ISAAC H.
HAGUE, M. D., son of Isaac and Nancy (Doughterty) Hague,
was born in Holmes County, Ohio, Nov. 9, 1840. His paternal
grandparents came from Holland, and located in Fayette County,
Penn.,, removing to Holmes County in 1828, where the grandfather was
an agriculturist. Isaac Hague, father of the Doctor,
was born in Fayette County, Penn., where he married Nancy
Dougherty, who was also born in Pennsylvania, and where their
children - Ruth, Jane, William and Sarah - were born;
and after their settlement in Ohio Aaron, Elizabeth, Hannah
and Isaac H. were born. Ruth and Jane are
both residents of Holmes County, and married, the former to John
Phillips, the latter to Steven R. Williams; William's
residence is also there; Sarah married William McConkey,
and their home is in Missouri; Elizabeth married James
Miller, and their residence was in Porter County, Ind., where
she died; Hannah married Josiah Moreland, also
of Porter County, Ind., where she also died.
Isaac H. received his elementary education in
his native county, and his classical education at Hiram College,
Portage County, Ohio. He studied medicine with Dr. Joel
Pomerene, of Millersburgh, Ohio, and attended a course of
lectures in Cleveland, at Wooster University, fro which he graduated
in 1868, and in 1876 he took a special course at Bellevue Hospital
Medical College, New York. During the war, in 1862, the Doctor
enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Second Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, returning home at its close, in 1865. In 1864,
during the term of his enlistment, he married Rebecca,
daughter of James Williams of Holmes County, Ohio, and upon
his return from the army they located for a time in Millersburgh;
then he began the practice of medicine in Nashville, removing to
Shreve in 1877, where he has since been successfully engaged in the
practice of his profession. To Dr. and Mrs. Haue five
children have been born, viz: Ellis B.; Jennie (now Mrs.
I. C. Charles of Lucas, Richland Co., Ohio); Virga L.;
Estella D., and James Harrison Garfield, named after
ex-President Garfield, who was president of Hiram College
during the Doctor's attendance there.
The Doctor and his wife are members of the Disciples
Church; in politics he is a Republican. It is almost
superfluous to add that Dr. Hague as a professional man and
as a citizen deservedly holds a high position in the estimation of
the community where he resides, that he enjoys an increasing and
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MICHAEL
HAUDENSCHILD (deceased). The Haudenschild family
is one of the prominent and influential ones of Washington Township.
Michael was born in Alsace, Germany, and was there educated
and lived till manhood. In 1843 he came to America, and
settled first in New York city, where he worked at the tailor's
trade which he had learned in his native country. He remained
in New York six years, and in 1849 removed to Holmes County, Ohio,
where he bought eighty acres of land in Washington Township.
He made a success of farming, and added to his first purchase until
he owned 240 acres, all well improved and under cultivation.
He was a poor young man when he came to America, abut by economy and
good management he saved his earnings, thus bought his first land,
and then by industry made a success of agriculture. He died in
1874, aged fifty-seven years. He was a member of the Lutheran
Church. His political affiliations were with the Democratic
party. Mr. Haudenschild was married, in 1843, to
Barbara Gassman, a native of Germany, daughter of Michael and
Margaret Gassman, and to them were born seven children:
George W., William, Elizabeth, Jacob, Margaret, Anna and John.
Of this family was memtion more at length the careers of George
W. and John, the eldest and youngest, respectively.
George W. Haudenschild was born in the State of
New York, in 1844, but was reared and educated in Washington
Township, were, since manhood, he has followed agricultural
pursuits. In 1879 he settled on his present farm, a part of
his father-in-law's, which contains 113 acres of valuable land.
Mr. Haudenschild was married December 5, 1872, to
Elizabeth, daughter of John and Martha (Wilson) Jefferies,
and to them have been born eight children: Harry, Willis,
Roy, Cleo, Helen, Herbert, Grace and Guy.
John H. Haudenschild was born in Holmes County,
September 22, 1857, and was reared on the homestead, where he was
born, a part of which he now owns. He has been energetic and
industrious, and is one of the prominent young men of the township.
His farm contains 160 acres of land, eighty being his share of his
father's estate. Mr. Haudenschild was married in
February, 1883, to Sarah, daughter of George and Mary
Arnhold, and they have two children: Ralph and
Leo. The sons, like their father, are Democratic in their
political affiliations, and are members of the German Lutheran
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MARTIN
HEFFELFINGER was born in Alsace, France, July 10, 1807, a son
of John Heffelfinger; was reared in his native country, and
when twenty-five years old, in 1832, came to America, first locating
in New York. In 1835 he came to Ohio, and bought eighty-acres
of land, most of which was heavily timbered. He added to his
original purchase, first twenty, then 120, and finally 160 acres,
until he owned 380 acres. He was by trade a blacksmith, and in
his early life was poor, but being a good business man his labor was
rewarded by a competency for his declining years. Mr.
