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He removed to Hamilton in 1857, and entered the employment of Tapscott & Shaffer, remaining in that capacity for some time. Mr. Inday had conducted a saw-mill for five or six years following 1850. In 1863 he entered into partnership with Mr. Tapscott in a four- ing-mill, now Carr's mill, staying antil 1868. He was secretary of the gas company from 1867 to 1870, then entering into the grain business in the firm of Weller, Straub & Co. This lasted until 1875, when he acted as clerk in various commercial houses in Hamilton. He was with T. V. Howell & Son and Long, Alstetter & Co., entering into his present position as principal bookkeeper for the Cope & Maxwell Manufacturing Company in September, 1881. He was an officer of the Butler County Agricultural Society for two years, 1875 and 1876, and was also connected with various building associations as secretary, treasurer, and president. He has been a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church since 1848. In 1864 Mr. Imlay enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Ohio National Guards, and took part in the campaign iu Western Virginia. He served out his term of enlistment, filling the position of first lientenant.
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At the time George Isaminger came to Butler County his brother Philip went to Adams County, where he had three children, Philip and Solomon, and one of whom no record is kept. Philip, the younger, married Hannah Hawk, and had by her seven children, of whom five are living. Sarah, the wife of Frank De Marrs, lives in Ironton. Rebecen is single, and lives in the same place. Solomon is married, and is in California. George W. is a resident of Hamilton, and Josephine, who is single, lives in Scioto County. George W. Laminger is the ouly one of this branch of the family that ever came to Butler County. He was born Angust 22, 1836, and was married in Scioto County to Sarah Ellen Robinson, born in Gallia County. They have six children-Georgie A. H., Charles Wilbur, Frank Kynett, Nellie Pearl, Gar- nett Robinson, and James Edward Campbell.
Mr. Isaminger studied for the ministry in the Moth- odist, Episcopal Church, and was graduated at the Ohio University. After leaving college, he taught school for a time, and in 1859 was admitted to the ministry at Columbus, receiving his first appointment in Orange Conuty. He was stationed at Racine when he was ap- pointed chaplain of the One Hundred and Seventy-third Ohi Volunteer Infantry, serving in this capacity until the ebre of the contest. He remained in the traveling connection until 1870, when, in consequence of his health, he resigned, and began the practice of law. He moved
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to Butler County in that year, and now resides in Han- ilton, where he is a practicing lawyer and real estate agent. During part of the day he is in Cincinnati.
Peter Jacobs was born in Germany, April 1, 1826, and received but a limited education. He came to Amer- ica with his parents in 1834, making his way direct to Hamilton. After getting old enough, he became a clerk in several establishments. He was with MeCleary, in his store, and also in Perry G. Smith's drug store, being connected with the latter establishment. till the death of Mr. Smith. He then entered the employment of John O. Brown, a prominent druggist, with whom he was in partnership for some time after removing on the east side, when Mr. Jacobs succeeded him in the business. This was in the building now occupied by L. A. Boli. From there he removed to the store now occupied by John C. Schwartz, where he continued until his death. He was a successful business man, doing the largest trade as a druggist of any one in Hamilton. He was a self-edu_ cated man, but had acquired a fine knowledge of ehem- istry. He was a member of the Masons, and had been their treasurer for more than twenty-five years, and was also an Odd Fellow. He was a member of the Presby- terian Church.
He was married in October, 1848, to Miss E. C. Mey- ers, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Meyers. Mrs. Jacobs was born in Cincinnati in 1832. They were the parents of the following children: Sarah Alice, who is the wife of Joseph Morris, is now a resident of Cincinnati; Will- iam H. Jacobs lives in Cincinnati; Kemmey, now Mrs. Edward Rateliff, is in Cumminsville; Flora M. is the wife of Zeller Shanks, of Hamilton; Charles F., Minor M., Jessie B., Edith, and May are at home. Mr. Jacobs died January 4, 1877. Mrs. Jacobs conducted the business successfully for some two years after her husband's death, selling out to John C. Schwartz in November, 1879. She has been a member of the Presbyterian Church since 1848, aud is a genial and cultivated lady.
