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History of Shelby County, Ohio
Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So.
1883
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Residence of
Balser Hagelberger,
Main St.,
Anna, Ohio |
Dinsmore Twp. -
BALSER HAGELBERGER, Retired
Farmer, P. O. Anna. Mr. Hagelberger was
born in France, Apr. 13, 1827. He is a son of
Philip J. and Julian Hagelberger, who were natives
of France. In the fall of 1833, they emigrated
with their family to America, landing in New York City,
remained about six weeks, when they came to Shelby
County, Ohio, and settled on 240 acres of land in
section 8, Dinsmore Township, on which they spent the
remainder of their days. Philip J. Hagelberger
died in June, 1837, aged fifty-four years. His
companion survived him until September, 1847, aged
sixty-four years, when her spirit took its flight.
They reared a family of five children, viz.,
Catharine, Philip, Peter, Julian, and Balser.
Peter and Balser are the only ones of the
family that are now living.
Balser Hagelberger, subject of this sketch, came
to America in 1833, and settled in Dinsmore Township,
where he spent his minority days on the farm with his
parents. In October, 1854, he married Miss
Frederica Fogt, daughter of George and Julian
Fogt. Miss Fogt was born in Baden, Germany,
Mar. 4, 1834, and came to America with her parents in
1844, and located in Franklin Township, Shelby County,
Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Hagelberger settled on a
farm in section 8, Dinsmore Township, where they
remained and followed farming until January, 1882, when
they left their farm, moved to Anna, and are now living
a retired life. They reared a family of six
children, viz., Julian, George, Jacob, Samuel,
William, and Sophia.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 246 |
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Dinsmore Twp. -
PETER HAGELBERGER, son of
Philip J. and Julian Hagelberger, was born in
France, June 18, 1820. He emigrated to America
with his parents in the autumn of 1833, and located in
Dinsmore Township, Shelby County, on the farm in section
8, on which he has since resided, making farming his
principal avocation. He now owns 287 acres of good
land. On the 10th of October, 1849, he married
Miss Caroline Kah, daughter of Christian and
Julia Kah, then of Shelby County, but a native of
Baden, Germany, where she was born Sept. 8, 1828, and
came to America with her father in 1848. By this
union they reared a family of six children, viz.,
Julian, Caroline, Mary, Christopher, Phebe and
Louisa.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 246 |
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Green Twp. -
JONATHAN P. HAGEMAN, Lumberman; P.
O. Plattsville, Ohio.
Mr. Hageman was born in Hamilton County, Ohio,
on the 5th day of July, 1830. In 1850 he moved to
Shelby County, and located in Green Township, making his
home with his brothers William and Simon for several
years. On the 17th day of February, 1859, he
married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and
Elizabeth Robinson, of Green Township. Miss
Robinson was born in Green Township, Shelby County,
Sept. 45, 1834. Mr. and Mrs. Hageman
settled near Hageman sawmill, where he is now
residing. They reared a family of four children,
three sons and one daughter. In 1854 Mr.
Hageman, in company with two of his brothers,
William and George, erected a steam sawmill
on the northwest corner of section 17, Green Township,
one and a half miles south of Plattsville. The
building was fifty by thirty-six feet, and contained a
thirty-two horse power engine, with an upright or sash
saw, with a capacity for sawing about twenty-five
hundred feet per day. The business of
manufacturing all kinds of hard wood lumber, including
poplar and linn, working under the firm name of
Hageman Brothers until 1865, when William
sold his interest to J. P., and the firm
was then styled Hageman and Brother, and
remained as such two years. Then in 1867 George
Hageman sold to C. W. Dorsey, and the firm
name was Hageman and Dorsey. Mr. Dorsey
remained a partner one year, and in Hageman and
Dorsey. Mr. Dorsey remained a partner
one year, and in 1868 he sold his interest in the mill
to Mr. Hageman, who has since that time operated
it successfully alone. In 1880 he enlarged his
mill to seventy-eight by thirty-six feet, and put in a
forty-horse-power eight thousand feet of lumber per day
by putting on a sufficient force of men to run it
steadily. He also manufactures lath, picket
palings, etc. etc. He keeps constantly on hand for
sale a large stock of lumber, including poplar, linn,
all kinds of hard wood lumber, plastering lath, pickets,
wagon and buggy materials.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page
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Green
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WILLIAM HAGEMAN, retired farmer,
was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, Mar. 27, 1807.
