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Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio
To Which is Added an Elaborate Compendium of National Biography
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Publ. Chicago : The Lewis Publishing Company
1902
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JOSEPH H. HAMILTON
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 211 |
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FRANKLIN HARPER
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 61 |
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CAPTAIN
HENRY CLAY HARRIS. The
well known farmer of Miller township, Knox
county, Ohio, whose name is above has an
enviable record as a soldier and as a
judicial officer, and his standing as a
citizen is deservedly high. Therefore
some account of his creditable career is
absolutely necessary to the completeness of
this work.
Henry Clay Harris, son of Emor and Sarah
(Sweet) Harris, was born in the house in
which he now lives, one of the oldest brick
residences in the county, Sept. 29, 1832,
and it may be said that he practically has
had no business except farming during all
his active years. His father, Emor
Harris, was born in Rhode Island, in
1792, and early connected himself with the
minute men of his day and locality, who were
ever ready to act instantly in defense of
our then young nation. The fact that
there is no record that he was ever called
into active service does not dim the luster
of his patriotic intentions. He
emigrated to Ohio in 1816 and located on
land now owned by H. Grant Harris,
which he secured as military land. He
was a man of influence in the community.
He married, in 1813 Miss Sarah Sweet,
who bore him eight children: Caroline
born in Rhode Island; and Emor B.;
Sarah, May, Bessie, Lydia, Emily and
Henry Clay, born in Ohio. Of this
family of children only Emor B., of
Red Oak, Iowa, Caroline of Galena,
Delaware county, Ohio, and Henry
Clay are living. Sarah (Sweet)
Harris was a daughter of Philip
and Anfillis (Brown) Sweet, natives of
Rhode Island, and her father was a soldier
in the war for independence.
The subject of this sketch is a charter member of Syramore
Valley Lodge, No. 553, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and, having passed all its
chairs, is one of its honored past noble
grands. He has been once elected
treasurer of Miller township and has by
successive re-election filled the office of
justice of the peace for four successive
terms. His military career began early
in 1864, when he recruited a company for the
United States' service in Pleasant and
Miller townships, which became Company C,
One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry and of which he was
elected captain at its organization,
May 13, 1864. The organization was mustered
into the service at Camp Chase, Columbus,
and at once left for Fort Lyon and was under
fire almost daily in Grant's line
advancing on Richmond until it was mustered
out at Camp Chase in September, 1864.
He is a member of Fry Post, No. 706.
When twenty- four years of age Captain Harris
married Miss Dorcas Gates, who has
borne him four children: Mary W., Cyrus
G., Carrie A. and Grant.
Mary W. married A. E. Lockwood
and died in 1891. Carrie A.
died in 1893, unmarried. Cyrus G.
is a teacher of Brandon. Grant
Harris was born Apr. 21, 1867, and was
married Dec. 7, 1892, to Miss Ella Barker,
a daughter of George W. and Rachal
(Moody) Barker, of Brandon. Five
years ago he bought his father's old
homestead, which was secured by his
grandfather in 1816. It comprises
sixty-seven acres and devoted to general
farming. Is a Republican in his
political views. On his twenty-first
birthday he was made an Odd Fellow, and has
passed the chairs of Sycamore Lodge, and
Lyman lodge of Rebeccas was organized under
his jurisdiction as Noble Grand.
Source: The
Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 - Page 140 |
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JOHN O. HARRIS.
In these days of up-to-date farming it is a
pleasure to note the essential facts in the
career of a farmer who is in some ways a
leader in his class in the community in
which he lives. Such a farmer is
John O. Harris, of Clay township, Knox
county, Ohio, who is the owner of one
hundred and eight acres of land comprising
his homestead and one hundred and twenty
acres constituting an independent farm in
Harrison township.
Mr. Harris was born in Jackson township.
Knox county, Ohio, Mar. 29, 1849, son of
Samuel Harris, a native of Ohio,
who was an early settler in the county.
Elijah arris, father of Samuel
Harris and grandfather of John O.
Harris, was also a pioneer in Knox
county. Sarah Hill, who married
Samuel Harris and became the mother
of the subject of this sketch, was a native
of Knox county. Samuel Harris
died a the age of seventy-eight years; his
wife at the age of sixty-five years.
