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HENRY C. HAIR. ––Without any financial support whatever and only his own pluck and perseverance to back him, Henry C. Hair assumed the active responsibilities of life as a clerk in a grocery store and meat market.  By degrees he worked his way upward and after becoming thoroughly familiar with the business of general merchandising he launched out in that line of enterprise on his own account.  He is now one of the most prominent merchants at Johnsville, Morrow county, Ohio, where he is accorded the unqualified confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens and where he has figured prominently in local affairs.
     Henry C. Hair is a native son of Morrow county, his birth having occurred in Congress township on the 20th of September, 1868.  He is a son of Noble C. and Angeline (Harriman) Hair, the former of whom was born in Knox county and who was summoned to eternal rest in Delaware county, Ohio, in the year 1872.  He was identified with farming and later as a wagon maker during his active career and he was highly esteemed as a man of worth and ability during his life time.  He married Miss Angeline Harriman, who was born near Williamsport, Morrow county, then Knox county, in May, 1837, and who is now living with her son, Henry C., of this notice.  Mr. and Mrs. Noble C. Hair became the parents of but one son, the immediate subject of this review.
     Henry C. Hair was reared to adult age in Pulaskiville, Ohio, to the public schools of which place he is indebted for his early educational training.  He attended school until he had attained to the age of nineteen years, at which time he accepted a position as a clerk in a grocery store and meat market at Chesterville, this county.  Subsequently he was employed in a store at Pulaskiville, Ohio, where he remained for a period of thirteen years, at the expiration of which he purchased the store from his employer and conducted it with marked success until October, 1908.  In the year last mentioned he disposed of his stock and removed to Chesterville, where he continued to reside for one year.  In October, 1909, he bought the general store of Lafe Gates & Son at Johnsville, to the operation of which well equipped concern he has since devoted his entire time and attention.  Long association with mercantile affairs has made him a man of broad information along this particular line of business and through his well directed endeavors he has made of success not an accident but a logical result.
     On the 12th of February, 1890, was recorded the marriage of Mr. Hair to Miss Hattie M. Burns, who was born at Chesterville, Ohio, and who is a daughter of Ross Burns, of that place.  She was born on the 25th of October, 1868, and was afforded an excellent common school education in her youth.  For a number of years prior to her marriage she was a popular and successful teacher in Morrow county schools.  She is a woman of fine intellect and liberal ideas, is popular in the best social circles of the community and is active in church and charitable work.  Mr. and Mrs. Hair have no children.
     In a fraternal way Mr. Hair is affiliated with Chesterville Lodge, No. 238, Free and Accepted Masons; and Chester Lodge, No. 204, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  His religious faith is in harmony with the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal church of which he and his wife are devoted members.  In his political allegiance he is aligned as a stalwart in the ranks of the Republican party.  He is not an office seeker but in his own private life he has so conducted himself as to gain recognition as a loyal and public spirited citizen, one who is ever on the alert and enthusiastically in sympathy with all measures and enterprises advanced for progress and development.  He is strictly speaking a self made man and his present substantial business is the outcome of earnestly applied effort and impregnable integrity.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 633-635
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

DANIEL J. HALDEMAN. ––It is most pleasing to the publishers of this work on Morrow county to be able to incorporate within its pages a brief history of a man whose entire life thus far has been spent in this favored section of the fine old Buckeye state, where his success as an agriculturist has been on a parity with his own well directed endeavors.  Mr. Haldeman is the owner of a fine farm of two hundred and seventeen acres in Troy township, the same being eligibly located three miles north of Johnsville, Ohio.  He is engaged in general farming and the growing of good stock and is recognized as one of the most successful agriculturists in this section of the county.
     A native son of Troy township, Morrow county, Ohio, Daniel J. Haldeman was born on the 20th of August, 1860, and he is a son of Henry and Lydia (Ettinger) Haldeman, both of whom are deceased.  Henry Haldeman was a son of Jacob and Anna (Mimick) Haldeman, the former of whom was a native of Berks county, Pennsylvania, where was solemnized his marriage and whence he and his wife immigrated to Ohio about the year 1818.  Location was first made near Frederickstown [sic], Richland county, and subsequently the Haldeman family removed to Morrow county, where Jacob Haldeman entered half a section of government land, namely, the northwest quarter of section 29, township 19, and the northeast quarter of section 30, township 20, the date of entry being the 11th of March, 1818.  A portion of this land has been in the Haldeman name down to the present day and Jacob passed the residue of his life on one of his farms in Morrow county.  Henry Haldeman was born in this county, in 1822, and he was reared to maturity under the invigorating influence of the old home farm, his early educational training consisting of such advantages as were afforded in the schools of the locality and period.  After his marriage to Lydia Ettinger they settled on one hundred and forty acres of his father’s estate, where he continued to be identified with farming during the greater part of his active career.  He and his wife were zealous members of the Evangelical Association and in lieu of a religious place of worship church meetings were held in their home.  They were much interested in church work and he was class leader and superintendent of the Sunday School for a number of years.  Mr. and Mrs. Henry Haldeman became the parents of eight children, five of whom are living at the present time, namely: William Wesley, who married Miss Mary Marshall and who is a traveling salesman by vocation, his business headquarters and home being in the city of Cleveland, Ohio; Reuben J., married Miss Mary Portner and they reside at Fort Collins, Colorado, where he is engaged in the merchandise business; Daniel J., is the immediate subject of this review; Irene is the wife of J. S. Steele, of Loveland, Colorado; and Ulysses Sidney Grant wedded Miss May Yeager and is identified with the Steam Shovel Company at Marion, Ohio.
     Daniel J. Haldeman passed his boyhood and youth on the old homestead farm, in the work and management of which he early began to assist his father.  He attended the district schools until he had reached his legal majority and after his marriage, in 1882, he settled upon the parental estate, where he has resided during the long intervening years to the present time.  Religiously he and his wife are affiliated with the Evangelical Association of Troy township and in the same he is a member of the board of trustees.  In a fraternal way he is a valued and appreciative member of the Modern Woodmen of America, in which he carries insurance, and he is also connected with the Johnsville Grange.  He is a stanch advocate of the principles set forth by the Republican party in his political proclivities and he has served his township most creditably as treasurer for two terms.  His splendid farm is located in Troy township, three miles north of Johnsville, and the same is kept in a high state of improvement.  It is interesting to note that one of the barns on the farm was erected in 1825 by Mr. Haldeman’s grandfather.  It is still in splendid condition.
