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Washington Twp. -
CALEB F. HAINES, farmer, P. O.
Byhalia. The subject of this sketch was born
Feb. 20, 1845, in Union County, Ohio. He is a
son of Joshua B. Haines (deceased) and
Mary Haines, of this county. About the
year 1840, his parents came to Union County and
settled in Washington Township, where his father
died Aug. 17, 1882. They were the parents of
seven children - Caleb F., Margaret, Lydia J.,
Fannie L., Rebecca, James H. and Sarah A.,
the latter five of whom are deceased. On Jan.
6, 1867, our subject was united in marriage to
Miss Margaret D. Miller, who was born Nov. 28,
1849; she was a daughter of Thomas and Delilah
Miller, whose biography appears in this work.
To them have been born four children, viz.:
Aaron L., born Apr. 19, 1869; Milton B.,
born Sept. 24, 1872; George F., born Mar. 22,
1878, and Josephine, born June 5, 1882.
Mr. and Mrs. Haines are both members of the
M. P. Church. In March, 1865, he enlisted in
the Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and continued
in the service until the following October. He
is a member of the F. & A. M. society, and the owner
of about 160 acres of land.
 Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 669 |
J. D. Haines |
Washington Twp. -
JAMES D. HAINES, farmer, P. O.
Byhalia, was born Apr. 2, 1832, in Champaign County,
Ohio; his parents were Allen and Sarah Haines,
natives of Virginia, and among the first settlers of
Champaign County. His father was a soldier of
the war of 1812 with Great Britain. Of a large
family of children, four are now living - James
D., Jonathan, Harvey M. and Hope.
In December, 1860, our subject married Keziah
Stamats, daughter of John Stamats of York
Township, this county, and by her had one child -
Cyrus N. She died in 1863, and in 1865 he
married Rhoda Speck by whom he had two
children - Aggie M. and Aaron C.
(deceased). She died in 1875. For his
third wife, he married, in March, 1877, Elizabeth
Martin widow of the late Luther Martin,
of Union County, and daughter of Casper and Mary
Stalder, of York Township, this county. By
her he has one child - Sylvia J. In the
spring of 1859, he came to Union County and settled
in Washington Township. He has served as
Treasurer of Washington Township one year. He
is the owner of 308 acres of land, and a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 668
(Portrait on Page 380) |
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Washington Twp. -
WILLIAM M. HAINES, farmer and
pike contractor, P. O. Byhalia, was born in
Champaign County, Ohio, Feb. 20, 1841, and is a son
of Jonathan Haines and Mary Haines (deceased)
his father now residing at Byhalia, this county.
When three years of age, with his parents, he, came
to Union County, and in his youth received a fair
English education. On June 4, 1864, he was
united in marriage of Miss Margaret J. McPeck,
who was born July 2, 1844, in Harrison County, Ohio.
She is a daughter of William H. and Elizabeth
McPeck, of York Township, this county, whose
biography appears in this work. They have two
children, viz.: George M., born June
24, 1870, and Mary E., born May 23, 1872.
In August, 1862, he enlisted in the First Battalion
Ohio Sharp-Shooters, Army of the Cumberland.
On Nov. 8, 1864, he was taken prisoner at Kingston,
Ga., by the confederates, and was subsequently
confined in nine different Southern prisons.
At the close of the war he was exchanged, and was
honorably discharged from the service July 12, 1865.
In connection with his farming. Mr. Haines
is also engaged in building pike roads by contract.
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and for eight years has been a local minister.
He is at present filling the office of Trustee of
Washington Township. He is a member of the I.
O. O. F. Lodge, and the owner of 128 acres of land.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 668 |
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Claibourne Twp. -
JOHN S. HAMILTON, farmer, P.O.
