The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 102

Author: W. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1882
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home, presided over by the kindly and gracious lady who so worthily bears his name, and surrounded by all that a cultivated taste and ample fortune can pro- cure to make existence happy, are answered by a kind providence. Mr. Haines has but one child-Dr. James W. Haines, now practicing his profession in Cin- cinnati; although a young man, his versatile talents and engaging manners have already won for him enviable distinction as a theologian and a practitioner of the healing art; a favorite in whatever circle he chooses to move, with splendid talents and liberal culture, supplemented by the systematic diligence inherited from his ancestors, there is no reason, if life be spared him, why the world should not expect great achievements from him as the years come on; that the mantle of exalted merit so long and worthily worn by his father may descend by rightful heritage to him, when cast aside for the brighter robes of immor- tality, is a hope adundantly warranted by what young Dr. Haines has already accomplished.

ALLEN HAINES, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born on the farm where he now lives, July 5, 1824; is a son of Jonathan and Naomi Haines, natives of New Jersey. The paternal grandparents were Jacob and Sarah Haines, natives of New Jersey, who lived and died there; the maternal grandparents were Jon- athan and Sarah Stratton, natives of New Jersey, who also lived and died in their native State. Jonathan Haines, with his family, emigrated to Ohio and located in Wayne Township in 1811, on the place where Allen now lives; here they opened out in the woods and endured the hardships and deprivations of those early days; and here they lived till. about 1846, they moved to Waynes- ville, where he died June 5, 1851, aged 65 years; his wife died Dec. 27, 1855, aged 70 years, They had eight sons and four daughters; nine now survive- Ezra; Jacob; Sarah, who married Adam Gaskill; Prudence, who married George Smith and resides in Indiana; Jonathan; Eunice, who married Peter Dunwiddie, also residing in Indiana; Job, who lives in Indiana; Allen; and Mary C., now Widow Satterthwaite. Mr. Haines was a very industrious man, giving his en- tire attention to the business of farming; never held or desired office or public notoriety, but a man of undoubted integrity and a good neighbor, and a worthy citizen and a devoted member of the Society of Friends. In his death, the community lost a worthy citizen, and his family a devoted husband and a kind father. Our subject was raised and brought up on the old homestead place; was married, Sept. 17, 1846, to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Eleanor Smith, natives of Virginia, who became settlers in Greene County in quite an early day, and lived and died in that county. By this union, Mr. Haines and wife had six children ; two now survive-Jonathan and Naomi, now Mrs. A. Wright. His wife died Dec. 1, 1853, aged 32 years. On June 22, 1854, he was married to Cynthia Ann, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Starkey) Myers, who had four sons and two daughters; four now survive-Andrew, now living in Iowa; Cyn- thia Ann; Jacob; Sarah Ann, now Mrs. Davis; David died in the army, at Knoxville, Tenn., in March, 1865, having served nearly through the war; Jo- seph died when a child about 3 years of age. Cynthia Ann was born in Ohio, Aug. 25, 1832. Mr. Haines located and has always remained upon the old home place, where he has erected good, substantial buildings and made im- provements, and now has a very pleasant home and farmer's residence. This farm has now been in possession of the Haines family for sixty-nine years, and it is expected and hoped that it will continue in their nam . for many years to come. [

NER HAINES, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born on the place where he now resides, April 19, 1837; is a son of Wesley and Susan (Engle) Haines, natives of New Jersey. The grandparents were Ner and Elizabeth Haines, natives of New Jersey, who emigrated to Ohio and located in Warren County

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about 1819, where he lived and died on the farm where our subject now lives. Wesley was 14 years of age when his parents came to Warren County; here he was raised and grew to manhood; was married and became the father of six children ; three now survive-Hannah, now Mrs. Charles Janney ; Ner, and Prudence, now Mrs. Amos Sides. Mr. Haines was raised to farm labor, and, after his father's death, took the old home place, where he resided till after the death of his wife in the summer of 1848, when he moved to Waynesville and resided six years; was again married to Mrs. Prudence Haines, a daughter of Isaac Engle; thence he located again on the farm, where he resided a few years, and again returned to Waynesville, where he has since resided; his second wife died in the summer of 1872. Mr. Haines is now 75 years of age; he commenced in life with but limited means, and, by his own labor and in- dustry has accumulated a good competency; has never held or desired office, but has devoted himself industriously to his business interests, and has been well rewarded for his labors. Ner, the subject of this sketch, was raised to farm labor; was married, April 5, 1860, to Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Mary Sides, natives of Lancaster Co., Penn .; Sarah was born May 6, 1842; their is- sue has been six children; five now survive-Wesley, born Jan. 4,,1861; Dan- iel Albert, born July 28, 1863; Samuel K., Nov. 22, 1869; Elsworth, Oct. 21, 1871; and Ner W., born Feb. 15, 1874. Mr. Haines located upon the old home place of his father's, where he has since resided. This place has been in the possession of the Haines family since their first location here-a period of sixty-six years.

