BIOGRAPHIES
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HISTORY OF PICKAWAY CO., OHIO
and Representative Citizens
Edited and Compiled by
Hon. Aaron R. Van Cleaf
Circleville, Ohio
Publ. 1906
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JOHN G. HAAS Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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DAVID
HALL, one of the prominent ‘
farmers and stock-raisers of Madison township, residing
on his fine farm of 120 acres, was born in this t0wn
ship on February 28, 1865, and is a son of Peter and
Lavina (Solt) Hall.
The paternal grandfather of our subject, David Hall,
was born in Pennsylvania and ac companied his parents to
Pickaway County, Ohio. He was reared in Madison
township, but after his marriage removed to Walnut
township and developed a fine farm. Both parents
of our subject were born and reared in Pickaway County.
David Hall grew to manhood on his father’s farm
in Madison township, the family having settled here in
his boyhood. He at tended the public schools for
some years and then enjoyed the advantages offered at
the nor mal school at Lebanon, Ohio, for a time, but
ever since completing his education he has been engaged
exclusively in agricultural efforts. He owns a
large amount of excellent land, consisting of the farm
above mentioned and another which contains 121˝
acres. The latter he rents.
In 1889 Mr. Hall was married to Hattie Wilson,
who is a daughter of the late John Wilson, of
Madison township, and they have two sons, Clarence D.,
who was born June 16, 1896, and Robert R., who
was born Feb. 28, 1899.
Mr. Hall is a stanch supporter of the Democratic
party. He is one of the leading members of Trinity
Lutheran Church, at Marcy. He is one of the
township’s reliable, honorable men and a thoroughly
representative citizen.
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Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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DR.
CHARLES H. HAWKES was a native of Massachusetts,
being born at Charlemont. His education was
received in Middlebury, Vermont, and at the Berkshire
Medical College, from which he was graduated in the
class of 1845. He began to practice at Tarlton,
Pickaway County, in 1847, and the next year came to
Circleville and became a partner of Dr. Marcus Brown.
This association continued only a year, after which he
practiced alone until 1873, when his brain became
affected by a disease which caused his death, in1878. He
was placed successively in asylums at Dayton, Athens and
Columbus, at which latter place he died. One of
the most costly and beautiful monuments in Forest
Cemetery marks his resting-place. Dr. Hawkes
was married in 1867 to Alice Piper. Their
home was one of the landmarks of the old circle, a
charmingly situated brick house, standing diagonally to
Franklin street, the tearing down of which in 1905
removed almost the last remnant of that peculiar
conformation, to which the town owes its name.
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JEREMIAH HALL Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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PETER HALL Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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MADISON HAMMEL, M. D. Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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CHRISTOPHER C. HANAWALT Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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ROBERT EMMETT HARMOUNT Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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GEORGE W. HARTMAN Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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W. B. HASWELL Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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WILLIAM COLBERT HATFIELD Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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J. G. HAYS Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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HENRY ALLEN HEDGES Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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HENRY N. HEDGES, SR. Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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WILLIAM HEDGES Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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DANIEL L. HEFFNER Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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GEORGE W. HEFFNER, M.D. Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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HENRY R. HEFFNER Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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LAFAYETTE HEFFNER Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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E. L. HEIM Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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JOHN L. HEISE Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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CLIFFORD HEISKELL Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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JOHN HEISKELL & SON Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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ELMER HELWAGEN Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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J. H. HELWAGEN Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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JACOB M. HENSEL Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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C. D. HESS Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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JOHN HIATT Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HILL Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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EZRA FLORENCE HILL Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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HENRY HILL Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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JOSHUA HILL Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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ROBERT C. HILL Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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WILLIAM C. HILLS Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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FRANCES J. HINES Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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JACOB HINES Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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JOSEPH BENTON HINES Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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MELVEN HINSON Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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ROBERT
MATHIAS HIPSHER, a prominent and substantial
farmer of Washington township, the owner of 752 acres of
valuable land, was born in Madison township, Fairfield
County, Ohio, Oct. 10, 1833, and is a son of John and
Elizabeth (Young) Hipsher.
John Hipsher was born at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
and came to Ohio with his parents when two years of age.
His father, Mathias Hipsher, entered land in
Madison township, Fairfield County, and that remained
the homestead. Elizabeth (Young) Hipsher,
the mother of Robert M. Hipsher, was reared near
what is now known as Clear Port, Madison township,
Fairfield County, and was a daughter of Robert Young,
a pioneer of that county. On the paternal side
Robert M. Hipsher comes of German ancestry and on
the maternal is of English descent. On Oct. 1,
1851, John Hipsher left Fairfield County, Ohio,
accompanied by his family, for Effingham County,
Illinois. There he bought a farm of 640 acres of
which both he and his wife died.
