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Source:
History of Lower Scioto Valley
Together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships,
Educational,
Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent
Persons,
and Biographies of Representative Citizens
Chicago: Inter-State
Publishing Co.
1884
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CHARLES HACQUARD,
wagon-maker, postoffice Portsmouth, was born in France in 1827, and
when twenty-one years of age came to America, locating in
Portsmouth, Ohio. In 1849 he began learning his trade, and
worked at it in Portsmouth till 1854, when he removed
to Washington Township and located on Carey’s Pun, remaining there
eight years, and in 1862 located at his present stand. In the
past he has manufactured wagons, but at present is occupied chiefly
with repairing. In 1863 he joined the State Militia and
participated in the John Morgan raid. He was taken prisoner
but soon after exchanged. In 1864 he enlisted in Company I,
One Hundred and Fortieth O. N. G., and served four
months, doing guard duty in West Virginia. He was married Jan.
19, 1854, to Rosella DuCotey. They have had a family of
ten children, eight now living—Emma Beatty, Clara Malone, Mary,
Albert, Rosalie, Fanny, Anna and Ernest. Those deceased
are Lewis and Alice. Mr. Hacquard has served five years as Trustee
of Washington Township and is now President of the Board of
Education.
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JAMES C. HAMILTON
was born in Champaign County, Ohio, in 1815, a son of Reuben and
Elizabeth (Cahail) Hamilton, natives of Maryland. His
early life was spent on a farm, and when sixteen years of age he
commenced supplying steamboats with wood, an occupation he followed
twenty-seven years. Since then he has been very successful,
and notwithstanding some very severe losses, has accumulated a good
property. He was married in 1839 to Phoebe Horner, who
still survives him. They had a family of nine children of whom
four are now living - Catherine, Amanda, Rosa and Ida May.
Huldah, Reuben, Richard, Robert and Mary Emma are
deceased. His sons all died within seventeen weeks.
Mr. Hamilton's father came with his parents, John and
Catherine Hamilton, to Ohio when he was quite small, and
remained there until his death, which occurred in Nile Township in
1852, aged sixty years. His wife died in 1875, aged
ninety-five years. They had a family of six children, of whom
four are living - Ignatius B., William and Wesley, of Oregon,
and James C. They were all members of the Methodist
church and good zealous Christian workers. Mr. James C.
Hamilton's grandfather came to Ohio in 1792. He died in
Indiana in 1836. His wife was the first person buried in
Turkey Creek Cemetery.
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ARCHIBALD S. HANES,
son of Abraham and Margaret Hanes, was born July 1, 1833, in
Beaver County, Pa., where he lived till he was fourteen years old.
He then came to
Ohio with his parents, who settled on a farm in Meigs County,
remaining there till 1854. They then purchased a farm in
Scioto County, where his wife died in 1866. Abraham
Hanes died in Meigs County in 1867. Our subject grew to
manhood on his father’s farm, where he lived till he was past
twenty-one years old. He was reared a farmer and has always
followed that avocation. He has at the present time 125 acres
of excellent land, which he has gained by his own industry, and is
engaged in farming and raising stock. He was married in 1854
to Elizabeth Titus, of Scioto County, who has borne
him twelve children, of whom eight are still living. In 1861
Mr. Hanes enlisted in Company H, Fifty-sixth Ohio
Infantry, and served three years. He was in the battles of
Fort Gibson, Champion Hills, Siege of Vicksburg, and was in the Red
River Campaign, besides many other important engagements. He
was mustered out in November, 1864, and returned to Scioto County.
He has held the office of Infirmary Director, and has served fifteen
years as Township Trustee, which position he still holds.
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JOHN HANNA, deceased, was born
in Newcastle County, Del., a son of Samuel and Susannah (Ball)
Hanna, who died when he was quite young. In 1847 he came
to Ohio and located in Scioto County. In 1857 he settled on
the farm where his wife still lives and where he died in 1879, aged
fifty-seven years and six months. It contains 400 acres of
valuable land, well improved and under good cultivation. He
was a quiet, unpretentious man and possessed of rare qualities that
commanded the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens.
Though often urged to accept public office he repeatedly declined,
only serving one term as Trustee. He was a member of Scioto
Lodge, I. O. O. F., Portsmouth. He was married in Delaware to
Catherine, daughter of Patrick Henry. Three
children were born to them, Mary, now Mrs. James P.
Vandervoort, being the only one living. She resides on the
old homestead. Annie E. and an infant are deceased.
