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Biographies
Source:
Twentieth Century History of Sandusky
County, Ohio & Representative Citizens -
by Basil Meek, Fremont, Ohio
Publ. Richmond - Arnold Publ. Co., Chicago.
1909
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I. P. HARNDEN,
an oil operator and business man of Gibsonburg, is mayor of that
village and is connected with the Hickory Oil Company. He
is also an employee in the hardware establishment of J.
H. Tibbe & Son.
Mr.
Harnden was born at Clyde, Ohio, June 24, 1868, and
passed his school days in Sandusky and Ottawa Counties,.
He then entered the oil fields as a driller and contractor,
working in Wood and Sandusky Counties. He was married in
1892 and then for two years was located at Bradner, in Wood
County, during which time he was operating for himself in the
oil fields. Still retaining his oil interests he moved to
Gibsonburg, where he has since been prominently identified with
affairs. He served six years as a member of the council,
and in 1905 was elected mayor of the village, an office he has
since filled in a very capable manner. He is a man of
recognized ability and standing in the community and has a wide
circle of friends.
Sept. 28, 1892,
Mr. Harnden was married to Miss Mary E.
Forriter, a daughter of J. C. and Lucretia
Forriter, and they have one son, Leo V.,
born Jan. 15, 1897, who is attending the Gibsonburg public
schools. Religiously, they are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Harnden was a
trustee for three years. He is a member of the Knights of
Pythias, and in politics is an active Democrat.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 849 |
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BIRCHARD
HAVENS, who has been a resident of Ballville Township,
Sandusky County, Ohio, since Apr. 3, 1905, and owns his
comfortable home here, owns also a farm of 152 acres, which is
situated in Jackson Township on the Bettysville and Lindsey road
three miles north of the former place. He was born Aug.
16, 1846, in Jackson Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, and is a
son of Henry and Sarah (Imes) Havens, old settlers of the
county.
The father of Mr. Havens was born in New
Jersey in 1809 and died in Sandusky County at the age of
forty-four years. The mother lived to be one year older.
She was a native of Columbus, Ohio. They had six children,
namely: W. J., who is deceased; Hugh; Mahala,
deceased, who was the wife of George W. Shawl;
Birchard; Orrie, who married Abraham
Rhinehart; and Mary J., deceased, who was the wife of
Charles Carr.
Birchard Havens lived in Jackson Township
until 1905, obtaining his education in the schools near his home
and engaging in a farmer's pursuits. He acquired a farm of
eighty acres, situated two miles north of his present one, but
after making extensive improvements, sold it to his eldest
brother. In the spring of 1867 he bought the farm in
Jackson Township that he still owns, of his father-in-law,
Lewis Overmyer.
Mr. Havens was married Jan. 17, 1867, to
Miss Elizabeth Catherine Overmyer, a daughter of Lewis
and Mary Ellen (Stauffer) Overmyer, old settlers, who took
up Government land in Jackson Township. The father of
Mrs. Havens lived to be seventy-five years of age and
her mother to be fifty. They had five children, as
follows: Hugh, who married Dinah Kelley and
lives at Fostoria, has children— Samuel, Freeland J.,
Elizabeth, Lewis, Rhoda and Anson;
Susan, who married John Kelley, lives at Fremont
and they have two children—Willis and Rufus;
Mary E., who married Henry Sherfler, has five
children — Frank, Albert, Henry, Francis
and Mary E; Benjamin, who married Harriet E. Burkhart,
has two children—Charles and Cora, and
Elizabeth Catherine, Mrs. Havens.
Mr. and Mrs. Havens have had five children,
namely: Clara, who married George Kenan,
Nov. 11, 1887, has two children—Armina and Edna
R.; Hattie, who married William W. Smith, Nov.
12, 1896, lives at Toledo, Ohio; Myrtie, who died aged
six months; Delia, who married Rev. Eugene Williams,
lives at Lucas, Ohio, and they had one son, Havens
Eugene, who died Aug. 8, 1909, and an infant, who is
deceased. These families are all well and favorably known
through Jackson and Ballville Townships. Their ancestors
were among the pioneers and their descendants, reaping the
advantages of several generations, will push onward the work of
improvement and progress in which their parents have been
engaged.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 444 |
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HENRY HAVENS -
See HUGH HAVENS
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 641 |
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HUGH
HAVENS, a leading citizen of Jackson Township, residing
on his finely improved farm of 200 acres, a part of which was
the old homestead, was born one mile north of his present home
in Jackson Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1835, and is
a son of Henry and Sarah (Imes) Havens.
