JOHN G. HATHAWAY,
photographer, corner of Court and Second streets, was born in
Rochester, N. Y., in 1849. He learned his trade in Marietta,
Ohio, and was in business there eight years. In 1876 he came
to Portsmouth, and with Mr. Fuller opened a studio under the
firm name of Fuller & Hathaway. In April, 1882, Mr.
Fuller retired from the firm, and Mr. Hathaway has since
been alone. He occupies the whole upper floor of the Vincennes
block, and his facilities for work are as good as any in the
country. Mr. Hathaway takes several art journals and
intends to keep up with the times in this branch of art. His
pictures will compare favorably with Sarony's Brand's or any first
class artist of the country. He was married in 1875 to
Annett Morse of Marietta. They have a family of two sons
and one daughter.
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GEORGE HELT was
born at Scioto Furnace, Scioto Co., Ohio, July 26, 1846, a son of
John Helt, of Harrison Township, Scioto County. When
sixteen years of age he learned the blacksmith's trade, and worked
at it eight years. He then engaged in the grocery business,
and in 1873 bought an interest in the store of Charles Winter &
Co. Aug. 9, 1881, he purchased Mr. Winter's
interest and is now carrying on the business as George Helt.
He does both a wholesale and retail business. His
salesroom is 19 x 65 feet, with a warehouse in the rear. He
employs two clerks and delivers his goods to any part of the city.
His sales amount to $16,000 yearly. Mr. Helt was
married in 1874 to Barbara Hurder. They have four
children - Emiel John, Walter Scott, George Oscar and Anna
Mary.
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W. R. HENDRICKSON
was born May 1, 1833, in Lewis County, Ky. He came to
Portsmouth in 1870 and had been here but a year when he was
appointed on the police force, and has since held the position.
For eight years prior to coming to Portsmouth he kept the jail at
Vanceburg, Ky. He was married in 1855 to Serrilda J.
Ruggles, a native of Kentucky, employed at the Peabody Coal
Works; L.; Sophronia, wife of W. R> Bane, of Augusta,
Ky., and John T., a molder in Cincinnati. Mrs.
Hendrickson died and in 1870 Mr. Hendrickson married
Phoebe L. Andrews, a native of Maryland. He
is a member of the A. O. U. W. He is the owner of one of the
finest thoroughbred horses in Southern Ohio, sired by War Dance, of
Bath County, Ky. He has been taken to county fairs since two
years old, and never fails to take a premium, and has taken four at
one fair.
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F. C. HERMS was
born in the kingdom of Prussia, Germany, in 1836, and came to the
United States in 1856. He spent fourteen months in Cincinnati
and then came to Portsmouths in Cincinnati and then came to
Portsmouth. He clerked for Mr. Connolly a time and was
employed in Gaylord's rolling mill five years. He was
then in partnership a short time with Mr. Marting, under the
firm name of Marting & Herms. He opened a store in his
residence, corner of Ninth and John streets, which he ran about two
years, when he opened another on the corner of Sixth and Chillicothe
streets, his daughter taking charge of the old one. He at
first occupied but one lower room, keeping carpets up stairs, but in
1882 he added an adjoining room for carpets. He keeps a large
and complete stock of carpets, and is the leader in this branch of
trade in Portsmouth. He was married in 1860 to Catharine
Mary Marting, daughter of Henry Marting, of Portsmouth.
They have had nine children - Charles F., in the store
with his father; William Albert; Edward, attending the Ohio
University, studying for a chemist; Ida M., in charge
of the Ninth street store; John Wesley, Oscar, Edith
Selina and Clara are at home; Ella died at the age
of two years. Mr. Herms is a member of the German M. E.
Church.
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JACOB HIBBS, SR.,
deceased, was born in Pennsylvania, Nov. 5, 1793, a son of Aaron
and Catharine Hibbs. His father removed to Adams County,
Ohio, where his father died in June, 1832, in the sixty-sixth year
of his age, and his mother in October, 1846, in her seventy-seventh
year. Our subject's early life was passed in helping to clear
a farm in the woods, and his educational advantages were very
limited. He was married March 3, 1814, to Rebecca Lucas.
To them were born eleven children - Aaron, born Feb. 15,
1815, died single, April 15, 1837; Hannah U. L., born July
12, 1817, now living near Freeport, Ill.; Joseph L., born
April 8, 1819; George DC., born July 27, 1821, living in
Highland County, Ohio; Ursulina, born June 5, 1823, died
single, Oct. 6, 1855; Rebecca L., born Aug. 3, 1825, now
Mrs. N. B. Russell, of Portsmouth, Ohio; John A. T., born
Jan. 18, 1828, living near Waverly, Neb.; Jacob C., born Apr.
