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then, like thousands of others of his native countrymen, believing that the Union should be preserved, he enlisted as a member of com- pany K, Seventh Ohio infantry, in which regi- ment he served two years. Then, after a short furlough, he re-enlisted, becoming a member of the Mississippi marine brigade, and served in this organization until 1865. Though never wounded during the war, he was on the sick list four months. Among the numerous battles in which he was engaged were those of Cross- lane, Va., and Richmond, Miss. While he was serving on a gunboat on the Mississippi river, an incident occurred which Mr. Heuschkel re- calls with much satisfaction, as to that inci- dent he owes his existence on the earth to- day. He was standing with his gun pointing through a port hole ready to fire on any rebel that might appear in sight, when Sergeant Vaughn came along and asked him to remove his gun and let him look through the port hole, so that he could get a view of the rebels. Scarcely had the sergeant taken his position at the port hole when he received a bullet in the head, which killed him instantly. Mr. Heusch- kel is kindly remembered by the government for which he risked his life by the receipt of $14 per monthi as a pension. Being mustered out of the service Mr. Heuschkel settled in Van Wert, Ohio, and has been engaged in busi- ness here since 1866, and he has by industry and fair dealing accumulated a competency for his declining years.
Mr. Heuschkel was married, in 1866, to Miss Albertina Geyer, who was born in 1835. Frederick Geyer, her father, was a native of Saxony, born September 28, 1809. By trade he was a tailor, beginning to work at this trade at an early age. Mr. Geyer was married in August, 1834, to Miss Ethel Beyer, by whom he was the father of nine children, viz: Al- bertina, Wilhelmine, Albert, Edward, Ferdi- nand, Charles, Robert, Mary and Rosa All
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of the children are living, except Albert and Rosa. Frederick Geyer was a man of most excellent character, a consistent Christian and a liberal man, kind to all and charitable in thought and deed. Politically he was a mem- ber of the democratic party from his arrival (with his entire family) in this country in 1852. Albertina, wife of Mr. Charles C. Heuschkel, was born in Saxony, Germany, as has been intimated before, and when brought to the United States by her parents she was seven- teen years old. From New York, where she landed, she went to Marion county, Ohio, and thence came to Van Wert. Mr. and Mrs. Heuschkel have no children of their own, but in 1869 they adopted Miss Minnie Huffman, who is now the wife of Charles Scheidt, a prosperous business man of Van Wert. Mr. and Mrs. Heuschkel are members of Saint Peter's Evangelical church of Van Wert, and are highly esteemed and consistent Christians.
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OBERT HUFFINE, a farmer of Lib- erty township, is a son of Samuel and Catherine Huffine, the father born in Westmoreland county, Pa., in 1815. and the mother, who was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Fletcher) Gilliland, and de- scended from one of the early families of New Jersey. Shortly after the marriage of Samuel Huffine and Elizabeth Gilliland they settled in Westmoreland county, Pa., thence moved to Greene county, that state, where they spent the remaining years of their lives. They were both devout members of the Methodist church, and in politics Mr. Huffine was an old-line whig. Their children, in order of birth, are as follows, Harriet, Robert, Sarah Jane, Mary E., Minnie, Zacharias, Hiram, Hettie, Nancy and Samuel.
county, Pa. He was reared a farmer, early chose that useful calling for his life work, and his education embraced the branches usually tanght in the common schools. He remained at home, assisting his father with the labor of the farm, until 1865, in March of which year he enlisted in company A, Sixth Pennsylvania calvary, with which he served until August the year following, participating, during his period of service, in the campaigns of Maryland, Vir- ginia and Kentucky.
After his discharge Mr. Huffine returned to his home in Pennsylvania, where, on the 11th day of February, 1869, he was united in mar- riage to Zelda Sidle, whose birth occurred March 23. 1850. Shortly after his marriage, Mr. Huffine and wife came to Van Wert county, Ohio, locating in Liberty township, where they now own a good farm, substan- tially improved and containing many of the con- veniences which render country life desirable.
Mr. Huffine is a good farmer and exemplary citizen, and is numbered among the substantial men of the township of Liberty. Politically he is an uncompromising supporter of the re- publican party, and fraternally belongs to the Scott post, No. 100, G. A. R. He and wife are Methodists and active workers in the local congregation to which they belong. The fol- lowing are the names of their children: Gussie L., John B., Katie K., Effie J., Frank, James O., Lawrence and Harry-all living.