They were the parents of one daughter and
two sons, and our subject was the youngest
of their three children.
John O. Harris was reared in Clay township and
educated in the common schools in his
vicinity. He has become prominent as a
farmer, is an active member of the Disciple
church, and is locally influential in the
Democratic party. He was married in
June, 1876, to Miss Lydia Cochren, a
native of Morrow county, Ohio, and a
daughter of John and Delia A. (Walker)
Cochren. A biographical sketch of
her father appears on another page of this
work. She was reared in Howard
township, Knox county, and is an
accomplished woman, highly esteemed by all
who know her. She has borne her
husband a son and a daughter named Vincie
Craig and Sallie.
Source: The
Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio -
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George S. Harter |
GEORGE S. HARTER
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
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WILLIAM HAWN
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Knox County, Ohio -
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J. K. HAYDEN
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 311 |
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TELFORD F. HAYES.
Nearly a half century ago the father of the
subject of this sketch came from the old
Empire state of the Union and took up his
abode in Licking county, Ohio, whence he
subsequently removed to Knox county, where
he has ever since made his home. He
has thus been conspicuously identified with
the growth and development of this section
of the state, where he has consecutively
devoted his attention to agricultural
pursuits and where he is known and honored
as one of the representative men of the
county. His son has inherited his
sterling qualities and has himself gained
prestige and definite success in connection
with the same noble art of husbandry, having
a finely improved and valuable farm estate
in Miller township and being one of its
influential citizens, while the confidence
and esteem in which he is uniformly held in
the community have been manifested in divers
ways, not the least of which is that implied
in his preferment as trustee of his
township, of which office he is incumbent at
the time of this writing. It thus
becomes altogether consistent that he be
accorded representation in this work which
has to do with those who have been the
founders and builders of the prosperity of
Knox county.
Telford F. Hayes was born in Burlington
township, Licking county, Ohio, on the 16th
of June, 1S58, being the son of Sylvester
A. and Isabel (Forbes) Hayes, both of
whom were born in the state of New York, the
former being a native of Saratoga county,
where he was born in the year 1829, while
the latter was born in 1835. They
emigrated to Ohio in the year 1855, first
locating in Licking county, where they
remained until they came to Knox county,
where Mr. Hayes improved a fine farm
property, taking an active part in promoting
the best interests of the locality through
legitimate means and being recognized as a
progressive citizen and a man of unbending
integrity of character. During the war
of the Rebellion he manifested his loyalty
and intrinsic patriotism by rendering active
service in defense of the Union cause.
On the 13th of May, 1864, he enlisted as a
private in Company C, One Hundred and Forty
second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being
mustered in at Camp Chase, in the city of
Columbus, and forthwith proceeding with his
command to Fort Lyon. He was on duty
constantly until he was mustered out at the
expiration of his term, in September, 1864.
He has served as trustee of Miller township,
and in all the relations of life has borne
himself with that honor and dignity which
beget objective esteem and confidence.
He was married to Isabel Forbes prior
to his removal to Ohio, in which latter
state their three children were born,
namely: Telford F., the immediate
subject of this review; Hattie, who
is deceased; and William.
Sylvester A. Hayes is a son of William
Hayes, who was born in Ireland, whence
he emigrated to America in his youth, but
neither the date of his removal nor that of
his death is definitely known.
Daniel Forbes, grandfather of our
subject in the maternal line, was born in
Scotland and became an early settler in the
state of New York, records of which are
still extant bearing evidence of the fact
that he served with distinction as a soldier
in the war of 1812. The mother of our
subject is still living, and both she and
her husband have long been devoted members
of the Baptist church, as is also Telford
F.