Frederick Jacobs was born in Hamilton., Butler County, November 15, 1835, and is the son of Peter and Catherine (Keineline) Jacobs. Peter Jacobs was born in Prussia in 1800, and was married in Germany. He came to America in 1834, settling in Hamilton, and burned lime and engaged in the ice business until 1859. He reared a family of four sons, two of whom are liv- ing, Frederick and Conrad, a druggist of Zanesville, Ohio. Peter Jacobs was one of the organizers of St. John's Church, and died in 1876. Mrs. Catherine Jacobs is still living with her son Frederick, and is iu fair bodily health at the age of eighty-two. Frederick was lucated in the common schools in Hamilton, and as- sisted his father in conducting the ice business till 1859, when, in company with his brother Conrad, he engaged in the same occupation for himself. They made an arti- ficial ice pond, and were quite successful.
In 1870 Mr. Jacobs began the grocery business at his
present location, but closed out after a few years, then leading a retired life for four or five years. In the Fall of 1880 he again began the grocery trade at his old loca- tion, doing a nice reweil trade. He was married on the 29th of March, 1860, to Elizabeth Kirchort, who was born in Darke County, April 6, 1839. They are the parents of eight children, Kemmie K., Carrie M., Louisa A., Wilhelmina F., Frederick C., Emma B., George. and Susie. Mr. Jacobs is a member of St. John's Church, and belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Knights of the Golden Rule, and Knights of Honor.
Mrs. A. J. Hutchison was born ir Morgan Township, May 13, 1828. She is the daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Bell) Abbott. She was educated in the common schools and Young Ladies' Seminary in Hantiltou aud elsewhere, receiving a liberal education. Her guardian, Ludwig Betz, provided her with a home at his residence iu Hamilton until her marriage, December 25, 1845, to Edward Hutchison, a native of Virginia, who was born April 17, 1818. He came to Ohio about 1830, and en- gaged in wagon making and afterwards in the coal busi- ness, which he afterwards conducted alone. He was an extensive dealer in. Cincinnati and Hamilton. He was an attendant at the Universalist Church, and a liberal contributor to all worthy objects. Mr. and Mre. Hutchi- sou were parents of six children, of whom four are liv- ing, one daughter and three sons. Mr. Hutchison died July 13, 1866. Mrs. Hutchison occupies the former residence on Dayton Street built by Mr. Hutchison in 1848. She is a member of the Universalist denomination. .
Gabriel Huber was born in Wirtemberg, Germany, March 18, 1820. He is the son of George and Frances Huber. He learned the trade of weaver, and when sixteen began an apprenticeship of two years at the carpenter's trade. He worked . at this until coming to America with bis parents in 1842. The family settled in Hanover Township. He was married July 2, 1845, to Mary Scefert, born in Germany. August 18, 1820. Mr. and Mrs. Haber are parents of six children, of whom five are living. Felix is a resident of Hamilton, Valen- tine is a carpenter by trade, Mary is the wife of John Fisher, and Elizabeth and Josephine are at home. After marriage he worked as a journeyman. He has been for the past sixteen years in the employment of M. F. Fisc & Co. He is a member of the Catholic Church, and an active Democrat in politics.
Isaac Hagerman is a native of this county. having been born in Lemon Township, April 27, 1801. His parents were Michael Hagerman and Margaret Freeman, who came to this county in 1799. He was married in June, 1835, in Fairfiell Township, to Maria Reeser, daughter of William Rever end Molly Skehien, who came to the county in 1837, both now being dead. Mrs. Hagerman was bora in Bucks County. Pennsylvania, March 24, 1815, and bore her husband nine children.
