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Hon. Lester C. Hake, Representative of Trumbull County in the 8Ist and 82nd General Assemblies of Ohio, was born at Church Hill, Ohio, July 20th, 1876. His father, Eli Hake, was born at Vienna, Ohio. The son, Lester, received his education in the public schools and high school at Church Hill, and he attended Normal School at Niles, Ohio. He also took a law course for one term at Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio.
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Mr. Hake taught school for several years and during the past ten years, has been engaged in farming. General Van Horn, of the Revolu- tionary War period, and to whom the U. S. Government erected a monu- ment at the mouth of the Hudson River, was great-grandfather to the mother of Mr. Hake.
In the year 1914, Mr. Hake was chosen by the Republicans of Trum- bull County, a Representative to the 8Ist General Assembly, and in 1916, he was re-elected to the 82nd General Assembly. Representative Hake was author of the bill that transferred the Farmer's Institute work from the Agricultural Board to the Ohio State University, thus taking it out of politics ; also a bill giving each county three ways in which to get a county agricultural agent, making it possible for scientific farming on every farm in the State.
In the Eighty-second General Assembly, Representative Hake was one of the Republican leaders, popular with his associates, and he served as a member of the committees : Codes, Courts and Procedure, Liquor Traffic and Temperance, and Public Parks and Works.
HON. JOHN IRWIN HALSTEAD.
(Wyandot County)
By act of the Ohio Legislature, Feb. 3rd, 1845, Wyandot County was formed from parts of Crawford, Marion, Hardin and Han- cock Counties. The county derived its name from the "Wyandotte" Indians, which tribe occupied a large government reservation of the best lands in the center of the county. On April 29th, 1845, the county commission- ers accepted a proposition from the govern- ment donating "one-third of the inlot and outlots of the town of Upper Sandusky, on condition of the permanent location of the seat of justice in the town," and thus Upper Sandusky became the county seat.
Hon. Irwin Halstead, who represents Wyandot County in the Ohio House of Representatives - Eighty-second General Assembly - was born in Marion County, Ohio, July 8th, 1856. His father, William
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Halstead, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio. The mother, nee Eliza- beth Anne Slye, was born in Madison County, Ohio. The son, Irwin, received his education at a district school in Mifflin Township, Wyandot County. During his boyhood, and since arrivng at man's estate, Mr. Halstead has been engaged in farming and stock raising, and the elevator business. Mr. Halstead is also in the business of buying and shipping wool.
In the year 1916, Mr. Halstead was nominated and elected, as a Republican, to a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives, Eighty- second General Assembly.
At the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly in 1917, Representative Halstead was particularly interested in legislation pertaining to agriculture and public highways, and he served as a member of the House committees on Agriculture and Public Highways.
HON. JOHN D. HAYS.
(Belmont County)
Belmont County, known to early settlers of Ohio as the county of the "Beautiful Moun- tains", was tenth in the order of the forma- tion of Ohio counties, and it was created by proclamation of Territorial Governor Arthur St. Clair, on November 7th, 1801. Originally the county embraced large portions of Guernsey and Noble Counties, and nearly all of Monroe County. A temporary county seat was established at Pultney, a small vil- lage nearby the present city of Bellaire. In the year 1803, a movement was started for removal of the county seat to Newellston, which has since become St. Clairsville, in honor of Governor St. Clair. An immense barbecue was held at Newellston, to which Governor St. Clair was invited. There the suggestion was offered to change the name of the place to St. Clairsville, and make it the county capital. The Gov- ernor was so pleased with the entertainment that he gave his approval, and when the first General Assembly of Ohio met, at Chillicothe, on April Ist, 1803, an act was passed appointing a commission on the
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Belmont county seat question. Through Governor St. Clair's influence, the change was made, becoming effective on April Ist, 1804.
During recent years, Belmont County has fluctuated considerably between the two political parties, and in the Eighty-second General Assembly of Ohio, the county has two members - one being a Repub- lican, the other a Democrat.
Hon. John D. Hays was born on a farm near Uniontown, in Wheeling Township, Belmont County, Ohio. His father, Henderson Hays, was born at Cannonsburg, Pa. The son, John D., received his education in the public schools, and at Franklin College, New Athens, Harrison County, Ohio. He followed the business of farming for a number of years, and in 1901, he was elected Treasurer of Belmont County, and re-elected in 1903, completing his second term on the 31st. day of August, 1906. In the year 1914, Mr. Hays was chosen, as a Republican, to represent Belmont County in the 8Ist General Assembly of Ohio, and he was again elected in 1916, to serve in the 82nd Gen- eral Assembly. Mr. Hays is unmarried.
