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A Portrait and Biographical Record of Allen & Putnam
Counties, Ohio
Containing Biographical Sketches of Many
Prominent and Representative Citizens,
Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the
Presidents of the United States
and Biographies of the
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Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co.
1896
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PERRY W. HARRIS |
PERRY
W. HARRIS, one of the most prominent of the
agriculturists of Blanchard township, Putnam county,
Ohio, was born Oct. 29, 1821, in Licking county.
His grandfather, Nehemiah Harris, was a
native of Ireland of Scotch extraction, who settled
in Virginia prior to the Revolution. He later
became a pioneer of Licking county, Ohio, settling
near Newark, where he was employed by a Mr.
Woodson in clearing up the forest receiving in
payment for his services one acre of timbered ground
for every acre he cleared. The land thus
acquired he subsequently sold, and then entered
eighty acres in Mary Ann township, in
the same county, to which he added eighty acres by
purchase, and on this farm he ended his days.
He was twice married, and by his first wife became
the father of John, Joshua, Isaac and
Hannah (Mrs. Hor__ by his second marriage) there
were born several children, whose names are unknown
to the present generation.
Joshua Harris, son of Nehemiah, was the
progenitor of the Harris family of Blanchard
township. He was born in Virginia, and came to
Ohio with his parents. Subsequently he located
on 200 acres in Mary Ann township,
Licking county, cleared up this land and made a good
home, where he passed the remainder of his days,
dying Dec. 19, 1865. He had married
Elizabeth Siler, a native of
Pennsylvania, by which union ten children were born,
viz: Washington and Andrew, of Licking
county; Perry W., our subject; George,
of Hancock county; Margaret, deceased wife of
Abram Ingraham, of Licking county;
Elizabeth, deceased wife of Jonathan
Iden; Jacob, of Putnam county; Isaac,
who died in Hancock county; Joshua, of
Indiana, and Nancy, wife of P. McDowell,
of Hancock county, Ohio.
Perry W. Harris was reared on the old homestead
in Licking county, and was educated in one of the
primitive log school-houses of his youthful days. In
1854 he came to Putnam county and purchased 194
acres of land in sections 25 and 36, Blanchard
township, and to this property he added 726 acres,
the whole comprising four distinct farms, which are,
however, practically combined in one tract.
Upon this land he has erected his elegant mansion
and all necessary barns and other farm buildings,
and has cleared and put under cultivation the
greater part of the tract.
Mr. Harris was united in wedlock Nov. 4,
1844, with Miss Mary Ann,
daughter of Joseph Pound, of Licking
county, and this union resulted in the birth of the
following children: George, deceased;
Isaac., of Blanchard township, Adeline,
now deceased, but who was married, first, to S.
B. Siler, and, secondly, to Henry
Huber; Emily, deceased wife of Samuel
Gracely; Joseph, of Blanchard township; Belle,
deceased wife of E. G. Moffitt and Reece,
of Hancock county. The first Mrs.
Harris, mother of these children, was called
from her disconsolate family May 20, 1889, and Mr.
Harris married, July 14, 1892, Mrs. Emily
S. Bebout, nee Chambers, of Eden
township, Licking county, Ohio.
In politics Mr. Harris has been a
life-long democrat, but while he has always taken an
active interest in advancing his party and its
principles, he never sought, nor would accept,
public position, his private business, as the most
extensive farmer and stock-grower in the township,
claiming all his attention. He has served,
however, from a sense of public duty, as township
trustee and assessor, and for a number of years as
school director. He has now, however,
withdrawn from the cares and labors of active
business and lives in comparative retirement,
surrounded by his sons and their families on his own
and adjacent farms, and in the unalloyed enjoyment
of the esteem of his numerous friends and neighbors.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris are devoted members of
the Christian Union church, which he liberally aids
from his means, and, it may be added to his credit,
he is never backward in lending a helping wind to
other denominations when they are in need. The
cause of education has ever found in him an ardent
friend and liberal patron, and his public spirit is
made manifest wherever any worthy enterprise is set
afoot that needs substantial financial recognition,
and during his long residence in the township he has
been a potent factor in bringing to a successful
issue many of the public measures inaugurated for
the general benefit of his fellow-citizens.