Heffelfinger married Barbara Ohleyer, and to them have
been born eleven children, eight of whom are living: George,
Eve (Mrs. Stauffer), Barbara (Mrs. Henry Huffman), Martin,
Philip, Adam, Margaret (Mrs. Michael Weimer) and John.
Mr. Heffelfinger was a member of the Evangelical Church.
He died March 15, 1889, his wife having been preceded him to the
better land January 20, 1885.
Their daughter, Margaret, was married in 1872 to
Michael Weimer, who came to America from Alsace, France, in
1858, and was a son of Jacob and Margaret (Neuse) Weimer.
He learned the trade of a tailor in his youth, but since coming to
Holmes County has worked at farming. Mr. and Mrs. Weimer
have had eight children, seven of whom are living: Adolph
H., Alfred F., John, Theresa, Charles, Frederick and Alice.
They are members of the Evangelical Church; in politics Mr.
Weimer is a Democrat. |
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RUSSELL W. HENRY,
of
Ripley Township, was born in
Holmes County, Ohio,
in 1853, a son of David and Emily
(Segafoos) Henry, and grandson of
James and Charlotte
(Dance) Henry. James Henry was a
native of Ireland, and came
to
America when a child.
He was twice married, his first wife being
Charlotte Dance, a native of
Connecticut, who bore him two children. His second wife was
Nancy Campbell, a native of
Vermont, and their children were
William, John, Moses, Robert and
Margaret.
James Henry lived in New York until
1836, when he moved to Knox Township, Holmes Co., Ohio, and bought 200 acres of land, on which
he lived until he death , which occurred when he was sixty-five year of age.
David Henry was born in
Cayuga County, N. Y., Jan. 25,
1819, and was seventeen years old when he accompanied his father to
Holmes County, and here he has since lived. He was married Sept. 10, 1848, to
Emily, daughter of
Solomon and Sarah (Dodds) Segafoos. Mr. Segafoos was an early settler
of Holmes County, coming from
Bedford County, Penn.,
in 1812, and locating in Ripley
Township, when Mount Vernon
was the nearest town.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry
have seven children:
Alice, Russell W., E. D., V. V., Cora,
Dora and Curtis B. Mr. Henry was at one time a
prosperous farmer, but has been compelled to relinquish considerable of his
property on account of misplaced confidence in supposed friends.
Russell W. Henry, whose name heads
this sketch, spent his early life on his father’s farm, and with the exception
of two years in Illinois, has made this
county
yhis home.
He was given a good education, attending first the common schools and
later Hayesville and Smithville Academies, and then for two years studied law
with Judge Henry, of Danville, Ill. He has taught several terms of
school, but with this exception has devoted his attention to farming. He is numbered among the most
enterprising young men of Ripley Township, is
public spirited and has held many important office positions; he has been
justice of the peace three years. In
1877 he married Kate E., daughter of
Jacob Miller, of Homes
County, and they have five children:
Carl S., Bessie E., Fannie M., Howard A.
and Charles C. In politics
Mr. Henry is a Democrat.
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F. M. HUGHES
was born in Holmes County, Ohio, in 1852, a son of one of the early
settlers of the county. His father, Esram Hughes, was a
native of Maryland, born in 1798, a son of John and Mary (Taylor)
Hughes He married Rosanna, daughter of Thomas
Shreve, one of Wayne County's first settlers in whose honor the
town of Shreve was named. They had a family of twelve
children: Mary, Margaret, Hiram, J. S., Thomas, Judson, Sarah,
Lewis, Eliza, Washington, Burlington and F. M. - nine of
whom are living. In 1818 Esram Hughes, then a young man
of twenty years, came to Ohio, and for two years worked as a day
laborer for Mr. Pocock. In 1820 he entered a quarter
section of land in Wayne County, now Knox Township, Holmes County,
which at that time was heavily timbered. This he cleared and
made his home until his death, which occured in 1872. He was a
successful farmer, at one time owning 1600 acres of land. His
wife died in 1875, aged sixty-eight years.
F. M. Hughes has spent his life in the county of
his birth; has followed the occupation of his father, and like him
is an industrious, energetic man, one of the prosperous farmers of
Knox Township. He now owns 165 acres of land, all of
which was an inheritance from his father's estate, and is one of the
best improved farms in the township. Mr. Hughes was
married in 1876 to Emma C., daughter of Abraham Melott,
and they have three children: Merritt L., William B. and
Rosanna. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church; in politics he casts his suffrage with
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