Richwood, was born in Marysville, Ohio, March 29,
1854, and is a son of Cornelius and Louise (Bisant)
Hamilton, natives of Ohio. His father was a
prominent lawyer of Marysville, a member of the
Constitutional Convention that framed the present
constitution of our State, and afterward a member of
the Ohio Legislature. He also represented this
district in the Fortieth Congress of the United
States. He raised a family of six children,
three boys and three girls. Our subject, who
was the fourth child, received his education at
Richwood, and has made farming the occupation of his
life. He owns a nice farm near Richwood, on
which he resides. He was married, in 1876, to
Ellen E. Sidle, who was born in Claibourne
Township February 11, 1856; she is a daughter of
John Sidle. By this union two children were
born, viz., Vinnie B. and Ollie. Mrs.
Hamilton is a member of the Methodist Protestant
Church. Mr. Hamilton is a Republican in
politics.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 632 |
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Dover Twp. -
BERRY HANAWALT, farmer, P. O.
New Dover, was born in Ross County, Ohio, Dec. 11,
1843. He is a son of Samuel and Catharine
(Acton) Hanawalt, the former a native of Mifflin
County, Penn., and the latter of Ross County, Ohio.
His father was born Sept. 4, 1810, and his mother
Aug. 13, 1823. Mr. Hanawalt's parents
removed to Ross County, Ohio, in 1814 and died there
- Mr. H., July 28, 1831, and Mrs. H.,
July 17, 1846. Mrs. Hanawalt's father,
Richard Acton, was a soldier in the war of
1812. In Oct., 1850, our subject's parents
came to Mill Creek Township, where Mr. Hanawalt
had purchased eighty-three acres of land in
1847. He increased his farm by subsequent
purchases, till at his death he owned 215 acres.
He died Jan. 21, 1874. Mr. Hanawalt was
a man of unusual force of character; he started in
life a poor boy, and spent several years of his
early manhood in supporting his mother, and caring
for and educating his brothers and sisters. He
became a bankrupt once on account of securing others
and was compelled to make a second start. By
his industry and energy he accumulated considerable
property, leaving an estate valued at $11,200.
He was for several years an ardent and active member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church; his political
affiliations were formerly with the Whigs, but of
later years with the Republican party.
Berry, the eldest son, was reared on a farm till
of age, and educated in the common schools.
Oct. 5, 1865, he was married to Miss Rebecca J.,
daughter of Warret and Emily Owen. Mrs. H.
was born in Mill Creek Township, Jan. 25, 1848.
Of their four children two are living - Charles,
born Oct. 1, 1866, and Jennettie, born Jan.
24, 1868; Alpharetta died Jun. 13, 1868, and
Samuel, born Apr. 18, 1870, and died Feb. 14,
1872. Mr. Hanawalt located on his farm
Oct. 11, 1867. He owns 104½
acres of land and is engaged in farming and
stock-raising. He and wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He is connected
with the I. O. O. F. He served as Township
Trustee one term, and Treasurer two terms.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 373 |
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GEORGE HARRIMAN, farmer, P. O.
Byhalia. The subject of this sketch was born
in Harrison County, Ohio, July 19, 1837. His
parents were Simpkin and Sarah Harriman.
When six years old, with his parents, he came to
Washington Township, Union County, where his parents
settled. Of a family of twelve children, nine
are now living, viz.: Amos, John, Ezra,
Ellen, Martha, Joshua, George, Rebecca and
Ruth. In April, 1861, he enlisted in the
Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Army of the
Cumberland, and participated in the battles of
Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge,
Resaca, Murfreesboro, Kenesaw Mountain, siege of
Atlanta, Goldsboro, Kingston, N. C., and numerous
other engagements. He was honorably discharged
in July, 1865. On July 4, 1868, he married
Miss Mary C. Moffit, who was born in April,
1846, in Champaign County, Ohio; she is a daughter
of Nathan Moffitt (deceased), and Lucy A.
