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FRANK
B. HALL, chief clerk of the Pennsylvania Company at
Van Wert, was born Apr. 15, 1854, in Crestline, Crawford
County, Ohio, and is a son of Alexander and Sarah
Elizabeth (Gardner) Hall. The father, a native of
Lisbon, Columbia County, Ohio, is still a resident of
Crestline, where the mother died at the age of 54 years.
Mrs. Alexander Hall was born left a family consisting of the
following six children: Mary Alice, now the
wife of
W. H. Raymond of Galion, Ohio; Lawrence, who was
killed on the railroad; Frank B.; Rosa, widow of
J. M. Raifsnyder, of Crestline; Charles A., who
resides in New York City; and
Ellsworth, who died in infancy.
In 1871 Frank B. Hall took his first position
with the Pennsylvania Company, as clerk in the yard
dispatcher's office at Alliance, Ohio, and he has been with
this company ever since. His first promotion was to
the position of clerk of the freight office at Mansfield;
then he was transferred to Crestline, where he filled the
same position, and thence, in 1887, came to Van Wert as
chief clerk of the company here. This road handles all
the business of the Adams Express Company at Van Wert, and
the travel for the State of Pennsylvania. In addition
to being thus prominently connected with these important
interests, Mr. Hall assists with the correspondence
of the freight office, his close and intelligent attention
to business making him a valued official.
In 1878 Frank B. Hall was married to Emma L.
Hassinger, a daughter of Jonas T. Hassinger,
deceased, who resided near Leesville Cross Roads, Crawford
County, Ohio.
Mrs. Hall is a graduate of the Crestline High School, and
for several terms before her marriage was a teacher in that
city. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are the parents of two
children - Harry, who died in infancy, and Alman
E.. In 1893 Mr. Hall erected the family
residence at No. 639 North Washington street. He is a
member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, of Van Wert,
and is always prepared to labor for the spiritual, moral or
intellectual advancement of the city. He is a member
of its Board of Education and has charge of the
construction of the Second Ward School Building, having also
been a member of the committee which had in charge the
erection of the Fourth Ward School Building. He is a
Republican in politics and is a member of the Royal Arcanum
and the treasurer of the local council of that order.
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GEORGE A. HALL, of Van
Wert, elder brother of G. M. Hall, whose biography will be found
below, was born Sept. 17, 1836, was educated in the schools of
Germany and also under his parents, who were highly intelligent and
well informed, and especially skilled in music. Apr. 2, 1853,
our subject sailed from Rotterdam, in the packet-ship Margaret Ems,
carrying a crew and passenger list reaching 600 souls, and landed in
New York June 19, of the same year. After a detention of four
days in that city, he went, via Albany, Buffalo, and Sandusky city,
to Carey, Wyandot county, Ohio, then to Kirby, where he worked on
the P., Ft. W. & C. road as water boy, at %8 per month, from June
till the latter part of November, 1853, changing from point to
point; then as hostler at the Gault house in Carey
until February, 1854; April, 1854, he went to Hancock county and
there worked on a farm, at $6.25 per month, until August, when he
was taken sick, when he went to an uncle, Peter Rader,
at Upper Sandusky, where he remained until recovery; then went to
Upper Sandusky Plains, where he worked on a farm until November 29,
when he flagged the train at Kirby, and finally reached Van Wert
county, Ohio, Nov. 29, 1854, and worked for a Mr. Hartel in
Liberty township, for his board and two months' schooling; then took
jobs at clearing and general labor until Jan. 1, 1856, from which
time until 1859 he clerked for T. S. McKim, of Van Wert, for
$75 the first year and $300 the second; he was then sent to New York
to buy a general stock of merchandise, and was given a half-interest
in the store, and, under the firm name of McKim & Hall, did
business until late in 1863. In April, 1864, he enlisted in
Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth, O. N. G. for 100 days, was
elected second lieutenant of his company, and served four months in
the Shenandoah valley and Point Lookout. On his return home he
was employed as book-keeper by A. B. McCurdy & Co., in 1865
and in 1866 - in the latter part of 1866, going to Vernon county,
Mo., and becoming interested in a saw-mill for a year and a half; he
then traded his interest in the mill for 200 acres of land in that
county, and came back to Van Wert and re-entered the employ of
Mr. McKim, with whom he clerked until 1871; he then clerked for
J. S. Brumback & Co., in 1871 and 1872, and again for T.
S. McKim from 1872 till 1880. In the latter year he
engaged in farming in Pleasant township, where he resided two and a
half years, and from 1883 until August, 1888, clerked with G. M.
