History of Coshocton County, Ohio, its past and present, 1740-1881, Part 114

Author: Hill, Norman Newell, jr., [from old catalog] comp; Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848-; Graham, A. A., & co., Newark, O., pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Newark, Ohio, A. A. Graham & co.
Number of Pages: 854


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1845; Elmer P., born May 10, 1853; Frank L., born January 9, 1856; Hattie M., born May 21, 1859; Nanny M., born December 10, 1861, and William E. F., born June 30, 1868. Mr. Ham- montree enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-third Regiment, O. N. G., in May, 1864, and was discharged in September, 1864.


HANKINS DANIEL, Franklin township; farmer; postoffice, Wills Creek. Mr. Hankins was born, February 15, 1828, in Franklin town- ship, on the farm now owned by MeBane; son of William and Amelia (Pigman) Hankins; a na- tive of Virginia, of English ancestry. He came to Franklin township, at a very early day. He was a farmer, and renowned anctioneer. He was peculiarly adapted to this profession, being sought many times to go a great distance to auctioneer important sales. He was born April 14, 1787, and his wife was born October 11, of the same year. They were married June 24, 1813, and became the parents of eleven children, viz : Lucinda, deceased; Jane, formerly married to Elijah Duling, now deceased ; Moses P., emi- grated to Missouri; Anne, married to Lewis Rodruck; Nathaniel L., deceased; Mary, mar- ried to Orange Hagle; Cassandra, married to John G. Parker, and John (the last three live in Minnesota); Daniel, Elizabeth (Daniel's twin sis- ter), married to John C. MeBane, of Franklin township; Catherine, married to Martin B. Hewett, now resides in Illinois. Daniel, the sub- ject of this sketch, was married, October 7, 1852, to Miss Louisa, daughter of Isaac and Nancy (Barrow) Shambaugh. Mr. Shambaugh was a native of Virginia, of German descent. and a sol- dier in the war of 1812. Daniel's children are, Nancy C., married to William Fitz, of Zanes- ville, Ohio; Alice A. B., married to John L. Ganner, of Franklin township; Mary Ellen, Isaac Edward and Elizabeth J.


HANLON WILLIAM, Keene township; born in Jefferson county, Ohio, May 13, 1818; a son of Allen and Susan (Ford) Hanlon, natives' of Ire- land. He lived in his native county with his par- ents till 1852, when he came to Ohio and bought the farm where he now lives. He was married January 29, 1845, to Miss Mary Stark, daughter of James and Elizabeth McGee. They had the following named children : Edwin M., born De- cember 3, 1845; Eliza J., March 23, 1849; Susan J., December 8, 1850; Robert R., March 23, 1853; Mary V .. May 16, 1855; Usher A., November 21, 1858; Ida M, June 2, 1863; infant son died Sep- tember 30, 1865.


HANLON HON. ALEXANDER, Coshocton; judge probate court; born March 2, 1816, in Jef- ferson county. near Steubenville ; lived on a farm until twenty years of age, then worked at the car- penter's trade two more years, and came to this


county in 1841, and engaged in farming and car- pentering until 1875, when he was elected judge of probate court; was re-elected in 1878, He married Elizabeth Mitchell, of Mill Creek town- ship, June 17, 1854, and is the father of six living children, viz : John A., F. H., W. B., Clara, Laura and M. L. L. His parents came to America from Ireland when about twelve years of age, and were educated in the public schools of Jefferson county.


HARDMAN JAMES, Bedford township; farm- er; postoffice, West Bedford; born in 1835, in this county. His father was born in 1790, in Pennsylvania, and married Miss Hannah Hains, of the same county. He died in 1851; she died in 1864. They were the parents of eleven chil- dren, the subject of this sketch being the young- est. He was married in 1859, to Miss Nota J. Richard, of this county, who was born in 1842, and died in 1870. They were the parents of two children, viz: Leonard and Belle. He, in 1872, married Miss Matikla Lydick, of this county, who was born in 1839. They are the parents of two children, viz : Allie E. and Bertha.