     On the 12th of October, 1882, was recorded the marriage of Mr. Haldeman to Miss Nettie Ruhl, whose birth occurred in North Bloomfield township, Morrow county, on the 12th of December, 1862.  She is a daughter of William H. and Mary (Sorrick) Ruhl, the former of whom was a son of Amos and Catherine (Hoke) Ruhl.  The Ruhl family was one of old standing in Pennsylvania, whence Amos Ruhl immigrated to Ohio in the pioneer days.  William H. Ruhl was the father of six children, concerning whom the following brief data are here incorporated: Amos F., is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Congress township, Morrow county; Catherine is the wife of Enos Ruhl, of the same name but no kinship, and they reside at Edison, Ohio; Charles and Miles are both farmers in North Bloomfield township, this county; Laura is the wife of William Gattner, of North Bloomfield township; and Nettie is the wife of him to whom this sketch is dedicated.  Nettie (Ruhl) Haldeman received a good common school education in her youth and she is a woman of innate refinement and most gracious personality.  To Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman have been born four children, three sons and one daughter, namely: Charles, born on the 11th of January, 1884, married Miss May Garweick and they live in Troy township; Irene, born March 26, 1886, is the wife of Walter Stull, of Columbus, Ohio; Clyde, born November 27, 1889, is unmarried and remains under the parental roof; and Harry, born June 27, 1899, is enrolled as a pupil in the district schools.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 719-721
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

FRED HARRIS has been a resident of Morrow county, Ohio during most of his life thus far. He owns and occupies a farm of one hundred and fifty-three and one-half acres in South Bloomfield township and is classed among the self-made men of the community. An analysis of his life work shows that he has been dependent upon no inheritance or influential friends for what he has acquired, but has through his continued effort and capable management gained, a desirable property, whereby he is classed among the substantial citizens of this section of the county.
     Mr. Harris is a native son of this county, his birth having occurred in South Bloomfield township on the 19th of April, 1872. He is a son of Francis M. Harris, who was born and reared in Ohio and who was summoned to the life eternal on the 25th of December, 1909, at the venerable age of seventy-one years. He was a son of Burr and Catherine (Shaffer) Harris and he continued to reside in the parental home until he had attained to the age of thirty-four years when, in 1862, he enlisted as a soldier in the Civil war, becoming a member of Company C, Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel Brown and Colonel Vance. He served in all three years and four months; was present at the seige of Vicksburg and participated in many other important conflicts marking the progress of the war. He received a slight wound in the left leg at Grand Coteau, Louisiana, but never left his regiment. Besides Mr. Harris' father, three of his uncles were soldiers in the Civil war: Michael, Phillip and Daniel. Phillip was killed on the battle field and Daniel was shot through the thigh, and gangrene setting in, this resulted in his death. After the close of the war Francis M. Harris returned to Ohio and on October 26, 1869, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Emiline Osborn, who was summoned to eternal rest December 25, 1909. Subsequently Mr. Harris wedded Miss Eliza E. Osborn, a sister of his first wife, and to the latter union were born two children – Bert, whose birth occurred in May, 1870, and Fred, the immediate subject of this sketch. Bert is also identified with agricultural pursuits in South Bloomfield township. Burr Harris was a Republican in his political convictions, was interested in the public-school system and was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he was a fine Bible student and a most active worker. Francis M. Harris ever retained a deep interest in his old comrades in arms and signified the same by membership in Creighton Orr Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Sparta. The mother survives her honored husband and is now living at Centerburg, Knox county, Ohio, whither removal was made when Mr. Harris retired from active farm life.
     To the public schools of his native place Fred Harris is indebted for his early educational training and he continued to reside under the parental roof until his marriage, in 1894. After the latter important event Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harris resided for one year on the estate on which they now live. In 1895 they removed to Delaware county, where they remained for one year and whence they went to Knox county, residing in the latter section for seven years and eventually returning to South Bloomfield township, Morrow county, where they have since resided. The present farm of eighty acres is a portion of the government land entered by Grandfather Osborn. In addition to diversified agriculture Mr. Harris is interested in the breeding of high-grade horses, having commanded as much as four hundred dollars for a pair of yearlings. In politics he endorses the cause of the Republican party, and his wife is a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church in Sparta, Ohio, in which she is also an active worker in the Sunday school. In matters pertaining to the general welfare Mr. Harris is found reliable and helpful. In business affairs he is energetic, prompt and trustworthy. He has a good fund of that quality which is too often lacking in the business world common sense. Since starting out in life for himself he has been self-reliant and energetic and is to-day the possessor of a good capital gained through this means.
     On the 18th of November, 1894, Mr. Harris was united in marriage to Miss Verna Thompson, who was born on the 21st of July, 1876, and who is a daughter of William Americus and Angeline (Robertson) Thompson, both of whom were natives of Knox county where her father was long a prominent and influential farmer. Angeline Robertson had four brothers in the Civil war – Dr. Amza P., Henry Tyler and Jesse Robertson. Mr. W. A. Thompson was ever aligned as a stalwart Democrat in his political adherency and in religious matters he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a strong temperance man and toward the latter part of his life became somewhat interested in the Prohibition party. Mr. and Mrs. Harris have three boys, whose names and respective dates of birth are here incorporated: Lawrence, born September 16, 1899; and Homer M. and William II., twins, born November 23, 1903. The children are all in school. At the present time Mr. and Mrs. Harris have a beautiful estate of one hundred and fifty-three and one-half acres lying within one mile of Sparta.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 570-572
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

GEORGE W. HERSHNER. ––The worthy representative of an honored pioneer family of Morrow county and one of its most highly esteemed citizens, George W. Hershner has been prominently identified with its agricultural development and progress during his long and useful life, and as opportunity has occurred has given his influence to encourage the establishment of enterprises conducive to the public welfare.  He was born October 12, 1833, in Troy township, Morrow county, which has ever been his abiding place, and in the growth of which he has been intimately associated, as a contractor and builder during his earlier years having erected many of its residences and public buildings.  His father, Andrew Hershner, who was of thrifty German descent, was born in Maryland, and as a youth came with his parents to the Buckeye state, journeying across the country in the customary prairie schooner.  He was a well educated man and became one of the pioneer school teachers of Morrow county.  When ready to assume the duties of a married man he turned his attention to agriculture and walked all the way to Wooster, Ohio, and back to enter eighty acres of land in Troy township, where he was afterwards engaged in general farming until his death.  His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Murray, was born in Maryland, of English and Irish ancestry, and accompanied her parents to Ohio when a girl and was here married.  Nine children, seven of them being sons, blessed their union, and of these the following named were living in the spring of 1911: David M., born in 1832, resides in Troy township; George W., the special subject of this sketch; Elizabeth, wife of Michael Meckley; Andrew; William; and Mary, wife of Samuel Brickley.
