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Herrington. Earl, was born in Otsego county, N. Y., March 13, 1848, son of Caleb G. and Adelina (Wiltsie) Herrington, both natives of Otsego county. The grand- father, Caleb Herrington, spent his life in Otsego county, on the farm his father settled and where he died. Caleb G., father of Earl, came to Woodhull in 1859, where he died September 15, 1883, aged sixty-one years, and his widow is still living at seventy-two years of age. Mr. Herrington was a Republican in politics, and was justice of the peace for nine years. Earl Herrington was educated in the common schools, after which he engaged in farming, and now owns eighty-four acres of land, which he cleared. He also sold 140 acres to a brother. He is a Republican in poli- tics, and is now serving his second term as commissioner of highways. He is a mem- ber of Elkland Lodge, No. 800, I. O. O. F., also of the Osceola Tent, No. 160, K. O. T. M., and of the K. of H., Osceola Lodge, No. 847, and is also a member of the Osceola Grange, No. 957. In 1871 Mr. Herrington married Angeline Spence, who was born in Otsego county, N. Y., by whom he had one son, Eddie, who was born April 22, 1873, and was educated in the common schools and the graded schools of Osceola, Pa,
Hollis, E. T., was born in Tioga, Pa., October 3, 1835, son of Thomas and Mary A. (Crook) Hollis, Thomas was a native of Gilbertsville, Otsego county, and Mrs. Hollis was a native of Bainbridge, Chenango county. Thomas, grandfather of E. T., was a native of Derbyshire, England, and came to Otsego county when a child
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with his father, Humphrey, and lived and died in Gilbertsville. In 1833, Thomas, father of E. T., went to Tioga county, and in 1844 went to Addison. In 1853 he went to Hornellsville, where he died in 1883. He was a lumberman. His wife died in Hornellsville in 1875. E. T. was educated in Addison Academy, then began the study of law with the late Henry Sherwood, of Addison. He completed his studies with Harlo Hakes, of Hornellsville, in 1856 and in December was admitted to the bar. He began practice at Addison and was in partnership with Mr. Sherwood until 1860, when he came to Woodhull and remained until 1862, then returned to Addison. He returned to Woodhull in 1867, where he now has an extensive and successful practice. Mr, Hollis has been notary public for many years. June 25, 1860, he mar- ried Luretta G. Sherman, by whom he had one daughter: Carrie E., of Woodhull. Mrs. Hollis died in 1877, and in 1878, Mr. Hollis married Lucy Wright, of Ham- mondsport, by whom he has one child: John W., born March 15, 1879.
Judd, Madison, was born in Schoharie county, N. Y., September 23, 1835, son of Peter Judd, a son of Erastus Judd, a native of Hartford, Conn., and graduate of Yale College, and one of the prominent lawyers of Jefferson, Schoharie county, N. Y. He and two brothers settled and owned the town of Jefferson. Peter Judd, father of Madison, died in Schoharie county, and was buried in the cemetery of which he was the owner. He was a farmer, and was also first mate on a boat on the Hudson for two years. He was a Democrat in politics, and was justice of the peace. Madison Judd was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. He worked at three dollars per month on a farm, and now owns 430 acres of land in Woodhull, 140 acres in Otsego county, and is also interested in real estate in Schoharie county. He first settled in Broome county, and in 1869 he came to Woodhull where he now re- sides. He is a member of Restoration Lodge, No. 777, F. & A. M. In 1864 he mar- ried Mary Gamet, of Otsego county, daughter of Henry Gamet, one of the leading farmers of Oneonta, Otsego county, N. Y., where he lived and died. Mr. and Mrs. Judd have two sons: Arthur and Raymond.
