Pike Township (part 9 of 20)

During the winters of 1864-5 and 1865-66, and the spring of 1866, he taught school at Newport, Indiana, farming the intervening summer. Returned home and taught the following winter at Warsaw, Indiana. During the summer and fall of 1867 he rode the prairies of central Iowa, engaged in fire insurance. The following winter he attended Holbrook's celebrated National Normal school, Lebanon, Ohio. Fora year anda half he had figured as principal in an enterprise that would not pay cash dividends, but absorbed all his remaining resources so carefully husbanded for educational purposes. He was compelled to leave school and returned to Iowa in March, 1868. It was the dark hour. The outlook was not flattering. A fielder in the pools, he reengaged in insurance with increased efforts, and in August, one week befure the beginning of the schoo year at Lebanon, he had regained his entire loss - six hundred dollars. After one day's visit at home he reached the school for roll call, entering the junior class of seventy members. His first address before the class appeared in a public journal, which gave him a high reputation as a writer and speaker, which was maintained during the course. He was assigned the highest position upon the programme, and the significant subject, ''Debating an Element of Mental Discipline," for his graduating oration. He maintained his record. On the stage, at the close of his performance, he received the congratulations of the principal, and most of the faculty and members of the class; an honor never before accorded to one of the graduates of this school.

Mr. Headington taught the Centreburgh school during the winter of 1869-70, and spent the summer and fall of 1870 at Warsaw, Indiana, and Union county, Ohio, teaching at the latter place. He took charge of the schools at Centreburgh again during the winter of 1870 and spring of 187z, and during the summer assisted in atlassing Knox county. From November, 1871, he taught six months at Monticello, Illinois, and one day and a half from the close of this engagement was working on the atlas of Columbus and Franklin counties. He continued here until the winter, when he took charge of the Bridgeport schools. Before their close he was employed as chief engineer of an atlas corps located at Bucyrus, Ohio, beginning in the spring of 1873 and serving until the winter, when he began business for himself as principal of the Champaign County Atlas company, which work was delivered in the winter of 1874. There being no available territory Mr. Headington continued in the business asan employe of an eastern company, operating in Athens county until the summer of 1875, when he received the nomination for surveyor at the Democratic county convention of Knox. Tired of being a child of the world this nomination was quite acceptable. He was elected by three hundred majority, and reelected in 1878 by seven hundred majority.

He filled the position of county school examiner one term. He is a trader in real estate. In politics he is a Democrat. It is but just to say that Mr. Headington is self-made; it might telieve other powers of accountability. This sketch, as far as it goes, is literally true; yet there is much unwritten, but those who know Mr. Headington best will have no difficulty in drawing upon their imaginations to supply the omissions.

'HEATHCOT, JOHN H., retired farmer, Liberty township, was born in the county of Cheshire, England, August 23, 1790. His father was a farmer and manufacturer of cloths. The subject of this notice, when quite young, was put at the same trade. He remained in England until about 1821, when he emigrated to the United States, working at his trade in Connecticut and Pennsylvania, until 1834, when he came to Ohio and purchased a farm on Granny's creek. He remained in Ohio until 1839, when he went to York county, Pennsylvania, and worked at his trade until 1844, when he again came to Ohioand traded his first farm for the one on which he now resides, in Liberty township. Mr. Heathcot is a man of fine physical form. His mind is clear for a man of his age; he is a good citizen and has the esteem of the community. He was married to Miss Mary Chandler, a native of New Castle, Delaware, about 1824. She died April 24, 1880, aged eighty years. They Matthew, who resides in Morrison, Illinois; Alice A., wife of Thomas J. Stone, Sioux City, Iowa, and Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Tarr. She has one son, John W., who married Emma Barton, November 13, 1879, and resides on the farm.

For nearly two years Mr. Henegan was confined more or less to his house by disease beyond a physician's healing art. A short time prior to his death he visited Olathe to close up some business in that place. He lived to finish that business, and then passed away from earth as calmly and as quietly as a child slumbering the sleep of innocence, During the last few days of life he named many of his Mt. Vernon friends, wishing they were with him to soothe and cheer him in his declining moments, the end of which he knew was fast approaching.

From early youth Mr. Henegan devoted himself to railroading. The last of such work was on the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon & Columbus railway, to the interest of which many years of his life were devoted.

In 1867, in company with his father, he took the contract of constructing a canal around the Des Moines rapids, one of the greatest undertakings of the kind in America. Other hands have just completed this great work.

In the fall of 1874 he commenced work upon the new infirmary building, and brought it nearly to completion. ing is the most substantial of the kind in the State, and an honor to the county, and also to the State.

At the age of sixteen years, the subject of this sketch, with his father and mother, together with the rest of their family, left Glasgow, Scotland, September 16, 1849 - Liverpool, England, September 18th, and arrived at New Orleans, United States of America, on the twentieth day of December following; thus the voyage, between the port of departure and the port of disembarkation, appears to have been thirteen weeks and four days in duration. To vary the interest, and to add to the perils of those ''who go down to the sea in ships,"" the vessel, upon whose deck the lives and fortunes of the hardy emigrants were placed, was cast away in a storm, and thrown upon the shores of an island now called Concon, situated near the barren coast of Yucatan, Central America. The passengers and crew were detained twenty-eight days upon that desert island.

During their forced residence upon the island, the passengers and crew, imitating the people of the country in which most of them were seeking a new home, organized a government and made laws for their own protection, and unanimously elected Mr. William Henegan the first governor of the State of Concon, Central America. The necessity of this organization was soon apparent

The island of Concon, for its favorable and safe harbors, was one of the favorite rendevous of the piratical vessels making those waters their cruising grounds. One of those sea rovers passing the island, the captain seeing the wrecked ship of the emigrants, determined to take position, and rob it of all the rigging and stores left upon it, (the passengers and crew, while waiting for rescue, living in tents upon the shore).

To allay suspicion, the pirates also Janded, and pitched their tents a short disstance from the shipwreck, as though they wished to rest awhile from their bloody and murderous career. One of the crew of the wrecked ship, wandering over the island one day, being weary from his long and difficult tramp, threw himself down behind some rocks and fell asleep. How long he had remained in that unconscious state he knew not. He was finally awakened by hearing voices in conversation, apparently immediately above him. Listening for awhile, he gathered enough of their conversation to convince him that the voices belonged to some of the crew of the piratical vessel, and that the rascals were detailing to themselves their plans for attacking the unfortunate voyagers and sacking the wrecked vessel. After the departure of the loquacious pirates, the sailor made his way to his own camp, and detailed the plot of the pirates to Governor Henegan.

After a consultation with his council, the governor formed his plans for retaliation, which were to capture the pirate vessel, and put to sea with his little colony. This was ''carrying the war into Africa,'" with a vengeance, yet, under the circumstances, was perfectly justifiable.

The governor's plans were well laid, and would have been successfully carried out, had not one of the passengers betrayed the governor's plans to the pirate chief. The pirates immediately struck their tents and began their retreat to their boats, and thence to their vessel. In the melee that ensued, the pirate captain was wounded so severely as to compel his crew to take him upon their shoulders. In this condition, with their helpless captain, the pirates reached their boats and made for their vessel. When upon her deck, they hoisted sails and put out to sea, leaving the shipwrecked in possession of their diminutive republic.

HENDRICK, LYMAN, tanner, Fredericktown, was born in Sunbury, Delaware county, December 19, 1819; was married to Rhoda Runnian, who was bornin Knox county, in 1827. They had one daughter, Mary I., who was born in 1862. Miss Rhoda Hendrick died in this county. Mr. Hendrick was afterwards married to Mary Hodges, daughter of Joshua Hodges.

Joshua Hodges was born in Massachusetts April 2, 1780, and married Sophia Jones, who was born in Connecticut April 25, 1786. They had the foilowing family, viz: Hiram Chapman, born in 1812; Harrison S., born in 1815; Julia, born in 1817; Clinton, born in 1819; Levi, born in 1821; Eliza, born in 1823; Mary, born in 1825; Harry, born in 1827, and Sarah, in 1829. Mr. Hodges came to Knox county in 1837, and died in Mt. Vernon, in 1864. Mrs. Sophia Hodges died in Morris township, this county, in 1871.

HENRY, DANIEL, carpenter, Union township; post office, Gann, was born in Pennsylvania March 25, 1834, and came to Knox county in 1858, and settled in Jefferson township. He enlisted in company B, Ninety-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry; went to the south in 1862, and returned at the expiration of his time, in 1865. In 1875 he was married to Miss Grear. They had one child that died in infancy.

HENWOOD, JOHN, deceased, Monroe township, a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, was born February 22, 1800; married Miss Jane Taylor in 1825, of same county, borh in 1798. They settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and remained until 1840, then emigrated to Ohio and lacated in Monroe township, this county, on the farm now owned by their son, John Henwood, jr., where they passed the remainder of their days. He deceased August, 1870. His companion survived him until August, 1874.

They reared a family of six children - Mary A., Jobn, Samuel C., Flora J., Taylor, and Amanda, all living except Samuel C., who enlisted in the fall of 1861, in company A, Sixty-fifth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, served two years as a private, and was then promoted to second lieutenant, which position he filled until he fell a victim to the enemy's bullets, at the battle

HERDMAN, FRANK, Fredericktown, blacksmith, was born in Utica, New York, in 1845, and came to Ohio in 1870. He was married to Mary E. Cochran, who was born in Knox county. They have three children viz: Isabella, born in 1874; Harry, in 1877; and Frank, in 1879.

Mr. Herdman learned the blacksmith trade in Detroit, Michigan, and is now engaged in doing custom work. He is a firstclass mechanic, accommodating and obliging. All who wish work in his line will do well to give him a call.