Source: A Portrait and Biographical Record of Allen and
Van Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen
& Co. - 1896 - Page 217 |
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SIMON
P. HARRIS, a retired farmer and merchant of
Muntanna, Jackson township, Putnam county, Ohio, may
be regarded as one of the most prominent citizens of
the county. He is the son of William H. and
Margaret A. (Martin) Harris, and was born in
Putnam county Dec. 9, 1833. The father was
born in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 3, 1803; his father
was Thaddeus Harris, also a native of
Connecticut. Thaddeus Harris was
a stanch democrat, and came to Jackson township in
1823, where he was elected the first justice of the
peace of the township. He had served in the
war of 1812, and was a brave and valiant soldier.
On coming to Putnam county he located within a mile
of Fort Jennings, which is now a part of the town,
and in 1839 he moved to Kalida, but returned to Fort
Jennings, where his wife died.
William Harris, son of Thaddeus,
came with his father to Putnam county, where he
farmed with him until his marriage, in 1826, to
Margaret Ann Martin, a native of Vermont, and
born about the year 1805. The children of
William and Margaret Ann
Harris were born as follows: Phebe,
deceased in childhood; William, of Monterey
township, deceased; Squire L., died while in
Libby prison; Simon P., of this mention;
Nathaniel, a farmer of Monterey township;
Arthur, a retired merchant; Thaddeus, of
Muntanna, Jackson township, retired merchant, and
Mary, wife of Amos Point, who lives on
the old homestead at Fort Jennings. After his
marriage the father of these children located on the
home place at Fort Jennings, where he spent the
remainder of his life. His first wife died in
1849, and he married for a second wife Catherine
Telhusk, and at her decease the third wife
was Sarah Fausler, who still survives.
He was a democrat until the second nomination of
Abraham Lincoln, when he voted the republican
ticket, and ever afterward continued to affiliate
with the same party. He was the first
constable of Jackson township, and was for a number
of years trustee of the United Brethren church at
Fort Jennings, of which he was a member, and donated
the lot on which the church now stands. Each
of his wives was a member of this society, and all
were estimable women. Mr. Harris
died Sept. 4, 1890.
Simon P. Harris was reared on the farm, and Nov.
27, 1856, married Mina Kortier,
daughter of Cornelius and Catherine (Haverhals)
Kortier, and to them eight children were born;
Katie, born Jan. 3, 1858, at home;
Cornelia M., born Jan. 3, 1860, wife of
Francis M. Unruh, a farmer of Jackson township;
Arthur, born Oct. 20, 1861, a farmer of
Paulding county; Peter, born Sept. 4, 1863;
John Logan, born Mar. 9, 1866, a
medical student of Columbus, Ohio; Ransterd,
born Dec. 26, 1868, a school-teacher and merchant of
Muntanna; Mary V., born June 14, 1871, a
school-teacher and wife of Michael Schinpker,
farmer of Jackson township; and a daughter born and
died Mar. 9 1875. The mother was born in
Holland, near Utrecht, Dec. 19, 1835. At the
age of thirteen she came with her father to Delphos,
and is yet living. After their marriage they
located in Monterey, but later bought a home in Fort
Jennings, where he resided until 1869, when he
bought a farm, on which he lived until 1881, when he
returned to Fort Jennings, resided there for six
years, and from there came to Muntanna and engaged
in the mercantile business, from which he has now
retired, his son succeeding him.
On Sept. 10, 1861, Simon P. Harris enlisted in
company A, Fifth-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry,
served in the army three years, and was engaged in
about one hundred battles, among them the famous
battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Mission Ridge, Kenesaw
Mountain and Atlanta, and made the world-renowned
“march to the sea with Sherman. Like
every soldier, he took his life in his hands, but
proved himself a brave and valiant soldier, and
received his well-earned honorable discharge June
17, 1865. In politics Mr. Harris
is a republican, and is one of the wide and
liberal-minded men whose influence is felt for good
wherever they may live. He is not a
communicant of any religious denomination, but is a
supporter of the United Brethren church, and is a
liberal giver to all good undertakings.
