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History of Preble County, Ohio
H. Z.
Williams & Bro, Publishers
1881
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A. F. Haldeman |
DR. A. F. HALDEMAN. In the person Dr. Haldeman we
have all the characteristics of a live American. His life
has been one of action and progressive thought. There is
nothing fogy in his make up; with him mere antiquity command no
reverence, and mere novelty conciliates no favor.
Allen Furgus Haldeman is a native
of this county, and is the youngest of six children. He
was born in 1843, and is thirty-seven years old. His
father is Abraham Haldeman, a native of Virginia, and
emigrated to this county with his father, JOHN
HALDEMAN in 1806. He is still living in the enjoyment
of excellent health, and is in the eighty-first year of his age.
In his prime of life he possessed a fine physical organization,
with rare mental and social endowments. At the early age
of nineteen he became a self-taught and practical surveyor.
His mother is Elizabeth Haldeman, who emigrated to
this county with her father, John Fisher, in 1813.
She is still living in the enjoyment of good health, in the
seventy-sixth year of her age. She possesses rare
qualities of both heart and mind, and has filled well her
mission in life.
Dr. Haldeman’s early life was spent in
acquiring an education; but before he had fairly emerged from
boyhood he lost his health. He tried the merits of the
Allopath, Homoeopath, and Eclectic without finding that health
he sought, and receiving, as he believed, nothing but injury
from the treatment of all the physicians whom he consulted, and
being dissatisfied with their explanations of his malady, and
their talk about the remedies proposed, he determined to
investigate the subject for himself; he had, however, no idea of
ever becoming a physician. His health was lost; if he did
not regain it he would be useless to himself and to the world.
He determined to sacrifice all to that primary consideration,
and let the future take care of itself. Having no love
for, or interest in, any system but the true one, he determined
to satisfy himself, if possible, what was true. His
observation and experience, however, were continually leading
him from all faith in drug remedies. In 1862 he heard of
Hydropathy or Hygienic Medication through “Laws of Life,”
published by Dr. Jackson at his home, Hygienic
institute, Dansville, New York.
Through its teachings he was not long in convincing
himself that Dr. Jackson was teaching and
practicing a system that was at least in harmony with nature and
the laws of vitality. In the spring of 1863 he became a
patient at Dr. Jackson’s cure. During a
course of treatment of five or six months he was restored to
health. He now had a pretty good idea of what constituted a
philosophical treatment of the sick. Out of this embryotic
insight of matters pertaining to health, sprang a desire to
enter the medical profession. In the spring of 1865 he had
a correspondence with Prof. Trall, president of
the New York Hydropathic college. He was informed that
Dr. Trall would hold a spring and summer term of his
college at his Hygiean Home, Saint Anthony’s Falls, Minnesota.
Dr. Haldeman concluded to attend this term.
At the end of the term he returned, and remained at home several
weeks, preparatory to attending the winter term in New York
city.
In 1866 he became a graduate of the New York Hygeio-Therapeutic
college. After his graduation he remained in New York
several months, attending a course of scientific lectures on
collateral sciences. In the fall of 1866 he returned to
New York on purpose to accompany Prof. Trall to
Europe, to prosecute his studies in that country.
After reaching New York, he found that Dr.
Trall would be delayed several weeks on account of
engrossing professional duties, and in consequence, his stay in
Europe would be shortened. On this account Dr.
Haldeman deferred going to Europe, and instead, spent the
winter in New York. He attended hospital clinics at
Bellevue, and at Blackwell’s Island. His new and
progressive medical ideas opened up new fields of thought, and
he lost no time in making himself conversant with as wide a
range of doctrines and scientific subjects as possible. It
is but justice in behalf of the age of progress to say that
Dr. Haldeman came out of New York as much of an
anti-orthodox as he was anti-drug.
In the spring of 1867 he visited Boston and the New
England States. While at Boston, he made the acquaintance
of Dr. Dio Lewis, and with him visited his
young ladies’ physiological school at Lexington, Massachusetts.
After a visit of several months in Boston, he returned to New
York. In the spring of 1869 he went west. After
spending several months in Chicago, returned.
In the fall of the same year he went to Philadelphia,
to investigate a business proposition made him by Dr.
Wilson, of that city, wherein Dr. Haldeman
would become a partner with him in his Hygienic institute.