     Growing to manhood on the home farm in Troy township, George W. Hershner was educated in the district schools, which he attended during the winter terms only until seventeen years old.  Subsequently learning the carpenter’s trade, he followed it successfully for thirty years, during which time he built not only many churches and school houses but many residences and many barns, making a specialty of the latter.  Acquiring a goodly sum of money while working at his trade, Mr. Hershner has since invested in land, and now has a finely cultivated farm of one hundred and seventy-four acres, in the management of which he takes much pride and pleasure and likewise finds much profit.  In the accumulation of his valuable property he has had the able assistance of his wife, and feels that he owes much of his success to her kindly encouragement, counsel and advice.
     Mr Hershner married first, January 1, 1857, Louisa Fensler, a native of Pennsylvania.  She passed to the life beyond in 1862, leaving three children, as follows: Reverend John L. Hershner, who was graduated from Corvallis College, Oregon, and is now pastor of a Congregational church in Oregon; Professor A. F. Hershner, superintendent of schools in Portland, Oregon; and Allen Hershner, a farmer and railroad man in Nebraska.  Mr. Hershner maried [sic] on May 4, 1865, Sarah C. Markward, who was born in Pennsylvania February 26, 1843, of German descent, and came with her parents, Samuel and Mary (Browneller) Markward, to Ohio in 1852.  Of this union three children have likewise been born, namely: Arthur, a farmer and stock buyer living near Williamsport; Cora, wife of Charles Cole; and Lottie, a graduate of the Lexington High School and of the Mansfield Business University, and now a stenographer in Mansfield, Ohio.
     In his political affiliations Mr. Hershner belongs to the party which has had among its able leaders and supporters Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson and Grover Cleveland, and is a firm believer in a tariff for revenue only.  He has been active in the management of public affairs, and has served in various official capacities.  He was township clerk twelve years and was commissioner of Morrow county three terms, being elected to the position in a Republican stronghold and filling the office with a wide reputation as a man of honesty, integrity and good judgment.  For over forty years Mr. Hershner was justice of the peace, and dealt wisely and impartially in the cases brought before him, his decisions being invariably just and satisfactory to all concerned.  On one occasion a woman brought an affidavit against a man, and after the evidence had all been taken Squire Hershner found, that if it were true, he could bind the man over to the court.  Going to the woman who brought the charge, he plainly told her that if her testimony were correct that he should bind the man over.  The woman told him not to do so, and the Squire then accused her of having stolen the money and she confessed her guilt.
     Neither Mr. Hershner nor his wife are members of any religious organization, but they are liberal contributors towards the support of churches.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 698-700\
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

GEORGE W. HESKETT. —Civilization will hail riches, prowess, honors, popularity but it will bow humbly to sincerity in its fellow men. The exponent of known sincerity, singleness of honest purposes, has its exemplification in all bodies of men; he is found in every association and to him defer its highest officers. Such an exemplar, whose daily life and whose life work have been dominated as their most conspicuous characteristic by sincerity, is George W. Heskett, who has resided during the major portion of his long and active career in Morrow county, Ohio, and who is now living virtually retired on his old homestead farm in Harmony township, passing the evening of his life in the enjoyment of former years of earnest toil and endeavor.
     In Franklin township, two and a half miles east of Mount Gilead, Ohio, on the 24th of December, 1831, occurred the birth of George W. Heskett, who is a son of Norval V. and Massey (Nickols) Heskett, the former of whom was born and reared in the old commonwealth of Virginia, whence he immigrated, with his father, Benjamin Heskett, Jr., to Ohio about the year 1827. The Heskett family was one of prominence and long-standing in Loudoun county, Virginia, the original representatives of the name in America having come to this country in the early Colonial era of our national history. Benjamin Heskett, Sr., was the great-grandfather of him to whom this sketch is dedicated and he was a planter of note in the Old Dominion. After their arrival in Ohio, Benjamin Heskett, Jr., settled in Belmont county, and Nathan Nickols„ maternal grandfather of our subject, entered a tract of land in Morrow county, the same being now known as the Jack Gordon farm. Norval V. Heskett made a clearing on his land and there built a house, but after maintaining his home in this section of the state for several years he went to Missouri, later returning to Ohio and settling in the northern part of Cardington township where he passed the residue of his life, his death having occurred in February, 1853, and his first wife, whose maiden name was Massey Nickols, having passed to eternal rest on the 4th of April, 1840. For his second wife Mr. Heskett wedded Miss Emily Howell, who became the mother of four children. Concerning the children born to the first marriage, the following brief data are here offered: Adelaide A., died at the age of nineteen years; George W. is the immediate subject of this review; Nathan W., deceased, married Miss Louise Parrott and she resides in Morrow county; Matilda A. wedded Isaac G. Speck and now lives at Lima, Ohio; Charles S. married Sarah Wood and both are deceased; John M. married Louise Norval and resides in Missouri; Benjamin F. was summoned to the life eternal at the age of seven years.
