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THOMAS GOODWIN, ex-treasurer of Greene County, is at present a farmer, and was born in Franklin Township, this county, September 25, 1807. He is a son of Moses and Elizabeth (IIagan) Goodwin, natives of Maryland. His father, who lived to an old age, was born in 1790 and spent most of his life on a farm in Greene County. Of their eight children, only two are living. Thomas was the fourth in the family. He was reared on the home farm, attended the subscription schools, and has made farming his main occupation. IIe started out in the world with but little means, but by his great energy and patient endeavor was enabled to purchase his present farm in 1877. Mr. Goodwin is a Democrat in politics. He was elected treasurer of the county in 1873, and served one term. In 1832 he married Miss Catharine, daughter of Jesse Orndoff. Her mother's maiden name was Catharine Strosnider. Her father was a soldier in the war of 1812.
II. M. GRIMES .- Among the descendants of the pioneers of Greene County we mention II. M. Grimes, an enterprising farmer of
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Franklin Township, who now owns and resides on the farm where he was born, January 26, 1837. His mother's maiden name was Margaret Muckle. She was a native of this county. His father, William Grimes, was born in New Jersey. Of his six children, the subject of this sketch is the youngest. He was reared in Franklin Township, where he received his education in the district schools. Mr. Grimes has been very successful in his chosen pursuit, and is the owner of 338 acres of land. In 1861 he married Harriet, daughter of Arthur Rinehart. Their children are -- William A., J. W., Lucy, Mary E., Albert R. and II. C. Mrs. Grimes is a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Grimes is a Democrat.
D. H. HAINER, freight and ticket agent for the Waynesburg and Washington Railroad, at Waynesburg, Penn., was born in Wash- ington County, Penn., October 9, 1845, and is a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Riggle) Ilainer. Ilis father, who has all his life been a farmer, was born in Germany, and came to Washington County, Penn., in 1832, where he lived until he moved to Rieliland County, Ohio, where he now resides. Mr. ITainer is the oldest in a family of eight children. He was reared on the farm, attended the common schools, and was later a student in the Academy at Savannah, Ohio, and Lexington, Ohio, Male and Female Seminary. Early in life he taught school for a time. IIe was then employed as a salesman in Lexington, Ohio, for five years, when he was accepted as a full part- ner with his former employer. He continued in the mercantile trade with him for five years, when he sold out and returned to Washing- ton County, and engaged in farming from 1875 until 1879. He then came to Waynesburg, where he engaged in business with his uncle until 1883, when he was appointed to his present position. Mr. Hainer was married in Washington County in 1873, to Alice, dangh- ter of David S. Walker, and they have one child, a daughter-Adda E. The entire family are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder and also superintendent of the Sabbath-school.
SAMUEL HIARVEY was born in Center Township, Greene County, March 2, 1820, and is a son of Thomas and Anna (IIigin- botham) Harvey. His mother was born in Fayette County, and his father in Philadelphia. They were of English and French descent. His father, a farmer by occupation, came to this county in 1807, and settled on a tract of land eleven miles west of Waynesburg, known as the "Old Harvey Farm," and resided there until his death in 1876, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. Of his three sons, Samuel is the oldest, and was reared on said farm in Center Town- ship, where he received an education of the rural district, and chose farming as his occupation, at the same time dealing in wool, live- stock and real estate. Mr. Harvey has been a successful business
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man, and is one of Greene County's self-made men, his success being entirely due to his own efforts and business ability. In 1881 he moved to Waynesburg, and is still engaged in the wool trade. In 1846 Mr. Harvey married Sarah I. Throckmorton. Their children are-William C., who enlisted, at the age of seventeen years, in Company I, One Hundred and Sixteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and took part, under Gen. Hancock, in the famous "Battle of the Wilderness," and died of typhoid fever in 1864; Anna M., wife of the late Dr. J. S. Barmore. of Chicago; Kate E., wife of Dr. J. T. Iams, of Waynesburg; Alice I., and Charles T., a farmer and stock- dealer, who still resides on the old Harvey farm in Center Township. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey are members of the South Ten-Mile Baptist Church, where he has served as deacon and trustee for many years.
