Gilead Twp. –
ALEXANDER E. HAHN, of Hahn & Smith, undertakers and manufacturers of burial cases; Mt. Gilead; was born in Bucyrus, O., Nov. 29, 1829, and lived there until 1843, when, with his parents, he came to Mt. Gilead and in 1847 was apprenticed to the cabinet-maker’s trade, with George Wren, with whom he served one year; he then worked at carpentering a year, and then finished his trade of cabinet-maker by serving two years with C. O. Vanhorn, finishing in the spring, and worked until fall, when he went to Rock Island, Ill., and the following fall returned to Mt. Gilead, working at his trade until spring; he then engaged in his father’s flouring mill, in which he had worked, for three years, from his fourteenth year. He worked at his trade or in the mill, and Oct. 25, 1863, he married Miss Louisa Hammell, who was born in Tuscarawas Co., O.  In 1874, he bought the undertaking portion of the business, then conducted by Mr. Chas, Wheeler, who had bought of Mr. C. O. Vanhorn, and the firm of Hahn & Smith was formed, and in 1880, they added the manufacture of burial cases, caskets, etc. His parents, Abraham and Julia Ann Hahn were natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania; he learned the milling trade in York, Penn., where he married. They came to Ohio at a very early date, and first settled at Canton, where he conducted a mill one year and also a hotel one year; he then moved to Bucyrus and rented a hotel and later built the present Simms House, which he conducted until 1843, when he came to Mt. Gilead. At Bucyrus he built a saw-mill and and race, the latter two and a half miles long. In excavating for the latter the bones of a mammoth mastodon were found, and Mr. Hahn sold them in Columbus, for $1800. On his arrival in Mt. Gilead, he engaged in a flouring mill, and continued in the same until 1866, when he sold out, and Jan. 26, following, died. Mrs. Hahn continued her residence in Mt. Gilead until her death, May 5, 1880. Of their ten children but four are living -- Dr. Chas. Hahn, of Marion Co., O.; Julia, now Mrs. Walter, of Bucyrus; Alexander E., and Mary, now Mrs. Cooper, both living in Mt. Gilead.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 539
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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
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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
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Perry Twp. –
FRANK HALFERTY, farmer; P. O., Woodview; oldest son of John and Annie E. (Woodrow) Halferty; was born in this township, Aug. 10, 1853; he is the representative of an old and honored family, whose history we will now trace as far as the information could be obtained.  The great-grandfather of our subject, James Lowther, was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1771, and united in marriage with Margaret Filloon, Sept. 15, 1795. She was born in Pennsylvania, April, 1776.  After marriage they settled on forty acres of land in Westmoreland Co., near the old turnpike leading from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia; here he followed the occupation of wagonmaker, by which he supported his family; he owned another tract of sixty acres; he divided his time somewhat between the wagon-shop and farm, on which he reared log cabins.  They were members of the Presbyterian Church, and raised a family of three sons and seven daughters, of which Elizabeth, grandmother of our subject, who is still living, was one.  She was born in Westmoreland Co., Pa., Sept. 26, 1796, and united her fortunes with William Halferty, of the same county, April 12, 1814.  He was a son of Edward and Margaret (Fleck) Halferty, born about 1788.  They lived in the Keystone State until about 1822, when he emigrated, with a family of five children, to this township, settling on the present half section, which his father had entered before.  They drove a three-horse team and two cows, and were about two weeks on the road; they stopped with relatives, near Independence, Ohio, about six weeks, owing to the sickness of the children; during this period Mr. Halferty worked on his cabin, into which they moved in the fall; some five acres had been underbrushed, but not understanding where the boundary lines were, a portion of it proved to be on the wrong place.  Their cabin had puncheon floors, and paper window lights.  At the time of their settlement only five families lived on the school section, and during the following winter, feed being so scarce, they took their cattle to the woods, cutting down elm and linn trees, on which they browsed.  William Halferty died April 21, 1828, leaving Mrs. Halferty with nine small children, the oldest being but fourteen years old, almost in the wilderness, with few resources, but an indomitable courage, and an energy that knew nothing of failure.  She was possessed of remarkable physical powers, being able to pick up two bushels of wheat and put it on a horse.  They were favored with remarkable health, and paid no doctor bills in the family.  They all worked together to clear up the farm and put out crops, and as the boys grew up she held them firmly to the principles of right.  If, perchance, either of the big boys did not obey her word, his size did not prevent her from administering a wholesome lesson of correction.  They cleaned wheat by fanning with a sheet, and went to mill at Mt. Vernon.  Of the family five were born in Pennsylvania, and four in this township.  James L., who married Mary Lamb, and she died, and he subsequently married Rachel Sherman, also deceased; he lives in Noble Co., Ind.  Edward married Henrietta Carr, and lives in Noble Co., Ind.  Margaret, now widow of Martin Buchner, and lives in North Woodbury; Isabel, still at home; John, father of our subject, (see sketch); William, died July 28, 1875, in Noble Co., Ind., leaves wife and two children; Mary lives with her mother; Robert married Sophia Waltman, of Richland Co., O., now lives in Noble Co., Ind.; Jane, now Mrs. William Imes, who lives in Noble Co., Ind.  The father of our subject, John Halferty, was born in Fairfield Tp., Westmoreland Co., Penn., Oct. 10, 1820; he was eighteen months old when the family came to Ohio in the spring of 1822.  He attended the subscription school a short time for six winters, probably not more than nine months in all.  June 24, 1837, he began learning the trade of carpenter and joiner with Daniel Bowman, serving an apprenticeship of two years; he erected some buildings on the home place, and worked as journeyman for one year.  About 1840 he employed hands and began building by contract, which he continued for a period of about fourteen years, generally employing about three hands.  He built several fine residences, churches and school-houses in this and Richland counties.  In 1854 he purchased forty acres of section sixteen and rented the homestead on which he began farm operations.  His labors were attended with success, and he now owns a large interest in the homestead, and his first purchases.  He united in marriage with Ann E. Woodrow, June 24, 1851.  She is a daughter of John and Hester (Sills) Woodrow, born in Cumberland Co., Pa., Oct. 12, 1829; five children have been born to them -- Frank, born Aug. 10, 1853; Mary J., Oct. 22, 1855, married John Green of this township; Martha E., born Dec. 14, 1861; Almeda, Jan. 15, 1864; John Halferty, Jr., April 18, 1871.  Mr. Halferty is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, in which he has held the office of Trustee; he is a member of Johnsville Grange, No. 802; he supports the measures of the Democratic party, and has been elected Trustee a number of terms; he has also held the positions of Assessor and Land-Appraiser.  Thus have we traced through four generations, the fortunes of a family whose history is a part of the country’s heritage.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 812-813
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Gilead Twp. –
R. P. HALLIDAY, Cashier in the First National Bank; Mt. Gilead; is a native of Scotland, and was born in the village of Dalbeattie, Aug. 7, 1835, and at the age of 14 he entered the wholesale and retail grocery house of John Nicholson, and served in the same for five years; he then served one year in the grocery house of John McCaig; and next went into the employ of the Messrs. Sloan Bros., wholesale dealers in groceries and importers of lumber; upon his becoming of age, he came to the United States, and settled in Mt. Gilead, O., where he engaged in the general merchandise business. In 1864 he enlisted in the 136th O. N. G., and served about four months, the command being called out for 100 days. In 1867 he sold his general merchandise business and took his present position as Cashier of the First National Bank of Mt. Gilead. Oct. 29, 1862, he married Miss Lucretia J., daughter of C. H. and Sarah (Lyon) Chamberlain. She is a native of Knox, now Morrow Co., O. They have two children -- Grant C. and Robert M.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 537
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Franklin Twp. –
JAMES HARDIN, farmer; P. O., Pulaskiville; son of James and Sarah Hardin; was born Nov. 16, 1816, in Liberty Tp., Delaware Co., O.  His parents fled from Marietta on horseback about 1812, to escape the horrors of the tomahawk and scalping-knife; the mother, with the babe on her arm swam her horse through the Muskingum river. The father was First Lieutenant in the war of 1812, and raised eleven children -- Mary, Sarah, Isaac, Mahala, Nancy, John, Lydia, James, Jane, Lucinda, Ezekiel. The family removed to Seneca Co., O., when James was a boy and he grew up among the Senecas, who lived there a good many years. They were almost daily visitors at his father’s house, and were always on friendly terms with the family, often bringing venison and helping themselves to whatever they liked. On account of the meager schools our subject had no advantages for education; he cleared 160 acres of land by the job, the average price being $5.00 per acre. He served eight years as Captain of the Riflemen in Seneca Co., also as Drum Major in the militia of Delaware Co. He was married March 28, 1849, to Phebe Wright, daughter of Dennis and Lydia (Robison) Wright, who was born June 8, 1827, in the State of New York, her parents came to Ohio in 1835, and settled first in this township where Benton Levering lives. They raised a family of four children -- Hester A., Edmund, Phebe and William N.  After marriage Mr. Hardin engaged in farming here for three years, afterwards farmed in different parts of the township until 1863, when he went to Williams Co., O., where he stayed two and a half years, then removed to Sandusky Co. and farmed there until 1871, when he returned to present place, purchased in 1879. They raised three sons -- Nelson W., Thomas R. and Dennis. Nelson W. died Oct. 13, 1865.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 785
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H. H. HARLAN, a prominent attorney and enterprising and progressive business man of Mount Gilead, Ohio, dates his birth in Noble county, this State, March 22, 1851.