During his service in the Legislature, Representative Hays has been particularly interested in all legislation pertaining to agrilculture. In the Eighty-second General Assembly, Mr. Hays served as a member of the committees : Agriculture, Fish Culture and Game, and Liquor Traf- fic and Temperance.
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HON. JULIUS W. HEADINGTON.
(Knox County)
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Originally a portion of Fairfield County, Knox County was created by the Legislature in February, 1808, and it was given its name in honor of Gen. Henry Knox, who was a distinguished officer of the Revolu- tionary Army and Secretary of War in President Washington's first cab- inet. The civil organization of the county dates from February 14th, 1808, when William W. Farquhar, John Mills, and William Gass, were designated by the Legislature as Associate Judges to compose the first court of the county, and Mt. Vernon was chosen for the county seat about the same time, by a committee appointed for that duty by the Legislature.
Politically, Knox County has been very evenly balanced, as between the Republican and Democratic parties, for many years. The present representative of the county in the Ohio Legislature - Hon. Julius W. Headington - is a Democrat, and he was born at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Aug. 26th, 1882. His father, Legrand N. Headington, was also born at Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
Julius W. Headington received his education in the public schools and at Mt. Vernon High School. He attended the Zanerian Art Col- lege two years, and he was for two years a special student in Languages and Philosophy at Kenyon College. Afterward, Mr. Headington paid his way through Art College at Columbus, Ohio, by working at the "Busy Bee" Restaurant. In the years 1904-5, Mr. Headington was a special teacher of Writing and Drawing in the public schools of Cardington, Ohio. He then spent a winter in Indian Mission work in Oklahoma and Indian Territory with the Episcopal Church. He then took up illustrating and cartooning, first in Kansas City, and then in New York. He did platform cartooning and Chautauqua work for two years, and then returned to Mt. Vernon, where he took over his father's sign-making shop, to which he added a scenic studio.
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Mr. Headington says, "Incidentally, I raise chickens, and pigs, and 'taters."
On June 15th, 1911, Mr. Headington was joined in marriage with Miss Jennie M. Clark, a Knox County school teacher, and they have a son, Robert Clark, born March 31st, 1912, and a daughter, Ruth Clark, born Nov. 19th, 1915.
Mr. Headington never held any public office until he was elected to the Legislature in 1916. At the regular session of the 82nd General Assembly in 1917, Representative Headington was active in support of Military Legislation ; also the "Quail Bill", and to preserve the Smith One-per cent. Tax Law. He was chairman of the committee on Sol- diers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, and a member of the committees : Conservation of Natural Resources, Dairy and Food Products, and Fish Culture and Game.
The Headington family were pioneer settlers in Knox County, and Laban, Headington, grandfather of Julius Headington, fought in the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and six of his sons were in the Amer- ican Civil War. Last, and not least, to be said for the Headington family in Ohio, Hon. Julius Headington has raised a battery of artillery for service in France, to be known as "Battery E, Ist Ohio Artillery", and on May 3rd, 1917, he was commissioned a second Lieutenant in command.
HON. FLOYD W. HEALD.
(Wood County)
Until about the year 1910, and for many years, Wood County was accustomed to giv- ing heavy majorities for Republican can- didates to office, but since that time the Democratic party has been uniformly suc- cessful in carrying the county, sometimes by very heavy majorities. This change was brought about largely through the wisdom of the party managers in selecting popular can- didates. The present representative in the Eighty-second General Assembly is Demo- cratic, both in the House of Representatives and Senate.
Hon. Floyd W. Heald was born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Dec. 3rd, 1872; the son of Perry and Permelia Heald. He was educated
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in the common schools from his native county, and Normal School at Edinborough, Pennsylvania. He also graduated at Fostoria Business College, Fostoria, Ohio, he having come to Ohio when twenty-one years of age. Mr. Heald was appointed deputy sheriff of Wood County in 1891, serving until 1895, when he was appointed Deputy Internal Reve- nue Collector, serving until a change of administration. He was elected sheriff of Wood County in 1910, and re-elected in 1912 by the largest majority ever received by any county official in Wood County. In the year 1914, Mr. Heald was nominated and elected as a Democrat, to serve in the Eighty-first General Assembly of Ohio, and again in 1916 he was chosen to represent his county in the Eighty-second General Assembly.