Houck, Dillazon S., was born in Wayne, March 26, 1847, son of Henry and Belinda (Taylor) Houck, natives of Wayne, N. Y., and New Jersey, respectively. The grand- father, Joseph Houck. was a native of London, England. He settled in the Eastern States first, then came to Steuben county, settling in Wayne, where he died. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His wife was a native of Paris. The ma- ternal grandfather, Garrett Taylor, came from New Jersey and was an early settler in Wayne. Henry Houck was a very successful farmer, owning at the time of his death, in 1883, 500 acres of land. Mrs. Houck died in 1891. Dillazon S. Houck was educated at Starkey Seminary and Dundee Academy, then was engaged in teaching for five years. He was afterwards engaged in farming for eleven years, at which time he bought and run the Elmira Chilled Plow Works, which he run for seven years. He was burned out in January, 1888, when he came back on to the farm in Wayne, where he has since been engaged in farming and fruit growing. He makes a specialty of growing grapes, having a vineyard of twenty acres. In 1870 Mr. Houck married Josephine Bennett, of Yates county, who died in 1890. In 1892 he married Matilda J. Huston, of Clifton. Kansas. Mr. Houck has been justice for six years and town committeeman for eighteen years. He is a member of Lamoka Lodge, No. 480, F. & A. M.
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Horton, John, was born in the town of Phillips, Putnam county, June 29, 1823, son of Benjamin and Millie (Roe) Horton, both natives of Putnam county, N. Y. The Hortons bought the first farm in Phillips. The grandparents, John Horton and John Roe, were farmers of Putnam county. Benjamin Horton, father of John, was a farmer and teamster in Putnam county, and spent his last days with his daughter in Bethel, Conn. John Horton commenced for himself when thirteen years of age, by working in a brickyard and teaming. He came to Steuben county in 1858, where he has since resided. Mr. Horton has bought and sold several farms, the last being the Tolmenson farm of 100 acres, where he has carried on general farming since 1886. In 1855 he married Lucy Ann Lockwood, of Ulster county, by whom he had one son, John, who married Mandy Baily. He died in 1892, leaving three children: Estella, Lyman and Bertha. Their mother died in 1880. Mr. Horton enlisted in 1864, and served until the close of the war. He participated in the battle at City Point, Siege of Petersburg, battle of Five Forks, and was in the front line at Appomattox Court House, and was wounded at Hatcher's Run.
Holt, George, was born in Troupsburg, November 24, 1828, and is the second of fifteen children born to John W. and Charlotte (Wright) Holt, he a native of Ontario county, born January 27, 1807. The maternal grandfather, Truman Wright, was a pioneer of Troupsburg. The paternal grandfather, Amos Holt, died in Ontario in 1810. Jesse Wright, father of Truman Wright, spent his last days in Troupsburg. He was in seven campaigns of the Revolutionary war, and was at Lexington, White Plains, and Bennington. John W. Holt, father of George, was a farmer by occupa- tion, and for many years was highway commissioner. He died April 27, 1862, and Mrs. Holt September 1, 1870. George Holt was reared on the farm and educated at Alfred Academy. He has always followed farming, but taught school when young. In 1852 he married Eliza, daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth (Pease) Sluyter, both natives of Delaware county, who came to Troupsburg when young, and where they died. He was in the carding business. Mr. and Mrs. Holt have reared one adopted daughter, Bertha, wife of Charles Hill, a farmer of Potter county, Pa .; they have three children: Emily, Fred, and William F. September 17, 1864, Mr. Holt enlisted in Co. H, 141st N. Y. Vols., and was honorably discharged June 8, 1865. He was in the battle of Bentonville, and many skirmishes, and was with Sherman on the march to the sea. He is a member of Post Baily, No 351, G. A. R., of Troupsburg.
