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J. E. HAAS - See Hon. William E. Haas biography

HON. WILLIAM E. HAAS, mayor of Delaware. Ohio, was born December 17, 1874, at Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, and is a son of J. E. and Mary (Frank) Haas. The parents of Mayor Plaas were born and reared on farms in Crawford County. Ohio. In 1876 they came to Delaware, and J. E. Haas has been employed in the blacksmith department of the shops belonging to the Big Four Railroad, in this city, for the past 31 years. His family consists of four sons and three daughters, namely: Anna, who married Frank Vining, who is a member of the police force at Delaware; William E.; Charles O., who is in business at Delaware; Matilda, who married Edward Schweitzer, at Delaware; Vincent, residing at Moxahala, Ohio, where he is serving as secretary of the Chapman Coal Mining Company; Joseph, who died aged four months; and Frances, who is the possessor of rare musical talents, which have been well cultivated.
During his boyhood, William E. Haas attended the parochial schools at Delaware, and when it became a family law that he should become self-supporting, he went to work in a chair factory and continued his studies at night, in the public schools. Very much as many other ambitious youths, he tried one position after another in the endeavor to make the most of his time and opportunities, going from the chair factory to a grocery store and from there to a cigar factory, and later reaching the firm of Downheimer & Crasser, with which he learned the trade of cigar-making. On January 1, 1898, he entered into partnership with J. P. Crasser, in the manufacture of cigars, under the firm style of Grasser & Haas. Mr. Haas attends to all the outside work of the firm and writes all the advertising matter, which, on account of the extent of the business, is very heavy. Employment is given to from eight to 14 expert cigar-makers, and the firm has several exclusive brands which have proved to be favorites with the public.
On June 29, 1896, Mr. Haas was married to Catherine Hoch, who is a daughter of Joseph Hoch, who resides at Lancaster, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Haas have two children, Mary Catherine and Anna Josephine, both of whom attend school. The family belong to the Catholic Church.
For the past two years, Mayor Haas has been the only Democratic member of the Delaware City Council. He has been a leading and influential member of his party for some years and his nomination to the highest civic office, September 27, 1907, was a token of harmony in the Democratic ranks. He was elected November 6, 1907, receiving a majority of 12 electoral votes. Personally, Mr. Haas is very popular in Delaware, where he has been for so long a sterling and public-spirited citizen, and hence the satisfaction on his election was wide spread. He is a member of the Commercial Club, in the deliberations of which he takes an active and interested part, and he belongs to the fraternal orders of the Knights of Columbus, the Eagles, and the United Commercial Travelers.
(pg. 616)

WILLIAM A. HALL is the only son of John W. Hall and Susan A. Hall. His parents settled in Kingston Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where he was born on the first day of June, 1849. He received his early education in the public schools of his native township, working by turns on his father's farm and attending the district schools in the winter seasons and later he attended the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio. In the year 1871 he began the study of law with H. C. Carhart of Galion, Ohio. He completed his studies at Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in the year 1873. He was admitted to the Bar the same year. He immediately commenced the practice of his chosen profession in Galion, Ohio, where he continued to practice of gratifying success until the year 1876. He parents having moved to Delaware, Mr. Hall came here and opened an office in this city where he has ever since continued the practice of his profession.
Mr. Hall has also engaged in other business which he has prosecuted with success, having been a member of the Board of Directors of the Deposit Banking Company of Delaware, Ohio. He is now the secretary and treasurer of the Hotel Donavin Company and he is the owner of lands in his native township, which he manages successfully and profitably.

EUGENE D. HAMILTON was the son of John Hamilton and Jenette Hamilton. He was born Jan. 15, 1854, in Concord Township, Delaware County, Ohio. He received his early education in the public schools of that township. He prepared himself for a teacher and taught his first school when he was but seventeen years of age. He attended the Ohio Wesleyan University for a time, but he finished his course and took his degree from the Northwestern University of Chicago, Illinois, about the year 1877. From the time he began to teach, he supported himself in that way and that intervals attended college, taught, and studied law, and he was admitted to the Bar in the year 1878. He immediately opened an office in the city of Delaware and began the practice of his chosen profession. He was married to Miss Alice E. Freshwater on the fifteenth day of January, 1880. He was elected solicitor of the city of Delaware, Ohio, in April 1880, but he only lived abut two months after he had taken his office, his death taking place June 14, 1880.