     George W. Heskett was reared to the age of eight years on a farm in Franklin township and after his father's removal to Cardington township, Morrow county, in 1839, he attended the district schools and the public schools of Hester and Mount Gilead. After attaining to years of maturity he became a teacher, continuing to devote his attention to that line of work from his nineteenth year until 1855. He was one of the pioneer teachers in Morrow and Muskingum counties and for his first term as a teacher he received the munificent salary of twelve dollars a month of twenty-four days. Subsequently he received fifty cents a day and he then boarded at the homes of his pupils. Eventually he drew a salary of twenty-five dollars a month and out of this he managed to save a round little sum. After his marriage, in February, 1854, he and his wife set up housekeeping in Cardington township, he being the owner of a team of horses and a cow and she having a small "set-out" in the way of household goods. They were very congenial as man and wife and were prosperous from the first. In due time Mr. Heskett purchased a share in the old homestead farm and in 1866 he purchased a tract of one hundred and sixty acres of land in Harmony township, Morrow county, this being the nucleus of his present fine estate of two hundred and forty-four acres. In addition to diversified agriculture Mr. Heskett has been deeply interested in the raising of short-horn cattle and blooded horses. In 1855 he purchased a heifer that was registered in Volume 4 of the American short-horn herd book, and he still has in his possession descendants of that animal. She was exhibited at the Morrow county fair in 1855, and as a prize for her Mr. Heskett was awarded a subscription for the Ohio Farmer, to which paper he is still a subscriber. Mr. Heskett and his son Ralph have been extensive breeders of road horses, which have been exhibited at the Ohio State Fair. For one team they were awarded a prize of a silver cup and later the team sold for five hundred dollars. The Heskett place is widely known as the Highland Forest Farm and it is an attractive, eligibly located estate, one of the finest in the country.
     On the 28th of February, 1854, was recorded the marriage of Mr. Heskett to Miss Margaret A. Jackson, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, on the 6th of April, 1832, and who came with her parents to Ohio in 1835, location having been made in Knox county, where she was reared and educated. She is a daughter of George W. and Mary (Hobbs) Jackson, the former of whom was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and the latter of whom was a native of Cumberland, Maryland. To this union were born eight children, seven of whom are living in 1911, namely: Mary E., who is the wife of John Wright; Norval W., who married Alice Burr; Clara C., who is now Mrs. George H. Brown; John W., who wedded Louise Miller; Charles O., who married Emma Jackson; George W., Jr., who married Iva Rinehart; and Jay R., who wedded Edith Ackerman. Mr. and Mrs. Heskett have thirteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, the latter of whom are Margaret and Ruth Long and Clayton and Dorris Wright.
     Mr. and Mrs. Heskett are charter members of the Harmony Grange and he has served as president of the Morrow County Fair, having represented it at Columbus, Ohio. In his political convictions he is a stanch supporter of the cause of the Republican party and while he has never been desirous of political preferment of any description he has given efficient service as township trustee. He and his wife are old and honored people and while they have reached the age of four score years they are still hale and hearty and are looked upon with admiration and respect in their home community, where they are beloved by all with whom they have come in contact.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 554-556
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

S. THOMAS HICKS. ––A representative of the worthy agriculturists of Morrow county and an honored and respected citizen of South Bloomfield township, S. Thomas Hicks ranks among the more skilful and prosperous agriculturists of central Ohio, his farm being well improved and amply supplied with substantial buildings and all the necessary appliances for carrying on his extensive operations.  A son of John Hicks, he was born, December 22, 1844, at Gambier, Knox county, Ohio.
     John Hicks, in 1812, in England, immigrated when a young man to the United States, and soon after coming to Ohio found employment in Gambier, on the College farm, with which he was afterwards connected for many years, serving long and well as its superintendent.  While at the College he married Letitia Banbury, who was born in Cornish, England, in 1812, a daughter of Thomas Banbury, their union being solemnized in 1840.  To them four children were born, namely: Martin W., who died May 12, 1910; S. Thomas, the special subject of this brief personal record; Mary, wife of Wesley Throckmorton, deceased; and Henry.
     Martin W. Hicks, the oldest son, served as a soldier in the Civil war, being a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He became well known as an educator, having taught in every school building in Hillyar [sic] township.  He became an extensive landholder, and for a long time was president of the First National Bank of Centerburg.  He married Mary Ann Rogers, and his five daughters all became successful school teachers.
     Mary Hicks, who married Mr. Throckmorton, was also a teacher when young, and of her four children two became teachers.  One of her daughters died in early life, and as a memorial to her she placed a very handsome window in the Methodist Episcopal church at Sparta.
     Henry Hicks taught school as a young man, but has since traveled extensively in different parts of the world, and for some time was in the mercantile business, representing the O’Brien Land Company.
     Obtaining a good common school education in the district schools, S. Thomas Hicks became thoroughly acquainted with the various branches of agriculture while living with his parents, and chose for his life work the independent vocation of a farmer.  After his marriage he settled in South Bloomfield township, on the farm which he now owns and occupies, and has since been profitably engaged in agricultural pursuits.  His place contains one hundred and twenty acres of rich arable land, well improved and judiciously cultivated, his annual yield of crops being large and remunerative.
     On January 12, 1868, Mr. Hicks married Eva Conway, who was born in Bloomfield township, Morrow county, July 6, 1850, a daughter of Joseph Conway.  Mr. Conway came from Virginia, his native state, his birth occurring there September 25, 1816, to Bloomfield townhip [sic], Ohio, when eleven years of age, and here spent the remainder of his life.  He began life with no other capital than strong hands, a willing heart and high ambition, and by dint of industry, energy and wise forethought became the owner of a fine farm of three hundred and fifty acres, which he managed with excellent pecuniary results.  The maiden name of the wife of Mr. Conway, to whom he was married in 1842, was Melvina Sanford.  She was born in Ohio, June 21, 1823, a daughter of William Sanford, the first school teacher in this part of Morrow county.  Joseph Conway was one of the original members of the first Methodist Episcopal church established in his township, was a well known teacher, and was for many years a leading man in public affairs.  To him and his wife six children were born, as follows: Benson Conway, born in 1843, served as a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting at the age of eighteen years and he died the following year; Melville, a farmer in Morrow county, was born in 1848; Eva wife of Mr. Hicks; William, born in 1853, died in Cleveland, Ohio; Olie B., born in 1858; and Wesley G., born in 1860, is engaged in the real estate business in Columbus, Ohio.  All of these children were well educated, and one taught school several years.