He was reared on a farm. IN 1877 he retired from
business, and is now living a retired life. Oct.
8, 1835, he married Miss Nancy C. Middleton of
Hamilton County, Ohio, born Mar. 25, 1817, daughter of
William and Rachel Middleton. In 1847
Mr. Hageman moved to Shelby County with his family,
and settled in this towship, where they are now
residing. They reared a family of five children,
viz., John H., Rachel, David, William H., and
George W. David is now dead. The other
four are married, and living in Green Township.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
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Green
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JOSEPH HANEY, Retired Farmer; P. O. Fletcher,
Miami County.
Mr. Haney is a native of
Hamilton County, Ohio, where he was born on the 16th day
of December, 1811. He was brought to Miami County
in 1816 by his parents, George and Elizabeth Haney,
who located in the north part of Miami County, near the
Shelby County line. Joseph Haney, the
subject of this sketch, is the oldest of a family of
twenty children, fourteen of whom are yet living.
He is a carpenter by trade. In 1845 he turned his
attention to farming, which he has since made his
principal avocation, but worked some at his trade.
June 13, 1833, he married Miss Eva Livengood, of
Montgomery County, Ohio, born Nov. 19, 1810. They
settled in Miami County. In 1855 they came to
Shelby County and settled on a part of the N. W. quarter
of section 28, Green Township, where they are now
living. They reared a family of eight children,
five sons and three daughters. Two of the sons and
one daughter are now dead. Their son, Peter L.
Haney, served as a private in Company E, 71st O. V.
I., from Oct. 27, 1861, until Oct. 10, 1863, when he was
killed at Hartsville, Tenn. His body was brought
home for burial. Another son, Isaac R. Haney,
enlisted in Company E, 110th O. V. I., Sept. 1862,and
served until June 13, 1863, when he was wounded at
Winchester, Va., and died June 27,1 863, from the
effects of the wound. His body was also brought
home for interment.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 204 |
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Washington
Twp. -
JOSEPH HARDESTY was born in
Pennsylvania in the year 1800. He is a son of
Robert Hardesty, one of the early settlers of Shelby
County. His parents came to Ohio in 1803, and
located in Monroe County, where they lived
five years, then removed to Hamilton County, where they
remained until 1813, when they came to the present
limits of Shelby County, and settled on the bank of
Loramie Creek, in Loramie Township. Mr.
Hardesty says at the time of their settlement there
were but three families who had preceded them in that
part of the county; they were James Thatcher,
Robert McClure, and Zebediah
Richardson. John Wilson was their next
nearest neighbor; he was some four miles distant.
Mr. Hardesty lived here to grow up to
manhood. He was present at the first court held in the
county. It was held in a block-house in Hardin.
He also was present at the treaty made with the Indians
at St. Marys in 1818. and was well acquainted with
Charley Murray and his Indian wife, and with
Judge Armstrong. He had charge for a
time, in the year 1819, of the Government stores at St.
Marys. In 1819, Mr. Hardesty married
Catherine Saunders, who had come to the
county in 1819. He lived here to raise a family of
nine children. His wife died in 1866. Mr.
Hardesty is still living. Although enfeebled with
age, he is still in the enjoyment of good health, having
spent almost threescore and ten years in the same
neighborhood, with but short intermission.
Robert Hardesty, the old pioneer, and one
of his daughters, were suddenly killed by lightning in
June, 1819.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 288 |
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Washington
Twp. -
SAMUEL HARDESTY, a brother of
Joseph Hardesty,
was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1803, and came
with his father’s family to this county in 1813, where
in 1828 he married Margaret Saunders.
They raised a family of three children, Jane,
Martha, and Nancy. Jane married
Samuel Harshberger, of Turtle Creek;
Martha married
David
Bowlsby, and Nancy married James
Bryant, of Miami County. Mr.
Hardesty died in 1873. His wife died in 1881,
aged seventy-four years.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 288 |
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Green
Twp. -
AUSTIN HEATH, Farmer; P. O.
Plattsville.