HARDY HON. JOHN, Oxford township. was born January 31, 1825, near the village of War- rensburgh, Warren county, State of New York; son of William and Mary (MeCoffrey) Hardy. HIe is of Scotch-Irish parentage, his father and mother having emigrated from Londonderry, Ireland, to New York in 1824. When about twelve years of age he removed with them to Ohio, when they settled in the wilderness near Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas county. By per- severence and close application young Hardy ac- quired about as good an education as our log- cabin school-houses could bestow. From the age of sixteen to eighteen he was employed as clerk in a store by the firm of Minnich, Nugen & Co., in Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas county, after which he attended two terms at the Green- field Academy, in Fairfield county, Ohio. He afterwards engaged in teaching a district school and taught for six years consecutively in the same district. On giving up teaching he engaged in the employment of the State of Ohio as as- sistant engineer on the northern division of the Onio Canal, until the state leased the public works. He afterward acted as superintendent at different places for the lessees till the breaking out of our civil war in 1861. In 1864 he married Miss Emily Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, of Washington township, Tuscarawas county, Ohio. In 1865 he bought the farm in Oxford township, Coshocton county, on which he built his present residence, where he now resides. Ile was twice clected representative of Coshocton county, first in the fall of 1877, to the Sixty-third General Assembly, and was re-elected in 1879 to the Sixty-fourth. He is at present living rather re-


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tired. He says he has had enough of public life, that he has his boat safely and quietly moored in Shady Bend of the Tuscarawas river and has no desire to again launch it out on the cross currents of men's interests and passions.


HARRAN CHARLES J., Crawford township; farmer; postoffice, Chili, Ohio; was born in De- cember, 1851, near Biron, Germany; son of Jacob and Margaret (Portz) Harran. Young Harran came to America in 1853. His parents located in Tuscarawas county, where he remained until about 1866, when he came to his present resi- dence in Crawford township. His father died in June, 1868. Mr. Harran was married October 2. 1880, to Miss Catharine, daughter of William and Nancy MeCaskey, of White Eyes township. Mr. Harran has given his entire attention to farming, in which he has succeeded well.


HARRIS JOSIAHI, M D., Coshocton ; descend- ed from a very ancient family of New England ; and is from the seventh generation from Thomas Harris, an associate of Roger Williams, whose name first appears on the records of Providence, Rhode Island, in 1736. Dr. Harris was born July 19, 1807, at Winthrop, Me., and was accustomed in childhood and youth to the hard farm labor of the New Englander. At the age of eighteen he entered Monmouth academy, and remained one year ; then entered the Wesleyan college, Ken- nebec county, Maine, and spent four years there studying and teaching. In the spring of 1850 he went to Georgetown, D. C., and taught in a pri- vate family for a short time. Then traveled in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. In the fall of 1830 he settled at Luthersburgh, Washing- ton county, Maryland, and took charge of Luth- ersburgh seminary, and remained there until 1837. In the meantime he attended medical lec- tures in the University of Maryland at Baltimore, and was graduated with the honors of M. D. in 1837, in which year he came to this city, where he has continued the practice of his profession until the present time (1880). Dr. Harris held the office of associate judge for several years prior to the adoption of the present State.consti- tution, which abolished said office. The doctor possesses good literary and scientific attainments, and has been a member of the school board of examiners both in the county and city. Dr. Harris has been married three times -first, May 27, 1841, to Miss Magdalene Zigler, daughter of Lewis Zigler, Washington county, Maryland ; the result of this union was one child, a son, Lewis, who died in infancy. Dr. Harris was next mar- ried January 16, 18HI, to Miss Amelia D. Lewis, daughter of Dr. Webster Lewis, of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. His last marriage was on April 12, 1855, to Miss Caroline Frew, daughter of John Frew, of Coshocton, Ohio, The result


of this marriage was four children, two of whom are deceased, viz: Charles and Frank; and two are living, viz: Mary Louise and John Marshall. Dr. Harris has a wide professional reputation, and is highly respected at home for his moral and social qualities.