CALEB HARSH - See James W. Harsh biography

JAMES W. HARSH, a prominent agriculturist of Delaware County, Ohio, who owns and operates a magnificent tract of 600 acres in Radnor Township, was born December 22, 1851, in Marion County, Ohio, and is a son of Caleb and Catherine (Gracley) Harsh, and a grandson of Jacob Harsh, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany.
     Caleb Harsh was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and in 1830, as a boy, came to America with his parents, and settled in the woods of Marion County, Ohio. Here he followed the trade of tanner until 1852, in which year he removed to Delaware County, settling on a farm on the Scioto River in Radnor Township, where the remainder of his life was spent. He was an industrious farmer and able business man, and in his death Delaware County lost one of its progressive, public-spirited citizens. During the latter part of his life he was a Republican in politics, and his religious belief was that of the Presbyterian Church. Of the children of Caleb and Catherine (Gracley) Harsh, seven grew to maturity, namely: James W.; Martha, who is the wife of Titus Jones of Radnor Township; Mary E., who is the widow of Finley Tyler, late of Scioto Township, where Mrs. Tyler now resides; Sarah S., wife of Bertrand Smith, of near Stratford, Delaware County; Emma L., who married Dr. T. K. Jones, of Radnor, Ohio; Ella V., who is the wife of Foster Evans of Scioto Township; and Charles F., who lives in Radnor Township.
    James W. Harsh was brought by his parents from Marion County to Delaware Count) as a boy, and since that time he has always resided in Radnor Township. He received his education in the public schools, after leaving which he engaged in farming and stock-raising. and his well-cultivated tract of 600 acres is one of the finest farms in Radnor Township. Mr. Harsh is a Democrat in politics, and he has always taken an active interest in public matters, serving a number of years as a member of the Board of Education of Radnor Township.
     In March, 1880, Mr. Harsh was married to Mary Criglar, who was born in Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio, and is a daughter of the late James Criglar, who was a well-known citizen of Delaware Township. There were six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Harsh, two of whom died in infancy, the survivors being: James W., Jr., Charles C, Margie and Nellie, all residents of Radnor Township.
(pg. 619)

BENJAMIN A. HAWES - See Clinton O. Hawes herein

CLINTON O. HAWES, one of Liberty Township's representative citizens, was born at Lewis Center, in Orange Township, Delaware County, Ohio, March 22, i860, and is a son of Orlando O. and Lucy (Searles) Hawes.
     The paternal grandfather was BENJAMIN A. HAWES, who was born in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and when he came to Ohio, settled first at Euclid, near Cleveland, where he married Mary Walton. She was a daughter of Davis Walton. Benjamin A. Hawes was born January 24, 1799. and his wife was born August 21, 1804. He died in 1885 at the age of 86 years and was survived four years by his wife, who died aged 85 years. They had the following children: Minerva, who married T. T. Wilcox, had her home in Orange Township and died at Edison, Ohio; Fannie. who resided in Orange Township, married John Hall and died young; Orlando O.; Luva, who married James Slane, died in Orange Township ; Elizabeth, who married John Keller: and Mary, who married Philander Searles. All are dead except Elizabeth, who is a widow.
     In 1826 Benjamin A. Hawes settled in Orange Township, Delaware County, later moved to Liberty Township for a short time and then returned to Orange Township. By trade he was a carpenter and he assisted to put up some of the first buildings at Cleveland. He worked on the frame jail which took the place of the old log calaboose at Cleveland, it too having long since given way to the march of progress, it being a fact that malefactors in modern times are much better housed than were honest man in the days of our grandfathers.
     ORLANDO HAWES, father of Clinton O., was born in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio, June 9, 1831, and died in 1862, aged 31 years. He married Lucy Searles, who was born in 1840, and died in 1892, aged 52 years. Her father, Lewis Searles, came to Lewis Center from Galena, where he engaged in a mercantile business until his death. A family of five children was born to Orlando O. Hawes and wife, namely: Alice, Minerva and Willard, all died young; Lucy Luella, who was reared at Akron, married Michael Birmingham, and died at Akron, in September, 1894; and Clinton O. Mrs. Hawes remained a widow for some years and then married Dempster Gifford and became the mother of four more children: Horace, Lelland, Minnie and Edward. Minnie is deceased.
     Clinton O. Hawes remained in Orange Township until he was 25 years of age, attending school at Lewis Center and keeping busy at various employments. He worked on farms in Orange and Liberty Townships to some extent and then learned telegraphy, which he followed for seven years. He was both operator and agent at Radnor and later at Powell, working as night operator at the latter point until he turned his attention to farming and dairying, when he gave up work at the "keys." He owns a tidy little farm of 27 acres adjoining Powell and its convenient location near the town, assists in making his dairy industry a profitable one.
     On March 7, 1887, Mr. Hawes was married to Emma L. Bennett, who is a daughter of E. A. and Mary (Clements) Bennett, of Orange Township. Mrs. Hawes was born in Champaign County, Ohio, but her father was born in Orange Township, Delaware County, where both he and wife reside, in comfortable circumstances, his age being 70 and that of his wife 66 years.
     In political sentiment, Mr. Hawes is in accord with the Socialist party. He is a member of Powell Lodge, Knights of Pythias, No. 684. He has been clerk of Liberty Township for the past five years and served three years as notary public for the township.
(pg. 608)