About the year 1760 or 1765 four brothers came from
England to the American colonies. Upon their
arrival they separated. One located in Richmond,
Va.; one in Boston, Mass.; one in Trenton, N. J.; the
fourth we cannot learn where he located. One of
these brothers afterward became one of the original
major-generals of the Revolutionary army; one became a
brigadier-general, and one a captain. John
Heath, one of these brothers, was the grandfather of
the subject of this sketch. He located in New
Jersey. He left at his death a family of three
children, two sons and one daughter. John
Heath, Jr., one of these two sons, was born in
Hunterdon County, N. J., in 1788, and married Mary
Burruck. They reared a family of seven
children. Austin, the subject of this
sketch, was the third son of this family. He was
born in the same county and township as that of his
father. He was born June 4, 1814. He
remained in New Jersey until the fall of 1839, when he
came to Ohio and located near Urbana, Champaign County,
where, in the year 1845, he married Miss Eliza Lyon,
who was born in Champaign County in 1826. In the
fall of 1855 they moved to Shelby County and located
where they now reside, in Green Township. They
have raised a family of ten children, nine of whom are
still living. Mr. Heath from the year 1834
to 1854 made school teaching a profession exclusively.
From 1855 to 1872 he taught during the winter season and
worked on his farm during the summer. He has
during life devoted much time and thought to be study
and investigation of the science of Geology - having
travelled throughout nearly State and Territory in the
Union east of the Rocky Mountains, as well as the
Canadas; having been all along the sea-cost form Maine
to the reefs of Florida. HE has within his
possession a very large and fine collection of specimens
of corals and shells from the seashore; minerals from
every State east of the Rocky Mountains, among which may
be found an aerolitic stone which he dug up in the State
of Iowa within one hour after it fell. He has a
large collection of fossils, representing all the
formations from the lower Silurian up to the latest;
also a fine collection of archaeological specimens known
as Indian relics. Among his collection are several
hundred specimens gathered in Shelby County, consisting
of the bones of the Orthoceros, found near Sidney; some
exceedingly fine specimens of the Pentemeris, gathered
near Pontiac; also Trilobites from the same place, and
numerous specimens of crinordal and coral rock, all
collections from this county.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 210 |
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GEORGE HEMM was born in
Baden, Germany, June 1, 1834, and in 1846 entered the
Bavarian army and served seven years in the 6th Cavalry
Regiment. He then came to America Sept. 1, 1853,
arriving at New York, but proceeding directly to
Buffalo, where he worked in a butcher shop until the
following March. He then moved west to Toledo and
worked in a nursery until April, 1855, when he came to
Sidney and started in the nursery business, which he has
since followed with success. He was married Apr.
20, 1857, to Miss Bernadina Dickas, of Bavaria.
Their first child died at birth, while two are living,
named Nettie and George. When Mr.
Hemm came to this country he was poor, but by
industry and hard labor has worked out a competence, at
the same time securing and maintaining the respect of
his neighbors.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia,
PA: R. Sutton & So. 1883 - Page 379 |
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Orange Twp. -
JACOB HETZLER was born in Berks
County, Pennsylvania, and married there near the close
of the eighteenth century, and shortly afterwards
started for the West. At Pittsburgh they put their
effects on a flat boat, and floated down the Ohio River,
and landed at Cincinnati. The city at that time
only contained a few houses. When Mr. H.
started for the West, he took with him a barrel of
apples. From the seeds of these apples some of the
first orchards in Ohio were started. Some of the
trees grown from these seeds are still standing and
bearing fruit. Mr. Hetzler raised a family
of nine children, seven boys and two girls. They
located on a farm in Hamilton County, where they spent
the rest of their days. Mr. and Mrs. Hetzler
both died here about the same time, aged ninety-three
years, and were buried on the farm on which they first
settled.
Source:
History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA:
R. Sutton & So. 1883 - Page 195 |
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Cynthian
Twp. -
JACOB HOLLINGER was born in
Pennsylvania in 1838. Came with his parents to
Ohio in 1847. His father, John Hollinger,
was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1800. He
married Mary Bear. They reared a family of
nine children. They located in Cynthian in 1848.
Jacob was the youngest son. He married
Rachel Short, a daughter of Isaac and Mary (Vandegrif)
Short. They have five children:
Mary E., Martha, George W., Samuel, and Catharine
E. Mr. H. is now the owner of the Isaac
Short homestead in section 16.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 275 |
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Jackson
Twp. -
JAMES A. HUGHES, Saddler and
Harness Maker.