Source: A Portrait and Biographical Record of Allen and
Van Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen
& Co. - 1896 - Page 218 |
LEWIS E. HOLTZ |
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REV.
WILLIAM HORSTMANN - The history of Saint
John’s Roman Catholic church at Glandorf, Putnam
county, which is here presented, through the kind
offices of Rev. Francis Nigsch,
the present pastor, is probably as interesting as
that of any institution or event connected with
Putnam county’s growth; and the self-sacrificing
spirit of its founder, manifested throughout the
many years of his labors in Putnam and adjoining
counties, though on a smaller scale, is as
attractive and as admirable as is that of Marquette,
Hennepin or La Salle.
The Rev. William Horstmann was the founder and
the upbuilder of tins historic congregation.
He resigned his professorship at Osnabruck, Germany,
in April, 1833, and at a meeting held at Glandorf,
near Osnabruck, or Osnaburg, the following persons
volunteered to accompany him to America, with the
intention of founding a colony: John F.
Kahle, William Guelker, Christian Strope, Matthias
Bockrath, F. Wischmann, Fred. Bockrath and Fred.
Brodeick. These people left their
fatherland on August 28 following, embarking on the
ship Columbus on September 7, and arriving in New
York, November 6. From New York they went to
Detroit, Mich., via Albany and Buffalo. From
Detroit Rev. Wm. Horstmann, or the professor,
as he was familiarly called, and Mr. Kahle,
in order to find a suitable place for the entire
family or colony, traveled partly on foot and partly
by stage through western Ohio, passing Fort
Defiance, Fort Jennings and Wapakoneta, and reaching
Cincinnati, Dec. 12, 1833. Returning by the
same route they paid a short visit to the colonists
at Stallo, or Minster, in Auglaize county.
SAMUEL MEYER, of Fort Jennings,
directed them to John Meyer, in Greensburg
township, where Mr. Kahle purchased section
15. Prof. Horstmann procured, in Ottawa
township, 500 acres in section 20, and 160 acres in
section 29. The rest of their party, whom they
had left in Detroit, were brought to the
location selected, after a wearisome journey in the
latter part of January, 1834. This journey was
indeed an adventurous one, and fraught with many
difficulties. The driver of the only wagon
which they could hire could not be induced to go
further than Maumee City, where they undertook to
hire another one, but failed in this attempt, and so
had to continue their journey on foot, taking of the
baggage as much as they could possibly carry, and
finally in this way reached their destination.
Here these few men were in midwinter, in the wide, wild
forest, surrounded by Indians as houseless as
themselves, but friendly; but they possessed
undaunted courage and muscular arms. They cut
down trees, tilled the ground around the stumps, and
constructed their primitive log houses, one of
which, 16x18 feet in size, served as church,
school-house and dwelling, for the pastor. It
was located on the western bank of Cranberry creek,
near the present site of Henry Nartker's
house; and in this small log cabin Prof.
Horstmann celebrated mass, for the first time,
on Easter Sunday, Mar. 30, 1834.
It will be readily understood that the years of
colonization, that followed were years of painful
privations and trials. The scanty provisions,
which had been taken from Detroit, were soon
exhausted. Corn and potatoes, which the poorly
cultivated soil could yield, were not plenty.
Roads were not yet opened, and the woods, which had
to be penetrated in order to reach any market
abounded in swamps and rendered traveling almost
impossible. All farming implements had to be
brought from great distances, and often their
transportation caused as much anxiety as did the
means of procuring them.
In the spring of 1834 the colony was increased by the
following arrivals: H. Kolhoff, H.