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William was born December 26, 1836; Jane, June 25, 1838; Mary, May 17, 1840; Isaac, June 2, 1842; Francis, May 2, 1848; Sarah, December 20, 1850; Josiah, November 27, 1852; Aaron, July 20, 1857; Michael, July 20, 1857. Isaac died while serving in the V'uton army in the late war, having contracted camp tover; Josiah died October 15, 1878; and Michael died when eight months old. Mr. Hagerman is one of the oblest persons in the county, having lived here over eighty years, always having followed the calling of a Armer. One of his brothers was in the war of 1812. He now has twenty-one grandchildren.
The Rev. Nicholas Fr. Holtel, pastor of St. Stephen's Church, was born in Cincinnati, April 9, 1853. He is the son of George Henry Holtel and Anna Christine Ultel, née Nolgel. Mr. Holtel was regularly educated for the priesthood by the Franciscans, and fills his charge here acceptably.
James E. Hancock was born in Butler County, Juue 24, 1839, being the son of Henry G. Hancock and Ella Watson. Henry G. Hancock was born in Kentucky, coming to Ohio in 1835, and settling in Reily Township. He was a farmer by occupation, and reared a family of ten children, of whom six are living. He removed to Lvliana about 1840, where he died in 1876. James E. Hancock was educated in the common schools in Indiana, and was brought up to farming. Upon the death of his mother. in his fourteenth year, he left home, and was Ar five years a resident of Illinois. In 1859 he came to Osio, locating in Oxford, and entering the employment w. C. F. Billings, a broom manufacturer. He continued with him some four years. In the Fall of 1863 he came o Hamilton, in the employment of Bennett & Caverly, Genom manufacturers, and was with them three years. He began business for himself in the firm of Rump & MEtoock, in the same line, in 1866. He also engaged a the livery business the next year, and carried on both at the same time. The latter was discontinued after then years. He then engaged in farmin and raising buon-forn. He employs in his manufactory from fif- son to twenty-five hands, supplying a demand that ex- ists in Memphis, Natchez, and New Orleans. Mr. Han- Crk was married in 1865 to Miss Ella, daughter of George W. Louthan. They are the parents of three OMron, two now being alive, Ida Iola and Lulu May. 14 ... Hancock is a member of the Baptist Church.
Servis Hargitt was born in Dearborn County, Indiana, of the 24th of April, 1833. He is the fourth child of Melart Hargitt and Jane Palmer. At the age of seven- been Mr. Hargitt entered mercantile life, as salesman and boot keepre for a dry goods firm in Hamilton. In 1856 he breathe a partner. This occupation engrossed his attention until 1881, when he engaged in farming Hear Middletown. Mr. Hargitt was elected clerk of the court Of common plas in 1872, entering on its duties in Feb- Reary, INTS. He was re-elected in 1875, filling that po-
sition six years. He was a member of the school board for some of these years, and was president of that body. In the Winter of 1880 and 1881 he was elected assistant secretary of the State Board of Equalization, and served during its entire sessions. He is an active Democrat, and has been chairman of the Butler County Demo- cratie Central Committee for five years. He is a member of the Masonic order, the Ancient Order of United Work- men, and the Knights of Honor. He was one of the incorporators, and is now secretary of the American Electric Brush Company, of Cincinnati, a prominent and extensive manufacturing concern. Mr. Hargitt was married October 23, 1855, to Miss Martha A., daughter of John Waldron, a resident of Lemon Township. They are the parents of two daughters and three sons, all under. the parental roof. Thomas Palmer, his grand- father, was a native of Ireland, and was for twenty years recorder of Dearborn County, Indiana.
Robert Hargitt, mayor of Hamilton from 1854 to 1856, was a native of Yorkshire, England, and came to America with his parents, when a boy, settling in Dear- born County, Indiana. He came to Ohio in 1851, and established the first news depot in Hamilton. He was the first mayor of the consolidated villages of Hamilton and Rossville. He was a justice of the peace and post- master of Rossville previously. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He had a family of eight children. of whom but three survive.
