entered upon his
duties in January following. He has been a
lifelong Democrat.
Source: Chapter XV - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
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CURTIS V.
HARRIS, the youngest member of the Morgan County
bar, was born in Penn Township in 1864. Studied
law with McElhiney & Berry, and was admitted to
practice Feb. 2, 1886.
Source: Chapter XV - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
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COL. WILLIAM HAWKINS.
Colonel Hawkins was born in
Washington County, Pennsylvania, on the 18tli of August,
1796. He moved with his father to Guernsey County,
Ohio, in the year 1812, and came to live in
McConnelsville about 1821, where he continued to reside
until his death, which occurred Aug. 18, 1868.
Colonel Hawkins possessed line natural
ability, was an able writer, good debater, and noted for
excellent common sense. He was highly esteemed by
his friends and acquaintances, and held many offices of
trust and honor, to his constituents—indeed, it was a
matter of satisfaction to the Colonel himself that lie
never was an unsuccessful candidate for any position.
His career as a public man commenced in 1827, when he
was elected county assessor of Morgan County, and was
reelected in 1828. He was elected sheriff of Morgan
County in 1829, and again in 1831. In 1833 he was
elected to the high and honorable position of State
senator, from the district composed of Morgan and Perry
Counties, which he filled with distinguished ability.
In 1837 he was again elected to the senate, from the
district composed of Morgan, Perry and Washington
Washington Counties, defeating Dr. Perley B. Johnson,
his whig competitor. At the second session, in
1838, he was elected speaker of the senate, which under
the old constitution of the State was the same as
lieutenant-governor under the new constitution.
The Hon. Benjamin F. Wade, late United States
senator, was the colonel’s opponent for the position.
In April, 1850, members of the constitutional
convention, which framed our present State constitution,
were elected, and Colonel Hawkins was chosen as a
member from Morgan County, and in December, 1852, he was
elected to the Senate to fill the unexpired term of the
Hon. C. C. Covey, who was so badly injured by the
explosion of the steamer “Buckeye Belle” that he died,
and who was the first senator elected under the new
constitution from the Washington and Morgan district.
After serving his county and district in many civil
positions, enjoying in a preeminent degree the
confidence of his fellow-citizens, the perfect
confidence of his fellow-senators, as shown by the
places of prominence and trust to which they appointed
him, Colonel Hawkins remained a private
citizen, engaged in different business pursuits after
his senatorial term of 1852, esteemed and respected by
all who knew him.
Source: Chapter XVII - McConnelsville - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
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HON. ELIJAH
HAYWARD, aged seventy-eight, died at his
residence in McConnelsville Sept. 24, 1864. He was
a native of the town of Bridgewater, Mass., and was
mainly self-educated. He read law under
Chief-Justice Parsons of Massachusetts, and in 1818
traveled in Europe. In 1819 he came west, reaching
Cincinnati in December. There he engaged in the
practice of law, and for a time edited a democratic
newspaper known as Liberty Hall. For four
years (1825 to 1829) he represented Hamilton County in
the legislature, and in 1830 was elected judge of the
supreme court of Ohio. In the next year
President Jackson appointed him commissioner of the
general land office, which position he held until 1835.
He then resigned and removed to McConnelsville, whither
his son Fred, still a resident of the town, had
preceded him. During his residence here he
practiced law, and for a time was editor of one of the
local papers. He did not seek business, and
consequently his practice was not large. During
the later years of his life he devoted much of his time
to the preparation of genealogical histories of the
Massachusetts families represented in southern Ohio.
"After his death his manuscripts went to the
Massachusetts Historical Society. He was a
life-long democrat, and was a Roman Catholic in
religious faith, though reared a Protestant. He
was an intimate personal friend of Andrew Jackson,
and is said to have had considerable influence over him
at one time. Judge Hayward was a man of
great force of character, and of extensive and varied
attainments.
Source: Chapter XV - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 256 |
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WILLIAM
ISAAC HENDERSON, son of Capt. George J.
Henderson, was born in Bristol Township, Nov. 12,
1853. He was reared on a farm and attended the
common schools, and for a short time was a student at
Lebanon, Ohio. He taught schools, several terms.
He read law in the office of Pond and Foulke, and
was admitted to the bar Sept. 7, 1877, at Cadiz, Ohio,
and began practice in McConnelsville, first alone and
afterward in partnership with Jesse A. Ivers.
He began with good prospects, but in January, 1879, and
compelled to give up business on account of failing
health, and returning to his home he died Oct. 29, 1879.
