History of Coshocton County, Ohio, its past and present, 1740-1881, Part 115

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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HILL WILLIAM MI., Coshocton ; barber, of the firm of Henry & Hill, 234 Main street; was born March 20, 1850, in Taylor county, West Virginia; son of John Hill, deceased. William M. was raised on the farm until fifteen, when he became servant to Lieutenant Colonel Pierpont, and remained with him four years, and until the close of the war. In 1870 he went into the bar- bershop of George Mickens, at Grafton, West Virginia, and remained one year, after which he successively worked at Mannington, West Vir- ginia; Bellaire, Ohio, and Newark, Ohio. August 20, 1878, he came to this city and worked with Mr. Henry, of the above firm, until September 6, 1880, when he became partner. Mr. Hill was married, March 30, 1880, to Miss Lucy Clinton, of Zanesville, Ohio.


HILL A. J., Coshocton ; insurance agent ; was born in Guernsey county, July 4, 1834; son of David M. and Elizabeth (Gorden) Hill. A. J. was brought up and schooled in town and city. His life has been principally spent in merchandising. In June, 1853, Mr. Ilill was married to Miss Annie E., daughter of Adam and Mary (Huf- man) Kimble. They have been the parents of the following children, viz : Ray T., Osten D., M. Lizzie, Ernest C., George F., Jennie A., Annie B. and Sarah B., deceased. In 1868 he formed the firm of MeCleary & Hill, wholesale grocers. Cam- bridge, Ohio, and did a very successful business.


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He was also partner in the firm of Thompson & Hill, boot and shoe dealers, Cambridge, Ohio. From this place he went to Massillon, Ohio, and was proprietor of the Tremont House for two years. Then he moved to Newcomerstown, where his wife died, November 2, 1876. He came to this city in 1877, and the spring of 1880 took the agency of the Jelloway Mutual Aid As- sociation, in which he is doing a very satisfactory business.


HILL GEORGE ROSCOE; teacher; born Jan- uary 23, 1840, in Roscoe, Coshocton county, Ohio ; son of James and Catharine (Dunlap) Hill, na- tives of Ireland, who came to America in 1832 and located at Lockport, New York. In 1837 they came to Roscoe, where the father died, No- vember 16, 1861. Young Hill obtained a good elementary education at the public schools of his native village. At the proper age he began brick laying, at which he worked about ten years, dur- ing the summer seasons. When about twenty- five he began his present profession, in which he has been very successful.


HIMEBAUGH WILLIAM, White Eyes town- ship; farmer; born in Harrison county, Febru- ary, 1818. His father, Peter Himebaugh, was a native of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, and was of German ancestry. William remained at home until he was eighteen, when he appren- ticed himself to a cabinetmaker at Cadiz. In 1840 he came to this county, and he and his brother, Peter, started a shop at Chili, where they continued in the furniture business for eight years, William teaching school during the winter. In 1843 he married Miss Sarah Alexander, daugh- ter of John Alexander. Mrs. Himebaugh is a native of the county Tyrone, Ireland, and was born April, 1825. Her father, John Alexander, was educated at Dublin. He studied medicine at the same place. but never practiced his profes- sion He came to Buffalo, New York, in 1825: lived there a short time, then moved to Pitts- burgh, where he staid a couple of years; then came on to White Eyes township and purchased the farm on which he resided till his death, in 1854, at the age of eighty-four. He was the sec- ond justice of the peace in the township, and held that office until he was too old to serve. He was a ready writer, and an occasional contributor to the newspapers.


while fighting. He was patriotic and brave, and a young man of great promise. William 1. was born May 28, 1857, is reading law, and is the only chill living. Mr. Himebaugh moved to Wash- ington county in 1848, and returned to Chili in 1852. He was elected county auditor in 184, was installed in March, 1855, and was re-elected in 1856. He is the only Republican in the coun- ty who has held a county office two terms in suc- cession, and the only one who has ever held the office of county auditor. In 1861 he bought and moved on to the oldl Alexander place in White Eyes, remained there until 1875, when he went to Avondale, and in 1877 located on the farm where he now resides.