ORLANDO HAWES - See Clinton Hawes above here

EREM J. HEALY, a leading citizen of Concord Township, residing on his well-improved farm of 152 acres, was born where he now resides, on the old Healy Homestead, in Delaware County, Ohio, Aug. 10, 1850, and is a son of Ebenezer and Sophronia (Cotton) Healy, and a grandson of EBENEZER and Eunice (Crossman) Healy. The first member of the Healy family that is on record as resident in America, came from England in 1630 and settled at Roxbury, Massachusetts.
    EBENEZER HEALY, paternal grandfather of Erem J., was born at Newton Massachusetts, Feb. 3, 1768, and died at Sennett, New York, Sept. 22, 1857, aged nearly ninety years. In 1793 he settled in Cayuga County, New York, where he bought an undivided half of lot 8, on which the town of Sennett now stands, paying $2.50 per acre, which he added to an adjoining farm he already owned. In the autumn of 1793 he returned to Newton, Massachusetts, where he was married to Eunice Crossman. In the following February, Mr. and Mrs. Healy started for New York, reaching the new home in thirteen days, Ebenezer Healy was a an of great enterprise and became prominent in the section in which he settled. His farm lay on the line of travel to the Western Reserve, and for a number of years he kept a well-patronized tavern. He was a deacon in the Baptist Church. His wife died Sept. 16, 1810. They had the following children: Lyman W., John Mason, Nathaniel, Ebenezer and Sallie, twins, Eliza H., and two who died in infancy. Mr. Healy was married (second) to Anna Leonard, Mar. 11, 1811, and they had one son, George. Mr. Healy built his barn in 1796 and in it the first Baptist Association in Cayuga County was formed in 1801.
     Ebenezer Healy (2d), father of Erem J., was born in Cayuga County, New York, Jan. 29, 1806. He grew up on his father's farm and was married Nov. 5, 1838, to Sophronia Cotton, who was born in 1809, and died Nov. 29, 1884, aged seventy-five years. Immediately after marriage, Ebenezer Healy and bride set out to find a western home. They traveled to Buffalo, thence to Cleveland, and from there by way of canal to Columbus, where Mrs. Healy remained, while her husband started out prospecting, traveling over a large part of the neighboring country on foot. Finally he found land to please him - a farm well located and with fertile soil- 152 acres situated in Concord Township, Delaware County, and this he bought. The land at that time was largely covered with timber. By Dec. 5, 1838, Mr. and Mrs. Healy had established their household goods which they had brought from New York, in a temporary dwelling on the new farm and in this location Ebenezer Healy (2d) remained until his death, which occurred Oct. 25, 1873, when he was sixty-seven years old. His three children are: Erem J. subject of this sketch; Eunice, who died at the age of ten years; and Eliza, who married James T. Hutchinson, residing at Delaware.
     Erem J. Healy grew to manhood on the present farm and obtained his schooling in the district schools. In 1870 he was married to Mary J. Freshwater, who died in 1890, aged thirty-six years. She was a daughter of George and Sallie Freshwater, the former of whom was the first white child born in Concord Township, where he died in 1906, at the age of ninety-three years. His wife died in 1872. They had five children. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Healy were as follows: Sarah Sophronia, who married George Berlet, who resides on a farm near Delaware, and has two daughters - Helen and Florence; Eliza Rae, who married Frank Loveless, a mail clerk on the Big Four Railroad, residing at Cincinnati, and has one daughter - Violet; Alice, who married H. o. Moore, a farmer of Concord Township, and has two children - George and Harold; and Minnie, who married W. C. McCloud, who is engaged in farming in Concord Township. Mr. Healy was married (secondly) Oct. 16, 1893 to Estelle Krohn, who is a daughter of H. S. and Anna Elizabeth (Swisher) Krohn, and who was educated in the Galion High School and Otterbein University, and for five years was a successful teacher in various high schools. They have two bright boys - Eldredge J., aged thirteen years, and Russell Krohn, aged five years.
     Mr. Healy is a director in the Deposit Bank at Delaware. He is a member of the order of nights of Pythias, being connected with Lodge No. 525 at Bellpoint. He has long been a leading factor in local politics and has represented Concord Township on the Republican Central Committee, for a number of years. He has been very active in educational movements and largely through his efforts the township high school was established here, it being the first one in the county outside of Delaware. HE is a member of the United Brethren Church.
(pg. 608 - History 1908)