     His father, Caleb Harlan, was born in Harford county, Maryland, August 20, 1808, and in 1841 came from there, with his wife and two children, to Ohio, locating on a farm near Quaker City.  In the early part of his life he worked at the trade of cooper, but after locating in Ohio he gave his attention to farming.  In 1857 he came to Morrow county and purchased and took up his abode on 160 acres of land, two miles southwest of Mount Gilead.  Here he died December 4, 1864.  His father, John Harlan, was a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania, and went from there when a young man to Baltimore, Maryland.  He was married in Maryland, passed his life on a farm there, and died in Harford county, that State, in 1824.  His father and grandfather were each named Joseph and his great-grandfather was Ezekiel.  Ezekiel was a son of George Harlan, a native of England, who came to this country with William Penn and settled in Chester county, Pennsylvania, where he held high official position at the time Penn was Governor of Pennsylvania.  George Harlan was a son of James Harlan, whose whole life was spent in England.  The Harlans on down to the present generation have been identified with the Society of Friends, and the subject of our sketch has a birthright in the church.
     Caleb Harlan was married in the Friends’ Church in Harford county, Maryland, May 11, 1837, to Pamelia Benson, a native of that county, born February 20, 1814.  She survived him a number of years, and died September 10, 1879.  Her parents, Levi and Mary (Malsby) Benson, were both natives of Harford county and were married there December 12, 1806, the mother being of Welsh descent.  Mrs. Harlan’s grandmother Benson ran away from her home in England and came to America, on account of her father’s insisting upon her marriage to an English Lord whom she did not love.  The Bensons also were Quaker.  Caleb Harlan and his wife were the parents of the following named children: Edward, born May 19, 1838, died June 23, 1867, from injuries received in being kicked by a horse, and he left a widow and two daughters; Mary Jane, born November 5, 1840, died May 31, 1866, leaving a husband and two children; Lewis, born September 14, 1843, was injured in a railroad accident, and died from the effects of his injuries October 9, 1864, being unmarried; Oliver, born February 22, 1846, met his death April 19, 1878, by an accident in a steam sawmill, and is survived by his widow and one child; Phoebe A., born December 24, 1848, is the wife of Robert F. Mosher, a prominent and highly respected citizen of Morrow county, Ohio; Henry H. is the subject of this sketch, and John W., born January 5, 1854, resides at the old Harlan homestead in this county.
     Henry H. Harlan was six years of age at the time his parents came to Morrow county, and on his father’s farm he was reared, receiving his education in the district schools and in the Union school at Mount Gilead.  While still in his ’teens he began teaching school.  The close confinement of the school-room, however, did not agree with his health, so he resumed farming, and took charge of the home place, his father having passed away a few years before.  Subsequently he and his younger brother purchased the interest of the other heirs to the farm, and they have since held it jointly.  After his mother’s death, which, as above stated, occurred in 1879, our subject attended school for one year at Delaware, after which he began the study of law under the instructions of General J. S. Jones, with whom he remained from 1880 to 1881, when he was taken sick, and temporarily dropped his studies.
     In the summer of 1882 he married Martha Mosher, daughter of Nathan N. and Sarah (Bovey) Mosher.  They resided on the farm until 1891, when they removed to Mount Gilead.  In the meantime he completed his law studies, and was admitted to the bar in 1885.  In 1890 he formed a partnership with Mr. C. H. Wood, under the firm name of Harlan & Wood, which association still continues.  Mr. Harlan is prominently identified with various interests in his town and county.  Besides being in partnership with his brother in the farming operations at the old home place, he is interested with his brother-in-law, Mr. R. F. Mosher, in both farming and stock raising.  He is a director in the First National Bank of Mount Gilead, a director in the Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Company, and a member of the board of managers of the Mount Gilead Dry Goods Company, Limited.
     Politically he is a strong Prohibitionist, active in the interest of his party, and is the only Prohibitionist attorney in the county.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 379-380
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Perry Twp. –
GEORGE HARMAN, blacksmith; Woodview; he is the second son of John and Queen Anne (Smith) Harman; born Nov. 3, 1837, in the town of Nimburg, Kingdom of Bavaria of the German Empire. When he was seven years old, the family sailed from Bremen, and after a voyage of nine weeks, reached Baltimore; they settled on a farm about seven miles from the city, where they lived for some time when they removed to Baltimore and lived there until his parents died, the father in 1869, and the mother in 1867, leaving three sons and one daughter -- John, George, Joseph and Mary.  Our subject went to school, but in his youth he worked at different kinds of employment until he reached his eighteenth year, when he served a three years’ apprenticeship at blacksmithing with Abraham Oeligrath, of Middletown, Md.; he worked as journeyman some four years, part of the time in Baltimore; he united his fortunes with Miss Louisa Oeligrath, Jan. 20, 1863.  She is the third daughter of Abraham and Amelia (Marsailles) Oeligrath; born in Middletown, Md., Oct. 8, 1842.  Her father came from Prussia to America in 1834, being twenty-five years old; he has followed blacksmithing in Middletown since 1835, building up a good business; he was well educated in Prussia, and served in the army three years; he takes a deep interest in politics, and has been Justice of the Peace for many years; in 1837, he married Amelia Marsailles.  Of this marriage nine children were born -- Amelia, Sarah, Louise, William, Elnora, Rosina, Emma, Ferdinand and Lillian.  The mother was born in Prussia, of French parentage, her father being a captain of fifty in the French army under Napoleon, and met and married her mother during one of the campaigns.  After marriage, Mr. Harman started a shop of his own in Carroll Co., Md., where he worked about ten years; he then set out for Ohio, arriving at Mansfield April 15, 1873, where he worked some six months; in the following fall, he came to Johnsville, Ohio, where he worked about sixteen months as the partner of Charles Parsons; he purchased the present residence and shop in North Woodbury in April, 1875, where he does an extensive business in general blacksmithing and the manufacture of buggies and wagons of the most substantial and attractive varieties; he has but three children living -- George G., born July 22, 1867; Ina Rosabelle, Jan. 13, 1874; Pearl Lilian, Sept. 20, 1877.  Four are dead -- Elmer, Bertha J.,  J. Elwood and Amelia E.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 813
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Gilead Twp. -
MINAR HARROD, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Mt. Gilead; was born in Knox Co., Ohio, on his father's farm, located eleven miles southeast of Mt. Vernon, March 27, 1827, and lived there most of the time until he was 30 years of age; he attended school and worked on the farm until he was 21 years of age; he then farmed a rented place in Coshocton Co. for one year, and then rented in Knox Co. for four years; he then bought a small piece, and has farmed his own land ever since. In 1858, he sold the home farm which he had previously bought, and came to Morrow Co., buying a place one mile south of West Gilead, and farmed same for eight years, when he bought and moved to his present place, and located on the Pike, one and one-half miles west of Mt. Gilead.  Sept. 13,1847, he married Miss Juannah Campbelle; she was born in Knox Co., Ohio; of their six children three are living, viz. -- Amanda E., now Mrs. Masters, of Morrow Co., Ohio; Ada A., now Mrs. J. Fish, of Morrow Co., Ohio; Dora D., at home. Mr. Harrod gives an example of what can he accomplished by good, honest effort and industry; starting as he did without any capital, he has, out of his own individual efforts, been successful, and now owns 330 acres of land in this county, all well-improved and conveniently located to the county seat; he also owns farm lands in Wisconsin. Though not an office-seeker, he has taken an active interest in, and has held the offices connected with the schools and roads; he has also been a member of the Morrow Co. Agricultural Society, since 1858, and during the past three years has been President of the same. He and wife have been members of the Baptist Church, for upwards of twenty-five years, and have so lived as not only to win, but to deserve the respect of all who know them. His parents, Levi and Rebecca Burgess Harrod, were natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland. They married in Pennsylvania, and moved to Knox Co., Ohio, in 1804, and lived there until their deaths in 1861 and 1865, respectively. He served under General Harrison during the war of 1812.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p.539
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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
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Canaan Twp. -
WASHINGTON HARRIS, farmer; P. O., Marits; was born March 20, 1837, in Denmark, and is the eldest son of Joel and Sarah (Merritt) Harris; his father, Joel, being one of the first occupants of the town, having entered the land upon which the town now stands; his father was a carpenter, and Washington soon acquired the same trade, and followed this vocation until he attained his 29th year; in Nov., 1864 he was married to Mary E. Thew, born April 18, 1842, in Marion Co., daughter of William P. Thew, who was one of its early settlers and a soldier in the war of 1812. Her mother's maiden name was Susan Davis, whose family was also identified with the early settlement of the county. Since Washington's marriage he has been engaged in farming pursuits, having laid by the square and compass and taken up the plow instead, and seems quite at home as an agriculturist; he has an excellent farm of 120 acres, which he is farming quite successfully. They have three sons born them - Hollis, born April 2, 1867; Harry C., born May 9, 1869; William H., born June 27, 1871. Mr. Harris has been for several years identified with the Church interests, and though not an active member, is strongly in sympathy with its teachings, and is endeavoring to practice the principles taught in Holy Writ, as well as those inculcated in the organizations of I. O. O. F. Cardington Lodge, No. 196, and the Royal Arcanum, of which order he is a member. Joel Harris was born Oct. 11, 1812, and was married to Sarah Merritt in 1835, in the house now occupied by Washington.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 729
