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WASHINGTON
EARL HARDGROVE. In Washington Earl Hardgrove is found an
example of the men who have brought Carroll County into the limelight as a
prosperous agricultural center. Endowed with natural ability and
backed by shrewd business judgment and determination, this farmer has worked
his way to the ownership of a valuable farm of eighty acres in East
Township. He is a native of this township and was born Dec. 18, 1868,
a son of George H. and Amelia (Long) Hardgrove.
Washington Hardgrove, the paternal grandfather
of Washington E., was born in Harford County, Maryland, in 1798, and
was a lad when her went with the family to Greene County, Pennsylvania,
where his father died. Later his mother brought the family to East
Township, Carroll County, Ohio, about 1821 or 1822, and here Washington
Hardgrove secured land by purchase. He continued to be engaged in
agricultural pursuits during the rest of his life, and died about 1880, one
of his community's highly respected and esteemed citizens. His wife,
who bore the maiden name of Priscilla Clark, was a native of Chester
County, Pennsylvania.
George H. Hardgrove was born Jan. 25, 1833, in
East Township, and here was reared and educated, and on reaching manhood
married Miss Amelia Long, who was born in Augusta Township, Carroll
County, Feb. 2, 1831, she being a daughter of John and Amelia (Ambler)
Long, the former a native of Holland and the latter of England.
John Long was a small boy when brought to this country by his parents,
and grew to young manhood in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. About 1816 or
1817 he came to Carroll County, engaging in a race with a Mr. Baker
to Steubenville, on horseback, to enter a tract of land. Mr. Baker
won the contest and entered the tract, whereupon Mr. Long entered 160
acres in East Township, where he passed the greater part of his life as an
agriculturist. Following their marriage. Mr. and Mrs.
Hardgrove settled on a farm of eighty acres in East Township, which
Mr. Hardgrove purchased from a family named Withrow, who had
entered the land from the Government. There he and his wife rounded
out long, useful and honorable careers, Mr. Hardgrove dying Apr. 21,
1912, and his widow surviving him until Feb. 15, 1917.
The only child of his parents, Washington Early
Hardgrove secured his educational training in the public schools of East
Township, and at Mechanicstown Academy, and was reared to the work of the
home farm. He was married Jan. 28, 1897, to Miss Ella Whittiker,
who was born in Fox Township, Carroll County, May 30, 1868, a daughter of
Joseph and Annis (Petterson) Whittiker, a descendant on both sides of
families which had settled in that township at an early date. Her
paternal grandparents were Thomas Whittiker and his wife, a
Yagely, natives of Pennsylvania, and her maternal grandparents
Charles and Louisa (Emeline) Petterson, natives of England.
Joseph Whittiker was born in September, 1825, in Fox Township, and his
wife was born July 4, 1842, and died July 4, 1874.
Following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs.
Hardgrove moved to Mr. Hardgrove's father's farm of eighty acres,
which adjoined the original Hardgrove farm, and the ownership of
which Mr. Hardgrove has since assumed. His eighty acre tract is
in the best of cultivation, and on it is carrying on extensive
operations as a general farmer. Here he has realized his wholesome and
meritorious ambitions, and the impression in his community, where he has the
respect and esteem of all, is that he is one of the reliable and progressive
agriculturists of his township. Mr. Hardgrove is a republican
in politics and has served several years effectively and satisfactorily in
the capacity of justice of the peace. As a fraternalism he belongs to
Augusta Lodge No. 504, F. & A. M.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
Ohio -
Chicago: Lewis Pub.
Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page 890 |
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DAVID HAUGH,
one of the sturdy representatives farmers of Monroe Township, Carroll
County, was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., Oct. 12, 1824, a son of John and
Jean (Graham) Haugh, both natives of Scotland, the former a son of
James Haugh and born May 26, 1778, latter a daughter of William and
Elizabeth Graham and born Oct. 27, 1785. John and Jean Haugh
were married May 31, 1803, and had the following named children: James
(I), born Jul. 14, 1804, died in infancy; William, born May 19,
1806; John, Mar. 26, 1808; James (II), Apr. 21, 1810;
Andrew, Aug. 16, 1812; Elizabeth, May 16, 1815; Robert (I),
Aug. 14, 1817, all born in Scotland; and Samuel, born May 31, 1819;
Robert (II), Feb. 25, 1822; David, Oct. 12, 1824; Mary,
May 25, 1827, all born in Pittsburgh, Penn.