Moffitt. To them have been born five
children - Flavilla, James S., Donna M., Frankie
J. and William H. (deceased).
Mr. Harriman is a member of the I. O. O. F.
society, and of the Grand Army of the Republic, and
the owner of seventy acres of land. He has
served as Assessor of Washington Township.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 669 |
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JOHN HARRIMAN, farmer, P. O.
Byhalia. The subject of this sketch was born
May 21, 1827, in Harrison County, Ohio. His
parents were Simpkin and Sarah Harriman.
When about sixteen years of age, with them he came
to Washington Township, this county. From his
youth up he has been engaged in farming. On
Aug. 28, 1852, he was united in marriage to Miss
Rachel Thornton, who was born in 1834; she was a
daughter of Jesse and Nancy Thornton, early
settlers of Union County. To them have been
born five children, viz.: Caleb F. born Nov.
15, 1853; Rebecca J., born May 12, 1855;
Mary M., born Sept. 11, 1862; Hannah M.,
born Dec. 12, 1868, and Harvey A. born Jan.
31, 1874. As an agriculturist, Mr. Harriman
has been successful, having comparatively little
with which to start in life. He is at present
serving as Trustee of Washington Township, and for
twenty years has been engaged in auctioneering.
He is the owner of ninety-five acres of land, and is
recognized as one of the thrifty agriculturists of
Washington Township.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 669 |
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Claibourne Twp. -
ELIJAH HARRIS, farmer, P. O.
Richwood, was born in Licking County, Ohio, October
13, 1836, and is the son of Thomas and Rachel (Herrod)
Harris, the former a native of Ohio, and a
farmer by occupation. Our subject was raised
and educated as a farmer, and has made farming the
principal occupation of his life, though at one time
he followed the trade of a carpenter ten years. In
1870, he came to Union County and settled on the
Marysville pike, one mile south of Richwood, where
he owns a farm of 133-1/3 acres of prime land.
He is a Republican in politics. He was married
in 1869 to Columbia Sarah Huddleston, whose
parents were natives of the Old Dominion, of English
descent. Mr. and Mrs. Harris have two children,
Isabella and Thomas.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 633 |
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JACOB HARTMAN, farmer, P. O.
Richwood, was born in Preston, Va., March 3, 1832,
and is a son of Michael and Sarah (Miller) Hartman,
natives of Maryland, of German descent. His
father was a farmer, but for twenty-five years of
his life was engaged as a wagoner. Our
subject received a common school education in
Virginia, and has spent his life in the pursuits of
a farmer. In 1856, he married Hannah Rice,
a dau2;hter of Jacob and Hannah (Pool) Rice,
who were married on the Potomac River in 1812; she
was born in Greene County, Penn., in 1836.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hartman
started together in their battle with fortune,
having nothing to begin life with. With the
aid of his wife, who has been to him a good and
worthy helpmeet, he has acquired nearly eighty-five
acres of land in this township, on which they
reside.
They have had four children, viz., Walter T. R.,
Alvin, Clara Belle, deceased, and an infant,
deceased. Mr. Hartman came to Union
County and built a log cabin, which has since been
replaced by a neat and comfortable residence.
He and his wife are members of the Methodist
Protestant Church, in which he has been a class
leader and steward since 1875. He is a Democrat in
politics, and is now Clerk of the School Board.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 633 |
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WILLIAM CARROLL HASTINGS, of
the firm of Hastings & Williams,
dealer in buggies, carriages, spring-wagons,
seed-drills, etc., Richwood, Ohio, was born at
Richwood, Ohio, August 29, 1844, and is a son of
Levin Hastings, and Mary Carroll, his wife, of
whom a sketch is given elsewhere in this work.
Our subject was educated in the common schools and
is a harnessmaker by trade. He has spent ten
years in stock dealing at Richwood, and engaged in
importing Norman horses to Union County ; he is a
man that learns from observation, has spent some
time in the West, and has seen a good deal of the
world. In 1864, he enlisted in Company K, One
Hundred and Thirty-eighth Illinois Volunteer
Infantry, and served his full term of enlistment.