Schroeder, H. Duling, Ed. Mueller, Joseph UTtendorf,
B. H. Uverferth, C. Gerding, C. Shirloh, T. Meyer,
and William Feldmann In 1835 J.
B. Drerup, J. B. Lehmkuhle, J. H. Moening, J. G.
Uphaus and H. Recker, were the arrivals,
and in 1836 the numbers there were still further
increased by the arrival of J. F. Verhoff, T.
Ellerbrock, B. Erhart and others. By this
time the little room hitherto used for a church
became too small, and a new one, 22x40 feet, was
built on the northwest corner of Jackson street and
La Belle avenue, where is now found the elegant
house erected for the organist. The Indians,
with whom the pioneers managed to be on good terms,
assisted greatly in the erection of the building.
This church was dedicated Feb. 26, 1837. About
this ___ a log house was constructed, containing
three rooms - one for the school, the others for the
pastoral residence. Rev. William Horstman
acted as the first teacher of that school, and he
was followed by George Unverferth and Mr.
Tolgeman, the first of whom died in 1837, the
latter continuing to teach until mental infirmities
compelled him to retire. A proper dwelling,
38x36 feet, for the priest, was built by Prof.
Horstmann in 1838, about where the pastoral
residence is at the present time. Prof.
Horstmann, perceiving that he was not able to
comply with all the demands of a constantly
increasing congregation, and the missionary work
abroad, obtained in 1841 an assistant in the person
of Rev. George Boehne who worked there most
zealously until 1848, when he was transferred to
Fort Jennings, where he died in 1860.
The manifold difficulties, the hardships and privations
which Rev. Prof. Horstmann had to undergo at
home and in traversing the whole of Putnam county,
and also the greater part of Auglaize county,
accelerated the decline of his health, and in the
spring of 1842 he was taken dangerously ill.
He suffered severely, but with christian fortitude
and resignation, with rheumatism during all of the
summer and autumn and until Feb. 21, 1843, when it
pleased the all-seeing Ruler of the universe to call
his untiring and faithful servant to a better home,
he being at that time sixty-five years of age.
Little is known regarding his parentage, his early
life, his education, or of his ordination and
subsequent priestly career, prior to his emigration
to the wilds of northwestern Ohio. He was born
in 1778 in Glandorf, Germany, of poor but pious
parents; add having received holy orders, May 31,
1866, at the hands of Rt. Rev. Von Gruben,
bishop of Osnabruck, he was appointed assistant
pastor at Glandorf, where, by his energy and
untiring zeal, an addition to the church was built,
and he was promoted to a professorship in the famous
Gymnasium Carolinum in Osnaburg. Here he
labored among books and papers up to the year of his
resignation and emigration to America.
Rev. William Horstmann was above medium height,
well proportioned, but of pale complexion. He
was a man of great learning, versed in all the
sacred sciences, in mathematics, in astronomy, and
philology; and being a practical naturalist, he was
excellently qualified for colonization. He
could survey and parcel out the lands, select wood
for building porposes, designate proper places for
dwellings, and being, in addition to all his other
qualifications, a thorough homeopathist, he was a
succoring physician to the sick. A man better
adapted by nature and by education for the position
he held could not have found.
The nobility of his soul is easily discovered when we
take into consideration the favorable circumstances
by which he was surrounded in Germany, which he
cheerfully exchanged for a hazardous voyage across
the Atlantic ocean, the wild forest of America, and
all the inconveniences incident to pioneer life in
the wilderness; and this he did for love of his
fellowmen, his object being to procure for them a
free home, and indeed for the greater honor of the
God he worshiped. He was generous and
benevolent in the extreme, defraying nearly all the
expenses of the journey of the colonists, procuring
lands for them in the new country implements for
farming, provisions for their households, and
assisted them wherever and whenever assistance was
required. Courage and self-denial marked his
character, and in the many and toilsome journeys on
foot, neither dense forests, nor swamps, nor rivers,
nor any of the dangers from wild beasts or wild men,
could daunt him or detain him. Through the
forests he sought the way by means of the compass,
and swamps and streams he crossed by swimming on
logs frequently carrying heavy burdens, purchased at
some distant market, strengthening himself for these
labors with corn meal and milk or water.
