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(Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vol. I. B. F. Bowden & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911
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EDWARD HALL. The history
of Quaker City and vicinity and that of the career of Edward
Hall is pretty much one and the same, for here he has lived
and labored for three quarters of a century, has seen the
development of this locality from the primeval forest to the
present time and has taken a leading part in the same. It
is interesting to hear him recount reminiscences of those early
times. He was born May 12, 1834, in the same neighborhood
where he lives, having, as before intimated, spent his entire
life here, and he is a son of Cyrus and Ellen (Strahl) Hall.
The father was born in what is now Millwood township, then a
part of Oxford, he having the distinction of being the first
white child born in the township. His father, John Hall,
came to Millwood township in August, 1896, and entered raw land.
The great-grandfather, Isaac Hall, and his family came to
Ohio from North Carolina, the ancestry originally coming form
England and settling in that sate. In 1805 the family came
to Ohio and settled in Belmont county, which was then a dense
forest, infested by wild game. The year following John
Hall came to Millwood township, and in 1807 the family of
John and Phebe Hall came to this township, and John
Webster entered eight hundred acres of land, eighty acres
for each member of this family of ten children. John
Hall was a young man at that time and soon afterwards he
married Phoebe Webster, and they began keeping house in
the log cabin home that John Hall had already erected on
the land, one hundred and sixty acres, which he had entered from
the government when coming here. He developed a large
tract of land. His family consisted of eight children, six
sons and two daughters, namely: Cyrus, Isaac W., Thomas, John
P., Eli, Jesse, Hanna Ann and Eliza W., all of whom
are deceased, dying many years ago, and are buried in the
friends' cemetery, just east of Quaker City, the Halls,
the Websters, and most of the early settlers of this
locality having been Quakers. Cyrus Hall, the
father of the subject, was a prosperous farmer and a man
much interested i the welfare, progress and development of the
community, and he was a faithful adherent of the Quaker church.
His family consisted of four sons and one daughter. One
son and the daughter died in childhood; Edward, of this
review, Joel and Thomas C. are living, all three
being over seventy years of age, and they make their residence
in Millwood township and live adjoining each other. The
death of Cyrus Hall occurred on June 16, 1884, his widow
following him to the grave in the fall of 1889, aged nearly
eighty-one years, and they are buried in the Friends' cemetery
at Quaker City, where most of the Halls are buried.
Edward Hall grew to maturity on his father's
farm and obtained his education in the log cabin school house
near his father's home. He worked on the farm during all
the months that work as possible, and being the oldest child in
the family he was put to work in the fields very early in life.
His schooling was limited to a few weeks during the winter,
though by later observation, study and reading at home he became
fairly well educated, and he is well informed on all public
questions and issues that concern the best interests of the
people.
Mr. Hall was married on Mar. 27, 1861, to
Phoebe Hollingshead, daughter of Thomas and Mary
(Hartley) Hollingsworth. Both the Hollingsheads
and the Hartleys were prominent families here in pioneer
days. To Mr. and Mrs. Hall two children have been born,
Laura, who was left a widow and is now living at home
with her parents, Isaac A., who is married and
resides on the home farm. These parents are living on the
farm where they have resided ever since their marriage.
Mr. Hall erected a fine, modern brick residence in 1886 on
an elevation in a grove and overlooking a beautiful expanse of
country, and it is an ideal home.
Politically, Mr. Hall is a Republican, as all
the Halls have been, and he is always interested in
public matters. He has served as a member of the township
school board and has always been interested in educational
matters. He and his family adhere to the Friends church.
The Hall family have been a most potent factor in the
development and advancement of Millwood township and surrounding
townships, both in business and farming, society, schools,
churches, etc. Mr. Hall has a fine farm of one
hundred and fifty-three acres, well improved and under a high
state of cultivation. No family has stood higher in this
locality from the early days to the present than the
Halls.
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Page 911 |
ISAAC W. HALL
- See John R. Hall
Page 586 |
JOHN R. HALL. Specific
mention is made of many of the worthy citizens of Guernsey
county within the pages of this work, citizens who have figured
in the growth and development of this favored locality and whose
interests have been identified with every phase of progress,
each contributing in his sphere of action to the well-being of
the community in which he resides and to the advancement of its
normal and legitimate growth. Among this number is he
whose name appears above, peculiar interest attaching to his
career from the fact that his entire life has been spent within
the borders of this county.
