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BIOGRAPHIES
Each Book has it's own separate biographical index.
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX FOR SOURCE #1:
The History of Clark County, Ohio :
containing a
history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., general and local
statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history
of the Northwest Territory, history of Ohio, map of Clark County,
Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc., etc.
Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1881,
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BIOGRAPHICAL
INDEX FOR SOURCE #2:
A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County,
Ohio: an
Volume 2 - Publ. 1922
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Harmony Twp. -
WILLIAM T. HARRIS, merchant; P. O. Vienna Cross Roads. The subject of
this sketch was born in Clark Co.,
Ohio, Sept. 17, 1826, his father, having been one of the
early pioneers of the country.
William T. was brought up on a farm, and continued to farm until he was 45 years old, when he
quite farming and moved to Vienna where he now resides.
Mr. Harris commenced mercantile life
in 1871, and has continued in the same since.
Mr. Harris is the leading merchant of the town; he has a considerable stock of dry goods,
groceries, etc., etc., such as is usually kept in a country store. The subject of this sketch was
married to Miss Mary C. Forshee,
daughter of Dr. Forshee, Nov. 19,
1848. His wife,
Mary C., died in Jan., 1861. He married his second wife
Mrs. Rosanna McGarry (nee
Marsh), in March, 1863. During his first marriage he had born
to him four children, and by their second marriage they had born to them two
children – Oliver B., born Jan.,
1863, and Manville R., Dec. 28, 1866.
Mr. Harris has served two terms as
Justice of the Peace in Harmony Township;
Mr. Harris is an active member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and
is also a leading member of Christian Church, of Vienna.
Mr. Harris started in life at the
very “bottom round of the ladder,” but, by industry and economy, he has been, in
a measure, successful in accumulating some property, and to day he is in quite
comfortable circumstances.
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 958
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FREEMAN
V. HARTMAN, Township Clerk; P. O. Vienna Cross Roads.
The subject of this sketch is a native of Harmony Township,
Clark Co., Ohio; he was born Feb. 28, 1834. John
Hartman, the father of Freeman V., was a native
of the State of Pennsylvania, and came to Clark Co. and
settled in Pleasant Township at a very early day. He died in
Sandusky City, Ohio, of the cholera, in 1835; he left a wife
and four children at his death. His widow, Mary
Hartman, is still living in Harmony Township; she is in
her 77th year; she was born in the State of New York, near
Buffalo, in 1804. The subject of this sketch was married, in
November, 1851, to Miss Catharine Dynes,
a daughter of George Dynes, who was an old
settler in Harmony Township; he now resides in Lebanon,
Warren Co., Ohio. There was born to them three daughters:
Mary E. (now the wife of George F. Tavener),
Elizabeth (now the wife of J. M. Olinger), and
Jennie R. (now the wife of David H. Campbell);
Catharine died Aug. 25, 1865. Mr. Hartman
was married to his second wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
Keyes (nee Dynes, a sister to his first wife),
July 11, 1880, at Springfield, Ohio; the marriage was
performed by Rev. William A. Robinson, of the
M. E. Church. Mr. Hartman has been elected Township
Clerk for seven terms; be was appointed Deputy United States
Marshal in 1880, and took the census of Harmony Township; he
has been a member of the Republican Central Committee of
Clark Co. for ten years: he has also served on the United
States grand jury for three terms.
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 958 - Transcribed
for Ohio Genealogy Express by Cathy Portz |
Springfield Twp. -
T.
EDWARD HARWOOD, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, May
26,1846; he resided there until the age of 5 years, when he
moved to Newark, Ohio, with his parents, Francis Lee and
Mary Harwood, where he spent the greater part of his
childhood; his opportunities of attending school were very
limited; he worked on a farm in the summer and attended the
country school in the winter. At the age of 12 years, he was
apprenticed to the Hon. William B. Morgan, publisher
of the Newark Advocate, to learn printing. In 1865, after a
short residence at Columbus, Ohio, he came to Springfield in
search of employment, which he found in the Daily News. He
was married, in 1868, to Miss Anna M. Hartstone. Six
children are the result of this happy union, four boys and
two girls, all of whom are now living. Mr. Harwood is
a member in good standing of the Ephraim Lodge, No. 46, I.