HESKITT, BENJAMIN F., deceased, was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church from 1856 till his death, January 4, 1863. He was captain in the Fifty-frst Ohio volunteer infantry, and was wounded at the battle of Stone River, and lived but two days. Rev. Heskett was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, February 2, 1823, and was married September 17, 1857, to Miss Almira V. Chandler, of Martinsburgh. One son, Stanley F., was the issue of this marriage.

HESS, MICHAEL, Berlin township; retired; post office, Shalers Mills, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1817, and married in 1837, to Elizabeth Hare, who was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1819. They had ten children: David, born in 1838; Lewis, in 1841; Israel, in 1843; Catharine L., in 1845; Jacob C., in 1848; Wilson S., in 1850; John S., in 1853; Ezra J., in 1855; Francis M., in 1858, and James P., in 1859. The deceased members are Jacob C., Ezra J. and James P. The following are married: David Hess, married to Mary McDaniels, now deceased, and resides in Floyd county, Iowa; Lewis Hess, married to Harriet Mishey; Israel Hess, married to Isabella Welker; Catharine Hess, married to George Ankney, deceased.

Mr. Hess emigrated from Pennsylvania to Berlin township, Knox county, in 1839, and purchaseda farm from Alfred Hampton. He remained upon the farm over eleven years. In 1850 he purchased a part of the Ellicott farm of G. Shafer, and remained there till 1879, when he moved to Ankneytown. Mr. Hess was elected infirmary director in Knox county in 1875, and reelected in 1878, an office that he filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to the public. He was elected justice of the peace in Berlin township for one term, at.d positively refused to accept the second term. Mrs. Hess isa member of the German Baptist church.

HESS, DAVID, Union township; farmer; post office, Gann, was born in Adams county, Pennsylvania, in 1808. In 1837 he came to Jefterson county Ohio, and lived there until 1842, when he removed to Knox county, Ohio, where he still remains. The same year he commenced to erect a grist-mill in Howard township, and he was six years building it, doing all the work himself. At this time he sold the mill, and moved to Millwood; remained there two and a half years, and came to his present farm in 1850. In April, 1829, he was married to Miss M. E. Clingar, who lived with him until 1877, when she died, leaving him ten children. They are all married except Elizabeth, who stays with her father. Milling and building mills is his business.

HESS, REV. MARTIN L., itinerant minister, Jefferson township, son of Henry and'Prudence Hess, born January 30, 1830, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, was brought to Knox county, by his parents, in the spring of 1847, who located in

During that time he was ordained for the ministry by the United Brethren in Christ, and has labored twenty-five years. On the twenty-fifth day of September, 1866, he united in marriage with Miss Elender Kelley, born in Holmes county, October 18, 1837. After his marriage he remained in Holmes county about three years, when he removed to Jefferson township, Knox county, where he remained one year. He then moved to Coshocton county, remaining there two years. After making a journey to the west he located in Jefferson township, Knox county, on the old homestead formerly owned by his father, two miles east of Jelloway; there he has since remained, engaged in the ministry.

HESS, J. T., M. D., Mt. Vernon, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1830. His parents were born and married in the same county, and emigrated to

Ohio with a family of four children, in May, 1830. His father settled in Jefferson township, Knox county. He was educated at the common and select schools in Mt. Vernon. Dr. Hess read medicine with Dr. Shannon and Professor Smith, of Philadelphia. He attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and graduated in the spring of 1857. He first practiced in Bloomfield, Morrow county, Ohio, and a short time in Fredericktown. August 14, 1862, he was commissioned assistant surgeon of the Ninety-sixth O. V. I., served one year with the Thirteenth regulars, General Sherman's regiment, when he was commissioned surgeon and assigned to the Ninety-sixth Ohio, Colonel Vance's regiment. He was in charge of the United States hospital at Fort Gaines during the summer of 1863. April, 1864, be was taken prisoner at Sabine Cross Roads, and was held three months, until June, and then took charge of the hospital at Carrollton, Louisiana. He returned to his regiment and was with it until the close of the war. He was division surgeon from early in the spring of 1865 until the close of the war. He amputated hundreds of limbs. On his return he took up the practice of medicine in Delaware, Ohio, where he remained until the spring of 1877, when he took up his residence in Mt. Vernon. He married Miss Sophia C. Colwill August 1g, 1850, She is the daughter of William Colwill, deceased. She was born in England, near London, October 12, 1830. They had three children, Emma D., wife of E. C. Emley, of Centreburgh, an infant and Agnes I.

HESS, MICHAEL W., Wayne township, farmer, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, October 25, 1832, came to Ohio at the age of five years, and was married in 1860 to Agnes C. Deakins, who was born in Brown township, January 6, 1842. They had the following children: Alice A., born August 29, 1861; James W., April 12, 1863; Martha J., October 4, 1866; Louella, January 3, 1869; Florence M., January 6, 1872; John R., December 9, 1875; and Freddie C., May 6, 1879. Mrs. Hess died May rr, 1879.

HESS, FRANK P., was born October 10, 1834, in Jackson township, Knox county, Ohio. He was married to Maria Melick, daughter of Daniel Melick, an old pioneer of Jackson township, on the third of April, 1856. Mrs. Hess was born in Jackson township January x, 1833. They have had five children, viz; Evaline, born April 17, 1859, and who died November 16, 1876; Mary B., born February 14, 1859; Thomas Jefferson, born January 28, 1862; Isodore J., born May 3, 1864; and Laura Iona, born June 15, 1867.

HESS, GEORGE W., Hilliar township, foreman of the Cleveland, Columbus & Mt. Vernon railroad, was born in Frederick county, Maryland, March 14, 1842. When he was five years of age his parents, David and Mary E. Hess, came to Knox county, Ohio, and settled in Howard township, where Mr. Hess built a mill on the Little Jelloway, which is yet standing. The subject of this sketch learned the milling trade with his father.

In May, 186r, he enlisted in company F, Sixteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, three months' service. Shortly after his return from the three months' service he enlisted in company I, Ohio volunteer infantry, (September, 1861,) for three years, and participated in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, and Chickamauga, after which he veteranized, and was in the battles of Mission Ridge, Resaca, Kénnesaw Mountain, Siege of Atlanta, Franklin, and Nashville, besides numerous skirmishes. During the Atlanta campaign he was under fire for sixty-three consecutive days. He was discharged at Louisville, Kentucky, October 19, 1865, having served his country four years and three months.

The following year after his return he went west and was with a surveying party for mail service. In 1872 he was engaged on the railroad, and in June, 1878, he was given section number nineteen. He is held in esteem by all who know him, and is an efficient and trusty fireman.

He was married to Miss Mary E. Sapp, daughter of Robert Sapp, of Union township, Knox county, December 20, 1868. They had three children, two of whom are living - Thomas C. and Charles E.

HESS, LEWIS, Berlin township, farmer, post office, Shaler's Mills, born in Knox county in 1851, was married in 1863 to Harriet Mishey, who was born in Pike township, this county. They have three children - Olie W., born in 1864, Ida E., in 1868, and J. Clifford C., in 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Hess are both members of pioneer families.

HESS, HENRY, farmer, post offica, Shaler's Mills. - He was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1823. In 1839 he came to Ohio, and located in Berlin township. In 1844 he was married to Sarah Frederick, who was born in Ohio in 1824. They had six children. Isaac was born in 1845, Amanda, in 1849, Eli, in 1851, Jacob, in 1853, Martha, in 1858, and Sarah A., in 1861. Mrs. Sarah Hess died with cancer, in 1876; was buried in Owl Creek cemetery. She was a worthy member of the German Baptist church. Mr. Hess located on the farm where he now resides, and which he owns, in 1854. He is a prominent and official member of the German Baptist church. His sons are liberally educated. Eli is teaching vocal music. Jacob is engaged as salesman in the Gregor store.

HESS, GEORGE, Pike township, farmer, post office, Democ- Tacy, was born in this county, Union township, in 1851, and was married in 1876 to Emeline Gressling, who was born in Wayne county in 1850. Mr. Hess is engaged in farming in this township. He is an enterprising and good citizen.

neer of Miller township, is a son of William and Ruth Hildreth, of whom mention is made in biography of Arnold Hildreth. He was born August 5, 1808, in Hartford county, Connecticut; came with his parents, in 1814, to Ohio, and in 1817 came to Miller township, where his youth was spent, and where he has resided ever since, being engaged in farming. He now lives, and for more than three score years has lived, at the old home. stead. Heis a man of social habits, strong convictions and honesty of purpose.

June 9g, 1832, he was married to Miss Emeline Eddie, a native of Connecticut, who was born November 9g, 1808. They had one son, Albert E., born April 12, 1834. Mrs. Hildreth died December 18, 1874. Albert was reared on the old homestead, educated at the common schools, and is one of the substantial men of the township. April 20, 1853, he married Miss Jennie, daughter of Samuel Cake. They have one son, viz: Frank E., born April 19, 1868, who is an intellectual, promising boy.

HILDRETH, ARNOLD W. (pioneer), Miller township, was born in Hartford county, Connecticut, December 27, 1803. His parents, William and Ruth Hildreth, came to Zanesville in 1814, and remained there until 1817, when they camé to Miller township, where Mr. Hildreth had previously become owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land in the northwest part of the township. When Mr. Hildreth came to Ohio he had a family of five sons, viz: John, William, Samuel, (who have deceased), Epaphroditus, and Arnold. The parents died on the old homestead.

The subject of this notice was reared on a farm and had the advantages of such schools as the district afforded.- He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Mary Beardsley, daughter of William Beardsley, a pioneer of Milford township. They had nine children, viz: Angeline, Alfred B., Platt G., Wells A., Hellen, Emeline, William, Henry, and Harrison. He contracted a second marriage with Miss Amanda Stanton, who became the mother of two children, viz: Charles R., and Jennie. Mr. Hildreth isa good citizen and aman of general intelligence. He still resides on the old homestead, where sixty-three years ago his parents located.