John R. Hall was born Jan. 2, 1854, in Quaker
City, which at that time was known as Millwood, Guernsey county,
and is a son of Isaac W. and Elizabeth (Vail) Hall.
the father was married three times, Elizabeth Vail being
his second wife. His first union was with Margaret
Thomas, to which union was born a daughter, Phoebe,
now deceased. To the second union were born two children,
the daughter dying in infancy, and the son being the subject of
this sketch. The third marriage was to Sarah Gomery
of Harrison county, this state, and one son was born to this
union, dying in infancy. Isaac W. Hall was a son of
John Hall, who came from North Carolina to what is now
Millwood township, this county, in 1806, with his parents.
They entered land near Spencers Station, the woods roundabout
being peopled by Indians, and alive with wild animals of all
kinds. John Hall became an extensive land owner and
engaged in the mercantile business, in which he was quite
successful. He was a heavy buyer of tobacco, which at that
time was an important crop in this county, and he made a
gratifying profit in this line. He was enterprising and
able, both in private and public affairs and attained to a
position of relative distinction in the community. His
death occurred in May, 1854. His family consisted of six
sons, Cyrus, Isaac W., Thomas, John P., Eli and Jesse,
and two daughters, Hannah and Eliza W. The
sons, with the exception of Thomas, all married and
reared families, and all became prominent in the affairs of the
community, all spending their lives in the vicinity of Quaker
City. The daughter Eliza was an invalid and never
married, but she lived to old age, surviving the other members
of the family.
ISAAC W. HALL, became a prominent
and successful business man, being possessed of extraordinary
qualities, John Hall had been influential and active in
securing the location and building of the Central Ohio railroad
(now the Baltimore & Ohio) west from Wheeling to Columbus,
through Quaker City, and he became a director of the company, as
was the son Isaac W. afterwards, the latter being
succeeded subsequently by his son, the subject of this sketch.
In young manhood Isaac W. Hall engaged in mercantile
business, from 1843 to 1872, and he also engaged extensively in
buying tobacco. In those early days it was the custom for
a team to haul a load of tobacco to Baltimore, a load of
merchandise being hauled on the return trip, this custom
prevailing until the advent of railroads. In 1872 Mr.
Hall took an active part i the organization of the Quaker
City National Bank, one of the solid and influential monetary
institutions of Guernsey county. Mr. Hall, who was
the heaviest stockholder, was chosen president of the
institution and held this office up to the time of his death, in
1886, when he was succeeded by his son, John R. Hall, who
still holds the position. The capital stock of this bank
was originally fifty thousand dollars, but a few years later it
was increased to ne hundred thousand dollars. From its
very beginning the bank's management has been noted for its
conservatism and has enjoyed the confidence of the people to an
extent rarely enjoyed by any bank in the country. The bank
is now installed in its elegant new home on the corner of
Broadway and South streets, into which it moved in February,
1909. The present officers of this bank are as follows:
John R. Hall, president; I. P. Steele, cashier;
H. S. Hartley, assistant cashier; directors, T. M.
Johnson, T. C. Hall, Joel Hall, D. C. Goodhart, H. S.
Hartley, I. P. Steele, John R. Hall. The bank enjoys a
wonderful prosperity, its deposits and loans being now in excess
of that of any other bank in Guernsey county.
When Isaac W. Hall became identified with the
bank he relinquished his other active business affairs and
devoted himself entirely to the bank, its success being mainly
attributable to his persona influence and efforts. This
good man and honored citizen died on May 28, 1886, and is
buried, with other deceased members of his family, in the
burying ground near the Friends church, a short distance east of
Quaker City. Religiously he was a stanch member of the
Quaker denomination and remained true to his faith throughout
life.
John R. Hall received his elementary education
in the public schools of Quaker City and, because of the fact
that his health was not rugged, he could not pursue his studies
further. His first business experience was as assistant
cashier of the Quaker City National Bank, returning this
position until 1884, when he was advanced to the cashiership.
In 1886, on the death of his father, he became president of the
institution, in which position he has since remained. He
is also a stockholder and director in the Central National Bank,
of Cambridge, and is also a director in the old Central Ohio
railway organization. He owns and operates the Quaker City
Flours Mills, a modern mill, with complete roller process,
having a capacity of fifty barrels a day. This mill was
built in 1854 by Isaac W. Hall and associates and has
ever since remained the property of the Hall family.
Mr. Hall also owns farm lands and other real estate
interests. In all his business affairs, Mr. Hall
has exhibited the same eminent business qualities which
characterized his father and grandfather and today he is
numbered among the foremost citizens of his city. He takes
a keen interest in the welfare of the community and has
materially contributed to the advancement and prosperity of
Quaker City, as well as to the county.