Robert M. Hipsher accompanied his parents to
Illinois but remained there only a short time.
After his return to Ohio he spent one __ in Hocking
County and in 1853 he was married to Sarah Chambers,
a daughter of Alexander Chambers. The
latter owned a farm of __2 acres in Washington township,
Pickaway county, on which he never lived and which is
now the home of our subject, having been purchased by
him at $3 per acre. Mr. Chambers spent his
whole life on his farm of 300 acres in Hocking County.
After his marriage, Mr. Hipsher, with his wife,
removed to Illinois, where they lived for several years.
Mr. Hipsher's total residence in Illinois
comprised about four years. Upon returning to
Ohio, they lived on the Chambers homestead in
Hocking County for two years.
In 1857 they came to their present farm, which, at that
time, was heavily timbered. They lived for a time
in a log cabin and while Mr. Hipsher was clearing
the land and getting it under cultivation, the family
saw something of pioneer life. Subsequently the
old log cabin was torn down and a comfortable frame
dwelling took its place. Mr. Hipsher is one
of the largest landowners in his vicinity, his property
being divided into six separate farms, each one of which
has certain claims to excellence. There is one
tract of 402 acres, which is divided into three farms,
which were originally to George Hoffman farm, the
Daniel Heffner farm and the home place. He
also owns 165 acres near Oakland, in Fairfield County,
50 acres near Lancaster, in Bern township, Fairfield
County, and 137 acres in Hocking County. He has
carried on general farming operations on his home place
and has satisfactorily rented his other properties.
He has expended a large amount of money in making
excellent improvements.
Mr. and Mrs. Hipsher have had four children, as
follows: Malissa, Jennie, Drusilla and
Rhoda. Malissa married Samuel Heffner
and at her death, in July, 1905, left three of her four
children, viz.: Sarah, who married Elmer
Coffman and has one child, Sarah Jane, born
in July, 1898; Flora, who married George Wolf;
and Weldon. Jennie Hipsher married
Simon Barr. Drusilla married Ananias Morris,
of Circleville. Rhoda remains at home with
her parents. The family is one of the most highly
respected in Washington township.
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Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
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GAY L. HITLER, D. D. S. Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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GEORGE W. HITLER Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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NELSON HITLER Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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THOMAS LUDWIG HITLER Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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AMOS HOFFMAN Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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ANDREW HOFFMAN Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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FRANK HOFFMAN Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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GEORGE L. HOLDERMAN Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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GEORGE W. HOLDERMAN Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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JOHN S. HOLDERMAN Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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SAMUEL H. HOLLIDAY Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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A. W. HOLMAN, M. D. Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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JACOB
LUTHER HOOVER, a representative agriculturist of
Walnut township, who resides on his excellent farm of 40
acres, which is situated in section 5, range 21, was
born on his father's farm about a quarter of a mile
south of his present residence, on Dec. 30, 1852.
He belongs to one of the pioneer families of this
section, and is a son of Christian and Margaret
(Tritch) Hoover.
The Hoover family came to Ohio from Virginia.
The great-grandparents of Jacob L. Hoover were
George and Martha Hoover, who were natives of the
Old Dominion, where the greater part of their lives was
spent. In age they joined their son Jacob
in Ohio, where they died.
Jacob Hoover, the grandfather of Jacob L.
Hoover, was born in Pendleton County, Virginia, and
was the pioneer of the family in Ohio. He settled
on a quarter-section of land in Walnut township,
Pickaway County, to which he added other tracts,
developed a farm here, he died at the early age of 47
years, on July 30, 1825. In Virginia he married
Magdalena Ruhlman and when he came to Ohio they had
two children.
Christian Hoover, son of Jacob and father
of Jacob L. Hoover, was born in Walnut township,
Pickaway County, Ohio, where he died Mar. 13, 1889, aged
77 years. He not only kept his father's farm
intact but added to it and at the time of death owned
320 acres He married Margaret Tritch, who
was born and reared in Maryland. She died July 11,
1874, aged 53 years. Her father was William
Tritch. Both her parents died in Maryland.
Christian Hoover and wife had eight children, namely:
Mrs. Emeline Knepper who lives on a farm adjoining
that of Jacob L. Hoover; Madison R., who
married Malinda Robinson and resides at Columbus,
Ohio; Willis E., who married Sophronia Noecker
(now deceased) and resides in Ashville; Mrs. Nancy J.