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DANIEL H. HARWOOD was
born in Ross County, Ohio, Feb. 3, 1828, a son of Benjamin and
Mary (Ward) Harwood, his father a native of Maryland, who
settled in Ross County when quite a young man, and his mother a
native of Maryland, who settled in Ross County when quite a young
man, and his mother a native of that county. In 1844 they
removed to Scioto County and settled in Valley Township, where his
father died in 1848. His mother is still living, aged
eighty-four years. Of their seven children but two are now
living - Nancy, wife of David Schoonmaker, and D.
H. The early life of our subject was passed upon the farm,
his education being limited. When he was twenty-one years of
age he commenced life for himself and rented the Marsh farm,
Valley Township, where he lived twenty-six years. Twenty years
of this time he bought stock for George Davis, Portsmouth, a
business which took him to all parts of the surrounding country, and
won him many acquaintances. In 1880 he bought the farm of
ninety-five acres where he now resides, engaged in farming and
dealing in horses. In the late war he enlisted in a cavalry
company to take part in the Morgan raid. Politically he
is a Republican, but though urged by his friends to do so does not
desire to accept office. He was married in 1850 to Hannah,
daughter of Samuel Darlington. They have six children -
William, Benjamin, Mary Ellen, Daniel Lincoln, Charles and
Ida Belle. Two children died in infancy.
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JOHN G. HATHAWAY,
photographer, corner of Court and Second streets, was born in
Rochester, N. Y., in 1849. He learned his trade in Marietta,
Ohio, and was in business there eight years. In 1876 he came
to Portsmouth, and with Mr. Fuller opened a studio under the
firm name of Fuller & Hathaway. In April, 1882, Mr.
Fuller retired from the firm, and Mr. Hathaway has since
been alone. He occupies the whole upper floor of the Vincennes
block, and his facilities for work are as good as any in the
country. Mr. Hathaway takes several art journals and
intends to keep up with the times in this branch of art. His
pictures will compare favorably with Sarony's Brand's or any first
class artist of the country. He was married in 1875 to
Annett Morse of Marietta. They have a family of two sons
and one daughter.
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NICHOLAS HAUBERT
was born in Germany, June 1, 1830, a son of John and Hannah
Haubert. His parents with a family of seven children came
to the United States in 1843, landing in New York City, and coming
soon after in Ohio. His father bought a farm in Harrisonville,
where he died in 1863, aged seventy-four years. His mother
died June 9, 1859. Nicholas received the greater part
of his education in Germany. He was reared a farmer, and has
always given his attention to that vocation. In 1854 he
married Eliza Myers, a native of Germany, born in 1834, and a
daughter of Frank and Emma Myers, who came to America with
their family in 1837. They have ten children - John J.,
Mary E., Hannah C., Frank W., Julia T., Henry N., Herman F.,
Albert L., Anna E., and Rosa L. Mr. Haubert has a
farm of 125 acres, with a good two story house and comfortable farm
buildings. He and his wife are members of the Catholic church.
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FREDERICK HELD was
born in France, Jan. 19, 1831. He was educated in both the
German and French languages, and when twenty-one years of age came
to the United States, landing in New York City. He then went
to Cincinnati, thence to Virginia, and in the fall of 1854 came to
Portsmouth and for several years worked at the Scioto Furnace.
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GEORGE HELT was
born at Scioto Furnace, Scioto Co., Ohio, July 26, 1846, a son of
John Helt, of Harrison Township, Scioto County. When
sixteen years of age he learned the blacksmith's trade, and worked
at it eight years. He then engaged in the grocery business,
and in 1873 bought an interest in the store of Charles Winter &
Co. Aug. 9, 1881, he purchased Mr. Winter's
interest and is now carrying on the business as George Helt.
He does both a wholesale and retail business. His
salesroom is 19 x 65 feet, with a warehouse in the rear. He
employs two clerks and delivers his goods to any part of the city.
His sales amount to $16,000 yearly. Mr. Helt was
married in 1874 to Barbara Hurder. They have four
children - Emiel John, Walter Scott, George Oscar and Anna
Mary.
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W. R. HENDRICKSON
was born May 1, 1833, in Lewis County, Ky. He came to
Portsmouth in 1870 and had been here but a year when he was
appointed on the police force, and has since held the position.
For eight years prior to coming to Portsmouth he kept the jail at
Vanceburg, Ky. He was married in 1855 to Serrilda J.
Ruggles, a native of Kentucky, employed at the Peabody Coal
Works; L.; Sophronia, wife of W. R. Bane, of Augusta,
Ky., and John T., a molder in Cincinnati. Mrs.