Telford F. Hayes was reared on the old homestead
farm, and his educational privileges in his
youth were such as were afforded in the
public schools. He early became
familiar with the duties pertaining to the
improvement and cultivation of the farm, and
it is interesting to note that this great
basic industry of agriculture has ever
continued to enlist his services. His
career as a farmer has shown that this line
of enterprise need not be prosaic or
unprolific, for he has brought to bear
scientific and progressive methods, has
utilized his executive ability and has made
farming a business undertaking to an extent
that is realized by few. His broad
acres, maintained under the highest state of
cultivation; his fine herds and flocks; his
beautiful residence and other excellent
buildings, and the general air of thrift and
prosperity which pervades his farm, indicate
more clearly than words the success which
has attended his indefatigable, enterprising
and well directed endeavors in this
important field of industrial activity,
while he has not bear hedged in by purely
personal ambition, but has taken a
public-spirited interest in every worthy
project and undertaking for the good of the
township and county, and has been prominent
in public affairs of local order.
Mr. Hayes was elected to the office of
township trustee, and in this capacity
accomplished much for the best interests of
Miller township.
On the 16th of August, 1875, Mr. Hayes
was united in marriage to Miss Etta J.
Kays, and in the family circle of the
ideal home of our subject and his wife are
ten children, the eldest of whom is
twenty-seven years of age and the youngest
four years (1902), their names, in order of
birth, being as follows: Nellie, Wiley,
Ray, Earl, Iva, Clyde, Grace, Isabel, Ralph
and Hattie. The family are
prominent in the social life of the
community and the attractive home is a
center of refined and gracious hospitality.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 371 |
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JACOB HAYS.
In the life of the well known citizen of
Morgan township, Knox county, Ohio, whose
name appears above are exemplified all those
oft-praised qualities of honesty, industry
and integrity which since American
civilization began have contributed to the
success of self-made men. Jacob
Hays was born in Knox county, Sept. 25,
1826, a son of James B. and Jemima
(Biggs) Hays, and was reared to the hard
and useful work of the farm. He helped
to clear and improve land and put it under
cultivation and all through his childhood
and youth was thus employed during each
successive spring, summer and fall, and in
the winter months he attended the schools
near his home to such good purpose that in
time he became a teacher of district
schools, and did successful educational work
for six terms in Knox county and one term in
Illinois.
In religious belief Mr. Hays is a
Universalist. Politically he is a
Democrat, and his first presidential vote
was cast for James K. Polk. He
has ably filled the offices of supervisor
and township trustee, and has held other
important township offices, not ably that of
justice of the peace, in which he has
officiated for eighteen years to the entire
satisfaction of his fellow citizens of all
classes. He has been land appraiser
also, and in that capacity showed great
judgment and fairness during a period of
service covering six years. He has
been many times a member of juries which
have had to do with important cases, and in
many other ways was long and almost
constantly in public life. During
recent years he has been in the enjoyment of
a well earned retirement and rest from
public responsibility.
Mr. Hays was married, Apr. 19, 1854, to
Matilda Lauderbaugh, daughter of John
and Catharine (Ream) Lauderbaugh.
She was born Feb. 24, 1836, in College
township, Knox county, Ohio, and was
educated in some of the old-fashioned
subscription schools kept near her home.
Mr. and Mrs. Hays have had children
as follows: Drusilla F., who is the
wife of John Wolf; George, who
is a member of his father's household;
Canada A. L., who married Minnie
Arrington and lives in Harrison
township; Ida May, who married
Charles Brown and lives in
Pleasant township; Meeker E., who
died aged eighteen years, Jan. 1, 1883;
John B., who died Jan. 16, 1880, aged
twelve years; Charles W., who married
Hattie Squires and lives at Brandon,
Knox county; Clement D., who married
Addie Haines and lives at
Utica, Ohio; Eddie, who is a member
of his father's household; Tillie E.,
who married Charles A. Clutter and
lives in Licking county, Ohio; and Amelia
C., who is also at home.
James Hays, grandfather of Jacob Hays,
came to Knox county from Greene county,
Pennsylvania, in 1815, and settled on the
farm now the home of the subject of this
sketch, and lived there until his death,
which occurred Jan. 22, 1843. He was
born in Pennsylvania Sept. 23, 1772, and
married Sarah Bell, who bore
him children as follows: Anna,
James B. (father of Jacob),
Mary, John, William,
Harlan, Benjamin, Elizabeth,
Isaac, Morgan and David.
Of these only Isaac is living.