HILDRETH, WASHINGTON, Milford township, merchant, Lock post office, was born in Monroe county, New York, in 1829. In 1835 he came to Richland county, Ohio, and subsequently to Brandon, Knox county. From twelve to fifteen years of age he was in the family of Hon. Columbus Delano, and attending school in Mt. Vernon. At about fifteen years of age he entered the store of Freeman & Ward, of Mt. Vernon, and was with them for some years. He was next employed by George W. Potwin, who sent a stock of goods to Danville and placed Mr. Hildreth in charge.

In 1852 he purchased this stock of Mr. Potwin and remained in Danville tvo years, and then removed to Brandon, where he remained until 1856, when he removed to Lock, where he has since carried on the business of merchandising. Mr. Hildreth started business with but a few hundred dollars, going in debt for the greater part of his stock, but by prudent management amount. He is practically a self-made man, and has been successful in building up a good trade, understands the business of merchandising, and from his well selected stock he can sup- His trade increased so that it became necessary to have a more commodious business room. In 1871 he built his present room, a model of good taste and judgement. It is fifty by twenty-five feet, two story, with an addition of twelve by twenty-five feet, one story. The second story is for alodge room. Mr. Hildreth isa business man in every sense of the term. He is reliable, allows no misrepresentation, has the confidence of the public, and is one of the leading men of the community. In 1860 he was appointed postmaster, and has held the office ever since. He was twice married, his first wife, Hattie B. Harder, to whom he was married March 20, 1855, was the mother of four children, two of whom are living: Ida E., wife of W. H. Mitchell, who isa son of Almon Mitchell, of 'Milford township, and Hattie B. The deceased are Ellsworth and Edward, who died young.

HILL, NORMAN NEWELL, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. His father, Aaron Hill, was born in Charlestown, near Boston, Massachusetts, in 1782, and subsequently removed to Com. wall, Addison county, Vermont, where he married Sarah Newell about 1801, and where the subject of this sketch was born September 28, 1803. In 1807 Aaron Hill removed to Pennsylvania, where he remained two years 'and then moved to Zanesville, Ohio, with his family, in company with Mr. Gideon Mott: and family. His funds gave out before arriving at Zanesvillle, and he borrowed, of Mr. Mott, fifty cents to liquidate a hotel bill, thus arriving at his new home pennyless and with a family on his hands. He appears to have understood the blacksmith trade, and probably found work in Zanesville, where he reremained until 1811, when he came to Mt. Vernon, his future home. Here he found shelter for his family in a cabin on the southwest corner of Gay and Chestnut streets, now known as the Dr. Burr lot. At that time the forest extended almost up to the door. Here the family remained two years, when they removed to the southwest corner of High and Mechanic streets, now known as the Anthony Banning lot. Land was cheap and Mr. Hill, by his industry, was soon enabled to purchase a farm in Miller township, to which he removed, and where he remained about two years, when he purchased a quarter section in Milford township, upon which the family lived about fifty years. These farms were in the woods, as were all farms in those days, and had to be cleared of timber by great labor.

The Milford township farm is located on what is known as Bishop street, and subsequently passed into the hands of his son David, whose family occupied it untill 1866,

In their declining years Aaron Hill and wife made their home at the residence of his son, N. N. Hill, in Mt. Vernon, where they died in 1870, within a few days of each other, aged eightyeight and eighty-six respectively.

At the age of sixteen Norman N. Hill left his father's farm and took up his residence with the family of Samuel Mott, in Mt. Vernon, Mr. Mott being at that time a leading lawyer and merchant of the place. Mr. Hill received the rudiments of his education in the old log court house that then occupied the public square, and was used, as were such buildings generally in those days, for courts, schools, and public meetings. At the age of twenty-nine he entered Mr. Mott's store as clerk; soon made himself master of the business and became managing clerk. About 1832 he purchased the stock, and began a mercantile career on his own account, which was successfully continued about forty years.' Six yearsof this time he owned and conducted a large wholesale establishment in Cincinnati.

various business enterprises in Mt. Vernon, in all of which he has been quite successful, and has amassed considerable wealth. He wasa stockholder and director in the old Knox County bank, and still continues a stockholder and director of the Knox County National bank, his connection with these institutions covering a period of twenty-eight years. For nineteen years past he has been a director in the Knox county Mutual Insurance company.

When the Springfield, Mt. Vernon & Pittsburgh railroad was in process of construction he was made secretary and treasurer of the company. About 1845 he erected the large brick building at the foot of Main street, formerly known as the Mt. Vernon woollen mills, but for many years past occupied as a warehouse. Here for nearly two years he was engaged in the manfacture of woollen fabrics, and did a large and successful business.

During all his business career he has been extensively engaged in the purchase and shipping of wool and other products, During the early days of his mercantile career, that business was conducted very differently from what it is to-day. Exchange was the rule, money the exception, and the merchant was compelled to buy all the produce of the farm and the chase if he did business. -

Mr. Hill was a large shipper, to various markets, of hogs, cattle, sheep, horses, etc., and often accompanied his shipments and superintended the sale. He remembers with lively satisfaction an occasion of thiskind. He had purchased some three hundred head of hogs and driven them to Huron (now Sandusky city), the only market then convenient. Quite a number of merchants were, at that time, doing a pork-packing business at Huron; and, although the market was lively, prices high, and merchants anxious to buy, yet when they found Mr. Hill on the ground with three hundred hogs, which they were aware he must sell at some price, or be at considerable expense in feeding and attending to them, they rather leagued together, concluding they had the advantage of him, and would compel him to sell at their own prices.

Compretending the situation, and being well known at Huron as a merchant of considerable means and good credit, he determined not to be imposed upon, and therefore announced that he would not only slaughter and pack his own pork, but would buy and pack all the pork that came to that market that he could get - in other words, he would become a competitor in the pork-packing business - and with that end in view made arrangements at the warehouse of Jenkins & Tracy for receiving and paying for pork that he might purchase on the street. This brought the Huron pork-packers to terms, and before night of the day he had determined upon becoming a competitor in the business, he had sold all his pork at the highest market price, the packers being glad to get him out of town so easily.

street. February 12, 1833, he married Mary Shaw, a daughter of John Shaw, a prominent citizen of the county. Mr. Shaw was elected sheriff in 1815, reelected in 1817, and again, for a third term, in 1828, In 1817 and 1824 he was also county collector. In 1821-2 he represented Knox and Richland counties in the Ohio senate, and in 1825 was a member of the Ohio house of representatives. In 1807 he came to Mt. Vernon from Maryland. His wife was a daughter of Michael Cramer.

here, At the date of her birth her father occupied a small tenement house on the lot now owned by Mr, John Boyd, east side of Mechanic, and south of Vine street. From there he moved to a small two-story log dwelling on the lot now occupied by Dennis Corcoran's store, on the south side of West Vine street.

Of the three children of Norman and Mary Hill but one is living, John S., who resides on a farm in Morris township, about three miles from the city.

Sarah Newell, the mother of N. N. Hill, was the daughter of Riverius Newell, a well known and well remembered pioneer of Knox county, a Revolutionary soldier, who had fought at Bunker Hill and suffered at Valley Forge. He was also in the War of 1812.

Sarah Newell was a woman of great strength of mind, cheerful disposition, and a model pioneer mother. During the War of 1812, when the Indian raid was expected, she was living in the great woods, ina cabin on the Miller township farm, and remained at home alone many days and nights, with her children, while her husband was working at his trade in Mt. Vernon. N.N. Hill says they had scooped out a hole under the puncheon floor of their cabin large enough to admit a straw bed, and when bed time came a puncheon was raised, the mother and children descended into this underground bed-room, and carefully replacing the puncheon, remained there during the night. Many nights were thus passed in those early days.

Regarding the remainder of the family of Aaron Hill; David married Laura Jeffres, and died in his thirty-fifth year; Sarah married Madison Miller and died many years ago, leaving one child, Rose, now the wife of Henry Bostwick, of Newark; Lurena married the late Dr. E. Woodward, of Mt. Vernon, and died many years ago; Lovina died young.

Norman N. is the only survivor, and has lived to see Mt. Vernon grow from a little hamlet in a wilderness of stumps, logs, and hazel-bushes, to the present beautiful city.

HILL, DAVID - family of - Milford township. David Hill, son of Aaron Hill, and brother of Norman Newell Hill whose biography appears above, was born in Vermont in 1807, came with his father to Ohio, and March 12, 1830, married Laura Jeffres, settling on the old Hill farm in Milford township, where he lived until his death, May 4, 1842. His life was a promising one, but was cut short by death. He was of medium height, slender, fine looking, very active and had accumulated some property. His wife, Laura Jeffres, who was thus left with a family of six children, was born January 28, 1811, in Douglass, Saratoga county, New York, and came with her father, John Jeffres, to this county when quite young, settling on a farm adjoining - or rather cornering - that of Aaron Hill. Their family consisted of Joan, born November 26, 1831; Charles Mortimer, December 1, 1833; Edwin L., February 15, 1835; Aaron, jr., August 7, 1837; Norman N,, jr., April 29, 1840, and Josephine E., January 2, 1843.

Joan married James Lemon, is now living in Kansas and has one child, Estella, born October 20, 1858. Charles M. died at the age of two years.

Edwin L, went to Illinois on coming of age, settling in Monticello, Piatt county, in that State, where he engaged in the mercantile business, and where he married Eliza Moffit. They had no children. Upon the breaking out of the war in 1861, he enlisted in the Forty-second Illinois infantry, and while the regiment was encamped at Paducah, Kentucky, contracted a camp disease from which he died January 23, 1862, having first been

Aaron, jr., worked on the old farm in Milford township until the war broke out, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-second Ohio National guard, and went into the hundred day service. His health not being good, the exposures of 'this campaign probably hastened his death. He died March 11, 1870, in Mansfield, Ohio, but was buried in the old Dry Creek graveyard, five or six miles west of Mt. Vernon.

