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Source:
History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio -
Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co.
1883 BIOGRAPHIES
CHARLES
E. HAWK, undertaker a native of Vinton
County, was born Oct. 20, 1839. He has
always been a resident of the county. He
lived on a farm till he was twenty-one years old
when he learned the carpenter's trade which he
was followed more or less ever since. He,
in the company with Mr. H. B. Strong,
commenced his present business in 1879.
Feb. 22, 1864 he enlisted in Company C, Third
Ohio Infantry, and served till June 13, 1865,
when he was mustered out at Gallipolis, Ohio.
He then returned home, since when he has been
engaged in his present business. He was
married Sept. 13, 1860, to Christine Barger,
a native of Harrison County, Ohio. They
have been blessed with seven children -
Arminda, Viola F., Orestus G., Docia, Emerson
M., Michael and Jennie M. Mr. Hawk
and wife are members of the Presbyterian church,
as are also the three eldest children. He
is a member of the G. A. R.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1361 - Wilkesville |
DAVID HAWK
was born upon the old home-place in 1828 and is
a son of Jacob Hawk, Jr. In
1857 he was married to Sarah L. Barker
and afterward located upon his present farm.
He owns 161 acres of land in the homestead and
170 acres in Swan Township. He farms
largely in grain and stock, keeping a flock of
200 sheep. Six children were born to
Mr. and Mrs. Hawk, three of whom are living
- Cynthia A., Cora A. and Sarah E.
The deceased are - Louisa, Dora M. and
Mary E. Mrs. Hawk died Jan. 21, 1883,
aged forty-four years and eleven months.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1246 - Elk Twp. |
FLETCHER
HAWK, teacher, is a native of Wilkesville
Township, Vinton County. He received his
education in the township, and at the age of
seventeen years commenced teaching, which he
followed with success for a number of terms.
He has been a correspondent for the Hamden
Enterprise for the pat three years, and Dec.
4, 1882, was appointed to fill the vacancy of
Village Clerk, caused by the removal of W. H.
Lucas. This expired May 3, 1883.
Mr. Hawk is a strong advocate of the
Temperance cause. He intends for the
future to follow the profession of
school-teaching. Jonah Hawk, his
father, was born in this township about 1826,
and has followed farming and still resides on
the place where he was born. Matilda
Hawk, mother of our subject, was born in
Ireland about the year 1826. They had
three children, viz.: Fletcher (our
subject), born April 8, 1857; Dora, born
Sept, 28, 1860, and Ella, born Aug. 26,
1866.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1361 - Wilkesville |
ISAAC HAWK
deceased, was born in Pocahontas County, Va.,
Dec. 26, 1790, a son of Jacob and Sarah (Bumgardner)
Hawk. In 1814 he came to Ohio, making
the trip on horseback, and located in what is
now Vinton County. His brother John
Hawk preceded him in Ohio, entered land,
married and settled on his place where he lived
till his death. Isaac Hawk entered
land in Jackson Township. His farm
contained 309 acres, which with the exception of
forty acres purchased afterward, was entered in
the beginning. On this place he resided
nearly fifty-three years. In the fall of
1816 he was married to Sallie Swisher, a
native of Virginia, born Jan. 16, 1796. In
1809, when she was thirteen years old, her
father moved to Gallia County, Ohio.
Isaac Hawk was a hard-working man. Coming
into an almost unsettled country, he made his
home with his brother, John Hawk, a few
years, and in 1820 erected his log cabin on his
land, and moved into it. On this place he
reared eight children out of a family of eleven
- Mary, Rebecca, Iagnes, Mahalia, Christina,
Eli, Catharine and Elizabeth.
Two daughters and one son died in childhood.
A few years after Isaac settled here his
parents came and entered and bought land in Elk
Township. There were fifteen children in
Jacob Hawk's family, eleven sons and four
daughters; five of the sons married in the
Swisher family. At the time of
Jacob Hawk's death, Feb. 18, 1870, at the
age of ninety-one years, he had 110
grandchildren and twenty-two
great-grandchildren. Six of his
children are living - Mary, Rebecca and
Catharine are living in this county;
Christina in Missouri; Iagnes in
Kansas; Mahalia in Illinois.