ALBERT D. HAINES, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Warren County Nov. 10, 1846; is a son of Daniel and Prudence (Engle) Haines, natives of New Jersey. The paternal grandparents were Ner and Elizabeth Haines, na- tives of New Jersey, but who became early settlers of Warren County, locating here about 1817, and lived and died here. The maternal grandfather, Isaac Engle, was a native of New Jersey; also became a settler of this county, where he died. Daniel, the father of our subject, was a young single man when he came to this county; married here and became the father of one child, Albert D. Mr. Haines died Jan. 14, 1852, aged 48 years ; his wife died July 20, 1872, aged 64 years. Albert D. was but 5 years of age when his father died, and was raised by his mother; was married, April 5, 1870, to Susanna E., daughter of John R. and Jane Dunwiddie, he a native of Pennsylvania and she of Ohio; he came to Ohio a young man; was married in Greene County, and became the father of nine children; seven now survive Mary Jane, (now Mrs. Dunwiddie); Samuel G., James, John A., Francis, Sarah M. (now Mrs. John Holmes, Jr.), and Susanna E. ; the latter was born Sept. 4, 1849. The grand- father of Samuel Dunwiddie was a native of Ireland, and emigrated to America in 1803, and settled in Greene Co., Ohio, and, later in life, in Preble County, where he resided till his death. Mr. Haines and wife, after their marriage, located on the place where they now live and have since resided. This place was formerly known as the James Chenoweth farm; it consists of 57 acres of good land, with good buildings and improvements, and constitutes a pleasant home and residence.

ISRAEL HOPKINS HARRIS, banker, Waynesville, was a son of James Harris and his wife, Rebecca Clark Jennings; the latter was born in New Jer- sey, and was a daughter of John and Sarah Jennings, two of the pioneers of Waynesville, she being a sister of Samuel Heighway's wife. James Harris was a son of Israel Harris, and was born near Rutland, Vt., March 31, 1801; when he was 5 years old, his father moved to Ohio and settled on the farm near Cen- terville, Montgomery Co., now known as the Milton McNeill farm; at an early age, he engaged in mercantile pursuits, clerking several years in the store of