Hall; he then went to Paulding, Ohio, and engaged in the
dry-goods business, in which he still continues, although he makes
his home in Van Wert.
Mr. Hall was first married, in Van Wert county, to
Miss Emma Chaffin, on May 2, 1861, the union resulting in the
birth of two children - William, deceased, and Charles E.,
now in the real estate business in Hutchison, Kans. Mrs.
Hall died June 13, 1865, and Mr. Hall was next married,
Jan. 26, 1869, to Fannie Bennett, who bore three children, as
follows: Edward, of Utah; Leo, with his father,
and Hattie V., at home. The mother of these children
was called home May 15, 1875, a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church; the third marriage of Mr. Hall occurred July 10,
1876, with Villa E. Little, who was born in Greene county,
Ohio, July 20, 1854, a daughter of Rev. Cyrus and Susanna (Dalby)
Little, and to this union have been born two children - James
C. and Frederick H. Mr. Hall has been steward in
the Methodist Episcopal church for twenty-five years and was
organist eleven years; his wife has been a member of the choir at
least twenty-five years, and of the latter his daughter is also a
member. He has been a member of the I. O. O. F. since 1878 and
is likewise a member of the National Union. He is the owner of
six city lots and other valuable real estate and stands high in
social as well as in businesses circles.
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G. M. HALL.
Among the leading citizens of this county, perhaps none can show
more satisfactory results than G. M. Hall, who came here from
Germany when a poor boy, his only capital being his industry and
stout-hearted honesty, by which he rose to his present standing as
an honored citizen of Van Wert and the proprietor of one of the
city's largest drygoods stores. Mr. Hall was born in
Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, near Frankfort, on Feb. 12, 1842, and is a
son of John N. and Barbara (Roeder) Hall. His parents
both remained in their native land, his father dying when our
subject was about six years old. At the age of 18 he bade his
mother farewell, and started out in the New World to do for himself.
One brother, G. A. Hall, is a veteran of the Civil War and a
retired citizen of Van Wert, while a sister, Anna Margaret,
died in Germany.
Starting out alone in 1860, Mr. Hall came direct
to Van Wert and was fortunate in securing a clerkship with T. S.
McKim. Three yeas later in August, 1863, his patriotic
spirit prompted his enlistment in Company M, Second Ohio Heavy
Artillery, under Colonel H. G. Gibson, and he was sent south
to Kentucky and then to Knoxville, Tennessee. He was in the
army for two years, the last seven months being mostly devoted to
detached service under General Thomas, who had his
headquarters at Nashville. Returning to Van Wert, Mr. Hall
became a clerk in the drygoods store of J. S. Brumback, and
about 10 years later became a partner in the business, which was
conducted jointly for seven or eight years. In 1883 Mr.
Hall disposed of his interest in the store and established a
drygoods business himself, his store being 24 by 132 feet in
dimensions, with a room overhead for the storage of extra stock.
He gives his entire time to his business and now has a fine store,
owning both stock and building, in addition to which he has a half
interest in the adjoining block, one of the finest in the city,
which is occupied by a large clothing store.
In 1873 G. M. Hall was married to Hattie L.
Smith, daughter of Col. William Smith, M. D., of Van
Wert. They have five children: Eva B., wife of Harry
Sidle; Jessie L.; Grace M., a teacher in the
High School and Erma J. and Raymond R., both of whom are
attending school. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, in which they are active workers.
He himself is a Republican, and was a member of the Board of
Education for six years, during five years of that period acting as
president of the board. He is also prominently connected with
the Masonic fraternity.