HOMAS HUGHES, a prosperous fariner of York township, Van Wert county, Ohio, is a native of Wales. was born October 14, 1818, and is a son of Edward and Elizabeth Hughes. At the age of twenty-eight years. in 1845, Thomas Hughes, his wife and one child, Dorothy, came to America, and passed a year near Em-
Robert Huffine, the immediate subject, was born January 18, 1844, in Westmoreland | mittsburg, Md., where he pursued his trade of
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masonry; he then went to Armstrong county, Pa., where he remained a year and a half, and then passed a year and a half in Cincinnati, Ohio, whence he came to Van Wert county, where he had previously entered 160 acres of his present farm, all then in the wild woods. This land he has cleared and improved and added to until he owned 280 acres, but of this he has disposed of eighty, keeping 200 for his own use; he married Margaret Thomas, daugh- ter of Richard and Elizabeth ( Jones ) Thomas, the union being blessed with ten children, viz: Dorothy, the wife of Obadiah Hundly, a farmer of Washington county, Ore. ; Richard T., a conductor on the Panhandle, railroad, married to Nancy Clover, and residing at Brad- ford, Ohio; Elizabeth, who died August 16, 1879, at the age of thirty years. Edward, who was also a conductor on the Panhandle railroad, married Rachael Tomlinson, made his home at Columbus, Ohio, and died Febru- ary 5, 1892; David, who resides on a farm joining his father's, was married December 4, 1879, to Sarah Slentz, who died February 2, 1892, David next marrying Jane Baltzell; Joseph, who owns a farm joining that of his brother David, and was married to Ellen Kig- gens; John, who married Martha Archer, and is now superintendent of his father's farin; Mary, wife of Samuel Simpson, of Van Wert; Martha E., the wife of Thomas Miller, a. farmer of Union township, Mercer county, Ohio; and Margaret, the wife of William George, a farmer of York township, of Van Wert county. For twelve years Thomas Hughes has held office as trustee of his township, and has also served as land appraiser and assessor. Mr. Hughes and his family have been strict supporters of the Calvinistic church, of which he has been treasurer for twenty-three years and deacon seventeen years. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are the grandparents of forty-three children and eight great-grandchildren. Mr.
Hughes is one of the honored and most re- spected citizens of Van Wert county, is a man who never knew guile, and whose character is spotless as newly fallen snow. Mr. Hughes is like many other of his nationality, who are noted for their industrious and economical habits as well as for being good citizens. He is a moral, upright man, and at all times found to be in the right, and casts his influence in behalf of the education of the rising gener- ation, as well as the up-building of the morals of the community. Socially he and wife are very popular wherever known, and their home is noted for the hospitality they dispense at their beautiful home in York township.
I SAAC N. GLOVER, deceased, in his day one of the leading and influential agriculturists of Hoaglin township, Van Wert county, was born in Crawford county, Ohio, April 17, 1829, a son of Joel and Elizabeth (Shannon) Glover. The father, Joel Glover, was probably born in Jefferson county about 1800, and was a son of Josiah Glover, a native of Maryland. After his mar- riage Joel resided in Crawford county, a short time, then followed farming the remainder of his days in Coshocton county. His fifteen children were born in the following order; Israel, Isaac N., Josiah, William, Samuel, Sarah J., Cuthbert, Sarah E., Thomas Harri- son, Nathan, Shannon, Joel C., John, Cyn- thia, and Mary. The father was very success- ful as a farmer and very popular as a republican, being frequentlyelected by his party to township offices. He was, for many years, an elder in the Presbyterian church, to which denonination his wife also belonged, and in the faith of which the latter died in ISS5, and he in ISS7.
