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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio
Chicago:
Inter-State Publishing Co.
1884
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ELI HALTERMAN, son of Levi
Halterman, was born Apr. 28, 1843, in Jackson
County, Ohio, where he was reared on the farm and
educated in the common schools. Oct. 28, 1861, he
enlisted in Company F, Fifty-third Ohio Infantry, and
participated in many hard-fought battles. He
received a severe wound at the battle of Kenesaw
Mountain, June 27, 1864, which unfitted him for active
duty till the following September, when he returned to
his regiment and served till the war closed, when he was
honorably discharged, Aug. 12, 1865. He was
married Nov. 12, 1865, to Mary E. Albin of Pike
County. Nine children have been born to this
union, of whom eight are living - Ida E.,
William T., Oscar E., George N., Orpha M.,
Armina F., Ollie D. and Myrtie N.
Minnie L. is deceased. Mr. Halterman
has a good farm of eighty-four acres of improved land.
He is a member of Barnes Post, No. 280, G. A. R.
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GEORGE L. HAYS was born Sept. 27,
1834, in Pike County, Ohio, a son of James and
Margaret Hays, who were natives of Virginia,
of German and Irish descent. They moved to
Ohio and lived in Pee Pee Township till the father died,
June 22, 1856. The mother is still living at
Waverly, Ohio, aged seventy-seven years. Our
subject followed farming till1882, when he sold his farm
and engaged in the hardware business. He soon
built the Piketon Roller Mills, of which he is yet
proprietor. In July, 1862, he enlisted in Company
B, One Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio Infantry, as a
private under his brother, Captain W. C. Hays.
He was commissioned Second Lieutenant Dec. 6, 1862, and
Sept. 16, 1863, was made First Lieutenant. He
participated in a number of battles, and was mustered
out at Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 12, 1865. He was
married Aug. 6, 1856, to Emily, daughter of
Joseph and Matilda Coleman, who are of German
descent. They have had twelve children, five now
living - Margaret, George, Emma, Hattie, Lizzie,
and four who died in infancy. Mr. Hays has
passed all the chairs, and is now Treasurer of Piketon
Lodge No. 223, I. O. O. F. He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church and Superintendent of the
Sabbath-school.
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HARRISON J. HAYES, son of
Samuel and Elizabeth (Meek) Hayes, was born
Saturday, Sept. 8, 1838, in Ross County, Ohio, eight
miles southwest of Chillicothe. His father, a
native of Maryland, was born July 5, 1790; his mother, a
native of Virginia, was born Sept. 11, 1792. His
parents were married in Virginia, Aug. 20, 1810, ad
shortly afterward settled in the northern part of Ohio.
His father was in the war of 1812. In about 1820
they removed to Ross County, Ohio, and in 1854 to Pike
County, one and a half miles north of Waverly, where his
mother died Feb. 26, and his father Mar. 12, 1857.
They had a family of fourteen children -
Mary, born Sept. 18, 1811; John E., Apr. 28,
1814; Susana, Dec. 2, 1815; Elizabeth,
Sept. 20, 1817; Joseph, Sept. 11, 1819;
William, June 21, 1821; Margaret Ann, Aug.
22, 1823; Robert M., Sept. 23, 1825; Samuel M.,
Nov. 28, 1827; Allen D., June 13, 1830;
Thomas, May 17, 1832; Sarah Jane, Mar. 31,
1833; James M., Feb. 27, 1835, and Harrison J.,
Sept. 8, 1838. John E., William, Margaret A.,
James M. and Harrison J. are the only ones
now living. The latter, H. J. Hayes, was
reared on a farm eight miles southwest of Chillicothe,
Ohio. He was married on Thursday, Dec. 15, 1859,
at Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio, by Sylvester Bacon,
a Justice of the Peace, to Sarah Jane, daughter
of Enos and Susana (Meighen) Rinehart and settled
in Ross County, eight miles south of Chillicothe, on a
farm. In 1862, he removed to Macon County, Ill.,
and in 1865 returned to Ross County and bought property
in Adelphi, eighteen miles northwest of Chillicothe,
remaining there till the spring of 1869, when he removed
to a farm in Pike County, five miles northeast of
Waverly. The next spring he went again to Illinois
(Piatt County), remaining there until 1873, when he
returned to Ross County, Ohio, and bought a farm and in
connection with farming carried on a grocery on the
farm. Dec. 3, 1878, he moved to Waverly, Pike
County, Ohio, where he has since resided, engaged in the
mercantile and lumber business. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes
have had a family of eleven children -
Mary Etta, born Friday, Aug. 16, 1861, in Ross
County, Ohio; John Rinehart, born Tuesday, Oct.