Dr. Trall, of New York, had also submitted a
proposition to him to become a partner with him in his Hygeian
Home.
After investigating the proposition of each, Dr.
Haldeman concluded to establish an institution himself.
In the spring of 1870 he again went west, and invested largely
in real estate. While he was in the west, he was one of a
company who organized the Boston Mountain Mining and Smelting
company with a capital stock of five hundred thousand dollars.
Dr. Haldeman was made president of this company,
with headquarters at Chicago. During his business career
in the west he was elected president of two other business
corporations. In the spring of 1876 he went east to look
at several health institutions, with a view of purchasing.
After remaining several months in Philadelphia,
attending the Centennial, he returned. In the spring of 1877
Dr. Haldeman was employed as physician. at Cedar
Springs. In August of the same year he purchased Mr.
Marshall’s entire interest. In the spring of 1878
he and his brother, Eli, became the owners of the entire
property. Immediately after this purchase Dr. Haldeman
and his nephew, O. A. Gale, furnished the hotel entirely
new, and have ever since conducted the place as a health resort.
With the opening of the coming season of 1881, its name will be
changed to Cedar Springs Hydro-Therapeutic and Hygienic
Institute, and will be conducted on the medical philosophy as is
understood and practiced by Dr. Haldeman.
The doctor has furnished the follow ing, as embracing his
viewing as to the rationale of the new medical philosophy which,
he believes, constitutes a “True Healing Art,”—~one that is
successful and satisfactory when applied to practice.NEXT
PART OF THIS BIOGRAPHY DESCRIBES HIS WORK. I
WILL Transcribe upon Request ~
Sharon Wick
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COL. SAMUEL HAWKINS ok
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HENRY C. HEISTAND was born
in Montgomery county, Ohio, on the twenty second day of
September, 1832, and was the son of John and Barbara
(Cochran) Heistand. Mr. Heistand’s grandfather
was a native of Germany, and came to this country when a very
young man. His father and mother were both born in
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, the latter being of Scotch
descent, and came to Ohio in 1818, locating near Dayton, where
they carried on farming. The subject of this biography
obtained a very fair education in the common schools, and there
gained some practical ideas of business as a clerk in the store
of his brother Jacob, in Dayton, and as teller in the
Dayton bank. When of age, in 1853, Mr. Heistand
came to Eaton, and took the position of cashier in the Preble
county branch of the State bank of Ohio, which he retained until
the institution passed out of existence in 1864. While
connected with this bank he was also the agent of the United
States in the sale of its “ seven and three-tenths” bonds.
When the old State bank wound up its affairs, Mr.
Heistand became one of the organizers of the First Nation al
bank of Eaton. He was made cashier, and served in that capacity
four years, when he was relieved from business cares by a
vacation of five years, which be improved principally in
travelling. During this period he visited among other
interesting localities, the famous scenes of California and the
West in general. In October 1873 he opened the Preble
County bank, under the firm name of H. C. Heistand &
Company, which he is still conducting. Mr.
Heistand is one of the best known business men in Preble
county. As is shown by the statements we have here made he
has been actively engaged in Eaton for a period of twenty-seven
years, with the exception of five years intermission.
During these years he has gained the universal respect and
confidence of the people, and is highly regarded as a solid,
quiet, and conservative citizen and man of affairs.
Mr. Heistand was married in September
1869 to Nancy Margaret, daughter of John P.
Acton.
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DAVID E. HENDRICKS.
Captain David English Hendricks, the first permanent
settler of Eaton and the builder of the second house in the
village, which is still remaining, had a large experience of
frontier life, and the story of his career even told as briefly
as is necessary in such a work, as this can not fail to be of
interest to those of that fast narrowing circle who remember
him, and to all of the younger generation who have respect (and
who among them has not?) for the brave and self-sacrificing
pioneers.
Captain Hendricks was born at Middletown
Point, Monmouth county, New Jersey, June 15, 1765. His
father, grandfather and several others of the family, emigrated
from Holland to the British colonies in America early in the
eighteenth centry, and through energy and foresight
acquired property and position in their adopted home. At
the time the Revolutionary war broke out, the father of the
subject of this sketch, a large shipper and extensively engaged
in mercantile purtuits, had become quite wealthy, and for
the purpose of saving his property from confiscation, took sides
with the British, though two of his brothers espoused the cause
of the revolting colonists. Young Hendricks’ mother
dying about this time, he was temporarily under the care of
these uncles, and so strongly did he become imbued with the
American feeling, that he refused afterward to join his father
in resisting the rebellion. This conduct on the part of
the boy so incensed his father that he threatened to disinherit
him, but he still persisted in his conviction of right and
justice. When, after the battle of Trenton, the cause of
the patriots began to brighten, many of the tories, at that time
called refugees, sought safety in Canada and Nova Scotia.