ILARTSOCK JOHN, Tuscarawas township; blacksmith; postoffice, Canal Lewisville. Mr. HIartsock was born August 29, 1834, in New Castle township; son of Henry Hartsock, and native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and Mary, daughter of Ivan Rogers. John was brought up on a farm; went to his trade at the age of eighteen, in Walhonding; came to his present village in 1855. but worked as a journeyman in Warsaw and Walhonding, returning to his adopted home in 1857. Mr. Hartsock was mar- ried August 24, 1856, to Miss Jane, daughter of Abraham and Caroline (Parker) Brink. They are the parents of three children, viz: The first died in infancy, William and James L. are living. Mr. and Mrs. Hartsock took a child from John T. Simmons, which they named Andrew Jackson, and raised him to maturity.


HAVERICK VINCENT, Monroe township; was born in February, 1825, in Bavaria, Germany ; son of Aloysins, who was born in 1785, and Mary A. (Ament) Haverick. He learned the boot and shoe and stonemason trades in Germany. He came to America April 22, 1842, and settled in Jefferson township, Coshocton county, where he lived five years. From there he moved to Knox county, where he remained about twelve years, then returned to Warsaw and worked at the boot and shoe trade until 1867, when he removed to Monroe township, where he has followed farming ever since, His brothers and sisters are Michael J., born in 1809; Mary A., Roduck, Francis and Helena. Mr. Haverick was married to Hester A. Majors, November 35, 1846, daughter of William and Margaret (Sapp) Majors. Their children were James L., a merchant in Iowa; William, Mary A., George H., Margaret J., Frances; Lewis. deceased, and Normanda, deceased. Mrs. Haver- ick died in March, 1863, and in April, 1864, Mr. Ilaverick married Miss Acey Foster, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Davis) Foster, and grand- daughter of William Davis, and of Moses Foster and Elizabeth (Raymond) Foster. Elizabeth, Kernelons. Joseph and Clara were the names of their children.


JIAWK ANDREW, Adams township; farmer; postoffice, Bakersville, Ohio Mr. Hawk was born February 4, 1825, in Carroll county. Ohio. Ilis parents are of German descent ; his father a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of. Jeffer- son county, Ohio. Mr. Hawk was raised on a farm, and came to this county in 1827. When he


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came to this county it was generally a wildler- ness, with now and then a cabin surrounded by a cleared lot. Mr. Hawk was married May 5, 1848, to Miss Mary J. Walters, of Guernsey county, Ohio. They became the parents of five children: Mary E., Margaret A., Rachel E and Tolethe E. are living. The other one died in infancy. His wife died February 8, 1863. He was married May 10, 1865, to Miss Lavina Lan- ders, of Coshocton county. Her father was of German and her mother of Swiss descent. They are the parents of seven children : William T Sherman, Howard A., Edgar K., Avilla, Charles, Rutherford B. Hayes, and John, all of whom are living. Mr. Hawk was in the mercantile bus- iness during 1850 and 1851, in Bakersville, Ohio. He has since followed farming, and has acquired a good farm and property.


HAY JAMES, Coshocton; born in the County Derry, Ireland, January 6, 1806, and, at eleven years of age, came to America with his parents, and settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania. Mr. Hay was married October 6, 1834, to Miss Jane Burns, daughter of Samuel Burns, of this city. By this marriage he became the father of six children, four of whom are deceased, viz : Hous- ton, Samuel, Elizabeth and Mary; and two are living, viz: Sarah, married to James Wilson, of this city, and William, not married. Mr. Hay has been a very successful business man. Mr. Hay died Saturday evening, September 24, 1881.


HAY GEORGE A., Coshocton; mayor and notary public; was born November 16, 1855, in Coshocton ; son of Houston Hay, American born, of Irish descent. Young Hay received a rudi- mentary education in the public schools, and, at the age of seventeen, entered the preparatory de- partment of Denison University, at Granville, and was there four years. When twenty-one years old he entered the Junior class of Princeton college, and was graduated in June, 1879. Mr. Hay was elected mayor April 1, 1880, and took the oath of office on the 20th.


