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Preble
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Biographies
(Source: History of Preble County,
Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881)
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JOHN HALDERMAN,
now residing in Eaton, came to Preble (then Montgomery)
county with his parents from Virginia in 1806. The family
settled in Lanier township, in section thirty-two, and a sketch
of their settlement may be found in the history of that
township. Mr. Halderman was born in Virginia in
1805, and consequently was only about one year old when his
parents removed to this county, which was then inhabited
principally by Indians and wild animals. He married, in
1829, Jemima, daughter of Jacob Shidler, who
settled about fourteen miles north of Eaton about the same time
as the Haldermans. Mrs. Halderman was born
in 1811, and is the only survivor of twelve children. Of
ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Halderman only three
are living, viz.: Furguson, in Wabash county, Indiana;
Mrs. Emanuel Lick, in Fayette county, Indiana; and Mrs.
Dayton Kelley, on the old farm in this township. |
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HIRAM HECATHORN was born in
1842, in Montgomery county, and settled in Harrison township,
section ten, in 1855. He married Lavina Hunt, born
in 1844, and has five children: Seymour, Elmer, Annie Mary,
Luther and Malinda. Mr. Hecathorn farms
one of the best and largest farms in the township. He owns
one hundred and sixty acres, and rents an additional one hundred
and sixty acres. He has always been identified with any
improvements in the township, such as churches, schools, roads,
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EPHRAIM D. HEETER was born
in Montgomery county, Ohio in 1847, and in 1861 he came to
Preble county with his father, Jacob, and settled in Twin
township. In 1869 he married Eleanor Hapner, born
in Twin in 1852. Two children have been born them.
Mr. Heeter commenced the dry goods and general
merchadising business in Lewisburgh in 1878, where he still
resides.
SHARON WICK'S NOTE: In
the 1860 Census Montgomery Co., Clay Twp. - Film Series M653
Roll 1014 Page 388, Dwelling 831 Family 831 is:
Jacob Heeter aged 47 Male - Farmer - RE Value
$5000 RE Value $800 - born Penn; Susannah Heeter
aged 38 Female - born Penn; Nelson Heeter aged 18
Male - farm hand - born Ohio; Noah Heeter aged 14 Male -
born Ohio; Ephram Heeter aged 10 Male - born Ohio,
Elizabeth Heeter aged 10 Female - born Ohio; Joseph
Heeter aged 5 Male - born Ohio; Theodore Heeter
aged 2 (F) - born Ohio (he was listed as a female) |
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JOSEPH HOFFMAN was born in
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1780. He emigrated to
Ohio from Maryland in 1838, and settled in section twenty-seven,
of Harrison township. He was a minister of the United
Brethren for fifty-two years, both in this county and Baltimore,
Maryland. His wife, Susannah Limbert, was born in
Pennsylvania in 1781, and died in Euphemia in 1847. They
have five children still living, viz: Eli, born in
1806, married and living in Harrison township; Henry,
born in 1813, lives in Dayton, Ohio; Joseph, born in
1813, lives in Champaign county, Ohio; Kemler, born in
1826, lives in Harrison township; Susannah, born in 1815,
married John Stife and lives in Dayton. Eli
Hoffman was married in 1829
to Elizabeth Waymire and has four children now
living. He was for twenty-eight years a minister of the
United Brethren and a member of the Miami conference. |
ANDREW HOUSE, whose father
lived in Monroe township, was born in Monroe township in 1843.
In 1872 he married
Clarabel Phares, who was born in Montgomery county in
1853. Two children have been born them, only one of whom,
Nellie M., is now living. Mr.
House began business in Lewisburg in 1874, keeping
groceries, hardware, queensware, etc. He has been
councilman of Lewisburgh for one term. He served during
the Rebellion in the hundred days' service, in company T, of the
One Hundred and Fifty-second Ohio national guard. He was
at one time on transport duty, taking provisions to General
Hunter at Lynchburg, Virginia. |
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ARMSTEAD
HUFFMAN was one of the early settlers of Gasper township,
and a prominent, useful man. He was born in Virginia in
1788, and was an early emigrant to Kentucky, from Byron county,
from which State, he came to Preble county after marrying
Nancy Burton. He located on the farm in Gasper, now
owned by Porter Webb, when all around was still forest
and game plenty. He died in 1859, surviving his wife a
quarter of a century. Their children were Ambrose,
Thomas M., Sally (Mattox), Overton, Morgan,
Nathan, Nancy (White), Mary (Tepshens), Alzina (Campbell),
and James. Of these, Ambrose, Sally, Overton,
Mary, and James are deceased. Morgan and
Nancy reside in Eaton, Nathan in Dixon township,
Alzina in Gasper township, and Thomas M., the
oldest of the family, living in Camden. He was born in
1808, and was consequently seven years of age when his parents
settled in Gasper, and saw much of the manners of pioneer life.
He resided upon the old home farm until 1866, when he removed to
his present residence. Mr. Huffman was married in
1831 to Annie Conger, who died in 1877. J. A.
Huffman, a prominent citizen of Camden, was their only son,
and was born in 1835. |
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JAMES HUNT was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, in
1817. In 1854 he moved to section three, of Harrison
township. Mrs. Hunt, formerly E. Seybold,
was born in Warren county in 1822. They had ten children,
nine of whom are still living: Catharine, wife of
Jesse Studebaker; Lavina, wife of
Hiram Hecathorn, lives in
Harrison township; George W., married, lives in
Baltimore; Joseph, married, lives in Darke county;
Aaron lives at home; Jane, wife of Edward Bowline,
lives in Darke county; Mary, wife of Frank Pease,
lives in Darke County; Lizzie, single, lives at home;
Margaret, wife of Aaron Heller, lives in Darke
county. Mr. Hunt is one of the most prominent and
wealthy citizens in the township. He owns about three
hundred and thirty acres, and his residence and buildings are
the handsomest of their kind in that neighborhood. |
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