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In 1854 he returned to Lucas county as now constituted and purchased a farm of forty acres, in Richfield township, clearing this farm from the wild state, with the aid of his sons, and eventually making substan- tial improvements on the place. He passed the closing years of his life in the village of Sylvania, where he died in 1887, at the age of eighty years. He was twice married-first to Dorcas Hollister, of Sylvania, who died after becoming the mother of two children, Har- riet, who is the wife of Henry Hubbard, and Henry, who is a resident of Elm Hall, Mich. His second wife, Amanda, daughter of Jacob and Rebecca (Harpel) Wolfinger, was born in Pennsylvania, as al- ready noted, and was a child at the time of her parents' removal to Richfield township, Lucas county, Ohio, where they were pioneers. The date of the mother's death was March 22d, 1891. Five children were born of the second marriage, namely: Ira W., Ezra S., Harper M. (deceased), Charles F. and John F., all but one of whom are liv- ing. Dr. Harroun was reared to maturity in Lucas county, his rudi- mentary education being secured in the district schools, and his ambi- tion to secure more liberal training was quickened to action while he was still a boy. In 1873 he engaged in teaching in the district schools, in the meanwhile continuing his own studies in a private way, and finally he entered the Toledo high school, also attending a business col- lege in that city, and he completed his literary or academic education in the National Normal University, at Lebanon, Ohio. In 1877 he began the study of medicine, in the meanwhile continuing to teach school at intervals, and he finally was matriculated in the Physio-Medical Col- lege, in Cincinnati, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1884, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In the same year he began the practice of his profession in Hamersville, Brown county, Ohio, where he remained a short time, coming to Lyons in the autumn of the same year. Here he has built up a representative professional business, his practice being extended throughout a wide section, and he is held in unqualified esteem both as a citizen and as a physician. He is a member of the Ohio State Physio-Medical asso- ciation, as well as that of Lucas county, and also of the National Physio - Medical association. He is examining sur- geon for the Woodmen of the World, the Northwestern Ohio Masonic association and the Milwaukee Accident association, and also the Royal Neighbors, and is attending surgeon to the Buckeye Stave company of Lyons. In politics his alle- giance is given to the Republican party, and he is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Wood- men of the World and the Knights of the Maccabees. He and his wife hold membership in the Christian, or Disciples' church. March 22, 1884, Dr. Harroun married Miss Clara A. Jones, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Boys) Jones, of Clermont county, Ohio, and they have three children, Mary A., Edith O. and John T.
ALFRED D. HARRISON, one of the representative farmers of York township, was born on the homestead upon which he resides, the date of his nativity being March 14, 1852. He is a son of John
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and Elizabeth (Wardley) Harrison. The former was born in York- shire, England, and came to America when twelve years of age, being reared to manhood in the State of New York, where he learned the blacksmith trade, which he followed as a vocation until the time of his settling in Fulton county, about the year 1840. He located on the farm now operated by the subject of this review, reclaiming the same from the wilds and also conducting a blacksmith shop on the farm, finding his services much in requisition in the earlier years of his resi- dence in the county. He died in Wauseon, Ohio, in 1893, honored by all who knew him. His wife was born in Lyons, New York, where was solemnized their marriage, and she survives her husband, making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Nort, in the city of Toledo. Alfred D. Harrison was reared on the home farm, in whose reclama- tion he assisted, and he has ever continued to be identified with agricul- tural pursuits in his native township. He was afforded the advan- tages of the public schools of the locality and period, and is a citizen of worth and prominence in his community. He is a stanch supporter of the principles and policies of the Democratic party. Both he and wife are members of the Baptist church at Wauseon, Ohio. In No- vember, 1874, Mr. Harrison was united in marriage to Miss Saphrona Halsey, who was born and reared in Fulton county, being a daughter of Isaiah and Rebecca (Wells) Halsey, honored pioneers of the county, where both passed the closing years of their lives. Mr. Hal- sey was a native of England, whence he came to America in 1808. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison have four children: Maud, who is the wife of Timothy Kelsey, of Toledo; Adaline, who is the wife of Frederick Kelsey, of Swanton, this county; Alfred H., who married Miss Beulah Lincoln, a representative of the same family as was the late President Lincoln, and he is a resident of Toledo, Ohio; and Bertha, who is the wife of Henry Roberts, of Elyria, Ohio, near Cleveland.