To the latter country went the father of David E. Hendricks,
accompanied by two of his sons. David refused to
accompany him in his exile, and remained true to the cause of
the revolutionists to the end of his life. When his father
departed he left a large landed and personal estate in New
Jersey, which was confiscated by the Colonial government.
His patriotic uncles had spent their means in the cause. of the
colonies, and when the war was ended David found himself
a penniless boy, with no prospect of success save through his
own exertions. A few years later, led by love of
adventure, and longing to take a part in the stirring affairs of
the day, to have a hand in quelling the evil feeling in the
west, which resulted largely from the action of British
emmissaries in keep ing alive among the Indians that hatred
which had grown out of the war, young Hendricks made his
way to Pittsburgh. There he met, and became well
acquainted with Lewis Wetzel, the famous borderer
and Indian fighter. He descended the Ohio with him and
came to the American settlement at Marietta in the first or
second year of its existence, 1788 or 1789. There he met
Generals McMahon and Josiah Harmer
and many others, who were either already celebrated or destined
to be, as frontiersmen and pioneers. Although still quite
young, David E. Hendricks was well advanced physically,
was active and at once began to perform valuable services as
ranger and spy. He was with Generals Harmer
and Arthur St. Clair in their disastrous campaign, and
afterwards with “Mad Anthony Wayne,” who already
crowned with the laurels won in the east in the struggle against
the British was still fresh and eager for further glories in the
western border.
It was late in the fall of 1792, when, after
consolidating at Fort Washington (or Cincinnati), the army took
up its march northward into the Indian country.
Hendricks was a volunteer in this expedition, which was
destined to avenge St. Clair and to secure a lasting peace.
He was at Fort Hamilton (on site of Hamilton, Butler county),
under Major Rudolph, when the deserters were hung,
and afterwards was with the advance when Fort Greenville (Danube
county), was built. While stationed at this fort, during
the winter of 1793-94, General Wayne desired to
send an important despatch to Fort Washington, which was about
seventy-five miles distant. It was necessary that the
service should be performed immediately and with all possible
haste. General Wayne requested that some man
should volunteer for the dangerous duty. There was not a
man in the ranks who did not know that the country was full Of
hostile Indians; that the chances of capture overbalanced those
of getting safely through, and that whoever undertook the
mission did it at the peril of his life. For a time it
seemed as if no one could be found who was willing to assume the
terrible risk. Finally, however, young Hendricks
stepped forward and volunteered his services. His offer
was accepted. The best horse in the fort was brought out,
and after he had received the message to be conveyed, our hero
mounted and galloped away, General Wayne calling
after him, “God bless you and preserve you on your way,” and
rounds of enthusiastic cheers going up from the soldiers of the
entire command. Day was just breaking as the young soldier
left the fort, and before the sun had gone down he had arrived
at Fort Washington and delivered his important dispatch.
In those portions of the woods where there was little or no
undergrowth, and the danger was supposed not to be so great as
elsewhere, he followed the trail or “trace” as it was
technically called, by which the army had marched through the
wilderness, but in localities more exposed he picked his way
through the woods, avoiding the beaten path. The weather
was very cold and he suffered much while on his ride - among
other discomforts frosting his feet so severely that they
troubled him at intervals all of his life. The young man
was promoted to the rank of corporal for the service he had
rendered, and shortly after rejoining the army, on its march
from Fort Greenville into the Indian country, he was attached to
the dragoons. He acted as a spy, or scout, and was almost
constantly in advance of the main body of the army. In the
battle of Fallen Timbers, or Maumee Rapids, he took a prominent
part, and acquitted himself with so much gallantry as to secure
the very highest praise of his superiors. Mr.
Hendricks was present at the making of the treaty of
Greenville in 1795, and at its conclusion received an honorable
discharge from his old and honored commander.