In 1818 John Haugh immigrated to the United
States with his family, and they took up their residence in Pittsburgh,
Penn., where he was in the employ of John Gibb manufacturer of alum,
vitriol, soap, candles, etc., until 1836, in which year he moved to Carroll
County, Ohio. Here he purchased the farm now owned by his son David,
at that time containing ninety acres, to which our subject has since added
twenty acres, to which our subject has since added twenty acres, aggregating
a fine farm of 110 acres of well-improved land. The father died Dec.
21, 1865, the mother Oct. 30, 1869, both members of the United Presbyterian
Church. In politics Mr. Haugh was first a Whig, and afterward a
Republican.
David Haugh, the subject proper of this memoir,
received his education partly at the public schools of Pittsburgh, and
partly at the common schools of Monroe Township, in the meantime securing a
thoroughly practical training n the science of farming, which has been his
life vocation. On Nov. 23, 1848, he was married to Mary R. Moffett,
who was born Oct. 13, 1827, in Monroe Township, Carroll County, daughter of
Nathan and Sarah (King) Moffatt, which union has been blessed with
nine children, of whom the following is a brief record: John, born
Mar. 27, 1850, resides in Dell Roy, Ohio; William G., born Mar. 29,
1852, lives in Canton, Ohio; Robert B., born Feb. 7, 1854, Sarah
J., born July 17, 1856, Mary E., born Mr. 7, 1859, and Annie
M., born Mar. 25, 1861, are all four deceased; Andrew E., born
Jun. 8, 1863, is still at home; Grant H., born Feb. 7, 1866, is
deceased; Ross L., born Jul. 19, 1867, is yet under the parental
roof. The mother of this family died Apr. 12, 1871, a member of the
United Presbyterian Church, and Nov. 7, 1872, Mr. Haugh was united in
marriage with Mrs. Elizabeth Bolling, who was born Oct. 30, 1841, a
daughter of Adam and Catherine (Stoody) Beamer. Mr. and Mrs. Haugh
are members of the United Presbyterian Church; in his political preferments
he has always been a solid republican, and has held several township
offices. Our subject has lived on the same farm ever since coming to
it with his parents in 1836, and he has made many substantial improvements
thereon erecting comfortable and commodious buildings.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
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BENJAMIN F. HAYES Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
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THOMAS HAYS,
one of the leading attorneys of Carrollton, Carroll Co., Ohio, was born May
25, 1834, in Franklin Township, Columbiana Co., Ohio. He is of
Scotch-Irish descent, his ancestors having emigrated from Scotland to
Ireland during the reign of James I of England and IV of Scotland.
The name was originally Hay, but when the family became quite
numerous they were spoken of as the "Hays," and about A. D. 1750 a
part of the family adopted the name of Hays, and have written it that
way ever since. His parents, James and Mary (McKernan) Hays,
were natives of County Tyrone, Ireland, where they, in 1818, were married.
In 1819 they immigrated to America, and after a stay of about three
years in Beaver County, Penn., they moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, where
they took up Government land, and were among the earliest of the pioneers,
the woods abounding at that time with wild animals, including all kinds of
game. Here they ended their days, their deaths occurring in 1846 and
1877, respectively. They had eight children - five sons and three
daughters the eldest of whom, William H. (now deceased), was born in
County Tyrone, Ireland; six of this family are yet living.