Norman N., jr., went west in 1859, where he was engaged in school teaching near Monticello, when the war began in 1861, he enlisted as a private in a company raised in Champaign City, Illinois, which company was subsequently attached to the Third Missouri cavalry volunteers, and became company D of that regiment. He enlisted September 24, 1861; was in nearly all the battles and skirmishes in which the regiment was engaged; was promoted from time to time until he reached a first lieutenantcy; resigned on account of ill health, and was mustered out of the service April 20, 1864. October 16, 1873, he married Dollie Rogers, of Plymouth, Ohio. They have three children: Walter R., born June 20, 1875; Florence J., March 9, 1877, and Laura Rose, September 19, 1880.

The farm in Milford township was sold in 1866 to Arnold and William Bishop, and the family removed to Mansfield, Ohio, where they have since resided.

HILL, CHANCEY P., Fredericktown, hardware merchant, born in New York in 1820; came to Ohio in 1836 and located in Fredericktown; was married in 1842 to Ann Sargent, who was bornin Knox county in 1818. They have one child - Mary Blanch.

Mr. Hill was a soldier in the late wat and a member of company H, One Hundred and Forty-second regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry. He served out his time and was honorably discharged.

The following children are dead: Charles, February 20, 1855; Orlando, June 13, 1864. Margaret died in Knox county, at the residence of her father, in 1878.

Orlando was a soldier in the late war, a member of the Ninety-sixth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, aud was in the service till he died, June 13, 1864. He died from sickness at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Mr. Hill came to Knox county in 1851, located in Monroe township, and engaged in farming. He removed to Wayne | township in 1859, where he lived on a farm, From there he moved to Fredericktown in the spring of 1880. He has heen an active farmer of this county, and is now living a peaceful and quiet life.

HILLIER, THOMAS C., Pleasant township, a native of New York city, was born August 9, 1804. In 1805 he was brought to Ohio by his parents, Richard and Anna Hillier, who, with his family, located in Zanesville, remained until 1808, then moved to Knox county and located in Hillier township. He gave the township its name. He remained in this county until his death, in September, 1811, leaving his wife and five children, the oldest then only fourteen years of age, alone in their forest home. In 1812 the mother, with her children, returned to Zanesville. One of her sons learned the shoemaking trade, which he followed as his vocation until 1837, when he engaged in the manufacture of brick, and burning lime, which he continued several years. In 1848 he turned his attention to farming; and has since been engaged in that business. He has been married twice - first in 1825, to Miss Bathsheba Crossley, of panion departed this life. He was then united in marriage with Miss Sarah Lehew, of Zanesville, August 6, 1833. They remained in the city until 1848, when they moved on the farm where they are now living, in Pleasant township, Knox county, on the old Gambier road. Their marriage resulted in eight children, viz.: Spencer L., Emily, Thomas, George, Susan M., Albert T., Smith, and Henry - all living. Our subject had thirty grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He has been a constant member of the Baptist church since 1824.

HILLS, H. C., dealer in general house furnishing, Mt. Ver_ non, Ohio. - Mr. Hills is a native of Bristol, Ontario county, New York, and was born June 16, 1816. When he was about nine months old his father moved near Lockport, where he resided until the year 1840, when he went to Cass county, Michigan, and located on a farm and followed farming until 1866, when, in consequence of ill health, he sold the farm and came with his family to Mt. Vernon. He left his family here and returned to the pinery of Michigan and engaged in the lumber business, in which he continued four years. He then returned to Mt. Vernon and bought a half interest in the firm of Horner & Kelley, and did business under the firm name of Horner & Hills, in which they continued until 1872, when Mr. Horner sold his interest to Mr. Wells, and the business was conducted under the firm name of Wells & Hills until 1877, when Mr, Hills bought Mr. Wells' interest, after Mr. Wells death, and has since been sole proprietor.

The business in the hands of Mr. Hills has been a success, and he carries a stock of about four thousand dollars, consisting of a full line of queensware, glassware, silverware, cutlery, wood and willow ware, wall paper, toys and notions.

HIBBETS, HENRY, Union township, was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1832, and was married in 1858 to Martha Gann, and settled on a portion of the homestead known as the Gann farm.

Martha Gann's father (Georgé Gann) was born in 1810, in Pennsylvania, and came to this county in 1834. He had four children - Jacob, Mary, Margaret, and Martha. He came here when the land was covered with timber, but he worked hard, and became one of the prominent citizens of the county. In 1873 he became dissatisfied living in Jefferson township, and wished to havea portion taken from Jefferson and attached to Union. This was much against the wishes of a majority of the people. But he circulated a petition, and by the assistance of others the south side of Jefferson township was at once attached to Unlon township. He was one of the most benevolent and charitable men of Knox county.

Henry Hibbets has three children - Osburn, born in 1859; Z. L., in 1866, and Charlie, in 1873. He has lived all his life on his present farm, his business being farming and carpentering.

HIGBIE, J. L., farmer, Liberty township, was born in Muskingum county July 14, 1820. His parents came from Duchess county, New York. Fleming Higbie, his father, married Sarah Bainey. About 1825 they came to Licking county, Ohio, remained there a short time, and subsequently lived in Clinton and Wayne townships. "They have both deceased. They had a family of eleven children, six of whom are living.

J. L. Higbie worked at home until he was about seventeen years old, then worked at the carding business for some time. In 1842 he married Miss C. Ewalt, daughter of Richard Ewalt, a pioneer. He worked for four years ona rented farm, then purchased a tract of land in Liberty township. Mr. Higbie was possessed of little property when he started in life. He purchased an axe by first borrowing one from a friend, and with it earned enough to pay for a new axe - a novel way of starting life. He has succeeded in making for himself a very comfortable and beautiful home, and adding considerable to his first purchase. He has many friends. He was the father of five children, four of whom are living. He was a member of company A, One Hundred and Forty-second regiment Ohio National guard, and served his time of enlistment.

HIGGINS, JOHN, deceased, a pioneer of Knox county, was born in Vermont in 1800. His father, Joseph Higgins, was born January 9, 1762. He served in the war of the Revolution, and was three times married. By his first wife he had eight children, one of whom is living - Polly McGee, who resides near Marietta, Ohio. By his second marriage he had four children: Two living, residing in Iowa. By his third marriage he had no children, and remained in Vermont until 1807, when he emigrated to Marietta, Ohio, where he resided until r810, when he came to Knox county, and settled about a mile east of where the village of Mt. Liberty now stands. He cut a road from where Homer now stands to the land which he had selected. The first cabin which was erected, was about the usual size of a pioneer's first habitation, probably sixteen by sixteen feet, in which a family of twelve persons lived for some time. This cabin was succeeded by a frame structure, which in turn has been succeeded by a beautiful residence occupied by J. O. Higgins, grandson of Joseph Higgins.

was about seven miles west, but these pioneers were not aware of each other's location for several years after. The subject of this notice, John Higgins, passed his early life on the frontiers,

In fact his eariy When about twentyone years of age, he attended school for about three months, and attended school after this long enough to learn to read and write and cipher. After this he was employed on several occasions to teach. Being a man of more than ordinary intellectual eapacity, he was made justice of the peace, and subsequently became familiar with the statutes of the State, and was called upon to take charge of almost every case within a range of ten or fifteen miles from his home, and is yet spoken of by many of the old inhabitants as one of the most successful contestants of hisday. For many years the law business occupied almost his entire time.

He was twice married, and his first wife was Parnell Ashley, by whom he had four children: Orange, a Disciple minister, who resides in Monroe county, Iowa; Colonel Thomas W., attorney, Pike county, Ohio; Ethan A., editor Democratic Times, Toledo, Ohio, and Henry, deceased.

Mr. Higgins died March 1, 1874, and was much esteemed for his uprightness of character and many good traits. His wife survived him until May 10, 1880. His son John D. received a common school education, and has always resided on © the homestead, being engaged in farming. He was a member of company A, One Hundred and Forty-second regiment, Ohio national guard, and was married to Miss Corrinda Bird May 13, 1858. By their union they have been blessed with six children: John W. died when four years old; Ida B., Elmer F. and Willie C.; Frank D. died when eight months old, and Olive L.

HILDEBRAND, JOHN.L., Brown township, secretary of the Jelloway Mutual Aid association, located at Jelloway, Knox county. Mr. Hildebrand was born in Hanover township, Ashland county, Ohio, December 18, 1857. He was educated in the Jelloway high school. In 1872 he' engaged as dry goods clerk with J. W. Stacher & Brother in Loudonville, where he remained two years. In 1874 he came to Jelloway and engaged as clerk in the office of the Farmers' Home Fire Insurance company, and remained with it until in the fall of 1878. He then engaged as secretary of the Jelloway Mutual Aid association, which position he is filling at present. In July, 1879, he was united in marriage with Miss Martha A. Vincent, of Jelloway, daughter of Samuel M. and Rosannah Vincent.

HILDRETH, MRS. MARY, Union township, post ottice, 'Millwood; born April 14, 1829, in Union township. Her mother died when she was very young. She was married to Samuel Hildreth January 27, 1848. They lived on the old Hildreth farm for twenty-two years. Samuel Hildreth died September 21, 1869, aged forty-five years, leaving two children, Charlotte, born June 17, 1849, and Esther Jane, January 22, 1853. Mary Hildreth's father came to this county at an early age. He was one of the old veterans of the Revolutionary war, and served four years. Hé died October 17, 1874, at ninetyone years of age. , :

At the request of her brother, Mary Hildreth moved from the old homestead near Mt. Vernon and bought her present farm, where she has lived since 1870.