He then came to Richwood, where he has since
remained. He is a Republican in politics, and
since 1881 has served as Treasurer of his township.
In 1869, he married Miss Cynthia Lenox,
daughter of John Lenox, a prominent
farmer and stock dealer of Union County ; this union
has been blessed with two children, Mary and
Anna.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 633 |
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JOSEPH R. HATCHER, farmer, P.
O. Richwood, was born in Logan County, Ohio, August
8, 1818, and is a son of James and Sarah (Ray)
Hatcher, natives of Virginia, of English
descent, and members of the Society of Friends.
His father was a farmer and surveyor, and did a
great deal of surveying in the early days of this
country. He came to Ohio soon after the war of
1812. Our subject was raised and
educated as a farmer, and in early life taught
school for a time, but farming has been the
principal occupation of his life. He came to
Union County in 1853, and settled in Claibourne
Township, where he now owns 163 acres of land.
In 1842, he married Angeline, a daughter of
Isaac and Sarah Headley, of English descent.
They have had eight children, to wit: J. D.
(a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and died in the service),
Sarah J., Margaret E., Emily F., Nancy, Charles B.,
C. L. and Belle. Mrs. Hatcher is a
member of the Christian Church. Mr. Hatcher
is a Universalist in belief and a Republican in
politics.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 633 |
J. W. Hedges |
Jackson Twp. -
JONATHAN W. HEDGES, farmer, P.
O. Richwood, was born Mar. 3, 1829, in what was
formerly known as Fairfield, now Hocking County,
Ohio. His parents were Caleb and Polly
Hedges, natives of Maryland, who came to
Fairfield County at quite an early day. He
spent his youthful days in the quietude of farm
life, and received but a common school education.
On Feb. 28, 1854, he married Rebecca M. Brown,
who was born in May, 1833, a daughter of John and
Mary Brown, of Hocking County. To them
have been born eleven children, seven of whom are
yet living, viz., John A., Gaylord, Wilfred N.,
Orpha, Eunice, Effie and Ray C. In
1855, Mr. Hedges moved his family from
Hocking to Delaware County, where he located two
years and came to Union County He settled in
the southern portion of Jackson Township, where he
now resides. He has served as Trustee of
Jackson Township, and with his wife, is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is the
owner of 231 acres of land.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 506 |
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Washington Twp. -
ROBERT HICKS, farmer, P. O.
Byhalia. The subject of this sketch was born
in England Dec. 26, 1825. When twelve years of
age, with his parents, Thomas and Catherine Hicks,
he emigrated to America, and came to Knox County,
Ohio, where they remained until their decease.
Our subject was reared to manhood on a farm, and
received but a limited education. On Sept. 27,
1853, in Knox County, he married Miss Eunice
Thompson, who was born Jan. 22, 1834, she was a
daughter of Asa and Anne Thompson, of Knox
County. By her he had nine children - Mary
L., George H., Maria L., Salona E., Anna C., Ida J.,
John, Hattie B. and Bertha C. She
departed this life Feb. 17, 1879, loved and honored
by all who knew her. In the fall of 1864, with
his family, Mr. Hicks came to Washington
Township, this county, and settled where he now
resides. He is a member of the Baptist Church,
and the owner of ninety-eight acres of land.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 669 |
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Union Twp. -
AARON HILL, deceased, was a
native of Connecticut, where his life was passed
until some time after he reached his majority.
In many respects he was a representative man.
He came to Ohio in a buggy, in 1830 - poor in purse,
but rich in ambition - and for three years worked as
a farm hand. In 1833, he returned to
Connecticut, and married Lucinda Robinson,
after which he again came to this county, and,
purchasing land, remained here for the rest of his
life. He died Nov. 24, 1862, aged about
sixty-five years. For the sake of educating
his children, he removed to Yellow Springs soon
after the opening of Antioch College, and remained
four or five years. He had three children.