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JOHN HARPSTER
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JOHN H. HARR, a deceased pioneer farmer
of Van Wert county, Ohio, was born December 30, 1818, in Fairfield
county of the same state. His father, JOHN HARR, was born
in Lancaster county, Pa., was of German descent, became an early
settler of Fairfield county, Ohio, and there married Miss Martha,
daughter of John and Catherine (Wise) Stolter. To the
marriage of John Harr adn Martha Stolter were born two children
- John H., and Elizabeth. After marriage, John
Harr, Sr., located with his wife on a farm in Fairfield county,
where he resided until his death.
John H. Harr, the subject of this sketch was
reared on the home farm, but was a young man when his father died.
In 1843, when twenty-five years of age, he came to Van Wert county
with his mother and her sister, Fannie, making the journey with
horses and wagons. Here, in 1837, he had entered 160 acres in
the woods, the deed being signed by M. Van Buren, president of
the United States, in August, 1837. This land, after undergoing
the usual hardships and privations of frontier life, he succeeded in
converting into a blooming farm, improved with modern and substantial
buildings, that are furnished with all the latest invented
conveniences. The property has also increased to 180 acres and
it is all uner a high state of cultivation.
In December, 1850, Mr. Harr married Miss
Nancy Henney, daughter of William and Mary (Sands) Henney.
The father, William Henney, was a pioneer of Van Wert
county, having settled in Tully township in 1838. To Mr. Harr's
union with Nancy Henney there were born thirteen children, viz;
William W. , who died in infancy, and twelve that grew to
maturity and were named: Wilson R. Corwin, Uriah S.,
Alice L., Abraham L., Adanirum, Franklin (deceased), Newton,
Emma, John, Perry and Mary E. Of these, Wilson R.
married Etta Leslie, is now a resident of Parsons, Kans., is a
machinist, and the father of two children; Corwin is the
husband of Della Bronson, and has one child; Uriah S.
married Bell Watters, is an employee, in the railroad shops at
Parsons, Kans., and is the father of four children; Alice L. is
the wife of Benjamin Brittson, a farmer of Harrison township,
Van Wert county, Ohio, and is the mother of one child; Abraham l.,
now on the home farm, married Mary Seekings, who has borne him
four children; Adanirum, a carpenter married Nettie Lockman,
who is now deceased, and is the father of one child; Frank M.,
a photographer, died in Chicago, and Mary E., is the wife of
Ellsworth Snyder, a farmer of Harrison township.
John H. Harr was a stanch republican, always
enjoyed the confidence of the people of Harrison township, and for two
terms served them as township assessor. He was an honored member
of the Lutheran church for many years, and for a long time an elder.
He was one of the founders of the Harrison township congregation,
contributed liberally towards its church edifice, and was a member of
the building committee. His wife was also a devout member of the
same congregation. Mr. Harr was one of the first
auctioneers of his part of the county and as such became widely and
favorably known. He was recognized as a man of the strictest
integrity and as a truly public spirited citizen. He died
October 2, 1895, deeply mourned by the community in which he had so
long lived and whom he had done so much to serve.
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JAMES W.
HARVEY, who resides in section 22, Hoaglin township, is one
of the pioneers of Van Wert County, who is closely identified with
the history and growth of this section of the State. He was
born Apr. 29, 1829, in Richland County, Ohio, and is a son of
William and Sarah (Watson) Harvey, with whom he came to Van Wert
County in 1841. William Harvey was a Democrat, a devout
member of the United Brethren Church and a man who made many
friends. He was treasurer of Hoaglin township for some time,
and a most capable and efficient official.
The family resided in Union township for a number of
years before coming to Hoaglin township, where our subject owns a
farm of 60 acres. He has always engaged in farming, and seldom
fails in harvesting good crops. He was married Oct. 24, 1850,
to Wilhelmina Reese, a native of Germany and a daughter of
Christopher and Charlotte Reese. When about 15 years old
she came to the United States with her parents. They resided
for a short time in Dayton, Ohio, and later came to Van Wert County
and settled in Union township. Mrs. Harvey died Feb.17,
1900. Of the eight children born to her, five survive,
namely: Lewis A., a resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and
George H., Francis D., Clara A. and Perry H. who live in
Hoaglin township. Mr. Harvey is a Democrat and has
served as trustee of the township for several terms.