HAY JOSEPH H., Coshocton; boot and shoe dealer; was born February 21, 1848, in Canal Lewisville, this county. He is a son of Jackson Hay, native of Ireland. Young Hay's first school- ing was obtained in his native village and finished in this city. Mr. Hay obtained a practical busi ness knowledge clerking for the firm of R. & H. Hay, also in the hardware store of S. Harbaugh, both of this place, then in his father's dry goods store in his native village. In 1865 he came to this place with his father and continued with him as clerk until the business was sold out to the firm of Meyers, Pocock & Co., Mr. Ilay continu- ing with the new firm until 1874, when he en- gaged as clerk in his father's bank (First Na-


tional), and in the same year established his pres- ent business which he has continued to date. Mr. ITay carries a large stock of boots and shoes, hats and caps, umbrellas, etc. Mr. Hay was married August 10, 1870, to Miss F. E. Ranna, daughter of Joseph Ranna, of this city. This union was blessed with two children, both living, viz : Harry, born July 10, 1872, and Charles S., born October 15, 1875.


HAY HOUSTON, Coshocton; merchant; of the firm of Hay & Mortley, corner of Second and Main streets; also proprietor of the Coshoc- ton iron and steel works, for the manufacturing of springs and axles; was born, February 4, 1818, in Washington county, Pennsylvania; son of John Hay, who was a native of Ireland. Young . Hay remained on the farm until ten years of age, when, with his father, he moved to Elders- ville, Washington county, Pennsylvania, and re- mained there three years; then came to this State, and located at Martinsburgh. Knox county, where he lived two years. In May, 1835, he came to this city, and entered as a clerk in the store of Renfrey & Hay, where he remained ten years. In 1843, he engaged as a clerk with Ham- ilton Meck, and remained two years. In 1845, he was appointed collector of tolls on the Ohio canal, at Roscoe. In 1852, he became one of the firm of R. & H. Hay, In 1867, James S. Wilson was taken into the firm, which continued until June 1879, when the present firm was formed. The building of this firm, on the corner of Sec- ond and Main streets, is forty-five feet by seventy- five feet, three stories and basement, and all oc- cupied. They carry a large and complete stock of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, carpets, seeds, etc. In 1874, Mr. Hay parchased the Co- shocton iron and steel works, for the manufacture of springs and axles. This shop averages forty pairs of springs and 100 axles per day. . Mr. Hay was married, July 1, 1852, to Miss Detiah C. Roberts, of Licking county, The union was blessed with four children, all living, viz: Kate, George .1., John H. and Warner.


HAYS JOHN E., Tiverton township; farmer ; postoffice, Yankee Ridge, Ohio; born, in 1844, in this county. His father. Zachariah Hays, was born, in 1814, in England. He came from Eng- gland to Rhode Island, and was married there; his wife was born in England also. After mar- riage, he removed to this county, and died, in 1859. They were the parents of four children, the subject of this sketch being the second. He was married, in 1867, to Miss Delilah Draper, of this county, who was born in 1847. She died in 1870. They were the parents of one child, Delilah. He was again married, in 1879; this time to Miss Elizabeth Reese, of this county, who was born in 1860.


RESIDENCE OF HUSTON HAY, MAIN STREET, COSHOCTON.


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HEBALL W., Jackson township; postoffice, Roscoe; born in Maryland in 1820; moved with his father to Coshocton the same year, where he has continued to live ever since. He is a son of John and Anna Hebill; married in 1866, to Dolly Bible, daughter of Philip and Mary Bible.


HECK HENRY, Bethlehem township; farmer; was born in 1832, in Germany. He came to this county in 1833, and located in Monroe township. He was married in 1856, to Miss Nancy Burrell, of this county. They became the parents of six children, viz: Emma H., born November 10, 1861: Richard C., born July 17, 1863; Rebecca J., born in 1865. The other three are dead. Mrs. Heck died in 1866. Mr. Heck's second marriage was in June, 1867, to Miss Mary J. Darling, of this county ; who was born July, 1837. Mr. Heck has always followed the occupation of a farmer, and has a good farm. He has also cleared all his land, it being a wilderness when he came to this county.