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Congress Twp. –
C. B. HART, farmer; P. O. Whetstone; born on the homestead, in this township, Oct. 16, 1837, and is the fifth child of Enoch and Elsie Hart, who were among the early residents and pioneer families in the township.  Mr. Hart was married Nov. 3, 1864, to Mary E. Wolford, daughter of M. C. and Elizabeth Wolford; since his marriage he has been residing on his farm, which is located a short distance east of the homestead, where he has ninety-six acres of land, which is very favorably situated. They have two children -- Izora May, born Aug. 20, 1865, Cora Otta, born Nov. 26, 1872.  Mrs. Hart was born in Richland Co., Feb. 15, 1844; she is a member of the Disciple Church.  Mr. Hart is a Democrat, a warm advocate of temperance, and strenuously opposed to the use of intoxicants.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 689
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Franklin Twp. –
MILTON HART, farmer; P. O., Pulaskiville; oldest son of Levi and Leah (Mann) Hart, was born in Perry Tp., Feb. 23, 1832. He lived on the old farm on Owl Creek, and went to school near by, on Nathan Levering’s place. He farmed the homestead for some years after reaching his majority, and worked about four years for McArthur Cook. He came to Pulaskiville in the spring of 1865, and with his brother Banner purchased a large stock of new goods, and conducted a general store, under the firm name of B. Hart & Brother. This partnership lasted three years, when Banner retired, and Milton continued the business as sole proprietor for eight years longer, when he traded the entire stock to R. H. Graham, the present proprietor, in 1876, for thirty acres of land in Perry Tp. He also owns twenty-two acres of land near the village, with six town lots and a handsome dwelling and store-room in Pulaskiville; all made by his own labor. He united in marriage with Louisa Mann Jan. 5, 1854.  She is a daughter of John Mann, Jr.; born in Congress Tp., Apr. 25, 1832.  Milton is the grandson of Benjamin Hart, who walked through from Bedford Co., Pa., in about 1810, and arriving at the place he selected for a home, the Indians told him that a man had been there on horseback; so he walked on to Wooster in some haste, and had the papers made out for his land just as the man rode up, who had lost his way, and was very much chagrined at being beaten in the race. He made his settlement in the spring of 1811, erecting a cabin just south of the present brick residence.  Levi Hart, the father of Milton, was the fifth and youngest son of a family of five sons and four daughters. He was born in Bedford Co., Pa., Oct. 19, 1807, hence was something past four years old when he came to Perry. There were no schools near them at that time, and the father supplied the deficiency by distributing books among them on Sunday morning, and keeping them at the task all day. In this way they learned to read, write and cipher. When the first school was organized Elizabeth, a sister of Levi, went to school one winter through the woods, four miles distant, alone, finding her way by the blazed trees. The same lady walked to Fredericktown, nine miles distant, and returned the same day, from church. The Indians often came to sharpen their tools and weapons. At such times they would catch the boy Levi by the hair, and flourish their murderous looking knives above his head for their amusement. Levi Hart and Leah Mann were married Jan. 28, 1830. She is a daughter of Joseph Mann (see sketch of Perry Mann), born in Bedford Co., Pa., Dec. 2, 1809. They lived with and became the chief support of his parents until their death -- a period of twenty-six years. He then became possessed of the homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, where he resided until his death, March 6, 1875.  He and wife were both members of the regular Baptist Church for more than thirty years. Mrs. Hart has an interesting relic in the shape of a quilt lined with linen spun by herself, inlaid with tow which she bleached and carded, and pieced largely with her first calico dress, which she earned by boiling sugar in dinner kettles, and purchased in Columbus at forty cents per yard. The quilting was done by herself in 1829, and the quilt is in good condition. Of this marriage are five children -- Milton, subject; Sarah, born June 11, 1836, now Mrs. Peter Sipes; Luzilla, June 29, 1838, now Mrs. Charles Dise; Banner, March 22, 1840; Polly, Jan. 1, 1843.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 783-784
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Congress Twp. –
MRS. AMY HARTPENCE, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; is a native of New Jersey, and was born in Hunterdon Co., Kingwood Tp., Nov. 16, 1805, and is a daughter of Richard Slack, who was born March 1, 1773, and married Rhoda Moore, May 16, 1796; who was born Feb. 13, 1774; the former died Aug. 22, 1822; the latter, March 4, 1847; all of whom were natives of New Jersey, and were contemporaneous with Revolutionary times. Amy Slack was married Dec. 18, 1828, to Elijah Hartpence, a native of New Jersey, who was born Dec. 14, 1805, and who, early in life, learned the blacksmiths’ trade, but in after life turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. In the spring of 1838, in company with six families, he and his wife turned their faces westward. At Pittsburgh the party separated, taking different directions; three pursuing their journey westward, arriving at Mansfield, Richland Co.; here Mr. and Mrs. Hartpence spent one summer east of Mansfield, and one winter in Mansfield; they then moved south some distance, residing eight years.  In 1847 they came to this county, locating on the land she now owns -- 80 acres, being the amount purchased, costing $800.50; here they settled and improved the same; here he remained permanently until removed by death, which occurred Nov. 8, 1877 -- having lived a life of usefulness; he was a man of sterling qualities, just and upright in all his dealings with his fellow man; being actuated and prompted by the teachings of Holy Writ, and the example of his Master; serving in all the official capacities as layman in the M. E. Church, of which he was a worthy member. They have had six children -- Joseph, Amelia (deceased), Cyrenius A., George B., Mary E. and Leonard G. (deceased). Cyrenius, Joseph and George B. were out in the 136th Regiment during the late civil war. The lineage of the family can be traced from the birth of our country, through incidents contemporaneous with three wars, viz.: The Revolutionary war, and that of 1812, and the late “unpleasantness.”  Mrs. Hartpence, since the death of her husband, has remained on the farm, her daughter, Mary, residing with her, who is a teacher of experience. They are both members of the M. E. Church.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 689
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Congress Twp. –
MRS. SARAH HATHAWAY, farmer; P. O., Andrews; was born Aug. 8, 1806, in Washington Co., Penn., a daughter of Robert and Sarah (Harper) Stockdale. Robert Stockdale was born in Ireland and emigrated to Pennsylvania about the year 1800, and was married to his wife Sarah, who was a native of Virginia. Mrs. Hathaway was 22 years of age when she came West, remaining one year in Knox Co.; her parents made no purchase there; the following year they came to this county and entered forty acres, where Isaac Hull now resides, upon which they remained until their death; Mrs. Hathaway was married in 1829, at the age of 23, to Joseph Hathaway, who was born in Washington Co., Pa., and emigrated to this locality some years prior to the coming of the Stockdale family; after the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway, they settled near Pulaskiville, Franklin Tp.; later they entered 160 acres of land, where they lived several years a pioneer life, their cabin floored with puncheons, and after their day’s labor was done they rested their weary forms on stools and home-made beds; yet rude as they were, they enjoyed their use, and were happy. After several years of sojourn in Franklin Tp., they came to the place where she now resides, locating upon land her father had entered, situated in the south part of the township, where she has since resided. Mr. Hathaway died in 1846; the children born unto them are as follows: -- Phebe, at home; Thomas J., in Kansas; Hulda, deceased; John S., at home; Andrew J., in Franklin; Cyrena, Sophrona, and Daniel -- these three deceased.  Mrs. Hathaway has for many years been a member of the Baptist Church. John S. was was [sic] born on the place he now lives, Sept. 6, 1835, and runs the farm, and is Democratic.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 687-688
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Gilead Twp. –
WILLIAM HAZEN, former and stock raiser, P.O. Gilead Station; was born in Marion, now Morrow Co., March 4, 1833, and lived at home until Sept. 26, 1867, when he married Mrs. Folk, formerly Miss Sarah L. Hammond; she was born in Marion, now Morrow Co., Ohio. After his marriage he farmed the old homestead, which he had bought. His mother lived with him until her death, Sept. 23, 1868; his father died March 12, 1845.  William farmed the old homestead until 1875, except two years in Canaan Tp.; he then came to his present place, and has lived there ever since; he owns 255 acres, 185 being in the place he now resides on, known as the old Dewitt Farm, and is located one and three-quarter miles north of Gilead Station. He has held no offices, except those connected with the schools and roads; he has earned his property by his own labor and management. His parents, John and Catharine (Hashner) Hazen, were natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania; they were married in Marion, now Morrow Co., Ohio, about the year 1830; they came to this vicinity with their parents and lived here until they died. They had six children, five of whom are living -- William, Jerusha, now Mrs. A. Sams, living in Kosciusko Co., Ind.; Mary, now Mrs. A. Commons, living in Kansas; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Henry Cole, in Kosciusko Co., Ind.; Catharine, now Mrs. Hashner, in Jasper Co., Iowa; all are engaged in farming. John Hazen’s parents were Samuel and Elizabeth (Dewitt) Hazen; they were natives of New Jersey; they married there, and were among the early pioneers of this locality. He was a gunsmith and did work for the early pioneers and Indians.  His wife died in this vicinity; he then went to Kosciusko Co., Ind., and lived with his daughter until his death. Mrs. Hazen’s parents were John and Catharine (Rule) Hashner; they were natives of Maryland; they were married there and came to Ohio in 1918, and settled in Richland Co., and after a few years they came to the vicinity of Mt. Gilead, where they began clearing a piece of land, and lived on the same until their death.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 537-538
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Perry Twp. –