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SAMUEL
B. HARVEY, residing in section 11, Hoaglin township, is a
native of Richland County, where he was born Feb. 8, 1838. His
parents were Zepheniah and Sarah (Stoner) Harvey. His
father who was a native of Maryland, died about 1843.
Samuel B. Harvey remained in Richland County with his
mother until he had reached his majority, when he started out to do
for himself. He came to Van Wert County in the spring of 1859,
and located in Hoaglin township, which has been his home ever since.
In 1866 he purchased his present 80 acre farm, which he has put
under excellent cultivation.
On March 19, 1864, Mr. Harvey was married to
Martha C. Karr, who was born in Union County, Indiana, Aug. 29,
1840. Her parents were Frederick and Elizabeth (Washburn)
Karr, who moved to Preble County, Ohio, when she was a child.
When she was about 18 they moved to Paulding County where they died.
To Mr. and Mrs. Harvey were born five children, namely:
Mary E., wife of Albert Eller; Lydia C., wife of N. F.
Hattery; Minerva J., wife of Willis Black, of Union
township; Henry A.; and Samuel E., all of whom live in
Hoaglin township except Minerva J. Mr. Harvey has a
brother, John W., who lives in Van Wert. Samuel B.
Harvey is known as a public spirited, upright and honorable man.
For many years he was trustee of his township and served as
president of the board.
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JOHN R. HAVENS
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WILLIAM
HEATH,
an experienced and respected farmer of York township, Van Wert county,
is a native of Auglaize county, Ohio, and was born December 29, 1824,
son of John and Nancy (Tomlin) Heath. John
Heath came to what is
now Van Wert county, in the year of 1836, and entered 240 acres of
land in the wildest of wildernesses, which he succeeded in converting
into one of the finest farms of the township, now owned by our
subject. Eighty acres, however, on which our subject now resides
were entered by an uncle, John Tomlin, William Heath, our subject,
relates that his father caught many wolves, on his settlement here,
and made it a profitable business, as the government was at that time
paying $4.25 for wolf scalps, although Mr. Heath was a farmer and
followed that vocation until his death at the age of eighty-nine
years, his wife having reached four-score years. This worthy
couple reared a family of four sons and five daughters, who were
named, in order of birth, as follows: Lovis, Betsy, James,
Jane, Melchia, Mary, Joseph, William and
John, all now deceased with the
exception of our subject (William), and Betsy, widow of
John Bevington.
At the age of twenty-six years William Heath, the
subject of this sketch, wedded Adeline Crook. She was a true and
faithful helpmate and died a sincere Christian. In February,
1889, Mr. Heath took for his second, wife, Mellie
Devoe, and to this
union were born six children, named in order of birth as follows:
Nancy, William, Harrison, Emma (deceased),
Reed and James. Mr.
Heath is a prosperous farmer, now owning 1,160 acres of land, the
greater portion of which he has brought to a high state of
cultivation. Mrs. Heath is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church, with which Mr. Heath also affiliates. In politics Mr.
Heath is a republican, and considers it his duty to vote for his party
at each and every election, although he is by no means an office
seeker. Mr. Heath has been one of the most enterprising citizens
of York township, and has won the respect of all with whom he has come
in contact, being especially esteemed for his honesty and for his
interest in all enterprises that would tend to the public good.
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GEORGE A. HEIST
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WILLIAM
HENDERSON, a retired manufacturer of Van Wert, Ohio,
was born near Cannonsburg, Washington county, Pa., Sept. 28,
1814, a son of William and Elizabeth (Harpe) Henderson.
The father, William, was also a native of the
Keystone state and was reared in Washington county, there
learned the wheelwright's trade, and there married
Elizabeth Harper, a native of Ireland, by whom he became
the father of five children, viz.: Robert, deceased;
William, our subject; Jane, Elizabeth and
John, deceased. Mr. Henderson followed his
trade in Pennsylvania until 1815, when he came to Ohio and
settled in Jefferson county, where he died in 1857 and his
wife in 1837, both devoted members of the United
Presbyterian church.