HIMES, NORMAN, Unioh township, mechanic, post office, Danville, was born in Rochester, New York, December 20, 1836. His father came from England in 1799, settled in New York city, and followed butchering for about ten years; then moved to Buffalo in 1812, and conducted the butchering business for about fifteen years. In 1829 he moved to Rochester, and started a cigar manufacturing establishment, and pursued that business until 1849, when he died. His wife died in 186r. Himes remained in Rochester until 1865, and officiated in settling his father's estate. _He then removed to Cleveland, where he followed the tobacco trade until 1874, when he removed to Knox county, Ohio, and settled on a farm in Jefferson township. In 1877 he moved to Danville, where he still remains. He was married in Rochester in 1864, and his wife and two children died in Cleveland. On December 25, 1874, he married Miss Nancy Breuker. 'They have one child, Clinton, born February 28, 1876.

HINES, PHILIP J., Morris township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Jefferson township, Richland county, in 1826, was married in 1851, to Catharine Baughman, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1823, and came to Ohio at the age of five years with her parents.

They have four children, viz: Lydia A., Mary E., James D., and William F. Mr. Hines learned blacksmithing in Bellville, Richland county, and worked at that trade for several years. He came to this township in 1852, owns a farm, has been a very industrious and active man, and is a goodand peaceable citizen.

Mr. Hines' father, John W. Baughman, deceased, was born in York county, Pennsylvania, in 1792, and was married to Anna Ebersole, who was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, in 1793. They had six children, viz: Francis E., Catharine E., Lydia E., Jacob, Henry, and John E. Mr. Baughman died in 1866, and Mrs. Baughman in 1879. Both died in Richland county, Ohio.

HISSONG, WILLIAM P., Berlin township, was born in Worthington township, Richland county, in 1840, married in 1861, to Electa Ann Grubaugh, who was born in Richland county, in 1841. They had ten children: Oliver, born in 1863; Nancy, deceased; Charles, born in 1866; Lilla; in 1868; Eli, in 1870; Ira, in 1872, William, in 1873; Albert, deceased; John, born in 1878; Joseph, in 1879. Mr. Hissong came to Knox county in 1867, and has resided here since that time.

HITCHCOCK, JOSEPH, Fredericktown, deceased, was born in Pittsford, Rutland county, Vermont, March 12, 1802; was married January 7, 1833, to Eliza Wright, who was born in Hanover, New Hampshire, June 6, 1807. They had the following children, viz: Henry Chapman, was born in Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio; two infant sons died at the age of eight months; Joseph Edson was born in Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio, May 6, 1841. :

Mr. Hitchcock came to Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio, in November, 1833. He erected a brick block and engaged in the mercantile business in this town, was a leading merchant in the place, and an active and energetic man. Mr. Hitchcock was one of the constituent members of the Congregational church in this city, and was a worthy Christian gentleman. He died in Fredericktown, November 16, 1842. Mrs. Hitchcock remained here till 1853, then removed to Oberlin, Ohio, to educate her two sons.

Henry C, Hitchcock graduated at the Oberlin college, after which he attended the theological seminary in Andover, Massachusetts, and graduated at this institution, also. He engaged and has been engaged in newspaper work, writing and editing. He also attended the university college of London. been engaged with some of the leading periodicals of our larger cities, such as Cleveland and Detroit. Mr. Hitchcock is now preparing himself for the ministry.

HOGLAN, JOHN, farmer, Union township, post office, Gann, was born September ro, 1814, in Knox county, Ohio. In 1826 he came to Mt. Holly, Knox county, where he has remained until the present time. He was married to Mary Snow July 19, 1838. She died in' 1854 and left three childrem one of whom was helpless. In 1864 he married Mary Sherley, who died in 1866, leaving one child. His mother takes care of the house and his last child since the death of his wife; the other children are all married.

HOKE, PETER, Mt. Vernon, was born February 11, 1810, in York, York county, Pennsylvania, and when quite young his parents removed to Franklin county, Pennsylvania, where he remained twelve years, after which he came to Ohio and located at Steubenville, where he resided one year and then went to Wayne county, where he remained until 1839, when he came to Knox county and resided in different parts of the county: for about thirty-two years, during which he was engaged in farming and dealing in stock. He then came to Mt. Vernon, where he resided nine years, during which time he did quite an extensive business in live stock. In 1880 he removed to his present loca. tion, living in retirement. He has been twice married, his first wife was Margaret, daughter of John Clippinger, of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, by whom he had two daughters, viz.: Ann Elizabeth Hull, and Sarah Jane Wahl, deceased. Mrs. Hoke died February 23, 1835. His second wife was Sarah, daughter of Isaac Baughman, of Franklin county, Pennsylvania.

HOLLIBAUGH, JOHN F., Fredericktown, shoemaker, was born in Richland county, in 1832, and was marreid in 1858 to Louisa Hughes, who was born in Knox county in 1837. They have seven children: Lee P., Delphine, Flora, Estella L., Fred R., Wilbert, and Ethel.

Mr, Hollibaugh learned the shoemaker's trade, and has since worked at that business. He is a member of the firm of D. W. Condon & Co., dealers in boots and shoes.

HOLLISTER, ZACHARY T., Milford township, farmer, was born in Knox county, September 5, 1850, and is the son of Almon and Nancy Hollister, zee Myers.

Almon Hollister was born in Litchfield county, Connecticut, January 20, 1808, and came to Knox county with his parents in 1817. They settled in Miiford township, and were among its pioneers. He resided in Milford township until his death, which occurred August 8, 1878. He married Nancy Myers, a native of Richland county, in 1831. She was born in 1813. They had eight children, one of whom died in infancy - George, deceased; Lydia Ann, who married Elijah Leedy; Eli; Louisa, who married James H. Myers; Clarinda, who married E. A. Caven; Cassius; and Zachary T.

HOLMES, LEMULL, retired, Monroe township, was born in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, March 11, 1798. In 1812 he moved to Baltimore with his parents, Samuel and Patience Holmes, where he engaged as dry goods clerk for four years. In 1818 he engaged in the grocery business, which he followed about four years. In 1822 he married Miss Mary T. Newton, of Baltimore, born in Connecticut August 5, 1805, and was taken to the city when but a child. In June, 1824, they moved to Ohio, located in Zanesville a short time, then moved to West Bedford, Coshocton county, Ohio. In 1828 he purchased and moyed ona farm in the same county, remained there about nine years, and in 1837 moved to this county, and located on the farm in Monroe township, where they are now living. Their union resulted in five children: Samuel J., Mary R., Malvina, Josiah H., and Adaline. Mary R. and Adaline have deceased.

In 1828 he turned his attention to farming, which business he has since been following, until a few years since, when he retired from business and is now living a retired life. He has been a member of church since 1818. His wife connected herself with the church in 1835, and has since been a constant member.

HOLMES, J. H., farmer, a native of Coshocton county, Ohio, and son of Lemuel and Mary Holmes, zce Newton, was born on the eighteenth day of June, 1830. He was brought to this county by his parents in 1836, who located in Monroe township, on the farm where they now reside.

He was reared a farmer and has made farming and stock-raising his principal vocation through life. October 16, 1855 he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah C. Wasson, of Delaware county, Ohio, born November 22, 1833, daughter of William and Lucy Wasson. Their first permanent settlement was on the farm in Monroe township, this county, where they are now living. They settled on this farm a few years after their marriage. 'They have a family of five children, two sons and three daughters.

HONEY, WILLIAM O'B., Morgan township, farmer, was born in Morgan township, April 17, 1832; is the eldest son of James Honey, and the only son of a family of five children. He was reared on a farm, and educated in the common-schools. He is a leading citizen, taking an active interest in the affairs of the township. He has held nearly all the offices of the township, and administered them with strict fidelity.

Mr. Honey received a commission from General Todd as colonel of Knox county militia, and held the commission until the repeal of the law. He is a leading member of the Owl Creek Baptist church. He was married to Miss Ellen F. Harris March 21, 1861, a daughter of mor B. Harris, a native of Miter township, now a resident of Red Oak, Iowa. They had a family of seven children, viz,: Emma V., born August 17, 1862; Frank, March 2, 1864; Mary, November 8, 1865; James H., March 14, 1863; William Burgess, January 21, 1870; Addie J., November 20, 1871, and Roxey I., August ro, 1875.

HONEY, JAMES, Morgan township, pioneer farmer, was born in Fauquier county, Virginia, June 20, 1794, and is the twelfth child of a family of thirteen. His father died when the subject of our sketch was young. His mother, with the family of ten children, came to Ohio in 1818, and settled in Morgan township. She died in Morgan. The family are all dead except Lucinda Powlson, a resident of Coshocton county, Ohio, and the subject of this notice, who was reared on a farm and has always followed farming as his vocation. He was married to Susan Sellers in 1830, daughter of Jacob Sellers. "They had a family of six children, three living, being William O. R., farmer of Morgan township; Nancy, wife of William Musser, a farmer; Caroline, M., Margaret J., married to James HH: Cooksey. An infant and Mary Elizabeth have died.

HOOK, MR. AND MRS. EZRA,' East Gambier, Mt. Vernon. Mr. Hook isa native of Licking county, Ohio, where he was born March 25, 1820, and where he resided until 1847, being engaged in farming; was married December ro, 1844, to Miss Honor Hunt, daughter of Jonathan Hunt, who was one of the earliest pioneers of Knox county. After their marriage they resided three years in Licking county, when, in 1847, they bought her father's farm, and her parents made their home with them during the balance of their lives. Mr. Hook still gives his attention to farming, but has resided in the city, since which Mrs. Hook has been keeping a first-class boarding-house. They have had a family of three children, one of whom, their eldest daughter, Sarah E., is deceased, who died in her twentythird year. Thomas J. and Alice G. are the names of the surviving ones.