The parents of Mr. Havens
came to Jackson Townshp in 1831, accompanied from Franklin
County, by the Imes and the Kings families,
who were all kindred. They all took up government land,
Henry Havens securing 160 acres;
Hugh Imes, 240 acres, and Samuel King, who was an
uncle of Henry Havens, 160 acres.
HENRY HAVENS was born in New
Jersey in 1809; he was brought to Franklin County in childhood
and died in Jackson Township in 1853. He married Sarah
Imes, who died in her thirty-seventh year. They had
the following children: W. I. and Hugh;
Mahala, now deceased, married (third) M. Rinebolt; Mary
J., now deceased, who married Charles Carr; and a
babe that died unnamed.
Hugh Havens has seldom been out of his native
township, where he obtained his education in the old log
schoolhouse and learned to be a good farmer on his father's
land. On May 2, 1864, he enlisted for a term of 100 days
of service in the Civil War. becoming a member of Company H,
169th Regiment, and during this period was stationed at Fort
Ethan Allen. He was honorably discharged at Cleveland on
Sept. 4, 1864. He was a member of the Moore Post, G. A.
R., at Fremont, which has since been disbanded. By the
terms of his father's will he received 120 acres of land and he
subsequently purchased the remaining land he owns from Mr.
Naugle and Mr. Whitmore. He follows general
agriculture and his highly cultivated land gives rich returns.
He has a fine residence and substantial and attractive farm
buildings.
On Apr. 15, 1856, in Riley Township, Sandusky County,
Mr. Havens was married to Miss Anna C. Daub,
who is a daughter of Henry and Catherine Daub, and they
have the following children: John, Sophronia J., Emma,
Birchard, Ida E., Sarah M. and Hugh. John
died when aged twenty years. Sophronia J.
married C. E. Mitchell and they live in Jackson Township
and have had nine children, Verna, William,
Carl, Effie, Clyde, James, Fern,
Ada and Emma (deceased). Emma E.
married W. A. Overmyer, a popular school teacher in this
township, and they have four children, Ella, Ora,
Oliver and Lewis. Birchard S. was
married (first ) to Mary J. Inks, who left seven
children, Bernice, Harry, Elma, Merrill, Webb, Claud and
Mamie. His second marriage was to a sister of his
first wife, the Widow Cookson, who at that time had four
children, Pearl, James, Fern and
Margaret. Ida E. married Chester Hite,
and at her death left one child, Pearl. Sarah M.
was the second wife of Chester Hite, and they have
two children, Edna and Ella. Hugh was
married (first) to Marcella Hufford, who died when their
infant son, Ora, was but six days old. The child
was reared by his grandparents until the death of the
grandmother, when he was returned to his father, who, in the
meanwhile, had married Mrs. Wagner. The
latter had one daughter, Bertha.
Mr. Havens has been quite an active
citizen, taking a hearty interest in educational and other
public matters in the township and he has served as township
trustee and for eight years as township clerk. He also
served as assessor for three years.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 641 |
William E. Haynes |
COL. WILLIAM E. HAYNES
was born at Hoosick Falls, New York, on the 19th day of
October, 1829. He moved with his parents to Lower Sandusky
(now Fremont) in 1840. Early in life he learned the
printing business on the "Sandusky Clarion," now the "Sandusky
Register." and later was engaged on the "Cleveland Plain
Dealer" and other papers. During the years of 1848 and
1849 he was engaged in mercantile pursuits. becoming a
member of the firm of John P. Haynes & Son.
Colonel Haynes was married to Maria H. Harmon,
of Fremont, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1855, and has three children, all
residents of this city: Julia M. Haynes,
William P. Haynes, cashier of the Fremont Savings Bank,
and Geo. W. Haynes, an attorney and at present assistant
cashier of the Fremont Savings Bank.