William Henderson, the subject of this
biographical notice, was but six months old when his parents
settled in Jefferson county, where he was reared, until
nineteen years of age on the home farm; he then apprenticed
himself to learn carriage and wagon making, for three years
to George Hott, his compensation for the whole term
to be $100 and board and washing. When he had finished
his apprenticeship he had saved $85 of his $100. He
then assisted on the home farm for a year, and the following
two years he engaged in carriage making on his father's
place; he then moved to Martinsburg, Knox county, Ohio,
where he was successfully engaged in carriage and wagon
manufacturing from 1840 until 1872, when he came to Van Wert
county, and, in company with William Scott,
established a stave and heading manufactory at Convoy, which
was profitably conducted until the spring of 1873, when the
partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Henderson
purchased the ground and erected the fine residence which he
still makes his home, at the corner of Wall and Caroline
streets in the city of Van Wert. In 1874 Mr.
Henderson, whose nature would never permit him to lead a
life of inactively as long as health and strength were his,
and being a man of foresight and enterprise, established a
factory for the making of wooden stirrups at Van Wert, which
he conducted until he had the misfortune to lose his wife,
when he retired.
Mr. Hendeson was married in Knox county, Ohio,
Feb. 14, 1841, to Miss Rachael Kerr, a native of
Washington county, Pa., and a daughter of John and Sarah
(Scott) Kerr. Four children were born to this
union, but the fell destroyer, Death, invaded the household
and carried away three of the children in infancy, and the
eldest child, Sarah E., at the age of forty-six
years. The wife and mother was called away in 1882,
dying in the faith of the United Presbyterian church, of
which she was a pious member, and to which church Mr.
Henderson also belongs.
In his earlier days Mr. Henderson was a
Jacksonian democrat, but later changed his views and became
an ardent republican; yet he has never been an office
seeker. Mr. Henderson formerly owned large
tracts of land in Ohio, Iowa and other states, but these he
has disposed of for other real or personal property.
His present real estate consists of r\forty acres in Van
Wert county and valuably city property, and he takes much
interest in the building and loan association of the city.
Mr. Henderson has always been an enterprising an
energetic business man, and is public spirited and
philanthropic, and no undertaking designed for the
well-being of the people of the city or county goes without
help from his willing hand or assistance from his freely
opened purse.
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PETER HERTZ
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SAMUEL B. HERTZ
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JOHN GEORGE HEYMAN
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WILLIAM H. HIGH
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J. ARTHUR HINES
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HENRY HIPSHER
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ENOCH M. HOAGLIN
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W. M. HOAGLIN
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FREDERICK J. HOELDERLE
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A. P. HOFFMAN
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BENJAMIN F. HOFFMAN
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FRANK HOFFMANN
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JHN HOFFMANN
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JOHN J. HOFMANN
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CLINTON ALEXANDER HOGHE
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DELCINA
C. HOGHE, widow of Clement R. Hoghe, and daughter of
William A. and Nellie (Jones) Warner, is a
native of Tennessee, where her birth occurred Mar. 22, 1843.
The father was a native of North Carolina and a son of Frederick
Warner, a descendant of an early English family of that state
and a tailor by occupation. WILLIAM A. WARNER
was reared and educated at Winston, N. C., was reared and educated
at Winston, N. C., and when young learned the tailor's trade with
his father, who was a skillful workman. After becoming
proficient in his trade he went to Sullivan county, Tenn., where, in
1841, he married Nellie Jones, who bore him the following
children: DELCINA C.;
Penelope A., wife of Gideon Miller; Decatur F., of
Richmond, Ind.; Mrs. Mary Miller and William A., all
deceased except Decatur and the subject of this sketch.
In 1848 Mr. Jones returned to his home in North Carolina,
where he spent the remainder of his life, dying in the town of
Winston in 1852. He was a man of deep religious convictions,
belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church, and succeeded well in
his business affairs, leaving his family a comfortable share of this
world's goods. In 1857 Mrs. Nellie Jones entered into
the marriage relation with Thomas Fetter, of North Carolina,
by whom she had one child, a daughter, Alice (deceased).
Mr. Jones was born about the year 1820 and was called from
the scene of his early labors in March, 1868.