7, 1862, in Ross County, Ohio, died Mar. 26, 1872, in
Piatt County, Ill.; William Enos, born Saturday,
Mar. 19, 1864, in Macon County, Ill., died Dec. 12,
1865, in Ross County, Ohio; Susana Elizabeth,
born Thursday, Jan. 18, 1866, in Ross County, Ohio;
James Allen, born Monday, Dec. 9, 1867, in Ross
County, Ohio; Sarah Jane, born Thursday, Feb. 3,
1870, in Pike County, Ohio; Rosa Belle, born
Sunday, Apr. 28, 1872, in Piatt County, Ill., died Aug.
27, 1872, in Piatt County, Ill.; Iantha Ann born
Thursday, Apr. 2, 1874, in Ross County, Ohio;
Florence Alice, born Sunday, Dec. 31, 1876, in Ross
County, Ohio; Eli Horatio, born Saturday, May 24,
1879, in Pike County, Ohio; Ida May, born
Thursday, June 16, 1881, in Pike County, Ohio.
Mrs. Hayes' parents were married May 11, 1827, in
Guernsey County, Ohio.
Her father, a son of Samuel and Armalia Rinehart,
was born Apr. 3, 1808, in Greene County, Pa. Her
mother, a daughter of John and Christena (Watters)
Meighen, was born June 16, 1808, in the same State.
Their children were -
Samuel E., born Apr. 2, 1828; Abigail, born
Aug. 24, 1829; Jane E., born Aug. 7, 1831;
Louisa, born June 26, 1833; Levi, born Jan.
31, 1835; Ezerias, born Dec. 28, 1836; Enos,
born Mar. 6, 1839; Sarah Jane, born June 12,
1841; William Israel, born Apr. 15, 1854;
Susana, born May 2, 1845; Nancy Jane, born
Mar. 23, 1847; Mary Ann, born July 21, 1849;
Ether Linda, born Apr. 22, 1851; Robert Hayes,
born Jan. 6, 1855.
Source: History of Lower Scioto
Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1884 - Page 759 |
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GEORGE HAYNES was born in
Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1806. His father, one of the
earliest pioneers of that place, settled there in 1800.
He was by trade a blacksmith, and did the iron work on
the old covered bridge over the Scioto River on the
Chillicothe and Adelphia turnpike. When George
was six years old his father moved into the country in
Springfield Township. In 1832 he married
Isabelle Nichols. To them were born eleven
children - Henry, married Miss Karshner;
Amanda, now Mrs. Milton Jones; John,
married Rosa Cissna; Eliza, now Mrs. David
Jones; Mary, now Mrs. Benjamin Lytle; Rose,
now Mrs. Wesley Orr; Ellen, now Mrs. David
Allen; George W., married Rebecca Cryder; Joseph;
Martha, now Mrs. Terwilliger, and Wood.
John is the only representative residing in Pike
County. He is a Republican in politics, and is a
man interested in all educational and public interests.
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OSCAR OLIVER HAZELBAKER, second
son of Joseph and Harriet (Collings) Hazelbaker,
was born June 7, 1862, in Adams County, Ohio. He
was reared principally on a farm, and spent some time on
the Ohio on a steamer with his father. He was
driver on the Ohio Canal three years, after which he was
engaged three years in James Hall's store at the
mouth of Brush Creek, Scioto County. He then
engaged in agricultural pursuits till 1879. He was
educated at the common schools and attended the graded
schools at Waverly one term. In 1872 he removed
with his father to Latham, and since 1880 has
been engaged in teaching. March, 1883, he was
elected to his present position of Clerk of Mifflin
Township.