Hendrickson died and in 1870 Mr. Hendrickson married
Phoebe L. Andrews, a native of Maryland. He
is a member of the A. O. U. W. He is the owner of one of the
finest thoroughbred horses in Southern Ohio, sired by War Dance, of
Bath County, Ky. He has been taken to county fairs since two
years old, and never fails to take a premium, and has taken four at
one fair.
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FRANK HENRY was born in Newcastle
County, Del., in 1815, a son of Patrick and Nancy (McKeever)
Henry. His father was a native of Ireland, and came to
America with his parents when ten years of age, living in Delaware
till his death. After the death of his father Mr. Henry's
mother went to Pittsburg to live with him. In 1847 the family,
John, Daniel, Frank, Joseph and Catherine and their
mother, came to Scioto County, where the mother died in 1862, aged
ninety-five years. When seven years of age Frank Henry
began working in a cotton factory, and when fourteen commenced to
learn the wagon-maker's trade, serving an apprenticeship of seven
years, at the same time, however, learning the blacksmith's trade.
In 1838 he went to Pittsburg and from there to Natchez, Miss.
He subsequently returned to Pittsburg, and worked at millwrighting
till 1847, when he came to Ohio. He worked at saw-milling and
cutting staves ten years after coming here, and then settled on a
farm, where he now owns 120 acres, all well improved.
Politically he is a Democrat. He has held several of the
township offices. In 1850 he married Maria L., daughter
of Colonel Thomas Morgan. Seven of their nine children
are living - Rachel, Thomas, John, Frank, Joseph K., Patrick
and Nancy L. Daniel and Ellen are deceased.
Mrs. Henry died in 1864.
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F. C. HERMS was
born in the kingdom of Prussia, Germany, in 1836, and came to the
United States in 1856. He spent fourteen months in Cincinnati
and then came to Portsmouth in Cincinnati and then came to
Portsmouth. He clerked for Mr. Connolly a time and was
employed in Gaylord's rolling mill five years. He was
then in partnership a short time with Mr. Marting, under the
firm name of Marting & Herms. He opened a store in his
residence, corner of Ninth and John streets, which he ran about two
years, when he opened another on the corner of Sixth and Chillicothe
streets, his daughter taking charge of the old one. He at
first occupied but one lower room, keeping carpets up stairs, but in
1882 he added an adjoining room for carpets. He keeps a large
and complete stock of carpets, and is the leader in this branch of
trade in Portsmouth. He was married in 1860 to Catharine
Mary Marting, daughter of
Henry Marting,
of Portsmouth. They have had nine children - Charles F.,
in the store with his father; William Albert; Edward,
attending the Ohio University, studying for a chemist; Ida M.,
in charge of the Ninth street store; John Wesley, Oscar,
Edith Selina and Clara are at home; Ella died at
the age of two years. Mr. Herms is a member of the
German M. E. Church.
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JOHN
HERRELL, a native of Scioto County, Ohio, was born Mar. 20,
1855, a son of Travis and Hosanna Herrell. His early
life was spent on his father's farm, and in attending the district
school. After reaching manhood he commenced farming for
himself, and has been very successful. He owns 160 acres of
fine land lying in the Ohio bottoms. He raises small grains,
and his barley crop will yield him 1,500 bushels. He was
married Dec. 26, 1877, to Alice, daughter of Samuel and
Eliza J. Gillan, of Scioto County. They have three
children - Mary, Frank, and Ethel.
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JACOB HIBBS, SR.,
deceased, was born in Pennsylvania, Nov. 5, 1793, a son of Aaron
and Catharine Hibbs. His father removed to Adams County,
Ohio, where his father died in June, 1832, in the sixty-sixth year
of his age, and his mother in October, 1846, in her seventy-seventh
year. Our subject's early life was passed in helping to clear
a farm in the woods, and his educational advantages were very
limited. He was married March 3, 1814, to Rebecca Lucas.
To them were born eleven children - Aaron, born Feb. 15,
1815, died single, April 15, 1837; Hannah U. L., born July
12, 1817, now living near Freeport, Ill.; Joseph L., born
April 8, 1819; George DC., born July 27, 1821, living in
Highland County, Ohio; Ursulina, born June 5, 1823, died
single, Oct. 6, 1855; Rebecca L., born Aug. 3, 1825, now
Mrs. N. B. Russell, of Portsmouth, Ohio; John A. T., born
Jan. 18, 1828, living near Waverly, Neb.; Jacob C., born Apr.