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John Satterthwaite, in Waynesville; after his marriage, he removed to Center- ville, Ohio, and opened a dry goods and variety store on his own account; his trade rapidly increased, and in time he established branch stores in Waynes- ville and Bellbrook, and engaged extensively in pork-packing; in the fall of 1844, he returned to Waynesville, continuing his business here on a large scale. In May, 1849, after a return from Cincinnati, where cholera was at that time epidemic, he was attacked with that disease, and died May 31, 1849. He was a man of indomitable energy and perseverance, and of the strictest integrity; few persons have lived in the county who have contributed more to its material interests than he, and few whose loss has been more widely felt. His wife survived him for more than a quarter of a century, living a part of the time at Waynesville and a part at Centerville. Finally, at the ripe old age of nearly 75 years, Mrs. Harris died, at her son's home in Waynesville, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1879. She was a woman of strong individuality, a sincere Christian and a no- ble example of true womanhood; she left an impress for good upon her pos- terity and upon society such as only a woman of exalted attributes can. Israel Hopkins Harris was born in Centerville, Montgomery Co., Ohio, Nov. 23; 1823; he was the eldest of a family of five children; was fitted for college, partly at Centerville, under David Burson, and completed his preparation at Franklin, Warren Co., under W. C. Gould; he entered Yale College at the beginning of Junior year, 1844; after taking his degree in 1846, he returned to his home in Waynesville, and became, at his father's desire, his assistant in the dry goods business. After his father's death, in 1849, he continued the business with his brother Joseph until 1855, when he became a private banker in the firm of Stokes & Harris; this partnership continued till the death of Mr. Jarvis Stokes, in 1868, since which time Mr. Harris has conducted the business alone. In November, 1848, he married Esther Ann, daughter of Jarvis Stokes, of Warren County. In November, 1849, Mrs. Harris died, leaving an infant daughter, named Mary, who survived her mother only six months. In November, 1852, he married Carrie E. Bunnell, of this county, daughter of Mr. Merritt Bunnell; by her he had three children-Emma, the eldest, died in her 8th year; Jimmie, the second, at the age of 16 months; the third and surviving child is named Laura. Carrie E. Harris died in Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 15, 1873, of pulmo- nary consumption, whose ravages her husband sought in vain to arrest by a so- journ in a Southern clime. On the 31st of December, 1874, Mr. Harris was married to Edith Mosher, daughter of Nathan and Sarah Mosher; by her he has had two children, one of whom survives, Minnie Mildred, now (Jan- uary, 1882) in her 5th year. Mr. Harris is now at the age of 58 years, and appears in the very prime of life, the luster of his eye undimmed and none of his natural force abated; his New England progenitor imparted to him the purest of Green Mountain blood, and the son illustrates by his character and physique the inestimable value of such transmission; born in affluent circumstances, Mr. Harris made good use of his opportunities; he was stu- dious and industrious by nature; manly, honest and frank in conversation; bright and vivacious as a companion, and just and true in all his dealings; the boy was " father to the man," and he las proved himself a faithful steward, improving the talents with which by nature he was endowed, instead of squandering his inheritance because the work of cultivating and increas- ing was not all done for him. In all his business enterprises, Mr. Harris has been successful. Graduating with all the honors at one of the proud- est seats of learning in the United States, his energies were at once judi- ciously directed by his sagacious father, and since then his life has been one uninterrupted career of industry, his willing hands doing with all their might whatever they found to do; only one change-that of banking succeeding mer-

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chandising-has marked his busy and successful business life. With perfect integrity in all his business transactions, Mr. Harris finds himself one of the wealthiest, as well as one of the most widely known and esteemed citizens of his county. Notwithstanding the active business life of Mr. Harris, he has also devoted much time to the pursuits of the natural sciences, particularly archæ- ology and geology; in these departments he has amassed a collection which is probably not excelled, if equaled, by any similar private collection in the United States; his vast and varied accumulation has attracted and charmed visitors from all parts of the globe, and journalistic representatives from the East and West have from time to time gone through his museum and written it up for the benefit of the public. Especially is this remark true, "treasury of pearls," of which, perhaps, no other man living has a larger or finer assortment. Mr.

Haines gave the original impetus and has ever been the sustainer of the Little Miami River Pearl Fisheries, which became so famous a few years ago; he fostered this industry by purchasing all the pearls found in the river, continu- ing the traffic until the supply seemed exhausted; in his treasure house are thousands of dollars' worth of these irridescent jewels, all more or less valua- ble and rare, from the " Kohinoor pearl " down to the finest seed pearl; the " Kohinoor" is the only agatized pearl upon record, and is regarded by intelli- gent scientists as a jewel of nameless price. In person, I. H. Harris is of me- dium stature, slender, very erect and agile; his step is quick and buoyant; his eye, black, brilliant and piercing, though full of humor and kindly light, and that unmistakable expression denoting the possession of intellectual powers which it cannot conceal; straight as an arrow and rapid in movement, his phys- ical characteristics are but a reflex of his mental processes; talented, educated, accomplished, with a beautiful home and charming family, with all the good things of life within his grasp, yet without vain self-assertion or pretension, accessible to all and meeting every man as a member of one common brother- hood. Mr. Harris is the " patron saint " of Harris Guards, Co. F, O. N. G., one of the finest companies in the 13th Regiment; the company having been named for him voluntarily, as a tribute to his worth and popularity. He has had nearly, if not all, the local dignities laid at his feet, from Alderman to Treasurer and School Director; for many consecutive years he has been dra- gooned into this service for the public good, much against his own inclination. At its annual convention in Cincinnati last summer, Mr. Harris was elected member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, being proposed as eligible by Prof. R. B. Warder, of the University of Cincinnati. Waynesville is justifiably proud of Mr. Harris as one of the few really repre- sentative men of Warren County. Long may he live to inspire and encourage succeeding generations to become the artificers of their own fortunes, as he is so admirably qualified to do, whose good deeds will live long after the active brain and busy hands which conceived and executed them have mingled with their native dust.