Delcina C. Warner received a good education at
Salem academy, Winston, N. C., and after the death of her father,
which sad event occurred when she was ten years of age, made her
home for some time with an uncle, Henry Runnager. In
June, 1865, she went to the town of Hope, Ind. where the year
following she was united in marriage to Clement R. Hoghe, a
union blessed with the birth of seven children, whose names are as
follows: Harry W., of Van Wert; Carry W., of
Pleasant township; Perry R., who resides on the home farm;
Nettie E.; Terry D.; Abraham C. and Princess L.
Clement R. Hoghe was born in Tuscarawas county,
Ohio, in 1843, and was a son of Abraham and Eliza (Caldwell)
Hoghe, both parents of German descent and early pioneers of the
above county. When a small boy Mr. Hoghe was brought by
his parents to the county of Van Wert, in the common schools of
which he acquired in fair English education, and, until the breaking
out of the late Civil war, assisted his father on the farm. In
1862 he entered the army, enlisting in October of that year in
company B, Tenth Ohio cavalry, with which he served for sometime in
the eastern army and afterward saw much active service in Tennessee,
Georgia and other states. During his period of service he
participated in some of bloodiest battles of the war, including
Gettysburg, Nashville, Jonesboro, Chickamauga, Lost Mountain,
Kenesaw Mountain, and numerous other engagements of the Atlanta
campaign, in all of which his conduct was that of a gallant defender
of the nation's honor. He was early wounded at Mossy Creek,
and at the close of the war was honorably discharged in 1865.
On quitting the service Mr. Hoghe returned to Van Wert county
and engaged in the pursuit of agriculture, which he followed with
encouraging success until his death, which occurred on the 21st day
of November, 1893. In all the essentials of true manhood
Mr. Hoghe was not wanting, a few citizens of Pleasant township
stood as high in the estimation of the people as he. He
wielded an influence for the democratic party, the principles of
which he ever intelligently defended. and more than once was honored
by his fellow citizens with official positions, in the discharge of
the duties of which he proved himself worthy of the confidence
reposed in him. He belonged to the G. A. R., was an active
worker in the Van Wert grange, of which his wife was also a member,
and in his death his family lost a kind husband and indulgent
father, and the community one of its most esteemed and highly
respected citizens.
Source: A Portrait and biographical record
of Allen and Van Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W.
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WESLEY CHARLES HOLDEN
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HENRY P. HOLMES
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RUBEN HOOKS
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WILLIAM
HOOVER
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FRED J. HOTT
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THOMAS
HUGHES, a prosperous farmer of York township, Van Wert
county, Ohio, is a native of Wales, was born Oct. 14, 1818, and is a
son of EDWARD and Elizabeth Hughes.
At the age of twenty-eight years, in 1845, Thomas Hughes,
his wife and one child, Dorothy, came to America, and passed
a year near Emmittsburg, Md., where he pursued his trade of masonry;
he then went to Armstrong county, Pa., where he remained a year and
a half in Cincinnati, Ohio, whence he came to Van Wert county, where
he had previously entered 160 acres of his present farm, all then in
the wild woods. This land he has cleared and improved and
added to until he owned 280 acres, but of this he has disposed of
eighty, keeping 200 for his own use; he married Margaret Thomas,
daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Jones) Thomas, the union
being blessed with ten children, viz: Dorothy, the wife of
Obadiah Hundly, a farmer of Washington county, Ore.; Richard
T., a conductor on the Panhandle railroad, married to Nancy
Clover, and residing at Bradford, Ohio; Elizabeth, who
died Aug. 16, 1879, at the age of thirty years. Edward,
who was also a conductor on the Panhandle railroad, married
Rachael Tomlinson, made his home at Columbus, Ohio, and died
Feb. 5, 18i92; David, who resides on a farm joining his
father's, was married Dec. 4, 1879, to Sarah Slentz, who died
Feb. 2, 1892, David next marrying Jane Baltzell; Joseph,
who owns a farm joining that of his brother, David, and
was married to Ellen Kiggens; John, who married Martha
Archer, and is now superintendent of his father's farm; Mary,
wife of Samuel Simpson, of Van Wert; Martha E., the
wife of Thomas Miller, a farmer of Union township, Mercer
county, Ohio; and Margaret, the wife of William George,
a farmer of York township, of Van Wert county. For twelve
years Thomas Hughes has held office as trustee of his
township, and has also served as land appraiser and assessor.