3, 1830, of Portsmouth; Robert L., born April 23, 1832, died
near Alexandria, D. C., Nov. 11, 1862, a member of the Twelfth
United States Infantry, regular army; Sarah C., born June 26,
1834, living in Highland County, Ohio; Van B., born Jan. 13,
1839, served through the entire war of the Rebellion as a private,
Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, and died in Mattoon, Ill., in
November, 1869. Hr. Hibbs served under Captain Roop
at the time of Hull's surrender. He was a strong
Jackson Democrat and took an active part in political matters from
1840 till 1848. He held the office of School Trustee a number
of years. After his marriage he settled in Union Township,
Scioto County, where he died July 12, 1852. His wife died Oct.
20, 1853. They were members of the Disciple church.
Mr. Hibbs was a man of great moral courage, and was noted for
his determination and positiveness of character. He took great
pride in the education of his children, and did all in his power to
give them a good start in life.
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JACOB C. HIBBS
[Portsmouth] was born in Union Township, Scioto Co., Ohio, April 3,
1830, a son of
Jacob and Rebecca (Lucas) Hibbs, his father a native of
Pennsylvania, born Nov. 5, 1793, and his mother, a native of
Virginia born Jan. 27, 1796. He was educated in the public
schools, and took a partial course at the Dennison University,
Granville, Ohio. He was reared on a farm and followed that
vocation till 1860 when he removed to Portsmouth and engaged in the
mercantile business. He now has one of the best hardware
establishments in the city. Politically he is a Republican,
and an advocate of the temperance cause. He has never aspired
to office or any place of political or public notice. He was
married April 30, 1857, to B. A. Williamson, of Washington
Township, Scioto County. They have five children - Flora
E., Frank, Charles, L. Grace and Harry D. Mr. and Mrs.
Hibbs and their three living children,
Flora E., L. Grace and Harry D., are members of the Regular
Baptist church.
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J. L. HIBBS Portrait found between pages
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GENERAL JOSEPH L. HIBBS,
merchant, Portsmouth, Ohio, was born in Scioto County, Ohio, April
8, 1819, and is a son of Jacob and Rebecca Hibbs nee
Lucas. His mother was a daughter of Judge Joseph Lucas,
a brother of the late Robert Lucas, Governor of Ohio, and
Iowa two terms each. Wm. Lucas, father of Joseph
and Robert, was in the army under Washington at Braddock's
defeat, and also served as Captain in the war of the Rebellion.
He afterward emigrated with his family from Virginia and located in
Scioto County, at a place known since as Lucasville. Edward
Lucas, fore-father of the Virginia Lucases, and his wife,
nee
Dark, of Quaker descent, came to this country with William
Penn, and first settled in Berks County, Penn., and afterward
the family removed to Virginia, where they became quite noted.
The great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, Aaron Hibbs,
emigrated from England to America Soon after the Revolutionary war,
and Jacob Hibbs, the father of Joseph, was among those
who were called out in the war of 1812, in defense of Detroit.
When Joseph had reached the age of eighteen his father gave
him three years of his time, and the young man started for himself
with the trade of carpenter, which he had acquired at odd spells at
home during his younger days. This business he followed very
successfully for five years, during the first three of which he
cleared $500, besides attending school four months. He was a
studious boy, and assiduously devoted his spare time to the
acquisition of useful knowledge, being particularly interested in
historical works, devoting much of his spare time to reading of
ancient, profane and religious history. These books he read
with pleasure, and, unlike many other boys, he had no time to devote
to books pertaining to romance or fiction. For several years
subsequent to his carpenter business he was successfully engaged in
farming and other pursuits, as manager for prominent persons in Pike
County, Ohio. In 1851 he became clerk in a business house in
Portsmouth; and in 1853, with what money he had accumulated, he
embarked in the hardware business, in copartnership with Mr.