Thomas Hays, whose name appears at the opening
of this sketch is the sixth in his father's family in the order of birth,
and first saw light in an old log cabin on the original homestead in
Columbiana County, as above related. His early life was spent with his
parents, assisting them in the duties of the farm, and attending the early
district schools. When about eighteen years of age he commenced
teaching in the district schools of the neighborhood, a profession he
followed at various times for some ten winters, and the earnings so made he
devoted to pay the expense of his studies at the New Lisbon High School,
which he attended three years, supplementing same with a short course of
study at Mount Union College. While engaged in teaching he read law,
and under the able tuition of Judge John Clarke, of New Lisbon, he
advanced rapidly till in June, 1862, he was qualified to pass a most
creditable examination before one of the supreme judges, and was admitted to
the bar with the privilege of practicing before all the courts of the State
of Ohio. In 1867 he was admitted at Cleveland to practice before the
United States District Court. In May, 1863, Mr. Hays came to
Carrollton, and here established himself in the practice of his chosen
profession. Politically he is a Democrat, and for two years was mayor
of Carrollton; also for three years served as a member of the board of
education. In 1863 he married, in Columbiana County, Miss Martha J.
Williams, a descendant of a pioneer family of that county, and four
children have blessed them, viz.: Mary J., Joseph F., Adda C. and
William J. Mr. and Mrs. Hays are members of that county, and four
children have blessed them, viz.: Mary J., Joseph F., Adda C. and
William J. Mr. and Mrs. Hays are members of the
Presbyterian Church, and she is prominent in woman's work in connection
therewith. He is the architect of his own success, and the family
enjoy the respect and esteem of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
- 1891 - Page 774 |
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JACOB HELFRICH Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
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MRS. DRUSILLA HIBBS Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
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JOHN
HUNTER, farmer, Monroe Township, Carroll County, was born in
Pennsylvania in 1815. His father, James Hunter, was a native of
Ireland, where he married Miss Jane Caughran, and to them were born
children as follows: Thomas, Sarah, Mary, Nancy, James, John, Jane,
William, Eliza and George. Mr. Hunter, soon after his marriage,
immigrated to the United States, and settled in Allegheny County, Penn.,
where he remained till 1834, when he came to Ohio and purchased a farm of
160 acres in Rose Township, Carroll County. He cleared this land,
making many improvements, and resided upon it until his death, which
occurred in 1877.
John Hunter, our subject, grew to young manhood
in Allegheny County, Penn., and came to Ohio in 1834 with his parents.
He has been twice married: first, in 1840, to Miss Mary Aber, of Rose
Township, and to this union were born Mar. 17, 1841, John and Mary,
twins. John, who is a mute, resides on the farm; he was married
to Pauline Monnin (also a mute), of Stark County, Ohio, and to them
were born three children: Josephene, Mary and John.
Mary is the wife of James Kennedy, who resides in
Vicksburg, Miss., and is employed by the Government as Special Pension
Examiner; to them for children were born, viz.: Lelia, Hunter, Mary
and Gray. Mrs. Hunter died in 1841, and there second
marriage of Mr. Hunter was with Miss Christina West, a
daughter of James West, of Columbiana County, Ohio, to which union
were born six children, viz.: Sarah J., who died in infancy; James,
who resides in Kansas; Douglas, Margaret, Nettie and William,
who reside at home. Mr. Hunter remained in Rose Township till
1861, when he purchased the farm on which he now resides, and which contains
230 acre in Section 12, Monroe Township, where he is successfully engaged in
grain producing and stock-raising. In 1880 he erected his fine
residence. Politically Mr. Hunter is a Democrat, and in
religion he is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, in which he has
been an elder for thirty years.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
- 1891 - Page 970 |
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JAMES HOLDER Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
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ROBERT
G. HUNTER. Among the prominent farmers of Fox Township the
above named gentleman occupies a conspicuous place. His grandfather,
John Hunter, was born in Ireland, as was also his grandmother.
After coming to this country John Hunter, Sr., followed butchering as
an occupation. Both he and his good wife died in Maryland.