GEORGE W. HARTMAN, M. D., one of the able and popular physicians and surgeons of Wauseon, is a representative of a family whose name has been identified with the annals of Fulton county from the beginning of its political existence. John C. Hartman, a native of Hanover, Germany, immigrated to America when a lad of sixteen years, valiantly setting forth to seek his fortune in the new world. He remained for a time in Richmond, Va., and in 1844 came to what is now Fulton county, Ohio, becoming a prosperous and influential farmer of Clinton township. His father, John Hartman, was a sol- dier under Napoleon and participated in the attack upon the city of Moscow. Charlotte Haughtby, daughter of John Haughtby, came with her parents from Lincolnshire, England, when fourteen years of age, and the family located in Delta, this county, where she was reared to maturity. She became the wife of John C. Hartman, and the young couple forthwith located on the farm on which their son, George W., subject of this sketch, was born, the old homestead being located in Clinton township. There the honored parents remained during the residue of their lives, the mother passing away in 1881, at the age of fifty-four years, and the father was summoned to his reward in 1901,
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at the venerable age of eighty-three years. Concerning their children the following is a brief record: George W. is the immediate subject of this review; Charles is superintendent of the Fulton County Infirm- ary; Harvey is engaged in the harness business in Wauseon; Fred- erick and Thomas are residents of Toledo; Mrs. Melinda Lozer and Mrs. Charlotte Yarnell reside in Wauseon ; and John and Joseph are residents of the State of Michigan. Dr. Hartman was born on the homestead farm, on the 9th of January, 1852, and in the public schools of this county he secured a good practical education, after which he took a normal course and qualified himself for the pedagogic profes- sion, having been successfully engaged in teaching in the public schools of Fulton county about eleven terms, though he took up his vocation as a means to an end, having early decided to prepare him- self for the medical profession. He began his technical studies in a private way and then entered the medical department of the famous University of Michigan, where he completed the prescribed course and was graduated as a member of the class of 1881, receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine. He initiated the practice of his pro- fession in his native county, locating in the village of Archbold, where berland and took an active part in all of the battles from that of ness, and gaining high recognition as a skilled physician and surgeon. He continued in practice in Archbold until 1892, when he removed to Wauseon, the county-seat, where the sphere of his usefulness has been somewhat broadened and diversified, and his success here has been of unequivocal and gratifying order, his position being that of one of the leading members of the medical profession in Fulton county, and he keeps well abreast with the advances made in the sciences of medicine and surgery, being a close student of the best standard and periodical literature of the profession, giving much time to original research and being allied with the State and county medical societies and also the American Medical association. He is medical examiner for several fraternal insurance orders. In politics he gives an uncompromising allegiance to the Republican party, is an appreciative member of the time-honored Masonic fraternity, and he and his family hold mem- bership in the Methodist Episcopal church. While resident of Arch- bold he held the office of coroner for four years, but such has been his devotion to his profession that he has had no inclination to seek official preferment of any description. In 1881 Dr. Hartman was united in marriage to Miss Emma E. Stotzer, of Archbold, a daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth E. (Schneider) Stotzer, early settlers of that section, whither they came from Switzerland. Dr. and Mrs. Hartman have three children. Carl Floyd, the only son, has recently entered upon a six years' course in arts, science and medicine at his father's alma mater, the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. Flor- ence E. is the wife of Ray Wells, who is engaged in the livery busi- ness at Archbold. Helen E. is a student in the Wauseon high school.