JOHN M. HELD, shoemaker; Shaucks.  Among the successful and reliable business men of Johnsville, Mr. Held deserves more than a passing notice.  He is the son of John M. and Barbara Held (her maiden name was Duld); he was born Feb. 16, 1827, in the town of Tuttlingen Wurtemberg, Germany.  The laws of that country compel the attendance at school of all children from the age of six to fourteen; accordingly he attended the school in his native town eight years; on the completion of his studies, Mr. Held, then a youth not yet fourteen, entered the shoe shop of Peter Kuntz, for an apprenticeship of three years; here he toiled from four in the morning until twelve at night, boarding himself the first year and lodging at home during the entire period, besides paying twenty-eight dollars, all for the sake of learning a trade.  At the end of the third year, Mr. Held was employed for eighteen months as journeyman in the shop of Jacob Reichle, when the shoemakers formed a combination, agreeing to cut down prices to ten cents for making a pair of sewed boots.  Then he left the bench to work in his father’s bakery until his emigration to this country.  In the meantime, he was drafted into the army, but owing to the fact that his father, who had served his country under Napoleon Bonaparte, was getting old and feeble, and the support of the family resting largely on John M., he was exempt from service.  In 1849 he learned that a neighbor was going to the United States, whereupon he at once resolved to accompany him; accordingly they sailed from Havre, April 11, 1849, and after a stormy voyage of forty-three days, they reached New York.  He found employment at his trade in Philadelphia for two years.  During that period he formed a matrimonial alliance with Barbara Miller, a tailoress, who was born in Bornheim, Kingdom of Bavaria, on Feb. 20, 1821.  She came across the ocean with her brother in October, 1849, and they settled in Philadelphia.  After marriage, each remained in the employer’s family through the day, lodging in a room which they rented.  Some time after they removed to Mansfield, Ohio, where Mr. Held opened a shop of his own, but he only worked here eight months, removing to Johnsville in 1852, where they rented the building now used as the Miracle House, which served as shop and dwelling.  Here Mr. Held and his wife worked night after night during the first until twelve o’clock at night, she binding shoes.  In 1854 he purchased the present shop and residence fronting on Delaware Street, west of Main Street, in which he has worked at making and repairing boots and shoes for twenty-six years, building up a large trade in every kind of wear.  There you will at present find a full stock of every variety, and two competent workmen, whose long experience and well known skill gives a perfect guarantee of satisfaction, at reasonable prices.  Mr. Held has three children -- John, born Oct. 23, 1851; Sarah, Dec. 8, 1857; Frank, Feb. 5, 1866; George died when nine months old.  He has also raised in his family a nephew -- Frederick Myers, now a workman in his shop.  Mr. Held and wife hold a membership in the Lutheran Reformed Church; his business relations have been such that he never had a suit in court or before a Justice. Mr. Held came to Johnsville with nothing but a strong will and skillful bands, and through his own energy and management has attained a position among the substantial business men of the place.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 810-811
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Gilead Twp. –
H. S. HERSHEY, dealer in boots and shoes; Mt. Gilead; was born in Ontario, Richland Co., Ohio, June 19, 1852; in 1854, the family moved to Crestline, where he lived eighteen years; Mr. Hershey’s schooling was very limited, not exceeding a year and a half in all, most of his time being spent in active business, beginning at the early age of 10 as cash boy; the following year he took charge of a wagon, collecting butter and eggs in the surrounding country for some five or six years; he next engaged in the flour and feed business at Crestline, and later accepted a position in the P., Ft. W. & C.R.R. Co.’s shops; later still, in a manufacturing establishment at the same place; he next engaged as clerk with Mr. Wm. Henshue, then Newman & Reynolds, of Mt. Gilead. Mr. Hershey then entered the boot and shoe business for himself, and having a real estate business in connection with the same; he moved about, doing business in Shelby, Danville and Crestline; in January, 1880, he came to Mt. Gilead, and has determined to become permanently located, a fact well illustrated in the appearance of his store.  Sept. 4, 1873, he married Miss Florence A. Grace, of New Lisbon. They have one child -- Lula Grace.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 538
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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\
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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
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Peru Twp. –
SAMUEL HEVERLO, farmer; P. O. Ashley; was a Marylander, born April 8, 1785; came to Pickaway Co. in 1799, and to Delaware Co. in 1805, where he married Mary Smith in 1817. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and located land by the warrant which he obtained from the government. His death occurred Nov. 30, 1836. Samuel, his first child, was born Sept. 25, 1818; Ann was born Dec. 6, 1820; Almira, July 8, 1824; Harriet, June 22, 1829; Smith, June 20, 1832; William, July 1, 1834. When Samuel Heverlo was born in Berlin Tp., Delaware Co., Sept. 25, 1818, it was the blockhouse era, and when the Byxbes, of Berkshire, and the Cellars, of Liberty, were the nearest neighbors, the red man excepted. When six years old his parents settled in Peru Tp., where now is the village of West Liberty.  Aug. 29, 1848, he married Roxanna R. Grant, who was born June 22, 1831; commencing operations as a farm laborer, he applied his earnings to the purchase of land, and after some changes of real estate, settled down on what is now Longview Farm, selected for the many facilities which it afforded for the management of cattle and sheep. The principles of finance have been correctly shown in transforming the forest to a field, and pasture to gold. He has patiently and unremittingly labored, and sold stock and laid by for the evil day, should it ever come. In sheep raising he has overtaken and passed many who had considered themselves established in the business; in conjunction with his own efforts, he is nobly seconded by his son Clarence Heverlo and Isaac Heinlen, who have brought sheep raising to a high standard, both in size and quality, and made Longview Farm one of Peru’s business centers. He has but two children, Clarence F., born Feb. 28, 1852, and Cora G., Oct. 28, 1861.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 653
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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
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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
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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
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Franklin Twp. –
ENOCH HIGGINS, farmer; P. O., Pulaskiville; was born Dec. 11, 1831, in Franklin Tp., then in Knox Co., Ohio; is the fourth son of Eliza and Mary (Hart) Higgins; his father was the son of Joseph and Catherine (Hendershott) Higgins, and was born Aug. 15, 1795, in Bedford Co., Penn.; he came to this county in 1816, without capital, and worked for others until he earned money enough to buy a quarter-section of land.  He was married to Mary, a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Kearney) Hart, June 15, 1820; she was born July 24, 1799, in Bedford Co., Penn.; her parents came from Pennsylvania to Perry Tp., then in Knox Co., in the Spring of 1811, where they settled, raising a family of nine children -- William, John, Benjamin, Enoch, Levi, Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret and Sarah. The Hart family at one time fled in the night to the fort at Fredericktown; and during the panic caused by the murder of the whites at Mansfield, they fled to Waterford, and assisted in building a block-house near that place. The father of Enoch after marriage, settled on the farm where Samuel James lives; in two weeks after the first log was cut, they moved into their cabin. To use the words of the aged mother, “It had neither floors, doors, chinking, chimney nor windows, but we ate our meals from nice clean clap-boards spread upon the sleepers, and felt very Happy.”  Here they reared ten children -- Harriet, Harvey, Curtis, Ella, Monroe, Enoch, Sylvester, Mary J., Sarah E. and Elias. All are married and have families. The older Mr. and Mrs. Higgins have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church over forty years. He identified himself with the Republican party at its organization, and was an earnest supporter of its principles. He passed away peacefully Jan. 6, 1880, at the age of 84 years.  His venerable wife still lives with her youngest son in the old home. Enoch Higgins remained at home with his parents until he was 21 years of age, then rented his father’s farm for three years, and in 1855 went to Wisconsin, where he entered 160 acres of land; he then returned borne and remained until 1857, again going to Wisconsin and was there two years, building a house and improving the land which he had previously purchased, returning to the scenes of his childhood in 1859. He celebrated our nation’s Independence by his marriage to Leah Lovett, July 4, 1861. They have one son, Clinton O.  Mrs. Higgins died in Feb. 1867.  On Oct. 7, 1869, he married Mary E., a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Darner) Chambers; she was born July 7, 1846, in Harmony Tp., of this county. They have two children -- Dilla E. and Rosella. He and wife are members of the M. E. Church at Pulaskiville; he enlisted in the 136 Reg., Co. I, O. N. G., and remained in the service four months. He owns seventy acres of well improved land, earned by his own labor and enterprise.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 784-785
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Congress Twp. –
CURTIS HIGGINS, farmer; P. O., Pulaskiville. There were ten children in the Higgins family, of whom Curtis was the third; all of them are living, born of Elias and Mary (Hart) Higgins, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania -- Mrs. Higgins came out with her parents prior to the war of 1812, and settled in what is now Perry Tp.  Elias, the father of Curtis, came out shortly after the war, and was married about the year 1820, and settled in Franklin Tp.; made one move, being absent five years, but returning, located on the farm adjoining his first purchase, where he lived until his death, which occurred Jan., 1880, in his 85th year, being the first death which has occurred in the Higgins family. Curtis made his father’s house his home, until he reached his majority; March 27, 1849, was married to Mary McCracken, born in Harmony Tp. in 1827; she was a daughter of' Charles McCracken; she died March, 1866, leaving five children; seven were born -- Mary J. died in infancy; Sarah E., now Mrs. A. J. Hathaway, of Franklin Tp.; Charles died when 20 years of age; Enoch, now living in Franklin; George died when a babe; Ida and Frank at home. Mr. Higgins was married the second time to Mary Nimox; born in Pennsylvania the year 1827, and came West when she was 10 years of age. After his marriage, located on the farm he now owns. His early life was not surrounded with advantages of a literary or financial character, and he has succeeded without these. He and wife are members of the M. E. Church. He was born near Frederickton [sic], Knox Co., March 4, 1825.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p, 688
