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HON. DARIUS D. HARE, one of the leading lawyers of this county, was born in Sencca County, Ohio, January 9, 1843. His parents, Levi and Jane (Berry) Hare, were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively. Mr. Hare was a pupil in the district schools during the period of his youth, and completed his studies at the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1863, being then twenty years of age. In the same year he taught a four months' term of school, enlisting March 20, 1864, in the Signal Corps of the United States Army, in which service he continued till the close of the war. He was then detailed on special duty as clerk in the same service at the headquarters of Gen. Sheridan, at New Orleans, where he remained till discharged by special orders of the War Department, February 16, 1866. Returning home, Mr. Hare, in the following September, entered the law department of the University of Michigan, being admitted to the bar by the District
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Court of this county in September, 1867. He immediately entered upon his practice at Carey, but removed to Upper Sandusky in May, 1868. In January, 1869, Mr. Hare formed a partnership with John and Curtis Berry, doing business under the firm name of Berry, Berry & Hare, till 1871, when he retired from that firm and entered into a partnership with Henry Maddux, this connection being dissolved by mutual consent two years later, since which time he has conducted his professional business independently, excepting that for a little over three years he was a partner of Hon. R. Mc- Kelly. In 1872, he was elected Mayor of Upper Sandusky, and was re- elected in 1874. In 1876, he was appointed City Solicitor, serving in that capacity two years. In 1878, he was again elected Mayor, and re-elected in 1880 and 1882. He served thirteen successive years as a member of the Board of School Examiners of this county, tendering his resignation in 1881. Mr. Hare has established an extensive and lucrative practice in his chosen profession, and is recognized as one of its leading exponents. He is alive to every interest of his resident city, and has done, perhaps, as much as any other citizen for its general improvement. He is a thorough, energetic business man, and for these qualities, as well as for those of a social nature, he is highly esteemed. Mr. Hare was married October 28, 1868, to Miss Elise Liddelle, daughter of William and Aldanah (Fisher) Liddelle, of' Rochester, N. Y. She was born in Rochester, November 23, 1845, and was educated at the St. Mary's Seminary, Raleigh, N. C., where she graduated in 1865. Her parents both died during her childhood.
GEORGE HARPER was born in Northumberland County, Penn., De- cember 18, 1810. His parents, Samuel and Catharine (Grimes) Harper, were natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania respectively. His father was born in 1750, and emigrated to America in 1772. He enlisted in the Revolutionary war, and in the battle of Bunker Hill, received a gunshot wound in the left arm, breaking it below the elbow. On account of this disability he was dis- charged, and soon after settled in Northumberland County, Penn., having married Miss Catharine Grimes, in Chester County, Penn. In the fall of 1818, he moved to Ross County, Ohio, and March 1, 1821, to Sycamore Township, this county, where he died on the 3d of the following October. He was the first white settler in the above township, having moved there with a family of eight children-four sons and four daughters. He entered 160 acres on Section 18, where he resided till his death; also owning 160 acres in Section 6. Mrs. Harper lived on the homestead till 1834, and then moved to Sycamore Village, where she died in 1848, having reared all her children to maturity. George Harper, our subject proper, was reared to his eighteenth year on the farm with his parents, obtaining but a limited edu- cation. He then learned the carding and fulling trade, to which he devoted his attention for about eight years. In 1834 he engaged in mercantile pur- suits in partnership with James L. Harper, in Mexico, where he was em- ployed two years, then disposing of his interest in the establishment and resuming his former occupation, in which he continued till 1844. In 1845, Mr. Harper was elected County Treasurer, and was re-elected four consecu- tive terms, the last expiring in June, 1854. In 1855, he accepted a position as passenger conductor on the Ohio & Indiana Railroad, being thus employed five years. He assisted in incorporating the Harper, Ayres, Roberts & Co. Deposit Bank, being one of its stockholders and connected with its interests about four years. He subsequently engaged in the grocery and provision trade under the firm name of Harper & Beery, but soon after returned to agricultural pursuits, in which he was engaged
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till he resumed the mercantile trade under the firm name of Harper, McCandlish & Co., with whom he was connected three years. In 1880, Mr. Harper was elected County Commissioner, and in 1883 was re-elected to the same office. He also served as an Infirmary Director two years, and was a member of the City Council eighteen months, resigning both these positions. He has always taken an active part in local politics, and in his long official career he has honorably acquitted himself as a gentleman, and faithfully served his constituents as an officer. He is, perhaps, the oldest settler now living in this county, was virtually its first Treasurer, and has in many ways been identified with its interests, his character under all cir- cumstances, either as citizen or official, having been above reproach. Mr. Harper was married February 26, 1835, to Miss Lovina Griffith, and three children have blessed their union, namely: Mary A., born November 26, 1835; Hattie, born July 8, 1838, and William J., born October 18, 1841. Mary A. is deceased, having departed this life November 14, 1863.