Mr. Hughes was born in Jackson Township, Shelby
county, Apr. 4, 1849. His minority days were spent
on a farm. In 1871, he purchased a half interest
in the saddler and harness shop of Hardin
Smith, a short distance west of Jackson Centre.
He also began as an apprentice at the trade under the
instruction of his partner, Hardin Smith,
with whom he remained as a partner until 1875, when he
sold his interest in the shop to his partner, and soon
after began carrying on the business in Jackson Centre,
where he has since been conducting the saddler and
harness business with success, his being the first and
the only shop ever established in the village. On
the 2d of May, 1870, he married Miss Thatima E.,
daughter of Jacob H. and Elizabeth Babcock, by
whom he has three children, two sons and one daughter.
Source: History of Shelby
County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. -
1883 - Page 234 |
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Cynthian
Twp. -
JOSEPH HUGHS was born in the State
of New Jersey in the year 1800. His parents were
from England. They came to Ohio in 1802, before it
became a State, and settled in Greene County. He
lived here to grow up to manhood. In 1821 he
married Hannah Clark. She died in 1822,
leaving no children. IN 1824 he married Susan
T. Dorsey, with whom he had two children; both died.
She died in 1828. In 1832 he married Mary
Raines. By his marriage there were nine
children born. His third wife died in 1847.
In 1848 he married Catharine Brenner. With
her he lived until 1870, when she died. In 1874 he
married his fifth wife, Mrs. Nancy McLEllen widow
of James McLellen and daughter of Frederick
Christman. Mr. Hughs made his first
settlement in Shelby County in 1822 with his first wife,
but after her death he left the county and did not
return until 1846.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. 1883 - Page 273 |
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Green Twp. -
HEMAN R. HUNT, Farmer; P. O.
Tawawa, Ohio.
Mr. Hunt is a native of Butler County, Ohio,
where he was born on the 26th day of September, 1819,
and came to Shelby County in 1836 with his parents,
Ira and Mary Hunt, who settled in this township,
where Ira Hunt died Sept. 28, 1845. His
companion survived him until Aug., 1855. Mr.
Ira Hunt reared a family of eight children, viz.,
Justus T., Ira F., Phebe D., Heman R., Eliza J., Nancy
W., Mary E., and Rachel A.; four of whom are
yet living, Justus T., Heman R., Nancy W., and
Rachel A.
He was appointed by Treasurer McGrew as
deputy treasurer of Shelby County. His duty was to
visit each and every township in the county and collect
the taxes, except Clinton Township, which office he
filled one year. Heman R. Hunt, subject of
this sketch, was reared on a farm, and has made farming
his avocation through life. At this date he owns
two good farms in Green Township. On the 26th day
of September, 1844, he married Miss Ann Conover,
of Warren County, Ohio, born Nov. 13, 1819, and came to
Shelby County with her parents, Timothy and Mary
Conover, in 1835, who settled on a part of section
1, Green Township, where Dr. Leedom now lives,
near New Palestine. Mr. H. settled on his
father's farm in Green Township, where they are now
residing. They reared two children, viz.,
Preston R. and Bruce S. Mr. Hunt
filled the office of trustee of Green Township for three
years and treasurer one year.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R.
Sutton & So. 1883 - Page 205 |
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Dinsmore
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PHAUNEL HUNT was born in Indiana,
Aug. 14, 1837, and came to Shelby County about the year
1854. He then located about two miles southeast of
Botkins, but has since moved to a farm about one-half
mile south of town. Although he has always
followed farming, the last ten years have been
extensively devoted to the settlement of estates.
He has held about all the township offices for different
periods, and is now serving his fifth term as Justice of
the Peace. During the past two years he has been
engaged in the lumber and agricultural implement
business, as head of the firm of Hunt & Greve.
At this time (June, 1883), Mr. Hunt is the
Democratic candidate for the lower House of the General
Assembly for Shelby County. The nomination may
ordinarily be considered equivalent to an election.
In September, 1859, he married Mary Hillbrant of
this township. They have reared eight children, of
whom all are still at home except Aquilla, who is
married. The names of the children are:
Aquilla, Walter C., Anna A., Aldara, Phaunel,
Samuel, Elida, and Lottie.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 241 |
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