AMOS HARTSOCK, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Greene Co., Ohio, Jan. 19, 1821; is a son of William and Elizabeth (Phinkbone) Hartsock, natives of Maryland; the grandmother was a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of John Harding; the paternal ancestors being of German descent and the ma- ternal of Welsh descent. Mr. William Hartsock emigrated to Ohio and located in Greene County in 1810, being among the early settlers of that county, and there followed his trade, that of brick layer, for many years, and is said to have built the second brick house erected in Xenia. In 1831, he removed to Warren County, near Waynesville, and here he entered upon farming, where he contin- ued till his death, in April, 1860, aged 76 years; his wife died in the fall of the same year, aged 73 years. They had twelve children; four now survive-

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Jesse, Levi, Amos and Mary, now Mrs. Parkins, living in Milton, Ind. Our subject remained with his father till 24 years of age; was married, March 19. 1845, to Mary Ann, daughter of John and Rachel Archer, natives of New Jer- sey. They became settlers of Ohio in 1819, remaining near Cincinnati a short time, thence located in Warren County, where they resided till her death, in December, 1867; he is still living, and resides with Mr. Hartsock, now 84 years of age. They had four children; three now survive-Mary Ann, Samuel and John. Mr. Hartsock and wife have four children-John W., born March 15. 1846; Mary Malinda, born March 28, 1849; Charles Edward, born Sept. 2. 1854; and Ephraim Allen, born July 2, 1857. . Mr. Hartsock, after his mar- riage, resided for a few years on three different farms in Wayne Township: then, in 1868, bought and located upon the place where he now lives and has since resided; has a good farm of 120 acres, with good buildings and improve- ments, constituting a pleasant home and farmer's residence. Mr. Hartsock has been Township Trustee five years, and Assessor one term.

PHILLIP HAWKE, farmer, P. O. Waynesville; born in England Nov. 4. 1828; is a son of Phillip and Ann Hawke, natives of England. The grandfa- ther was Phillip Hawke, who was a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a cotemporary of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. and was frequently associated with that eminent divine. He, as well as his son Phillip, lived and died in England. Phillip and wife, the parents of our sub- ject, had nine children; four now survive-John, Phillip. Mary Ann, now Mrs. Mount Joy, and Margaret, now Mrs. Humphreys. Phillip, the subject of this sketch, emigrated to America when about 18 years of age, and located in War- ren County. On Nov. 15, 1848, he was united in marriage with Emma Collett. whose ancestors are fully written of in sketch of James Collett (deceased). By this union, they have had seven children; four now survive-Joseph Henry, born Aug. 25, 1849; George W., Oct. 20, 1854; John C., March 17, 1860; and Alice Amelia, born Aug. 26, 1865. Mr. Hawke has always followed farming as his occupation, and all within this township; he has resided where he now lives for fourteen years, and is a man who gives close application to his busi- ness, whose integrity is undoubted; is a kind neighbor, and one of Wayne Township's most worthy citizens.

WILLIAM H. HEIGHWAY, retired, Waynesville; born in Cincinnati Feb. 5, 1817; is a son of John and Eliza (Mercer) Heighway; he was born in 1785, in England, and she was born in Cincinnati, March 18, 1791; she was the first female child born in Cincinnati. The paternal grandfather, Samuel Heighway, was a native of England, and emigrated to America about 1795 and came to Cincinnati; was one of the surveying party who came up the Little Miami Valley to survey the lands under the Symmes contract, and, reaching where Waynesville is now located, they surveyed and laid out the town. He afterward returned to England, and again came to America, and died at Cin- cinnati in 1815 or 1816. The maternal grandfather, John Mercer, was a na- tive of New Jersey, and his ancestry from Holland. About 1790, he emigrated to Ohio, locating at Cincinnati, where he died about 1802, being one of the earliest settlers of that place. John Heighway was about 18 years of age when he came with his parents to Cincinnati. There he married and settled, and became one of the leading and prominent men of Cincinnati; he built the first bank vault ever erected in that city, and was President and Cashier of the United States Branch Bank first established there; he died in 1827, aged 42 years; his wife died Jan. 10, 1866, aged 72 years. They had four children- Samuel M., William H., Archibald E. and Mary E., the eldest and youngest of which are deceased. Our subject grew to manhood, remaining with his mother after his father's death till his majority; was married, April 22, 1851, to Julia.