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HALLAM HEMSTEAD, SR., deceased,
was born in New London, Conn., July 23, 1796. June
10, 1802, his father left New London, and Aug. 8, landed
at Marietta, Ohio. He was by trade a rope-maker.
He represented his fellow citizens in the Legislature at
Chillicothe in 1805, and in 1808 or 1809 was elected
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. In 1810 he
removed to Cincinnati and was in business with a distant
relative named L'Homedieu for a few months, when
he removed about a mile above Maysville, where his wife
died and he married his second wife, Elizabeth Slight.
He afterward removed to New York, where he lost his
second wife, and then to Portsmouth, where he died in
1834, aged seventy-one years. In 1813 our subject
was hired as a clerk in the warehouse of J. H.
Thornton, who was then a Government agent for
receiving munitions of war, provisions, etc., for the
war between this country and Great Britian.
In the spring and summer of 1814 he worked at
brick-making, and the next year was employed as
assistant to J. R. Turner, Clerk of the Court of
Scioto County, and Nov. 15, 1815, came to Piketon.
He then clerked for Robert Lucas and
Captain Cissna till the latter part of 1821,
and Jan. 17, 1822, he was appointed Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas and Recorder of the county. He
held the office of Clerk till Aug. 31, 1843, and that of
Recorder till Oct. 1, 1842. He was also Clerk of
the Supreme Court several years, serving till the fall
of 1843, when he was elected Treasurer of the county,
continuing in the latter office till June, 1861.
His first official act was to issue himself a license to
marry Mary H. B. Cissna, by whom he had seven
children - Charles E., Clarissa, Henry, Hallam,
Orlando P., George C. and Giles. His
wife died Mar. 5, 1859. In the fall of 1852 he
went into the boot and shoe business, in which he
continued till 1861. In April, 1858, he was
elected Justice of the Peace of Seal Township, and in
1859-'60 was Mayor of Piketon. In October, 1860,
he was elected Probate Judge of Pike County, and served
one term. June 15, 1861, as Judge of Probate, he
again issued himself a license of marry, and on the 16th
was married to Mrs. Amanda V. Chapman. Judge
Hemstead was appointed Postmaster by President
Lincoln in 1865, an office he held till his death.
He was very industrious, and correct in all his business
transactions. His father was a "Jeffersonian" in
the latter's youthful days, and he himself voted for
Andrew Jackson on his first election, but in 1829
voted against him. On the organization of the Whig
party he allied himself with it, but after its
dissolution acted with the Republican party till after
the war. He judge the policy of that party on
Reconstruction was wrong and withdrew his support of it,
but the summer prior to his death expressed his
abhorrence of the policy of the Democratic party and
withdrew from politics. Judge Hemstead was
a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He was not demonstrative, but was nevertheless a man of
deep faith. He died Dec. 9, 1869, and in his death
Pike County lost one of her most substantial citizens.
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GEORGE HENRY was born near
Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 8, 1821, a son of Robert and
Margaret (Wilbern) Henry the former a native of
Philadelphia, Pa., and the latter of Maryland.
He was reared from his ninth year in Clinton County.
He remained with his father till he was twenty-one years
old, when he began to work on a farm for $8 a month and
his board. At the age of twenty-two he began to
learn the trade of a brick-layer, at which he worked ten
years. He then went to Illinois, where he bought
and herded cattle about two years, this proving a very
successful enterprise. He invested $1,500 in
cattle, and by careful management doubled his money at
the end of two years. In 1855 he and his brother
went into the grocery business under the firm name of
J. & G. Henry, which they carried on till 1863,
since when his brother James has continued
it alone. In 1868 our subject moved to Piketon,
Pike County, and in the fall of 1869 moved to Waverly.