     Mr. and Mrs. Hicks have two children, namely: O. J., born October 27, 1871, and Earl H., born October 27, 1881.  O. J. Hicks, who was educated at Sparta, Centerburg and Columbus, is now state agent for the Page Fence Company, and has the distinction of being the best-paid agent in Ohio, his salary being one hundred and fifty dollars a month.  Earl H., who is likewise finely educated, is engaged in business at Fredericktown, where he is a manufacturer of steel gates and fencing.\
     Mr. Hicks is a prominent member of the Republican party, and has held various township offices.  He was a member of the first County Fair Board for twenty-seven years, over one quarter of a century, and a member of its first Building Committee.  He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 422, F. and A. M., of Chesterville, in which he has passed all the chairs; and of Sparta Lodge, Knights of Pythias, in which he has held a few of the offices.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Hicks are active and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Sparta.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 696-697
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

ISAAC HICKSON. ––Distinguished not only as a prosperous agriculturist and a highly respected citizen, but as a fine representative of the self-made men of our times, Isaac Hickson has been a resident of Morrow county for upwards of forty years, and during that time has established for himself a reputation for honesty and integrity such as any man might well be proud of.  Many of Ohio’s most thrifty and successful farmers were born on the other side of the Atlantic; and to England, especially, is the state indebted for some of her most enterprising and thrifty citizens.  Prominent among these is the gentleman whose name we have placed at the head of this sketch.  He was born, February 26, 1856, in Lincolnshire, England, his father dying two years later, in 1858.
     Mr. Hickson’s mother married for her second husband William Denton, an Englishman born and bred, and in 1869 came with her husband and children to the United States, locating in Westfield township, Morrow county, Ohio.  Six months after arriving in this country Mr. Denton died, and his widow married for her third husband Cunningham McFeter.  Of her union with Mr. Hickson, four children were born, one of whom died in early life, and three are living, as follows: Mary J., wife of John Erby, of England; Betsey, wife of John Skinner, of London, England; and Isaac, the subject of this brief sketch.  By her second marriage, she had one child, William Denton, a resident of Cardington, Ohio.
     The family being poor, Isaac Hickson was early thrown upon his own resources, and for five years lived with a neighboring farmer, working for his board and clothes, and attending the district schools of Westfield township.  Subsequently continuing in the employ of the same man, he worked for wages for two years, receiving two hundred dollars a year for his work, and at the end of the time had saved up enough money to buy a team, and embark in farming on his own responsibility.  Energetic, industrious, and ambitious, he farmed, teamed, and worked at anything which he found profitable, laboriously toiling onward and upward, until through his own efforts he has gained a position of affluence and influence in the community, being now one of the foremost agriculturists of Westfield township.  He has brought up his children to habits of thrift and usefulness, and given to each superior educational advantages, making them valued and trustworthy citizens.
     Mr. Hickson married at the age of twenty-three years, on April 13, 1879, Miss Alice Coomer, a daughter of Morris and Sarah (Cluck) Coomer and the descendant of an honored pioneer family.  She was born on the farm where she now resides, and was educated in the district schools of Westfield township, while under her mother’s teaching she was well trained in all domestic arts, becoming a fine housekeeper and home maker.  Three children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hickson, namely: Dean M., born September 25, 1881; Ray C., born September 2, 1883; and Ross, born June 18, 1887.
     Acquiring his preliminary education in the graded schools of Ashley, Dean M. Hickson was subsequently graduated from the Ashley High School, after which he taught school a while.  Desirous of further advancing his education, he entered the Ohio State University, where he received the degree of bachelor of arts, and later, in 1911, was given the degree of master of arts.  Ray C. Hickson, the second son, was educated in the public schools, and is now mail carrier on rural free delivery, route No. 2, Ashley.  He married Margaret Curren.  Ross, the youngest son, received a practical common school education, and is now profitably engaged in general farming.
     Mr. Hickson and his sons are all members of Ashley Lodge, No. 407, Free and Accepted Masons, of which Ray Hickson is now Master, and Dean M. Hickson is also a member of Marion Commandery, Knights Templars.  Politically Mr. Hickson is a firm supporter of the principles of the Republican party, and for many terms has served as township trustee.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 934-935
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

PROFFESSOR CLINTON O. HIGGINS. ––Talented and cultured, possessing the mental temperament, tastes and caliber that naturally incline one towards a professional career, Professor Clinton O. Higgins wisely chose teaching as a vocation, and is now successfully employed as superintendent of the Troy Township High School and as superintendent also, of the district schools of Troy township.  A son of Enoch Higgins and his first wife, whose maiden name was Leah Lovett, and their only child, Professor Higgins was born on a farm in Franklin township, Morrow county, Ohio, and there spent his earlier life.
     Laying a substantial foundation for his future education in the district schools of Franklin township, Clinton O. Higgins afterward continued his studies at the Mt. Gilead High School.  On leaving that institution he began life as a teacher and taught school several terms.  Desirous of further fitting himself for his life work, he subsequently entered the Ohio Northern University, at Ada, and there completed the scientific course, receiving the well-earned degree of bachelor of science.  Since his graduation from the university Professor Higgins has devoted his entire time and energies to teaching, having taught in the district schools and serving as superintendent of the Congress township district schools for two years.  He was subsequently elected by local board of education as superintendent of the Troy Township High School and of its district schools, and is now serving his fourth year in that capacity, his retention in this position from year to year being proof of his ability and success as an educator and superintendent.
     Politically the Professor is a stanch advocate of the principles of the Republican party, and has served as chairman of the Morrow County Convention and as president of the Republican Central Committee.  He has also been clerk of Franklin township.  Fraternally he is a member of Chester Lodge, No. 283, A. F. and A. M., of which he is past master; of Gilead Chapter, No. 59, R. A. M.; of Eveline Chapter, No. 146, O. E. S., of Chesterville; and of the Charles H. Hull Lodge, No. 195, K. of P.  He is also a member of the Sons of Veterans Camp at Mt. Gilead, Ohio.  Religiously Professor Higgins belongs to the Pulaskiville Methodist Episcopal church, and has served as superintendent of its Sunday school.  For six years he was one of the members of the board of school examiners for Morrow county, retiring from the position in August, 1910.  He is one of the stockholders of the Morrow County Telephone Company, one of the more important enterprises of this part of the state.