DR.. W. B. HEDGES is a native of McConnellsville, Morgan County, Ohio. He was born in 1835. He was educated in the High School of McConnellsville. He possessed an active and studious mind, and at an early time, after completing his school life, he began reading medicine in the office of Dr. M. Edwards, May, 1858. He took up the study of the drug trade, and prepared himself for the work in 1860. After two years, in 1862, he resumed the study of medicine in the old office, to prepare himself for the army, now needing doctors. He graduated from the Medical College of Ohio at Cincinnati, Ohio, July, 1863. He passed the examination of the State Board of Examiners for the position of assistant surgeon for the volunteer service. He was assigned to the Eighty-sixth O. V. I., a six months organization, in September, 1863, and joined the regiment at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. He was at once put in charge of the Medical Department of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, which position he held until the muster out of the organization, at the expiration of their term of service in February, 1864. He was appointed assistant surgeon of the Eighty-second Regiment O. V. I., Third Brigade, First Division, Twentieth Army Corps, April 27, 1864; and joined the regiment in May, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia. They went on duty at once and were under fire of battle for one hundred and twenty days. The doctor was the only surgeon with the regiment from Atlanta, Georgia, to the sea, or Savannah, Georgia. Then on to Goldsborough, North Carolina, and to Washington, D. C. Here he was detailed to care for the sick and wounded at Richmond, Virginia, and to arrange for transportation to the North those able to go. In 1865, while waiting for the muster out at the close of the war, he was at Louisville, Kentucky, and was in charge of the hospital there. He was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, July 27 1865. He returned to his home and began the practice again. In 1873 he located in Beverly, Washington County, Ohio, and in 1879 came to Delaware, Ohio. He is in active practice today. He has been a member of the County Board of United States Pension Examiners for fourteen years. He served two years as health officer for Delaware. He was physician to the Girls' Industrial Home for several years. He is a member of the Delaware County Medical Association; Ohio State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He was married to Mrs. Mary Pewthers in 1872. He is an elder of the Presbyterian Church.