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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
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Washington Twp. –
MATTHEW HINDMAN, farmer; P. O., Iberia; was born in Savannah, Ashland Co., Ohio, April 23d, 1835; his parents were Samuel and Anna (McKeeman) Hindman.  Mr. Hindman’s ancestry is Scotch-Irish -- the paternal descent being Irish, and the maternal, Scotch.  His mother died in 1841, and with his father he came to Iberia the following winter, and here he has since resided.  He married Miss Lucinda Noble of that place in 1858, and has six children living -- Eva, Cynthia, Maggie T., Jennie P., French M. and Iva Grace.  Mr. Hindman has a fine farm of upwards of a hundred acres east of Iberia, on the Mansfield and Marion road; this farm he superintends, while he is also engaged in a Life Insurance Agency, for the Mutual Endowment and Relief Association of Cardington, of which association he is one of the directors.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 746
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Cardington Twp. –
P. H. HIRTH, barber; Cardington; was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, July 18, 1836; one of a family of six children of Conrad and Catharine Hirth, both natives of Germany. He was educated in his native country. When fourteen years of age he left his parental roof, and for two years attended school in the city of “Frankfort-on-the-Main,” pursuing the studies of anatomy and minor surgery. After this, for a period of ten years he traveled over different portions of Europe, working at the barber’s trade. In 1860 he took passage for the United States, landing at New York City May 4 of the same year. He remained in the city some six months, and then went to Easton, Pa., where he began barbering. On the breaking out of the Rebellion he espoused the Union cause, and served with distinction three year, in Battery C, 5th U. S. Artillery. He was in some of the great battles of the war, among which were Gettysburg, Spottsylvania C. H., seven days’ battle before Richmond, Chancellorsville, Fredricksburg and Coal Harbor; he was twice captured, but his bravery in both cases led to his escape. Mr. Hirth did good and gallant service for his adopted country and was respected and admired by his companions in arms. At the expiration of his term of enlistment he returned to Easton, and while there became acquainted with Miss Lizzie H. Wallace, of Morrow Co., Ohio; they were married Mch. 6, 1865, and soon after came to Cardington, where they have since resided; they have had four children born to them, one of whom in now living -- Lizzie Maud. The deceased were named Irene, Imo M., and William E.; Mr. Hirth is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows’ Societies and of the M. E. Church of Cardington. He owns a nicely improved home property in Cardington and one of the neatest and cosiest [sic] barber shops in Central Ohio.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 573-574
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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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JOSEPH HOBSON, a venerable citizen of Gilead township, Morrow county, Ohio, and for forty years identified with the ministry of the Friends’ Church, forms the subject of this article.
     Mr. Hobson’s father, Joseph Hobson, was a native of Maryland and a son of Joseph Hobson, the latter emigrating to Jefferson county, Ohio, about 1800 and making permanent settlement on a half section of land, he being one of the most prominent and influential citizens of the community.  The mother of our subject was before her marriage Miss Rebecca Talbut, she being a native of Maryland and a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Johns) Talbut.  She first came to Ohio with her brother Joseph about 1800 and settled in Jefferson county.  She and Mr. Hobson, however, were married in Pennsylvania, and they made the trip from there on horseback to Jefferson county, taking up their abode on a piece of land owned by his father in a Friends’ settlement.  There he ran a mill for a few years, and afterward removed to Stark county and settled on a piece of land his father had entered for him.  This tract he cleared up and developed into a farm, and on it he died in 1828 or ’29, leaving a widow and seven children, five sons and two daughters.  The mother kept her children together and returned with them to Jefferson county, where she bought a small farm and resided for many years.  Only two of the family are now living, Joseph and Abraham J., the latter still a resident of Jefferson county.
     Joseph Hobson was born December 14, 1818, in Stark county, Ohio, and remained with his mother until he was nineteen years of age, his educational advantages being limited to the common schools.  Leaving home, he went to Columbiana county, Ohio, and for two years cultivated a farm there on shares.  In 1842 he came to Morrow county, then a part of Marion county, making the journey here on horseback, and at that time having no capital save his willing hand.  April 27, 1842, he married Miss Amy P. Stanley, a native of Columbiana county, Ohio, born July 30, 1815, daughter of James and Rhoda (Cobbs) Stanley, her family having settled in this county in the spring of 1839.  After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hobson located on forty-eight acres of land, the property now owned by Nelson Newsom, and from there removed to his present farm in 1850.  At one time he owned 160 acres here, but has disposed of thirty acres of it.  He cleared the greater part of this farm and made all the improvements upon it, including buildings, fences, etc., and now, in their old age, he and his good wife are enjoying the fruits of their honest toil, and are surrounded with all the comforts of life.  They have had six children, four of whom are living, namely: Rhoda A. Goodman, Thomas C., Elizabeth T., and Louisa.
     As above stated, Mr. Hobson has been a minister in the Friends’ Church for forty years, and until recently he has had active work.  By his own plain, Christian life he has exemplified the truths he has so earnestly taught, and few have exerted a greater influence for good than has Joseph Hobson.  In his early life he was an Abolitionist, and took an active part in that movement.  He has always been a temperance man, and is now identified with the Prohibition party, and, indeed, throughout his whole life, his influence has ever been directed on the side of truth and right.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 407-408
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Cardington Twp. –
JOHN W. HOFF, Cardington; is a native of Harrison Co., Va., is the son of Abraham and Mary (Waters) Hoff, and was born March 10, 1834; the parents were Virginians, and the father lived there until his death, in 1839; a few years afterwards the mother married Edward Armstrong, who also died, when she came, in 1878, to live with her son, our subject; she bore her first husband four children, two of whom are yet living; our subject and his sister, Sarah C. Drury, now a resident of Linn Co., Mo.; the father was a prominent man, occupying many positions of trust, dealing extensively in stock, and was one of the largest agriculturalists in Harrison Co., Va.; the mother is yet living with her son, John W.; until the age of fourteen, our subject had received no education, but at this age he began going to school winters and working on farms summers, saving by economy sufficient money to pay his expenses for some time at the O. W. U., at Delaware, O.; he began teaching when eighteen, and has followed that calling every winter since, except two, when he was in the army; he was a member of Co. C, 145th O. V. I., and also a member of Co. K, 88th O. V. I., and served about one year; on the 9th of March, 1856, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Hull, a native of Delaware Co., O., born Dec.15, 1835; these parents have had a family of eleven children, seven of whom are living -- Mary A., Vinnie T., Zella M., Henry H., Herman C., Virginia V., Neva R., living, and Viola A., John W., Ida I., and a babe not named, deceased. Mr. Hoff owns forty acres of land in Cardington Tp., and one hundred and twenty in Benton Co., Iowa; for a number of years Mr. Hoff has dealt largely in horses, and is now one of two partners who own Forfar Chief, a full-blooded Clydesdale horse, imported from Scotland in 1874, by Rosser and Thompson, of Ontario, Canada; the horse is a dark bay, sixteen and a half hands high, and weighs 1990 lbs.; the horse in 1879 took the sweepstakes premium at the Ohio State Fair over eight competitors. Mr. Hoff is a Republican, and is a member of Cardington Lodge No. 384 F. and A. M., and Lodge No. 194 I. O. O. F.; his daughter Mary A. began teaching at the unprecedented age of thirteen years, and has since taught nine terms; she was the youngest applicant who ever received a certificate to teach in Morrow Co.; Mr. Hoff came from Muskingum to Delaware Co. in 1852, thence to Morrow Co. in 1871, and is one of the county’s best citizens.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 573
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SAMUEL HOFFMIRE, a retired farmer of Lincoln township, Morrow county, was born in Knox county, Ohio, March 24, 1824.  His father, Isaac Hoffmire, was a native of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and a son of Samuel Hoffmire, also born in that State.  He came to Knox county, Ohio, in 1810, locating on Owl Creek, four miles north of Fredericktown, where he entered land.  He was one of the earliest settlers there, and remained there until his death.  Isaac Hoffmire located on a farm a mile and a half from his father’s place, where he also departed this life.  He was of German descent.  The mother of our subject, Margaret (Packer) Hoffmire, was a Quaker by birth.  Her parents located in Richland county, Ohio, in 1810.  She was a daughter of Moses Packer, and one of her brothers was a Quaker minister.  She had three brothers who were Mormons, and participated in the Mormon massacre at Nauvoo, Illinois.  Isaac Hoffmire and wife had eight sons, namely: Luther, deceased; Samuel, the subject of this sketch; Milton, of Fulton, Morrow county; Moses, deceased; Job, who is supposed to be a resident of Oklahoma; Thomas, who died from wounds received in the late war; James, of Colorado; and Burr, who was lost in the mountains and died there.