Hubbard, William H., was born in Owego, Tioga county, N. Y., October 6, 1840, and is the eighth of nine children born to Ansel and Mary A. (Mead) Hubbard, both natives of Dryden, N. Y., he born July 20, 1800, and she November 13, 1799. The grandparents were William R. and Mariah (Jinks) Hubbard; William R. was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and came to America at an early day in company with six broth- ers who settled in Massachusetts. He came to Tioga county, N. Y., being pioneer of that county where he died. Ansel Hubbard was a brickmaker in Owego, where he made brick for the old court house. In 1842 he settled in Troupsburg, where he died December 16, 1874, and his wife January 31, 1877. He was a Wesleyan Methodist minister. William H. Hubbard's principal occupation has been farming, and he and his wife now own a farm of 276 acres and make a specialty of dairy farming. In 1869 he married Alice R., daughter of Hiram and Amanda Morton, who were early settlers of Troupsburg on the farm now owned by Mrs. Hubbard. Mrs. Morton died
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in February, 1891. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard have these children; Minnie R., who died infancy ; William H., jr., born February 14, 1872, a farmer in Troupsburg ; Lewis M., born December 31, 1874, a farmer on the homestead; Mary A., born November 13, 1884. In September, 1861, Mr. Hubbard enlisted in Co. H, 86th N. Y. Vols., and was honorably discharged September 15, 1864. He was at second Bull Run, Freder- icksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, where he was wounded by a shell and was nine months in Lincoln Hospital. He was assessor of the town for many years, and is a member of Post Baily, No. 351, G. A. R.
Hober, Derias W., was born in Troupsburg, September 5, 1843, the eighth of nine children born to Joseph and Martha (Rodgers) Hober, born in October, 1808, and December 9, 1812, respectively. The parents of Joseph were Frederick C. and Phoebe (Conkling) Hober, who came to West Union from Schenectady. Mr. Hober was a miller by trade. He died July 15, 1863, aged ninety-three years, and Mrs. Hober died in 1874, aged ninety-eight. The mother of Phoebe Conkling lived to be 104 years old. Joseph Hober was a farmer, who came from West Union to Troups- burg in 1844, where died July 12, 1872. Mrs. Hober still survives at the age of eighty- three and lives in Canisteo. He raised and went to New York city with the first body of soldiers from Troupsburg in 1861, but was rejected on account of age. He was captain of the home militia. Derias W. was reared on the farm and educated at Troupsburg Academy, also at an academy at Deerfield, Pa. He began teaching at the age of sixteen and continued until 1889. He taught eleven years at Troups- burg Centre, four years in Texas, and three years at Minnesota. During the latter years of teaching he was also engaged in farming, which he now follows exclusively. He has a farm of 160 acres and carries on general farming. In 1879 Mr. Hober mar- ried Martha, daughter of Caleb D. and Mary E. (Fox) Holt, natives of Madison county, N. Y., and Oneida county, N. Y., respectively. The paternal grandparents were Luther and Martha (Dunbar) Holt and the maternal grandparents were Joel and Elizabeth (Forbes) Fox. Mr. Hober has served as supervisor and collector of Troupsburg. He is a member of Mcclellan Lodge, No. 649, F. & A. M., and has been master of the lodge for the past two years.
Jordan, M. V., was born in the town of Troupsburg, August 13, 1840, and is the seventh of thirteen children born to Jonathan and Clarissa (Harrington) Jordan, na- tives of Tioga, Pa., and Troupsburg, respectively. The grandparents, Daniel and Susanna (Coon) Jordan, came from the East in 1806 and settled in Tioga county, Pa., where they died. The great-grandfather, Baruch Jordan, was in the French and Indian war and the Revolutionary war. Jonathan Jordan came to Troupsburg and engaged in farming. He died in April, 1879, and his wife in January, 1894. M. V. Jordan received his education in the Troupsburg Academy, and after leaving school he engaged in farming. He now owns a farm of 186 acres, making a specialty of the production of hay. In 1865 Mr. Jordan married Lucinda M., daughter of William and Maria (Rice) Jordan, and granddaughter of Stephen Rice, the first white child born in the town of Addison. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan have one daughter, Naomi, born January 30, 1879.
Hayner, Eugene, was born in Howard, Steuben county, N. Y., in 1857. Philip Hayner, his father, was born in Germany in 1835, and is the youngest of two broth-
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ers who came to the United States in 1848, he being then but thirteen years of age. He took up the vocation of farmer which he has followed up to the present time. In 1863 he enlisted in the volunteers and participated in many battles, and was once wounded in the right arm. He is farming now in the town of Bradford, and married Mary, daughter of William Davis of Prattsburg, by whom he had five children: Alonzo, Eugene, Annetta, Philip, and Emerson. His wife died in 1870. At seven years of age Eugene Hayner began working for his board with other people, and early began to earn wages, and, by his own energy and the practice of economy, he accumulated some property, and in 1890 purchased his present farm of 157 acres on which he raised a small amount of fine stock, his specialty being driving horses, he being a practical horseman. In 1881 he married Almelad Philips, a native of Italy, Yates county, and one of six children born to Edwin and Olive (Covill) Philips.