Mr. Himebaugh was a strong and influential union man. June, 1863, was appointed by the pro- vost marshal enrolling officer of a district includ- ing Crawford township. The mostinterestingevent that occurred while discharging his duty in Craw- ford, took place on Madison's run, in the vicinity of where a lodge of the "Golden Circle" was in the habit of holding its meetings. He called on a young man who was working in the cornfield for the purpose of enrolling him. When asked for his name and age he replied, " I don't go mit dis abolition war. 1 fights nix for de nigger. I gives no name and I gives no how old." Mr. Himebaugh replied, "AH right, sir, there is an- other way of getting your name and age," and turned to go to his horse. While passing from the field to the road he saw two other persons cross the fence, with clubs in their hands, and join the Dutchman in the lichl.


When about 200 yards away he heard some loud swearing from the Dutchmen, but could not understand what they were saying. He had to go by the Dutchman's house in order to get to his horse, and the three followed him, keeping at a distance, and pretty quiet until Mr. Hime- baugh was past the house, then they hastened their pace, and as soon as they saw they couldl reach the house, the Dutchman interviewed in the field, began swearing, "Now you're as far as you gets, for | shoots you." He then went into the house and came out with a gun on his arm, still swearing that he would shoot. Mr. Hime- baugh stood on the opposite side of the fence with his hand on his revolver waiting for a motion from the Dutchman, and telling him at the same time that he was ready to open the ball at any time. The other two were afraid to show then- selves after they got into the house.


Mr. and Mrs. Himebaugh became the parents of two children-Milton, born July, 1815, enlisted December, 1861, at camp Meigs in Company G, However, the Dutchman did not shoot. but con- tinned his murderous threats, while Mr. Hino- baugh walked deliberately to his horse that was hitched a few rods distant, when he found the saddle girth was out. One of the trio was then immediately dispatched post haste to a magician Eightieth O. V. I. He was killed at the battle of Jackson, Mississippi, May 14, 1863, at the age of seventeen years and ten months. He was clerk of the brigade commissary department, but at the battle of Jackson he took a musket and went into the battle, and received a ball near his heart ! in the neighborhood, and got him to use all his


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power in the black art to put a stop to "dis en- rolling bizness." But, regardless of the shot-gun and the conjurations of the charmer, the enroll- ment of Crawford was completed.


The Dutchman was indieted by the United States grand jury at Cleveland, was arrested and lay in jail ant the dungeon for a long while at that place. The other two ran off and have not made their appearance since.


From 1862 to 1869 Mr. ILimebaugh was United States revenue assessor. He has been justice of the peace in White E-es township for twelve years, and holds that office at present.


HINDS ELISHA, deceased, Adams township; farmer; son of Ezra and Elizabeth Hinds; was born August 23, 1801, near Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Ile came to Steubenville, Ohio, and re- mained thirteen years; he then removed to Car- roll county, Ohio, and remained until April, 1836, when he came to Coshocton county, and settled in Adams township, where he remained until his death. Mr. Hinds was married February 10, 1822, to Miss Nancy Berry, of Steubenville, Ohio. They became the parents of nine children, viz : Elias, Westley; David, deceased; May J .; Elisha, deceased ; John; Hannah, deceased; an infant not named, and Lewis. His wife died February 6. 1864. He was married August 8, 1854, to Miss Mirgaret Huff, of Brownsville, Pennsylvania They became the parents of one child, James, who was born December 4, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Hinds united with the M. E. church, December, 1840, and remained members until death. They were descendants of the "Pilgrim Fathers." Mr. Hinds' father served in the revolutionary war.