He was industrious and frugal, a shrewd business
man, and generous to a fault, always assisting the
poor who were worthy, and lending his sympathy to
those in distress. He was affectionate and
kind to his family, an obliging neighbor and a
trusty fried. In later life, he made
profession of religion, and devoted himself to a
Christian life. His last sickness was long and
painful.
Source: History
Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers &
Co. 1883 - Page 207 |
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M. W. HILL, Richwood, was born
in Knox County, Ohio, Dec. 24, 1843, and is a son of
Nathaniel Birt and Mary
(Roberts) Hill, natives of New Jersey.
His father died in 1852, and his mother died one
month later, leaving our subject alone in the world,
at the age of nine years. During the next four
years, he lived at several different places, and
when thirteen years of age he began learning the
printer's trade, which he only followed for a short
time. He then commenced working on a farm at
$6 per month, which was afterward raised to $9, and
continued working as a hand four years. In
1861, he met with an accident, by having his hand
badly injured in a clover huller, that almost
resulted in the loss of his right arm. During
the years of 1862 and 1863, he went to school, and
having obtained a certificate, began teaching.
One year later he went to Iowa and engaged in
farming and trading, and in 1864 returned to Union
County. In 1867, he came to Richwood, and
since then has been variously engaged in business.
He is in very comfortable circumstances, owns 460
acres of land, eighty of it in the corporation,
several houses and lots in the village, a butcher
shop and grocery, a half-interest in a furniture
store, and a half-interest in a store at Green Bend,
Ohio. He and his partner, Mr. Lenox,
are the most extensive dealers in and shippers of
stock in this part of the country. They are
importers of French horses and have made two trips
across the water for that purpose. Mr.
Hill is a Democrat in politics and is now
serving his second term as Justice of the Peace.
He is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge, No. 443,
and, as is his wife, a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. In 1865, he married
Margaret A. Fisher, daughter of Benjamin
Fisher, and by her has four children, viz.:
Lizzie Belle, Wilbert C.,
Viola J. and Morris W.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 634 |
Robert Hill |
Jerome Twp. -
ROBERT HILL, farmer, P. O.
Jerome, a prominent
farmer and citizen of Jerome Township, was born in
Harrison County, Ohio, Nov. 25,
1823. His father was a native of Ireland,
and emigrated to the United States with his father,
whose name was also Robert, in 1816,
and for six or eight years temporarily lived in
Pittsburgh, Penn. On their removal West, they
settled in Guernsey County, Ohio, where Mr.
Hill
(the first) died. Robert, the father of our
subject, was a young man when his parents came
across. He resided in Guernsey and Tuscarawas
Counties till 1858, when he came to Jerome Township;
residing there till October, 1873, he
removed to Paulding County, where he died in
November, 1879. Mrs. Hill {nee
Nancy Morris)
died about 1828-29 She was a native of England, and
came to America with her parents. Robert
Hill, the subject of this sketch, is the
second son and third child of four children, of
whom three are living, viz.: Ann E., widow of
Jonathan McCullough, of Harrison County; Mary, wife of
Hanson Merryman, of Delaware County;
Robert; and James, the eldest, who died
in McConnelsville, Morgan County, August, 1878.
Mr.
Hill's mother died in 1828, and he became
a member of the household of an uncle, John G.
Norris, with whom he remained till of
age. He was employed by Mr. Norris in a grist-mill
till 1845, when he started out to acquire
his own fortune. He spent a few months working as a
laborer at the mere pittance salary of
$8.33¹/₃ per month. In 1845, he came to Mill Creek
Township, and first purchased fifty acres of
land. He resided on this farm fourteen years, in the
meantime making an addition of fifty
acres more. On his location in Jerome Township he
bought 160 acres, and has made subsequent purchases
till he now owns 349 acres of finely improved and
highly cultivated land. Jan. 8, 1846, Mr.