LOVELL B. HARRIS, Vice President of the Wyandot County Bank, was born in Utica, N. Y., March 14, 1821. He is a son of Joseph and Eunice (Hines) Harris, who were natives of New Haven, Conn., and of Scotch parentage. They were the parents of seven children, the only living at the present date being our subject and Mary G., widow of Lawson Lambert. In 1837, Joseph Harris moved with his family from the State of New York to Delaware County, Ohio, and after a short time located at Middletown, where he died in 1844, his wife surviving till 1875, and passing away in her eighty-third year. She was an exemplary christian woman of exceptional qualities. Lovell B. Harris was reared on a farm, and educated in the com- mon schools, but abandoned both agricultural and literary pursuits at the age of eighteen, to engage in the mercantile business at Middletown, Del- aware County, Ohio. He began business on his own responsibility with a borrowed capital of $95, working against a strong opposition by the mer- chant James Haines, and a branch establishment from Marion known as the " checkered store," both of which he succeeded in driving from the place within eighteen months. After this extraordinary success, Mr. Harris soon disposed of his stock in trade at Middletown to A. D. Matthews, now of Marion, and removed to Mount Gilead where he formed a partnership with J. D. Rizor, with whom he continued business two years; he then withdrew from the firm, and in 1849, in company with thirty others, over whom Mr. Harris was Captain, went to California, where he remained one year. He then returned to Columbus, Ohio, where he re- sumed his former business in partnership with Francis C. Sessions, carrying on an extensive trade till 1857, dealing in dry goods and wool. Disposing of his interest to Mr. Sessions, Mr. Harris next removed to New York City, and entered the wholesale dry goods establishment of Hulbert & Vanvolken- burgh at a salary of $600 per year. He remained a second year on a salary of $1,500, refusing $2,500 for a third year's work, and engaging with Hoff- man & Bro., dealers in straw goods at a salary of $3,333 per year. After three years' service with this firm, he was presented with $1,000, and placed upon a salary of $10,000 per year, refusing $12,000 for a second year's service; he then formed a partnership with A. G. Williams and Col. Ward in the manufacture of straw goods, the firm being known as Williams, Harris & Co., and located at 372 Broadway, New York, being with one exception the largest establishment of the kind in the United States. After three years of successful operations in the straw goods bus- iness, Mr. Harris disposed of his interest in the New York House, and re-
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moved to Upper Sandusky, where he has engaged in the banking business since 1875; he is a stock-holder and Vice President of the Wyandot County Bank, the First National Bank, of Fostoria, and formerly of the Crawford County Bank, of Bucyrus, being Vice President of the latter establishment five years, resigning in favor of Oliver Momsett in 1882; he is President of the Wyandot County Agricultural Society and Treasurer of the State Board of Agriculture, serving his second term. Though not a politician, Mr. Harris was a prominent candidate for Congressman against Judge Seney, of Tiffin, in 1882, and was nominated for State Senator in 1879; his sentiments politically are Republican and his record is ample evidence that he is one of the most able business men of the county.
HENRY HARMON, a leading farmer of this township, was born in this county November 22, 1832; he is a son of Jacob and Rhoda (Swift) Har- mon, his father being a native of Virginia. Their children were Michael, Elizabeth and Henry. The mother of these children died when the latter was a mere child, and Mr. Harmon was subsequently married to Jerusha Dutcher, who died, leaving six children, namely: Mary, Samuel, Lovina, Sallie, John, Jacob. Mr. Harmon's third marriage was to Sarah (McDon- ald) Ada; he died January 15, 1882. Henry Harmon, the subject of this sketch resided with his parents till twenty-one; he then spent one year in Illinois, after which time he returned, and was employed in various ways till his twenty-fifth year, keeping a grocery store at Little Sandusky one year. Closing out his business, he farmed rented land till 1864, when he purchased 120 acres which he afterward sold, buying 120 acres more three years later. On this farm he resided eight years, dealing in stock and do- ing general farming; then moved to Upper Sandusky where he resided two years, in the meantime re-purchasing his first farm. In 1877, he bought 200 acres of his present farm, adding 200 inore in 1879, the whole being one of the finest tracts in the county. In 1883, he erected a handsome brick residence at a cost of $4,000. He was married February 5, 1857, to Susanna Bowen, who was born in Marion County, Ohio, February 7, 1833. Her parents, Joseph and Margaret (Harmon) Bowen, were natives of Vir- ginia; her father died in 1832, but her mother is still living in her eighty- first year. They had nine children, namely: Harmon, Eli, Henry, Gid. eon, William, Margaret, Susanna, John and Nancy, the last two deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Harmon have three children-Franklin E., Lutie M., and Noah L. In politics, Mr. H. is a Republican. He began bus ness a poor boy, but by his energy, pluck and business sagacity has acquired a fortune of most enviable rank. He is regarded as one of the most successful farmers of the township, and is highly esteemed as a citizen.