3, 1830, of Portsmouth; Robert L., born April 23, 1832, died
near Alexandria, D. C., Nov. 11, 1862, a member of the Twelfth
United States Infantry, regular army; Sarah C., born June 26,
1834, living in Highland County, Ohio; Van B., born Jan. 13,
1839, served through the entire war of the Rebellion as a private,
Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, and died in Mattoon, Ill., in
November, 1869. Hr. Hibbs served under Captain Roop
at the time of Hull's surrender. He was a strong
Jackson Democrat and took an active part in political matters from
1840 till 1848. He held the office of School Trustee a number
of years. After his marriage he settled in Union Township,
Scioto County, where he died July 12, 1852. His wife died Oct.
20, 1853. They were members of the Disciple church.
Mr. Hibbs was a man of great moral courage, and was noted for
his determination and positiveness of character. He took great
pride in the education of his children, and did all in his power to
give them a good start in life.
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JACOB C. HIBBS
[Portsmouth] was
born in Union Township, Scioto Co., Ohio, April 3, 1830, a son of
Jacob and Rebecca (Lucas) Hibbs, his father a native of
Pennsylvania, born Nov. 5, 1793, and his mother, a native of Virginia
born Jan. 27, 1796. He was educated in the public schools, and
took a partial course at the Dennison University, Granville, Ohio.
He was reared on a farm and followed that vocation till 1860 when he
removed to Portsmouth and engaged in the mercantile business. He
now has one of the best hardware establishments in the city.
Politically he is a Republican, and an advocate of the temperance
cause. He has never aspired to office or any place of political
or public notice. He was married April 30, 1857, to B. A.
Williamson, of Washington Township, Scioto County. They have
five children - Flora E., Frank, Charles, L. Grace and Harry
D. Mr. and Mrs. Hibbs and their three living children,
Flora E., L. Grace and Harry D., are members of the Regular
Baptist church.
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GENERAL JOSEPH L. HIBBS,
merchant, Portsmouth, Ohio, was born in Scioto County, Ohio, April
8, 1819, and is a son of Jacob and Rebecca Hibbs nee
Lucas. His mother was a daughter of Judge Joseph Lucas,
a brother of the late Robert Lucas, Governor of Ohio, and
Iowa two terms each. Wm. Lucas, father of Joseph
and Robert, was in the army under Washington at Braddock's
defeat, and also served as Captain in the war of the Rebellion.
He afterward emigrated with his family from Virginia and located in
Scioto County, at a place known since as Lucasville. Edward
Lucas, fore-father of the Virginia Lucases, and his wife, nee
Dark, of Quaker descent, came to this country with William Penn,
and first settled in Berks County, Penn., and afterward the family
removed to Virginia, where they became quite noted. The
great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, Aabron Hibbs,
emigrated from England to America Soon after the Revolutionary war,
and Jacob Hibbs, the father of Joseph, was among those
who were called out in the war of 1812, in defense of Detroit.
When Joseph had reached the age of eighteen his father gave
him three years of his time, and the young man started for himself
with the trade of carpenter, which he had acquired at odd spells at
home during his younger days. This business he followed very
successfully for five years, during the first three of which he
cleared $500, besides attending school four months. He was a
studious boy, and assiduously devoted his spare time to the
acquisition of useful knowledge, being particularly interested in
historical works, devoting much of his spare time to reading of
ancient, profane and religious history. These books he read
with pleasure, and, unlike many other boys, he had no time to devote
to books pertaining to romance or fiction. For several years
subsequent to his carpenter business he was successfully engaged in
farming and other pursuits, as manager for prominent persons in Pike
County, Ohio. In 1851 he became clerk in a business house in
Portsmouth; and in 1853, with what money he had accumulated, he
embarked in the hardware business, in copartnership with Mr.