O. O. F., and the Ohio Editorial Association. In 1873, after
working on the Springfield Weekly Gazette about a year, he
purchased the paper. In 1879, he started the Springfield
Daily Gazette, a four-column folio. A few months afterward
it was increased to a five-column folio, and again to a
six-column paper. The Daily and Weekly Gazette are both
largely circulated, and are in the greatest prosperity.
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1881 |
Springfield Twp. -
GEORGE
WILLIAM HASTINGS, the President of the Republic
Printing Company, was born in Lisbon, Conn., on the 13th of
January, 1827. He was the son of Oliver and Lemira
(Bushnell) Hastings. He came, at an early age, to
Cincinnati, Ohio, and, having been thrown on his own
personal resources, for a livelihood, he became the
architect of his own fortunes. He was, for several years, in
his younger days, a resident of Oberlin, Ohio, where he
learned the art of printing in the office of the Oberlin
Evangelist, and, in the course of time, met and married
Miss Candace L. White, from Niagara Falls, N. Y.,
in the spring of 1848. He went thence to Cleveland, Ohio,
and worked in the office of the true Democratic newspaper,
now known as the Cleveland Leader. From Cleveland he
went to Cincinnati, and from Cincinnati, in 1852, came to
Springfield, purchasing here a printing establishment. In
the spring of 1854, he commenced the publication of a
journal known as the Dollar Weekly Nonpareil, and during the
year following issued the paper as a daily, and it has been
so issued, continuously, ever since. Subsequently the paper
became known as the Daily News, and Mr. C. M. Nichols
became associated with him in its ownership and publication.
In February, 1865, Messrs. Hastings &
Nichols purchased the Tri-Weekly Republic, and the paper
was known as the News and Republic, and afterward and
permanently as the Republic, the concern absorbing, in the
course of its career and history, successively, the Daily
Telegram, the Daily Advertiser and the Daily Times. The firm
of Hastings & Nichols was finally succeeded by
an incorporated organization known as the Republic Printing
Company, which now exists and owns the Republic building on
Main street, and carries on a general publishing, printing
and binding business, and owns and conducts the business of
the Republic Wrapping Paper Mills, at Enon, seven miles
southwest of Springfield. Mr. Hastings has
three daughters and one son. By industry, honesty,
perseverance and close attention to business, he has
acquired not only a fair fortune, but an honorable fame. His
influence on society has been most wholesome; every just
cause and interest has found in him an advocate and
supporter.
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1881 |
Madison Twp. -
LABAN
W. HAUGHEY, dealer in real estate; South Charleston.
Among the solid, substantial business men of Clark Co.,
L. W. Haughey stands deservedly high; a man of
enterprising character, whose integrity and honesty in all
the relations of life have never been questioned, we are
pleased to be able to represent him in the pages of this
work. His grandfather, Thomas Haughey, a native
of Ireland, came to the American Colonies before the
Revolutionary war; settling in Virginia, where he was
married, of which union were eleven children - John
the father of Laban W., being the eldest. He
was born in Grayson Co., Va., Jan. 2, 1787, and was there
married to Patience Sturdyven a native of the same
county, born in 1792, and in 1810, came to Clinton Co.,
Ohio, the town of Wilmington, being now partly built upon
the land which he owned. Thomas Haughey
was a Revolutionary solder, and helped to humiliate the
hereditary foe of his native land; and soon after John
came to Ohio, he also came, settled in Clinton Co., removing
thence to Greene Co., where he resided until his death.
In 1818, John and family also removed to Greene Co.,
settling south of Jamestown, in Silver Creek Township, he
and wife spending the balance of their days in that county,
she dying in November, 1872, and her husband in April, 1876.