Elsewhere in this volume a full account of Wayne’s
campaign is given, and considerable space is devoted to the
narration 0f the fall of Lowery and his men in October,
1793, at a spring near where Zion church now stands. When
the survivors of this battle reached Fort St. Clair, a party of
soldiers were at once detailed to pursue the Indians. The
subject of this biography was one Of this company. They
soon struck the Indian trail, but the wily warriors knowing that
they would be pursued, had separated near the headwaters of the
White river, and beyond that point the soldiers did not attempt
to follow them.
After the treaty of Fort Greenville Mr.
Hendricks re turned to Fort Hamilton, settling there with
the intention of making it his permanent home in the fall of
1795. About a year later—Sept. 10, 1796—he married
Rossanna Stockhouse, by whom he had a large family of
children, several of whom still survive. He built a log
cabin in Hamilton, which was one of the first there.
Afterwards he bought a farm, and made a clearing on what is now
known as Millikin’s island. It was while living here, and
when one day searching for a horse which had strayed away that
he came suddenly upon a party of Indians, encamped just south of
the site of Eaton. He was at first much alarmed, but as
the Indians had seen him, he went toward them in an unconcerned
manner, and the chief whom he afterward found to be the
celebrated Tecumseh, received him kindly, and wholly allayed his
apprehensions. He dined at the camp, and soon after,
started out to renew the search for his horse, securing from the
Indians some information which assisted him. During the
afternoon he killed a bear on the land now known as the Silas
Dooley farm, from which he had a good supper. As
darkness came on, he put out his fire, and walking some distance
away from it, secreted himself, and went to sleep. The
next morning he found the estray horse grazing in a little
opening in the woods, and rode it home.
He resided for some years at the Millikin’s island
location, intending, as soon as the land was surveyed into
sections, to settle in the valley of Seven Mile, about where the
village of Camden now is. As soon as this was
accomplished, and the lands were put in the market, he bought
three quarter sections, including the eastern part of the
present town site of Camden, and moved there in 1803. Here
he remained until William Bruce laid out the town
of Eaton. As soon as laid out, this point began to be
talked of as the prospective county seat for a new county to be
erected from Montgomery. On this account chiefly Mr.
Hendricks determined to locate there, and did so in the
spring of 1806. He built the second house upon the town
plan, the one in which S. H. Hubbell now resides, and in
it kept the first tavern in Eaton.
In 1812 the subject of this sketch, actuated by his old
time patriotism, and true to his early inclinations toward
activity and adventure, raised a company of skilled
frontiersmen, of which organization he was appointed captain.
His company was divided during the war that ensued, one
detachment being stationed at St. Mary’s and the other at
Lorramie’s station, which had years before been a French trading
post. The object was to so distribute this company and
others as to protect the infant settlements from the apprehended
attacks of the predatory northern Indians, who adhered to the
British. After serving what was called a “full tour of
duty” the company returned to Preble county.
The remainder of Captain Hendricks’ life
was passed quietly in the pursuit of business, most of the time
at Eaton. He died at the home of his son, George D.
Hendricks, at Eaton, on the eighteenth of September, 1845,
and his remains were followed to their last resting place, in
Mound Hill cemetery, by a large proportion of the town’s
population.
Captain Hendricks was a hero of two wars,
a pioneer who passed through the most rigid trials that beset
the rugged pathway of life. All honor to him and to the
noble class of which he was so high a type!
In his personal character our subject was blameless so
far as integrity of action and conscientious devotion to
principle was concerned, and he was a man of the utmost kindness
of heart. But, withal, it must be said that he was as
bitter an enemy in some cases as he was a warm friend in others.
He was very positive in his likes and dislikes, was fearless,
independent and outspoken. Physically he was of medium
height, compactly built, very strong, as straight as an arrow,
and of fine and dignified bearing.
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COL. GEORGE D. HENDRICKS,
son of David E. Hendricks, was for many years prominently
identified with the interests of Preble county, both as a public
man and in a private business capacity. He was born within
the present town site of Camden, on the third of October, 1805,
and came with his father to Eaton as a babe in arms. As he
grew up he acquired, for the time, a good education, which he
constantly improved by reading and observation, until he was,
without doubt, as well an informed man as there was in the
county. During the early years of his manhood he taught
school, lectured on English grammar, gave instruction in writing
and, at the same time, kept up a diligent course of
self-improvement. By a process of natural selection he
entered the field of politics, for which he was well fitted by
the variety of his knowledge, his unlimited understanding of
human nature, and the possession of nearly all of those
qualities which combine to render a man popular. He was
first elected auditor of the county, then representative, and
finally State senator. He was also chosen as sheriff of
the county, and after he had in a measure retired from public
life, he was appointed postmaster, and once elected justice of
the peace. His military title was gained in the service of
the United States, while he was assisting in dissevering Texas
from Mexico. He fought side by side with General
Samuel Houston, and Colonel Sidney
Johnson, and gained the highest credit for bravery and good
judgment. When not engaged in politics Colonel
Hendricks followed agriculture and dealing in lands.