HUNT, JONATHAN, Mt. Vernon, was a native of New Jersey, and was born October 23, 1780. His birthplace was in sight of the memorable battlefield of Princeton. When he was about nine years of age his parents emigrated to Washington county, Pennsylvania, and located at Cross creek. When he was quite young he apprenticed himself to learn the wagonmaker trade, at which he served a term, and which he folowed as a business for many years.

He was matried to Miss Honor Wells (who was born January 9, 1782) about the year 1804, and in the year 1806 he emigrated to Ohio, in company with John Doty and John Boyle, and located, or took a squatter's claim, on which he remained some time before he knew to whom the section belonged. After ascertaining the rightful owner, he bought a farm and erected a cabin thereon. They had Indians for neighbors, and could see as many as thirty and forty camp-fires in the evenings. Some time after his arrival there was a competition in regard to the location of the county seat. At that time there were only three cabins in Mt. Vernon, and in order to insure the court house being located there, the settlers turned out and cleared off a site for the proposed court house, felling trees and rolling logs where the compact blocks of the city now stand.

In 1847 his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Hook, purchased the home farm, with whom they lived the balance of their lives. Mr. Hunt died March 23, 1864, and Mrs. Hunt died October 9, 1869. Thus ended in peace and happiness the lives of two that were among the earliest pioneers of Knox county, leaving the fruits of their labors after them to be enjoyed by their descendants and their many friends, who greatly revere their memory.

HOOKWAY, SAMUEL, Liberty township, farmer, was born in the county of Devonshire, England, in 1824. His father was a farmer, and he was reared on a farm. In 1851 he emigrated to Mt. Vernon, Ohio. In December, 1861, he enlisted in company H, Twentieth Ohio volunteer infantry, and participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburgh, and in the campaign with Sherman from Atlanta to Savannah, participating in all the different engagements of that memorable campaign. He was discharged at Savannah after serving his adopted country faithfully for three eventful years. After his return home he worked in the Cooper machine works until 1868, when he purchased the farm on which he now resides and moved on it.

He is a good farmer, and his farm shows that he was well educated as a farmer. He is possessor of a fine flock of thorough-bred sheep. Mr. Hookway began life poor. His mother died in England, and his father, Richard Hookway, came to the United States in 1874. He resides with him. Mr. Hookway was twice married. His first wife was Susannah Pickard. They had five children. His second wife was Miss Sarah F. Pitkin. They were married October 1, 1878. She is the daughter of Rev. Pitkin, a retired minister of Milford township.

HOOVER, I. M., marble and granite dealer, corner West Gambier and Mulberry streets, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. - Israel Hoover, of the firm of I. M. Hoover, was born in Licking county, November 13, 1820, and followed farming until he was twentythree years old, when he went to the trade of marble cutting in Galena, Ohio, where he served two years, and then went to Columbus, where he put in two years more, after which he went to London, Madison county, and carried on a shop two years. He then returned and bought out the heirs of the old homestead where he engaged in farming and in the marble business for eleven years, a part of which time he had a partner in the marble business. In 1875 he came to Mt. Vernon and engaged in the marble business, which he carried on until the business was transferred to his brother, who conducts it for him. They carry a stock of about fifteen hundred dollars and manufacture all kinds of marble momuments and tombstones, and deal in all kinds of granite work.

HOPKINS, JOHN 'W., Hilliar township, merchant, Centreburgh, Ohio, was born in Green county, Pennsylvania, December 6, 1839. Levi Hopkins, his father, owned a mill and farm, and when John was old enough he learned the trade of milling in his father's mill. He remained at home until May, 1861, when he enlisted in company F, First Pennsylvania cavalry. He was with the Army of the Potomac and participated in the battles of Fredericksburgh, Cedar Mountain, and second Bull Run. December 6, 1862, he was discharged on account of physical disability, contracted while in the service. After his return home he was engaged in business at Hopkin's Mills, Pennsylvania, in a country store, and also in milling business. In 1868 he left his native State, and came to Ohio, settling in Morrow county, where he was engaged at farming for three years. In 1871 he gave up farming and opened a store at Rich Hill, in which he was successful. In connection with his store he was postmaster. In the spring of 1876 he came to Centreburgh and opened a store. He carries a full line of staple and fancy goods, as well asa general assortment. He has succeeded in building up a good trade, doing a business of twenty-one thousand dollars per year. He has the confidence of the public, as he is straightforward in his business, and does not allow any to misrepresent. He is social and pleasant in his manners, liberal in his views, and takes an active interest in all matters which tend to the building up of the community. He was married to Miss Lucinda Swartz, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, March ro, 1864. As a result of this marriage they have two bright and intelligent daughters.

HORN, ABRAHAM, was born January 2, 1813, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and was married March 16, 1837, to Miss Rebecca Staats, who was born January 28, 1818, in Butler township. They have had ten children, viz: Catharine, Jacob, Louisa, Joseph S., Maria, Mary M., Magdalena, Selonia Alice, Rebecca Jane, William Osborn, Benjamin Franklin; all living except Joseph S. and Benjamin Franklin. Joseph S. was wounded at Big Shanty, Georgia, June 22, 1864, and died the following day. Benjamin F. died September 30, 1862. Catharine married to William J. Withrow April 22, 1860. Jacob was married to Isabella Withrow June 22, 1861.

county, Ohio, in 1816. He was married March 12, 1845, to Miss Keuren Happuch Morningstar, who was born in Knox county, Ohio, March 10, 1818. They have had six children, viz: Abrahgm, born October 3, 1845; Elizabeth, born June 7, 1847; William, born September 5, 1849; Solomon, born October 1, 1857: Alonzo, July 11, 1857; Mary Ellen, July 9, 1860; all living except Alonzo, who died January 27, 1863. Mr. Horn is owner of two hundred and eleven acres of good farming land.

HORN, SOLOMON, farmer. township, born November 23, 1820. He was married August 14, 1845, to Sarah Staats. They have had six children: George W., Eli F., Lewis L., Joseph N., Landora E., and Calvin Wheeler. Lewis died February 19, 1863; Landora E. died November to, 1870.

HORN, GEORGE W., carpenter, post office, Pipesville; was born in Jackson township, Knox county. Ohio, on the thirtieth day of May, 1846. He was married August, 23, 1866, to Miss Elizabeth Ann Giffin, daughter of Hiram and Mary Giffin. She was born December 8, 1847. They have one child, viz: Willis Elmore, who was born in Butler township, July 17, 1868. Mr. Horn wasa member of company F, Second Ohio heavy artillery, and served during the war. He is a Republican, and is a member of the Knox county central comcommittee from Butler township. -

HORN, WILLIAM, was born in Jefferson township, Knox county, Ohio, on the fifth day of September, A. D. 1849. May 21, 1871, he was married to Ellen Giffin, daughter of Hiram Giffin. They have had one child, Marie Mc - - , who was born April 21, 1874, and died December 28, 1879.

HORN, WILLIAM R., was born November 17, 1850, in Union township, Knox county, Ohio. March 29, 1874, be was married to Miss Mary Jane Green, of Monroe township, Knox county, Ohio. They have had one ceild, Maria, born December 18, 1876.

HORN, ELI, farmer, post office address, Bladensburgh. Mr. Horn is owner ofa very fine farm on the beautiful prairie in the northeast corner of Clay, and is a well-to-do citizen.

Horner was born in Millwood, Knox county, Ohio, May 18, 1836. When William was a child his parents removed to Roscoe, Coshocton county, and from there to Cavalo, this county, and from Cavalo the parents moved on to a farm in the country where they resided some six years. From this farm William came to Mount Vernon and engaged in learning the carpenter and joiner trade with Giles & Emery. After completing his trade he went to Iowa and worked at his trade in various parts in that then frontier State for some fourteen years. In 1871 he came back to Mt. Vernon, and in company with John P. Kelly, opened out under the firm of Horner & Kelly, a queensware and house furnishing establishment, which they continued nearly two years, when, in the fall of 1872, Mr. Horner took charge of the Union Express office, then just opened in this city, where he still remains, In consequence of entering into competition with the United States Express company, which had been doing business in Mt. Vernon for many years, the business of the new company was light during its first year or two. The Union's business afterwards increased rapidly, so that at present the company is doing a business amounting from ten thousand to twelve thousand dollars per annum.

During Mr. Horner's stay in Charleston, Cole county, Illinois, in 1861, he enlisted in the United States service, and joined the Eighth Illinois regiment, R. J. Oglesbee, colonel. This regiment was organized for the three months' service. In September, 1862, Mr. Horner again volunteered, and joined the One Hundred and Twenty-third regiment Illinois volunteer infantry, and was commissioned as second lieutenant, in which capacity he served until the nineteenth day of December, 1863, when he resigned his commission and retired from service. His next engagement was with the Adams Express company, as messenger, running over the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & Columbus railroad, from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh, in which capacity he continued until the spring of 1865. Leaving the express company Mr. Horner returned to Ilinois, remaining there until his return to Mt. Vernon in 1870.

During the rebellion he was a member of the celebrated Wilder brigade, and was engaged at Hoover's Gap, in the three days' fight at Chickamauga, Wheeler's raid, and at Farmington, Tennessee.

HOSACK, CYRUS, Fredericktown; druggist, was born in Richland county in 1832, and married Albia Foote, who was born in Knox county. They have three sons, viz: Harry E., Fred F., and William A. Mr. Hosack has been a citizen of this county twenty-one years. He was engaged in the late war as assistant surgeon of the One Hundred and Eighty-third regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, retaining his position to the close of the war.