Strouse, who lives on part of the original farm;
Jacob Luther; Peter E., who married Olive
Scothorn and died in November, 1902; and Mary E.
and Clara C. who live in Ashville.
Jacob L. Hoover was reared in Walnut township.
After completing the district school course, in 1874 he
went to the normal school at Worthington, Ohio, and for
the following 16 years taught in Pickaway and Fairfield
counties.
In 1877 Mr. Hoover was married to Mary Snyder,
a daughter of Adam Snyder, of Fairfield County,
and a granddaughter of Rev. Joseph A. Roof.
She died in 1883. Mr. Hoover was married
(second) to Emma J. Scothorn, on Sept. 12, 1888.
She is a daughter of Monroe Scothorn, of Pickaway
County, and was born Oct. 27, 1863. Mr. and
Mrs. Hoover have one child, Ira Morrison, was
born Oct. 19, 1889.
Mr. Hoover is a member of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church at St. Paul, of which he is treasurer
and in which he has been deacon and steward. He is
one of the directors of the Reber Hill Cemetery.
For three years he was president of the School Board of
Walnut township.
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Edited and Compiled by
Hon. Aaron R. Van Cleaf.
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LEWIS C. HOOVER,
a prominent citizen and extensive farmer and
stock-raiser of Pickaway County, whose beautiful home,
known as "Woodside Farm," is located in Harrison
township, served the county through two terms as
sheriff, his second term expiring in 1905. Mr.
Hoover was born July 10, 1848, in Walnut township,
Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a son of Jackson and
Elizabeth (Scothorn) Hoover.
The paternal grandparents
of Mr. Hoover came to Pickaway County from
Virginia in 1805, and settled in what is now known as
Walnut township. The old brick home is owned by a
brother of our subject. The maternal grandparents
came here from Pennsylvania, settling as pioneers in
this section. Their names were Joseph and
Hannah Scothorn and they were as widely known as
were teh Hoovers, for those sterling qualities
which have been transmitted in large measure to their
descendants.
Jackson Hoover, father of Lewis G., was
born in Walnut township, Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1820,
and in 1849 moved across Walnut Creek and settled in
Harrison township. He became one of the leading
men in his community. In 1860 he was elected land
assessor for Harrison township and in 1869 he was
elected, on the Democratic ticket, county commissioner
of Pickaway County and served in this office
satisfactorily through two terms. For 25 years he
was township trustee and then refused to serve longer.
His death took place at the home of our subject, at
Circleville, in August, 1905, in his 85th year. He
was wonderfully preserved in mind and body until he
suffered from an accident which was the real cause of
his death. He married Elizabeth Scothorn,
who was born in Walnut township and died in 1897 at the
age of 77 years. They had seven children, namely:
Sophronia, who died at the age of 15 years;
Ivy, who died aged three months and was the first
person buried in the Hoover and Scothorn
Cemetery; Lewis G., of this sketch;
Monroe, a resident of Columbus; Sarah, who
died aged 17 years: Nancy, wife of A. B.
Whitehead, residing near Ashville; and Francis W.,
who resides with our subject.
Lewis C. Hoover was reared on the home farm and
received his education in the local schools. Until
he entered into active political life, his time was
engaged in farming, saw milling and running a threshing
machine. In 1880 he was elected laud assessor and
his services were so satisfactory that in 1890 he was
reelected to this office. For a number of years he
served as township clerk. He has always been
closely identified with the Democratic party and in 1900
he was elected on that ticket sheriff of Pickaway
County. No better sign of appreciation could have
been shown by his party and his fellow citizens, than
his second nomination and his subsequent reelection.
He served as sheriff until 1905.
Mr. Hoover was united in marriage with
Hannah Brintlinger, a daughter of Thomas
and Harriet Brintlinger, of Harrison township.
They have two daughters - Harriet Elizabeth
and Alma I. The family occupy a beautiful
home and take part in the social life of the
neighborhood.
Mr. Hoover belongs to Palmetto Lodge, I. O. O.
F., at Ashville, Ohio. He is one of the
representative men of Pickaway County. A group
picture of the Hoover family accompanies this
sketch. Elsewhere in this work is shown a view of
Mr. Hoover's home.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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WILLIAM MADISON
HOOVER, who has resided on his
present homestead in Harrison township, for more than 40
years, is the owner of a farm of 121˝
acres about two and one-half miles northeast of
Ashville, on Walnut Creek. Until 1903 he was
actively engaged in farming, and was one of the
leading hog-growers of Pickaway County, but is now
chiefly engaged in the sale of fertilizers and wire
fencing. The homestead, which was originally
settled by a Mr. Cummings was purchased by
our subject's father in the last year of the Civil War;
but all except 20 acres of the Walnut Creek farm was
purchased from the proceeds of our subject's hog raising
business.