Haynes, Rowland, was born in Chenango county, July 15, 1833, son of Samuel and Emma (Capley) Haynes, natives of Dutchess and Chenango counties, respec- tively. The grandfather, James S. Haynes, lived in Dutchess, Chenango and Chau- tauqua counties. Rowland Haynes was reared on a farm and educated in the com- mon schools. He is a farmer, and in 1870 came to Jasper where he purchased a farm of seventy-one acres and followed general farming. He was assessor one year. February 22, 1857, he married Miss Bartoo of Jasper, by whom he had five children: Carrie and Eunice, deceased, Olive, Ida, and Rosa.
Hunter, D. C., was born in Jasper, May 20, 1861, son of W. W. and Theresa L. (Lewis) Hunter, he a native of Jasper, born April 29, 1835, and she of Brookfield, Pa., born September 16, 1835. W. W. Hunter was reared on a farm and educated at Genesee College at Lima, after which he followed farming until 1862, when he en- gaged in the mercantile business. In 1881 he retired from business and his two sons, William J. and D. C., became proprietors of the store, under the firm name of Hun- ter Bros. May 30, 1883, William J. died and D. C. Hunter entered into partnership with Ezra Chatfield for three years when they dissolved partnership and Mr. Hunter has since continued the business. The building is 70 by 20 feet. Mr. Hunter was a member of Troupsburg Lodge, F. & A. M., and of Jasper Lodge until abandoned. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church, and he has been superin- tendent of the Sunday school for four years. W. W. Hunter has another son, George A., who is engaged with Tuttle & Rockwell, and one, Willie E., who died at five years of age. He has one daughter, Lucy, who is at home. D. C. Hunter was reared in the village of Jasper and educated in the common schools of Jasper. At twelve years of age he engaged as clerk in a store, and has since been connected with the mercantile business. He was postmaster during Cleveland's first adminis- tration. January 16, 1881, he married Annie E., daughter of Charles H. and Amelia (Marsh) Barns of Jasper.
Hunter, Dr. Nathaniel Perry, was born in Jasper, May 7, 1856, son of William Hunter, M. D., born August 4, 1800, son of Alexander Hunter, a native of Ireland, who came to America during the Revolutionary war, was married in Canada, re- moved to Salem, Washington county, N. Y., and soon after to Virgil, Cortland county, where he died. His wife was Polly McNeise, a native of Scotland. William Hunter, father of Nathaniel Perry, was reared on a farm and educated in the com-
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mon schools, after which he engaged in teaching for some years. He studied medi- cine and at twenty-five years of age began the practice of his profession in Jasper. June 2, 1825, he married Polly Price, by whom he had one son, Salem P. Mrs. Hunter died April 16, 1826, and May 1, 1827, he married Elenore Craig, by whom he had three children: Polly born February 29, 1828; Andrew C., born August 29, 1832; William W., born April 29, 1835. Mrs. Hunter died November 22, 1838, and April 16, 1839, he married for his third wife, Maria Craig, sister of his second wife, by whom he had one child, Nathaniel Perry. The doctor was a practicing physician for forty years in Jasper. He was town clerk and superintendent of schools, also supervisor, and held minor town offices. He was twice a member of assembly. He was a Mason and a member of the I. O. O. F., also a member of the State militia. He died September 4, 1865. Nathaniel Perry was reared on a farm and at twelve years of age entered Woodhull Academy, after which he went to Ithaca High School and Cascadilla Preparatory School, and was graduated from Cornell in 1881. He studied for one year in Wilder's Laboratory at Cornell, and was for one year at Ann Arbor Medical College. In 1884 he was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, and has since had a very successful practice. He was supervisor of the town in 1893-94. July 20, 1891, he married Laviania, daughter of Frank and Elizabeth (Crosby) Hallet. Mr. Hallet was in the 86th N. Y. Vols., and was killed at Spottsylvania. His widow married Thomas Sheffield of Jasper.