WILLIAM THOMPSON HAYS-Among the early settlers of Waynesburg as the county seat of Greene, was William Thompson Hays, who was born in Adams County, Penn., April 8, 1775, and who died in Waynesburg, June 29, 1846. He was married in Newville, Cumberland County, Penn., to Mary McKibben, and in 1804 removed to Waynesburg, embarking in the mercantile business on Main street, on the corner now known as the " Fisher Building," opposite the present F. & D. National Bank. Afterwards, losing his wife by death, he married Sarah Wilson, daughter of James Wilson, Esq., the first post-master of Waynesburg, who lived and kept the post- office opposite the court-house on the site occupied by the Messenger building. Mr. Ilays was one of the early representatives of his adopted county in the State Legislature, he and his brother, Adam Hays, who was a bachelor and came with him and made his home in Waynesburg, both having served the people of Greene in that capac- ity. Adam Ilays was also at one time sheriff of the county, and died February 28, 1848, aged about sixty-six. W. T. Hays was also, for a period of about twenty years, phrothonotary of Greene County, he being successor of John Boreman, Esq., who was the first protho- notary of the county. In 1813, while in the mercantile business, Mr. Hays brought on to Waynesburg, and was instrumental in establishing the Messenger newspaper, with John Baker as editor and publisher. The paper was first printed about where the tele- graph office now is, just west of the Walton House, Mr. Hays own- ing the premises and living in the house adjoining, occupying the present site of the Walton House. He had four children who lived to reach maturity-two by each wife. By the first, George W., who was educated at Cannonsburg College, Penn., studied medicine with Dr. Hays, of Sharpsburg, Md., and died with the cholera while in the practice of his profession, at that place, in 1834. Maria C., the daughter, was married to Laurence L. Minor, a prominent attorney of Waynesburg, who died in that place in 1883, she still surviving.
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By his second wife were born James W. and Henrietta. She was married to William Campbell. son of Benjamin Campbell. one of the early and prominent merchants of Waynesburg, and both her husband and herself, with a large family of children. still live in that place. James Wilson Hays was born in Waynesburg. on December 21. 1817. and received such education as was attainable in his youth in the subscription schools of the town. The first business engaged in on his own account was as editor and proprietor of the Waynes- burg Messenger in about 1542. as successor to Hon. C. A Black. His editorial career at this time included the presidential canvas of Polk against Clay, and that of Francis R. Shunk for Governor. At a later period Mr. Hays was associated with Col. James S. Jennings as co-editor of the Messenger, including the presidential canvas of 1860. in which Lincoln was elected President. In 1853. during the presidency of Pierce, Mr. Hays received an appointment as clerk in the post-office department at Washington City. This position he occupied some three years. resigning on account of failing health. He held a position. in 1849-50. on the Pennsylvania Canal at Pittsburg, under appointment by canal commissioners of the State. Mr. Hays was married in 1842 to Hannah Minor, daughter of Abia Minor, Esq .. and grand-daughter of Hon. John Minor, who was one of the original, or first associate judges of Greene County at its formation. Mrs. Hays died in 1862. Seven children were born to thein, who lived to reach maturity. viz .- William Thompson. mar- ried to Jennie Jewell: Sarah Sophia. to Ira L. Nickeson; JJames W., to Emma Smith; Frances Henrietta. to James . M. Ferrell; Abia Minor, to Nannie Hnston: Hannah Maria, to James L. Smith, and Jesse Lazear. to Sadie Goodwin-all living at this date (18SS) ex- cept Mrs. Nickeson, who died May 4. 1888. In 1867 Mr. Hays re- moved from Waynesburg. where he had been connected with his brother-in-law. Hon. William Cotterel. in the tanning and leather business, to Graysville, Richhill Township, and engaged in merchan- dising, from which place his children were all married, and where he continned to reside until October., 1587, when he returned to his native town. Waynesburg. In 1875 he was elected. on the Dem- ocratic ticket, to the senate of Pennsylvania, for the fourtieth dis- trict, embracing the counties of Greene and Fayette, and re-elected to a second term on the expiration of the first.
JOSEPH S. HERTIG. dentist, was born in Fayette County, Penn., November 28, 1834, and is a son of John. G. and Elizabeth (Showalter) Hertig. His mother, who was of German extraction, was born in Fayette County. His father was a native of France, and a farmer and school teacher by occupation: Dr. Hertig. the oldest of eleven children. was reared on his father's farm, attending the district school. He spent his early life as a teacher, having taught
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five terms in Fayette County, Ohio, and subsequently in this county. In 1858 he commenced the study of dentistry at Smith- field, Penn., and began practicing in 1868 in New Holland, Ohio. He subsequently located at Delphios, Allen County, Ohio. Return- ing to Fayette County in 1862, he remained for four years, then came to Waynesburg, where his skill and gentlemanly demeanor soon won for him a large and lucrative practice among the influential families of the town and vicinity. The Doctor is thoroughly posted in all the details of his profession, and devotes his time diligently to study. Ile was married in Fayette County, in 1864, to Miss Nancy, daughter of William Scott. Their children are-Horace and Owen, the latter a graduate of Waynesburg College, and at present a student in the Dental College at Philadelphia, Penn. Dr. Hertig is a prominent member of the Odontological Society of Western Pennsylvania.