George Hered. In 1859 he bought out Mr. Hered's
interest, and to this day has continued the business successfully in
his own name, and takes rank among the oldest hardware merchants of
the State. During the war of the Rebellion Mr. Hibbs
was commissioned by Governor Tod as Brigadier-General Wright,
Quartermaster-General of the State. In 1866 he
started a boot, shoe, and hat store, which, ten years later, he
consolidated with his hardware business which has resulted in great
success. In the summer of 1875, his health having become
impaired by intense application to business he took a trip South
during the following winter, in hopes of regaining his lost vigor,
and visited Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Augusta, Charleston,
Savannah, Jacksonville, and other places of note, including Florida
State Fair. Early in the year 1877, finding that he was but
little improved in health, he withdrew from active participation in
business, and took up his residence in New York City, spending a few
days at Washington, District of Columbia, on his way, when the
Electoral Commission was considering the validity of President
Hayes's title to the Presidency, and remained until he was
inaugurated. Sine then General Hibbs has made his home
in New York City, where he attends to the purchasing of goods for
his Portsmouth houses and other houses, as orders are sent to him by
his friends. In 1879, while in New York City, he sold for the
commissioners of Scioto County $40,000 of six per cent, county
bonds, at a premium, and visited the United States Sub-treasury
vaults and the leading banks of the city. In December of the
year 1877 he went to California by the way of the Isthmus, and spent
several months in visiting places of note and interest on the
pacific Coast, among which were San Francisco, Oakland, Santa
Barbara, Los Angeles, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Calaveras, Grove of Big
Trees, and the gorgeous and picturesque scenery of the Yosemite
Valley. As illustrative of the character of that climate, it
may be stated that on the first day of May, 1878, when the valleys
were fragrant with flowers, and the figs nearly grown, General
Hibbs rode on horseback a distance of fourteen miles over huge
mountains of snow on his way to the valley, the thermometer
registering seventy degrees. The scenery of the valley at this
time was especially awe-inspiring, and picturesque to the sublimest
extent. The various waterfalls, some of them 2,600 feet high,
were at their highest state and greatest force, caused by the
rapidly melting snow, and presented a view inexpressibly grand and
sublime. The General also visited Sacramento, Salt Lake City,
the great Mormon Tabernacle, Camp Douglas, and the tomb of Brigham
Young, visiting on his return eastward Des Moines, Iowa City,
Muscatine and Freeport, where he spent some time among his friends
who had removed West several years previous. He refers to his
trips with much enthusiasm, and looks upon the time spent in this
way as the most interesting and enjoyable portion of his life.
General Hibbs has taken a deep interest in public enterprises
and in church matters, and has contributed largely of his means for
their support. In many other ways he is benevolent and
public-spirited, doing much toward promoting the growth and
prosperity of his adopted city. He possesses all the elements
of a capital business man, and has good judgment of men and things.
He is cautious, firm, and conscientious, and as a business man
stands among the best of Portsmouth. By industry, frugality
and keen foresight he has been rewarded with very gratifying
success.
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JOHN W. HOGAN was born
Mar. 4, 1842, in New Orleans, La., where he lived till he was
thirteen years old. He then went to school in Ironton two
years, when he came to Ohio and worked on a farm till the
breaking-out of the war. He joined the Thirty-third Ohio and
was ordered to Maysville, Ky. He participated in the battle of
Stone River, where he was wounded, which disabled him for a time.
He joined his regiment Apr. 11, 1862, and took part in the battles
of Tullahoma, Chickamauga and many others, and was mustered out in
July, 1865, having served four years. Dec. 6, 1865, he was
married to Maria J., daughter of Peter Noel, of this
county. They have three children living - William E.,
Martha J. and Windfill Edwin. Mr. Hogan owns 73
acres of excellent land. He is at present serving as School
Director.
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ANSELM T. HOLCOMB,
attorney at law, was born near Vinton, Gallia Co., Ohio, Nov. 19,
1846, a son of John Ewing and Mary (Matthews) Holcomb,
natives of Gallia County and now residents of Butler, Bates Co., Mo.
His parents were reared and married in Gallia County, their parents,
General S. R. Holcomb and Colonel Phineas Matthews, both
having settled there as early as 1800. They were both
prominent in county and State affairs, and lived to advanced ages.
Anselm T. spent his early life in attending school and
assisting his father in the store. He attended the public
schools and the academies at Vinton and Ewington, and in 1863
entered the Ohio University at Athens, graduating in 1867. He
began reading law while in college with Hon. W. Reed Goleu,
of Athens, and after leaving college pursued a regular course with
General A. T. Holcomb. He taught school at Vinton and
Rodney, Ohio, and near Moorefield, Ky. He was admitted to the
bar at Butler, Bates Co., Mo., in 1870, and soon after entered
into partnership with Hon. William Page. The partnership was
dissolved in 1875 and he was associated with his brother Phineus
till the summer of 1878 when he removed to Portsmouth, where he was
associated with Judge A. C. Thompson
until the latter was elected Common Pleas Judge in 1881, and sine
then has practice alone. Mr. Holcomb has been very
successful in his practice and is one of the leading attorneys of
the county. He has dealt quite extensively in real estate, and
completed a set of abstract books of real estate in Bates County,
Mo. He was one of the original stockholders in the Portsmouth
Fire Brick Company, and the Portsmouth Wagon Stock Company. He
is one of the owners and the original proprietor of the coal shaft
of Theo. Fluhart & Co., Wellston, Jackson Co., Ohio, and is
also interested in the mining and shipping of coal in Missouri.