Mr. Hughes and his family have been strict supporters of the
Calvinistic church, of which he has been treasurer for twenty-three
years and deacon seventeen years. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes
are the grandparents of forty-three children and eight great
grandchildren. Mr. Hughes is one of the honored and
most respected citizens of Van Wert county, is a man who never knew
guile, and whose character is spotless as newly fallen snow.
Mr. Hughes is like many other of his nationality, who are noted
for their industrious and economical habits as well as for being
good citizens. He is a moral, upright man, and at all times
found to be in the right, and casts his influence in behalf of the
education of the rising generation, as well as the up-building of
the morals of the community. Socially he and wife are very
popular wherever known, and their home is noted for the hospitality
they dispense at their beautiful home in York township.
Source: A Portrait and biographical record of Allen and Van Wert
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1896 - Page 340 |
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JOHN J. HUMPHREYS
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CALEB HUNSAKER
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JOSHUA HUNSAKER
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SILAS SHERMAN HUNTER
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WILLIS M. HUNTER, M. D.,
a prominent and rising young physician of Middlepoint, Washington
township, Van Wert county, Ohio, was born in York township, in the
same county, March 29, 1867. His grandfather, Dr. John Hunter,
came from France, became one of the most eminent of the physicians of
West Virginia, was a slave owner, and lived to be quite an aged man.
William H. Hunter, the only child born to Dr.
John Hunter and the father of our subject, was born in West
Virginia, March 1, 1844, and two weeks later lost his mother; he was
then placed by his father, the doctor, with the family of Hesekiah
Clemons, the compensation being worth $2,700, for the rearing of
the motherless child. In 1845, Mr. Clemons removed to
Greene county, Ohio, taking with him his young charge, then but a year
old, and the latter here received a common school education. At
the age of about seventeen, William H. Hunter enlisted from
Greene county in company I, Thirty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, for
three years or during the war, served out his time and received an
honorable discharge. Among the many hard-fought battles in which
he participated were Missionary ridge, Stone River, Lookout Mountain,
and although he was active in the performance of his duty in each and
every march, campaign, battle and skirmish in which his regiment was
engaged, he was neither sick nor wounded, nor taken prisoner.
He came from Greene county to Van Wert county, Ohio,
and, May 22, 1866, the marriage of Mr. Hunter took place, in
Van Wert county, to Miss Eliza J. Demint, who was born in
Greene county, Ohio, February 20, 1850, a daughter of James and
Mary (Hillyard) Demint. James Demint was a soldier in
the Seventy-fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, was transferred to company
B, Seventh reserves, August 12, 1864, while in the service, leaving
the following children: Jesse, John, Cynthiana, Eliza J., and
Susanna. To this marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter
have had born three children, viz: Willis M., Frank J., and
Ida E. Both parents are devoted members of the Methodist
church. In politics Mr. Hunter is a republican, and is a
member of Zeller-Hamilton post G. A. R., No. 260, at Middlepoint, and
is also a charter member of the Willshire lodge of I. O. O. F.
After the war had closed, in 1865, he settled on forty
acres of wooded land in York township, Van Wert county, Ohio.
This tract he cleared up and sold, and then moved to Washington county
and purchased eighty acres; this tract he also cleared up and sold,
and then, in 1890, moved to Wilshire township, where he has now a fine
farm of 180 acres, under excellent cultivation and improved in every
essential. He is a gentleman of high social position, and is
prominent as a citizen, and in this capacity is as faithful to his
duty as he was as a soldier during the dark days of the Rebellion.
Dr. Willis M. Hunter was educated preparatively
at the Western Ohio Normal school, at Middlepoint, began the study of
medicine with Dr. L. E. Ladd in 1888, and next attended the
Baltimore Medical college, of Baltimore, Md., from which he graduated
in 1892. He immediately began the practice of his chosen
profession at Wren, Van Wert county, where he was very well received,
and remained six months; then sought a broader field, and for two
years and a half was in active practice at Worstville, Paulding
county; he there met with phenomenal success, was elected coroner of
Paulding county in 1894, on the republican ticket, with a plurality of
746 votes and finally located in Middlepoint, where he has a large
scope for the exercise of skill, and where his professional abilities
are now fully recognized. Dr. Hunter is here associated
with his former preceptor, Dr. L. E. Ladd, and their success is
most flattering. In politics Dr. Hunter is a republican,
and socially he has drawn about him a host of friends.