     Professor Higgins makes his home in Franklin township, where he was born, reared and educated, and where he is held in the highest esteem for his sterling worth and high integrity of character as a cultured gentleman and faithful teacher.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 682-683
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

ADAM HILDEBRAND. ––Engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock-raising on his fine farm of ninety acres in Gilead township, Morrow county, Ohio, Adam Hildebrand is recognized as one of the most successful farmers and stock men in this section of the state.  He was born in York county, Pennsylvania, on the 15th of December, 1863, and is a son of Henry and Lydia (Tyson) Hildebrand, the former of whom was likewise born in the old Keystone state of the Union and the latter of whom claimed York county, Pennsylvania, as the place of her birth.  The paternal grandfather of him whose name introduces this review was Adam Hildebrand, who was an extensive farmer in Pennsylvania during his life time, his death having there occurred.  Henry Hildebrand came to Morrow county, Ohio, in 1866, locating in Canaan township, where he continued to reside until 1876, when he was summoned to eternal rest.  Mrs. Hildebrand is a resident of Morrow county at the present time.  They were the parents of nine children, eight of whom are now living, namely: George, Adam, Levi, Grant, Helen, Isabelle, Samuel and Emma.  Peter is deceased and of those living, seven are residents of Morrow county.
     Adam Hildebrand was a child of but three years of age at the time of his parents’ removal from Pennsylvania to Ohio.  He was reared in North Woodberry, Morrow county, until he had attained to the age of eleven years, at which time his father died.  Since that time he has lived in Gilead and Canaan townships, this county, to whose district schools he is indebted for his early education.  He continued to attend school until eighteen years of age and he then turned his attention to farming, in which line of enterprise he has continued to be engaged during the long intervening years to the present time.  He devotes his time to diversified agriculture and the growing of high grade stock.  In politics he is a stanch advocate of the principles set forth by the Prohibition party and his religious faith is in harmony with the tenets of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he and his wife are devout members of the church at Boundary, in which he is a steward.  Both are active factors in Sunday school work and for a number of years Mr. Hildebrand was superintendent of that department.
     In Feruary [sic], 1888, was recorded the marriage of Mr. Hildebrand to Miss Flora V. Ewers, who was born in Gilead township on the 10th of October, 1863, a daughter of Samuel and Emily (Coe) Ewers, both of whom are now deceased.  Mr. and Mrs. Hildebrand have two children: S. Guy and Helen E.   S. Guy Hildebrand was born on the 27th of October, 1889, and was graduated in the Mount Gilead high school as a member of the class of 1909.  He taught school for one year after completing the prescribed course in the local high school and he is now, in 1911, a student in Delaware College.  Helen E. was born on the 4th of May, 1894, and is a student in the Mount Gilead high school.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 598-599
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

JAMES A. HIXENBAUGH. ­­––A well-known citizen of South Bloomfield township, James A. Hixenbaugh served with distinction in the Civil war, and has since been actively identified with various pursuits, having been a merchant, mill owner and operator, ant a farmer, in connection with his agricultural labors having for upwards of a quarter of a century threshed much of the grain produced in this part of the state.  A son of H. B. Hixenbaugh, he was born, August 31, 1842, in Stark county, Ohio.  He is of thrifty German ancestry, his paternal grandparents, Jacob and Emeline (Aucherson) Hixenbaugh, having emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1819, locating in Pennsylvania, where their children were reared.
     H. B. Hixenbaugh was born, April 4, 1819, in midocean [sic], while his parents were en route from the Fatherland to this country.  Leaving home on attaining his majority, he located on a farm in Stark county, Ohio, and by dint of hard labor improved a good homestead.  He married, in 1840, Mary Baxter, who was born in Carroll county, Ohio, in 1819, a daughter of James and Sarah (Harchester) Baxter.  Her father, left an orphan when a child, was a man of unusual energy and ability, and by his own efforts achieved success in life, in 1840, at the time of his daughter Mary’s marriage, having been one of the wealthiest men of Carroll county, where he was owner of eleven hundred and forty acres of land.
     Soon after the breaking out of the Civil war, James A. Hixenbaugh’s patriotic spirit was fully aroused, and he bravely offered his services to his country, enlisting in Company A, Seventy-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Columbus.  Going with his command to Washington, D. C., he subsequently took an active part in the engagements at Cold Harbor and Bermuda Hundred, during the campaign of the spring of 1864 being under fire at times from twelve to fifteen days at a stretch.  While at Cold Harbor, Mr. Hixenbaugh was taken ill with the measles, and for nine days was in a Philadelphia hospital.  He was afterwards stricken with typhoid fever, sent home on furlough, and subsequently discharged.  Recovering his health, Mr. Hixenbaugh enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Forty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for one hundred days, and at the expiration of his term of enlistment, September 2, 1864, was honorably discharged from the service.  Not of age when he first enlisted, Mr. Hixenbaugh obtained his mother’s consent to do so by promising to abstain from the use of all intoxicating drinks, a promise that he religiously kept.  On the second day out, he, with his comrades, was lined up to receeive [sic] his portion of whiskey.  Taking the cup as it was passed to him, Mr. Hixenbaugh emptied its contents on the ground, and the Colonel, who witnessed the act, commanded him to report at headquarters, and there inquired why he threw it out.  On being told, the colonel arose, shook Mr. Hixenbaugh’s hand, and said that he was the first soldier he had met who had brought his mother with him to the army, and immediately placed him in a more lucrative position, and later favored him in various ways.  The daring bravery of Mr. Hixenbaugh in saving the lives of himself and twenty comrades by stamping on the fuse of a shell that fell within two feet of where he was standing was warmly commended, and gave evidence of his coolness and courage in the face of danger.
     Returning to Knox county, Ohio, after his discharge from the army, Mr. Hixenbaugh began farming in Mount Vernon, which he has seen grow from a small hamlet into a thriving city of nine thousand souls.  Subsequently disposing of his farm, he opened a general store in Sparta, Morrow county, where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits a few years.  Selling that business, he was engaged in the manufacture of lumber and shingles for seven years, owning and operating a saw mill and a shingle mill successfully.  Until thirteen years old Mr. Hixenbaugh was unable to speak a word of English, but beginning then to attend school in South Bloomfield township, he soon acquired a good knowledge of the English tongue.  For twenty-six years, he ran a threshing machine in and around this township, beginning at the age of sixteen years, when horse power was used, and finishing with the traction engine.