HOGAN DANIEL, Coshocton ; restaurant, gro- cery and liquor dealer, 446 Main street; was born May 1, 1850, in Waynesburgh, Virginia; son of Patrick Hogan, a native of Ireland. Mr. Hogan came to this county in 1860, and elerked for J. G. Stewart three and one-half years, and for L. R. Miller four years. From Roscoe he went to War- saw and established a grocery ; in a few years he went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and established a restaurant, from whence he came to this city and established his present business, in 1873, after having shipped horses a short time. Mr. Hogan was married July 12, 1873, to Miss Nancy Pain- ter, daughter of John W. Painter, of Westmore- land county, Pennsylvania. This union was blessed with three children. Wellington, Pearl and Belle. Mr. Hogan commenced life for him- self a poor boy, but has succeeded well in his business.


IIOGLE JOHN, Bethlehem township; farmer; son of Michael and Polly (Langdon) Hlogłe; was born November 7, 1816, in Bethlehem township, Coshocton county, Ohio; postoffice, Warsaw, Ohio. Mr. Hogłe's father came to Bethlehem


township in 1814, and found it a wilderness, in- habited by Indians and wild animals; he was of Holland Dutch descent. John Hogle was married April 12, 1842, to Miss Lydia A. Skillman, of this county, who was born February 22, 1822, in New Jersey. They are the parents of seven children, viz: Wilhelmina S., Leander, Charlotte L., Har- riet, Mary, Lizzie, Annie W. Mr. and Mrs. Ho- gle have been influential members of the M. E. church forty years. Mr. Hogle has been justice of the peace in his township twelve years, and is esteemed by all who know him. He owns one of the finest farms in this county.


HOHENSHELL JACOB, farmer; Washing- ton township; postoffice, Wakatomaka; born in 1810, in Wesmoreland county, Pennsylvania. He was married in 1832, to Miss Sarah Keister, of the same county, who was born in 1813. They came to this county in 1854. They are the par- ents of fourteen children, seven boys and seven girls; three boys and five girls are still living.


HOLL RICHARD S., Newcastle township; postoffice, Newcastle; was born in Lancaster, county, Pennsylvania, in December 25, 1829; son of Jacob and Lydia (Potts) Holl, grandson of Peter and Christina (Miller) Holl, and Ephrian and Esther Potts. He attended school during his youth, and at the age of sixteen began to learn the carpentry and pumpmaking trade, serving the proper time. Ile has been engaged in car- pentry ever since. He came to Newcastle in 1855, and on August 5, 1862, he enlisted in the U. S. service under Captain Nichols, Company H., Ninety-seventh regiment, O. V I. He went with his company to Camp Lew Wallace, Covington, Kentucky, and white there received an injury while assisting in unloading of medical stores, and was taken to West-End Hospital, Cincinnati, until he became convalescent and was then re- moved to Camp Dennison, where he remained until he received his discharge on December 25, 1862, and came home. He has never recovered from his injury. After coming home he was unable to do anything for a year, and since then he is able to perform only light work about half his time. He was appointed postmaster in New- castle, in October, 1869, and has filled that office since. He was married to Miss Mary R. Spind- ler, on the 31st of January, 1850, daughter of Frederick and Sarah (Campbell) Spindler. Mrs. Holl was born Angust 18, 1828, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. They have had seven children, viz: Lydia, born November 20, 1850; Sarah, born November 6, 1852, died August 23, 1878; Thomas J., born September 9, 1854; Mary E., born July 15, 1856; Hortense, born January 26, 1859, died July 12, 1859; Richard A., born March 8, 1861; Lovd N., born March 12, 1865, died October 16, 1870.