George Hered. In 1859 he bought out Mr. Hered's
interest, and to this day has continued the business successfully in
his own name, and takes rank among the oldest hardware merchants of
the State. During the war of the Rebellion Mr. Hibbs
was commissioned by Governor Tod as Brigadier-General Wright,
Quartermaster-General of the State. In 1866 he
started a boot, shoe, and hat store, which, ten years later, he
consolidated with his hardware business which has resulted i great
success. In the summer of 1875, his health having become
impaired by intense application to business he took a trip South
during the following winter, in hopes of regaining his lost vigor,
and visted Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Augusta, Charleston,
Savannah, Jacksonville, and other places of note, including Florida
State Fair. Early in the year 1877, finding that he was but
little improved in health, he withdrew from active participation in
business, and took up his residence in New York City, spending a few
days at Washington, District of Columbia, on his way, when the
Electoral Commission was considering the validity of President
Hayes's title to the Presidency, and remained until he was
inaugurated. Sine then General Hibbs has made his home
in New York City, where he attends to the purchasing of goods for
his Portsmouth houses and other houses, as orders are sent to him by
his friends. In 1879, while in New York City, he sold for the
commissioners of Scioto County $40,000 of six per cent, county
bonds, at a premium, and visited the United States Sub-treasury
vaults and the leading banks of the city. In December of the
year 1877 he went to California by the way of the Isthmus, and spent
several months in visiting places of note and interest on the
pacific Coast, among which were San Francisco, Oakland, Santa
Barbara, Los Angeles, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Calaveras, Grove of Big
Trees, and the gorgeous and picturesque scenery of the Yosemite
Valley. As illustrative of the character of that climate, it
may be stated that on the first day of May, 1878, when the valleys
were fragrant with flowers, and the figs nearly grown, General
Hibbs rode on horseback a distance of fourteen miles over huge
mountains of snow on his way to the valley, the thermometer
registering seventy degrees. The scenery of the valley at this
time was especially awe-in-spiring, and picturesque to the sublimest
extent. The various waterfalls, some of them 2,600 feet high,
were at their highest state and greatest force, caused by the
rapidly melting snow, and presented a view inexpressibly grand and
sublime. The General also visited Sacramento, Salt Lake City,
the great Mormon Tabernacle, Camp Douglas, and the tomb of Brigham
Young, visiting on his return eastward Des Moines, Iowa City,
Muscatine and Freeport, where he spent some time among his friends
who had removed West several years previous. He refers to his
trips with much enthusiasm, and looks upon the time spent in this
way as the most interesting and enjoyable portion of his life.
General Hibbs has taken a deep interest in public enterprises
and in church matters, and has contributed largely of his means for
their support. In many other ways he is benevolent and
public-spirited, doing much toward promoting the growth and
prosperity of his adopted city. He possesses all the elements
of a capital business man, and has good judgment of men and things.
He is cautious, firm, and conscientious, and as a business man
stands among the best of Portsmouth. By industry, frugality
and keen foresight he has been rewarded with very gratifying
success.
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ANSELM T. HOLCOMB,
attorney at law, was born near Vinton, Gallia Co., Ohio, Nov. 19,
1846, a son of John Ewing and Mary (Matthews) Holcomb,
natives of Gallia County and now residents of Butler, Bates Co., Mo.
His parents were reared and married in Gallia County, their parents,
General S. R. Holcomb and Colonel Phineas Matthews, both
having settled there as early as 1800. They were both
prominent in county and State affairs, and lived to advanced ages.
Anselm T. spent his early life in attending school and
assisting his father in the store. He attended the public
schools and the academies at Vinton and Ewington, and in 1863
entered the Ohio University at Athens, graduating in 1867. He
began reading law while in college with Hon. W. Reed Goleu,
of Athens, and after leaving college pursued a regular course with
General A. T. Holcomb. He taught school at Vinton and
Rodney, Ohio, and near Moorefield, Ky. He was admitted to the
bar at Butler, Bates Co., Mo., in 1870, and soon after entered
into partnership with Hon. William Page. The
partnership was dissolved in 1875 and he was associated with his
brother Phineus till the summer of 1878 when he removed to
Portsmouth, where he was associated with Judge A. C> Thompson
until the latter was elected Common Pleas Judge in 1881, and sine
then has practice alone. Mr. Holcomb has been very
successful in his practice and is one of the leading attorneys of
the county. He has dealt quite extensively in real estate, and
completed a set of abstract books of real estate in Bates County,
Mo. He was one of the original stockholders in the Portsmouth
Fire Brick Company, and the Portsmouth Wagon Stock Company. He
is one of the owners and the original proprietor of the coal shaft
of Theo. Fluhart & Co., Wellston, Jackson Co., Ohio, and is
also interested in the mining and shipping of coal in Missouri.
He was the Republican candidate for Representative of Bates County,
Mo., in 1876, and a delegate from Kansas City District to the
Republican National Convention in 1876. He was married Oct.
14, 1876 to Grace L. Breare, youngest daughter of
Rev. Robinson Breare, of Gallia County, Ohio. They have
one son - and the 1878 was High Priest of Miami Chapter, Butler, Mo.