He is now engaged in the grocery business besides having
a farm one and a half miles from Waverly. The farm
was in a very poor condition, and was purchased at the
appraisement. After coming into possession of it
Mr. Henry began making improvements and invested
considerable means on it, and to-day it is one of the
finest farms in the valley. He was married in May,
1862, to Harriet F., daughter of Peirre Nolind,
a former old resident of Pike County. They have
two children living - Luella and Leroy.
One child died in infancy. Robert Henry was a tin
and copper smith until he moved to Ohio in 1828.
He then followed farming till his death in 1865.
His widow is still living at Reesville, Clinton Co.,
Ohio, aged eighty-seven years. They had nine
children, of whom four sons and two daughters are still
living.
Source: History of Lower Scioto
Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co.
- 1884 - Page 760 |
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GRANVILLE C. HIBBENS was born in
Pee Pee Township, Pike County, Feb. 14, 1830. His
father, James R. Hibbens, was born Feb. 13, 1800,
in Greenbrier County, Va., and when eight years old
moved with his parents to Pennsylvania, and a year later
came to Ohio and settled in Ohio near Richmond Dale,
Ross County. In 1828 he married Mary,
daughter of Abraham Chenoweth, one of the first
settlers in this locality His parents were poor so
he was obliged to work, and in this way educated himself
till he was qualified to teach. After his marriage
he commenced farming, and about 1835 moved to Waverly
and began the mercantile business, which he followed
nearly twenty-five years. In 1845 he bought a farm
of 217 acres, below Waverly, and after retiring from
business moved to it, when he spent the rest of his
life. He died Mar. 20, 1879, his wife having died
May 10, 1877. They reared a family of five
children - Granville C., Samuel R., Abraham, Rebecca
Ann, wife of David Downing of Peoria, Ill.,
and William, who was killed in the late war at
the battle of Winchester. Granville C. Hibbens,
the name which heads this sketch, was about five years
old when his father moved to Waverly. He attended
the schools of that place, and for a short time attended
the school at Delaware, Ohio. When old enough he
entered his father's store, and when he retired from
busienss Granville bought the stock, which he sold after
two or three years. In 1859 he was married to
Desire Miller, a native of Frankfort, Ross County,
and daughter of Israel Miller. They have
had six children, of whom five are living - Anna
(wife of J. E. Elliott), James, Rebecca, William
(deceased), Amy and Iona. After his
marriage Mr. Hibbens moved to his present
residence. In politics he is a Republican.
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Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 761 |
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JOHN W. HIGGINS, attorney at law,
was born Nov. 7, 1851, in McLean County, Ill. His
father, Jeffry Higgins, is a native of England,
and emigrated to America when a boy. He followed a
cooper's trade till his marriage, when he pursued
farming. He was reared near Bainbridge, Ohio, and
when twenty-two years old married Mary E. Jones,
a native of Ross County, Ohio. Soon after he moved
to McLean County, where he made his home till 1865, when
he went to Jones County, Iowa. In 1867 he went to
Missouri, where his wife died Feb. 18, 1870.
Shortly after his wife's death he came to Ohio and lived
in Bainbridge, Ross County, after which he moved to
Fayette County, where he afterward married Nancy
Smith, a widower. They now reside in Fayette
County where he is at present engaged in the mercantile
business. They have six children living, our
subject, John W., being the eldest of the family.
He remained in Bainbridge about six months, when he came
to Waverly and taught school, and during the summer
months of 1873-'74-'75 attended the Normal School at
Lebanon, Ohio. He taught ten years in Pike County,
six years in the Waverly schools, five years as
Principal of the Waverly High School, his last position
being Superintendent of the schools at Piketon. In
1878, during the summer months, he studied law under
Houstin James, a former member of the Pike County
bar. He was admitted to the bar at Columbus, June
7, 1881, after which he opened an office in Waverly,
where he has since been engaged in active practice.
At present he is a United States Gauger. He was
married July 4, 1876, to Lilly M. Branch daughter
of Orin Branch (deceased). They have three
children - John W., Edna M. and James.
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COLONEL THOMAS W. HIGGINS,
Attorney at law, was born June 18 1825, the second of
four children of John and Parnella (Ashley) Higgins.