JACOB P. HART, son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Moore) Hart, was born in York County, Penn., November 7, 1826. His parents were of Quaker per- suasion and of German and Irish descent. They were farmers and were married in Pennsylvania, where they also lived and died, the father October 6, 1839, the mother August, 1876. Their children were Sarah J., John M., Joseph K., Jacob P., Andrew, Robert and Elizabeth, the latter now the wife of David Stominger. Sarah J. and Robert are now deceased. Jacob P., the subject of this sketch, was reared by his grandfather from his eight to fifteenth year; he then worked four years for an uncle, after which time he started for Ohio, coming by rail to Chambersburg, on foot to Pitts- burgh, by boat to Wellsville, and thence on foot to Bucyrus. In 1846, he purchased a threshing machine which he operated eighteen years, being en-
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gaged in horse-droving in the meantime, continuing the latter business till 1877. He also farmed rented land seven years, purchasing his present farm of eighty acres in 1862. Since that date he was engaged six years in the walnut lumber business, but chiefly in farming and stock-raising, keeping good grades of cattle, exhibiting at the county fairs many years. Mr. Hart was married, January 29, 1852, to Mary E. Ross, who was born in Cumber- land County, Penn., November 22, 1829. Her parents, John and Hettie (McWilliams) Ross, were also natives of Pennsylvania, and had four chil- dren, namely: Evaline, Mary E., Anna and Alexander M., the two latter deceased. Her father died in 1836, aged forty-nine; her mother at the same age in 1845. Mr. and Mrs. Hart have no children. Mr. Hart is a member of the Grange, a Republican, and, with his wife, a member of the Presbyterian Church.
CAPT. DANIEL HARTSOUGH was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, October 4, 1824. His parents were Isaac and Hettie (Sidle) Hartsough, natives of Frederick County, Md., and Montgomery County, Penn. They were married in the former locality about 1817, and removed to this county in 1851, the father dying in March 4, 1854; the mother in 1874, September 18. Capt. Hartsough is the only surviving member of this family. He re- sided with his parents in Seneca County from 1828 to 1851, and for a num- ber of years engaged in teaching at intervals in that locality. He enlisted in Company G, Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, April 20, 1861, and entered the war for three months' service, spending most of that time as Third Sergeant at Camp Jackson, Columbus, Ohio; Camp Goddard, Zanesville, Ohio. He was afterward moved to Grafton, Va .; thence to Web- ster W. Va., and in August, 1861, enlisted for three years in Company G, Forty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry as private, immediately re. ceiving a commission as First Lieutenant. He participated in the battle of Shiloh, the skirmishes before Corinth, Stone River, Mission Ridge, Chicka- mauga, and all the battles of the Atlanta Campaign, and the battle of Nash . ville December, 15, 16, 1864. In an action at Picket's Mills, Ga., May 22, 1864, Capt. Hartsough entered with thirty-six men and came out with but ten muskets. He was promoted to Captain, July 19, 1863, in command of Company A, serving until January 12, 1865, when he resigned at Huntsville, Ala., and returned home. Mr. Hartsough was married. February 22, 1865, to Eliza A. Ragan, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Duddleson) Ragan. She is a native of this county and was born February 22, 1840. They have one child-Fannie M., born May 10, 1867. Captain Hartsough is highly es- teemed as a citizen, and is at present Senior Vice Commander of Robin's Post, No. 91, of Upper Sandusky.,
WESLEY HEDGES, a prominent farmer and wool-grower, was born in Clarke County, Ohio, August 6, 1823. He is a son of Seaton E. and Harriet (Miller) Hedges, natives of Virginia and Kentucky, and of English and Scotch ancestry respectively. They were the parents of fifteen children, nine attaining their majority, eight now living-Eliza M., Wesley, Tabitha B., Elizabeth, Samuel B., Mary E., Virginia and Fletcher. The father died in 1878, aged eighty-two years; the mother in 1853, aged fifty-one. Wesley Hedges, the subject of this sketch, had the advantages of the high schools of Springfield where he completed his studies at the age of twenty- one. He engaged in teaching during the winter seasons till 1845, when he came to the Sandusky plains and engaged with David Miller in farm labor at $10 per month. He remained with Mr. Miller eight years; the second year at $12 per month, and the third and succeeding years as a partner in