Hill was united in marriage to
Miss Elizabeth M. Rea, a daughter of Samuel and Ruth A. (Robinson) Rea, natives of
Harrison County, Ohio, and a grand-daughter
of Rev. John Rea, one of the early pioneer
Presbyterian ministers of Ohio, of whom a sketch
is appended. Samuel Hill was a member of the
Coshocton County bar, and was a lawyer of
considerable
distinction. He was drowned in the Muskingum
River Feb. 28, 1833. His widow died Feb. 19, 1881, aged seventy-seven years.
Mrs. Hill was born in Coshocton County,
Ohio, Feb. 4, 1827. At her father's death, she
was taken by her grandfather, Rev. John
Rea, and reared to womanhood. Mr.
Rea was Irish
born, and crossed the Atlantic when eighteen
years of age. He first settled in Westmoreland
County, Penn., where he married Elizabeth
Christy, a daughter of John Christy, who was an
early settler in Pennsylvania, and participated
in the Indian wars. On an Indian raid, two of his
sons, John and William, were captured. They
were returning home with the horses, when the
redskins made the attack by firing upon them.
John, in attempting to escape, was killed.
William's
horse was shot and fell upon him, and he
became a victim of the savages. The first he knew of
his brother's death occurred when he saw
his scalp suspended to an Indian's belt, and
recognized the black locks of hair. William was
kept a captive three years, and released and
returned to his mother and family. He was adopted
by a chief, who treated him very kindly, and of whom
he ever afterward spoke in terms of the
highest veneration. Rev. John Rea was educated
under
Catholic discipline, and received a
thorough classical training. He removed to Harrison
County, Ohio, and was among its earliest
settlers. He was pastor of a church at Beech
Springs, in that county, for half a century. He
was a member of the Philadelphia Synod, and went on
horseback from Harrison County to Philadelphia,
Penn., several times, to attend the General
Assembly. He prepared and delivered an
able farewell sermon to the congregation over which
he had presided as minister and pastor for
80 many years, and retired to his home, where he
died in February, 1855, at a ripe age. Mr.
and Mrs. Hill were blest with thirteen children; of
these ten are living, viz.: Flora M., wife of
Orange Cutler; Ruth A., widow of W. P. Wentz;
G.
Rea married Rachel Herriott; Mary I.,
wife of Lewis Brake; Elizabeth J., wife of
Fleetwood Courtright; Samuel C., Frank S., Carrie A.,
John R. and Robert. Mr. and Mrs. Hill started in
life together pioneers, and with few advantages.
Together they have shared the difficulties and
pleasures, the labor and reward of life.
By their combined energy and industry, they have
accumulated a sufficient competence. As a
representative citizen, we give the portrait of Mr.
Hill on another page of this volume.
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 312 |
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Union Twp. -
WATERMAN HILL, farmer, P. O.
Milford Center, was born in this township in 1834,
and is a son of Aaron Hill, an old settler,
whose name is mentioned elsewhere in this work.
His early life was passed on the farm and in
attending the district schools, where he obtained
the rudiments of an education that was developed by
a course of study at Antioch College. When
twenty-one years of age, he began life for himself
as a farmer. In 1870, he went to Yellow
Springs to educate his children, and remained there
seven years. In 1877, he returned to this
county, and purchased 286 acres of his present farm,
which consists of 314 acres. In is well
improved, highly cultivated, and thoroughly stocked.
On Dec. 9, 1857, he married Miss Susan E. Bennett,
by whom he ahs had four children, viz.: Anna L.,
Ollie L., Mattie M. and Blanche M.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill are good and consistent
members of the Methodist Church. He has never
served in any official capacity, having no
aspiration in that direction, but devotes his whole
time and attention to the cultivation of his farm
and the care of his family.