Isaac N. Glover was reared to farming, and on November 8, 1849, was united in wed- lock with Miss Nancy Endsley, daughter of
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Thomas and Matilda (Carr) Endsley; the chil- dren born to this happy union were as follows: Mrs. Carrie Grubaugh, whose sketch appears on another page; Mary E., who died at the age of thirteen; Harriet, wife of Abrahamn Norris; Mary Jane, married to Frank Beamer; Joel T., of New Mexico; Nancy B., wife of Marcus Reed; Cynthia E., at home; Isaac P., of Van Wert; Bettie S. and Jessie. Mrs. Nancy Glover was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, April 2, 1829. Her father, Thomas Endsley, was born August 23, 1801, was one of the early pioneers of Harrison county, was a farmer, and married Matilda Carr, a daugh- ter of John and Nancy (Welch) Carr; to this union the following children were born: John, Robert (drowned in his youth), Mrs. Nancy Glover, James, Andrew and Thomas B. (de- ceased), William, Samuel C. (deceased), Mrs. Mary J. Love, of Lee, Ill., an infant that died unnamed, and Ella (deceased). Shortly after his marriage, Mr. Endsley settled in Coshocton county, where he followed farmning until his death, which took place September 8, 1894, he being then an elder in the Presby- terian church, in the faith of which, also his wife died in 1855.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac N. Glover settled, after marriage, on a small farm in Coshocton coun- ty, but three years later Mr. Glover sold his place and in 1853 purchased a piece of wild woodland in Paulding county. There he built a house of logs and began clearing off the forest, teaching school meanwhile, as he had done while in Coshocton county. In 1855, his house, with its entire contents, was de- stroyed by fire. and the next two years were passed in Coshocton county; in 1857 he re- turned to his farm in Paulding county, rebuilt his dwelling, and until 1871 was prominently identified with the agricultural interests of his township. During the interval. however, he enlisted, in May, 1864, in company H, One
Hundred and Thirty-second Ohio volunteer in- fantry for 100 days, at the expiration of which time he resumed farming. In 1871 he pur- chased the present homestead in Hoaglin township, Van Wert county, where he passed the remainder of his life, dying April 8, 1881: with his wife he was a member of the Presby- terian church; he was also a member of the Royal Arcanum and politically was a republic- an, by which party he was held in the highest esteem, and by it honored with an election to every township office within its gift wherever he chanced to reside, and was also made coun- ty school examiner while residing in Paulding county. He was a successful farmer, and as a citizen was esteemed as a gentleman whose in- tegrity was beyond the shadow of suspicion. His widow, with her three daughters, resides on the homestead, in Hoaglin township, hon- ored and respected by all the community.
OAH HYATT, a prominent citizen of Van Wert, and an ex-soldier of the Union army, was born October 20, 1840. His father, John Hyatt, was of Irish descent, and was born in IS20 in Pennsylvania on a farm, was educated there in the common schools, was reared a fariner, and followed agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred in 1880. John Hyatt was a republican in politics, and was married in Pennsylvania to Miss Nancy Lawhead of that state. She was a member of the Christ- ian, or, as it is sometimes called, the Camp- bellite church, and died in Clinton county, Ohio, in 1845. John Hyatt, when he removed from Pennsylvania to Clinton county, Ohio, came with an old gray horse and twenty-five cents in his pocket. With this sinall capital, behind which, however, was plenty of energy and pluck, he began life there for himself. At first he purchased a piece of timbered land.
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seventy-five acres, entirely on credit, which would be a difficult thing to do at the present time. This land he cleared, improved and paid for, and lived upon it till his death. By his marriage to Miss Nancy Lawhead he be- came the father of the following children: John Henry, married and living in Iowa; Noah, the subject of this sketch; Mary Ann; Sarah Jane; George W .; Marshall and Elizabeth. Of these six, two are still living, viz: Noah and Sarah Jane. After the death of the mother of these children, John Hyatt married Miss Myra Winpigler of Clinton, Ohio, by whom he had the following children: Barney, married and living in Illinois; Emma, married and living in Clinton county, Ohio, and Louis, deceased.
Noah Hyatt, the subject of this sketch, was born in Clinton county, Ohio. Educated in the common schools, he remained at home with his father on the farm until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in company F, Eighty-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry, under Maj. Stiles, on July 4, 1863, and served until July 4, 1865, precisely two years. Dur- ing these two years of service he saw much hard fighting, and did a great deal of march- ing. In 1864 he was taken sick and was in the hospital three months. His disease was measles, and afterward varioloid, which left him paralyzed to some extent, and he has suffered from paralysis ever since. For his services and disease he is receiving a pension from the government of $6 per month.
After returning from the war he went to Clinton county, he began farmning and was married to Miss Eliza Emry Anson Moore of that county. To this marriage there were born three children, viz: Eliza Marion, born March 23, 1872; Harris, born in March, 1873, and Jennie, born in 1878. In 1872 Mr. Hyatt came to Van Wert county, settled on a farm, and worked it until old age and infirmities com-
pelled him to retire from active life. He is a republican and a member of the Christian church.