MAJOR B. F. HERRINGTON, a farmer and stock-grower, of Franklin Township, was born in Greene County, Penn., November 18, 1843, and is a son of Thomas and Caroline (Kramer) Herrington. Ilis father was a manufacturer of boots and shoes and carried on his business for many years in the southern part of Greene County. His family consisted of ten children, of whom B. F. is the sixth. Ile received his early education in the commnon schools of his native county, and subsequently attended Duff's Commercial College at Pittsburg. Penn. Mr. Ilerrington was employed as a clerk in a store for a number years, and engaged in the mercantile trade at Morris- ville, Penn., in 1861. The year following he enlisted, as a private,
in Company A, Eighteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. When the reg- iment was organized, he was elected Second Lieutenant of Company G., and was subsequently promoted to the position of First Lieutenant and then Captain. He was taken captive and suffered the horror of prison life for sixteen months in Libby. Macon, Ga. and Columbia, S. C. Major Herrington was one of the six hundred officers who were placed under the fire of the Union gun when the Union men bombarded Charlestown. S. C. Soon after his return home he was commissioned Major of the eighth division of the National Guards of Pennsylvania and served five years, was commissioned again with same rank and'assigned to duty on the staff of Gen. Gallagher as commissary of division. Ileagain engaged in the mercantile business in Waynesburg, where he had a good trade and liberal patronage. The Major was united in marriage, in 1860, with Miss Maggie Johns. She died in 1877, leaving a family of three children-Ella, IIerman and Daisy. In 1887 he began farming, and was united in marriage, the same year. with Nannie (Wisecarver) Worley. Major Herring- ton is a Republican, and a member of the I. O. O. F. He was the first Commander of the Mccullough G. A. R. Post, No. 367.
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JESSE HILL, retired farmer and stock. grower, Waynesburg, Penn., was born November 23, 1814, on the farm he now owns. Hlis parents, Samnel and Elizabeth (Cather) Hill, were natives of Greene County, and of Irish and English extraction. His father was a farmer all his life; his family consisted of eleven children. Jesse is the youngest son. He was reared on his father's farm, educated in the old-fashioned log school-house and has made farming the business of his life. He owns 150 acres of good farming land, and valuable town property in the borough of Waynesburg. In 1841 Mr. Hill married Maria, daughter of Thomas Hoskinson. Of their six children five are living-Carrie, wife of Dr. W. S. Throckmorton, of Nineveh, Penn .; Thomas B., a physician at Ruff's Creek, Penn .; Elizabeth, wife of J. D Nulton; Willie E. and Jesse F., who was born March 11, 1853, and has charge of the home farm. He was married in 1881, to Philena, daughter of Thomas Ross, and they have two children-Frank and Willie R. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ilill, Sr., are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Hill was for fifteen years clerk of the county commissioners.
NORVAL IIOGE, by occupation an organ builder, was born in Waynesburg, March 8, 1835. He is a son of Jolin and Rebecca (Oakes) IIoge, natives of Pennsylvania, and of Scotch-Irish descent. His grandfather was a carpenter and came from Winchester, Va. The history of the family shows them to have been farmers and mechanics, and many of the family have succeeded in accumulating a fair share of this world's goods. Mr. Hoge, nulike his ancestors, has turned his attention to study rather than to making money. He has given most of his time to organ building, and has also engaged in repairing all kinds of machinery, making sun dials, building flying shuttle looms, etc. Mr. Iloge has made twelve organs, and his knowledge of almost any kind of complicated machinery gives evi- dence of unusual mechanical genius. The greater part of his life has been spent in Waynesburg. He attended the common-school and college, and early in life began to develop a taste for mechanics, being able to repair clocks and watches when a mere boy. For sev- eral years he was engaged with a Pittsburgh firm, in tuning pianos and organs, and from some of the most celebrated musicians of the United States his work has received the highest endorsements, among which is the following:
" MR. NORVAL HOGE-My Dear Sir: " Allow me to compliment yon upon the magnificent manner in which you tuned the piano for our nse. I have never, outside of Boston and New York, met with an instrument that stood so splendidly to pitch throughout our entire programme. It certainly shows the work of an artist. Accept my own and company's' thanks for your care. Yours,
" LEM H. WILEY, WALTER EMERSON."
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Mr. Hoge also repairs and runs steam engines, and since 1886 has run the engine at the roller mills at Waynesburg. In 1856 he married Catharine M., daughter of Reasin Huffman, and they have four children, viz .: Mary Elizabeth, Almira Jane, Minnie May and Thomas J. The family are members of the Waynesburg Baptist Church.