Ingersoll, E. W., was born in Guilford, Chenango county, N. Y., April 29, 1821. son of James and Rebecca (Haynes) Ingersoll, natives of Saratoga county, N. Y., who came to Chenango county in 1806, where they lived until 1837. E. W. Ingersoll was reared on a farm, educated in the commou schools, and in 1836 came to Jasper with his parents, who settled on the farm now owned by the family, where they died. E. W. Ingersoll has always been a farmer, and with his two sons, James H. and Frank R., owns 185 acres of land. In 1841 he married Emeline Reynolds, by whom he had six children, two of whom are living: James H., who was born in 1855, edu- cated in the common schools, and married Eva Quick, by whom he had three daugh- ters: Cora, Stella, and Gertrude; and Frank R., who was born April 5, 1863, edu- cated in the common schools, and married Emma Sweet, by whom he had three chil- dren: Edward, Edith, and Louisa.
Higgins, H. Delos, was born on a farm in the town of Howard, September 22, 1832. Russell Higgins came to the town of Hornellsville in 1844 and settled on a farm on Pennsylvania Hill where he spent the balance of his life. The mother of our subject, Louisa Root, was a native of Otsego county. They were the parents of five sons and two daughters, all now living. H. Delos was the oldest of the family. He was educated in the common school and followed farming until about twenty years of age, when he took up the trade of a carpenter and joiner which he followed until about 1880. He then engaged in the handling of potatoes and farm produce which he has continued to the present time. In the fall of 1888 he located in the village of Arkport where his handiwork is found in a beautiful home and substantial out buildings. He was married to Miss Mary Jane Kline, daughter of George Kline, and granddaughter of James McMichael. They have four children: Byron, afarmer of Allegany county; George, also a farmer of Gar Spring Valley; Jennie, wife of
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Hosea Carpenter, a farmer; and Frankie, wife of Laverne Sanford of Allegany county.
Hotchkiss, A. Leroy, was born in Groton, Tompkins county, June 19, 1816. The youngest son of a family of six children of Aaron Hotchkiss, one of the pioneers of Cortland county, who died there about 1850. Lola Johnson, the mother of Leroy, was a native of Connecticut, and died in 1828. Leroy was given a good common school education and remained with his father on the farm until twenty-three years of age, when he bought a farm of sixty acres in Virgil, making his home with his parents until a year later and in 1841 removed to Ohio where he engaged in farming, and in connection built a distillery which he conducted for one year and then returned to New York State, and in 1846 was married and settled on a farm in Virgil where he continued until 1851. He then spent two years prospecting in the Western country and in 1853 he bought a farm in the town of Scio, Allegany county, where he made his home eight years. He then sold and bought another place near Scio village, where he lived until 1865, and then spent one year at Belvidere, three years at Belmont, eight years at Belfast, and in 1877 bought the flourishing mills at Belmont and conducted them one year. In 1882 he bought the Mayor farm of fifty- six acres where he made his home for two years, and has since lived retired in the city of Hornellsville. Mr. Hotchkiss has always been an ardent Republican, and occupied the office of assessor thirteen years. He was also postmaster and commis- sioner in Allegany county. In 1846 he married Mary A. Chatterton, who died in 1854, by whom he had one child, Mary A., who died in infancy. His second wife was Melinda Ogden, who died in May, 1861. His present wife was Adeline Gibbs, of Homer, by whom he had one child, Mary, who became the wife of Milo F. Bur- dick, and who died June 6, 1894, leaving two children.