On June 10th, 1899, Mr. Heald was united in marriage with Miss Nettie L. Miller, of Portage, Ohio.
At the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly, Representative Heald introduced House Bill No. 176, which increases the compensation of Township Trustees, and House Bill No. 406, which provides a maximum compensation for Township Clerks and Treasurers. Both bills became laws.
Fraternally, Mr. Heald is a Mason, Odd Fellow, K. of P., member of the B. P. O. E., and Maccabees of the World. In the Eighty-second General Assembly, Representative Heald served as a member of the committees on Civil Service, Fees and Salaries, and Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home.
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HON. DAVID HEINSELMAN.
(Mahoning County)
Quite an exciting incident which is related in the "History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties" was a horse race between the two towns, Warren and Youngstown, which were rivals for the county seat of Trum- bull County, both towns being in that county before Mahoning County was formed. There was in Warren a brag race horse named "Dave", of which the whole village was proud. A number of leading citizens of Warren conceived the idea of humiliating Youngstown by bantering to run Dave against any piece of horseflesh the latter place could produce for a stake of $1,000.00. Youngstown selected a little bay mare, named "Fly", and a stretch of road one mile long in the vicinity of Crab Creek was selected for the race. At the appointed time, almost the entire citizenship of both towns turned out to witness the race. The Youngstown mare won, but this did not settle the county seat con- troversy.
Mahoning County, and the city of Youngstown, has had many sturdy representatives in the Ohio Legislature, not the least of whom is "Dave" Heinselman, the subject of this sketch.
Hon. David Heinselman was born at Lordstown, Trumbull County, Ohio, July 2nd, 1858. His father, John D. Heinselman, was born at Austintown, Ohio. The mother, nee Masena Rau was born at Can- field, Ohio. The son, David, received his education in the common schools at Youngstown. He early began railroad work, finally becoming a locomotive engineer, which position he holds at the present time.
On January Ist, 1880, Mr. Heinselman was married to Miss Mary A. Gundry, of Weathersfield, Ohio. They have five children, namely : William D., Frank A., Masena, Charles S., and Mary E.
Mr. Heinselman is a Republican in politics, and he was elected two terms a member of the City Council of Youngstown, being President one term. He served as a member of the Board of Public Service at Youngstown for nearly five years, being Chairman of the Board four years, and he has also been a member of the City Board of Health.
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In the year 1914, Mr. Heinselman was nominated and elected, as a Republican, to a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives, Eighty-first General Assembly, and he was again elected in 1916, to serve in the Eighty-second General Assembly.
At the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly in 1917, Representative Heinselman introduced H. B. No. 532, to provide for an additional judge to the Court of Common Pleas, of Mahoning County, and providing for his election as a judge of said court, Division of Domestic Relations. The bill became a Law. Mr. Heinselman served as a member of the following committees in the Eighty-second General Assembly, namely : Building and Loan and other Savings Associations, Prisons and Prison Reform, Public Printing, Public Waterways, and Universities, Colleges and Normal Schools.
HON EDWARD D. HELFRICH.
(Crawford County)
On the 20th of February, 1820, the Gen- eral Assembly of the State passed an act for the "Erection of Certain Counties" out of the vast tract of northwestern Ohio wilderness, acquired by the Indian Treaty of 1817, known as the "New Purchased Lands", and Crawford was the seventh of the fourteen counties thus created. It took its name from from the fact that Colonel William Craw- ford, in command of an ill-starred expedition against the Wyandotte and Delaware Indians in 1782, was captured in this county and taken over into Wyandotte and tortured to
death by the Indians.
Hon. Edward Daniel Helfrich, representative of Crawford County in the Eighty-second General Assembly, was born at Galion, Ohio, Dec. 6th, 1875. His father, Wendell Helfrich, was also born at Galion, Ohio. The son, Edward, received his education in the public schools of Craw- ford County, and at Ohio State University. He is, by profession, a physician and surgeon, and a pharmacist.