He was an estimable young man, of agreeable social
qualities.
Source: Chapter XV - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 269 |
David A. Henery |
DAVID
A. HENERY. David A. Henery,
son of Rev. Nathan B. and Lucy Henery, was born
in
Windsor Township June 22, 1829. He was reared on
his father’s farm, and had the difficulties of pioneer
life to encounter. He received a fair common
school education, and engaged in farming
as his occupation. Jan. 26, 1851, he married
Miss Vianna C. Ellis, who died June 11, 1858, having
borne three daughters, Lucy L., Harriet L. and
Tabitha J. Mr. Henery was again married Mar.
31, 1859, to Miss Sarah E. Ellis. This
union was blessed with three children, Nathan A.,
Clarinda E., and Lola I. Nov. 6, 1861,
Mr. Henery enlisted in Company F, 77th Regiment, O.
V. I., and on the organization of the company was chosen
second lieutenant. At Paducah, Ky., he contracted
inflammatory rheumatism, which obliged him to leave his
command for a time. He returned to the regiment
after the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and participated
in the siege of Corinth. The regiment, being reduced by
sickness and death, was sent to Alton, Ill., for guard
duty, going thence to Helena, Ark., and joining
Steele’s command. In April, 1863, he was
promoted to first lieutenant, and afterward was in
command of his company the greater portion of the time.
Sept. 10, 1863, it took part in the battle of Little
Rock, Ark. Dec. 20, 1863, the regiment veteranized, and
Lieut. Henery returned home on a veteran’s
furlough of thirty days. After his return the
regiment started to join Banks in his Red River
expedition. This movement did not succeed,
however, and after the capture of Camden the 77th was
detailed to guard a supply train. At Marks’ Mills,
Ark., Lieut. Henery, then in command of Co. F,
was captured, together with his company. Nearly
all the regiment were taken prisoners after resisting to
the last an overwhelming force. They were
imprisoned at Tyler, Texas. Some months later, in
company with eleven others, Lieut. Henery
effected his escape, but only two of the number (Lieut.
Henery and Lieut. Roberts, of the 56th O. V.
I.) succeeded in reaching their respective commands,
after being in the woods twenty-one days without shelter
and nearly starved. Soon after he was compelled to
resign, owing to physical disability brought on by
hardship and exposure. As a soldier he was gallant
and intrepid, and very popular with those under his
command. His comrades all speak in the highest
terms of him as an officer and as a man. He was a
successful farmer. By industry and economy he
acquired a fine farm of 200 acres.
The strongest trait in Mr. Henery’s character
was his deeply religious nature. At the age of
twenty he united with Mt. Tabor Congregation of the
Disciples, in which he served as ruling elder for about
fifteen years. He was an earnest and sincere
Christian, whose daily life showed that in whatever he
did he strove to honor and glorify his Maker. He
was a kind father and husband, and a devoted and sincere
friend. He was modest and made little display, but
those who knew him most intimately loved him best, and
best understood his noble, manly character. He was
a pronounced temperance man, and attached himself to the
Prohibition party several years before he died.
His advice was sought by all classes, and he was
successful in adjusting differences between his
neighbors, so much so that he was entitled to the
appellation of a peacemaker. He died Sept. 16,
1875, from effects of disease contracted in the army,
and was buried in the cemetery at Tabor.
Mrs. Sarah E. Henery was born Mar. 11, 1836.
Her parents were Moses and Harriet (Gifford) Ellis.
The former was born in Vermont, the latter a native of
Maine. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Henery
was a soldier of the Revolution, and with a family of
eleven children came to the county from Vermont in 1816.
Four of his sons served in the war of 1812. The
Giffords came to Windsor Township in 1814.
Mrs. Henery has been a worthy member of the
Disciples’ Church since she was fifteen years of age.
During the war, while her husband was fighting his
country’s battles, she lived alone, caring as best she
could for her family of four small children, thus
proving that she had imbibed freely of the patriotism of
her ancestors.
Source: Chapter XXI - Windsor Twp. -
History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and
Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and
Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D. -
Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 416 |
Rev. N. B. Henery |
REV.
NATHAN B. HENERY. The subject of this
notice is one of the few surviving pioneers of Morgan
County, and one of its most worthy and respected
citizens. Mr. Henery is the son of
Samuel and Tabitha (Davis) Henery, of whom more
extended mention will be found in the preceding chapter.
He was born in Montville, Lincoln County, Maine, Jan.