In the year 1855 he was elected auditor of Sandusky
County and served two terms in that capacity until 1860.
At the breaking out of the Civil War he was among the
first to respond to the call to arms, enlisting on April 16,
1861, in the 8th Regiment O. Inf., being commissioned a captain.
He served with that regiment in Western Virginia, the Shenandoah
Valley and the Army of the Potomac until November, 1862, when he
was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 10th Ohio Cavalry and
served with honor and distinction in the Army of the Cumberland
until 1864.
At the close of the war he returned to Fremont and in
1866 was appointed by President Andrew Johnson
collector of internal revenue for the Ninth District of
Ohio, which position he held until Mar. 4, 1867.
In the war of 1866 he again entered mercantile life,
becoming a member of the firm of Haynes & Engler,
extensive dealers for many yeas in grain and farm
produce. In 1873 Colonel Haynes retired from the
firm of Haynes & Engler to become the cashier of the Bank
of Fremont. He was associated with the late
F. S. White in the Bank of Fremont and later in the
firm of White & Haynes until 1888, when he became
vice-president and manager of the Fremont Savings Bank.
Colonel Haynes has always taken an active
interest in the political affairs of the state and in the
success of the Democratic party, of which he has been a life
long member. He served many years as a member of the
council of the city of Fremont and was president of the Fremont
Water Works Board during its construction.
He was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention
held in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1880, that nominated General
Hancock for President, and also to the Chicago convention in
1884, and represented Ohio on the committee that notified
Cleveland and Hendricks of their nomination by that
convention.
In 1884 he was appointed by Governor Hoadly a
member of the first board of trustees for the Toledo Asylum for
the Insane and served during the construction of that
institution from 1884 to 1888.
He has appointed by Governor William McKinley as
a member of that board of trustees of the State Institution for
Feeble-Minded Youth; was re-appointed by Governors Nash,
Bushnell and Herrick and is now serving as a trustee
for that institution.
He was nominated without solicitation as the Democratic
candidate for representative for the Ninth District of Ohio,
composed of Lucas, Erie, Ottawa and Sandusky Counties to the
Fifty-first Congress, receiving a majority of 1,148 votes in the
district over Hon. Jacob Romeis, Republican nominee.
He was unanimously re-nominated and elected to the Fifty-Second
Congress, receiving 2,056 votes in the district over Hon.
James M. Ashley, Republican nominee.
During the Fifty-first Congress he was a member of the
committee on banking and currency and in the Fifty-second
Congress was a member of the committee on rivers and harbors as
well as chairman of the committee on the alcoholic liquor
traffic. As a member of the committee on rivers and
harbors, Colonel Haynes was instrumental in securing
large appropriations for the benefit of the rivers and harbors
of this district.
His congressional district having been changed he
declined a re-nomination to the Fifty-Third Congress and
returned to Fremont to devote his time to the banking and other
interests.
In 1894 he was again honored by his party by being
nominated for representative for the Thirteenth District of
Ohio, composed of Erie, Sandusky, Seneca, Crawford, Wyandot and
Marion Counties, to the Fifty-Fourth Congress, but on account of
business engagements and other causes declined to accept the
nomination.
Colonel Haynes was selected by the late
Sardis Birchard as a member of the board of trustees of
Birchard Library and has been president of the board
for many years.
Colonel Haynes has been for many years a member
of the Loyal Legion.
Colonel Haynes has served as president for many
years of the Fremont Savings Bank, one of the oldest and
strongest banking institutions of the city and to which he gives
his personal attention.
He has always been a large contributor to all the
public enterprises of the city and county, both of time and
money and no citizen has done more to aid in the building
up and caring for the material interests of Fremont and Sandusky
County than Colonel Haynes.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 644 |
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CLARENCE
HERMAN, whose thirty acres of valuable farm land lie two
and one-half miles northwest of Woodville, Sandusky County,
Ohio, was born in 1866, in Woodville Township, and is a son of
Henry and Clorinda (Webster) Herman.
The father of Mr. Herman came to Sandusky County
from Germany when he was fourteen years of age and worked for
small wages at first in order to pay his way, as he was a poor
boy. By the time he readied manhood he was able to buy
eighty acres of land, which he cleared and made into a good
farm. He continued to live on that property and died at
the age of seventy-three years. He married Clorinda
Webber and they had nine children.