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William G. Jellison was born in Preble County, Ohio, June 17, 1848, being the oldest son of Samuel and Eliz- abeth (Cassell) Jellison, the former being a native of Pennsylvania, settling in Preble County about 18:25, where he is still living in vigorous health. He reared a family of eight children, of whom six are living. Will- iam G. Jellison was brought up to farming, remaining at home till he was twenty-one. He continued to work at farming until coming to Hamilton, July 12. 1872, when he engaged to drive the omnibus, following this for some two years, for Davis & Mayuard. He theu purchased the business from them, conducting it till July, 1881, when he sold out to F. R. Hutchinson. In October, 1881, he began the livery business, on Front Street, but on the 9th of April, 1882, was burned oat, losing se- verely. His losses exceeded his insurance by more than a thousand dollars. He immediately put up a building opposite his former location, where he now is, aud doing an increasing trade.
Ile was married April 20, 1876, to Susie G., daughter of Asa Cain. They are the parents of one son, George Earl, who was boru October 23, 1850. Mr. Jellison is a member of the Knights of Honor and of the Knights of the Golden Rule. In his seventeenth year, in 186-4. he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Ohio National Gnards, and with that regiment participated in the campaigns of West Virginia, Kentucky, Cincinnati, and Maryland, and was in a sharp skirmish pear Cuni-
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berland, Maryland. He served out his term of enlistment, and was mustered out at Camp Dennison.
Andrew Huber was born in Hohenzollern, Germany, November 30, 1834. He is a son of George and Fran- ces (Herrinans) Haber. He was educated in Germany, and came to America with his parents in 1842. The family settled in this neighborhood, where George IIuber purchased a farm, and lived upon it till his death. He reared a family of four sons and two daughters, of whom! five are living. He died about 1853. Andrew Huber began his education in Hamilton, and was brought up to farming until he was sixteen, when he commeneed an apprenticeship at the baker's trade. He worked as a journeyman until his marriage, April 1, 1856, to Miss Anna, daughter of Caspar Hoff. Mrs. Huber was born in: Cineinnati, October 17, 1838. She is the mother of twelve children, of whom seven are living, five daughters and two sons. In April, 1856, Mr. Huber began busi- ness as a baker and confcetioner on High Street, and continued it in a successful manner until 1861.
In that year the war breaking out, he organized Com- pany K, Thirty-seventh Ohio Volunteers, going out as second lieutenant. He was afterwards promoted to first lientenant, and was in command of the company. He participated in all its battles to Charlestown, West Vir- ginia, and was in command in seven battles. Ill health then compelled him to resign, and he was in the hos- pital some three months. He returned to eivil life, and conducted the home farm some six or seven years. He then engaged in the fruit trade in Hamilton for some two years. He was in the employment of Long, Bluek & Alstatter in their wood-working department for three years, when he returned to the fruit trade, which he eoutinued until, beginning his present business in the First Ward in 1878. Mr. Huber had been a member of the Jackson Guards at the breaking out of the rebellion. He is a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Captain Jonathan Henninger was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1829. He is a younger son of John and Elizabeth (Gaumer) Henninger. Mr. Henninger was a turner by trade, and came to Ohio in. 1837, settling at Seven Mile. He reared a family of eight children, of whom five are yet living. He died in 1872. Captain Henninger had but limited opportunities for an education, but by study and reading in leisure hours has acquired much. He worked as a farmer un- til he was seventeen, when he learned the trade of stone mason, and afterwards that of cooper. He worked as a journeyman for three years, until ill health compelled him to abandon the oeenpation. He then was employed as a carpenter, and gradually acquired a good knowledge of that trade. He worked for others until 1854, when he begau building and contracting in Hamilton, con- tinuing in this till August, 1861.