William M. Hoover was born in Harrison township,
Pickaway County, Ohio, on a farm near his present
homestead, Aug. 10, 1854, being a son of Jacob and
lvy (Kyles) Hoover. The father was a native of
Walnut township, this county, born Dec. 20, 1824, and
spent an unobtrusive, honest life in farming; he is
deceased, as well as the mother, who was born Sept. 29,
1828, and died Apr. 13, 1864. To the union of
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hoover were born 10 children.
namely: Samuel H., Sarah A., Hannah J., William
Madison, James H., Phoebe Elizabeth, Harriet, Susannah
Emma, George B. and a child that died in
infancy. George Hoover, the
grandfather of our subject. took up land in Walnut
township at a very early day, when the county was
covered with wide-extending and mighty forests.
William M. Hoover attended the common schools of
his native county, was trained in the common-sense
methods of the practical farmer, and has profited by
both his education and his early training. He
acquired property and an honorable standing as a
citizen, and on Dec. 9, 1875, was united in marriage
with Margaret Arbaugh, daughter of John and
Nancy Arhaugh, residents of Harrison township.
The parents of Mrs. Hoover were natives of Vinton
County, this State, and in 1858, when she was two years
of age, migrated to Pickaway County.
To Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hoover have been born
10 children. viz.: Ollie E. born Oct. 13, 1876;
Herbert, born Jan. 29, 1879, who died June 29,
1885; Walter J., born July 2, 1881, engaged in
farming north of Ashville, who married Edith J. Berry,
of Harrison township; John Herschel, born
July 24, 1883, who married Jessie Hickman,
of Columbus, and resides in Ashville; Claude and
Maude (twins), born Sept. 27, 1887; Herman
and Thurman (twins), born Mar. 29, 1890, the
former of whom died July 4, 1890, and the latter, July
7, 1890; Lulu N. born Nov. 12, 1891; and
James Robert. born Jan. 13, 1894.
Since his marriage, Mr. Hoover has resided on
the homestead which he now occupies. As a stanch
Democrat he has been active in the politics of the
county, and has served for 12 years as trustee of
Harrison township. As to his fraternal relations.
he is a member of the Knights of Honor. Mrs.
Hoover is a member of the United Brethren Church, at
Ashville.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens,
Edited and Compiled by
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JEREMIAH
B. HORNBECK, proprietor of the "Yellow Bud Farm,"
a large estate situated in Jackson township on the
Dawson turnpike, three and a half miles northeast of
Williamsport, is one of the leading citizens of this
section. He was born in Deer Creek township,
Pickaway County, Ohio, June 17, 1850, and is a son of
Cyrus and Jane (Baker) Hornbeck.
The Hornbeck family is a very old one in
Pickaway County, the grandfather of our subject,
Simon Hornback, having been born in Deer Creek
township, on his father's farm. The latter was of
German descent and spoke that language. It is
likely he was a Pennsylvanian and one of the earliest
settlers along Deer Creek. Simon Hornbeck
spent his entire life in Deer Creek township, where he
owned 100 acres of land. He is represented as
having been a man of great physical development six feet
in height and of athletic build. He was well known
as a hunter and often went with the Indians of this
locality on hunting trips in the forest. He won
the esteem of the savages through fair dealings with
them, and no record is found that they proved other than
trustworthy. He was a great church man and was one
of the founders of the Christian Church in Deer Creek
township. He lived to the age of 80 years.
Cyrus Hornbeck, son of Simon and father
of our subject, was born in Deer Creek township, where
his whole busy, useful life was spent and where he died
on Christmas Day, 1886, aged 68 years. He was a
man of large means and invested much money in land, at
one time being the owner of 800 acres. This was
the home farm, a fertile tract all in one body, in Deer
Creek and Jackson townships. He was a very
successful farmer and devoted his entire life to
agricultural pursuits. A great part of the immense
body of land he cleared himself; some of it was
originally covered with heavy timber. Mr.
Hornbeck voted, in early life, with the Whig party,
and later with the Republicans, but he would not, under
any consideration, accept office. In him the
Christian Church found a liberal supporter - he was one
of the local preachers in this religious body.
When the proposal came to erect the present church
edifice, he made a contribution of $1,000.