Source: History
Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers &
Co. 1883 - Page 207 |
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Allen Twp. -
CLEMENT
B. HOLYCROSS, farmer, P. O. North Lewisburg,
second son of Abraham and Hester A. Holycross,
was born on the old homestead, in Allen Township,
Mar. 13, 1845. He was reared to manhood in his
native place and educated in the common schools.
May 2, 1864, he was enrolled as a soldier in Company
H, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment Ohio
National Guard. He served as drummer, and was
discharged with the honors of a faithful soldier
Sept. 3, 1864. Sept. 12, 1866, he was married
to Miss Settle Epps, a native of Champaign
County, and a daughter of Thomas and Clarissa
Epps. She was born May 11, 1846. One
son, Orrie B., blesses this union; he was
born Apr. 5, 1873. Mr. H. owns a farm
of sixty-eight acres and is engaged in agriculture
and keeping Poland-China hogs. He and wife are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In
politics, he is a Republican.
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 475 |
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Allen Twp. -
ROBERT
C. HOLYCROSS, youngest son of Abraham and
Hester A. Holycross, was born in Allen Township,
Dec. 5, 1854. He was reared a farmer boy, and
educated in the common schools. Dec. 24, 1874,
he was joined in marriage to Miss Mary,
daughter of Nelson and Almira Cooksey.
Mrs. H. was born in Allen Township May 21,
1856. Their three children are Arthur L.,
born Nov. 18, 1875; Edgar A., born Nov. 5,
1878, and Grace B., born Dec. 14, 1880.
Mr. Holycross owns sixty-three acres of the
old homestead and is engaged in farming.
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 475 |
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Darby Twp.
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S. B. HOLYCROSS is a son of
David and Phoebe Fenner Holycross, natives of
Virginia and Rhode Island, respectively, who settled
in this county when they were married. Nine
children were born to them, seven of whom are
living. One son, Perry, enlisted in the
One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and was wounded at the battle of
Chickamauga and subsequently died in a hospital.
The subject of this sketch is the oldest son, and
was born in Madison County, Ohio, in 1838. He
served in the one hundred days' service in the One
Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment Ohio National
Guards.
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 248
NOTE: S. B. Holycross is found in
military records in this volume
ALSO SEE
Lester Herbert Holycross |
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Allen Twp. -
NATHAN HOWARD, farmer, P. O.
Milford Center, was born in Union Township, Union
County, Sept. 21, 1831. His parents,
William and Nancy (McDonald) Howard, were
natives of Windham, Conn. His father was born
June 18, 1802, and his mother June 19, 1807.
They were married in Union County in 1830. His
parents, William and Phebe Howard, were also
natives of Windham, Conn.; the former was born Jan.
18, 1749, and died July 18, 1822, and the latter
born July 15, 1759, and died Dec. 3, 1806.
John and Sarah (Bennett) Howard, parents of the
last named William Howard, were born in
Ipswich, Mass., Feb. 15, 1715, and Oct. 21, 1722.
They were married in Hampton, Conn., Jan. 8, 1840;
he died June 16, 1789, and she March 19, 1812.
John Howard was the eldest son of John and
Mary (Martin) Howard, also natives of Ipswich.
John was born in 1683, and his wife Feb. 22,
1713. They settled in the Howard Valley, near
Hampton, Conn., in 1733. This John Howard
was a son of William Howard, who was born in
Ipswich in 1634 and died in the same place, July 25,
1709. His father, Thomas Howard, was
born about 1600, and emigrated from England to
America only fourteen years after the landing of the
Pilgrim Fathers, and died near Ipswich, Mass., Apr.
15, 1686. William and Nancy Howard, the
parents of the subject of this sketch, emigrated
West and settled in Union Township, Union County, in
1830. Mr. Howard died June 10, 1839,
and his widow, Feb. 15, 1876. They were the
parents of three children - Nathan, the
subject of this sketch; Harriet L. and
William. Mrs. Howard was a daughter of
Thomas McDonald, who moved from Ross County,
Ohio, to Union in 1808,and settled a mile and a half
north, above Milford Center, on the north side of
Big Darby, and there cleared a large farm and reared
a family of thirteen children, of whom Mrs.