ALONZO FLEMING HOSKINS, a prosperous and enterprising general farmer, of Thompson Township, was born on the homestead where he now resides, April 8, 1855, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Fleming) Hoskins. His paternal grandfather, John Hoskins, was a native of Wales, who emigrated to America about 1807, landing in the city of Baltimore. He was an early settler in Delaware County, locating first near Millville, now Warrensburg, later settling on a farm adjoining that of the subject of this sketch to the south. The farm was then covered with heavy timber, no improvements having been made, and should therefore be referred to in this connection as wild land rather than a piece of agricultural property. He built a log cabin on it and began the arduous work of clearing off the timber. In course of time the improvements made by him completely changed the aspect of the place. The log cabin gave way to a brick house, and smiling fields appeared instead of the trackless forest. There he and his wife spent the rest of their lives. Their family included 12 children, several of whom died in infancy. The following is their record in brief: Jane, married John Randall. Rachel became the wife of John Lenox. Betsy married Owen Avery. Another daughter, Ann, married George Moyer. Henry married a Miss Fields, Jacob (father of the subject of this sketch) married Elizabeth Fleming. Perry married Hannah Deck. Ebenezer never married.
     Jacob Hoskins was born on the farm in Thompson Township above referred to, March 21, 1822, and resided there all his life. He married Elizabeth Fleming, who was a daughter of Crozier Fleming, a native of Ireland, who settled in Radnor Township, Delaware County, at an early day. Jacob Hoskins settled on the farm now owned and occupied by his son Alonzo, and made thereon some of the first improvements, building the present residence about 1870. Soon afterwards he erected the barn that stands on the farm. The first house was a weather-boarded building, which was destroyed by fire, after which Mr. Hoskins erected a long house. About 1870 he built the present residence. His wife Elizabeth died in 1862. She had borne him six children as follows: Oliver, who was a druggist residing in Prospect, married Miss Ellen Greek; Jennie who died in 1862; Alice, who is single, resides in Prospect; Alonzo F. married Miss Jennie Fields, daughter of Marshall Fields, of Delaware County, Ohio; Ida, who is single, resides in Prospect; and one son who died in infancy.
     Alonzo F. Hoskins was educated in the district schools and was brought up to farm life and labor. He was married in 1882 and subsequently resided in several different places, being a resident of Union County for nine years. For the past seven years he has occupied the old Hoskins homestead in Thompson Township, the farm which he owns and cultivates successfully, containing 103 acres. He is a highly esteemed citizen of the township and is well versed in the science of farming. He is a member of Prospect Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 144; Durwood Lodge, K. of P., at Prospect (No. 153); and of the Prospect Lodge of Modern Woodsmen. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
     Mrs. Jennie Hoskins died February 15, 1903. She and her husband had been the parents of the following children: Ethel, residing at home; Annie B., wife of Albert B. Keef, residing in Cleveland, Ohio; and Leah, who married Dillon Howser, and has one son - Robert Hoskins Howser. Mr. and Mrs. Howser reside in Richwood.

O. D. HOUGH, farmer; P. O. Sunbury; born in Vermont Oct. 23, 1808, and is one of thirteen children born to Sylvester and Sarah (Williams) Hough; his father was a native of Connecticut and a physician; in 1812, he emigrated from his native State, and settled in Genoa Township, where he practiced in his profession, and added the business of milling. Mr. O. D. Hough spent his youth with his father, assisting in the mill and on the farm, until he had reached the age of 24, when he married and took charge of his father's farm for a year, at the expiration of which he moved into Brown Township, where he carried on the milling business for fifteen years; like all the mills of this county, his was dependent upon the stream upon which it was situated for its motor power, which proved insufficient six months of the year; during these seasons of enforced leisure in the mill, Mr. Hough employed his spare time clearing a farm of 114 acres; after the death of his father, he bought the old homestead in 1847, and, after living there several years, sold it and bought 342 acres of Peter Van Sickle; he afterward bought 117 acres of Bricker, and made his home on it for some six years; later, he purchased the Prince farm, to which he added 140 acres of the Prince estate; he is now one of the large landholders of the county, possessing 900 acres of some of the finest farming land in the county; this property he has acquired by an active life of hard work without outside assistance, save $192, which fell to him for his father's estate; this life of activity has not, with its abundant success, warped his judgment or narrowed the scope of his generous impulses, and the village of Sunbury, or the county at large, has no readier sympathizer or a more efficient worker with influence and money, than Hon. O. D. Hough; he is a Director of the Sunbury Bank a position he has held ever since its organization; he was one of the stockholders and originators of the Delaware, Berkshire & Sunbury Pike; he has held the office of County Commissioner for six years, and has been Treasurer and a magistrate for twelve years; at the resignation of J. R. Hubbell, he was elected to fill his vacancy in the Legislature, and, in 1866, the county again honored itself by his reelection. Mr. Hough has been twice married; in 1832, to Miss Corintha C. Thrall, who was born in Greenville, Ohio, July 3, 1813, and died April 1, 1878; by this marriage he had five children - Clarissa A. (who married O. H. Williams, a farmer and merchant), Charlotte A. (Who married a Mr. Walker, who was a railroad agent at Richmond, Ind., Hamilton, Ohio, and a Dayton in the latter State, dying in 1877 at Columbus, Ohio, his widow now living in Delaware); two children died in infancy, and a third - his only son, died April 5, 1879; his widow, whose maiden name was Miss Mary Linn, survives him with two children - Benjamin W. and Leonard. April 15, 1879, Mr. Hough was married to Mrs. McMillen, widow of Dr. McMillen; he is now living at Sunbury, retired from active pursuits, devoting his time to the care of his large estate. (Source #2)