Caleb Moore, father of Eliza Emry Anson Moore, was born in Pennsylvania. By occupa- tion he was a farmer, and followed that calling all his life. He removed from Pennsylvania to Clinton county, Ohio, where he bought a farm on which he lived the remainder of his life. He was the father of the following children: John, William, Harris, Ellen, and Emry, all of whom are living but Ellen, who was mar- ried to David Osborn and was a member of the Quaker church. Those that are living are all married. The first wife died, and Mr. Moore then married a Miss Miller, of Clinton county, Ohio, and to this marriage there were born two children, viz: Lena, married and living in Canton, Ohio, and Herbert, married and living in Iowa. The second wife of Mr. Moore died in Clinton county, Ohio, in 1885. Mr. Moore is a republican and takes great interest in public affairs, realizing that it is necessary for all good men to look to the wel- fare of their party, in order that those who are not so good shall not control its destinies, which in all cases means defeat to the party. He is a member of the Friends' church, and adheres strictly to the precepts of his religion in his daily life.
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HARLES H. HYMEN, a successful young farmer of Hoaglin township, Van Wert county, Ohio, is of German extraction and was born in Huron county, Ohio, October 11, 1857. His father, who spelled the name Heymann, was a native of Nassau, Germany, born November 24, 1825, and came to America when a young man, settled in Sandusky county, Ohio, mar- ried Catherine, daughter of Matthias Paulen. who died in Germany. The father and mother,
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after nine years of farming life in Sandusky county, came to Van Wert county in 1863, where the father first bought forty acres, to which, by hard labor, he added forty, and was entirely a self-made man. He died September 23, 1888, a member of the Evangelical asso- ciation; his widow still resides on her own farm of forty acres, a part of the original homestead in Van Wert county.
Charles H. Hymen was reared a farmer and also learned carpentering-a trade which he followed eight years. He married Susan M. Rumble, daughter of Henry and Paulina J. (Leech) Rumble, November 17, 1880, and the attention of the reader is called to the sketch of the life of Mr. and Mrs. Rumble at the con- clusion of this mention. Mr. Hymen and his wife have resided on their present farm ever since their marriage, and he has been closely identified with the interests of the county since he reached his majority. His children were born in the following order and are named Henry Ray, Shirly G. and Gladys M. His farm consists of eighty acres of fertile land, all well ditched and in a high state of cultivation, the improvements, which are excellent in their character, having been chiefly made by him- self-the farm also having been acquired through his own hard labor-and may well be termed a model. In politics Mr. Hymen is a stalwart republican, and has held the office of township clerk for four years. He is liberal in his aid financially to the churches, and is earnest in his promotion of the cause of public education. Fraternally he is a member of Pequod tribe, No. 102, I. O. R. M .; and so- cially he and family enjoy the esteem of a wide circle of acquaintance.
Henry Rumble, a retired farmer of Hoag- lin township and the father of Mrs. Hymen, was born in Fayette county, Pa., April 3, IS25. His great-grandfather, Jacob Rumble, with his wife, came from Germany and was
among the earliest settlers of Fayette county, Pa. Henry Rumble, his son and the grand- father of the present Henry, was born in Fay- ette county, Pa., was a farmer and soldier, and married Elizabeth Hague, a native of the same county. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, was a Jacksonian democrat, and died in his native county, a member of the Presby- terian church, after a life of great usefulness. Jacob Rumble, son of above Henry, and father of Henry Rumble of Hoaglin township. was born in Fayette county, Pa., January I, 1795, and died January 1, 1832. He married Susanna Gans, a daughter of Jacob and Ros- anna (Rumble) Gans, the former an early set- tler and a wealthy farmer of Fayette county and also a patriot of the war of 1812. The children born to this union were named Eliza- beth (Sammiens), Henry, Catherine (Watkins), Alexander, and Bashdy (Guinn). The father of this family was a democrat in politics, a Baptist in religion, and was carried away by that fell disorder. small-pox, January 1, 1832; the widow, however, kept her family of chil- dren together and reared them to lives of use- fulness and to respectability. She was born January I, ISoo, and died January 1, 1868.
Henry Rumble, of Hoaglin township, Van Wert county. Ohio, was reared to farming in his native county of Fayette county, Pa .. re- ceived a solid common-school education, and November 14, 1849, was first married to Pau- line Leech, daughter of Jesse and Susan Leech, the marriage resulting in the birth of the fol- lowing children: Bruce W., Annie B., Alex- ander C., Susan and James W. The mother of this family died February 1, 1875, a de- voted member of the Methodist church, and sincerely mourned by her husband, children. and an extensive circle of faithful and loving friends. The husband mourned her loss until January 31, ISS4, when he married Leah Schott. See sketch of Henry Rumble.