Howard was the fifth child. Mr.
McDonald died Mar. 2, 1855, aged eighty-five.
Mrs. Howard was left a widow with three
children in1839. The farm contained 500 acres,
but was all wild land, and 200 acres were not yet
paid for. She was a lady of unusual business
qualifications and judgment, and conducted the farm
successfully till her children were grown. Our
subject was reared to manhood on the farm and
received the rudiments of his education in the
common schools. When of age, he was given the
business of the farm, which he managed till 1859,
when the farm, which contained 600 acres, was
divided between him and William, the
daughter, Harriet L., having died a short
time before. In 1860, he moved to a log cabin
which had been erected by Thomas McDonald,
and lived in it six years; then occupied a frame
till 1876, when he built his present large and
commodious brick residence at a cost of $6,000.
The homestead farm is known as the "Indian Field
Farm,' and is one of the best improved on the creek.
Mr. Howard has continued to buy and add land
to the homestead till he now owns a tract of 1400
acres, ranking at the present time s one of the
wealthiest and largest land owners in Union County.
He was a member of the company that imported among
the first French and Clydesdale horses to the United
States. Mr. Howard has been extensively
engaged in breeding and rearing French horses and
thoroughbred short-horned cattle. For the last
five years he has kept Shropshiredown sheep for
mutton purposes. He is a regular exhibitor of
fine stock at the annual fairs, of which he served
as member of the Agricultural Board ten years and
Vice President two years. He was Assessor of
Allen seven years, and in 1880 was elected to the
Board of County Commissioners. Mr. Howard
is a successful business man. He was married
Sept. 21, 1859, to Helen M. Hathaway,
daughter of Ebenezer and Mary A. (Hopkins)
Hathaway. Mrs. Howard was born in
Union Township, May 17, 1839. Four children
were born to this Union; of them three are living,
viz., Charles M., Corrie and Otto
N.; Hattie C. is deceased.
Source: History
Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers &
Co. 1883 - Page 476 |
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WILLIAM R. HUGHES, farmer, P. O. Woodland,
was born in Cambria County, Penn., July 30, 1828.
His parents were Thomas Hughes (deceased) and
Hannah Hughes, his father a native of Wales
and his mother of Pennsylvania. When six years
of age, with his parents, he came to Marion County,
Ohio, where his mother still resides. He
remained in Ohio until 1849, in which year he
returned to Pennsylvania, where, in December, 1853,
he was united in the bonds of matrimony with Miss
Rachel S. Ritner, who was a daughter of Maj.
Peter and Rachel S. Witner, and a niece of
Joseph Ritner, who at one time was Governor of
Pennsylvania. By this union there has been an
issue of five children, viz.: George R.,
Thomas H., Everett L., William L. and Alice,
the latter two of whom are deceased. Mr.
Hughes remained in Pennsylvania until 1875, in
which year, with his family, he returned to Marion
County, where he located until the spring of 1881,
when he came to Jackson Township, this county.
In June, 1861, as Captain of Company E, he enlisted
in the Twenty-third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,
and participated in the battle of Antietam and
others, and was discharged in the following
September. He re-enlisted in May, 1863, in the
Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, as
Captain of Company B. He subsequently was
engaged in the memorable battle of Gettysburg, and
continued in the service until September, 1863, when
he received his final discharge. While in
Pennsylvania, he at one time was a candidate for
State Senator, but was defeated by his opponent,
Lewis W. Hall, by a small majority. He has
also served as Mayor of Wilmore, Cambria County.
Mr. Hughes is a gentleman of culture and
education and a member of the F. & A. M. society,
Source:
History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H.
Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 507 |
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