DR. ALFRED FULLER HASSAN, a prominent physician of Wauseon, was born in Perryopolis, Fayette county, Pa., August 2, 1858. He is the son of Dr. Samuel Thomas Hassan and Rachel Jane
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(Shepherd) Hassan, both natives of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hassan be- longs to a family whose members took a more active part in the wars of our country than any other family, perhaps, in the country, his great-grandfather being in the War of the Revolution and one of his antecedents (Colonel Hassan) commanding the famous regiment known in history as the Congre Zones, which fought under the direct com- mand of General Washington. Dr. Samuel Thomas Hassan was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., April 26, 1817, and died at the home of his son, Dr. Alfred F. Hassan, at Wauseon, Ohio, March 11, 1905. He read medicine with Dr. John Hassan of West Newton, Pa., and for more than fifty years practiced medicine successfully in the States of Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio. His wife was born in Fayette county, Pa., and was the daughter of Joseph and Jane (Mattox) Shepherd, the former being a Quaker and a pioneer settler of Penn- sylvania. Two of her brothers, Colonel Soloman Shepherd and Cap- tain Wilson Shepherd, served with distinction in the Civil war. The children of Dr. Samuel Thomas Hassan are named as follows: Cap- tain (Brevet) Frank Hassan, a soldier of the late War between the States, who enlisted in the Twenty-second Pennsylvania cavalry, bet- ter known as the Ringgolds, and who now holds an important position in the government printing department at Washington, D. C. He was with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, was captured by the Rebels near Morefield and taken to Libby Prison, where he was held as prisoner for about nine months. While the Confederates were conveying prisoners from Libby to Andersonville, Georgia, he made his escape by jumping from the cars. Traveling by night and hiding by day, being fed by negro slaves, he finally reached the Union lines, near Little Washington, Norfolk county, Virginia, after being on the road about eight weeks. Silvanus Hassan enlisted in the Eighty- fifth infantry, Pennsylvania Reserves, and served with his regiment as orderly sergeant for three years, participating in all the battles of his regiment. James Hassan served three years in the Eighth Penn- sylvania Reserves Infantry, re-enlisting when discharged in the Four- teenth Pennsylvania cavalry, in which he served to the end of the war. He was wounded at Antietam and lost a finger at Gettysburg. J. W. Hassan is a printer by profession, on the Davenport Gazette, Daven- port, Iowa. Samuel T. Hassan, of Uniontown, Pa., is a farmer, and Dr. Alfred Fuller Hassan is the subject of this sketch. After com- pleting his literary education, our subject took up the study of medi- cine, beginning the practice of his profession with his father in Wash- ington county, Pa. He removed with him to Ohio and located at Bryan, where he practiced successfully for several years. From Bryan he removed to Wauseon, where he has built up a lucrative practice, and being thoroughly equipped for the work, his success has been phe- nominal and is growing every day. He married Miss Olive Mae Haverstock of near Wooster, Ohio, her father having come from Ger- many to America in an early day. Three children have blessed their marriage. They are, David Bruce, Clarence Manson and James Ray- mond, all at home and going to school.
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CHARLES W. HATTON, who is successfully established in the business of handling wool and other produce in the village of Delta, has built up a most prosperous enterprise and is one of the representa- tive business men of the town. He was born in Seneca county, this State, on the 13th of February, 1842, and is a son of Robert and Julia A: (Keeley) Hatton, both of whom were born and reared in Ohio. The father was born in Stark county, in 1820, and his active career was devoted to farming and merchandising. He died in Delta, in 1895, honored as one of the sterling citizens of the community. His wife was born in Medina county, in 1823, and she passed away in 1897, having been a resident of the village of Delta for a number of years prior to her demise. They came to this county in the pioneer days and were numbered among the prominent and honored citizens of the community, living lives of signal usefulness. They became the parents of three sons and one daughter, Charles W. being the eldest of the number. Frank is employed in the State insurance department at Co- lumbus, Ohio; James W. is engaged in the drug business at Carroll, Iowa; and Jennie F. is the wife of Frank Snyder, of Spring Arbor, Mich. Charles W. Hatton was reared and educated in the town of Republic, Seneca county, where he remained until 1867, when he joined his parents in Fulton county, whither they had removed about two years previously. Prior to coming to this county Charles W. had served for a brief interval as a member of the military organization known as the Squirrel Hunters, the same having been called into ser- vice by Governor Tod at the time when General Edmund Kirby Smith threatened to invade the city of Cincinnati. Both of his brothers were in active service as members of Ohio regiments during the Civil war, James having been on active duty as a soldier for four years of the great internecine conflict. As a boy Charles W. Hatton gained his initial business experience as a clerk in a dry goods store, and for twenty-five years he was engaged in the general merchandise business in Delta, building up an excellent trade and gaining and retaining the confidence and respect of the community. For the past fifteen years he has devoted his attention to his present line of business, handling large amounts of wool each year and also buying and shipping eggs and poultry. In the season of 1905 he shipped one hundred thousand pounds of wool. His business building was destroyed by fire in March, 1905, and has been replaced by a larger and more substantial structure. He is one of the leading produce men of this part of the country, and his earnest and able efforts have brought to him a due measure of success and financial independence. In politics Mr. Hat- ton is a stanch Republican, taking a vital interest in the party cause and having served in various local offices of public trust. He was formerly clerk of York township and is at the present time village clerk of Delta. He is affiliated with Fulton Lodge, No. 248, F. & A. M .; Octavius Waters Chapter, No. 154, R. A. M., being secretary of each of these bodies; and is also an appreciative member of Toledo Commandery, No. 7, Knights Templar. His wife and daughter are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. March 13, 1874, Mr. Hatton was united in marriage to Miss Julia M. Butler, who was born
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and reared in Delta, being a daughter of Martin H. and Julia M. But- ler, who were numbered among the early settlers of this village, whither they came from the State of New York. Mr. Butler became one of the leading citizens of Delta, having been the editor and pub- lisher of the Delta Press, and he served a number of years as a mem- ber of the board of county school examiners. Both he and his wife died in Delta, having become the parents of two daughters, of whom Mrs. Hatton alone survives. Mr. and Mrs. Hatton have one daugh- ter, Miss Grace, Bee, who has been cashier of the Bank of Delta for the past four years, being not only one of the popular young ladies of her home town but being recognized as a specially capable business woman.