     Mr. Hixenbaugh married, November 24, 1864, Nancy White, who was born, August 15, 1847, in Ohio, the parents migrating from Pennsylvania to this state in 1833.  Her mother died when she was sixteen months old, and she was reared by her father, with whom she remained until her marriage.  Mr. and Mrs. Hixenbaugh have three children, namely: Minnie, born February 2, 1867, is the wife of H. T. Burely, of Mount Vernon; William B., born August 5, 1869, is a resident of Sunbury, Ohio; and Floy, wife of R. Mellinzer, of Mount Vernon, was born April 5, 1885.  A strong supporter of the principles of the Republican party, Mr. Hixenbaugh has served on the local school board, and has held the various township offices within the gift of his fellow-citizens.  He is a member of Crayton Orr Post, No. 501, Grand Army of the Republic, and draws a pension of twenty-four dollars a month for his services in the army.  Although he has usually been successful in his active career, Mr Hixenbaugh has met with some handicaps, among others having been unfortunate enough to lose two thousand, six hundred and sixty-five dollars through the failure of the James Trumbull Bank at Mount Gilead.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 922-924
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JOHN C. HOSKINS, president and general manager of the Hoskins & Rush Manufacturing Company at Mt. Gilead, Morrow county, Ohio, is an energetic business man of the type that no amount of opposition can phase.  He is a man of quick perception and keen business ability and in his particular line of enterprise is building up an important industry in this place.  He was born in Toledo, Ohio, on the 4th of February, 1872, and is a son of William H. and Mary L. (Johnson) Hoskins, the father now deceased and the mother is living in Toledo.
     Mr. Hoskins was enrolled as a pupil in the public schools of Toledo until he had attained to the age of sixteen years, at which time he left school to become paymaster for the Woolson Spice Company at Toledo, with which concern he was connected in that capacity for a period of five years.  Thereafter he and his brother William H., became ticket bookers at Toledo, following that line of enterprise for the ensuing six years, at the expiration of which John C. Hoskins became interested in the manufacture of telephones at Orville, Ohio.  Two years later in 1906, he disposed of his interest in the telephone buisness [sic] and came to Morrow county, locating at Cardington, where he was in the wood-working business and in the manufacturing of furniture.  There he organized a company and there he continued to reside until 1909, in which year he came to Mt. Gilead, where he organized the Hoskins & Rush Manufacturing Company, the same being dealers in wood specialties and wholesalers in hardwood lumber.  Associated with him in business as a member of the Hoskins & Rush Manufacturing Company is M. M. Hoskins, who is treasurer of the concern.  The company was incorporated under the laws of the state in 1909, with a capital of ten thousand dollars, Mr. Hoskins being the principal and the largest stock holder.|     At Monroe, Michigan, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Hoskins to Miss Mary M. Hanson, of Toledo, Ohio.  To this union have been born three children, namely: Severina, born August 25, 1893, is a student in the Mt. Gilead High School; John C., Jr., born February 1, 1902; and Homer, born May 20, 1905.
     Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins are zealous members of the Presbyterian church, and he is a stalwart supporter of the cause of the Republican party in his political convictions.  The beautiful Hoskins home on West High street is owned by Mr. Hoskins and is renowned for gracious and generous hospitality.  Mr. Hoskins is one of the prominent and influential business men at Mt. Gilead and is widely esteemed for his straight forward methods and sterling integrity of character.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 778-779
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THOMAS A. HUGGINS, M. D. —During the years which mark the period of Dr. Thomas A. Huggins' professional career he has met with gratifying success and though his residence at Sparta, Morrow county, Ohio, dates back only to 1897, he has won the good will and patronage of many of the leading citizens and families of this place. He is a great student and endeavors to keep abreast of the times in everything relating to discoveries in medical science, being a patron of the leading journals devoted to the discussion of the “ills that flesh is heir to” and the treatment thereof. Progressive in his ideas and believing in modern methods as a whole, he does not, however, dispense with the true and tried systems which have stood the test of years.
     Dr. Thomas Andrew Huggins was born in Chester Township, Morrow county, Ohio, on the 5th, of March, 1855, and is a son of Thomas and Nancy J. (More) Huggins, both of whom were born and reared in the state of Pennsylvania, whence they came to the fine old Buckeye state of the Union about the year 1844, locating on a farm of two hundred acres in Chester township, this county. In 1864 removal was made to another farm of two hundred acres in the same township, where the family home was maintained until the father’s death, in 1893. Thomas Huggins was survived by a widow and five children—three sons and two daughters— Rebecca E. is the wife of George E. McKinney, of Knox county, Ohio; Margaret J., is now a resident of Columbus, Ohio; James A., is an agriculturist in Bloomfield township, this county; Dr. Thomas A. is the immediate subject of this review; and Edward C., is a business man in Sparta. Mrs. Huggins is deceased, dying about 1903.
     Dr. Thomas A. Huggins continued to live at the parental home until he had reached his legal majority and his preliminary educational training consisted of such advantages as were afforded in the district schools of Morrow county. When twenty-one years of age he engaged for a time in teaching school and then went to Valparaiso, Indiana, where he pursued a course of study in the Northern Indiana Normal University. Subsequently he was a student in a college at Mansfield, Ohio, and subsequently entered the office of Dr. Williams at Chesterville, Morrow county, under whose able preceptorship he studied medicine for two years, at the expiration of which he was employed in a drug store at that place for some five years. In 1885-6 he was a student in the Western Reserve Medical College, in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, and thereafter he passed two years in the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1889, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Immediately after his graduation he initiated the active practice of his profession at Cambridge, Guernsey county, Ohio, where he remained for four years, at the expiration of which he went to Chesterville, and there took charge of Dr. Williams’ offices. In 1893, at the time of his father's death, he was on the home farm for a time and in the fall of 1897 he came to Sparta, where he has built up a large and lucrative practice and where he enjoys recognition as one of the ablest and most skilled physicians and surgeons in Morrow county.