Since the war he has been engaged in the drug business in Fredericktown, and also keeps a line of books and stationery. He has been successful in the mercantile business; has doné much to advance the interests of the town, and is now one of its leading and most enterprising citizens. Mr. Hosack takes an interest in good horses, and is part owner of a horse called the Crown Prince, which is sixteen hands and two inches high, a rich black, with strong, heavy bones, and weighs one thousand nine hundred pounds. This horse has won the first premium and sweepstakes at every place he has been exhibited since com-

Pennsylvania, February 18, 1799, and was married to Sophia Pinyard, September 9, 1819. He visited the State of Ohio. in 1821, and, being pleased, returned home, and after disposing of his goods and chattels, emigrated to Knox county, landing in Hilliar township on the fonrth of February, 1822. He resided in the township until the twentieth of July, 1822, when he removed to Clay township, where he cleared up a farm that he purchased from the Government. After a residence of several years in Clay, he removed to Jackson township, where he has resided ever since. He was the first man to locate in the village of Bladensburgh. He has been engaged in the mercantile business, hotel keeping, and various other employments since his removal to Jackson.

Mr. Houck was married to Avaline Bebout September 30, 1862. Three children were the fruit of this union: Anthony E., George W., and Lewis B.

HOWES, M. P., Fredericktown, railroad agent, was born in this county, in 1843, and was married in 1872 to Elizabeth Love, who was born in this county. They have one son, Wheeler E., who was born in Fredericktown, May 26, 1874. Mr. Howes has been with the Baltimore & Ohio railroad company as ticket agent at this place about sixteen years, is a live business man, and an obliging agent.

HUBBELL, GEORGE B., Hilliar township, physician, Rich Hill post office, was born in Bloomfield township, Knox county, now Morrow county, August 21, 1819. His parents were among the early settlers of that county, having come from Connecticut in 1816, and located in that section, where Preston Hubbell, father of the subject of this notice, died in 1822. His wife still survives him at the age of eighty-two years. She is bright for one of her age, and remembers much of the early history of the settlement. George spent his youth on the farm. When he was about twenty years of age he commenced reading medicine with Dr. Page, with whom he read for one year, and then went to Bath county, Kentucky, and read two years with his uncle, Dr. Burton Hubbell. After his course of reading he returned to his native place and began the practice, and remained about six years, then went to Centreville, Delaware county, Ohio, where he practiced for fourteen years, and then went to Indiana; thence to Kansas, where he remained for some time, and returned to Indiana, and thence to Morrow county, Ohio. While in the west he was mostly engaged in farming. In 1876 he moved to Rich Hill, where he has since followed his profession.

Mr. Hubbell has been a consistent member of the Methodist church since he was twenty-one years old. He has been temperate in his habits, and never recollects of having taken any spirituous liquors as a beverage, and he has never to his recollection been guilty of profanity. He isa man of will power, and can resist the tempter. In 1880 'he was elected justice of the peace, and will no doubt fill the position with ability and good judgement.

1807. He spent his boyhood on a farm. In March, 1828, he emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, and lived with his brotherin-law, John Buckingham, in Morgan township, during the summer, and in the fall of the same year he moved to Mt. Vernon, and remained there three or four years. He made frequent visits to his native county in Pennsylvania, during that time. In 1830 he commenced dealing in stock of all kinds, buying and driving it east, which he made a specialty for about twenty years, then retired from the business, and since 1850 gave all his attention to farming and stock-raising.

In 1832, while on one of his visits to his native county, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Ellston, of Jefferson, Greene county, Pennsylvania. He returned to Knox county with his wife, and settled in Martinsburgh, where they lived until in 1858, when he purchased and moved ona farm near Martinsburgh, and remained on the farm ten years. In 1848 he sold his farm and moved his family back, to Martinsburgh. On the eighth day of January, 1850, he purchased the farm in Morgan township, now occupied by his son Thomas O., and moved his family on this farm during the same year, where they reinained twenty years. January 8, 1870, he purchased the farm in Pleasant township, where he lived until his death, March 24, 1881. e

Mr. and Mrs. Hughes became the parents of seven children: One daughter deceased at the age of five years; a son, only twelve years of age, was killed by a horse running away with him while raking hay with a horse-rake ; the other five, Mary, John, Catharine, Thomas O., and Sarah, grew to be men and women. John died in Missouri, in 1869, the others are living. Mrs. Hughes died September 7, 1850.

Mr. Hughes second marriage was with Miss Margaret Weaver, of Licking county, Ohio, born in Virginia, July 23, 1827, and came to Licking county, Ohio, in 1839, who is still living.

HUGHES, ISAAC (deceased), Morris township, was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1825, and was married to Catharine Watson, who was born in Montgomery township, Washington county, Maryland, in 1825. They had one son, Matthew T., who was born in Pleasant township, this county, February 8, 1867.

HULL, JOHN, farmer, post office, Howard, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1806. He moved to Wheeling, Virginia, and remained there six years; he then removed to Coshocton county, Ohio, where he lived sixteen years. From thence he went to Howard, where he has remained until © the present time.

In 1810 the Indians broke into one of his neighbors' houses and killed the whole family. Colonel Williams raised a body of men to fight the Indians, John Hull's father being among them. It was his first skirmish with the savages.

HULL, JACOB, physician, post office, Howard, was born June 22, 1841. In 1858 he went to Illinois and worked ona farm in summer and taught school in winter for about five years. The last year he commenced the study of medicine. He has been a citizen of Howard since 1874, and has quite an extensive practice.

HULL, WILLIAM, farmer, Howard township, post office, Howard, was bornin Knox county February 28, 1826. In 1852 he removed to the farm where he now resides. The same year

They had three Mary Adeline; Elizabeth born August 9, 1859; William T., born November 26, 1861; died September 10, 1862. Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Hull died March tro, 1865.

HUNT, JOHN E., son of David Hunt, is a najive of Jefferson county, Ohio, where he was born February 1, 1825, is the fifth of a family of eleven children, of whom five are living. The family came to Knox county and located in Monroe township in 1838, upon a farm. David Hunt died August 24, 1867, since which time the family has been widely scattered. Mr. Hunt was married May 9, 1847, to Miss Rebecca Glaze, daughter of Adam Glaze, an early settler of Knox county, now dead. He had a family of four children, three of whom are living, viz: Eldon B, Helen, and Anna. Eldon married Josephine Osborn, and has two children. Helen married S. P. Fogwill. Anna resides with her parents.

Mr. Hunt's early life was spent on the farm; he has been engaged in various kinds of business, quite a number of years being spent in the mercantile trade; at present is engaged in dealing in fresh fish, oysters, etc.

HUNTER, GEORGE, Union township, farmer, post office Danville, born in Union township, Knox county, January 20, 1821. His father came from Pennsylvania, and was captain of a boat on the Ohio river, remaining in this business for a number of years, but finally came to this county and settled on a farm.

Mr. Hunter was married to Marion Bell in 1845. They have seven children, viz: Frances, Matica, Matilda, Mary Ellen, Leander, Lyman, and Milond. Two daughters and one son are married, and the others are living with their father.

HUNTER, DAVID, Pike township, farmer, post offie North Liberty, born in Wayne county, Ohio, in 1817, ana was married in 1842 to Mary Waits, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1818. They had seven children, viz: Aquila, born in 1844; Cyrus, in 1845; Ellen Jane, in 1848; David B., in 1849; James S., in 1851; Esther O., in 1854; and Mary E., in 1862.

Aquila Hunter was a soldier in the late war, a member of the Ohio National guards, and died at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, in 1865. David B. died in 1850. Mr. Hunter came to Knox county in 1843. He has been treasurer of Pike township about thirty-two years, and 'still holds that office, which speaks well for his integrity.

*HURD, HON. ROLLIN C. Mr. Hurd was born at West Arlington, Bennington county, Vermont, on the twelfth day of September, 1815. Asahel Hurd, his father, was a well-doing farmer; prominent as an influential citizen, who at one period of his life represented his town in the legislature, and to whom was also committed other public trusts.

In the days of his early boyhood, young Rollin's time was divided between the common school and giving assistance to his father, in the usual routine of farm employment. At the age of twelve years, he was sent toa boy's boarding school, at Norwich, Connecticut, where he received the first rudiments of an academic education.

In 1831, Professor Herman Dyer, of Kenyon college, formerly of the same county in Vermont, being on a visit to his native town, his attention was called to his néighbor's son, then at home; and through his (the professor's) advice, it was arranged that the youth should accompany the former to Gambier, the seat of Kenyon college, with the view to his education in that institution.

Under the guardianship of Professor Dyer, young Hurd accompanied him to Ohio, and at the opening of the classes in 1831, Was regularly entered at the ''grammar school" attached to Kenyon college, and of which the late Judge Finch was then tutor. He subsequently entered the college proper, in the 1egular course forthe class of 1836, but for reasons that hastened him to enter upon the active duties of life, and solely from these private considerations, he withdrew from his college course of studies at the end of his second year, to enter the office of the late Benjamin S. Brown, in Mt. Vernon, as a student at law.

It was during his college course that he became acquainted with Miss Mary B. Norton, daughter of the late Daniel S. Norton, a prominent citizen of Mt. Vernon, which resulted in a mutual attachment. On the fourteenth of August, 1836, they were married, and shortly afterwards commenced housekeeping in the old Kratzer house, so called, then situated where the Judges' office now stands, and on the same lots on which he subsequently erected his beautiful residence, which he continued to own and occupy down to the'time of his death.

Judge Hurd was admitted to the bar about the first of April, 1837, and applied himself with great zeal to the study and duties of his profession. The death of his preceptor the year following created a vacancy in the few offices that then chiefly controlled the legal business of the county, and the industry, application, and legal ability of Mr. Hurd made him prominent to the public eye, as the fitting and proper successor to fill that vacancy. He therefore immediately took position by the side of the older members of the profession then in full practice, and by faithful study and strict attention to his cases, he rapidly. rose in reputation and public confidence, and soon placed himself, deservedly, in the foremost ranks of the profession.

