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WILLIAM HIMBERGER, one
of the representative, pushing, wide-awake business men of Norwalk, junior
member of the firm of Smith & Himberger, proprietors of lumber yard
and planing mill, was born in the Province of Nassau, Prussia, November 23,
1841. He is the eldest in the family of eight children of William
and Minnie (Horn) Himberger, the former of whom was born in Prussia in
1816, and was accidentally killed in 1863, while his son William was
serving in the Union army. The widowed mother, now seventy years of
age makes her home with the subject of this sketch.
At the age of fourteen years William Himberger
came with his parents to America, and proceeding from their place of landing
on these shores to Huron county, Ohio, they here made a settlement, farming
being their occupation, in which they met with well-merited success.
Young William, after coming ehre, received about ninety days
schooling in all of three successive winters, learning English; German and
arithmetic, in which he was proficient, he had learned in his native land.
In 1861 he enlisted in the Federal army, in Company C, Third Ohio Cavalry,
in which he served sixteen months; then joined the Thirty-fourth Kentucky
Infantry, serving in same till the close of the war, the last two years as
sergeant. His regiment was attached to the army of the Cumberland, and
the company in which he was enrolled were for the most part of the time
employed in provost duty. On June 24, 1865, he was mustered out at
Knoxville, E. Tennessee, and he received his pay July 12, following, at
Louisville, Ky., when he returned home to the pursuits of peace.
On February 14, 1866, Mr. Himberger was married
to Miss Mary Huntsdorf, a native of Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany,
born in 1845, who came in 1853 to America and to Huron county, her English
education being received in Norwalk. Four children have come to bless
their union, viz.: Minnie, Katie, and Dora and Julia
(twins). In 1868 Mr. Himberger entered the lumber business
as yard man and salesman in D. E. Morehouse's planing mill and lumber
yard, where he worked his way up, serving some time in the office, then as
superintendent of the planning mill, finally becoming salesman, being there
some three and one half years in all; was in Brown & Goodnow's
lumber yard and mill, five years; in Lawrence & Gilsons lumber yard
(present location of the Smith & Himberger yard and mill), three and
one half years; and August 1, 1880, commenced as a member of the present
firm. They do an excellent trade, and enjoy the fullest confidence of
the people, their patronage extending far and wide. The firm have
twice suffered heavy loss through fire, the shop having been burned on March
8, 1881, loss about three thousand dollars; and October 30, 1891, the lumber
yard was burned with a loss of about six thousand five hundred dollars over
and above what was covered by insurance. But their credit remained
intact and Phoenix-like they arose from their ashes, strengthened rather
than weakened by the calamities.
In politics Mr. Himberger is a Democrat, firm
and loyal, and has served as a member of the town council two years, and as
president of the same, one year, being elected in a Republican war by a
majority of over fifty votes. Socially he is a member of the G. A. R.,
U. V. U. and Knights of Pythias; in Church connection he is an Episcopalian. |
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WILLIAM B. HOYT, a leading citizen of Ridgefield
township, was born March 4, 1820, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., a son of
John and Lydia (Pllympton) Hoyt, the former of whom was a farmer of St.
Lawrence county, and moved to Jefferson county, same State, in 1832.
They were married February 26, 1810, and John Hoyt died February 25,
1875, Lydia Hoyt on May 16, 1855.
William B. Hoyt attended the common schools of
St. Lawrence county, and moving with his parents to Jefferson county,
remained there until 1844. He and three sisters then joined a party
bound for Illinois, and following the canal to Buffalo, N. Y., there
embarked for Sandusky, Ohio, on the vessel "Commodore Perry." While on
Lake Erie a storm compelled them to land at Huron, Erie Co., Ohio, and some
of the party having intended to locate at Cook's Corners, in Huron county,
they took a conveyance thither. They persuaded William to
accompany them and finally deciding to remain there, he purchased and
settled on a small farm in the vicinity. On December 22, 1846, he was
united in marriage with Mary Ann, daughter of Edward and Rachel
(Cook) Williard. She was a native of Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y.,
and having lost her parents when young, came to live with relatives at
Cook's Corners, Huron Co., Ohio. She then became a pioneer school
teacher in Ridgefield and Lyme townships, receiving one dollar and fifty
cents per week as compensation for her services, and "boarded round" among
the pupils.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt began wedded life on a place
near Cook's Corners, Huron Co., Ohio, where he remained until 1869. He
then purchased the fertile tract of 225 acres where he is now residing, and
his parents, coming from New York, passed their last days with his son.
On arriving in Huron county, William B. Hoyt had no property, but by
hard work and much expense accumulated his present fertile and productive
farm, which is underlaid with twenty-two miles of drain tile. The
children born to Mr. and Mrs. William B. Hoyt are: Judson
W., a farmer living near Bellevue; W. Julius, an
agriculturist of Seward county, Neb.; Charles F., a farmer of Norwalk
township Huron county; Hubbard W., a physician of Bellevue; John
C., a real estate dealer of El Dorado, Butler Co., Kans.; Fred B.,
a real estate dealer of Chandler, Oklahoma; Arthur and Edward W.,
both residing with their parents. These children have all received a
college education, and are proving themselves worthy of the exceptional
advantages they have enjoyed. Mr. Hoyt takes a pardonable pride
in the fact that nine Republican votes were cast at one time by his family,
as he is an enthusiastic member of that party, having served in numerous
local offices. He and his wife are members of the Congregational
Church, of which he is a deacon. Mrs. Hoyt was a charter member
of the North Monroeville congregation. |
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