His missionary zeal was indefatigable, his conduct
pious and thoroughly sacerdotal. When at home
he instructed the children at school, visited the
sick, offered up the holy sacrifice of the mass,
administered the sacrament to his parishioners, and
then hastened to bring the same consolation to
Catholics scattered throughout Putnam county.
Nearly every month he traveled to Wapakoneta, and
Minster. Through his agency a little frame
church was built at Wapakoneta, and in Minster a log
church, 40x60 feet; and also at Petersurg, five
miles south of Wapakoneta, a church was built by
him.
Thus did Rev. Prof. Horstmann labor in the
vineyard of Christ, being all to all, and it is
undoubtedly owing to his animated, self-sacrificing
spirit that he fell a victim to premature death.
The members of Saint John's church in 1883 erected a
monument to his memory, which monument is well
deserved, for Prof. Horstmann was a kind
father to all. When his end drew near he
willed all his land to the congregation for which he
had worked for so many years, and the proceeds of
the estate, amounting to about $6,000, were devoted
to to the building of the present beautiful
church edifice.
The mortality during the first years of the
congregation was within natural limits; though
greater, comparatively, than in later times, which
is accounted for by the many pools producing
malaria, which have in recent years been thoroughly
drained. The average of annual burials was
from ten to twelve; though in 1839 twenty-one deaths
occurred, that being the greatest number up to 1860,
in which year forty-two deaths appeared in the
record of burials. The first death in the
congregation was that of William Shroeder, a
boy of nine years; the first marriage recorded is
that of John F. Kahle to Mary Anna Meyer,
celebrated Oct. 7, 1834; the first baptism was that
of Anna Maria Slueter, daughter of Gerhard
Slueter and Ann Maria Lamers. The child is
now dead, but the mother is living in the home of
her son-in-law, Joseph Gerdeman.
Rt. Rev. J. B. Purcell, bishop of Cincinnati,
visited Glandorf in 1841, and when he came again, in
1845, he encouraged Father Boehne to
build a larger and more durable church. The
foundation of this church was laid in 1846, and the
church, 50 x 90 feet, was dedicated Dec. 3, 1854.
The necessary cash outlay for this church was
reduced to a minimum by gratis labor, every member
of the congregation having his appointed days to
work; thus all the foundation stones were quarried
and brought to the place, all the bricks made and
much of the other material furnished free of cost.
The church was considered in those times the no
plus ultra of churches, and spacious enough for
centuries to come. In the meantime all
northern Ohio was separated from the diocese of
Cincinnati, and formed into a new diocese, and with
Rt. Rev. A. Rappe of Cleveland, for its first
bishop.
Bishop Rappe requested Father Brunner
founder and superior of the Society of the Precious
Blood in America, to take charge of the parish at
Glandorf. Revs. H. Obermueller, A. Kunkler,
A. Herbstritt, Max Homburger, Al. Schelbert and
A. Kramer, successively worked as pastors of
Glandorf from 1848 to 1861, when Rev. August
Reichert was appointed to the position. In
1862 he built the present pastoral residence, and in
1864 procured the pipe organ still in use. He
also built the Saint Peter and Saint Paul's church
at Ottawa. It may be here mentioned that
church members at Glandorf furnished not less than
fifty-four men to the Union army during the late
rebellion, thirty-three of whom were volunteers,
twenty-one drafted. Glandorf's patriotism can
therefore not be called in question.
Hitherto all Catholics living in Greensburg, Ottawa, in
north Union and Pleasant townships, attended church
in Glandorf. In 1862 the church of New
Cleveland was built; in 1868 that in Ottawa, and in
1878 that in Kalida, and still the necessity of a
more spacious church building was imperative.