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In the year 1898, Mr. Helfrich was married to Miss Gertrude E. Bodey, of Galion, O.
In the year 1916, Mr. Helfrich was nominated and elected, as a Democrat, to represent Crawford County in the Eighty-second General Assembly of Ohio, and during the regular session of the Legislature in 1917, he was author of H. B. No. 158, relative to the enforcement of laws pertaining to the practice of pharmacy; and H. B. No. 159, prohibiting employers of labor from interfering with the political ac- tivities of their employes, and providing penalties for violation thereof. Both bills became Laws. Representative Helfrich served as a member of the following committees, namely: Constitutional Amendments and I. and R., County Affairs, Dairy and Food Products, Liquor Traffic and Temperance, Public Health, Universities, Colleges and Normal Schools.
HON. ALBERT HIRAM HERR.
(Allen County )
Allen County was organized by act of the Legislature in June, 1831. The first white settlers in the county was a family by the name of Russell, and they located on the Auglaize River in 1817, clearing a farm from the forest, and there the first white child was born in the county. Lima was laid out as the county seat in April, 1831, and it was chris- tened "Lima" after the capital of Peru.
Hon. Albert H. Herr, the representative of Allen County in the Eighty-second General Assembly of Ohio, was born in a log house on a farm in Allen County, Ohio, April 8th, 1879. His father, John Herr, was a native of Ohio. The paternal ancestry dates back to the nobility in Germany. The mother's ancestors were from Switzerland. The son, Albert, received his education in the country schools, high school, and at Ohio Northern University, at Ada, Ohio. In his youth, he was a farm boy, office boy, and country school teacher. Mr. Herr attended Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, and he took post-graduate work at Chicago, New York City and in the East, and extended his medical education by visiting the centers
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of medical learning in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Md., Wash- ington, D. C., and the Mayo Clinic.
In the year 1899, Dr. Herr was married to Miss Laura McGinnis, of Findlay, Ohio, and they have a son, Ben Herr, born January 4th, 1907.
In the year 1916, Dr. Herr was nominated and elected, as a Repub- lican, to represent Allen County in the Eighty-second General Assembly.
At the regular session of the Legislature in 1917, Representative Herr introduced H. B. No. 78, relating to "an act to establish a criminal court in the city of Lima", and the bill became a Law. Representative Herr was also active in behalf of the "Quail" bill, and all bills relating to the betterment of labor and health conditions in Ohio. He was par- ticularly opposed to the "Nurse" bills, the Agricultural Bill, and all office-creating bills. Mr. Herr served as a member of the committees : Constitutional Amendments and I. and R., Public Health, and Public Parks and Works.
HON. JAMES J. HILL.
(Licking County)
Licking County was formed by act of the Legislature in the year 1808, from territory taken from Fairfield County, and was named for the principal stream running through it, which had long been known as Licking, among the Whites, though the Indians called the stream Pataskala. The first court ever held in the county was held in a pioneer house in Granville. The grand jury held its deliberations under a neighboring tree. Soon afterward, however, Newark was chosen as the permanent county seat. The first court- house was a log building standing on the public square. Locally and literally, because its floor was the bare ground. It was erected in 1809 and served until its brick successor was built in 1815. Among the distinguished sons of this county was Judge William Burnham Woods, judge of the United States Supreme Court; General Rosecrans of Civil War fame; and Bishop Rosecrans.
The representative of Licking County in the Ohio House of Rep- resentatives, Eighty-second General Assembly - Hon. James J. Hill -
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was born in Monroe Township, of that county, March 26, 1853. His father, Andrew J. Hill, was born in the same township. The son, James, received his education in the country schools and at Johnstown, Ohio.
In the year 1874, Mr. Hill was united in marriage with Miss Anna A. Haugh, of Johnstown, Ohio, and they have seven children, namely : Harry J., Anna Pearl, Maggie Blanche, Mary May, Isaac R. Jr., Nellie M., and Esther.
The celebrated "Ike" Hill, (Isaac R. Hill) who was for so many years a famous Democrat, in Licking County, and well known through- out Ohio and the nation, was an uncle of James J. Hill, and his son, Isaac R. Jr., is named for his great-uncle.
Hon. James J. Hill has filled the office of Justice of the Peace in his township for 34 years. He was State supervisor of Elections in Licking Sounty for a period of 12 years. He was chairman of the Licking County Democratic Central Committee for 4 years, and is now President of the Licking County Agricultural Society, having been a member of that association for many years.