     Samuel Hoffmire, the eldest child now living, was reared in Knox county, and received his education in the subscription schools.  During those days he had to cut his regular share of wood to keep the old school-house warm, the windows of which were made of greased paper.  His father purchased forty acres of land, except a small payment down, on credit, and they put in twenty acres of wheat, from the sale of which they received sufficient money to pay for the land.  At the age of twenty-two years Mr. Hoffmire left home and began work by the month, receiving $10 per month, for three months, after which he worked for himself at harness-making and blacksmithing.  In 1849 he came to Lincoln township, Morrow county, bought an improved farm, on credit, remaining there six years, then moved to Perry township, and then in 1858 bought an improved farm in Lincoln township, on ten years’ time, and in 1865 moved where he now lives.  During his residence in this county he has owned ten different farms.  Mr. Hoffmire began life for himself with nothing but a three-year-old colt, and he now owns forty-three acres of well-improved land, and has given too acres to his children.  In political matters, he votes the straight Republican ticket.  He served as Trustee for many rears in Lincoln township, having been first elected in 1873, and is at present Justice of the Peace.
     In November, 1847, Mr. Hoffmire was united in marriage with Catherine Carr, a native of Richland county, Ohio, and a daughter of David Carr, who came to this county before the land came into the market.  He located in the woods, and purchased a farm after the land became salable.  Her mother was formerly Sallie Fisher.  Mrs. Hoffmire was their second child, and her death occurred May, 1888, leaving three children, ––Melvina, born in February, 1849, is the wife of F. M. Carpenter, of Lincoln township; L. B., born in 1850, married Ellen Coomer; and W. T., born in 1865, married Effie DeMuth, and they reside with our subject.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 374-375
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Canaan Twp. –
ABNER HOLLINGSWORTH, farmer; P. O., Marits; was born in Center Co., Pa., June 9, 1809; is a son of Isaiah and Jane (Morrison) Hollingsworth.  Abner was the sixth of a family of ten children; his father died in Pennsylvania, in the year 1829. There being no estate to divide among the heirs, each one of the children, through the force of circumstances, were left to do for themselves. At the age of 21, Abner was married to Nancy Coleman, whose birth-place was Lycoming Co., Pa.; she was born in Feb. 1806, and is a daughter of Hugh Coleman; after their marriage he worked four years as farm laborer, and then came to Richland Co., where he was engaged in tilling the soil; in 1838, he came into this settlement, and purchased eighty acres, only five acres being cleared; but the timber soon disappeared before his ax, and it was not long ere he had a good farm, and well improved, consisting of 164 acres, which he has acquired himself, and has no one to thank for substantial favors, in the way of gifts or endowment. In 1873, while Mrs. Hollingsworth was on a visit to Iowa, she passed into the spirit land, leaving as living records behind her the following children -- Samantha, Jane E., Mary E., Coleman, George M., Hezron and Lafayette. In 1874, he was married to Mrs. Amanda Bending, whose maiden name was Wright; they have no children.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 728
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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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Perry Twp. –
G. R. HOSLER, merchant; Shaucks (Johnsville); is the fourth son of George B. and Catherine (Rorbaugh) Hosler.  He was born in this township, Oct. 3, 1834; he lived on the farm until 18 years old, when he went to Mt. Gilead as clerk in the general store of J. D. Rigor & Co.  Severing this engagement at the end of a year he became salesman in the establishment of Cooper, Eichelberger & Co. of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, for two years.  He then came home, where he remained in charge of the farm until 1860.  Then he came to Johnsville in the employ of J. J. Cover & Co., serving in the capacity of clerk until the spring of 1866, at which time he commenced business in the present room under the firm name of Hosler, Morgan & Dise.  This partnership lasted ten years, during which they did a large business.  In 1876 Morgan and Dise retired, and Mr. Hosler continues under the firm name of G. R. Hosler & Sons.  They do an extensive business in dry goods, groceries, hats, caps, boots and shoes, and drugs; they also deal largely in produce.  An experience of nearly thirty years in buying and selling goods, enables Mr. Hosler to give satisfaction to his many customers in both style and prices.  He was married to Elizabeth Shell, a daughter of Christian and Margaret (Weaver) Shell.  She was born in Nassau, Germany, Sept. 28, 1834, and came with her parents, when six years old, to America, after a voyage of forty-two days.  They settled in this township.  Mr. Hosler has a family of nine children -- Ella M. was born Aug. 25, 1855; James N., Sept. 10, 1856; Elmira E., Dec. 27, 1857; L. Roy, March 30, 1859; Frank C., Dec. 31, 1861; Alverda J., Aug. 23, 1864; M. Foye, Feb. 22, 1867; Clement L. V., April 27, 1871; C. Marshall, Oct, 21, 1873.  Our subject has been closely identified with the public interests of his township since he reached his majority; he has been Clerk eleven years, Assessor for thirteen years, and Justice of the Peace for fifteen years; also Trustee, and Enumerator foe 1880.  In every position his honesty of purpose and purity of character has won the confidence of his fellow citizens, and placed his official life above reproach.  His parents came from York Co., Penn., in the month of May, 1832, and made their settlement one-half mile northwest of the site of North Woodbury, which only contained three log huts at that time.  Here his father, George B. Hosler, bought sixty acres of land of Jacob Baker, and built a cabin.  He followed the double occupation of carpenter and cabinetmaker.  And as the early pioneer, becoming weary with the burden of years and toil, passed into that dreamless sleep that knows no waking, his handi-work furnished the burial casket, and with his four-horse wagon instead of the plumed hearse of today, they wended their sorrowful way to the silent cities of the dead.  He was a soldier in the war of 1812 under Captain May and Major Shauck.  He was Trustee of his township and an influential member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, being one of its founders, and for many years Deacon and Elder.  He and George Rule taught singing in English and German, often attending these concerts on Sabbath barefooted.  He raised six children -- Henry, Abram, Samuel, Leah, Catherine and G. R.  He died Sept. 23, 1863, aged 69 years, and the mother still lives with our subject, aged 84 years.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 809-810
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Gilead Twp. –
JUDGE HOUSE, retired, Mt. Gilead; was born in Chester Co., Pa., Jan. 8, 1798, and is the son of Francis and Mary (Loney) House; both parents were born in Pa.; his father was a chair-maker by trade, but in latter years followed farming. In about 1805 or 6, our subject with father and mother, emigrated to Ohio, and located in Jefferson county, near Mt. Vernon; his father died in Knox Co., Dec., 1843, over 69 years of age. Judge House and his brother, Nathan House, learned the house-joiner’s trade, which they followed together for a number of years. In 1828, Nathan House and Judge House commenced mercantile business two miles east of Mt. Gilead, where Nathan House carried on the business of the store, while our subject worked at the joiner’s trade, and in 1832 they moved their store to Mt. Gilead, and was at that time the third grocery store of that place. In 1833 Judge House moved. to Mt. Gilead, where he has been one of its honored citizens ever since. These brothers carried on a very large business, owning at one time a grist mill, tannery, distillery, saddle shop and store, and operating two fine farms. Nathan House died in 1845, a respected and honored citizen, leaving a wife and six children to mourn his loss. When Judge House came here he, in 1833, built his present house, which he has made his home ever since; he continued in the mercantile business until 1872, when he retired. On the organization of Morrow County, he was its Associate Judge, filling that office in 1847 and ’48 with marked ability. He was married in Mt. Vernon to Miss Mary D. Clements, of England, March 2, 1830; she came to America and located in Ohio in 1828. By this union they have four children.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 536
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Gilead Twp. –
J. C. HOUSE, flouring mill; Mt. Gilead; son of Richard House; was born in 1832, in Mt. Vernon, O., and when quite young went into his father’s flouring mill, and at the age of 16 had entire charge of the mill; three years later he became his father’s partner, the firm name being J. C. House & Co.; a few years afterwards a younger brother came into the firm, which then read J. C. & W. S. House. This partnership was dissolved in 1862, when the mill passed into the hands of J. C. House; his long experience in the business enables him to furnish a grade of flour which cannot be surpassed; is located on the Mt. Vernon road just east of Mt. Gilead.  Mr. House was united in marriage to Arrietti M. Rhodes; they have three children -- George C., born 1855; Miriam Belle, born 1857; Frederick Wilber Richard, born 1859.  Mr. House has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1838; is a Republican; he has been a member of the Board of Education and Town Council; he is liberal in his views, and an active, public-spirited man. 