He was the Republican candidate for Representative of Bates County,
Mo., in 1876, and a delegate from Kansas City District to the
Republican National Convention in 1876. He was married Oct.
14, 1876 to Grace L. Breare, youngest daughter of
Rev. Robinson Breare, of Gallia County, Ohio. They have
one son - and the 1878 was High Priest of Miami Chapter, Butler, Mo.
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JOHN HOLLBACK was
born June 21, 1828, and is a native of Saxony. He was reared
on a farm and when about twenty years of age he entered the regular
army and served three years. In 1851 he came to America and
lived in Detroit six months when he went to Kentucky and from there
to Jefferson Furnace, Jackson County, where he worked three years.
He then engaged in farming for four years when he returned to the
furnace remaining two years, after which he purchased his present
farm of 160 acres where he is engaged in farming and stock-raising.
He was married in 1855 to Mary Roush, of Louisville,
Ky., and has four children—Emma, Charlie, Minnie
and Edward. He and his wife are worthy members of the
Lutheran church.
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WARREN HOLMES, eldest
son of Colonel John J. and Harriet (Stover) Holmes, was born
at Bloom Furnace, Scioto County, Jan. 16, 1S31. He attended
the district schools and lived on the home farm till he grew to
manhood. He was married in 1856 to Philora Harper.
They have had six children of whom four are still living—Benjamin
F., John J., Marquis de Lafayette and Orea E. Otto Sennet
died at the age of twenty-one years; Selby died at the age of
fourteen months. Mr. Holmes and family are members of
the Baptist church, of which he is Deacon. Since his marriage
he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits and has a fine farm of
161 acres of land which is well supplied with stone coal and rich
iron ore. His parents were natives of Ohio and after marriage
taught school several years, after which he kept a store and engaged
in farming. He was Justice of the Peace for many years and
died in 1861. They reared a family of five children, four of whom
survive—Lafayette, living in Kansas; George W. is in
the Indian Territory; Melissa, wife of Stephen Brown,
of Illinois, and Warren. Mrs. Holmes is living
with her son Lafayette.
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PETER
HOOVER was born in Germany in 1827, and came to the United
States in 1859, landing in New York City. He then went to
Manlius Station, where he remained four years. In 1863 he came
to Ohio and located near Powellsville, Scioto County, working at the
Empire Furnace. He now has a good farm of seventy acres,
thirty acres of timber, and forty under cultivation. He was
married in 1859, before leaving Germany, to Lena Steppe.
They have five sons - Adam, Peter, Nicholas, John and
George. Mr. Hoover has just built a neat two-story
dwelling, and his farm buildings are all in good order. He is
one of the substantial citizens of the Lower Scioto Valley.
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JOSEPH HORNUNG
[Portsmouth] was born in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1842, a son of
Joseph Hornung. He came to the United States in 1854, and
located at West Union, Adams Co., Ohio. In 1856 he came to
Portsmouth. He learned the cooper's trade when a boy. He
is now the proprietor of one of the largest coopering establishments
in the city, and one of the proprietors of Standard Wheelbarrow
Company on Front street.
Mr. Hornung was married, in 1868, to Elizabeth E. Kaetler,
who died in 1875, leaving two children. In 1875 he married
Lizzie B. Brodbeck, daughter of Vincent Brodbeck.
They have two children.
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JOHN J. HOUSE, foreman
of the Scioto Fire Brick Yards, was born July 6, 1849, in Allegheny
County, Pa. He received his education in the schools of
Pittsburg, Wheeling, Va., and Sciotoville. In 1865 he
commenced to work at the yards, and in 1880 he was appointed to his
present position as foreman. Sept. 6, 1869, he was married to
Nancy J. Ellison, a native of Jackson County, Ohio, born Dec.
18, 1845. They have been blessed with six children, four of
whom are living. Lilly, Edward, Nellie and Mary. Mr.
House and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He is a member of the Odd Fellows, Wheelersburg Lodge, No. 337.
His father, Jacob, was a native of Germany. He was
killed near Pittsburg, Pa., in 149 by the slate from the top of a
coal bank falling on him. His mother, Margaret Horton,
was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 25, 1829, and is at preset living in
Ashland, Ky. They have three children living - James, John
and George.