He seemed to have remarkable foresight in conducting the latter
business, and had at one time acquired a large property, and
was, in fact, considered as quite wealthy. But through the
unsuspecting qualities of his nature, and his desire to
constantly assist others, he was financially ruined. The
payment of security debts reduced his large means to a mere
pittance, and in his old age he was obliged, or, at least,
considered it necessary, to begin anew, and did so, opening a
land agency in the west, which he has conducted with much of the
energy and activity which were characteristic of him in his
earlier years. He has succeeded, we learn, in establishing
a good business.
Colonel Hendricks is in many ways a very
remarkable and admirable man. He has always been noted for
his strong will and the cheery elasticity of nature with which
he recovers from misfortune and bears up under adverse
circumstances which would make most men despondent. He is
naturally of a fine disposition, inclined to look upon the
bright side of life, and is noted for the encouragement which he
has lent others by the sturdy healthfulness of his own nature.
He has always been noted for his practical benevolence and has
done a vast deal of good by bestowing such gifts as were within
his power upon the worthy poor, as well as by encouraging the
improvement and progress of individuals by his words.
Socially he has been looked upon as a model of genial ity and
good humor, and being a fine conversationalist, has ever been a
favorite and one of the leading spirits in whatever circle he
mingled.
Colonel Hendricks was married Sept. 4,
1839, to Miss Almira Harbaugh. The offspring of
this union were ten children, six of whom, with the parents, are
now living.
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REV. H. M. HERMAN,
pastor of the Reformed church at West Alexandria, is the son of
Samuel and Susan Herman, and was born in Lampetre,
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, on the twentieth day of March,
1834. He attended the common schools until his twelfth
year, and subsequently entered the dry goods store of
Benjamin Bowers, one of the old merchants of
Lancaster county, with whom he remained until his eighteenth
year. He then entered the academy at Lancaster city, where
he diligently pursued his studies for two years. For the
next two years and ten months he taught the district school at
Safe Harbor, and while thus engaged, took private instruction
also in the classics. He attended Marshall academy, and
after ward entered the freshman class of Franklin and Marshall
college, from which institution, he in due time, graduated.
He immediately afterward entered the theological seminary at
Mechanicsburgh, and after completing his theological course, was
chosen vice-principal of Clairion Collegiate Institute near
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This position he subsequently
resigned to accept the pastorate of the Reformed church at West
Alexandria. He entered upon his regular pastoral duties
Dec. 16, 1861. Mr. Herman is a man of
unusual energy and industry. His unceasing activity is a
good illustration of the scriptural injunction: “Whatsoever thy
hand findeth to do, do with thy might.” During his
pastorate of nineteen years he has preaches two thosand
eight hundred and two sermons, and delivered seven hundred
lectures. He has received into the church five hundred and
fifty eight members, married two hundred and thirty-six couples,
and officiated at four hundred and fifty-five funerals, be sides
making about four thousand regular pastoral and the usual social
and friendly visits. It will thus be seen that Mr.
Herman’s pastorate has not only been an unusually busy
one, but attended with the most gratifying success. The
relationship of pastor and people has been a most pleasant one.
Mr. Herman was united in marriage, Apr.
10, 1862, to Miss Bella D., eldest daughter of Hunter
and Margaret L. Orr of Lawsonham, Pennsylvania, and has a
family of four daughters and two sons. His eldest daughter
is a student at the Female seminary, Oxford, Ohio.
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NATHAN HEYWOOD
was born in Concord, Massachusetts, Sept. 8, 1807. When
four years of age, in the winter of 1811-12, his parents moved
to Genesee county, New York, making the journey with a sled.