HEFT PETER, Pike township; postoffice, West Carlisle; farmer and stock raiser; born in Belford county, Pennsylvania, in 1805; settled in this county in 1838; son of Peter and Mariah (Schoch) Heft, and grandson of Peter and Eliza- beth (Dihel) Heft, and of Jacob and Magdaline Schoch. He was married in 1845, to Miss Mar- garet Gault, daughter of William and Sarah Gauult. They are the parents of ten children, viz: George W .; Sarah, deceased : William H., Anna M., Perry O., Mary J., Amanda E., John C., Adam T. and James M. Five are married.


HEINZLE JOHN, grocer and confectioner, Main street, Coshocton. Mr. Heinzle is a native of Australia, and emigrated to America in 1871. He first stopped a short time in Cincinnati, after which he came to Coshocton and engaged in quar- rying stone, in which he continued until 1876, when he engaged in the grocery business, in which he still continues. He has a good stock of staple and fancy groceries and confectioneries, and a first-class stock of restaurant goods, con- sisting of brandies, wines, gins, beer, ales and whiskies of the best American brands, and im- ported brandies, wines and gins. He also has a street stand, where he sells candies, nuts, fruits, cigars, etc.


HENRY PROFESSOR E. E., Coshocton ; sn- perintendent Coshocton public schools; born Aug- ust 8, 1841, in Bainbridge, Geauga county, Ohio ; son of John Henry, who was American born of Scotch ancestry. Henry spent his childhoodland early youth on a farm. At eighteen, he entered the Eclectic institute at Hiram. James A. Garfick}, principal. On April 23 1861, he enlisted in Com- pany 1, -- O. V. I., being one of the first two


students who enlisted from that institute, in the three months' service, and re-enlisted for three years; was mustered out in 1864; was wounded at Antietam and was for several months an inmate of Libby prison. At the close of the war, he re- turned and resumed his studies, and was gradua- ted by the Western Reserve college, at Hudson, Ohio. His first teaching was done in this State; he also taught in Indiana three years, and in Kan- sas City three years. Was married May 16, 1872, to Miss Annie Langworthy, of Worthington, Ind- iana


HENRY CHARLES P., Coshocton; barber, of the firm of Henry & Hill, 234 Main street ; was born January 29, 1847, in Newark, Licking county; son of William Henry, a native of Rockbridge county, Virginia. At twelve years of age Charles went to his trade with his father. At seventeen he enlisted in Company K., Forty-second U. S. Colored Volunteers, was commissary sergeant. and served fourteen months, when he was hon- orably discharged at Nashville, Tennessee, On his return he attended school during the day and worked in his father's shop evenings and morn- ings, until October, 1869, when he came to this city and became partner with C. Dorsey, and continued the partnership until 1874, when Mr. Henry continued the business alone until Sep- tember 6, 1880, when the above firm was formed. Mr. Henry was first married August 29, 1872, to Miss Mary L. Norman, of Newark. This union was blessed with threechildren, one. Mary Louise, deceased, and two living-Ora D. and Blanch E. Mrs. Henry died August 31, 1878. Mr. Henry married January 12, 1880, Miss Eva Norman, of Newark. Hecame to this city without any finan- cial means, but has become the owner of a good real estate property.


HENDERSON A. M, Franklin township : phy- sician at Wills Creek; born in Carroll county March 2, 1839, son of William H and Mary Hen- derson. He came with his father to Tiverton township when about six months old, and lived there on the farm till he was twelve years okl, when his father moved to New Castle township, where Mr. Henderson remained till he was twen- ty-two, when he began clerking in Edward's dry goods store in Coshocton, at the same time read- ing medicine and reciting to Dr. Ingraham. This he continued more than three years, In 1867 he attended lectures of the Starling Medical Col- lege, Columbus, Ohio, graduating February 26, 1869. He came to Wills Creek March 26, 1869, and has practiced medicine successfully there since. Married July 3, 1567 to Miss Henrietta Lynch, daughter of Hugh Lynch, of Coshocton. They have had three children, viz: Mabel A., deceased, Hattie 1. and Nellie M.