John T. Hunter, father of our subject was born in Maryland, but at the
age of four years was taken by his father to Washington County, Penn., where
he grew to manhood. At an early age he came west and located in Fox
Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, where he married. He then returned to
Pennsylvania, his old home, where he remained about five years, after which
he came back to Fox township and settled on a farm. Mr. Hunter
was an intelligent, thinking man; he taught school, and was looked upon as a
man of more than ordinary information and learning. Mr. Hunter
was a strong Democrat, in the earlier part of his life being anti-slavery in
sentiment, holding the opinion that the North had nothing to do with
slavery, until President Van Buren publicly announced that he would
veto any bill passed by Congress abolishing slavery in the District of
Columbia; Mr. Hunter then came out a full-fledged Abolitionist, and
so remained to the end of his life. He died in 1851, and his widow in
1880.
Robert G. Hunter was born Oct. 7, 1832, in
Washington County, Penn. His father moved to the West when Robert
G. was but a child, and here father and son cleared away the forest,
made improvements, converted the woodland into blossoming fields, and thus
helped to advance civilization in the West. The younger Hunter
was allowed the usual among of education, which, was the case with other
boys, was obtained by attending the district school in winter time.
Summer was the time to work, to clear the fields, plant the crops, and to
prepare for the coming winter. Robert G. Hunter was married
Sept. 14, 1883, to Miss Malinda Roudebush, who was reared in Carroll
County, and three children came to brighten their home, viz.: Abraham L.,
Elizabeth Ann and Chrissie G. Mr. Hunter is a member of the
United Presbyterian Church, and is a Republican in sentiment, though no
politician. He has a finely improved farm equipped with modern
improvements, and his success is due to his energy, good management and
honest living. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter have a wide circle of
friends, who value honest, upright neighbors.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co.
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JAMES HUSTON.
A publication of this order exercises one of its most consistent and
important functions when it enters memorial tribute to honored pioneer
citizens whose lives and labors have lent dignity and honor to the
communities which the publication represents. Thus there is special
satisfaction in being able to present a review of the career of the late
James Huston, who was one of the sterling pioneers and early merchants
of Carroll County and whose character and ability made him a worthy leader
in community affairs.
Mr. Huston was born in Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania, on the 17th of April, 1813, and was a son of John and
Rachel (McNaughton) Huston. In the old Keystone State he received
his youthful education and he was seventeen years of age when he accompanied
his parents to Carroll County, Ohio, where the family home was established
on a pioneer farm near Mechanicstown, his parents having there passed the
remainder of their lives. In the earlier period of his residence in
Carroll County James Huston was engaged in farm enterprise in Fox
Township, where later he engaged in the operation of a grist mill.
Finally he established a general merchandise business at Mechanicstown,
where he continued the successful enterprise until 1853, when he engaged in
the same line of business at Carrollton, the county seat. There he
developed a large and representative business in the mercantile line,
besides becoming a leading grain dealer of the county. In 1868 he
purchased a hardware store at Carrollton, and this he conducted in
partnership with his son Vincent E., under the firm name of J.
Huston & son, until 1886, when he retired from active business, his
death having occurred on the 2d day of Jan., 1887, and in his passing the
county having lost one of its most honored and revered pioneer citizens.
Originally a democrat in politics, Mr. Huston was among the earliest
and most loyal supporters of the cause of the prohibition party, and in all
of the relations of life he exemplified the finest type of character.
Through his own ability and efforts he achieved substantial and worthy
success, and no one man had more influence in furthering the business
prosperity of Carrollton than did he. For the accommodation of his
mercantile business he erected the store now occupied by the Carrollton
laundry, and later he erected the substantial and attractive brick block
which perpetuates his name and memory. In addition to his alliance
with the hardware and general merchandise business he was associated with
James Hayes in the ownership of a well equipped clothing store.
His old home in Carrollton was situated on the lot on which his daughter
Emma (Mrs. Fawcett) later erected one of the finest modern houses in the
city, the same being her home at the present time. Mr. Huston
took loyal interest in all things pertinent to the communal welfare and was
liberal and progressive in his civic attitude. Both he and his wife
were zealous members of the Presbyterian Church.