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SAMUEL C. HOWELL,
deceased, was born July 14, 1827, in Scioto County, and is the son
of William and Catherine Howell, natives of Virginia, who
came to Ohio in an early day. Our subject spent his youth in
working on his father's farm and at furnaces. He was married
in 1856 to Josephine, daughter of Jacob Andre.
Seen children were born to them of whom five are living - C. Mac,
Jennie C., Warren E., Hortense M., Flora E. Mr. Howell
died in August, 1874, leaving a good farm of sixty-nine acres.
He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a highly
respected citizen.
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MRS. FRANCES (LASSER)
HUDSON
was born in Switzerland, Feb. 26, 1821. She came to America
when fourteen years old and landed at New York. She went
immediately to Jackson County, Ohio, and lived on a farm nine miles
west of Jackson. She was married Oct. 16, 1860, to Samuel
Hunsinger, born Oct. 1, 1826, in the canton of Hargo,
Switzerland. He came to America at the age of eight years and
lived on a farm near Jackson. After his marriage he came to
Porter Township, Scioto County, where he followed farming till his
death, Nov. 27k, 1868. He was buried at Wheelersburg.
They had a family of two children - Cornelia E., born Sept5.
14, 1861, and Samuel A. L., Aug. 7, 1864. Our subject
was married a second time to Joseph Hudson, Oct. 26, 1871.
He was born in Kentucky in 1818. Mrs. Hudson has 105
acres of good land on Sections 17 and 19 and a residence on section
17, Porter Township. She and her daughter Cornelia are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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RADFORD HUDSON, an
old pioneer of Green County, was born in Kentucky, Dec. 6, 1819, and
in the spring of 1820 came to Ohio with his parents, William and
Mary (Robards) Hudson. His mother died in 1874, and his
father's death occurred during the war, in 1865. They had ten
children, of whom eight grew to maturity. Our subject was
reared principally in Scioto County, and has been variously employed
during his life. He is now engaged in farming, and has 100
acres of excellent land, besides some town lots. He was
married in December, 1839, to Sharoh Hanna, a native of
Virginia. They had five children, of whom three are living -
Charles W., James M. and W. S. His wife died in
1862, and he was again married in 1864 to Margaret, daughter
of Robert Thompson, of Scioto County. This union
has resulted in five children, of whom four survive - Frank E.,
Mary L., Warren H. and Hattie. Mr. Hudson was elected
Justice and the Peace in 1860, and served three years.
He was Township Assessor in 1870, and has also served one term as
Constable.
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HERMAN HUELS,
[Portsmouth] steam dye house, No. 71 Third street, was born in
Prussia, in 1834. When fifteen years of age he began to learn
his trade, and afterward traveled through Switzerland, Germany and
France, as was customary in the country, working in a great many
towns. In 1864 he came to the United States, and located in
Springfield, Ill., remaining there three months. He then
worked a year in Cincinnati, Ohio, and went to Chillicothe, where he
worked for a Mr. Dueber, and afterward married his daughter,
Pauline Dueber. In 1870 he came to Portsmouth and
purchased the dye house of F. Zetsner. He enlarged the
business, and put in machinery for dyeing with steam. His work
is of the highest order, and his prices correspondingly low.
He is very successful as a business man, and owns his residence and
place of business. He has been a member of the German
Benevolent Society over twelve years. Mr. and Mrs. Huels
have five children - Herman, born in Chillicothe; Emil,
Charles, Annie
and Otele, born in Portsmouth.
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WILLIAM HUGHES
[Portsmouth] was born in Ireland in 1847, a son of Terence Hughes.
In 1850 he came to America with his uncle, William Hughes.
He spent his boyhoods days in Canada, and in 1859 came to the United
States, and has since then resided in Portsmouth, and since 1860 has
been engaged in the saloon and billiard-hall business, with the
exception of the years of the Rebellion when he was a Government
pilot running between Cincinnati and Memphis. Mr. Hughes
was married in 1865 and Mary L. Jacquet, a native of France,
but a resident of Portsmouth since childhood. They have two
children -
Mary Louise and John J.
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BENJAMIN HUMPHREYS,
manager of Howard Furnace, was born in Hampshire County, Va., Sept.
19, 1827. In 1829 his parents removed to Morgan County, Ohio,
and afterward to Pike County, where his father died in 1845.
His mother subsequently came to Scioto County, where she died in
1872, aged eighty-six years. Benjamin Humphreys
was married in 1851 to Lavina, daughter of Simon
Elliott, of Morgan County. In 1854 he came to Scioto
County and worked at the Bloom Furnace twenty years. He has
since then worked at the Webster_________ uckhorn furnaces, and in
1880 assumed his present position. Mr. Humphreys
is a member of Orient Lodge, No. 337, I. O. O. F. He and wife
are members of the Methodist church.