Therefore Rev. R. Dickman, who succeeded
Rev. August Reichert in May, 1874, undertook the
laborious task of raising the funds necessary to
build the new church. During the first year he
succeeded in raising a subscription of $25,000,
notwithstanding the great financial depression felt
at that time. The foundation of the new church
was laid in 1875, and the building put under roof in
1876. The tower was finished in 1877 and the
interior of the building completed in 1878.
The dedication of the church took place Dec. 15,
1878, by the Rt. Rev. R. Gilmour. This
building is cruciform in shape, Gothic in style of
architecture, is constructed of brick and ornamented
with white sandstone. It is 175 feet long, and
has an average width of 70 feet. The transept
is 86 feet, and the spire is 225 feet high.
The outside is imposing in appearance, and is of the
most perfect symmetry. with its lofty pillars,
its high arches and its beautiful windows, its rare
frescos and paintings, together with its rich
altars, the devout representation of Christ's Way of
the Cross, and its magnificent pulpit, it has indeed
all the sacredness of the House of God, and it fills
the visitor with reverence and awe.
Innumerable are the commendations due to Rev. R.
Dickman for rearing so beautiful a temple.
His grand ideas were an impetus to Delphos, to Fort
Jennings and to Ottoville, and the church is an
everlasting proof of his enterprising spirit,
abilities, courage and perseverance. The
members of the congregation faithfully supported
their pastor, and universal was the regret when, in
May, 1881, he went to Nashville, and was succeeded
by Rev. M. Kenk, who, however, remained only
a few months.
The Rev. Francis Nigsch received his appointment
in 1881, as pastor of Saint John's church at
Glandorf. By the generosity of his people he
was enabled to procure the stations of the cross in
1885, the side altars in 1887, the magnificent main
altar and the church pews in 1888, and in 1888 and
1891, two beautiful shrines in honor of the Sacred
Hearts of Jesus and of Mary were placed in the
sanctuary. By this time, too, the debt which
had been incurred in the building of the church, was
paid, so that in 1892 the congregation owed not one
cent. The furnaces originally placed in the
basement of the church were, in 1892, replaced by
Smead's heating and ventilating apparatus, and
in 1893 a house was built opposite the church, for
the organist. This house is a two story brick
building, and is an ornament to the town.
In looking back over the sixty-two years of the
church's history, though there is still room for
improvement, Saint John's congregation at Glandorf
has kept pace with the general progress of the
county, and it is to be hoped that it may continue
to prosper as it deserves in the generations to
come.
Source: A Portrait and Biographical Record of Allen and
Van Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen
& Co. - 1896 - Page 381 |
HUBERT HUBER, M.D. |
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ADAM HUMMON,
one of the most practical and sagacious farmers of
Liberty township, Putnam county, Ohio, was born in
Riley township, same county, July 31, 1839, a son of
John and Mary (Wyninger) Hummon, natives of
Pennsylvania, who were married in Wyandot county,
Ohio, and came to Putnam county in 1837. Here,
John Hummon, the father, entered land
in Riley township, developed from the wilderness a
model farm, and on this homestead passed the
remainder of his life, dying Mar. 6, 1878, his widow
surviving him until 1882. Mr. Hummon
was in religion a devout Lutheran, while his wife
was a member of the Episcopal church. In
politics he was always a democrat, and from a sense
of duty as a good citizen consented to fill some of
the minor township offices. He was the owner
of extensive tracts of land—his homestead alone
comprising 320 acres—and, in other parts of the
county he owned several large farms, improved and
unimproved. He made a specialty of handling
stock, bought and fattened cattle and hogs for
market, and was very successful. He was a
prominent personage in his community and very
liberal in assisting new comers, buying for cash all
their surplus stock and loaning them money at no
higher rate than six per cent, per annum. At
times, in the early days, settlers who ran short of
provisions would raid his smokehouse; on such
occasions he would trace out the pilferers, go to
them and inform them that when they ran short of
food to come to him and they should have it. but he
never prosecuted one of the culprits. Peter
Hummon, the father of John, and the
grandfather of our subject, came from Germany and
first settled in Pennsylvania, where he was a tory
during the war of 1812; he later came to Ohio and
located in Wyandot county, where he ran a distillery
and .farmed for many years, and there lost his wife;
a few years later he came to Putnam county and
passed his declining years with his son John.