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HOOD OLIVER T., White Eyes township; born in Ireland, in 1832; came to America m 1842, and to this county in 1852, and located in White Eyes township He commenced the mechanical trade as a machinist in his eleventh year, entering a large machine shop in Glasgow, Scotland, but afterward turned his attention to engineering. Ile came to Montreal, Canada, and took charge of the steamer Rollin Hill, on the St. Lawrence river. In the spring of 18-17, he came to Oswego, New York, and had charge of the steamer Victoria, running on the Bay of Fundy in the summer of 1847. In the fall of 1847, he went into a machine shop at Niagara Falls. In the spring of 1848. his parents moved upon a farm in Canada, where he remained with them until 1850, when he came to Erie, Pennsylvania, and took charge of a steamer on Lake Erie, where he remained until 1852, when he came to this county. He was married, September 16, 1852, to Mary J. Graham, who was born in Steubenville, the daughter of Benjamin Graham, a resident of this county. They are the parents of six children, five living. S. W. was born in 1854, in this county. He was married, July, 1880, to Miss Sadie Mar- shall, of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. She was born in 1856. S. W. is a saddler by trade, and is carrying on business at Avondale. The names of the other children are as follows, viz: Maggie, Rebecca, Jane and Sarah K., and are all at home. Mr. Hood has followed carpentering since 1865 He has been elected justice of the peace of White Eyes township, and is holding that office at pres- ent. He and his family are members of the U. P. church at AAvondale.


HOOK ISAAC, Bethlehem township; farmer; son of Jolm Hook; was born December 16, 1826, in this township, and has always remained a resident. His father came to this county in 1812, and located in Bethlehem township. He was one of the old pioneers, the township being generally a dense forest when he came here. Isaac Hook was married, in 1850, to Miss Kezia Burrell, of this county, who was born in 1829. They are the parents of nine childred, viz : S. M., born in 1851 ; E. Annie, born in 1853; Howard M., born in 1855; Susan, born in 1857; Jennie, born in 1859; Harvey, born in 1862; William, born in 1868; Mil- dred, born in 1870, and George, born in 1872. All the children are residents of this county. Mr. Ilook has always been a resident of this county, and has followed agricultural pursuits.


moved to Linton township; married November 27, 1850, Miss Mary, daughter of Andrew and Mary (Rodruck) Ferguson, of Lafayette town- ship. Their children are Henry B., Emma D., Andrew H., and William Tecumseh Sherman. Mr. Hootman enlisted in Company A, One Hun- dred and Ninety-fourth O. V. I., February 15, 1865, and served eight months.


HOOTMAN ISAAC; farmer; born in Lafay- ette township October 27, 1818; son of Henry and Eleanor ( Farmer) Hootman. His maternal grandfather Frederick Farmer, was Irish born; his paternal grandfather, Christopher Hootman, was a Hessian, and was drafted into service when only fourteen years old; belonged to a regiment as drum-major employed by the English in the American war, and was wounded and taken pris-


oner at Trenton. When released at the close of the war he adopted America as his home, and settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he died. His son Henry, father of Isaac, came to Lafayette township in 1815, and about 1828 moved to Oxford township; he afterwards sold out here and moved to Lawrence county, Illinois, where he died. Except a few months spent in Indiana, Isaac has always lived in this county. He was married in 1841 to Sophronia Hammersly, born October 22, 1822, daughter of Peter Hammersly, of Linton township. Their children are Henry, Ruhama, Thomas ; Eliza Ellen, deceased ; Seth : Jacob, deceased ; George, Lydia, Manda, Dora ; Eber, deceased.


HOOVER CHRISTIAN, Crawford township; farmer; postoffice, New Bedford; born October 18, 1841, in German township, Holmes county, in the house in which he now resides; son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Snyder) Hoover. He has spent his entire time on the farm where he was born. IIe was married March 16, 1863, to Miss Mary, daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (Varnse) Gouser. Five children were born to them, viz: Francis M., Rebecca Elizabeth, Martha, Albert A. and Mary Margaret. Mr. Hoover has a com- fortable home for himself and family.


HIOSELTON WILLIAM, Coshocton; saloon and resturant, Third street, between Main and Chestnut; was born April 22, 1832, in Circleville, Pickaway county; son of Joseph Hoselton, Sr., a native of Pennsylvania; served as major in the war of 1812, and was present at the surrender of General Hull. Young Hoselton was raised in liis native village. At fifteen he began canal boat- ing, which he followed about fifteen years. He spent the years 1856-7 in the West. In 1861 he learned the carpenter trade, and followed it and butchering until 1877, when he established his present business. Mr. Hoselton was married May 9, 1859, to Miss Eveline Prescott, of Circle-


HOOTMAN HENRY JACOB, Linton town- ship; farmer; born December 9, 1824; son of Henry and Eleanor (Farmer) Hootman. (For anc stry sec Isaac lootman). When three years old his father moved to Oxford township, where Henry remained till he was twenty-one ; he then lived in Lafayette township until 1850, when he | ville. This union was blessed with live children,


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viz: Charles D., Fannie E., Emma L., William J. and Samuel T. Hoselton.