Clarence Herman helped his father in
youth and attended school. His first successful business
venture was in buying stock and in 1896 he came to his present
place, where he carries on general farming and still continues
his business of stockbuying.
Mr. Herman married Miss Carrie Avers and
they have one daughter, Margaret, who is attending
school. Mr. Herman and family are members of the
Lutheran Church. In politics he is a leading Republican of
his township, is a member of the school board and in 1908 he was
elected a township trustee.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 820 |
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F. C. HORNUNG, one of Sandusky County's
prominent business men, is identified with the leading interests
of Gibsonburg, where he maintains his home. He was born at
Gibsonburg, Ohio, September 30, 1872.
Mr. Hornung was educated in his native place and
when he entered into business he immediately became identified
with the Zorn-Hornung Company. At present he is
vice-president of this concern, that controls many of the
leading enterprises of this section. It was founded in
April, 1896, and the other officers are G. W. Hornung,
president, and F. W. Zorn, secretary and treasurer.
The company owns a general store, manufactures staves, operates
in creamery that at one time was the largest in the county, and
is prominent in oil production both in Sandusky and Wood
Counties. An elevator is operated by the company at
Gibsonburg, as a grain and feed exchange.. The company
formerly owned a lime plant, but subsequently disposed of it to
the Ohio & Western Lime Company, which has its main office at
Cleveland. In addition to his responsibilities in the
above concern, Mr. Hornung has many important individual
interests. He is president of the Madison Oil and Gas
Company, is a stockholder and director in the Gibsonburg Banking
Company, is a stockholder in the Gibsonburg Telephone and
Electric Light Company, is interested in oil leases.
On Oct. 24, 1896, Mr. Hornung was married to
Miss Jessie Miller, a daughter of W. S. and Letha (Bond)
Miller, and they have two children: Catherine, who is
a student in the sixth grade in the Gibsonburg public school;
and Robert M. Mr. and Mrs. Hornung are members of
the Lutheran Church. In politics he is a Democrat, but he
has accepted no public office except membership on the school
board.
Source: Twentieth Century History of Sandusky County,
Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond - Arnold
Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 873 |
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JACOB
HORNUNG - See TILLMAN
HORNUNG
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 876 |
Tillman Hornung |
TILLMAN
HORNUNG, general farmer, residing on his eighty acres of
well improved land, which is situated one and one-half miles
west of Hessville, in Washington Township, Sandusky County,
Ohio, was born on a farm two and one-half miles northeast of his
present one, Jan. 22, 1840. His parents were
Jacob and Elizabeth (Siegenthaler) Hornung.
JACOB HORNUNG and wife were
born in Germany and after emigrating to America they lived for
six years in Pennsylvania and then came to Sandusky County and
settled in Washington Township on the farm where their son
Tillman Hornung was born, where they lived for fourteen
years. They then moved to the one he now resides on and
remained there during the rest of their lives: They had
six children: Charlotte, Caroline, Mary, Tillman, Adam
and Jacob.
Tillman Hornung has been engaged in farming ever
since he finished attending the district school. He
assisted his father during his minority and later farmed the
place for him and in 1876 he purchased the farm for himself.
He has all but twelve acres under cultivation and raises enough
stock for his own use. He has excellent farm machinery and
has made many improvements on the place since it became his own
property, including building of a comfortable two-story frame
residence and a substantial barn.
In 1886, Mr. Hornung, was married to Miss
Margaret Strock, a native of Germany and a daughter of
Philip and Elizabeth Strock, bot of whom were born in
Germany. Mrs. Hornung has three sisters and one
brother: Elizabeth, Sophia, Mary, and Philip.
Mr. and Mrs. Hornung have had three children, namely:
Catherine, who is deceased; Lydia, who married
Henry Craft, lives at Hessville and they have three
children- Clara, Tillman and Ruth; and William.
The latter resides at home and does the practical work on the
farm, his father having more or less retired from farm labor.
Mr. Hornung and family are members of the Lutheran
Church. In politics he is a Democrat.
Source: Twentieth Century History of
Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - Publ. Richmond
- Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - 1909 - Page 876 |
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