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the stock business. In 1856, he took up his residence on his present farm where he remained till 1865, at which time he removed to Pittsburgh and engaged extensively in buying live stock for the slaughter houses of New York City. His annual sales for six successive years aggregated 400,000 head, and though his operations on the whole were attended with slight suc- cess, he met with some heavy losses. In 1871, he returned to Upper San- dusky, and in 1872, to his farm where he has since remained. He owns 935 acres of good land stocked with the best grades of horses, cattle and sheep. In 1876, Mr. Hedges lost the entire use of his lower limbs by paralysis, though he still has the full management of his farm and engages extensively in agriculture as well as stock-raising. His marriage to Rebecca Peters occurred January 1, 1856, Miss Peters being the daughter of Gideon and Elizabeth (Stevenson) Peters, of Fairfield County, and born October 15, 1835. They have seven children-Corrilla A., born November 4, 1856; Henry E., October 14, 1858; Harriet, February 14, 1861; Pearl W., April 6, 1864; Mary B., February 26, 1866; Lizzie G., May 16, 1868; Flora L., July 19, 1870. Mr. Hedges is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of Republican sentiment politically. He is an acknowledged leader in the farming interests of this county, and in all his transactions has maintained a high reputation for his spirit of justice and integrity, his superior merit as a business man being no less marked in his qualities of citizenship.
JACOB HEHR was born in Wittemberg, Germany, December 19, 1819, and is a son of Andrew and Mary (Klopfer) Hehr, natives of the same place. His father was a stone-cutter and farmer, and was born in 1796; his mother was born in 1798. They had four children-Mary, Catharine, Rachel and Jacob. Their mother died in 1858; their father in 1863. Jacob Hehr, the subject of this sketch, emigrated to America in 1854, and located in Bucy- rus. In 1856, he came to Upper Sandusky, where he engaged six years in a distillery, after which he followed railroading eight years, purchasing his present farm of seventy-two acres in 1870, since which time he has engaged in farming. Mr. Hehr was married, November 6, 1856, to Christina Yei- ter, who was born in Germany December 16, 1831. She is a daughter of John and Mary Yeiter, who were also natives of Germany, and reared eight children, namely: Mary, Dora, Catharine, David, Caroline, Christian and Rosa. Her father died in 1864, her mother in 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Hehr have four children-John J. (born December 26, 1861), George J. (April 29, 1863), William (October 12, 1866), Emma (December 12, 1869). Mr. Hehr is a good farmer, and values his land at $80 per acre. He is a Dem- ocrat; both he and Mrs. Hehr are members of the German Lutheran Church. In 1861, Mr. and Mrs. Hehr visited their native home in Ger- many, returning in 1862.
ROBERT A. HENDERSON, M. D., the oldest physician of Upper Sandusky, was born in Washington County, Penn., October 22, 1813. He is a son of John and Isabella (Russel) Henderson, the former born in Chester County, Penn., July 25, 1769, the latter January 1, 1770. They were married, October 1, 1789, nine children resulting from their union, of which our subject is the only surviving member. The mother died Decem- ber 14, 1831; the father June 8, 1849. Robert A. Henderson received the usual training in the district schools, closing his studies in the high school of Allegheny at the age of eighteen. He immediately began the study of medicine at the above-named city, under the instruction of his brother, Ebenezer Henderson, in 1831, remaining two years, after which he contin- ued his studies with Drs. Harmen and Wilson, each six months, at Cross
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Creek Village and Hickory, both in Washington County, Penn. He began the practice of his profession at Clarkson, Columbiana Co., Ohio, in 1833, remaining eighteen months, subsequently moving to Mt. Eaton, Wayne Co., Ohio, where he continued his practice till May, 1854. In 1852, he started for California, via the Isthmus of Darien, but was compelled to re- turn after an interval of twenty-eight days at the latter place, on account of the loss of the steamor between San Juan and San Francisco. June 4, 1854, he removed to Upper Sandusky, continuing his profession till 1865, when he entered the Wooster Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio, graduating in March, 1866. He was married, June 26, 1837, at Mt. Eaton, to Lucy A. Galbraith, daughter of James and Sarah (Vandover) Galbraith, natives of Ireland and Maryland respectively. They located in Wayne County about 1817. where the father died September 24, 1834, and the mother September 23, 1873; the latter, after her husband's decease, married Rev. Archibald Hanna, D. D., March 29, 1860. Dr. and Mrs. Henderson were the parents of six children, four still living-Sarah J. (born August 11, 1838), John W. (July 14, 1848), Edward A. (December 14, 1850), and Harry R. (October 19, 1853). The deceased are William H. (born Decem- ber, 1841, and died April 19, 1843), Robert A. (born October 9, 1857, died February 6, 1858). Lucy A., the wife of our subject, was born July 19, 1818. Since he was twenty years of age, the Doctor has devoted his entire time to his profession. He is among the oldest practitioners in the county, and has amassed considerable property by his large and lucrative practice. He is a Republican in politics, and strong in the faith. His father, John Henderson, is said to have been a soldier in the war of 1812. Dr. Hender- son is one of the leading physicians of this county, and by his strict relia- bility and thorough knowledge of his profession has won a richly-merited place in the confidence of its people. He is eminently popular, both as a physician and a citizen.