Rebecca Hawk, of whom this sketch is
obtained, was born Jan. 27, 1820. She was
married in 1851 to Robert Smith The
latter was born in Pennsylvania, where Pittsburg
now stands, Mar. 4, 1814. His parents were
natives of Ireland. In 1850 he came to
Vinton from Muskingum County, and the following
year was married. His death occurred Jan.
18, 1861. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had
two children - Sarah and William.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1315 - Swan Twp. |
J.
H. R. HAWK, farmer, was born in Gallia
(now Vinton) County, Ohio, Nov. 5, 1826, and is
living at present in his native place, where he
has 287 acres of good land on section 5,
Wilkesville Township. He was educated in
the county and learned the carpenter's trade, at
which he worked three years, but not agreeing
with him he quit it and followed farming.
He was married Mar. 9, 1856, to Matilda
Fletcher, a native of Ireland, who died May
25, 1875. They were blessed with three
children - Fletcher Dora and Ella.
He enlisted Feb. 7, 1874, in Company D, One
Hundred and Ninety-fourth Ohio Infantry, and
served nine months. He was discharged at
the end of the war. He was married a
second time, Jan. 22, 1879, to Mrs. Mary
Bowen, a native of Meigs County, Ohio, born
Aug. 5, 1842. They have one child -
Morato, born Feb. 13, 1882. Mr. and
Mrs. Hawk are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church. Thirty-three of his
relatives served in the late war at the same
time. His grandfather, Isaac Hawk,
a native of England, deserted the English army
and came to America and fought in the
Revolutionary War. He lived to be 115
years old; was buried in Greenbrier County, W.
Va. His wife was also a native of England,
where she remained till after the Revolutionary
War when she joined her husband in America.
She died at the advanced age of 117 and was
buried in the same graveyard.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1362 - Wilkesville |
JOSEPH F. HAWK,
is a son of Jacob and Anna (Switezer) Hawk,
was born Sept. 27, 1820, in Elk Township, where
he has always resided. He and his sister
Rebecca own 320 acres of well-improved
land. His father was born in Pocahontas
County, Va., and is a son of Jacob Hawk, Sr.,
of German descent. The Hawk family
settled in Athens County (now Vinton), two miles
west of McArthur, in 1816. Here Jacob
Hawk, Sr., died in 1849 and his wife, in
1853. They were among the successful and
enterprising pioneers of the county. They
had a family of fifteen children - John,
Abram, Isaac, William, Henry, Samuel, Reuben,
James, Eli, David, Jacob, Rebecca, Sarah,
Christina and Nancy. Jacob, Jr.,
was married after his parents came here, and in
1818 located on the land where Joseph F.
now resides. He had a family of eight
children - Sarah, Joseph F., Jacob B., John
S., George (who died in infancy),
Rebecca, David and Allen.
Jacob Hawk, Jr., died at the old homestead
Jan. 14, 1873, aged seventy-eight years, three
months and twenty-three days. His wife
died Mar. 12, 1870, aged seventy-eight years,
six months and ten days.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1246 - Wilkesville |
OSCAR
F. HAWK, a native of Wilkesville
Township, Vinton Co., Ohio, was born Feb. 22,
1847. He was educated in a common district
school, and attended college a short time in
Athens. In the late war he enlisted in the
One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment of the
Ohio National Guards, and served four and a half
months He re-enlisted Mar. 6, 1864, in
Company D, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth Ohio
Regiment, and served nine months. Since
his return home he had been engaged in farming
and burning charcoal. He has also been
engaged in the saw-milling business, and at the
present time owns a share in a saw-mill.
At present he is making a specialty of raising
sheep. He was married Feb. 21, 1869,
to Mary E. Miller, born in Wilkesville
Township, Vinton County, Aug. 25, 1850.
Their children are - Edgar, born Dec. 24,
1870; Lucella, Dec. 6, 1872; Mittie C.,
Mar. 27, 1875; Maud, Sept. 10, 1877;
Marion, Apr. 10, 1880. Mr. Hawk
has 450 acres of good land and a residence on
section 30, Wilkesville Township. He and
his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1362 |
JOHN S. HAWKIN,
one of the prominent farmers of Jackson
Township, was born in Elk Township, Vinton, Co.,
Ohio, July 18, 1823. He was reared on a
farm and received his education in the common
schools of the country. Feb. 5, 1856, he
was married to Miss Catherine Appleman,
born in October, 1833, daughter of Levi and
Savilla (Tatman) Appleman, natives of
Pennsylvania and Maryland respectively.