James Hays' second wife, who was
Sarah Mills, bore him a son
who was named Silas. James
B. and Jemima (Biggs) Hays had
children as follows: Jacob, the
immediate subject of this sketch; Mary,
Sarah, William Canada,
Elizabeth, Lindsay and
Amelia. Jacob, William,
and Lindsay are living at this time.
Mr. Hays is descended from
Revolutionary stock. His ancestor,
William Hays, not only did
gallant service as a soldier in defense of
American liberty, but furnished considerable
supplies to the Continental army. He
was married at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Apr. 4, 1759, and had children as follows:
John, William, Jane,
George, Mary Ann, Ann,
Isabel, James, Robert,
Solomon and Elizabeth.
Mr. Hays' farm of one hundred and twenty-five
acres, one hundred of which is under
cultivation, is located in Morgan township,
about three miles from Utica, and is well
provided with barns and all other necessary
outbuildings and well equipped for
successful cultivation. Mr.
Hays gives attention to both general
farming and stock raising.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 82 |
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LEANDER HAYS.
All that is conducive to good citizenship,
all that tends to promote the welfare of the
county receives the support and co-operation
of Leander Hays, now one of
the county commissioners of Knox county, as
well as a leading and representative farmer.
He was born in Harrison township Jan. 6,
1851, and is a son of Morgan and Deborah
A. (Breece) Hays. The former was
born in Clay township, this county.
May 21, 1820, and was a son of James
Hays, a native of Pennsylvania, who
became one of the early settlers of Knox
county. Morgan Hays
spent his youth upon a farm, and, through
the summer months worked in the fields from
the time of early planting until crops were
harvested. In the winter season, when
the work of the farm was practically over
for the year he pursued his studies in the
pioneer log schoolhouse of the times.
He was married, in October, 1849. He
had previously worked as a farm hand, making
his home with his brothers and sisters, and
after his marriage he settled in Harrison
township, where he had purchased one hundred
acres of land. This he sold in 1853,
and then bought a quarter-section in the
same township, making his home thereon until
1866, when he sold that property and
invested his money in two hundred and
ninety-seven acres of land in Pleasant
township. After engaging in the
cultivation of the fields upon that place he
rented that farm and purchased one hundred
and seventy-eight acres in Clay township, to
which he removed and upon which he made his
home until his life's labors were ended in
death, Apr. 22, 1900. He never would
consent to become a candidate for public
office, but devoted his energies to his
agricultural pursuits, thus providing
comfortably for his family, consisting of
wife and two children, the latter being
Leander, of this review, and
Elizabeth A., now the widow of Marcus
Workman, of Gambler, Ohio.
The childhood and youth of Leander Hays
were not unlike that of other boys of the
period who were required upon the farm. As
early as his twelfth year he began working
as a farm hand in the neighborhood, in order
to gain "spending money," and since that
time agricultural pursuits have claimed his
attention. At the time of his marriage
he took his bride to the old home farm,
which had become his property, and here he
has since lived, the well tilled fields
yielding to him a golden tribute in return
for the care and labor he has bestowed upon
them.
In 1880 occurred the marriage of Mr. Hays and Miss
Carrie M. Robinson, a native of this
county and a daughter of L. W. Robinson,
now deceased, who was also born in this
county, where his parents located during an
early epoch in its development. Their
home is blessed with two children, Bertha
B. and Howard R., who are with
their parents. Mr. Hays
exercises his right of franchise in support
of the men and measures of the Democracy,
and on that ticket he was elected county
commissioner in 1898. He belongs to
the Disciples' church, in which he is now
serving as deacon, and is widely recognized
as one of the leading and influential men of
his community.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 81 |
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MORGAN HAYS.
One of several citizens of Clay township,
Knox county, Ohio, who were especially
conspicuous for their sterling worth and who
have passed away during recent years was
Morgan Hays, who was born May 21, 1821,
and died Apr. 22, 1900.