J. F. HOWALD, the owner of an excellent farm of 103 acres in Marlborough Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where he has been prominently identified with public matters, was born November 10, 1849, m Licking County, Ohio, and is a son of Andrew and Fannie (Lantz) Howald.
The parents of Mr. Howald, who were natives of Canton Berne, Switzerland, came to America in 1848, and settled at once in Licking County, Ohio, from whence they removed in 1850 to the woods of Marlborough Township, Delaware County, and here the remainder of their lives was spent, the father dying in 1868 and the mother some time later. J. F. Howald secured his education in the district schools of Marlborough Township, whence he had been brought as an infant, and here he has engaged in agricultural pursuits all of his life, being now the owner of 103 acres of fine property, in a good state of cultivation. Mr. Howald is one of Delaware County's progressive citizens, and is a leader in any movement calculated to be of benefit to his community. For nine years he served as trustee of Marlborough Township, which he also represented at county conventions held at Delaware, and he has been much interested in educational matters in his section of the county. He is a consistent member of the Reformed Church at Prospect, Ohio.
Mr. Howald was married to Hattie Weiser, who is a daughter of the late Solomon B. Weiser, of Delaware. Ohio, and to this union there were horn three children, namely: William A., who is the popular proprietor of the well known "Candy Kitchen" restaurant at Delaware; Nettie Irene, who is the wife of Frank Detwiler of Marion, Ohio; and Maud E., wife of J. O. Wilcox, who is a partner of his father in the implement business at Ashley, Ohio.
(pg. 605)

DR. D. W. HOWELL and DR. W. HENDOM located here in 1845, but soon moved away.~ Page 349

JOHN J. HUBBARD, retired farmer; P. O. Berkshire; is a son of Jacob and Hannah Hubbard; his father was born in New York, and was of German descent; his mother was born in Connecticut. Mr. Hubbard, the subject, was born May 9, 1800, in Connecticut; he attended school in his younger days, and in 1814 engaged in the last war with Great Britain; he took the young "Sea Horse," starting from New Haven, and was taken off the coast of Nova Scotia, and imprisoned in Halifax, for three months; he was released, in exchange for prisoners, in 1816; he farmed, in York, in connection with mill-wrighting and carpentering. In 1841, he came to Ohio, and settled in Delaware Co., where he has since resided. Was married, June 25, 1826, to Sallie E. Collins, daughter of David and Amarilla Collins; she was born in New York, and came to Ohio with her husband; they had seven children, five of whom are living. He has a fine house and lot where he now resides. (Source #2)

SHARRAD HUBBELL, farmer; P. O. Kilbourne; was born Sept. 14, 1807; the son of Sullivan and Mary A. (Fulford) Hubbell; the former was a native of Massachusetts; he came to New York, then to Pittsburgh, Penn., and subsequently moved to Washington Co., Penn., where he was engaged in burning lime; the mother was born in Pennsylvania, and died in Washington Co. about 1816. Sharrad is one of a family of eight children, and, in common with most others in those early times, had but limited school advantages. He was married, in 1827, to Elizabeth, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Sears) Waters; to them were born ten children - Calvin, Ann (deceased), Sarah, Mary A., Elizabeth, James, John, Louisa, Mehetable and Almira; Mrs. Hubbell died about 1840, in Licking Co., Ohio, to which locality they had emigrated about 1835; Mr. Hubbell was again married, in 1844, to Mary, a daughter of James and Catharine (West) Abrams; her father was a native of Virginia, born in 1782, and her mother in New Jersey in 1799, who, being bereft of maternal care by the death of her mother when quite small, came to Licking Co. in this State with John Vandevender, where she married Mrs. Abrams, a veteran in the war of 1812; Mrs. Hubbell was born Sept. 18, 1818, and is the mother of several children - Alexander, Leroy, Harriet, Benjamin F., Mary Martha, Francis M., and Isabel (deceased). In 1850, Mr. Hubbell made a trip to California, returning in 1852. He owns 120 acres of land, formerly the property of James and Wesley Abrams. He belongs to the Prohibitionist party, but cast his first vote as a Democrat, and subsequently joined the Republican party; his wife and daughters are members of the M. E. Church.