Source: A Portrait
and biographical record of Allen and Van
Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W.
Bowen & Co., 1896 - Page 337 |
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NOAH
HYATT, a prominent citizen of Van Wert, and an ex-soldier of
the Union army, was born Oct. 20, 1840. His father John
Hyatt, was of Irish descent, and was born in 1820 in
Pennsylvania on a farm, was educated there in the common schools,
was reared a farmer, and followed agricultural pursuits until his
death, which occurred in 1880. John Hyatt was a
republican in politics, and was married in Pennsylvania to Miss
Nancy Lawhead of that state. She was a member of the
Christian, or, as it is sometimes called, the Campbellite church,
and died in Clinton county, Ohio, in 1845. John Hyatt,
when he removed from Pennsylvania to Clinton county, Ohio, came with
an old gray horse and twenty-five cents in his pocket. With
his small capital, behind which, however, was plenty of energy and
pluck, he began life there for himself. At first he purchased
a piece of timbered land, seventy-five acres, entirely on credit,
which would be a difficult thing to do at the present time.
This land he cleared, improved and paid for, and lived upon it till
his death. By his marriage to Miss Nancy Lawhead he
became the father of the following children: John Henry
married and living in Iowa; Noah, the subject of this sketch;
Mary Ann; Sarah Jane; George W.; Marshall and Elizabeth.
Of these six, two are still living, viz: Noah and
Sarah Jane After the death of the mother of these
children, John Hyatt married Miss Myra Winpigler of
Clinton, Ohio, by whom he had the following children: Barney,
married and living in Illinois; Emma married and living in
Clinton county, Ohio, and Louis, deceased.
Noah Hyatt, the subject of this sketch, was born
in Clinton county, Ohio. Educated in the common schools, he
remained at home with his father on the farm until the breaking out
of the war, when he enlisted in company F, Eighty-eighth Ohio
volunteer infantry, under Maj. Stiles, on July r, 1863, and
served until July 4, 1865, precisely two years. During
these two years of service he saw much hard fighting, and did a
great deal of marching. In 1864 he was taken sick and was in
the hospital three months. His disease was measles, and
afterward varioloid, which left him paralyzed to some extent, and he
has suffered from paralysis ever since. For his services and
disease he is receiving a pension from the government of $6 per
month.
After returning from the war he went to Clinton County,
he began farming and was married to Miss Eliza Emry Anson Moore
of that county. To this marriage there were born three
children, viz: Eliza Marion, born Mar. 23, 1872; Harris,
born in March, 1873, and Jennie, born in 1878. In 1872
Mr. Hyatt came to Van Wert county, settled on a farm, and worked
it until old age and infirmities compelled him to retire from active
life. He is a republican and a member of the Christian church.
CALEB MOORE, father of Eliza Emry Anson Moore,
was born in Pennsylvania. By occupation he was a farmer, and
followed that calling all his life. He removed from
Pennsylvania to Clinton county, Ohio, where he bought a farm on
which he lived the remainder of his life. He was the father of
the following children: John, William, Harris, Ellen,
and Emry, all of whom are living but Ellen, who was
married to David Osborn and was a member of the Quaker
church. Those that are living are all married. The first
wife died, and Mr. Monroe then married a Miss Miller,
of Clinton county, Ohio, and to this marriage there were born two
children, viz: Lena, married and living in Canton,
Ohio, and Herbert, married and living in Iowa. The
second wife of Mr. Moore died in Clinton county, Ohio, in
1885. Mr. Moore is a republican and takes great
interest in public affairs, realizing that it is necessary for all
good men to look to the welfare of their party, in order that those
who are not so good shall not control its destinies, which in all
cases means defeat to the party. He is a member of the
Friends' church, and adheres strictly to the precepts of his
religion in his daily life.
Source: A Portrait
and biographical record of Allen and Van
Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W.
Bowen & Co., 1896 - Page 347 |
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