Politically, Mr. Hall is affiliated with the
Republican party and is deeply interested in public affairs,
though in no sense has he ever been an office seeker. He
still regains his allegiance to the church of his father, the
Friends, to the support of which he contributed generously.
Mr. Hall is unmarried and resides in Quaker City, where
he moves in the best social circles and enjoys the companionship
of his many friends.
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LEON C. HARTLEY
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MILTON L. HARTLEY
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JAMES F. HAWES. Among the
men of influence, and who is deserving of a large success he has
attained and of the respect and esteem which all who know him
freely give, is J. F. HAWES, of Jackson township, who was
born in 1867 in the southwestern part of this township, Guernsey
county, where the Buckeye mine is now located. He is the
son of Joseph and Mary (Mullen) Hawes, the
former born in Maryland. He was the son of John Hawes
and wife, and during his youth the family came to Guernsey
county and located in the northeast corner of Spencer township.
There John Hawes became owner of a farm, probably
entering it direct from the government, for it was all new land.
This is about the oldest family still represented in that
locality. There John Hawes lived the balance of his
life and prospered, becoming the owner of a large tract of
valuable land, probably four hundred acres. He and his
wife assisted in organizing the Disciple church in that locality
and he remained a faithful ember of the same the rest of his
life. In later years his hearing failed, and it was
necessary for him to have his chair placed near the preacher in
order to hear the sermon. When it was possible for him to
do so, he was in his accustomed place. He was a good and
useful man and honored by all who knew him.
Joseph Hawes was one of a family of eight
children, an equal number of boys and girls, named as follows:
Joseph; John died in Valley township about 1902, leaving
a wife and two sons, who are now living in Indiana; Frank
went to Boise, Idaho, when the gold excitement drew men West and
he lived there until his death in 1909; Fletcher was
killed by the Indians in Idaho about 1880; Michael, who
was a physician and was a surgeon in the Union army during the
Civil war. He died in Claysville, Guernsey county, Ohio,
in 1905; the sisters were, Mrs. Catherine Collins,
now living at Columbus; another sister married a Mr. Heskett
and lived in Belmont county; another married a Mr. Hickison
and lived in the West.
Joseph Hawes married Mary Mullen, who was
born and reared in the same neighborhood as Mr. Hawes.
He became a prosperous farmer in the southwestern part of
Jackson, buying several tracts of land at different times,
aggregating three hundred acres, all of which he owned at the
time of his death. He was trustee of the township and was
a man of good standing in the community. He was a member
and a liberal supporter of the Disciples church, of which his
wife was also a member. They were the parents of the
following children: Oliver F. lives at Pleasant City;
John L. died in Butte, Montana, about 1885; Lilla
Anderson lives in Spencer township on the old Dennis farm;
Olive Belle is the wife of J. B. Neeland, of
Valley township, and is now living at Hartford; Sadie Ann
is the wife of A. S. Secrest, of Hartford; James
Franklin, of this review; Clarence Glenroy lives in
Claysville and owns the old home farm, where Joseph Hawes,
his father, first settled after his marriage, at Buck's
mines; Maggie Elizabeth, who died when about twenty-one
years of age, was teh wife of Charles Barton.
James F. Hawes, of this review, grew to maturity on
the home place in the southwest part of Jackson township and
there worked on the farm. In 1889 he was married to
Villetta F. Beckett, of Spencer township, the daughter of
John and Lottie (Lyons) Beckett, both natives of Noble
county, Ohio. They came to Spencer township, this county,
about 1872 and lived on a farm there until about 1909, then
moved into Cumberland, where they now live. In 1890 Mr.
Hawes built a substantial and attractive residence, near
that of his father, and lived there until 1908, then built the
cozy home where he now lives, near harmony, in Jackson township.
It is a commodious and nicely furnished home, and is well kept.
Mr. Hawes is trustee of Jackson township, and fraternally
he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
Cambridge Lodge No. 301.
Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. James
F. Hawes: one died in infancy; one son and one daughter are
living, Rominie R. and Lottie M.
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JOSEPH HAWES
Page 780 |
JACOB H. HAYMAN
Page 682 |
WILSON S. HEADE
Page 521 |
WILLIAM E. HEAUME
Page 528 |
JAMES C. HENDERSON
Page 796 |
BENJAMIN I. HILDEBRAND
Page 858 |
ELIJAH B. HOOPMAN
Page 750? |
JAMES A. HOOPMAN
Page 756 |
PARMER E. HOOPMAN
Page 757 |
WILLIAM H. HOOPMAN
Page 512 |
WILLIAM A. HUNT
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