16, 1807, came to Ohio with his parents in 1814, and has
resided in Windsor Township since December of that year.
He passed his early life on the farm, and has always
been a farmer. He was married in 1827 to Lucy
Holt, of Morgan County, who came from Vermont
when young. Their children were Loretta J.,
David A., Samuel J., John W., and Nathan C.,
of whom Samuel J. and John W. are living.
David and Samuel enlisted in Company F,
77th Regiment, O. V. I., and served till the close of
the war. Mrs. Henery died in 1838, and in
the following year Mr. Henery married Sarah
Andrews (nee Hosom). The children of
this union are Andrew H., Perley B. and Louisa.
Andrew and Perley were in the service, the
former in Company F, 77th, and the latter in the 25th O.
V. I., and served a year after the close of the war.
N. B. Henery settled on his present farm, then
wholly unimproved, in 1847. Both he and his wife
are members of the Baptist church. Mr. Henery
was baptized in 1832, and has been a deacon, an
exhorter, and an ordained preacher. He was ordained to
the ministry Jan. 8, 1845, by Rev. Henry Billings
and Rev. J. B. Sinclair. The ordination took
place at Aldridge’s Run church, Washington County, Ohio.
For forty years he has labored zealously for the Master
without regular compensation, and during that time has
performed over three hundred marriage ceremonies.
Mr. Henery himself was first married by John
White, justice of the peace; fee, $1. Forty
years later he married John White to his fourth
wife: fee, $5.
Source: Chapter XXI - Windsor Twp. -
History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and
Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and
Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D. -
Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 414 |
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ROBERT
S. HENERY, SR. This venerable
pioneer, whose name is so frequently mentioned in this
chapter, was born near Belfast, Maine, Feb. 14, 1796.
The family are of Irish extraction and came to this
country some time about the middle of the last century.
His father, Samuel H., married Miss
Tobithia Davis and reared a family of ten
children, Robert, William, John, Nathan, Samuel,
David, Charles, Jane, Rhoda and Nancy.
He died in 1832, his wife in 1849. Robert,
the eldest of the family, followed keel-boating in his
younger days on the Ohio and the Muskingum. He was
also accustomed to take canoe-loads of produce—apples,
cider, etc., to the Zanesville market. For a time
he was the miller at Luke Chute. In 1821 he
married Tacy Sutliff, and from that time devoted
his attention to the improvement of his farm, which he
had purchased in 1814. During the active portion
of his life he was prominently identified with Windsor
Township, where he lived for sixty-nine years. In
his religious belief he is a Baptist, and was one of the
founders of the First Baptist Church of Windsor.
During his residence in Windsor Mr. Henery was
frequently called upon to adjust differences between his
neighbors, and so successful was he in establishing
friendly relations that he became the peacemaker of the
locality in which he lived. He is now in the
ninety-first year of his age peacefully passing away the
remnant of a well-spent life. Of his family of
seven children five are living, Mrs. John Mellor,
Mrs. Charles S. Cory, Mrs. Julia Clark, Anna
and Robert S. Henery. Samuel, the
eldest son, died in California in 1849, Eaethel P.
died in Nebraska in 1881. Mrs. Henery died
in 1879. Anna married.
Thomas D. Clancy is one of the successful merchants of
Morgan County. He was born in Steubenville, Ohio,
July 6, 1840. He was reared on a farm, and in 1850
his family came to Windsor Township, where they made a
permanent settlement. Thomas D. was for
some time engaged in shipping and commission business in
Windsor, and in 1876 came to McConnelsville and
commenced merchandising in company with C. B. Bozman
under the firm name of T. D. Clancy & Co. In 1863
he enlisted in Company I, 86th O. V. I., and served
during the war. At its close he returned to his
home, and in August of that year was married to Miss
Anna, daughter of Robt. Henery, Sr., who
settled in Windsor Township in 1814.
Source: Chapter XXI - Windsor Twp. -
History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and
Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and
Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D. -
Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 415 |
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LEROY
S. HOLCOMB, M. D., the present representative of
Morgan county in the State legislature, was born in
Deaverton, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1839. His father,
Robert Holcomb, was a native of New Jersey, and came
to Perry County, this State, in 1816, from thence to
Deaverton, where he married Miss Margaret
Dodds. He reared a family of five children,
Leroy S. being the eldest. He passed his
boyhood in Deaverton and received an academical
education. For a, time he engaged in teaching, but
this avocation not proving congenial he came to
McConnelsville and entered the employ of J. B. Stone,
one of the prominent merchants of the place.