     In connection with the work of his profession Dr. Huggins is affiliated with various organizations of representative character and in a fraternal way he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has passed through all the official chairs. In politics he accords a stalwart allegiance to the cause of the Republican party and while he has never had aught of desire for political preferment of any description he is deeply interested in all matters projected for the good of the general welfare, contributing liberally to all philanthropical organizations. He is well read in the science of his profession and is up-to-date in the current literature of medicine and surgery. He was deeply interested in the old railroad survey work in Morrow county, Ohio, in which connection he spent much time and money.
     On the 19th of August, 1903, was recorded the marriage of Dr. Huggins to Miss Almeda Pearl, who was born and reared in this state and who is a daughter of Peter and Phoebe (Dupy) Pearl, both of whom were likewise natives of this state. The mother was summoned to the life eternal on the 14th of March, 1897, and the father now maintains his home at Centerburg, Knox county, Ohio. Peter Pearl was a farmer and mechanic during the major portion of his active career and his ancestors were early pioneers in Morrow county, having here entered large tracts of government land in the early days. His mother, Nancy (Doty) Pearl, was a Daughter of the American Revolution, her father having been a soldier in that war for independence and she was also a member of the Christian church. When John Doty grew up the country was infested with Indians and early manifesting an interest in their life and habits he became great friends with some of the local chiefs. He was frequently invited to dine with them, but having once seen them prepare a meal he usually refused that honor. Their method of cooking squirrels for dinner was very disagreeable to Mr. Doty; the young animals were thrown into a kettle without being dressed in any way whatever. Dr. and Mrs. Higgins are devout members of the Christian church, in the various departments of which they have ever been active workers.
     Dr. Huggins is strictly a self-made man, having himself built the ladder by which he has risen to affluence. He made all the money expended on his education and never received so much as ten dollars from any one for school purposes. In no profession to which man gives his attention does success depend more largely upon individual effort than the one which now claims Dr. Huggins as a follower, and it is gratifying to note that he has achieved distinctive prestige and success in his chosen calling, all of which attests his superior ability and close application. Fairness characterizes all his efforts and he conducts his business with the strictest regard to a high standard of professional ethics.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 547-549
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ORVILLE HULSE. ––A well-known resident of Sparta, Orval [sic] Hulse occupies an assured position among the substantial sitizens [sic] of Morrow county.  A son of Reuben Hulse, he was born, November 16, 1852, in Morrow county, being the descendant of one of its early pioneers.  His paternal grandfather, Thomas Hulse, who married Leah Hervey, spent his entire life in New York state, dying at an early age.  His widow, with her two children, a son, Reuben, and a daughter, came to Ohio, and settled on a farm in Morrow county.
     Coming with his mother and sister to Morrow county in the early part of the nineteenth century, Reuben Hulse assisted in the establishment of a home, and remained with his mother until his marriage, April 2, 1827, at the age of twenty-seven years, to Susan Hewett.  She was born in Pennsylvania, and came with her parents, Cyrus and Serena (Sherman) Hewett, to Knox county, Ohio, when a girl.  He subsequently located on a farm, and was successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits in Morrow county until 1880, when he removed to Sparta, where he lived retired, enjoying the fruits of his earlier years of labor, until his death, 1889.  He was an active member of the Republican party, and served as county coroner, township trustee, and for several years was a member of the local school board.  Four children were born to him and his wife, as follows: a child that died in infancy; Amarilla, deceased; Orville, the special subject of this sketch; and Eva, born April 27, 1859.
     Until 1909 Orville Hulse resided with his widowed mother and his sister, but since that time has lived in Sparta, where he is held in high regard as a man and a citizen, and enjoys the esteem and confidence of his fellows to a marked degree.  A warm supporter of the principles of the Republican party, he has held various township offices, and has served on the village board, filling the various positions to which he has been elected with ability, and fidelity.
     Mr. Hulse married, in 1885, Amarilla Wheatcraft, who was born October 22, 1860, a daughter of Henry Wheatcraft.  Guy Hewett Hulse, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Hulse, was born May 9, 1886, and is now residing in Galion, Ohio, where he is agent for the Mutual Insurance Company.  He is married, and has one child.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 873-874
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THOMAS J. HYATT. —The Morrow county citizenship is fortunate in the possession of the Hyatt family, estimable members of society and representatives of the agricultural industry. Daniel Webster once said: “Let us never forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. Man may be civilized in some degree without great progress in manufactures and with little commerce with his distant neighbors. But without the cultivation of the earth, he is, in all countries, a savage. Until he gives up the chase, and fixes himself in some place and seeks a living from the earth, he is a roaming barbarian. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.”   There is no gainsaying the truth of this and, furthermore, the farmers constitute one of the most independent and wholesome classes.
     Thomas J. Hyatt, son of Elisha and Polly (Hyatt) Hyatt, was born February 2, 1836. His parents were born in Montgomery county, Maryland, and emigrated to Ohio in 1835, the year previous to his birth. They settled in Liberty township, Knox county, and reared a family of seven children, six of whom were sons and one a daughter, and whose names were William, Jesse, Eli, Washington, Mortimer and Mary E..  Washington and Mortimer were soldiers in the Civil war, the latter dying while in the service of his country. The children attended the Liberty township district schools and remained under the parental roof tree until years of discretion had been attained, assisting their father on the farm.
     At the age of thirty-three years Thomas J. Hyatt took upon himself the duties and responsibilities of married life, his union to Miss Rachel A. Bowman being celebrated March 3, 1869. Mrs. Hyatt's parents were Daniel and Mary (Shoe) Bowman, of Knox county, the former being a farmer. The young girl remained at home until her marriage and received her education in the district schools. After their marriage these estimable young people set about establishing a home for themselves, and their industry and thrift was rewarded with material success. Three children were born to share their home with them, but the only daughter died in infancy. The sons were Orin and Orley. Orin married Miss Elsie May Robinson, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that being their present place of residence. Orley is unmarried and makes his home with his parents.
     Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt own a desirable tract of land north of Hedding Chapel, upon which they maintain their pleasant home. They have for many years been honored members of the Friendship Protestant Methodist church, and although removed from that immediate neighborhood, they still prefer holding their membership with the church of their early choice. Mr. Hyatt's political affiliations are with the Democratic party, to which he has given his allegiance since his earliest voting days. It is the gratifying portion of these estimable people to be most respected where best known, and in their present home they have resided for twenty-one years – an ample test of character and worth.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 587-588
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