At the popular primary held in August, 1916, Mr. Hill was chosen, by the Democrats of Licking County, and he was elected in November, following, to a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives. At the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly in 1917, Mr. Hill was very much interested in "Good Roads" legislation, and he stood for economy in public expenditures. He introduced H. B. No. 128, relating to the duties of guardians, and H. B. No. 275, to compel common carriers to place lights on front and rear ends of all trains. Both bills became Laws.
Representative Hill served as a member of the following commit- tees, namely : Agriculture, Codes Courts and Procedure Public High- ways, Public Printing, and Universities, Colleges and Normal Schools.
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HON CHRISTIAN H. HILTY.
(Hancock County)
Hancock County was christened as a tribute to John Hancock, the distinguished signer of the Declaration of Independence, who inscribed his name in such bold chirog- raphy that King George could not fail to take notice of it. Originally, this section of Ohio was a great black swamp wilderness. Hancock County first became known to the Whites when the soldiers of the War of 1812 passed through it on their way to the fight- ing grounds of the Maumee. In this cam- paign, they erected a military supply depot on the Blanchard River, where Findlay stands, and called it "Fort Findlay", for Colonel James Findlay, of Cin- cinnati, who had charge of its erection.
The act creating the county was passed by the Legislature, Feb. 12th, 1820, to remain under the jurisdiction of Wood County until formally organized, which did not take place until after the passage of another act by the Legislature on January 21st, 1828.
The representative of Hancock County in the Ohio House of Rep- resentatives - Eighty-second General Assembly - Hon. Christian H. Hilty, was born at Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio, Dec. 21st, 1871. His father, John H. Hilty, was born at the same place. The son, Christian, attended the country school until the age of 17, then took Normal work at Findlay College for parts of two years. He commenced teaching school at the age of eighteen, continuing in that vocation for fourteen years, meanwhile spending a portion of each year from 1891 to 1898 attending Ohio Northern University, at Ada, Ohio, whence he graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science. Mr. Hilty also became interested with his brother in a drainage and tile plant, and farming, and is still engaged in these lines of business.
The parents of Mr. Hilty were of German and Swiss descent. Chris- tian H. Hilty was united in marriage with Miss Minerva Alice Gilbert. They have three daughters - Margaret Alice; Florence Luella; and Dorothy Pauline.
In the year 1916, Mr. Hilty was nominated and elected, as a Demo- crat, to represent Hancock County in the Eighty-second General Assem-
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bly of Ohio. Prior to this time, he served on the township Board of Education, and as township clerk, besides being a member of the County Board of Education in Hancock County.
At the regular session of the Eighty-second General Assembly in 1917, Representative Hilty was especially interested in all legislation affecting the farmer, good roads, and industrial legislation. He served as Chairman of the Committee on Public Waterways, and a member of the committees on Agriculture, Civil Service, County Affairs, and Public Highways.
HON. CLYDE E. HOOLEY.
(Champaign County)
Champaign . County was formed from Greene and Franklin Counties on March Ist, 1805, and originally included the counties of Clark and Logan, with the first seat of justice at Springfield, now in Clark County. The first white settler in Champaign County was William Owens, who located near Urbana. in 1797 or 1798. The noted Indian fighter, Simon Kenton, was also an early settler, and his remains are in the Urbana Cemetery. The great Indian chief, Tecum- seh, frequently visited this section, and for a time, in the year 1795, had his quarters on Deer Creek, near Urbana. Champaign County was the home of Joseph Vance, who served one term as Governor of Ohio, 1857-8. Champaign County is uniformly Republican in politics, and Hon. Clyde H. Hooley, who represents the county in the 82nd General Assembly, is of that faith.
Clyde H. Hooley was born in Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio, Nov. 24th, 1887, and is therefore one of the young members of the State law-making body. His father, Jonas Hooley, was born in the same township. The son, Clyde, received his education at Kennard Graded School, and he took the short course in Agriculture at Ohio State University. He has always worked on the farm until in 1913, when he was employed by the Ohio State Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion to take charge of one of its three traveling exhibits, where he con- tinued until he was elected to his present position. Mr. Hooley worked during the winter months, speaking at Farmer Institutes.
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