His father, a native of Vermont, was a farmer and lawyer
and settled in Knox County Ohio, in 1810, where he
accumulated considerable property and was prominently
identified with the county's interest. He died
Mar. 1, 1874. Mr. Higgins's mother was a
native of New Hampshire and died in 1831, when he was
but six years old. Until his seventeenth year his
time was spent alternately at the district school in
winter and on the farm in summer. He did not
confine himself to the limited curriculum of the
district school, but extended his course of reading to
works of a higher order, and in 1845 entered Oberlin
College, where, for several years, he applied himself to
the classics and general literature. While in
college he taught school one term. IN 1850 he
entered the law school at Ballston Spa, N. N., and was
subsequently admitted to the bar at Albany, N. Y.
He located at Buffalo, but a year later went to New York
City, where he remained three years. In 1855 he
went to Europe and spent a year traveling in Great
Britain. In Dublin he met Miss Isabelle Wade,
daughter of Samuel Wade, a prominent wool
merchant of that city, and in 1856, shortly before
leaving for America, they were married. After his
return to this country he wrote "The Crooked Elm; or,
Life by the Wayside," which met with a large sale.
In 1858 Mr. Higgins took up his residence in
Toledo, Ohio, where he practiced law till 1860, when he
removed to Waverly. In 1861 he recruited Company
B, Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, and was appointed its
Captain. He bore a creditable part in the battle
of Cross Keys, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Resaca,
Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Mission Ridge, Peach Tree
Creek and Atlanta, and marched with Sherman to
the sea. At Resaca he was wounded in the left side
by a minie-ball, and at the last battle in North
Carolina was wounded in the head. His gallantry
secured him, first, a Major's and then a
Lieutenant-Colonel's commission, and a portion of his
term of service he was in command of his regiment.
He was mustered out in 1865. He was achieved an
enviable reputation as a lawyer, soldier and literature.
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CHRISTIAN HOHENSTEIN,
cabinet-maker, was born in Brakenheim, Germany, Dec. 22,
1819. He attended school till fifteen years of age
and then went to work at the cabinet-maker's trade,
serving an apprenticeship of three years. He
worked as a journeyman several years and then opened a
shop of his own in his native town. In 1853 he
came to the United States and a year later to Ohio.
He lived in Jackson County five years and then came to
Pike County, settling in Marion Township, where he has
worked at his trade, and also has a fine fruit farm.
He was married Feb. 2, 1845, to Christina Zinsmeister,
a native of Germany, born July 14, 1822. Mr.
and Mrs. Hohenstein are members of the Lutheran
church.
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DR. W. H. HOOPER was born Sept. 5,
1840, in Adams County, Ohio, and is a son of James R.
and Ursula (Pemberton) Hooper, the former a native
of Pennsylvania, of French descent, and the latter a
native of Ohio. W. H. was reared on the
farm and attended the public schools until he was about
twenty years of age. He then attended the High
School at West Union for a time, after which he taught
school for one year. Jan. 27, 1862, he enlisted in
Company K, Seventeenth Ohio Infantry, as a private.
He was appointed First Sergeant Mar. 24, 1862; was
appointed First Lieutenant Oct. 19, 1864; was promoted
to Captain Dec. 18, 1864. He was mustered out at
Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 14, 1865, and returned home.
He then engaged in merchandising till 1870, at which
time he entered the Staring Medical College at Columbus,
Ohio, and a short time after began practicing his
profession at Jasper, Pike Co., Ohio, where he has built
up a large practice. He was married Sept. 27,
1865, to Martha A., daughter of Jesse and
Catherine Kendall Five children were born to
the, four now living - Lalla R., Iona Dell, Ragan
and Orville. Harry was killed by a horse
kicking him. Mrs. Hooper was born Feb. 22,
1841, and died Apr. 17, 1878. The Doctor was
nominated for the office of Sheriff on the Republican
ticket, but failed to be elected.