Morgan Hays was a native of Knox county, Ohio,
and was the youngest son of James Hays,
who was born in Pennsylvania and married a
Miss Bell, who was also a native of
that state. When he was a small boy
death visited his family and made him
motherless, and he went to Coshocton county,
Ohio, and for a time lived with a brother
and with his sister Elizabeth, who
had become a Mrs. Boggs. His
educational advantages were limited to such
as were afforded by the public schools in
vogue in his locality at the time of
his youth. He was married Oct. 16,
1849, when he was about twenty-eight years
old, and located in Harrison township, Knox
county, where he lived on one farm for six
years and on another farm for eleven years
thereafter. He then removed to
Pleasant township and afterward to Clay
township, where he farmed until 1889 when he
retired from active life and bought the
homestead in the village of Martinsburg,
upon which Mrs. Hays now lives.
In Politics he was a Democrat and as a man
of influence and enterprise he was well
known throughout the county.
Deborah A. (Breece)
Hays, widow of Morgan Hays, was
born in Virginia May 18, 1828, a daughter of
Abraham and Eliza (Ward) Breece.
Both of her parents died in Coshocton
county, Ohio, when she was young that she
had little knowledge of their family
history, the youngest child having been at
the time of the death of her mother only
three months old. They left thirteen
children, of whom she was the eighth in
order of birth, and they found homes with
different families, she at the age of
twelve years, with Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel
Boggs, with whom she lived six years.
After leaving their roof she supported
herself two years at Mount Vernon. She
bore her late husband a son and a daughter -
Leander Hays, county commissioner of
Knox county, a biographical sketch of whom
appears in this work, and Elizabeth,
of Gambier, Ohio, who is the widow of
Mark Workman. Mr. Hays has
three grandchildren, Bertha Hays, Howard
Hays and Estella Workman.
the last named is the wife of Lewis Horn.
Mrs. Hays, who is a member of the Disciples'
church, is a woman of high character and
many accomplishments and her circle of
acquaintances is large and extremely loyal
to her. She is one of the well-to-do
women of Knox county, owning a fine farm of
eighty acres, which, since her husband's
death she has managed with much ability.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 177 |
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THOMAS R. HEAD
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Knox County, Ohio -
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CHARLES W. HENLEY
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GEORGE E. HENWOOD
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
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GEORGE E. HERVEY
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
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HENRY HIBBETS
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Knox County, Ohio -
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THOMAS C. HICKMAN
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JAMES HONEY
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MARTIN J. HORN.
Washington county, Pennsylvania, furnished
many pioneers to Ohio, and they were men of
the highest character and ability and their
descendants are leaders in various
communities at the present time. The
old Pennsylvania family of HorGn is
represented in Harrison township, Knox
county, and perhaps no one who bears the
name is better known than Martin J. Horn,
long a successful farmer and who is now
living in well earned retirement.
Martin J. Horn was born in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, July 22, 1822, a son of
John Horn, who was born in the same
county, within six miles of the seat of
justice, in 1799. John Horn
was reared to be a fanner and miller, and on
his farm of three hundred and forty-five
acres he owned a mill. He was in all
sense a man of success and prominence.
He was a Whig and Republican and an active
and liberally helpful member of the Baptist
church. Martin Horn, father of
John Horn and grandfather of
Martin J. Horn, was born on the same
farm in Washington county which was the
birthplace of John Horn, and he lived
to be eighty-four years old.
Hartman Horn, father of Martin
Horn and great-grandfather of Martin
J. Horn, was born in Germany, and was an
early settler in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, where he purchased public land
and was in his time a well known farmer.
John Horn married Mary Gantz,
who was born at Ten Mile Creek, Washington
county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1799, and
she died in 1866. John Gantz,
her father, who was a farmer, miller and
distiller, was a native of Germany, as was
also his wife. He achieved success in
his 'time and locality as a man of affairs.
John and Mary (Gantz) Horn had
children as follows: Martin J.,
the first born, is the immediate subject of
this sketch. Mary Ann is dead.
George lives on the old family
homestead in Washington county,
Pennsylvania. Margaret is dead.
Jacob died in the service of his
country in the Civil war. Elizabeth,
who is the widow of James Price,
lives in California. Hugh is
engaged in farming in Henry county, Iowa.
Hannah lives in Iowa. John
is dead. William owns and lives
on a part of the old Horn property in
Pennsylvania. Maria is the wife
of George Coogle, of Washington
county, Pennsylvania.