They have been blessed with eight children -
Jasper, Allen, George W., Abraham L., Rebecca,
Mary, Oliver and William. Mr.
Hawkin has by his industry and energy
accumulated a good property, having at the
present time a fine farm of 1863 acres highly
cultivated on which is found plenty iron ore of
the best quality. In politics Mr.
Hawkin is a Republican. His parents,
Jacob and Ann (Switzer) Hawkin, were
natives of Virginia and came to Ohio in a very
early day.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1332 - Jackson Twp. |
JAMES HAWKINS
was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1822.
He was reared on a farm in his native county
until 1856 when he moved to Hocking County, and
in 1872 purchased 316 acres where he now
resides. His farm at that time was in a
poor condition, but through his labor he has now
one of the best kept farms in the township.
Besides farming he is engaged in stock-raising
and at present has a flock of 260 sheep, among
them being a number of fine merinos. He
has been Trustee of Richland Township two terms.
During his residence in Hocking County he held
that position nine years. He has been
twice married, his first wife being Amanda
Tidd, whom he married in 1844. She
bore him two children - William Q. and
one who is deceased. Mrs. Hawkins
died in 1848. He was again married to
Lavina Ensbery. This union has been
blessed with five children - Elwood D., James
O., John C., Thomas E. and Charles O.
Mr. Hawkins and wife have been members of
the Methodist Episcopal church for some time.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1343 - Richland |
ROBERT A. HAYS
was born in Richland Township, Aug. 7, 1845, and
lived with his parents till his twenty-fifth
year. He was married Oct. 19, 1870, to
Erminia Deaver, who was born May 27, 1853,
in Vinton County, a daughter of Simeon and
Elizabeth (Milligan) Deaver, residents of
Elk Township. Mr. Hays has lived in
Swan Township since he was married, and in 1876
bought his present farm on section 26,
containing 160 acres. He is one of the
substantial young farmers of Vinton County, and
is everywhere recognized as a young man of good
judgment and decision of character. Mr.
and Mrs. Hays have two children - Almonta
D., born Jan. 16, 1872, and Lizzie E.,
born Nov. 1, 1874. In May, 1864, Mr.
Hays enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and
Forty-eighth Ohio National Guard, and was in the
service six months; discharged Dec. 15, 1864.
He entered the 100 days' service, but did not
get home till six months after. His
father, William Hays, an old settler of
the county, was born in Pennsylvania, May 27,
1819, and when a young man he came with his
parents, David and Edith Hays, to Ohio,
and located in Guernsey County, but a short time
after came to Vinton County. He married
Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and
Elizabeth Aiken, a native of Muskingum
County, Ohio. After his marriage Mr.
Hays located in Richland Township, in the
neighborhood of his present residence. His
farm contains 200 acres where he has lived
upward of thirty-six years. He is a member
of the Presbyterian church of McArthur, and has
been connected with this denomination for
twenty-five years. Politically he is a
Republican, and has served as Trustee of
Richland Township. He has generally taken
an active part in political matters. He
has been a delegate to the Republican State
Convention two or three times, held at Columbus.
He was a juror in the Supreme Court at
Cincinnati in 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Hays
reared a family of eleven children, ten now
living - Elizabeth, Robert A., Lafayette
(married to Anna Payne), David H.
(married to Mary Anderson), Edith J.
(wife of J. J. McCleland), Samuel W., Sarah
A., Ella, Mary and Taylor.
William died at the age of eighteen years.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1316 - Swan Twp. |
CHARLES HENRY,
farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Canaan
Township, Athens County, Apr. 20, 1842, a son of
William and Eunice (Carpenter) Henry
He was reared on a farm and received his
education in the common-schools, living with his
parents until he was thirty years of age.
He was married Oct. 17, 1865, to Miss Katie
Lindley, a daughter of Ziba Lindley,
a resident of Athens. By this union are
four children - John L. born Oct. 25,
1866; Wm. H. and Ziba L. twins,
born Oct. 25, 1872, and Francis B., born
July 3, 1880. Henry Henry located
on his present farm in 1872, which contains 150
acres of improved land. He also owns
seventy acres located in Canaan Township.