Judge Hurd was eminent at the bar, not only for profound legal learning, but also for a quick perception of the strong points of his case, for a clear consecutive mode of thought, and a logical, comprehensive grasp of his subject, that enabled him with clear analysis to present his premises and conclusions with great effect. When to these qualities were added zeal and earnestness of manner, and a remarkable candor and fairness in the statement of facts, his power with the court and jury was always very sure to win for him all the success to which his case was entitled - sometimes, perhaps, more than its merits deserved. : ;

With these distinguished abilities, his practice had become wide and extended, embracing as well cases in the United States courts of the northern district, as in the State courts of many of the counties of which it is composed. He was also admitted to the bar of the supreme court of the United States, 'at Washington, on the ninth of January, 1863. ,

In 1852 he accepted the nomination of the Whig party as its candidate for judge of the court of common pleas for the judicial district, and was elected. He filled this position with great credit to himself, and with satisfaction to the bar and the people of the district, for five years.

year of his resumption of practice, that he found leisure to prepare and write his work on Habeas Corpus, now a standard work in the profession, and found in every good law library.

For the last three or four years of his life Judge Hurd applied the great energies of his mind chiefly to the organization of the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon & Columbus railroad company, and to the success of the object of this enterprise. In this great and useful public work he became so absorbed that for the last few years he was compelled to relinguish, in a considerable degree, the duties of his legal profession. In his new role he proved himself equally successful. And by the application of the natural forces of his mind - his energy, good judgment, personal influence and administrative ability - as president of the company, he carried the road through to its completion, successfully and triumphantly, and it now stands as an important link in one of the greatest thoroughfares of our country, and a monument of his latest success. It is well said that for this act alone the citizens of Mt. Vernon, and of the entire region through which the road passes, will ever cherish his memory, and feel that his loss is a public calamity.

Judge Hurd, by his marriage with Miss Norton, who survives him, has had seven children, three of whom died in infancy, and one, the late Rollin Hurd, jr., about two years prior to his father's decease. Those who survive are Hon. Frank H. Hurd, of Toledo; Mrs. John S. Delano, now of Colorado, and Mts. Robert Clarke, of Washington City; all of whom, with the beloved wife of his youth, as well as of his mature years, were permitted, through a kind Providence, to minister to his wants in his protracted sickness, and to be present at his bedside in his last moments.

He died at one o'clock on Thursday morning, the twelfth of February, 1874. Disease that baffled the most skilful efforts to arrest its progress, had given its warning for some months; but hope remained with its delusions. When the final summons came he sank to rest so calmly, so quietly, it was as if but gentle sleep had wrapped him in her arms.

HURFORD, CRAWFORD, Pleasant township, a native of Pennsylvania, was born in Fayette county, June 4, 1822, was reared a farmer, and followed that as his vocation until 1846. He emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, in 1844, and located in Pleasant township, on a farm now known as the Hurford mill farm, wheie he is now living. ,

In 1846 he erected the Hurford grist-mill, a frame structure, thirty-six by forty, three stories high, containing two run of buhrs, which has the capacity for manufacturing from ten to fifteen barrels of flour per day. He operated the mill successfully until 1866, when he sold it, and again turned his attention to farming, which business he has since been engaged at. In June, 1848, he married Miss Mahala Lee, of Utica, Licking county, Ohio, daughter of John Lee, born in June in 1817. They settled on the Hurford mill farm, where he is now residing. They have two children: Amelia and Thomas D. Mrs. Hurford died March 4, 1880. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church since 1839. Mrs. Hurford was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church from 1835 until the time of her death.

In 1863 he connected himself with an independent company. In the spring of 1864 his company was ordered out, and remained about four months in the service in the war of 1861. He is aman well known in the neighborhood, and esteemed by all of his acquaintances. ;

HURST, CHARLES H., Fredericktown, born in Germany in 1842, came to America at the age of thirteen years, and first located in Plymouth, Richland county,

Ohio. He came to Fredericktown in 1875. In 1863 he inarried Catharine Swope, who was born in Crawford county in 1842. They have four children, viz: Edward, born in 1863; George, in 1869; William, in 1870, and Artie in 1874.

Mr. Hurst enlisted in the late war in company I, First regiment, Ohio artillery, and remained till the close of the war. He isa member of the firm of Braddock & Hurst, butchers. They have established a good business in Fredericktown and vicinity.

HUTCHISON, LEANDER, son of John and Elizabeth Hutchison, was born in Licking county, Ohio, one mile south of Homer, April 28, 1828. He is a carpenter by trade, and followed carpentering as his vocation until a few years since when he turned his attention to farming, which he is engaged in at present. In 1852 he married Miss Nancy J. Vernon, born in 1829, daughter of Joseph Vernon. Their union resulted in two children, one son and one daughter. He served three years in the war of 1861, enlisting in company B, Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, and was discharged at the expiration of his term of enlistment.

HYATT, PHILIP, was a native of Montgomery county, Maryland, born October 11, 1795. He was married to Miss Rizpah, daughter of Joseph Watkins, of the same county, July 18, 1822. She was born October 31, 1802. They resided in Montgomery county, Maryland, until 1833, during which time they had a family of six children, viz: Luther L., born May 21, 1823; Ann Riggs, October 30, 1824; Susan Matilda, January 2r, 1826; Philip H., March 18, 1828; Joseph H., February 19, 1830; Elizabeth S., March 1, 1832.

In 1833 Mr. Hyatt came to Knox county, and settled on a farm in Liberty township, where he remained until 1868, during which time six more children were born to them, as follows: John Thomas, born April 14, 1834; Columbia Ann, April 19, 1836; Caroline, April 25, 1838; Oliver, November 30, 1840; Maria, August 4, 1842, and Columbus D., June 8, 1845, making a family of twelve children, all of whom lived to maturity. Three are now dead and two remain single, the rest being married and have families. In 1868 Mr. Hyatt came to Mt. Vernon, where he lived until his death. May 16, 1873. Mrs. Hyatt is still living, at the advanced age of seventy-eight years.

HYATT, LUTHER L., farmer, Wayne township, post office, Fredericktown, born in Montgomery county, Maryland, in 1823; emigrated to Ohio in 1832, and was married in 1851, to Fanny Smith, who was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1829. They had four children: Charlie, born in 1854; Louella, 1856; Carrie, 1859, and John, 1865. Mrs. Fanny Hyatt died in 1867, in Liberty township. She was a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Hyatt was subsequently married to Matilda Walker, who was born in Knox county, in 1823, and died in 1877. She was a member of the United Presbyterian church. Mr. Hyatt's third marriage was to Kate D. Wolfe, who was born in 1835. Mr. Hyatt located in Wayne township in 1870, and owns a well improved farm.

HYATT, L., Washington, Liberty township, deceased, was born in Maryland in 1830, and came to Ohio with his parents. He spent his youth on a farm and was a farmer by occupation. He enlisted in company A, One Hundred and Forty-second reg- iment Ohio National guard. While in the service he was on picket duty where he was taken with congestive chills of which he died in August, 1864, and was buried near Point of Rocks, in Virginia. He was a good citizen and was esteeemed by his neighbors. He married Miss Sarah A. Hurd May 27, 1853, who was born in July, 1835, in Cornwall county, England. She is a daughter of John and Griselda Hurd, natives of England. John Hurd was born July 25, 1801. In 1834 he married Griselda Gilbert, who was born in 1810. They were both farmers' children. They remained in England until 1842, when they emigrated to Gambier, but subsequently lived in Mt. Vernon, and in 1849 moved on the farm in Liberty township, which he had previously purchased. They had a family of five children. The subject of this notice, Mrs. Hyatt, had three children, viz.: Martha E., deceased; George W., born March 12, 1856; Sildia, December 17, 1862.

HYATT, A. J., M. D., Brown township, was born in Coshocton county, September 25, 1835. His parents were early settlers there, emigrating from Maryland, where they were born. The subject of this memoir remained at home until about eighteen years of age, when, being the youngest of the family and allowed his time, he determined to obtain an education. Impressed with this idea, he entered the Martinsburgh academy, then under the charge of Rev. John Burns. After his limited means were exhausted he began teaching. By doing this during the winter, and by attending school during the summer, he was enabled to complete a thorough course in study. He acquired an excellent reputation as teacher, and was enabled to educate himself entirely by his own efforts.

In 1855 he began the study of medicine with Dr. Isaac Putnam, of Mt. Holly. He attended medical lectures at Ohio Medical college, at Cincinnati, during the term of 1857-58. In March, 1859, he began the practice of medicine in Greersville.

In 1861 Dr. Hyatt was married to Miss Catharine Smith, of this county. Soon after the doctor sold his practice in Greersville to Dr. Welker, and in 1862 removed to Nashville, Holmes county, where, in September, his wife died. December 3d, of the same year, he removed to Jelloway, where, for eighteen years, he has resided and and enjoyed a good practice.

In 1867 Dr. Hyatt received the honorary decree of M. D., from the Charity Hospital college of Cleveland. In December, 1871, the doctor was again married to Miss Emma J. Gains. They are the parents of three children: John J., Dwight, and Roby, who died at the age of eighteen months.

HYATT, ISAAC, Union township, mechanic, post office, Gann. - He was born September 22, 1822, in Coshocton county, Ohio. In 1845 he was married to Miss R. Stoonee, and lived in Coshocton county for a few years, and then moved to Jefferson township, where they still remain. He has two children living - Martin and Rosannah, They have lost three. Nathan died in the late war. Lewis died in Illinois, and Peter died at home. Isaac Hyatt's business has been farming, wagon making, and carpentering; but he has paid strict attention to carriage and wagon making for the last twenty-two years. Martinis now engaged in the business with his father, and they are running at present a large wagon and buggy manufacturing establishment, which is quite successful. Their business is large and still improving.