DR. DORRANCE E. HUGHES, brother of Dr. J. H. Hughes, read medicine with Dr. J. W. N. Vogt. He was born in 1856, near Delaware, Ohio. He graduated from the Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1881. Upon his return home he married Miss Emma Newhouse, and at once located at Hyattsville, where he remained five years, when he came to Delaware to practice his profession. No kinder physician ever administered to the afflicted. He never recognized any cast; all afflicted were alike to him. His large practice has made inroads upon his ruddy constitution, and all see the time coming when he must begin to husband his strength. He was elected president of the Delaware County Medical Society in 1907. He is also a member of the State Medical Society, and a member of the City Council.
Source #1 - Page 358

DR. JAMES H. HUGHES was a son of pioneer Presbyterian minister in this vicinity, whose life work and faithfulness grow brighter as the years pass. The son was born near Delaware in 1854. From the common schools near the old farm, he entered the office of Dr. E. H. Hyatt to read medicine. He graduated from the Columbus Medical College in 1879. He married Miss Ada McCann, youngest daughter of Dr. J. McCann of Delaware, and at once located in the city to practice. He began at once upon an eventful career. He had a large country practice; but overwork soon broke down his health, and he went to California to rest. He died in 1888, soon after reaching the health resort, and was brought back for burial. He was associated for some time in the practice with his preceptor.
Source #1 - Page 358

JOSEPH E. HUGHS, who was for many years an esteemed member of the agricultural community in Concord Township, was born in 1822, in Delaware, on the site of the present Court House, and was a son of Rev. JOSEPH S. HUGHES, who came to Delaware County from Pennsylvania in 1810, but was originally from Ireland. The latter was a Presbyterian minister and organized the first Presbyterian Church in Delaware, and also the first churches of that denomination in Liberty and Radnor Townships. During the War of 1812 he had an army appointment and was with General Hull when he surrendered Detroit to the British. He was a man of unusual oratorical ability, and was a Free Mason of high standing, being chaplain of the grand Lodge of Masons of the State of Ohio.
The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of Delaware. On coming of age he began farming in Concord Township, being the owner of 163 acres. On this farm he spent all the years of his life subsequent to his marriage dying in 1890 at the age of sixty-eight years. His wife, whose name in maidenhood was Harriet Amelia Day, to whom he was united in 1850, died also on the old homestead, July 11, 1900, aged seventy-four years. They were the parents of nine children, of whom the following is a brief record: Girard R. is a resident of Columbus. James H., who was a physician in Delaware, died in California, to which State he had gone in the hope of recovering his health. Dorence E. is a physician of Delaware. William L., who is now deceased, was the wife of Frederick Smith of Delaware. Amanda Ann is the wife of Martin Freese of Jamestown, North Dakota. Amy Catherine is the wife of John Kuhns of Scioto Township. Charles died at the age of four years. Harriet J. is the wife of O. P. Bird of Scioto Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Hughs were members of the United Brethren Church, as were all the children, and Mr. Hughs was an ordained preacher in that denomination. In politics he was a Republican, and he served acceptably as clerk of the township for a number of years. He was a man the quality of whose citizenship was never in doubt, and who stood for what was highest and best in all that concerned either public duty or the private relations of life. His wife was a worthy helpmeet, and their home life was such that their children are now all prosperous and esteemed members of the community in which they respectively reside.
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DAVID HUMPHREYS was born in Radnor Township in Delaware County, Ohio. He was the son of Hugh Humphreys, who came to Radnor from Wales at an early date. The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of his native township. He then entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he graduated in the year 1860. He then studied law and was admitted to the Bar. He located at Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he remained for several years and then returned to Delaware, Ohio, where he opened an office about the year 1870 and began the practice of his chosen profession. He planted and laid out two additions to the city of Delaware, Ohio, in the winter of 1870-1871 and became well identified with the city but he only remained a few years. He located in Cincinnati, Ohio where he practice for a number of years and then removed to New York City, where he pursued his profession up to the time of his death which occurred several years ago in that city.
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