Isaac is a prominent farmer and
stock-raiser of Moultrie county, Illinois.
The subject of this sketch was reared at the old family
home of Horn in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, as a farmer and miller, but
eventually engaged in teaming between
Wheeling, West Virginia; Cumberland,
Maryland; Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; and other
points with six-horse teams, of which from
time to time he owned several. He came
to Knox county in 1847 and began farming in
Harrison township. In May, 1848, in
Butler township, he was married to Miss
Sarah Eley, who was also born there, a
daughter of Michael and Catharine
Eley. They were early settlers in
that part of the county. Immediately after
his marriage Mr. Horn brought
his wife to the farm on which he now lives,
and where he had "bached"' it for a time.
He has been successful in his business
affairs, and at one time owned four hundred
acres of excellent land. He is
regarded not only as a progressive farmer
but as an influential citizen. In
politics he is a Democrat, and in religion
he affiliates with the Christian church.
His wife, who died July 16, 1891,
bore him four children,—Mary R., who
is now Mrs. Jacob Black, and lives
with her father; and Hugh, John
and Eley, all of whom live in
Harrison township, near their father.
Mr. Horn has given or sold to
each of his children on favorable terms a
good farm, and they have all entered upon
active life with excellent prospects.
Source: The
Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 - Page 94 |
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R. D. HORN.
Among the successful and capable physicians
of Knox county is numbered Dr.
Horn, who is engaged in practice in
North Liberty. He was born in Harrison
township, Knox county, Oct. 16, 1858, and
represents an old family of Pennsylvania,
his grandfather, Joseph Horn,
having been born in Washington county, that
state. When civilization was in its
primitive period in Knox county, he took up
his abode in this portion of Ohio and
followed farming here for many years.
His son, Jacob Horn, was born
on the old homestead in Harrison township,
in 1825, and now resides in Mount Vernon,
living retired from business cares. He
wedded Sarah Robinson, a
native of
Union township, Knox county, where she was
born in 1830, a daughter of William
Robinson, who was of English descent.
He came from Maryland to Ohio, and at an
early date began farming here, following
that pursuit as a life work. Mr.
and Mrs. Horn became the parents of
three sons and a daughter.
The Doctor is their youngest child and his boyhood days
were spent in his native township, where he
attended the district schools, thus laying
the foundation for the broad general
knowledge upon which he has reared the
superstructure of professional learning.
At the age of eighteen he began the study of
medicine under the direction of Drs.
Russell and McMiller of Mount
Vernon. He remained with them for four
years, and in the meantime he attended two
courses of lectures in the Wooster Medical
College, at Cleveland, being graduated in
that institution with the class of 1881.
Thus well equipped for his professional
career. Dr. Horn located in
Jelloway, Ohio, where for four years he was
in partnership with Dr. Hyatt. On the
expiration of that period, he came to North
Liberty, where he has now successfully
practiced for seventeen years.
In 1885 occurred the marriage of Dr. Horn
and Miss Alma B. Loney,
a daughter of John C. Loney.
She was born in Vernon township and pursued
her education in its common schools.
Four children blessed their marriage:
Ida, Rufus H., Daniel L. and Donald.
The family is well known in the county and
its members rank high in social circles.
The Doctor is unswerving in his advocacy of
Republican principles, but has never been an
aspirant for public office, proferring to
devote his time and attention to his
business affairs, in which he has met with
creditable success, resulting from his skill
and ability. He keeps thoroughly
informed concerning the advancement made by
the profession and is quick to adopt any
ideas or methods of practice that he
believes will prove of practical benefit in
alleviating human suffering.
Source: The
Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 - Page 370 |
Lewis B. Houck |
LEWIS B. HOUCK
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 312 |
Leroy G. Hunt |
LEROY
G. HUNT.
Almost continuously through the last decade
of the nineteenth century Colonel Leroy
G. Hunt was in public office in Mount
Vernon and no one has ever more capably,
efficiently and faithfully served his fellow
townsmen than he. For four years he
was a member of the city council and for
four years mayor, and throughout the period
he exercised his official prerogatives in
support of all measures of practical
utility, of reform and substantial progress.