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HODA C. JONES, widow of Samuel B. Jones, who was a highly respected citizen of Pleasant township, Van Wert county, Ohio, was born in 1825 near West Milton, Miami county, Ohio, a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Miles) Coate. Samuel Coate, father of Mrs. Jones, was a na- tive of South Carolina, born in 1799, and a son of Henry Coate, who was born in the same state in about 1771, of English parentage. Henry Coate was a blacksmith and farmer, married Mary Hasket and became the father of Samuel Coate, mentioned above, who was the second son. About 1805 the family immi- grated to Ohio, coming in wagons and con- suming six weeks' time in making the journey. Henry Coate took up 200 acres of government land in the wilds of Miami county, built a log cabin and settled his family among the wild men and wild animals of the region. Indeed, on their way hither a young brother of Henry was captured by the savages; he adopted their dress and manners, and never returned to civ- ilization; another child of the family was sub- sequently murdered by the Indians, while in its mother's arms. Henry Coate was a pious Quaker minister, and was held in high esteem by the pioneer neighbors, among whom he died, in 1848, in his seventy-eighth year.
Samuel Coate, the father of the lady whose name opens this sketch, was reared on the pioneer farm of his father and received but a limited common-school education. Under his father he learned the blacksmith's trade, at which he worked until failing health warned him to seek other employment; he therefore engaged in merchandising in Newton town- ship, Miami county, Ohio, a business he fol- lowed the remainder of his life. In 1824 Sam- uel Coate was united in marriage with Mary Miles, a daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Pearson) Miles, the fruit of this union being one child-Rhoda C., named above. Mrs.
Coate was born in South Carolina in 1So4, but at the age of two years was brought to Miami county, Ohio, by her parents, who were among the earliest settlers of the county. This family was also of English extraction and of royal blood. Jonathan Miles was well known in Miami county, where he was an honored citizen, and where he died, in 1868, in his ninetieth year.
Mary (Miles) Coate, the mother of the sub- ject of this sketch, was reared on the home place of her parents in Miami county, received a fair common-school education, became an active worker in the Friends' church, and died May 10, 1891. Samuel Coate also was a member of the Friends' church, and in poli- tics was a stanch republican, filling several local offices under the auspices of that party. His death took place in 1847-honored and respected by all who knew him. Rhoda C. (Coate) Jones was also educated in the coni- mon schools of Miami county, and in 1843 was united in marriage with Samuel B. Jones, of Miami county, and this union was blessed by the birth of ten children, viz: Dr. Henry W., of Van Wert; Laban J., deceased; Rev. Ephraim M., deceased; Roswell B., of Troy, Ohio; Samuel C., lawyer of Columbus, Ohio; Rev. Barton K., Charles F., John W. and Josephine J., all four deceased, and Lambert W., a lawyer of Van Wert. The father of these children was born in Miami county. Ohio, in 1820, a son of Philemon and Naomi (Tucker) Jones, early emigrants from Tennes- see. Samuel B. Jones was reared a farmer and was identified with the agricultural inter- ests of Miami county until 1876, when he came to Van Wert county and purchased the farmn on which his widow still resides; with his wife he was a member of the Friends' church, and in politics he was a stanch republican, being frequently honored with local offices. He was a practical and successful farmer, a useful
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and public-spirited citizen, honorable in all his dealings, and held the confidence and esteen of his fellow-men until his lamented death, June 26, 1889, in his sixty-ninth year.
ICHARD JARVIS, the subject of this sketch. is a native of Wales, where his birth occurred in the year 1822. His father, James Jarvis, was a farmer of that country, and a man well known in the neighborhood where he lived. By his first wife, whose maiden name was Mary Evans, he had six children, as follows : Laura, de- ceased wife of John Humphreys; John, died in 1895; William, who lives in Wales; Richard, subject of this sketch; James, died in 1893; and Ellen, who died after reaching woman- hood. The mother of these children departed this life when the subject was a lad of seven summers, and about the year 1831. James Jarvis entered into the marriage relation with Anna Griffiths, who bore him a daughter- Jane. James Jarvis died in his native country at the advanced age of eighty-nine years.
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