HOSTETTER A. J., Keene township; born January 12, 1840, in Keene township; son of Ja- cob and Harriet (Martin) Hostetter, of German birth. At the age of five years he moved to Holmes county, where he spent about twenty years, and then three in Ashland county. Ile next moved to Indiana, where he remained until 1876, when he returned to Coshocton county. He has followed cabinetmaking for thirteen years. Mr. Hostetter enlisted in 1862 in Com- pany B, Sixteenth regiment O. V. 1., and was dis- charged in 1864. Hle re-enlisted in Company B, First regiment O. V. I., and remained in service until the close of the war, having been engaged at Mill Springs, Cumberland Gap, and in the num- erous battles which were fought in Sherman's Georgia campaign. He was married February 20, 1867, to Susan E. Beaird, born in 1850, daugh- ter of Henry and Elizabeth (Miller) Beaird.


HOUSER CHARLES, farmer; Washington township: postoffice, Wakatomaka; born in 1814, in Hampshire county, Virginia. He came to this county in 1819 with his father C. D. Houser. He was born in 1769, in Germany, and came to Vir- ginia in 1785. He married Marion Thompson, of the same county, who was born in 1773. IIe died in 1853; she died in 1851. They were the parents of nine children. The subject of this is the sixth. He was married in 1832 to Miss Re- becca Garee, of Lieking county, who was born in 1818.


HOWE A. D., Coshoeton ; foreman in axle de- partment of steel works; was born March 16, 1850, in Lodi, Otsego county, New York; son of George 11. Howe, At the age of thirteen he went on a farm, where he remained two years. In April, 1865, he commenced his present business, at Springfield Center, Otsego county, New York, and remained two years, then worked two years in Ilerkimer county, New York. He came to this city in 1871, and was one of the first who worked in the present works, becoming foreman in September, 1878, which position he has held to the present time. Mr. Howe was married July 19, 1864, to Miss Mary, daughter of Isaac Sparts. of Menden. Herkimer county, New York. They have two children, Clarence D. and Mildred M.


HOWE GEORGE H., Coshocton ; boxmaker, in spring and axle works; was born in Otsego county, New York, in 1827 ; commenced work in cotton factory at the age of fourteen, and con- tinned four years; then learned the carpenters' trade, and followed it until he enlisted in Com- pany D. One Hundred and Fifty-second N. Y. V. I. He was honorably discharged in July, 1864, and returned to New York and engaged in


buggy axle manufacturing, where he continued until 1876, when he engaged in his present posi- tion. Mr. Howe chose Harriett, daughter of Leonard Perkins, of Oneida county, New York, for a partner to share the joys and sorrows of life with him. They were blessed with five children, viz: Albert, Charles, Ida, George, and Eggert, deceased.


HOWELL JOHN, fruit grower; Washington township; postoffice, Wakatomaka; born in 1814, in Belmont county, Ohio. He came to this eounty in 1827, with his father, who was born in 1767, in Virginia. He was married in 1797, to Miss Elizabeth Bonham, of Virginia, who was born in 1777. They came to Belmont county in 1814. fle was in the war of 1812. John was married in 1837, to Miss Phœbe A. Seward, of this county, who was born in 1813, in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. She died in 1879. They are the parents of eight children. Mr. Howell has thirty acres of orchard. His gross sales for 1879 were $2,000.