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 537
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Gilead Twp. –
W. S. HOUSE, flouring-mill; Mt. Gilead; was born in Mt. Gilead, in 1837; he is the son of Richard House, further mention of whom will be found in the biography of Mrs. Clara House Talmage.  W. S. House commenced the milling business when 19 years of age, and continued until 1862, when he engaged in farming in Gilead Tp.  In 1877 he went back to the business for which he was so well fitted by early training and long experience, and since that time has been furnishing the public with the choicest brands of flour, feed, etc.; he has for a partner, Bradford Dawson, who is also a man of large experience in the business, and is, withal, a genial, whole-souled gentleman. The quality of their flour being well known in Morrow and adjoining counties, they find ready sales for the same.  Mr. House was married in 1859 to Victorine S. Barton. They had four children -- Mary C. (being the only one living), Richard, Helen, and one who died in infancy.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 536-537
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Lincoln Twp. -
SEYMOUR HOWARD, farmer; P. O., Cardington; was born in York State Jan. 3, 1823, the son of Levi and Mary (Stratton) Howard, who were natives of Rutland Co., Vt., from which place they went to York State and afterward came to Ashtabula Co., O., where they resided until 1846, when they moved into the present limits of Morrow Co. Here the father died March 28, 1852, and the mother May 28, 1857. Seymour lived with his parents until of age, receiving a common school education, when he began business for himself. He was married April 4, 1847, to Eliza Jarvis; her father was born in New York City and her mother in New York State. They went to Pennsylvania and came from there to this part of Ohio at an early period; her mother died Feb. 7, 1847, and her father in Dec. 1856. From Mr. Howard's union with Miss Jarvis there were seven children, five of whom are now dead. Those living are Eva E. and Frederick P.  He started for himself empty-handed and has made all he now possesses by industry and economy; he owns a farm of 108 acres, has held several township offices, such as justice of the peace and assessor. His wife is a member of the Christian church. Mr. Howard's father was born March 3, 1782, and his mother Sept. 14, 1780.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 765
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Congress Twp. –
W. S. HOY, Jr., farmer; P. O., Shaucks; was born July 16, 1851, in this township; his father was born in the Empire State, Sept. 25, 1805, and came to Ohio when a lad; Feb. 12, 1835, he was married to Cynthia Wallace, who was born July 4, 1816, in Madison Tp., Richland Co.; her father’s was the third family that made a settlement in Mansfield; in Aug., 1839, was the date of the arrival of William Hoy, Sr., and wife, to this township, where he bought 160 acres of land. There was a small cabin on the place, and ten acres cleared at the time of the purchase; the family have since remained on the farm; Mr. Hoy, Sr., died March 22, 1851, leaving eight children -- John, Richard, Cyrus, Edwin, Dorothy M., James, Jane E. and William S.  Five of the boys were in the late war, two of whom lost their lives -- Richard and Edwin; Richard in the hospital, and Edwin was brought home in ill health, and died seven days after, Sept. 7, 1864. John was a member of Co. E, 9th O. V. I., and was wounded at Pittsburg Landing.  Richard was in Co. G, 102nd O. V. I.; Cyrus was in Co. E, 3d Ohio Cavalry.  Cyrus and James, both of Co. 1, 136th O. N. G.  John was at one time taken prisoner, and the confederates thinking him a dangerous man (to them), sentenced him to be shot.  John, by eating a quantity of tobacco, made himself deathly sick, and they thinking he would soon die, sent him to Andersonville.  Mr. Hoy, the father of the subject, was a member of the Associate Reformed Church, and wad chorister of that body; Mrs. Hoy and W. S. are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church; W. S. and Dorothy remain with their mother on the homestead. Wm. S. is a local writer of considerable merit, and his articles are acceptably received and read with interest by the patrons of the Sentinel.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 688
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Chester Twp. –
THOMAS HUGGINS, farmer; P.O. Chesterville; is a well-to-do farmer, and is the son of John and Rebecca (Packer) Huggins. His father was born in Ireland, and came to Washington Co., Pa., when 21 years old; he there married and farmed, and worked at other labor in Columbia City; he came by team, in the spring of 1834, to Guernsey Co. They had three children -- Julian, married Asa Booher; she is deceased; Thomas and Edward, dead.  Mr. Huggins was married in that county to Nancy J., daughter of James and Eleanor (Gaston) Moore; her parents were natives of Washington Co., Pa., and early emigrated to Ohio; she was one of nine children -- James, John, Aaron, Thomas, Alexander, Lyle, Levina, Nancy J. and Elizabeth. In the spring of 1845, Mr. Huggins came to Morrow Co., his parents being old, came with him, and made his house their home until death. He bought a portion of land, and sold the same in 1863 to James M. Rood and brother, and bought 200 acres, the present farm, of William Boner; it is now well improved, and his whole possession, 212 acres; 100 acres of the said amount was once sold for a horse, saddle and bridle. This marriage has blessed him with these children -- John, deceased, Mary A., Rebecca E., William, deceased when 17, James, Thomas A. and Edward C.  Thomas A. taught school and read medicine some with Dr. Williams, at Chesterville.  Mr. Huggins has been school director and supervisor, and township trustee and justice of the peace. He cast his first vote for W. H. Harrison, and has always been an active element in the Republican party. Himself and all the family belong to the Presbyterian church, in which he has been Elder.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 603
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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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Gilead Twp. –
BENJ. HULL, retired; Mt. Gilead; was born on his father’s farm in Sussex Co., N. J., Dec. 20, 1819; when he was 5 years of age his parents moved to Knox (now Morrow) Co., Ohio, and engaged in farming near Chesterville; he accompanied his parents to Indiana, and after their death there, he, in 1839, returned to Knox Co., Ohio, and in 1840 he was apprenticed to the masons’ trade, to Mr. Joseph Beers, of Fredericktown; after three years service he came to Mt. Gilead and worked at his trade until 1874, since which time, owing to illness, he has retired, only looking after his farming interests.  Jan. 12, 1847, he married Miss Elizabeth Newson, a native of Maryland; she came to Ohio when quite young; of their three children one is living -- Alice R., now Mrs. Milton Davis, of Mt. Gilead.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 537
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BENJAMIN HULL, a man whose memory links the mystic old pioneer days with those of the period which marks the century’s end, and who is one of the oldest settlers now living in the thriving little city of Mount Gilead, Morrow county, must be granted a consistent attention in this connection.  He is one who knew much of the arduous toil and the hardships of the pioneer epoch and who has played well his part in life, never shrinking back from duty, nor from the line where industry directs the efforts of her stalwart devotees.
     The father of our subject was Mahlon Hull, who was a native of New Jersey, and a farmer by occupation.  The latter was a son of Benjamin Hull, also born in New Jersey, a representative of one of the old and prominent families of that State.  The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Eve Snook, was likewise a native of New Jersey, being the daughter of Henry Snook.
     The marriage of our subject’s parents was consummated in Sussex county, New Jersey, and there they continued to abide for several years.  In 1825 they came to Ohio and settled on a sixty-acre tract of wild and very poor beech land in Chester township, Knox county (now Morrow county).  Mr. Hull built a little log house in the woods and here established his home, remaining until he had cleared up the place, after which he sold the same, for a consideration of $500, and then removed to Indiana, settling in La Grange county, where he died, in the spring of 1839, his wife having passed away the preceding fall.  They became the parents of a family of nine children, seven of whom arc yet living: Benjamin is the subject of this review; Alice is the wife of Benjamin Thomas, of Chester township, this county; Lucinda, widow of the late Henry Keiser, is a resident of Mount Gilead; William lives in Mount Gilead; Daniel is a resident of the State of Washington; Phoebe Ann is the wife of Abram Newson, of Gilead township; Henry is deceased, as is also Alfred.
     Benjamin Hull, subject of this sketch, was born in Sussex county New Jersey, December 20, 1819, and was but five years of age when his parents removed to Ohio and located in this county.  His educational discipline was secured in the primitive log school houses of Chester township.  After the death of his parents our subject brought his younger brothers and sisters back from Indiana to this township, and, though himself but a mere boy, set valiantly to work to assist in their maintenance.  He first secured work on the farm of a Mr. Struble, remaining thus employed for four months, after which he apprenticed himself to learn the mason’s trade, with James Beers, with whom he remained three years.