To John Hummon and wife were born the
following children: Levi, a prominent
farmer of Van Buren township; Adam, our
subject; Minerva A., wife of J. Miller
of Findlay, Ohio; George a farmer of Hancock
county; David, farmer of Riley township,
Putnam county, occupying a portion of the old
homestead; Clara, wife of James France,
of Hancock county; Simon P., farmer and stock
man of Riley township, and Ada V., deceased
wife of William P. Harris.
Adam Hummon, the gentleman whose name
opens this sketch, was reared to the hard pioneer
labor of clearing land and farming. The
foundation of his education was laid in the common
schools and this was supplemented by attendance at a
union school in Findlay. At the age of
eighteen years he taught a term of school in Indiana
and afterward taught several terms in Putnam county,
Ohio. Before he had reached his majority he
began his business career by fattening cattle, and
followed this calling for a number of years.
He made his father’s house his home until twenty-six
years old, and in the fall of 1865 married Miss
Narcissa Guthrie, who was reared in
Delaware county, Ohio, a daughter of Benham
Guthrie, who died when his daughter was still
small. To this union were born three children,
viz: Truman F., born in August, 1872, and now
in the hardware business at Leipsic; Howard C.,
born in 1874, a farmer in Liberty township, and
John E., born in 1877, and now attending
school at Springfield, Ohio.
After marrying,
Mr. Hummon came to Liberty township,
Putnam county, in 1866, and bought forty acres of
his present farm, mostly in the forest, and began
clearing and increasing his possessions until, after
presenting his son with eighty acres, he has an
estate of 320 acres, of which 120 acres are cleared,
ditched and tiled, the labor having chiefly been
done by himself. All of this tract is now
under a superb state of cultivation and is
unsurpassed by any other farm of its size in the
county. He continues the business of cattle
feeding and has also handled sheep, having been very
successful in all his operations in this line.
General farming has never been neglected, but this
is done more for the supply of home wants than for
marketing purposes.
Having lost his first wife in May, 1881, Mr.
Hummon selected for his second helpmate Miss
Alice L. Myers, whom he married Mar. 23, 1882.
This lady was born in Seneca county, Ohio, Dec. 18,
1859, a daughter of J. C.
and Nancy (Hufford) MYERS,
who are of Pennsylvania-German descent, and at
present residein Wood county, Ohio. Mr.
Myers was formerly a carpenter, but is now a
prominent farmer and the father of eight children,
viz: Charles W., Jacob M., Alice L., Emma
E., Laura D., Mina M. and two who died young.
To this second union of Mr. Hummon
have been born four children in the following order:
Simon P., Dec. 11, 1882; Sarah E.,
Dec. 6, 1886; Mary E., Dec. 28, 1890, and
Clarence A., April 12, 1892. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Hummon are consistent members of the
English Lutheran church . In politics Mr.
Hummon has always been a democrat, and has been
elected by his party to fill many township offices,
including that of township treasurer for two terms,
and also that of township trustee, and on one
occasion his name was placed before the county
convention as a candidate for county treasurer, but
he failed in receiving the nomination. Mr.
Hummon, however, is very prominent in the
affairs of his township, is popular with all
classes, and is much esteemed for his
straightforward conduct and public spirit. He
is imbued with sound with sound business principles,
which is made manifest in all his transactions, both
public and private. He is a gentleman whose
good intentions have never been impugned and is
regarded as one of the most substantial and reliable
citizens of Liberty township.
Source: A Portrait and Biographical Record of Allen and
Van Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen
& Co. - 1896 - Page 245 |
ADAM HUMMON |
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DAVID HUMMON
Source: A Portrait and Biographical Record of Allen and
Van Wert Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen
& Co. - 1896 - Page 246 |
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