Hill, Austin C., was born in the town of Almond, Allegany county, N. Y., Febru- ary 26, 1838. Benjamin Hill, the father of our subject, was a native of Dutchess county, and came to Allegany county in 1833, where he made his home until 1850. He located on the farm of sixty-three acres, where we find our subject, and died here in 1885 at eighty years of age. The mother of our subject, Ann Bross, was of Hec- tor, Tompkins county. She is still living at eighty-seven years of age. They were the parents of seven children: Harvey, a farmer of Hornellsville; Sarah, the widow of William Gates of Fremont; Washington, died in Michigan; Austin C., our sub- ject ; Nancy, wife of Russell Higgins of Hornellsville; Chester Hill, of Michigan; Harriet, died in Addison, July 15, 1880. Austin was educated in the common schools and succeeded his father on the homestead farm in Hornellsville. Mr. Hill has always taken an interest in politics and is one of the strong supporters of the Repub- lican party. He is a member of the Presbyterian church of Arkport, and a member of the A. O. U. W., and has held the office of receiver for fifteen years. He enlisted March 31, 1864, in the 179th N. Y. Vols., and served with them until the close of the war, being with the regiment in different engagements. He was wounded at the taking of Petersburg, April 2, 1865, in his ankle. He was married in 1859 to Miss Cordelia Higgins, daughter of Russell Higgins of Hornellsville. They have been the parents of four children: one died in infancy; Luther is with his father on the farm; Charles lives in Arkport, and Miss Mary Hill lives at home.
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Hunt, Horace, was born in the town of Alfred, Allegany county, March 22, 1836. Parley Hunt, the father of our subject, was a native of Andover, Mass., and was one of the early settlers of Allegany county. He was twice married and his first family was three children. The mother of our subject, Harriet Davis, was the mother of five children of whom Horace was the oldest. He was given a common school edu- cation and his first occupation was conducting a livery and keeping hotel in Ando- ver. He was afterward in business in Almond, four months. In the early fifties he helped in the surveying of the Western Division and living at Almond at that time. In 1856 he came to Hornellsville and bought the interest of a half brother in the livery business and also bought a saloon on Loder street near the depot, and built it into a hotel and conducted it until in 1865, when he bought the Osborne House and conducted it until 1866, when June 16, the house burned and Mr. Hunt rebuilt and He continued to run the house nine months,
spent about $30,000 in its construction. when he sold a half interest to W. C. Brainerd and rented him his half for five years. In 1877 he bought of Dr. Silas Curry, a farm of 215 acres in the town of Hornells- vilie, where we now find him. He has spent three years off the farm in this time, living in the city. He conducts the farm as a grain and vegetable farm. He was married in 1859 to Miss Theday Hawkin of Andover. Allegany county, N. Y. They have no children. An adopted child, Miss Minnie, forms a part of Mr. Hunt's family. Mr. Hunt is a member of Evening Star Lodge, F. & A. M., Steuben Chap- ter No. 100, Hornellsville Council No. 36, and De Molay Commandery No. 22, and Hornell Consistory.
Hall, Isaac, was born in Howard, Steuben county, N. Y., January 4, 1850. John Hall, his father, was a native of Ireland where he was born January 4, 1804, and came to Canada in 1816 and made his home there until 1825, when he located in Howard where shortly after he bought a farm and made his home there for the bal- ance of his life, with the exception of two years spent in Canada. He died Septem- ber 13, 1888. Mary Ann Stewart, the mother of Isaac, was a native of this county, a daughter of John Stewart of Howard. They were the parents of twelve children, nine of whom reached adult age, and seven are now living. Mrs. Hall died May 12, 1855. Isaac was the sixth son, and his advantage of school was very limited, but his education has been derived in the hard school of practical experience. He was only sixteen when he first started for himself, and followed lumbering for six years. At twenty-two he married and moved to Canisteo, being for one year employed in the planing mill and for two years in various employments, and he then spent eight and one-half years in the mill and on the road for Charles Flohr. The fall of 1881 he had bought a part of the Bartley farm consisting of fifty-two acres, and in 1883 he located here and has ever since conducted the farm for the production of hay, grain and vegetables. In the fall of 1888 he added to his farm by the purchase of forty-eight acres of Erastus Carter, making now 100 acres, July 2, 1872, he married Juliette, daughter of Sherman Higgins, a retired farmer of Howard, by whom he had two children, Cora Elizabeth, who lives at home, and William Lee, a student of the com- mon school.
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