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the siege of Corinth. They went back to Louisville, Kentucky, in pursuit of Bragg, then at Perrysville, and were at Nashville and Murfreesboro. He was promoted to be first lieutenant in February, 1863, and the follow- ing May was made captain. He commanded the com- pany at Hooven's Gap and Tullahoma, Tennessee, and also took part in the numerous raids and skirmishes. At the battle of Chickamauga he commanded the com- pany both days, going in Saturday morning with thirty- eight men, and coming out Sunday night with eleven. They moved down to Ringgold, where he had several short skirmishes, and remained there until May, 1864. They broke camp then, and accompanied General Sherman on his Atlanta campaign, during which the captain was se- verely injured by an accident which disabled him for further service. He was in the hospital at Chattanooga for some two months. The time of the regiment having expired they were mustered out at Chattanooga. The officers who had been promoted were retained for some six weeks, but they were finally discharged in Noveni- ber, 1864.
On returning to civil life he resumed his former busi- ness in Hamilton, which he still continues. He has also been a member of the firm of Cole, Gehrman & Hen- ninger since 1873. They manufacture sashes, doors, and blinds. He is also engaged in the stove and tin business at No. 106 Main Street, First Ward. Captain Hlen- ninger was married in 1854 to Miss S. E. Ballinger, daughter of Dr. K. H. Ballinger, of Hamilton. To that marriage have been born twelve children, nine liv- ing, five daughters and four sons. All, with one exeep- tion, are residents of the town. Mrs. Henninger died November 20, 1881. Mr. Henninger has been a mem- ber of the Odd Fellows since 1852. The family are members of the United Presbyterian Church.
Daniel Hurt Hensley was born in Logansport, Iu- diana, January 10, 1844. His father, Richard Hensley, was born in Virginia, but brought up in Kentucky. Ife emigrated to Logansport in .829. His wife, the mother of D. H. Hensley, whose maiden name was Frances Mall, was born in North Carolina. The boy received a eonimon school education, and enlisted in July, 1862. under Colonel Gilbert Hathaway, in the Seventy-third Indiana Infantry. The regiment served with the Inde- pendent Provisional Brigade, and was captured. The men were taken to Beile Iste, but were exchanged the same Summer, and sent to the front. He served with the regiment until the close of the war, in 1865. He has been a resident of this town for the last ten years, and is the secretary of the Gas Works Company. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, and is the commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is also a mem- ber of the First Baptist Church. He was married to Miss Eliza A. Mundorff, December 25, 1867. and has two children-LeRoy R. Hensley, thirteen years old,
He then enlisted in Company B, Thirty-fifth Ohio, us orderly sergeant, being present at Mill Spring and | and Mabel M. Hensley, one year old.
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Daniel Hughes, of Lemon Township, was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, January 27, 1806, being the oldest son of Elijah and Sarah (Mutchner) Hughes. He came with his parents to Ohio in 1816. The family settled on the place now owned by Joshua E. Hughes, which was then deep in the woods, where the father carried on blacksmithing. Daniel Hughes received bat a limited education, and was brought up to farming pur- suits. He remained at home until he was twenty-six, when he went to Indiana, and located one hundred and sixty acres on the Wabash, but got tired of it and re- turned to Ohio. He was married in March, 1833, to Miss Anna B. Kain, born in New Jersey in 1805. They were the parents of four children, of whom three are living. Mary Jane is the wife of Job Mulford; Elijah resides with his father, and Samuel K. is also at home. Mrs. Hughes died in 1877. After marriage Mr. Hughes located on sixty acres, which constitutes a part of the home place, but was then wild and unproductive. He was in company with his brother Micajah, and for some seven years they owned every thing in common. Upon the marriage of Micajah the partnership was dissolved. Additions were made to the farm at various times, and it now amounts to five hundred acres. He also owns three hundred acres in the vicinity of Kyle's Station. Mrs. Hughes was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years.