HOWLETT JOHN, SR., Bedford township; carpenter; postoffice, West Bedford; born in 1819, in Ohio county, West Virginia. He was married in 1848 to Miss Elizabeth J. Steele, of the same county, who was born in 1829. They came to this eounty in 1861. They are the par- ents of nine children, viz: Franklin, Albert; Gabriel, deceased; John, James; Charles, de- ceased; Sarah E., Harry and Ida May. Mr. Ilowlett is a carpenter, having worked on many fine buildings.


HOW'SER A. B., Jackson township; Roscoe postoffice; born in this county in 1851; son of Jacob and Elizabeth Howser, and grandson of Andrew and Mary (Carson) Lockard; married in 1875 to Mary A. Norris, daughter of William and Rebecca J. Norris. They have one ehild- Curtis S.


HUGHES JAMES, Bedford township; farm- er; postoffice, West Bedford; born in 1809 in Belmont county, Ohio, and came to this county in 1821, with his father, who was born in 1767 in New Jersey. He married Miss Franeis Launney, of Winchester, Virginia, and died in 1824. She died in 1867. They were the parents of seven children, the subject of this sketch being the third. He was married in 1860 to Miss Rebecca Hardman, of this county, who was born in 1822. She died in 1863. He was married in 1872 to Miss Lottie Robinson, of this county, who was born in 1839, in Harrison county. They are the parents of three children, viz : Luella J., James A. and Francis U.


HUGHES JOHN D., Keene township; car- penter; born June 26, 1840, in Pittsburgh, Penn


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sylvania; son of John and Eliza J. Hughes, and grandson of Robert and Mary A. (Robinson) Hughes, and of John and Nancy (Hasson) Dun- can. He remained in Pittsburgh, till 1878, when he came to Keene. and married Miss Rebecca Fullerton, of Irish extraction, who was born June 20, 1844; daughter of Robert and Anna (Aiken) Fullerton, and granddaughter of Robert Fullerton. Three children have been born unto them: William, February 2, 1868; Eliza J., Oc- tober 15, 1871, and Mary E., October 12, 1874. Mr. Hughes enlisted in the Thirteenth Pa. V. I., Company F. and was discharged August 28, 1861 ; re-enlisted September 6, 1861, in the One Hun- dred and Second Pa. V. I., Company L, and mus- tered out September 9, 1864. He was engaged at Williamsburg, Antietam and Fredericksburg. At Williamsburg he was severly wounded. He was a member of the militia that helped to sup- press the great Pittsburgh riot, in IS78.


IIUGHES WILLIAM H., Coshocton ; carpen- ter and contractor; was born April 9, 1840, in Muskingum county. He is a son of Henry C. R. Hughes, American born, of Irish ancestry. Young Hughes was raised on the farm until about fifteen years of age, when he began to learn the cabinet trade, which he followed until 1861, when he enlisted in Company A, Ninth O. V. C., and served until the close of the war. On returning from the war he resumed his trade at Roseoe, where he followed it until 1869, when he changed to his present trade. In 1871 he came to this city, and has successfully followed the car- penter and contracting business to the present. Mr. Hughes was married August 8, 1866, to Miss Jennie Mirise, daughter of John Mirise, deceased, formerly of Roscoe. This union has been blessed with five children, viz : Frank G., Alice Blanche, Edie Belle, Charles H. and William Longdon.


HURLBUTT L. H., Coshocton; manager for D. M Moore, custom clothier, 422 Main street; was born in 1832, in the State of Connecticut; com- menced his trade when fourteen years of age; at twenty he established a shop at Norfolk, Connecti- cut, and continued business six years. His health failing, he went south and remained two years, then returned and located at Stanford, Connecti- out, and remained twelve years. He was em- ployed as cutter in Dunkirk, Newark and Dayton. In ISTS he took his present position. He was married in 1853, to Miss E. Holcomb, of Water- bury, Connecticut, Their children are William L., J. A. and Perry. This establishment employs twenty-five hands, and turns off from twenty-five to thirty suits per week. Mr. Moore buys dircet from the mills. This is a branch of the Newark store, which employs from fifty to sixty hands.




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