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WILLIAM HUMM was born
in Adams County, Ohio, Aug. 10, 1854. His parents were born
and married in Germany and came to America in 1850, landing in New
York City, and from there went to Buffalo, from there to Cincinnati,
and in 1853 removed to Adams County. In 1871 they removed to
Scioto County and purchased twenty-seven acres, where they are still
living. They had a family of three children - Lena, who
died in 1882, John and William. Our subject is the
eldest son and helps his father with the farm work. They are
engaged in gardening and raising grain. Their farm is in a
high state of cultivation. They have a fine vineyard and a
large quantity of fruit trees.
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SAMUEL J. HUSTON, SR.,
was born Sept. 29, 1800, in Winchester, Va., a son of William and
Susan (Boyd) Huston. His parents moved to Ohio in 1802 and
he was reared and educated in Portsmouth. He learned the trade
of making spinning wheels, at which he worked a number of years.
In 1823 he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Adam
Lenard, of Portsmouth. Their family consisted of fourteen
children, of whom eight still survive - Elizabeth, Cecelia,
Sarah, Helen, Margaret, Maria, Irene and Samuel J.
Soon after his marriage he moved to Brush Creek, where he
assisted in building steamboats, after which he built one of the
best boats on the Ohio River. In 1847 he built a saw-mill,
which he ran some time. He has ten acres of valuable land on
which he has a neat residence, situated just outside the corporate
limits of Portsmouth. In politics Mr. Huston is a
Democrat, and in 1854 was elected by that party to the State
Legislature. His first presidential vote was cast for
General Jackson. He is now in his eighty-third year, and
is an active old gentleman. His father was a native of
Virginia, of Irish descent. He came to the Scioto Valley in
1802 and built the fourth cabin in Portsmouth. He was a tailor
by trade, but did not work much at that, but followed keel-boating a
number of years. Our subject's mother was born in Maryland and
died in 1854.
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C. C. HYATT [Portsmouth]
was born in Queens County, Long Island, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1804, a son
of Elvin Hyatt. When thirteen years of age he was bound
as an apprentice to the mason's trade, till twenty-one. From
1825 till 1830 he worked at his trade in New York, and Oct. 8 of the
latter year came to Portsmouth. At that time there were but
five brick buildings in the city. He has built over fifty
buildings in this city, including churches, business houses and
residences. For twenty-five years he was the only contractor
of mason work in the city and employed from ten to thirty men.
When sixty-two years of age he abandoned his trade, and is now
engaged in the grocery business, on the corner of Eighth and Court
streets. He was married in 1826 to Cynthia A. Thompson,
a native of New York. They had four children, all now
deceased. Mrs. Hyatt died in 1845. In 1846 Mr.
Hyatt married Elizabeth Taylor, a native of Maryland.
They have one child - Amelia Helen, now the wife of Dr. J.
McClure. Mr. Hyatt has been a member of the
Methodist church fifty-one years. He belongs to the Masonic
fraternity.
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L. N. HYATT
[Portsmouth] was born in Clay Township, Scioto Co., Ohio, a son of
Elvin Hyatt,
who was for many years Superintendent of the county infirmary.
He died April 15, 1865, aged sixty-eight years. L. N.
enlisted in 1863 in Company D, Eighth Independent Company of Ohio
Sharpshooters, and was appointed Corporal. He served till June
28, 1865, when, by a special order, the company was discharged.
He participated in all the campaigns of the Army of the Cumberland,
the Atlanta campaign with Sherman, the battles of Chattanooga
and Mission Ridge, and was with Thomas in his raid against
Hood. In 1868 Mr. Hyatt engaged in the grocery
business in Pike County, remaining there eighteen months.
He then returned to Scioto County, and for six months was
engaged in making fire brick in Porter Township. In 1875 he
formed his present partnership with H. C. McElrath, under the
firm name of
McElrath & Hyatt. Their place of business is located on
Eleventh street, between John and Waller streets. They keep a
full line of groceries, feed, produce, coal, etc., and deliver goods
to all parts of the city. Mr. Hyatt was married July 2,
1883, to Carrie A. Clark, daughter of Dr. Clark,
formerly of Ironton, Ohio, who was shot while discharging his duties
as a physician by Morgan's men during the raid, they
supposing him to be a spy. Mr. Hyatt's father was a
Corporal in the war of 1812.
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