He is at present one of the Trustees of the
Children's Home to which office he was appointed
in 1882. Mrs. Henry is a member of
the Presbyterian church. He is a member of
the I. O. O. F., Athens Lodge, No. 479.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1388 - APPENDIX |
VOSS HOFFHINES,
farmer, postoffice McArthur, is a son of
William and Mary (Coon) Hoffhines his father
of German parentage and his mother a daughter of
George Coon. His father was a soldier in
the war of 1812. His parents were married
in Pickaway County, Ohio, and in 1819, with four
children, came to Vinton County and settled on
section 33, Elk Township, where his father
entered eighty acres of land, but gradually
increased his possessions until he had quite a
tract, which he divided with his children.
He donated an acre for a cemetery, the first
burial being a children of Nelson Hoffhines,
In 1823 he erected a tannery on section 33, and
manufactured the leather for his own use, having
but little to sell. Of his six children
Voss was the fifth and was born Oct. 16, 1820.
He was reared to the farm life of the pioneer
days. He received a limited education, and
was obliged to walk a distance of two miles to
school. Mr. Hoffhines started in
life for himself in 1842, marrying that same
year Polly Cassell, daughter of
Abraham Cassell. She died leaving two
children. He afterward married Margaret,
daughter of William Creamer. They
have two children. Mr. Hoffhines
still lives of the farm where he settled in
1842. He has 400 acres of fine land and
raises mostly wheat, corn and stock. He
has as yet never examined his land for mineral.
SOURCE:
History of Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published
Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883 -
Page 1246 - Elk Twp. |
PARIS HORTON,
manufacturer of and dealer in furniture,
McArthur, is a son of Nathan, and
grandson of Nathan, Sr., and Sarah
Horton. Nathan, Sr., was a
native of New York and his wife of Pennsylvania.
He came to what is now Vinton County, Ohio, in
an early day and died here; his wife
subsequently died in Iowa. Of their six
children, Nathan, Jr. the father of our
subject, was the third child. He was born
in Pennsylvania and came to what is now Vinton
County, Ohio, in minor life, where he married
Arete daughter of Isaac White, and
ever after lived in the vicinity of McArthur.
He was by occupation a millstone cutter and
farmer. He was a member of the Methodist
church and died in 1855. His widow is
still living. She was born in Elk
Township, now Vinton County, Ohio, in 1821 and
has thus far always resided in the county.
Her father Isaac White, was born in
Maine, and reared in Massachusetts. He
married Mary, daughter of John Dunkle.
They were early settlers of Vinton County, where
they both died. He was by occupation a
millstone cutter. Of their six children
four are living, Mrs. Horton being the
eldest. Paris and his twin brother
Tyrus were born near McArthur, Aug. 31,
1840. He was reared and received his
education in his native county. At the age
of eighteen he commenced learning the
cabinet-maker's trade and completed it in 1864.
He has devoted his time to that occupation ever
since. In 1867 he became proprietor of his
present establishment, succeeding E. P.
Bothvvell, where he has made some additions
and is now doing a good business. His wife
is Augusta, daughter of Rev. A. M.
Alexander, of Licking County, Ohio, where
she was born. They have seven children.
Mrs. Horton is a member of the
Methodist church. He belongs to the I. O.
O. F. and has filled all the offices up to and
including Representative of the Grand Lodge of
the State of Ohio.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1247 - Elk Twp. |
W. S. HUDSON,
attorney and school examiner, McArthur, Ohio, is
a son of S. B. and Abigail (Atkinson) Hudson,
both lineal descendants of England, and now
living in Morrow County, Ohio. The subject
of this biography was born in Monroe County,
Ohio, in 1851, but from early life matured in
Vinton County, where his parents lived until
1882. His early or minor life was devoted
to agricultural pursuits, devoting his winters
to school. At the age of nineteen he
entered the Ohio University at Athens, and
graduated in 1875, having during his collegiate
life taught more or less, by which he maintained
himself. Subsequent to his graduation he
taught four years. During this time he
took up the study of law under H. C. Jones,
and was admitted to the bar in 1880, and in 1882
was appointed School Examiner, to succeed
Professor M. R. Barnes.
SOURCE: History of
Hocking Valley, Ohio - Published Chicago: by Inter-State Publishing
Co. - 1883 - Page 1247 - Elk Twp. |
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