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farmer; born in White Eyes, in 1840; is the son of George Henderson, and is of Irish descent. Mr. Henderson was married in 1868, to Miss Emma Ross, who was born in this county in 1844. They are the parents of four children : Henry J., Isaac R.,, Catherine M .. and William N Mr. Henderson has always resided in White Eyes.


HENDERSON B. F., White Eyes township; farmer; was born in this township in 1847, and is the son of George Henderson. Mr. Hender- son married Miss Malinda Normon, daughter of Christian Normon, in 1868. Mrs Henderson was born in 1850. They became the parents of four children, one of whom has deceased. Hat- tie, Edmond, and Christian are living. Mr. Hen- derson and wife belong to the U. B. church.


HENDERSON FRANK, Oxford township; farmer: postoffice. Evansburgh; son of Alexander Henderson; was born in Muskingum county, October 20, 1840, and eame to this eounty in 1868; was out five months in company H, One Hun- dred and Sixty-second O. N. G. He was married, March 20, 1865, to Mary Wolf, daughter of John Wolf. Their children were Dora, William, Frank, Leroy and Myrtle. He is a member of the M. E. church, has been school director for several terms, owns eighty-six acres of land in this town- ship, and is a highly esteemed citizen.


HESKETT J. W., M. D., Bedford township; postoffice, West Bedford; born, in 1851, in this county. His father, B. F. Heskett, was born, in 1823, near Martinsburgh, Virginia; came to this county in 1836, and was married, in 1848, to Miss Hannah M. Barcroft, of this county. She was born, in 1828, in Jefferson county. He was killed in battle at Murfreesborough, January 2, 1863. He was captain of company C, Fifty-first O. V. I. She died in 1854. They were the parents of three children, the subject of this sketch being the second. Ile entered the office of Dr. H. C. Dicus, of Martinsburg, Knox county, but now of Utica, Lieking county, as student, in 1870, and attended a course of lectures at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in the winter of 1872-3. He came back and and read another year, when he attended another course, receiving a diploma in the spring of 1874. He was married, in 1874, to Miss A. E. Coulter, of Martinsburgh, Knox county, who was born in 1858, in Jefferson county, Ohio. They are the parents of two children, Leo B. and Daisy V.


HESLIP JOSEPHI S., Linton township; farm- er; born December 22. 1827, in Linton township; son of Joseph and Eleanor (Walgamot) Heslip; has always lived in this township; enlisted in 1864. in Company K, Nineteenth O. V. I .; served on detailed duty as headquarters guard for Sher-


man in his Georgia campaign. Married August 13, 1857, to Esther J. Lovill, daughter of John W. and Eliza J. (Gillespie) Lovill; her father omi- grated from London, England, in 1830; her mother was from New York. Mrs. Heslip was born in Ashtabula County, March 24, 1835, and moved with her parents to Guernsey county when six months old. Their children are Eliza Ellen, William Osborn, Clara Jane, Ada Eliza- beth, Elma Susan; Sadie Bell, deceased ; Bertha, deceased, and Matilda Ann. George Milton Stone, the son of a deceased sister of Mrs. Heslip, is their adopted child.


HICKSON WILLIAM; postoffice, Roscoe; manufacturer of boots and shoes; born in the county of Meath, Ireland, December 2, 1845. At twelve and one-half years of age, he began an ap- prenticeship to a shoemaker, and upon its com- pletion in 1861, while yet a mere youth, left his native land and his friends, and sailed for Amer- ica. Arriving at New York, he found employ- ment there at his trade, and worked at it till 1865; he then came to Roscoe, and has here followed his vocation uninterruptedly since. April, 1880, he was elected justice of the peace for Jackson township; was married April, 1863, to Miss Bridget, daughter of James Meady, and has a family of three children, Margaret A., William, Jamesand Maria Isabelle.




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