The subject of this sketch was born in Clinton Co., Ohio,
Oct. 13, 1811, and was the second in a family of twelve
children, as follows: James N., Laban W., Sarah J., Ann,
Lourenna, Churchwell M., Elizabeth, Nancy, John Q. A.,
Thomas J., Calvin A. and an infant unnamed; Sarah J.
and six brothers are the survivors. Laban W.
grew to manhood in Greene Co., receiving a limited education
in the log schoolhouse of the pioneer days, and following
farming as his general occupation. He was married in
that county Nov. 17, 1841, to Cynthia Larkin, a
native of the county, born Apr. 2, 1819, and the third in a
family of seven children. She is the daughter of
David and Nancy (Harper) Larkin, natives of Maryland
where he was born Dec. 5, 1787, and she Oct. 7,1792, both
being old families of that State, "Harper's Ferry" receiving
its name from her family. They were married in
Maryland Feb. 14, 1810,and soon afterward moved to Ohio,
settling finally in Greene Co., coming in 1849 to South
Charleston, where he is now residing, with his daughter
Mrs. Haughey, his wife having died Jan. 28, 1881, a
sincere member of the M. E. Church, after a union of seventy
years, eleven months and fourteen days, an event almost
unparalleled in the annals of married life. Mr.
Haughey began life on his individual resources, and made
a success from the first, owning a nice farm before his
marriage, which he made by his own industry. In Jan.,
1850, he came to South Charleston, and began dealing in
grain and produce, in partnership with his father-in-law,
this lasting four years, after which he followed
stock-trading and money-loaning. In 1863, he was
instrumental in establishing the First National Bank of
South Charleston, upon the organization of which he was
elected its President, occupying this position until its
charter was surrendered, Mar. 24, 1877, the bank
continuing as a private institution. For about
fourteen years he has been a member of the M. E. Church, of
which his wife has been a life-long adherent, and he has
taken an active interest in the prosperity of Methodism
throughout the county; has been in official position the
whole period, and helped all churches regardless of creed.
Every public movement found in him an active and hearty
supporter, and he is recognized as one of the public
benefactors of South Charleston. Politically, a
Republican, he was an earnest upholder of the Union cause,
giving his time and money to support the Government in that
crisis, and to take care of the families of the soldiers in
the field. He is a member of the I. O. F., and was a
Director in the School Board for about fifteen years; he is
one of the Directors of the Mad River National Bank of
Springfield; is the owner of 242 acres of land in Fayette
Co., Ohio, and 900 in Indiana, beside property in South
Charleston and Springfield, and is one of the wealthy men of
this portion of Ohio. Mr. Haughey is a
quiet, courteous gentleman, of retiring habits whose
character commands the confidence and respect of all with
whom he comes in contact.
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History of Clark County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1881, |
| CHARLES
D. HAUK, Secretary for Mast, Foos &
Co., manufacturers of wind engines, lawn mowers and
agricultural implements, Springfield; was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1848. His father was a " river man,"
having been a steamboat Captain on the Ohio and Mississippi
Rivers for thirty-five years. The subject of this sketch was
trained to business from early boyhood; he came to
Springfield first in 1867, subsequently spent three years in
Kansas City, and returned to Springfield in 1872, where he
was engaged in mercantile pursuits until Jan. 1, 1880, when
Mast, Foos & Co. was re-organized as a stock
company, and he became, a stockholder and Director, and was
elected Secretary, which position he now holds, having
general direction of the business. Mr. Mast's time
and attention being divided with the different interests
with which he is connected. He married, in 1872, Miss
Mary E., daughter of Hon. E. G. Dial, whose
biography also appears in this work. From this union they
have two children. |
Springfield Twp. -
JOSEPH
E. HEFFELFINGER, general agent Union Central Life
Insurance Company, Springfield; is a native of Pennsylvania,
born in Cumberland County in 1844; he early began a business
career; was connected with the army as Sutler about three
years. After the war he came to Ohio, and, after a
short stay at Kenton, removed to West Liberty, Logan Co.,
where he commenced doing business for the Union Central Life
Insurance Company, and continued as local agent there until
1872, when he received the appointment of general agent for
Northwestern Ohio, which position he still holds; he removed
to Springfield in May, 1876, and this has since been his
residence and official headquarters. Mr.
Heffelfinger's insurance career covers nearly fourteen
years, and is very complimentary to his ability and energy;
he now has about twenty-five agents under his supervision,
besides the business of his home office, and has over
$4,000,000 of insurance in his territory.