GARRETT E. HAWLEY is a prominent and highly-successful liv- eryman of Wauseon. He is the son of Bradley and Catherine (Haughtlen) Hawley, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of New York. His grandfather, Isaac Hawley, served as a soldier in the War or 1812. Six generations of Hawleys, including the sons of this sketch, have been born in America. His mother, Catherine (Haughtlen) Hawley, is the daughter of Isaac C. Haught- len of New York, near Cooksocee. The names of the children of Bradley Hawley and wife here follow: Garrett E., the subject of this sketch; Elizabeth, the wife of John Morrison, of Wakeman, Hu- ron county. Garrett E. Hawley, was reared on a farm and educated in the schools of his native county. In 1858 he came to Ohio from Starkey, Yates county, N. Y., locating in New London, Huron county. In 1861 he enlisted in the Third Ohio cavalry and saw three years of active service. His regiment was assigned to the Army of the Cum- berland and took an active part in all the battles from that of Stone River to the fall of Atlanta. He was wounded no less than four times. After the close of the war he returned to New London and six years later removed to Fulton county. He has prospered to such an extent as to be the owner of two highly-productive farms, lo- cated in Pike and Dover townships, Fulton county. For fourteen years he followed teaming and farming combined and was, as usual with him, very successful. In 1895 he embarked in the livery busi- ness in Wauseon, in which he is still engaged. His long and success- ful experience in teaming and farming fits him well for the livery business, as is shown by the large patronage that he enjoys. There are few people more popular and more highly respected in Wauseon and Fulton county than the subject of this sketch. He married Miss Ellen McGraw, a native of Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Gaughen) McGraw, who came to America when the daughter was ten years old. Garrett E. Hawley and wife have had nine children, five of whom are living, viz: Charles, a resident of Spencer, O .; Timothy, of Wauseon; William, of Wauseon; Catherine, of Cleveland, O., and Sarah, the widow of William Findley, of Chi- cago, Ill.
GEORGE B. HAYES, a prominent and highly successful livery- man of Wauseon, was born in Grant county, Iowa, in 1852. He is
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the son of Marcus Harvey and Caroline (Mckenzie) Hayes, the for- mer a native of Ohio and the latter of Connecticut. Marcus Harvey Hayes came to Wauseon in 1854, and two years later became stock- buyer and contractor for the company building the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern air-line from Delta to Wauseon. Then he em- barked in the grocery business, which occupation he followed for sev- eral years. When he quit the grocery business, in 1861, he bought a farm of eighty acres, lying partly in the present corporate limits of Wauseon. After disposing of the valuable timber he erected a fine brick residence on the place. In 1857 he was elected sheriff of Fulton county, being the third sheriff since its organization as a county. So well did he perform the duties of the office that he was re-elected by a largely increased majority. He died at Lynhaven, Va., April 9th, 1895, having reached the ripe age of seventy-three years. The sub- ject of this sketch, George B. Hayes, was educated in the public schools of his native county. Having fitted himself thoroughly for a business man, he embarked about fifteen years ago in the livery busi- ness. Being of a genial nature and an accommodating disposition he is well fitted for his chosen business, in which he has met with remark- able success. His thorough knowledge of horses, and how best to care for them, enables him to conduct the business with profit. Every- body who has occasion to use a horse in his business knows Mr. Hayes and patronizes him liberally. As a matter of course the traveling man is one of his most profitable customers. So well has he succeeded in his business that he has been enabled to buy a fine farm in Royalton township, Fulton county. He married Miss Mary Mull, daughter of Adam Mull, a farmer of German township, who came from Germany in an early day. Two children have blessed this marriage. They are: Harvey B. Hayes, a resident of South Carolina; Iva L. Hayes, who still resides at home. Gen. E. L. Hayes, an uncle of the subject of this sketch, at present a resident of New York City, was a resident of Wauseon at the breaking out of the Civil war. He was the first man to engage in the mercantile business, and his daughter was the first young lady to be married in that city. Entering the service as a cap- tain, E. L. Hayes at the close of the war had attained to the rank of Brigadier-General. He had the misfortune to be confined several months in Libby prison, where so many brave men perished of hunger and disease. Mention is made of General Hayes because the name of a brave and patriotic soldier adds luster to the annals of Fulton county.