August F. Hine was born in Germany, January 16, 1828. He is the son of William Hine and Maria Gra- ham. He came in 1848 from Piqua, where his parents settled in 1833, but is now a resident of Hamilton. He was married to Hannal Garrigus, in Hamilton, June 28, 1859. She is a native of Crawfordsville, Indiana, where she was born December 18, 1825. Her father was Abram Garrigus, and her mother was Mary Ann Messer. Her unele, Jacob Messer, was in the Revolutionary War. Andrew J. Garrigns, her brother, and her half-brother, Edward J. Garland, were in the late war. The latter served two years. Mr. Hine has only one child, Mary, born July 26, 1860. She lives at Piqua. He enlisted in Butler County, August 15, 1862, and was discharged July 6, 1865, at the close of the contest. He was en- gaged in the skirmish at Yazoo Swamps, December 16, 1862 ; Thomson's Hill, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, Vicksburg, 1863; and Red River, 1864. He was wounded in the left leg April 9, 1865, and was mus- tered out of service, as sergeant of Captain F. M. Lef- lar's Company F, Eighty-third Infantry. In 1879 he was chief of police in Hamilton.
B. Hafertepen was born in Hanover, Germany, No- vember 21, 1836, and was the oldest son of D. Haterte- peu. His mother's maiden name was Ruve. Mr. ITaf- ertepen was educated in Germany, where he received a liberal education. With his parents, he came to America in 1848, the family settling in Cincinnati, ant served an apprenticeship of two years at the shoemaking trade, in
Cincinnati, beginning in his thirteenth year. He worked as a journeyman in Cincinnati until coming to Hamilton in 1856. October Ist he commenced business in a small way, in the same location he now occupies, and is doing an extensive trade. He employs six or eight hands on the average. In 1856 he was married to Miss Philo- mena Mahler, and Mr. and Mrs. Hafertepen are now the parents of nine children, of whom seven are living. He was elected township treasurer in 1871, filling that position two years. He has never desired office. Mrs. Hafertepen died in 1880, and he was married again in 1881, to Barbara Leus, daughter of Walter Leus, a well-known citizen of Hamilton. He is a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Philip Hartman was born in Gilversam, Bavaria, March 10, 1827. He is the son of Jacob and Morillas (Nepnow) Hartman, and received instruction in the schools of Germany. In 1847 he was conscripted in the Bavarian army, serving one year, and emigrating to America in 1848. He came directly to Hamilton, and commenced to learn the trade of a turner, at which he was engaged three years. He worked three years as a journeyman for Owens, Ebert & Dyer, purchasing their stove business in 1855, and at once making extensive sales. He is a large dealer in stoves and tinware, and also manufactures tin goods. . Mr. Hartman was married in 1857, to Ana Maria Lindeman, born in Germany, and they were the parents of three children, of whom but one now survives, Mary, wife of Henry Frechtling, Jr. Mc. Hartman is a member of Zion's Lutheran Church. With Mrs. Hartman he visited his old home, in Germany, in the Summer of 1881, and was absent four months.
John C. Hooven was born September 29, 1843, in Montgomery County, Ohio. He is the son of John P. and Mary (Baughman) Hooven, who were both born in Pennsylvania. Mr. Hooven was by occupation a farmer and cooper. John C. Hooven was educated at Franklin, Ohio, where the family removed in 1849, attending the common school. In 1864 he left Franklin, and removed to Xenia, where the firm of Hooven & Sons was formed, composed of John P., E. P., aud John C. Hooven, in the hardware business. In 1864 he came to Hamilton, where he engaged in the agricultural implement business. The firm was dissolved in June, 1876, the father retiring, but the old firm name was retained by the two sons. In No- vember, 1878, it was changed to John C. Hooven, Mr. E. P. Hooven retiring, and in that year the concern took up the manufacture of threshing-machines. In Septem- ber, 1879, he sold out the implement business to Clark & . Stanhope, and in the following year the firm of Hooven, Owens, Rentschler & Co. was formed, now known as the Hooven, Owens & Rentschler Co., the Monarch and Eclipse Machine Works. They are manufacturer- of portable and stationary engines, threshers and saw-mills.
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