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JOHN HALDERMAN, now residing in Eaton, came to Preble (then Montgomery) county with his parents from Virginia in 1806.  The family settled in Lanier township, in section thirty-two, and a sketch of their settlement may be found in the history of that township.  Mr. Halderman was born in Virginia in 1805, and consequently was only about one year old when his parents removed to this county, which was then inhabited principally by Indians and wild animals.  He married, in 1829, Jemima, daughter of Jacob Shidler, who settled about fourteen miles north of Eaton about the same time as the Haldermans.  Mrs. Halderman was born in 1811, and is the only survivor of twelve children.  Of ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Halderman only three are living, viz.: Furguson, in Wabash county, Indiana; Mrs. Emanuel Lick, in Fayette county, Indiana; and Mrs. Dayton Kelley, on the old farm in this township. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881

HIRAM HECATHORN was born in 1842, in Montgomery county, and settled in Harrison township, section ten, in 1855.  He married Lavina Hunt, born in 1844, and has five children: Seymour, Elmer, Annie Mary, Luther and Malinda.   Mr. Hecathorn farms one of the best and largest farms in the township.  He owns one hundred and sixty acres, and rents an additional one hundred and sixty acres.  He has always been identified with any improvements in the township, such as churches, schools, roads, etc. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 - Page 210

EPHRAIM D. HEETER was born in Montgomery county, Ohio in 1847, and in 1861 he came to Preble county with his father, Jacob, and settled in Twin township.  In 1869 he married Eleanor Hapner, born in Twin in 1852.  Two children have been born them.  Mr. Heeter commenced the dry goods and general merchadising business in Lewisburgh in 1878, where he still resides. SHARON WICK'S NOTE:  In the 1860 Census Montgomery Co., Clay Twp. - Film Series M653 Roll 1014 Page 388, Dwelling 831 Family 831 is: Jacob Heeter aged 47 Male - Farmer - RE Value $5000 RE  Value $800 - born Penn; Susannah Heeter aged 38 Female - born Penn; Nelson Heeter aged 18 Male - farm hand - born Ohio; Noah Heeter aged 14 Male - born Ohio; Ephram Heeter aged 10 Male - born Ohio, Elizabeth Heeter aged 10 Female - born Ohio; Joseph Heeter aged 5 Male - born Ohio; Theodore Heeter aged 2 (F) - born Ohio (he was listed as a female) Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 - Page 322

JOSEPH M. HENDRIX was born in Pennsylvania in 1816.  From this State he came to Ohio in 1842, and settled on a quarter section of section ten, in Gratis township.  He and his wife, Agnes (McDonald), made the journey in a wagon the year after their marriage.  His father was a wealthy farmer in Pennsylvania, owning a farm of three hundred acres.  He had seven children, all of whom are dead excepting John M. and Joseph.      John M. married Rebecca, daughter of John Murry, of Carrol county, Maryland.  He has had nine children.  His farm contains four hundred and forty acres of fine land, which is under good cultivation. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 - Page 193

JOSEPH HOFFMAN was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1780.  He emigrated to Ohio from Maryland in 1838, and settled in section twenty-seven, of Harrison township.  He was a minister of the United Brethren for fifty-two years, both in this county and Baltimore, Maryland.  His wife, Susannah Limbert, was born in Pennsylvania in 1781, and died in Euphemia in 1847.  They have five children still living, viz:  Eli, born in 1806, married and living in Harrison township; Henry, born in 1813, lives in Dayton, Ohio; Joseph, born in 1813, lives in Champaign county, Ohio; Kemler, born in 1826, lives in Harrison township; Susannah, born in 1815, married John Stife and lives in Dayton.  Eli Hoffman was married in 1829 to Elizabeth Waymire and has four children now living.  He was for twenty-eight years a minister of the United Brethren and a member of the Miami conference. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 - Page 209