AVERY HENDERSON was born in Mt. Eaton, Ohio, December 14, 1850. He is a son of Dr. Robert A. and Lucy A. (Galbraith) Henderson, and was reared in Upper Sandusky where he enjoyed the advantages of the public schools. In 1869, he abandoned his studies and began an appren- ticeship at the tinner's trade, under John T. Grose. In 1873, he made a trip to California, combining business with pleasure, and returned the same year. In the spring of 1874, he opened an establishment in the stove, tinware and roofing trade, in which he continued about eight years. In 1881, Mr. Henderson was elected to the office of Clerk of Court in this county, beginning his duties in February, 1882. Although a Republican, Mr. Henderson received a majority of 400 votes over his opponent-the vote usually being about 800 in favor of Democracy. He was married Septem- ber 16, 1875, to Emma S. Holmes, who was born in Carey, Ohio, March 22, 1855. She is a daughter of Dr. S. W. and Sarah (Ensminger) Holmes, who are now residents of Upper Sandusky. One child has blessed this un- ion, namely, Luella, born May 22, 1877. Mr. Henderson was instrumen- tal in organizing Company B, Kirby Light Guards, in January, 1875, serv- ing as its Captain seven years. He was also elected Major of the Twelfth Regiment Ohio National Guards, serving in that capacity till the regiment was disbanded in 1880. In June, 1883, he was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the Second Regiment Ohio National Guards, and still retains that position. Mr. Henderson is held in high esteem, socially as well as officially, his character always having been such as to entitle him to the first position in the ranks of either sphere.
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WILLIAM B. HITCHCOCK, the proprietor of the refreshment stand, corner of Sandusky avenue and Johnson street, was born in Fishkill, Duchess County, N. Y., March 4, 1828; son of John and Mary (Harsner) Hitchcock, both natives of the above county, and of English and German descent respectively. They had four children, three living-Elizabeth, Borden and William B. The deceased was Chloe, who died in Upper San- dusky, aged about thirty-five years. The parents removed from New York to this county in 1847 or 1848. The father died August 26, 1854, aged just sixty-eight years. The mother is still living, a resident of Upper San- dusky in her eighty-eighth year. Her husband, John Hitchcock, was a
musician in the war of 1812. William B., our subject, was educated in the common schools of his native county, closing his school work by instructions from a private tutor at the age of fifteen. At sixteen, Mr. Hitchcock had the misfortune to lose his left leg, which almost cost him his life. He re- covered, however, and subsequently engaged in teaching school for a num- ber of years in various parts of this county until 1851, when he was elected Recorder, serving one term. He then attended Bacon's Commercial Col- lege at Cincinnati, securing a diploma and engaged in the boot and shoe business in 1855. He was afterward engaged in various branches of busi- ness until 1867, when he was appointed Postmaster of Upper Sandusky, serving two years, besides an unexpired term for Frederick Agerter. He was subsequently elected County Clerk, serving two terms; assisted in the erection of the Opera House in 1876, and was instrumental in the building of several other buildings, aggregating a cost of $27,000. He has served as Councilman, as a member of the School Board, and has always been a liboral contributor to all benevolent purposes. In politics, Mr. Hitchcock is a Democrat; is opposed to sumptuary laws and unoqual taxation in any form, and is in favor of a graded license system. In 1852, he was married at Endfiold, N. Y., to Margaret Darragh, who died three years afterward. He was again married October 25, 1855, at Tipton, Iowa, to Lucy J. Boyn- ton, daughter of Benjamin L. and Mary Boynton, and seven children were born to them, namely: Mary F., William B., Nettie, Eva E., Harriet, Ben- jamin F. and John L .; the latter is deceased, his death occurring February 26, 1883, at the age of twenty-six.
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