Cyrus Hornbeck married Jane Baker, who
was born near Clarksburg, Deer Creek township, Oct. 18,
1819, and died Feb. 5, 1891, aged 72 years. She
was a daughter of James and Mary Baker, and a
niece of Mackey Baker, was a wealthy stock-raiser
of Deer Creek township. Cyrus Hornbeck and
wife had nine children, as follows: Ira,
deceased; Marvin, who married Mary Keys
and is now deceased; Sarah; Mary, who married
Jarret Rector, of Chillicothe; Jeremiah B.,
of this sketch; Oliver B., of Williamsport, who
married Mary Yates; Mrs. Henry Galbreth, a widow,
residing at Mount Sterling; Edgar C., of Mount
Sterling, who married Ella Hunsicker; and Etta,
of Mount Sterling.
Jeremiah B. Hornbeck remained on the home farm
until his marriage and then settled on 100 acres of his
present farm, which his father gave him. He has
made all the modern improvements which make it one of
the township's fine farms, at various times having also
added to its extent. He purchased 80 adjoining
acres and in the spring of 1905 he bought 75 more and
has 255 acres in one body of land, this comprising his
home place. He also owns a farm of 118 acres in
Perry township and another, of 114 acres, in Monroe
township. He rents two of his farms and operates
the rest of his land in general farming and
stock-raising. The homestead of Mr. Hornbeck
is known as the "Yellow Bud Farm," being named for the
stream of that name which flows through his land,
draining it and making it well adapted to both farming
and stock-raising. It borders one of the leading
highways of the county - the Dawson turnpike.
This farm is within easy distance of two towns,
Williamsport being but three and a half miles to the
southwest, and Circleville being within eight miles and
a half. This farm is widely known for its fine
grade of stock.
On Jan. 17, 1884, Mr. Hornbeck was married to
Theresa E. Phillips. She was born in Monroe
Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, Sept. 7, 1850 and is a
daughter of Daniel Ryan and Nancy (Outen) Phillips.
The parents of Mrs. Hornbeck were born and
married in Delaware. In 1833 they located in
Monroe township, Pickaway County, where they spent the
rest of their lives. The children of Mr. and
Mrs. Phillips were: Maria Elizabeth, who
married A. J. Walston - both recently deceased;
Kendall, David I. and Rev. Charles A., all
of whom served in the Civil War; Mary A., who
married George Betts, of Deer Creek township;
Sarah Jane, deceased, who was the wife of Jacob
Terflinger, of Monroe township; Amanda who
died in 1902 at the home of our subject; Alice Bell,
deceased in infancy; and Theresa E., who is the
wife of our subject. The three soldier brothers of
Mrs. Hornbeck are dead. Kendall enlisted
from Pickaway County, in Company E, under Captain
Abraham, in the 114th Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., as
did his brother David I., and both died at
Vicksburg. Rev. Charles A. was a minister
in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He enlisted in
the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., and died soon after
returning from his army service. Many years have
passed since these loyal hearts have rested under their
coverlet of green, their life-work finished, but they
are not forgotten.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hornbeck are:
Ella N., a talented young lady who is under
instruction at the Capital College of Oratory and Music,
at Columbus; and Blanche, who attends school at
Williamsport.
Mr. Hornbeck has always been a Republican,
imbibing the principles of this party in his youth.
He has been a very prominent factor of the party in his
locality for many years, and has served on numerous
occasions as a delegate to county, district, State and
congressional conventions. He possesses every
qualification for holding high position, but has worked
harder for others than he has for himself. He is
at present committeeman for the south precinct, which
carries with it a large degree of influence.
Fraternally Mr. Hornbeck is a Mason, one of the
leaders in the lodge at Williamsport. He is a
member of the Christian Church at that place also and
lives up to what have been the convictions of his family
for generations, both in political and religious life.
In every way he stands as one of the representative
citizens of Jackson township, one who for years has
forwarded all laudable public movements and with purse
and influence has assisted in the development of this
part of hte county along agricultural and educational
lines.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 574 |
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DANIEL EBERT HOSLER Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 626 |
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JAMES R. HOTT Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 455 |
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WILLIAM HENRY HOTT Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 807 |
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HENRY S. HULSE Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 722 |
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ISAIAH HULSE Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 866 |
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JAMES R. HULSE Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 876 |
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VAN METER STIPP HULSE Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 547 |
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WILLIAM A. HULSE Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 452 |
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ELKANAH HUMBLE Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 601 |
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J. D. HUMMEL Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 591 |
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GEORGE P. HUNSICKER Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
Page 867 |
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