EDGAR EDSON HAYNES was born in Fulton county on Septem- ber 5th, 1875. He is the son of George H. and Olivia (Koder) Haynes, both natives of Ohio. George H. Haynes, son of Jacob Haynes, is a farmer and fruit-grower by occupation, and resides at Swanton, Ohio. He and his wife are the parents of four children, Edgar, Myrtle, William and Leona. Edgar E. Haynes was reared and educated at Swanton. In April, 1895, he entered the employ of A. D. Baker, of Swanton, manufacturer of traction engines, as ma- chinist, remaining in his employ until September, 1898. On that date.
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he started a machine and general repair-shop of his own, remaining at this until September, 1904, when he secured a position with the To- ledo & Indiana Railway Company, as engineer of the power station at Delta. September 20th, 1905, he was transferred by the company to their new power station at Stryker, Williams county, Ohio. He has been remarkably successful in everything which he has undertaken. Out of his earnings he has purchased a comfortable home in Swan- ton, Ohio. In politics he is identified with the Democratic party, but in no way aspires to public office. The liberal salary he now receives is evidence of the fact that his true worth is fully appreciated by his employers. In 1898 he was married to Miss Elsie Knight, a daugh- ter of Mr. J. C. Knight, a farmer living two miles south of Delta. They have four children: Hilda, Clifford, Dorman and Helen.
CHARLES H. N. HEFFRON, M. D., one of the representative physicians and surgeons of Fulton county, has been engaged in the practice of his profession at Metamora since 1894, having located in this attractive little city on the 14th of December of that year. He was born in Royalton township, this county, January 18, 1871, a son of Henry and Mary (Rynd) Heffron, both natives of Ireland, the for- mer having been born in county Carlow. Martin Heffron, grand- father of the Doctor, came to America in 1851, locating in Brooklyn, Ohio, which is now a part of the city of Cleveland, there passing the remainder of his life. Henry Heffron was born in the year 1845, and was reared to manhood in Cuyahoga county, Ohio. At the outbreak of the Civil war, when but sixteen years of age, he enlisted in Com- pany E, Fifty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, serving two years and then re-enlisting, as a veteran. His entire term of service in the Union ranks covered four years and four months-the first two years having been passed with the Army of the Cumberland and the last two with the Army of the Potomac. He received a scalp wound in the battle of Gettysburg, but was never disabled and never applied for a pension in later years. After the close of the war he located in Seward, Fulton county, being employed four years on the farm of Eli Phillips and within this time effecting the purchase of a farm of forty acres in Royalton township. This property he cleared and improved, developing one of the valuable places of the township, and on this homestead his death occurred, February 6, 1890, his residence there having been continuous except for a period of three years, when he and his family resided in Adrian, Mich., in order to afford his children desired educational advantages. He was an enterprising, public-spir- ited citizen, respected by all who knew him, and was but forty-five years of age at the time of his death. His wife, who died three years previous, was a daughter of Charles and Ann (Coulter) Rynd, who came from Ireland to America when she was a child, settling in Fulton county in the pioneer days. Mr. and Mrs. Heffron became the par- ents of four children, of whom the Doctor is the eldest. Minnie is the wife of Charles Colvin; Anna remains unmarried; and Jessie is the wife of Walter Lutz. Dr. Heffron was reared to the age of fifteen
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