Mr. Hunt is numbered among the native
residents of Knox county, his birth having
occurred at Hunt Station in
1843. In the first decade of the
century the family was founded in this
county by Jonathan Hunt, the
grandfather of our subject, who came from
Maryland to Ohio about 1806. Here he
began the development of a home upon the
wild western frontier and aided in
reclaiming this district for purposes of
civilization. When the country became
involved in a second war with Great Britain
he joined the army and fought for the rights
of the nation. He married Honor
Wells, who resided near Wellsville,
Ohio, and among their children was Thomas
Hunt, who was born in 1811 upon the
same farm where occurred the birth of our
subject, and where he died in 1852, being
killed by the falling of a tree. He
wedded Miss Mary Baxter,
a daughter of one of the pioneer settlers of
Pleasant township, Knox county. In
addition to our subject their children were:
Thomas, who is now living in Mount
Vernon; Honor J., the wife of J.
J. Phiffer, of this city; Richard C.,
who was a member of Company G, Twentieth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and is living in
Los Angeles, California; and John D.,
who was a member of the One Hundred and
Forty second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and is
living in Petoskey, Michigan. One son,
Ezra Hunt, died in 1893.
It is a well-known fact that the majority of men who
become prominent in the various important
walks of life come from the farm. Our
subject was thus reared amid the beauties of
nature, growing vigorous and strong in mind
and body, nourished by healthful country
food, breathing pure air and from his
infancy feeling that freedom and
independence which comes to the fanner above
all others. He pursued his education
in the common schools, and in 1861 he
offered his services to the government,
becoming one of the boys in blue of Company
G, Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with
which he served until 1865, when, the war
having ended, he received an honorable
discharge. He was under Grant
in the seige of Vicksburg, was with
Sherman's army in the Atlanta campaign
and went with him on the celebrated march to
the sea, being a member of the Seventeenth
Army Corps under General McPherson.
He was never known to falter before duty and
with loyal courageous spirit defended the
Union cause until the supremacy of the
national government at Washington was
established.
After his return to Knox county Mr. Hunt was
connected with the building trade for a time
and afterward conducted an omnibus line for
sixteen years. For thirty years he has
been engaged in the livery business in Mount
Vernon and has a good establishment,
well-equipped with a large line of fine
vehicles and many excellent horses.
His earnest desire to please his customers
and his reasonable prices have secured for
him a liberal patronage.
Mr. Hunt was married to Miss Martha F. Sapp1,
a daughter of Levi Sapp, deceased,
formerly of Mount Vernon. Socially he
is connected with the Royal Arcanum, the
National Union, the Junior Order of United
American Mechanics and the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, being the first
exalted ruler of the lodge in this place.
He likewise belongs to the Grand Army Post,
of Mount Vernon, has served as its
commander, and was on the staff of the state
department commander and for one term on the
staff of the national commander. He
belongs to the Loyal Legion and is
quartermaster general on the staff of
General T. W. Minshell, of the Ohio
Brigade of the Uniformed Rank of Knights of
Pythias, and he commanded the Fifth Regiment
of Knights of Pythias in Ohio for over six
years. He also served as signal
officer on the staff of General
Howe of the Ohio Brigade of Knights of
Pythias. In his political views he is
a stanch Republican, unwavering in his
allegiance to the principles of the party.
He served as deputy sheriff for one year
under Sheriff Steele and in
1891 was elected a member of the city
council, serving in that office for four
successive years. In 1896 he was
elected mayor and continued in that position
for four years, during which time he
demonstrated that his loyalty to the best
interests of his city was as great as that
which he displayed toward the Union cause
during the Civil war. He studied
closely public needs and demands and
endorsed every measure which he believed
would prove of public good. His course
was such as to continue him in the warm
regard of his fellow men which he had long
enjoyed, and as a representative citizen of
Knox county he well deserves mention in this
volume.
Source: The
Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 168
NOTE: 1. See
Biography of
Dwight E. Sapp |
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JOHN J. HYATT.