When about eleven years of age the family moved to Allegany
county, in the same State, and in 1819 to Clermont county, Ohio,
by way of Cincinnati; the journey to that city being made with a
raft. Nathan Heywood was united in the holy
bonds of matrimony Mar. 5, 1829, to Margaret Frey,
who was born near Middletown, Maryland, Jan. 12, 1808.
After his marriage he settled near Goshen, in Clermont county.
In 1833 he removed to Preble county, and settled in Gratis
township, but only remained two years, when he returned to
Clement county. He resided there until 1856, when he removed to
Knox county, Illinois. A combination of circumstances,
however, caused him to again move back to Clermont county in
1858. In 1865 he removed to Madison county, Indiana, and
after a residence there of some eighteen months, he came to
Preble county, Ohio, where he has since lived. His
occupation has mainly been that of a farmer, but he formerly
worked for about seven years at the trade of wagon making.
Mr. Heywood many years ago united with the German
Baptist church, and in 1838 or 1839 was elected by the church in
Goshen, Clermont county, Ohio, to its ministry, and has filled
that office from that time to this, and for the last thirty
years as an ordained elder. He is now the senior bishop or
elder of this, the upper Twin district. He is a man of deep
piety and earnest religious zeal, and his labors have been
greatly blessed.
There have been born to Nathan and Margaret Heywood
eight children, two of whom are deceased. All of them were
born in Clermont county, Ohio, except Anna, who was born
in this county. The following are their names in the order
of their birth: Mary, born Feb. 5, 1830, married for her
first husband Edward Harris, of Clermont county, and for
her second husband Joseph Radall, in Goshen, Clermont
county, Ohio. They now reside in West Alexandria.
Lydia, born June 9, 1831, married Job Randall;
she is now a widow and resides in Eaton. Anna, born
Jan. 21, 1833, married William Jones, of Clermont county;
he is deceased and Mrs. Jones has since lived with
her parents. David, born May 1, 1835, died in
Eaton; Nathan, jr., born June 17, 1837, is now living
near Eaton; John, born Oct. 12, 1839, died in Illinois;
Alfred, born Jan. 20, 1842, is living in Clermont county,
Ohio; Isaac, born Mar. 8, 1844, is living in the same
county.
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R. D. Huggins, M. D. |
DR. ROBERT D. HUGGINS
is a son of James Huggins and Nancy (Bailey) Huggins,
both natives of Pennsylvania. James Huggins was
born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, Apr. 13, 1797. In
1818 he was married to Nancy Bailey, who died in
West Alexandria, July 8, 1879, at the advanced age of
eighty-one. He is still living in West Alexandria.
Dr. Huggins was born in New Lexington, Preble
county, Sept. 16, 1836. When he was six years old his
father moved to West Alexandria, where Robert attended
village school until 1850. His father then moved to
Winchester, Indiana, at which placer Robert enjoyed the
privileges of a seminary one year. Upon the return of his
father to West Alexandria, Robert again attended
the village school. In 1853 he began the study of medicine
in the office of Dr. R. P. Nisbet. He at the same
time purchased a set of instruments and began the study and
practice of dentistry. His dental practice for the next
two years because quite large and yielded considerable income.
Robert had always cherished a desire from a
liberal education, and in 1855 entered Miami university, then
the most flourishing institution of learning in Ohio. At
the end of the first year, however, he was compelled, by want of
means, to quit the university. In the following October he
entered the Cincinnati College of Medicine, from which he
received the degree of M. D. in 1858. He began practicing
at West Alexandria, in partnership with Dr. Nisbet.
During the four years of this partnership, which was terminated
by the death of Dr. Nisbet, in 1862, Dr. Huggins
acquired an enviable reputation in the community as a
trustworthy physician. He continued to practice alone
until 1867, when he associated in partnership W. M. Campbell.
This partnership was dissolved in 1872.
The doctor was married Mar. 25,
1866, to Mrs. Caroline Curry. The house is blessed
with two children - William and Bertha.
Dr. Huggins is deservedly
popular, both as a physician and citizen. He belongs to
the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders, and is a member of the State
Medical society. A large, healthy body, vigorous mind, and
cheerful disposition, peculiarly fit him for his profession.
He disclaims any political aspirations and takes no part in the
management of political campaigns. The doctor has made
himself what he is by untiring industry. His own labor
furnished him the money with which to prepare for his
profession, and his own merit maintains his high standing and
large practice.
Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z.
Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 - Page 329 |
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