During the time Company D, 97th O. V. I., was recruited,
and he was one of the first to connect himself with that
organization, he was in the battles of Mission Ridge,
Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta and Franklin, Tenn. In
the latter engagement he was seriously wounded, and on
account of physical disability was discharged from the
service. lie returned to his home, and the following
year commenced the study of medicine in the office of
Dr. Philip Kennedy, of his native
town. He graduated in 1869 from the Ohio Medical
College, and the following year he established himself
in the practice of his profession at Pennsville, Ohio,
where he has since remained. In 1885 he received
the nomination for representative, and was elected by a
handsome majority. The Doctor is prominently
connected with the order of “Odd Fellows,” and is deputy
grand master of Morgan County.
Dr. Holcomb has been twice married.
His first wife was Miss Anna, daughter of
William Foulke. She died in May of
1871, and in 1872 he was again married to Miss
Eliza Scott, of Pennsville, who died in 1885,
leaving three children, Anna M., Herold C.
and Edith D. The Doctor is a member of the
Methodist Protestant Church, and a gentleman highly
esteemed, not only as a physician but as a citizen and
neighbor.
Source: Chapter XVI - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 287 |
I. N. Hook |
CAPT.
ISAAC N. HOOK. Among those who
settled in Zanesville in 1814 was Henry Hook, a
Virginian, and the father of the gentleman whose name
heads this notice. He was a blacksmith by
occupation, and exceedingly well-skilled in the
manufacture of glass with which industry he was
prominently identified for about eleven years, when he
interested himself in the production of salt. He
bored several wells in the valley, which he operated
successfully until his removal to Morgan County in 1828.
Four years later, in company with Alexander McConnel,
he bought a section of land on which he bored a well
which was very productive. This well they operated
until 1835. In 1836 he bought a tract of land in
Windsor Township where is now located the village of
Hooksburg, at that time a dense wilderness, where he
remained until his decease, which occurred in 1859 in
his sixty-second year, he was a well-known character in
this part of the state, and a man of more than average
ability. He reared a family of four children:
Isaac N., Margaret, Martha J., and Ann.
Isaac N. was born in Zanesville, Nov. 1, 1819.
At the age of ten he commenced life as a pilot on the
Muskingum. His father kept him employed in various
capacities until 1841, when he purchased the Hooksburg
property, where for four years he did an extensive
business in general merchandise, salt-making, cooperage
and wagon-making. In 1846 he commenced to freight
flour from McConnelsville to New Orleans. In this
business he was engaged until 1856. He built the
noted steamer “Silverheels,” and from 1858 to 1863, the
captain was employed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
in the transfer of freight and passengers from
Parkersburg, Va., to Marietta, O. From 1863 until
the close of the war he was in the government service as
a steamboat expert and master of transportation on the
Ohio and its tributaries. After the battle of
Chattanooga he was placed in command of a fleet of four
steamboats and eight barges, loaded with one thousand
tons of railroad iron for the completion of the
Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, which had been
destroyed by the Confederates. It was imperative
that this road should be opened with the utmost dispatch
in order to facilitate the transportation of troops and
supplies for the army, and the responsibility devolving
upon Capt. Hook was great and the
undertaking a hazardous one, and required not only
consummate skill, but unceasing; vigilance, owing to the
difficult navigation of the Ohio and Cumberland Rivers
on account of the low stage of water. Like all
other enterprises, however, in which he had been engaged
which involved a thorough knowledge of river navigation
and steamboating, he was highly successful, and the iron
was delivered on time. His success added
materially to his well-won reputation as a steamboatman,
and it was not until 1873 that the government would
dispense with his services. Since this time he has
been engaged in the slackwater improvement of the
Muskingum, Kentucky and Little Kanawha Rivers, and
government improvements on the Ohio. We have now
briefly outlined the business career of Capt. Hook
extending over a period of half a century. It
is said that the record of such a life is “a legacy to
humanity,” and to the youth of Morgan County it is a
fine illustration of the inevitable result of energy and
industry combined with integrity and perseverance.
Starting in life with only his natural resources for
his capital, he has not only obtained a well-won
competency, but has led an active, busy and successful
life, benefiting not only those immediately connected
with him, but the general public as well.
In this connection it may be proper to state a fact
known to every business man in the county, that during
the last thirteen years he has honored over $47,000 of
paper he had indorsed for his friends. While with
many this would be regarded as a lack of business
acumen, it is in his case wholly attributable to his
kindness of heart.