     He came to Mount Gilead in 1844 and here continued to work at his trade for a full score of years.  Somewhat later he became concerned in a speculation in connection with the Ohio Central Railroad, and as a result sustained a financial loss of $1,200.  This loss was one for which he felt that he owed an expiation, and accordingly he again resumed work at his trade until he had made good the amount.  For the past fifteen years he has been retired from active business.
     In 1847 Mr. Hull was united in marriage to Elizabeth Newson, daughter of Abram Newson.  She was born in Maryland, and was an infant when her parents removed to Ohio.
     Mr. and Mrs. Hull are devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which our subject has been identified for half a century, having held prominent preferment as Steward and Class-leader.  In politics he was originally a supporter of the Democratic party, but now gives his influence and vote to the Prohibition cause, being a most earnest worker in its behalf.
     An honest man and a true one, he is held in the highest esteem in the community, where he has lived and labored for so many years.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 328-329
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Congress Twp. –
ISAAC HULL, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Northumberland Co., Pa., April 5, 1819; he was the second of a family of ten children born to Charles and Rebecca (Slack) Hull. Isaac’s father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and came West with his parents in 1828, locating on the farm now owned by William Hull; he bought 160 acres, and lived there until his death, which occurred in 1869, in his 78th year.  Isaac began for himself at he age of 15, and learned the carpenters’ trade, which he worked at for some time, when in October, 1840, he was married to Mary Finley; after which he located on ten acres of land which he had purchased in See. 22, and has since been a constant resident of the township, where his wife died July 30, 1872, leaving six children -- Elmira, Eleanor J., Zoe, John, Clara and Charles.  Elmira is now Mrs. Cristy, of Kansas.  Mr. Hull’s second marriage was to Louisa Fox, who was born in Northumberland Co., Pa.; she died Jan. 19, 1880, leaving one child, Mary B.  Mr. Hull, beginning with no resources, has become one of the most prominent farmers in the county, having over 1300 acres of excellent land, all acquired by his own industry and skillful financiering.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 688-689
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Gilead Twp. –
JOHN M. HULL, farmer; P. O. Mt. Gilead; is a native of Morrow Co., Ohio, and was born on a farm adjoining his present place, May 15, 1856; he lived at home until 21 years of age, attending district school and working on the farm; he then married Miss Ida B., daughter of Newton and Elizabeth (Nellaus) Winget; she was born in this vicinity. They have one child -- Clyde.  Mr. Hull is the son of Isaac and Mary Finley Hull, and resides on his farm, which contains 200 acres, located three and a half miles northeast of Mt. Gilead.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 538-539
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Gilead Twp. –
MILTON HULL, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born on his father’s farm in Congress Tp., Richland Co., Ohio, April 30, 1829; he lived at home until Jan. 26, 1851, when he married Miss Rachel Wink; she was born in Gilead Tp., Marion (now Morrow) Co., Ohio; after marriage he moved to a farm near Caledonia and lived there one and one-half years, when he moved to a farm on the Whetstone, and lived there about two years; he then came to his present place, which contains 150 acres, located about three miles northeast of Mt. Gilead; there were born six children, five of whom are living -- Calvin, Alfaretta, Chas. S., Tillie and Ida; his parents, Chas. and Rebecca (Slack) Hull, were natives of Penn.; they married there and came west in the fall of 1828; they came West in wagons and wintered at Kern’s Tanyard, and the following spring they located on some land about three miles northeast of Mt. Gilead, and lived there until his death. After his death Mrs. Hull moved to Williamsport, and thence to Mt. Gilead, where she died; of their eleven children, eight are living -- Isaac, Bradford, Julia Ann, now Mrs. Boxley; Jane, now Mrs. Bird; Milton, Lydia, now Mrs. Vanatta, Thomas, and Claude; all are married, and all except Thomas, live in this county; he lives in Missouri; Mr. Hull was one of the soldiers of 1812, who settled in this vicinity.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 537
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Gilead Twp. –
WM. HULL, hardware, stoves and tinware; Mt. Gilead; was born in Knox, now Morrow Co., Ohio, Oct. 29, 1830, while his parents lived on the farm near Chesterville, where they resided until 1838, when they moved to LaGrange Co., Ind., and engaged in farming; while there, his father and mother died, and after a three years’ residence, he came to Mt. Gilead, living with relatives; he attended school until he was 16 years old; he then was apprenticed to the tinner’s trade, at Mt. Vernon, to Thomas Durbin, and served with him until 1850, when he returned to Mt. Gilead, and, in partnership with Mr. Durbin, opened a tin and stove business (W. Hull & Co.). At the end of four years the business came entirely into the hands of Mr. Hull, and in 1868, he added builders’ hardware, and has continued in the trade since. In Jan. 1852, he married Miss Laura Hart; she was born in Virginia, and came to this county with her parents; his parents, Malon and Effie (Snook) Hull, were natives of New Jersey; they came west at an early day, and died as before stated.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 538
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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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Washington Twp. –
J. S. HUNTER, farmer; P. O., Iberia; was born in Troy, Richland Co., Ohio, Jan. 28, 1833.  His father, Wm. Hunter, came to Richland Co.; his mother, Miss Jane Chambers, also when young -- both from Pennsylvania.  His grandfather was engaged in the Revolutionary War, and was among the early settlers of that state.  His maternal descent is Irish.  Mr. Hunter attended the Ohio Central College in the year 1857; he taught in the common schools for three winters.  He married Miss Lizzie Story, June, 1858 (whose father was one of the earliest settlers, and still survives), and has one son and three daughters -- Loren A., 21; Etta, 19; Rennie, 17, and Maud, 14 years of age.  Mr. Hunter was in the service of his country amongst the “three-months men,” in the 136th O. V. I.  He lost his wife Jan. 11, 1872; seven years later he married Miss Carrie E. Walker.  Mr. Hunter is a farmer, well worthy the high esteem accorded to him by his fellow citizens.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 746
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Perry Twp. –
WILLIAM HUNTSMAN, farmer; P. O., Woodview; is the oldest son of Jonathan and Nancy (Wherry) Huntsman.  He was born January 25, 1817, on his present farm, where he spent his boyhood and youth amid the busy and exciting scenes of a half a century ago.  To these pioneer sons learning yielded her scantiest gifts for brief periods in winter amid the confusion of an unclassified school, but poorly taught in most cases.  Here our lad thumbed his English Reader and dog’s eared spelling book before the blazing log heap, while his back was freezing.  At twenty he began learning the carpenter trade, which he followed some three years.  June 25, 1840, he united his fortunes with Catherine Bechtel, a daughter of Martin Bechtel.  She was born January 2, 1819 in Pennsylvania, where her parents died and she came with her brother to Ohio in about 1833.  After marriage, Mr. Huntsman purchased eighty acres of his present home of his father to which he moved in June, 1840.  During his residence here he has cleared a large portion of it, and adorned it with handsome and substantial buildings.  He has a family of one son and four daughters -- Nancy J., born July 14, 1844; Mary E., March 11, 1847; Clancy, December 6, 1848; Lydia A., May 18, 1851; Minerva C., March 9, 1855.  Mr. Huntsman has been tendered positions of trust in his township, having served four terms as Trustee, and various other offices.  He early united with the Protestant Methodist Church, but in later years he united with the Evangelical Lutheran church of which he is now a devoted member, and an efficient Superintendent of the Sabbath School.  He takes a deep interest in the temperance cause, and believes the time has come for prohibiting the Rum Traffic.  His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, and came from Washington Co. of that State, and settled here in the Spring of 1816, raising his first, cabin on the 4th of July.  He had entered a quarter-section of land here in 1815; they had lived with the grandfather of our subject until his cabin was raised, when they moved in, without floors, doors or chinking; they went to Zanesville for salt and leather, and below Mt. Vernon for breadstuffs.  The wolves were plenty, and their howling at night made sleep difficult at first; he would shoot of his gun to frighten them away.  The dusky sons of the bow and arrow chased their game through the woods.  His mother often assisted in clearing, and at such times would take William, her first born, and lull him to sleep in a sugar trough.  Eight children were born to them -- William, subject of this sketch; Israel married Elizabeth Wilhelm, and is now a carriage trimmer at Mansfield, O.; Josiah married Nancy Garver, a farmer of Richland Co.; James W. married Catharine Baker, lives in Richland Co.; Noah married Rachel Rule of Polk Co., Mo., where he died in 1879; Amariah C. married Mary Culp of Richland Co., farmer on the Old Homestead; Mary J. (deceased), was wife of Peter Wirick (deceased); Sarah died at the age of twenty-two.  Four of the brothers were in the army during the late war -- Josiah, Amariah C., James W. and Noah.  The father was one of the eleven who helped to organize this township in 1817, and was elected its first Clerk, and afterwards held the offices of Trustee and Treasurer.  He taught school at Hanawalt’s Mills, among the first in old Perry Tp.  He died about 1866; and his wife, mother, of our subject, died about 1859.  William Huntsman owns three hundred acres of well improved land, the fruit of his labor.  He is breeding a fine herd of short-horn cattle from a full-blooded animal; has also a fine flock of sheep.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 811-812
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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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