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daughter of Ulysis and Charlotte Salis, natives of Germany, who emigrated to America in 1835 and located in Medina Co., Ohio, where his wife died Aug. 12, 1835. About six weeks after their arrival, Mr. Salis became a resident of Waynesville, in 1866, and died here May 11, 1870, aged 82 years. They had two children-Charlotte, now Mrs. Cadwell, residing in Cincinnati; and Julia. born in Germany April 4, 1826. Mr. Heighway and wife have four children -John M., born Jan. 25, 1852; Charlotte E., Jan. 30, 1854; Emma, April 8, 1857; and Annette, born Jan. 22, 1861. Mr. Heighway carried on a brass foundry in Cincinnati some years; then engaged in the grocery and rectify- ing business several years, since which his principal business has been in man- aging the estates of his mother and the family, the whole care of which has principally devolved upon Mr Heighway. In 1866, he bought his present property in Waynesville, where he located and has since resided; here he has & fine property and beautifully situated, where he now lives retired from all active business. Prior to embarking in the grocery and foundry business, Mr. Heighway was one of the first to cultivate flowers in Cincinnati, and for several years was engaged as a florist; he has now in his possession a fine specimen of the India crape myrtle, which he has grown from a cutting of the first plant brought to New York from India, forty-five years ago.

REV. JOHN HISEY, farmer and minister; P. O. Waynesville; is a son of Jacob Hisey, who was a son of Christian Hisey, a native of Germany, who settled in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., in an early day. Jacob Hisey was born and grew to manhood there, and there married Emiline Williamson. In the year 1816, he moved with his family to Ohio and settled in East Wayne Township, Warren Co., where he purchased a small tract of land, which he cultivated in connection with working in and carrying on a blacksmith shop for many years. He raised a large family of children, and lived to see all those who survive well settled in life. By the industry and frugality of him- self and wife, besides raising his family he acquired a considerable amount of property. He was for many years a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church. and was a worthy and exemplary member, and contributed liberally for the support of the church of his choice. In October, 1854, his wife, the partner of his younger and advanced years, departed this life. He was again married, and at his death left a widow. He departed this life May 6, 1870, aged 84 years, at peace with all mankind, and in full hope of a blissful immortality- the noblest work of God, an honest man.

JACOB R. HISEY, farmer; P. O. Waynesville ; born on the farm where he now lives, April 3, 1850; is a son of Joseph and Maria (Herr) Hisey, he a native of Virginia and she of Maryland. The grandfather, Jacob Hisey, was also a native of Virgina, and was a son of Christopher Hisey, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. The maternal grandfather, Abraham Herr, was a native of Lancaster Co., Penn., and was a son of Rudolph Herr. Abraham first moved into the State of Maryland, thence emigrated to Ohio and located in the south part of Greene County in 1836, and in 1837 moved into Warren County, then to the State of Indiana, and, about 1867, became a resident of Miami Co., Ohio, where he died in 1873, aged 73 years. The grandfather, Jacob Hisey, emigrated to Ohio in 1818 and located on the place where our subject now lives. This land was then all in the woods, and he began in a true pioneer and log cabin life, and here he labored and toiled, and before his death was permitted to see a good, cultivated farm, with good buildings and improvements, and to enjoy the general comforts of life. He died in 1869, aged 84 years. Joseph, his son, was 4 years of age when brought to this county, and here was raised and grew to manhood, accustomed to the hardships of those early days; was married, and became the father of two children-

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Jacob R. and Jemima E. Mr. Hisey bought the old home place of his father, and there he resided till his death, April 14, 1878, aged 64 years; his wife died Dec. 28, 1874, aged 50 years. Our subject, born and raised where he now lives, was married, April 19, 1877, to Miss Amanda Jane, daughter of John T. and Eliza English, natives of Ross Co., Ohio. The grandfather, John English, was a native of Virginia, but emigrated to Ohio about 1810. John T. and Eliza English had six children; four now survive-Amanda Jane, John Mil- ton, Henry and Charles. Mr. English now resides in Dayton, Ohio, where he has lived the last seven years; he is a carpenter by trade, and is now 67 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Hisey have by their marriage two children -- Joseph Milton and John Curtis. Mr. Hisey resides on the old homestead farm, which he has taken since his father's death, and has bought the interest of his sister, the only heir. This firm has now been in possession of the Hisey family for sixty-three years.

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The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 102

Author: W. H. Beers & Co. Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1081

Author: W. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1882
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1081