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PHILIP
HOUK was born in Pennsylvania in 1811, a son of
Jacob and Polly (Connor) Houk. He was
married Sept. 15, 1836, to Duanna Binns, daughter
of William and Nancy (Wildman) Binns. They
have no children. Mr. Houk is one of the
most thrifty and enterprising farmers of Pike County.
He owns and superintends the cultivation of 500 acres of
land, situated three miles east of Waverly. He and
his wife are members of the Methodist church at
Sharonville. His father, Jacob Houk, was a
native of Pennsylvania, and was married when
twenty-three years of age to Polly Connor.
They had a family of nine children - Rebecca,
William, Philip, Mary, John, Cornelius, Matilda, David
and Jacob. Mr. Houk came to Ohio with his
family in 1819, locating in Scioto County, and six years
later removed to Pike County. He subsequently went
West to visit his sons, and started to return but was
never afterward heard from, and the date and cause of
his death has never been known. Mr. Houk
died in 1828,
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HOWE BENNETT HUMPHREYS, son of
Howe and Edith (McCracken) Humphreys, was born in
Morgan County, Ohio, June 2, 1844. He has made
farming his principal occupation through life, but was
engaged four years in the lumber trade, and during that
time he and his brother John owned and operated a
saw-mill. He was married in December, 1866, to
Emma, daughter of William and Amy Cross, of
Pike County. She died in 1873, leaving three
children - Zura D., William E., and Cary B.
He was again married in December, 1878, to Mary C.,
daughter of Taylor and Julia Barton, of Pike
County. They have one child - Luella.
She is a member of the Christian church. Our
subject's father was a native of Virginia. He
moved to Morgan County, Ohio, in 1828, and in 1844
settled in Pike County, and is still living at the age
of seventy-six years. His wife died, aged
seventy-one years. They reared twelve children, of
whom eight are still living - John F. M., William W.,
H. B., James H. G., Arena, Mary C., Edith A. and
Lucinda A.
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AUSTIN HUTT, M. D., was born Apr.
5, 1852, in Waverly, Pike Co., Ohio, and is a son of
Spence A. Hutt, Sr. His education was received
at the public schools of Waverly and at the age of
eighteen he apprenticed himself to the trade of
bricklaying, serving eight years. In 1874 he began
the study of medicine with his father, devoting his
evenings and other leisure time to study during the
remaining four years working at his trade. He
graduated from Starling Medical College, Feb. 25, 1878,
and the following May he opened an office in Waverly and
began the practice of medicine and surgery, where he has
since been engaged in the practice of his profession and
is meeting with much success. He was married to
Maggie Flanagan, of Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 26, 1883.
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SPENCE ATWELL HUTT, SR., M. D.,
was born Sept. 19, 1824, in Ross County, Ohio, a son of
Nimrod and Fanny B. (Atwell) Hutt. His
father was a Virginian, who followed mercantile pursuits
the greater part of his life. About 1805 he left
his native place and settled in Circleville, Ohio.
From there he moved to Chillicothe and thence to
Bainbridge, Ross Co., Ohio. He was the proprietor
of a hotel in Bainbridge and died there in 1849, his
wife surviving him till June 3, 1875. She died at
Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio. Spence A. Hutt
was employed first as a farmer's boy till he went to
Bainbridge, where he learned the blacksmith's trade,
working at the forge two years and a half. He then
went to New Petersburg, Highland Co., Ohio, where he was
engaged as a clerk in a mercantile store until 1845,
when he took a position in a Chillicothe store.
Returning to New Petersburg he was again employed as
clerk in a store. He now began to read medicine
with Dr. James D. Miller, devoting his days to
business and his nights to study. In the fall of
1848 he matriculated at the Sterling Medical College at
Columbus, Ohio, and in the spring of 1849 began the
practice of medicine at Sharonville, Pike Co., Ohio.
In the following fall he took up his residence at
Waverly, where he has since been engaged in the practice
of his profession, in which he has been very successful.
In politics he is a Democrat. He was married July
13, 1851, to Kezia Hinson, of Waverly, Pike Co.,
Ohio.
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