VINCENT C. HOMAN is a native of Preble County, Ohio. His parents, Benjamin and Rachel (Curtis) Homan, were natives of Pennsylvania and New Jersey respectively. The former, Benjamin Homan, was a son of Eber and Jane (McPurdy) Homan, who were natives of New York and Ireland, and were born as follows: The former at Long Island City, New York, September 7, 1764, the latter in Ireland, May 25,1775. They were married in Pennsylvania and settled in Fayette County, where the mother died April 14, 1810. He subsequently married again and moved to the State of Ohio, where he died March 25, 1840. They were the parents of seven children, viz: David, born September 26, 1802; James: born October, 1803; Phebe, born November 7, 1804; Eder, born March 16, 1806; Jane, born June 7, 1807; Keder, born May 29, 1809, and Benjamin, the father of our subject, the eldest member of the family, born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, August 13, 1801. He and Rachel Curtis were married in Warren County, Ohio, March 27, 1823. She was born in New Jersey, July 14, 1802. After Mr. Benjamin and Rachel Homan's marriage, they first settled in Warren County, Ohio, and subsequently moved to Clinton County, Ohio, and from thence to Preble County, Ohio, where he still resides. His wife died July 15, 1844, and he subsequently married Margaret Grissom. He is the father of seven children, viz: William, born February 13, 1824, and died July 3, 1832; Ezra, born October 24, 1827, and died July 9, 1832; Sarah J., born October 3, 1832; Vincent C., born October 18, 1837, and Mary E., born May 16, 1841, by the first wife, Rachel; and Benjamin F., born September 17, 1847, and Nancy K., born August 5, 1849, by his last wife, Margaret.  Vincent C., our subject, was educated in Preble County, Ohio, was raised on a farm until his twenty-first year, after which he clerked in a grocery at Eaton, Ohio, for a short time, and in August, 1859, he, in partnership with his father, purchased a stock of groceries at that place and engaged in business until March, 1865, at which time he sold out and came to Mexico, Indiana, and in April of that year, purchased a half interest in a stock of general merchandise at Mexico, Indiana, with James L. Wilson, with whom he carried on business until September, 1882, at which time they traded their stock of goods for a tract of land in Pulaski County, Indiana, consisting of 662 acres, of which Mr. Homan owns a half interest. He also owns 150 acres of fine land in Jefferson Township, Miami County, which he purchased in 1884. He also owns stock in the Mexico Manufacturing Company, and a fine residence in Mexico, where he resides. He was married at Mexico, Indiana, October 27, 1863, to Sarah J., daughter of James and Sarah (Ault) Wilson. She was born in Preble County, Ohio, July 1, 1840. Mr. Homan is an intelligent and enterprising man, and is highly esteemed by all who know him. He is a member of the Masonic order, and he and his wife are members of the M. E. Church. Transcribed from: History of Miami County, Indiana. Source 3: History of Miami County, Indiana - Publ. Chicago -  Brant & Fuller - 1887 - Page 698 Contributed by Nancy Hannah

BERZILLA HORNER, born in 1826, married Elizabeth Kinsey, by whom he had five children:  Hannah Ann., Mary Elizabeth, Maria Frances, Elenora and Emma.  Mr. Horner owns a farm of about eighty-seven acres. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 - Page 193

JONATHAN HORNER was born in New Jersey about 1798, from which State he moved to Ohio, and settled in Butler county in 1807.  His death occurred in Gratis township in 1852.  He married Hannah Antrim, by whom he had four children, namely Rachel (deceased), Sarah, Berziller and Elizabeth (deceased). Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 - Page 193

ANDREW HOUSE, whose father lived in Monroe township, was born in Monroe township in 1843.  In 1872 he married Clarabel Phares, who was born in Montgomery county in 1853.  Two children have been born them, only one of whom, Nellie M., is now living.  Mr. House began business in Lewisburg in 1874, keeping groceries, hardware, queensware, etc.  He has been councilman of Lewisburgh for one term.  He served during the Rebellion in the hundred days' service, in company T, of the One Hundred and Fifty-second Ohio national guard.  He was at one time on transport duty, taking provisions to General Hunter at Lynchburg, Virginia. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 - Page 212

ARMSTEAD HUFFMAN was one of the early settlers of Gasper township, and a prominent, useful man.  He was born in Virginia in 1788, and was an early emigrant to Kentucky, from Byron county, from which State, he came to Preble county after marrying Nancy Burton.  He located on the farm in Gasper, now owned by Porter Webb, when all around was still forest and game plenty.  He died in 1859, surviving his wife a quarter of a century.  Their children were Ambrose, Thomas M., Sally (Mattox), Overton, Morgan, Nathan, Nancy (White), Mary (Tepshens), Alzina (Campbell), and James.  Of these, Ambrose, Sally, Overton, Mary, and James are deceased.  Morgan and Nancy reside in Eaton, Nathan in Dixon township, Alzina in Gasper township, and Thomas M., the oldest of the family, living in Camden.  He was born in 1808, and was consequently seven years of age when his parents settled in Gasper, and saw much of the manners of pioneer life.  He resided upon the old home farm until 1866, when he removed to his present residence.  Mr. Huffman was married in 1831 to Annie Conger, who died in 1877.  J. A. Huffman, a prominent citizen of Camden, was their only son, and was born in 1835. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 - Page 179

JAMES HUNT was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1817.  In 1854 he moved to section three, of Harrison township.  Mrs. Hunt, formerly E. Seybold, was born in Warren county in 1822.  They had ten children, nine of whom are still living: Catharine, wife of Jesse Studebaker; Lavina, wife of Hiram Hecathorn, lives in Harrison township; George W., married, lives in Baltimore; Joseph, married, lives in Darke county; Aaron lives at home; Jane, wife of Edward Bowline, lives in Darke county; Mary, wife of Frank Pease, lives in Darke County; Lizzie, single, lives at home; Margaret, wife of Aaron Heller, lives in Darke county.  Mr. Hunt is one of the most prominent and wealthy citizens in the township.  He owns about three hundred and thirty acres, and his residence and buildings are the handsomest of their kind in that neighborhood. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 - Page 210

 

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