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JOSEPH HORNUNG
[Portsmouth] was
born in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1842, a son of Joseph Hornung. He
came to the United States in 1854, and located at West Union, Adams
Co., Ohio. In 1856 he came to Portsmouth. He learned the
cooper's trade when a boy. He is now the proprietor of one of
the largest coopering establishments in the city, and one of the
proprietors of Standard Wheelbarrow Company on Front street.
Mr. Hornung was married, in 1868, to Elizabeth E. Kaetler,
who died in 1875, leaving two children. In 1875 he married
Lizzie B. Brodbeck, daughter of Vincent Brodbeck.
They have two children.
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HERMAN HUELS,
[Portsmouth] steam
dye house, No. 71 Third street, was born in Prussia, in 1834.
When fifteen years of age he began to learn his trade, and afterward
traveled through Switzerland, Germany and France, as was customary in
the country, working in a great many towns. In 1864 he came to
the United States, and located in Springfield, Ill., remaining there
three months. He then worked a year in Cincinnati, Ohio, and
went to Chillicothe, where he worked for a Mr. Dueber, and
afterward married his daughter, Pauline Dueber. In 1870
he came to Portsmouth and purchased the dye house of F. Zetsner.
He enlarged the business, and put in machinery for dyeing with steam.
His work is of the highest order, and his prices correspondingly low.
He is very successful as a business man, and owns his residence and
place of business. He has been a member of the German Benevolent
Society over twelve years. Mr. and Mrs. Huels have five
children - Herman, born in Chillicothe; Emil, Charles, Annie
and Otele, born in Portsmouth.
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WILLIAM HUGHES
[Portsmouth] was
born in Ireland in 1847, a son of Terence Hughes. In 1850
he came to America with his uncle, William Hughes. He
spent his boyhoods days in Canada, and in 1859 came to the United
States, and has since then resided in Portsmouth, and since 1860 has
been engaged in the saloon and billiard-hall business, with the
exception of the years of the Rebellion when he was a Government pilot
running between Cincinnati and Memphis. Mr. Hughes was
married in 1865 and Mary L. Jacquet, a native of France, but a
resident of Portsmouth since childhood. They have two children -
Mary Louise and John J.
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C. C. HYATT [Portsmouth] was born in
Queens County, Long Island, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1804, a son of Elvin
Hyatt. When thirteen years of age he was bound as an
apprentice to the mason's trade, till twenty-one. From 1825 till
1830 he worked at his trade in New York, and Oct. 8 of the latter year
came to Portsmouth. At that time there were but five brick
buildings in the city. He has built over fifty buildings in this
city, including churches, business houses and residences. For
twenty-five years he was the only contractor of mason work in the city
and employed from ten to thirty men. When sixty-two years of age
he abandoned his trade, and is now engaged in the grocery business, on
the corner of Eighth and Court streets. He was married in 1826
to Cynthia A. Thompson, a native of New York. They had
four children, all now deceased. Mrs. Hyatt died in 1845.
In 1846 Mr. Hyatt married Elizabeth Taylor, a native of
Maryland. They have one child - Amelia Helen, now the
wife of Dr. J. McClure. Mr. Hyatt has been a
member of the Methodist church fifty-one years. He belongs to
the Masonic fraternity.
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L. N. HYATT
[Portsmouth] was
born in Clay Township, Scioto Co., Ohio, a son of Elvin Hyatt,
who was for many years Superintendent of the county infirmary.
He died April 15, 1865, aged sixty-eight years. L. N.
enlisted in 1863 in Company D, Eighth Independent Company of Ohio
Sharpshooters, and was appointed Corporal. He served till June
28, 1865, when, by a special order, the company was discharged.
He participated in all the campaigns of the Army of the Cumberland,
the Atlanta campaign with Sherman, the battles of Chattanooga
and Mission Ridge, and was with Thomas in his raid against
Hood. In 1868 Mr. Hyatt engaged in the grocery
business in Pike County, remaining there eighteen months. He
then returned to Scioto County, and for six months was engaged in
making fire brick in Porter Township. In 1875 he formed his
present partnership with H. C. McElrath, under the firm name of
McElrath & Hyatt. Their place of business is located on
Eleventh street, between John and Waller streets. They keep a
full line of groceries, feed, produce, coal, etc., and deliver goods
to all parts of the city. Mr. Hyatt was married July 2,
1883, to Carrie A. Clark, daughter of Dr. Clark,
formerly of Ironton, Ohio, who was shot while discharging his duties
as a physician by Morgan's men during the raid, they supposing
him to be a spy. Mr. Hyatt's father was a Corporal in the
war of 1812.
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