Source: Chapter XXI - Windsor Twp. - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
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R. D. HOPPER
studied law in the office of Hon. C. B. Tompkins,
and practiced in McConnelsville for ten or twelve years.
He went to St. Louis sometime during the war;
returned to this state and died.
Source: Chapter XV - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
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DR. ISAAC
HUESTIS, a member of the religious Society of
Friends, and the first resident physician of
Chesterfield, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in
1810. In his early life he followed the vocation
of a teacher. He began the study of medicine with
Dr. Sylvanus Fisher, established himself in the
practice of his profession at Chesterfield in the summer
of 1837. For many years he had a large and
lucrative practice; he was frequently called in
consultations and performed some very important and
difficult surgical operations. It is said by
physicians who know him intimately that as a surgeon and
diagnostician he had few equals in this part of the
State. He graduated from the Starling Medical
College in 1848, and the following year was made a
member of the Ohio State Medical Society. In 1856
he was a delegate to the American Medical Association,
at Detroit, Michigan, and in 1858 was a delegate to a
meeting of that body held in Washington, D. C. In
1867 he again attended as a member of that association a
meeting held in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was elected
an honorary member of the Morgan County Medical Society
in 1881. But few men in the profession have a more
enviable record as a physician and citizen or stand
higher in the public esteem than Dr. Isaac Huestis.
Source: Chapter XV - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 285 |
George W. Huffman |
THE HUFFMAN
FAMILY. Henry and Mary Huffman
emigrated from Greene County, Pa., to Belmont County,
Ohio, in 1834. From there they came to Marion
Township, then a part of Athens County, in 1836.
Here Mr. Huffman resided until his decease, which
occurred Feb. 17, 1852. His children were
George W., Ruth, Godfrey E., Susannah,
Peter, John, James H., Mary L.,
Annie L. and Samuel. James H.
was in Co. D, 26th O. V. I., and died in New Orleans. John
was in Co. B, 36th, was a prisoner at Libby and Danville
for eight months. He was a farmer and blacksmith,
and a very reputable man in every respect.
George W.
Huffman, who for fourteen years has been postmaster
at Huffman’s, was born Dec. 18, 1836. Oct.
16, 1864, he was married to Mary E. Devore, of
Waterford, Ohio. She died Jan. 25, 1880, leaving a
family of six children, four boys and two girls.
Oct. 16, 1881, Mr. Hoffman was again married to
Mrs. Mahala D. Geddis. Mr. Huffman
owns the farm where he first saw the light, and has
always resided in the same school district. He
takes a lively interest in political matters, and has
never missed an election since he attained his majority,
has filled the office of constable for eighteen years.
Godfrey E. Huffman was born in Morgan County in
1839. In 1866 he married Louisa Knight.
Children: Harry, deceased; Mary E., Eda Ann
and Joseph K.
John Huffman was born in 1845, in Marion.
He married Mary E. Brown, and they have had by
this union two children: William A. and Addie.
He resides on part of the old homestead, is a farmer and
stockraiser, and was a member of Co. B, 36th O. V. I.
Samuel Huffman, youngest son of Henry
and Mary Huffman, was born in this
township in 1851, and has always resided on the home
farm. He was married in 1874 to Flora
Gilchrist. Children: Eura D., Franklin S.
and Hiram H.
But few families have done more in the upbuilding of
the interests of the township or have gained a more
prominent place in the public esteem. The family
escutcheon is bright and has been tenderly guarded.
Source: Chapter XV - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 451 |
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HENRY R.
HUGHES, a native of Malta, read law with
Melvin Clarke, and practiced in Malta and
McConnelsville a few years, beginning in 1856.
During the war he removed to Perry County.
Source: Chapter XV - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 264 |
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JOSEPH B. HUMPHREY,
M. D., was born in Malta, Apr. 2, 1848. He
received an academical education, studied medicine under
Henry Day, M. D., of Brownsville, Ohio,
and graduated from the University of New York City in
1876. The same year he established himself in the
practice of his profession at Brownsville, Ohio, whence
he came to Malta, where he is now successfully engaged.
He is a contributor to the New York Medico Record
and a member of both the Morgan and Washington County
medical socities.
Source: Chapter XVI - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 279 |
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REV. ADRIAL HUZZEY
Source: Chapter XXV - Bristol Twp. - History of Morgan
County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of
some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles
Robertson, M. D. - Published Chicago: L. H.
Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 485 |
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