In the year 1838 was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Huston to Miss Christine Emsley, who came with his family to
America and remained for some time in Washington County, Pennsylvania,
whence he finally came to Carroll County, Ohio, and engaged in farming near
Mechanicstown, where he passed the remainder of his life. Mrs.
Huston passed to the life eternal on the 31st of December, 1881, and her
memory is revered by all who came within the sphere of her gentle and
gracious influence. Mr. and Mrs. Huston became the parents of
three children: Amanda became the wife of Cyrus A. Shober
and was a resident of Carrollton at the time of her death, Sept. 4, 1868,
her only child, Emma, having become the wife of a Mr. Ruhman
and having become the mother of one daughter, Harriet, who is the
wife of Charles H. Woodworth and who has one daughter, was reared and
educated at Carrollton and after the death of her first husband, J. V.
Cellars, she became the wife of Robert Crozier Fawcett, who was
long associated with Vincent Huston in the hardware and clothing
business at Carrollton and whose death here occurred in 1910, his widow
remaining in the fine home which she erected, on Second Street, southwest,
and having long been a gracious figure in the representative social life of
the community in which she has resided during the greater part of her life.
Vincent Emsley Huston, only son of the subject of this memoir, well
upheld the honors of the family name in connection with civic and business
affairs, and was one of the leading merchants of Carrollton, as senior
member of the firm of Huston & Fawcett, at the time of his death,
Mar. 26, 1894.
Source: History of Carroll and Harrison Counties,
Ohio -
Chicago: Lewis Pub.
Co., 1921 - Vol. II - Page 489 |
JAMES HUSTON |
V. E.
HUSTON, a prominent citizen of Carrollton, and senior ember of the
firm of Huston & Fawcett, proprietors of the most extensive general
hardware store in Carroll County, was born Nov. 22, 1849, in Mechanicstown,
Carroll Co., Ohio, of Scotch-Irish and English descent. His father,
James Huston, who was born in Allegheny County, Penn., Apr. 17, 1813,
was one of the pioneer merchants of Carroll County, he having come to Ohio
when a young man. He first located on a farm in Fox Township, where,
later, he became a miller, and finally established himself in a general
store at Mechanicstown, which he conducted several years, until 1853, when
he moved to Carrollton, and here opened out in the same line on a more
extensive scale, to which, one year thereafter, he added the grain business.
In 1868 he purchased a hardware store, also in Carrollton, and formed a
partnership with his son V. E., under the firm name of J. Huston &
Son. This continued till 1886, when the father withdrew, and
Mr. R. C. Fawcett was received as a partner, the style of the firm
being Huston & Fawcett. James Huston was married in 1838, to
Christine Emsley, a native of England and three children have been
born to this union, viz.: Amanda, deceased wife of Cyrus A. Shober;
Emma, wife of R. C. Fawcett, and V. E. On Jan. 3,
1887, the father closed his eyes to earth, at the age of seventy-four years,
after a busy life which he had made prosperous by honest toil which he had
made prosperous by honest toil, indomitable perseverance and strict
integrity, having begun life a poor boy, with no capital save willing hands
and a stout heart. Politically he had been originally a Democrat, but
for some years before his death he voted the Prohibition ticket.
V. E. Huston received his education at the
common schools of his district, also at the college at Harlem Springs, and
after leaving there he entered his father's store as clerk, continuing with
him in that capacity until becoming a partner with him in the hardware
business, as above related. In 1872 Mr. Huston was married to
Miss Ida J. McCoy, daughter of Judge McCoy, of Carrollton, and
Margaret (Druckamiller) McCoy, and by this union were born the
following named six children: James E., Charles V., William M., Christine
E., Amanda S., and Roy, who died at the age of two years.
Mr. Huston in his political leanings is a stanch Democrat, but has
never accepted office. Mrs. Huston is a member of the
Presbyterian Church.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of Harrison and
Carroll, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - 1891
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