One of the well known and energetic citizens
of Brown township, Knox county, is John
J. Hyatt, who is extensively engaged in
shipping stock and in superintending his
farming and landed interests. He makes
his home in Jelloway, and was born in that
village Aug. 7, 1873. His father,
Dr. A. J. Hyatt, was a native of
Coshocton county, Ohio, and in his early
manhood engaged in teaching school. In
his leisure hours he devoted his attention
to the study of medicine and became a
prominent practicing physician, following
his profession for thirty-five years in
Jelloway. He died in 1898, and in the
community his loss was deeply mourned.
Fraternally he was connected with the
Masonic order and politically with the
Democracy. A self-educated man, he
made the most of his opportunities through
life and his merit won him advancement.
He married Emma G. Gaines, who was
born in Brown township, Knox county, and who
still survives her husband. They
became the parents of four children, of whom
John J. is the eldest. The
others are: Dwight H., who is
attending school in Ada, Ohio; Robert,
deceased; and Louis D., who also is a
student in Ada.
John J. Hyatt, of this review, began his
education in the common schools of Scio and
then was matriculated in Kenyon College at
Gambler, in which institution he was
graduated with the class of 1896. He
then took up the management of his father's
business interests as administrator of his
estate. He is also in partnership with
N. M. Ross, in buying and shipping
stock on a commission basis, representing
about six firms. Mr. Hyatt
is a young man of excellent business ability
and his efforts are permeated by a laudable
ambition. In his life he manifests that same
progressive spirit which has led to the
wonderful development of this country and
which will make him a very successful man.
In his political views he is a Democrat and is now
serving as justice of the peace of Jelloway,
discharging his duties in a very capable
manner. He also belongs to the tent of
the Knights of the Maccabees in his native
town and has filled most of its offices.
Throughout the county where his entire life
has been spent, he has a wide acquaintance
and is a popular young man, whose genial and
cordial disposition has gained for him many
friends.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 331 |
| |
LUTHER L. HYATT.
Nature seems to have intended that the
closing years of life shall be a period of
rest and inactivity. In youth one
possesses vigor and strength and the courage
that dares to undertake almost any task; as
middle age comes on judgment and experience
direct into safe channels the labors of
younger years and make profitable the honest
toil; then if any has carefully husbanded
their resources in the evening of life there
is plenty to meet the needs of man and also
to supply him with many of the luxuries that
go to make life worth the living and where
he is still living. He still owns a
valuable farm of one hundred and five acres
of highly improved land in Wayne township,
the greater part of which is under
cultivation and from which he derives
annually a good income.
In March, 1853, Mr. Hyatt secured as a
companion and helpmate on the journey of
life Miss Malinda Smith,
a daughter of Preserve Smith,
and unto them were born four children:
Charles Hamilton, a farmer of Wayne
township; Louella, the wife of
Alonzo Rock, of Canton, Ohio;
Carrie Josephine, the wife of
Frank McFadden, of Mount Vernon;
and John, who is living in Red Lodge,
Montana. After the death of his first
wife Mr. Hyatt wedded Matilda Ann
Walker, a daughter of William Walker.
She, too, died and he married Miss
Catherine Davis Wolfe, a daughter of
Eli and Caroline (Hyatt) Wolfe.
At the time of the Civil war Mr. Hyatt
put aside all personal consideration and in
1864, in Mount Vernon, enlisted in Company
A, One Hundred and Forty-second Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, for one hundred days'
service. He participated in several
skirmishes, but was mostly engaged in guard
duty, and at the close of his term was
honorably discharged and mustered out at
Columbus. He is now a member of Joe
Hooker Post, G. A. R., of Mount Vernon,
and in politics he is a stalwart Republican.
He has held several township offices and in
1870 was made county infirmary director,
which position he held for two terms.
He has always been prominently identified
with movements for the general good,
cooperating heartily in advancing many such
measures. Great changes have occurred
since he came to the county and a wonderful
transformation has been wrought, for the
wild lands have been reclaimed for purposes
forests are now seen fields rich in golden
grain. The work of progress has been
carried steadily forward and no one has
taken greater pride in what has been
accomplished than this honored pioneer,
Luther L. Hyatt, who for seventy years
has resided within the borders of Knox
county.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 239 |
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