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio :
Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Pg. 841 |
ELLIS
HENTHORN. Among the older residents of
Springfield few are better known and none more highly
esteemed than Ellis Henthorn, for many years a
leading contractor, and an honored veteran of the great
Civil War. He is a native of Ohio, and except during
the time when he was serving his country wherever duty
called he has practically spent his life in the Buckeye
State.
Mr. Henthorn was born in Monroe County, Ohio,
Apr. 22, 1838. His parents were James and Eliza
(Wright) Henthorn, his father a native of Monroe County
and his mother born in 1815 in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
His paternal grandparents, Robert and Elizabeth Wright,
to Green County, Pennsylvania. James Henthorn
was born in 1812, was a farmer all his life in Monroe
County, Ohio, and died there in 1854. His widow
survived him many years, dying at Springfield, to which city
she had moved when it became the home of her son. She
passed away in 1902. Of their nine children but four
are living: Ellis, of Springfield; Thomas, of
Milford, Delaware; Jane, wife of Joseph Lang
of Springfield; and Andrew, also of Springfield.
Ellis Henthorn was sixteen years old when he
lost his father. He attended the district schools
during boyhood, but after his father's death provided for
his own needs by working for other farmers, and was so
engaged when the Civil war came on. On Jan. 6, 1862,
he enlisted for service, entering Company K, 78th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, with which he took part in the battles
of Fort Donelson and Shiloh, also Raymond Junction, Jackson,
Champion's Hill and siege of Vicksburg, and was honorably
discharged at the close of this enlistment. On Jan. 6,
1864, he re-enlisted in the same company and regiment, being
in the 3rd Division, under General Logan, and in the
17th Army Corps, commanded by Gen. James A. McPherson,
whose death he later witnessed at the battle of Atlanta.
Mr. Henthorn participated in the battle of Kenesaw
Mountain, marched to the sea under Sherman, fought at
Atlanta, then marched back to Petersburg and then to
Richmond, and was one of the victorious army that took part
in that never-to-be forgotten Grand Review at Washington, D.
C. on May 21, 1865, and was finally discharged July 11,
1865.
Mr. Henthorn married on Apr. 10, 1864, Miss
Laura Tuttle, who was born at Zanesville, Ohio, Aug. 29,
1847, a daughter of Benjamin and Catherine L. (Trout)
Tuttle, and a granddaughter of Solomon and Sarah
(Lowe) Tuttle During the Revolutionary war
Grandfather Solomon Tuttle served in the Vermont
Dragoons, was captured by the British and kept a prisoner
for thirteen months. After his marriage Mr.
Henthorn located at Zanesville, and under his
father-in-law learned the stone mason's trade. After
the death of Mr. Tuttle in 1879 Mr. and Mrs.
Henthorn moved to Springfield, and here he went into the
contracting business and for seven and one-half years, in
addition to doing a large amount of work for private
parties, did all the city stone work for bridge abutments
and culverts. For fifteen years and three months also
he was contractor for all the stone work for the National
Harvester Company at Lagonda, then a suburb but now a part
of the City of Springfield. Mr. Henthorn
continued active in business until the age of seventy-five
years, when failing eyesight compelled him to retire.
Mr. and Mrs. Henthorn had six children born to
them: Alice, who died at the age of six years;
Augusta and Mary L., both of whom lived to be
forty-two years old; William, a soldier during a
great part of his life, died in Springfield, Ohio, Nov. 21,
1919; Bessie, who resides with her father; and
Charles Foster, who was a soldier in the
Spanish-American war, is connected with the International
Harvester Company at Springfield. Mr. Henthorn's
son William served three years in the United States
Regulars in the Spanish American war in the Philippines,
during the Boxer trouble in China, and on the Mexican
border. In the World's war he served as first sergeant
of Company B, his regiment being in the 37th Division, 148th
Regiment. Mr. Henthonr belongs to the Grand
Army of the Republic, is a republican in politics, and is a
member of the Church of Christ.
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and
Clark County, Ohio:
Volume 2- Page 101 |
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