ASA B. IIOGE, commercial traveler, was born in Morgan Town- ship, Greene County, Penn., September 23, 1841, and is a son of Solomon and Rachel (Huss) Hoge, natives of this State. His father, who was a miller and grain speculator, was born in this county in 1803, and died in Waynesburg in 1878. Mr. Hoge's grandparents, who were natives of Virginia, and of Seotchi-Irish extraction, were members of the Society of Friends. His father's family consisted of eight children, of whom Asa B. is the fifth. He was reared in his native county and received his education in the old Greene Academy at Carmichaels, Penn. Mr. Hoge remained with his parents until eighteen years of age, when he went to Baltimore, Md., and was for two years employed as a clerk in a store. Ile then went to Pitts- burgh, Penn., and was salesman in a large jobbing house for a period of twelve years. In 1876 he went to Philadelphia and accepted his present position as traveling salesman, visiting the larger towns and cities throughout Pennsylvania and Virginia. Mr. Hoge has made his own way in the world. He meets with success in his business, and is the owner of valuable property on Main street in Waynesburg. IIe was united in marriage in 1877 with Miss Mary, daughter of John and Jane (Walker) Phelan, and sister to Richard Phelan, a prominent attorney of the Waynesburg bar. Mr. and Mrs. Hoge have a bright and interesting family of two little daughters-Jane P. and Mary Frances.
JAMES M. IIOGE, attorney at law, was born in this county June 16, 1853. He is a son of Solomon and Sarah (Overturff) Hoge, na- tives of Pennsylvania, and of Scotch-Irish extraction. His father was a farmer and also justice of the peace for many years. and died December 6, 1874. James M. is the second son in a family of twelve children, all but one of whom grew to maturity. Ilis paternal ancestors were Quakers and among the pioneer settlers of this county. Mr. Iloge received his education in Waynes- burg College. He made a special study of surveying, and has devoted much of his time to that business. He studied law with Hon. C. A. Black, at Waynesburg, and was admitted to the bar in 1882. In 1883 he elerked in the prothonary's office, and on the death of prothonotary, was appointed by Governor Pattison to fill unexpired term, and in 1885 was appointed notary public, at the same time engaging in the practice of law. He was married in 1878 to Martha M., daughter of John MeNeely. Mrs. Hoge is of Irish descent.
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They have one child -- Owen Solomon. Mr. and Mrs. Hoge are members of the Baptist Church. He is a Democrat, and has passed all the degrees in subordinate Lodge of I. O. O. F.
ISAAC HOOPER, tobacconist, Waynesburg, Penn., was born in Washington County, Penn., March 19, 1819, is a son of Isaac and Mary (Steen) Hooper, natives of Pennsylvania, and of Seoteh extrac- tion. His father was a farmer of Washington County. His family consisted of six children, of whom Isaac is the youngest. He was reared in the borough of Washington, where he attended school and early in life learned the cigar maker's trade. In 1842 he came to Waynesburg, where he has since engaged in his present business, selling most of his cigars in Greene County. Mr. Hooper was mal - ried in 1842 to Miss Rebecca, daughter of Samuel Prigg. She was born in Washington County, and is of German origin. They have six children, viz .: Melvina, wife of A. J. Sowers, a prominent mer- chant of Waynesburg; Saumuel P., a tobacconist; Mary (deceased), Virginia, wife of John Campbell; Margaret, wife of Robert Adams; and Dora. Mr. and Mrs. Hooper are members of the Baptist Church, in which he is deacon. He is a Republican, and a member of the I.O.O. F.
W. A. IIOOK, Esq., Waynesburg, Penn., was born October 13, 1838, and is a son of John T. and Eliza (Inghram) Ilook. Ilis par- ents were descendants of the earliest settlers of Greene Connty, and of Scoteh-Irish origin. Mr. Hook's father was a saddler by trade, and died November 3, 1883, at Waynesburg, where he had spent his life. William A., the oldest son, was reared and educated in Waynes- burg. He reached his senior year in college, when on account of sickness he was compelled to give up school. He chose the law as his profession, and studied in the office of Wyly & Buchanan, in Waynes- bnrg. Mr. Hook was admitted to the bar of this county in 1871, and in 1872 was elected district attorney, in which capacity he served for six years. IIe is an activemember of the Democratic party, and a successful lawyer.
THOMAS HOOK, farmer, was born in Waynesburg, Penn., on the 27th day of September, 1840. He is a son of John T. and Eliza (Inghram) Ilook, also natives of this county. His ancestors were among the early settlers of the county. His father, who was a sol- dier in the war of 1812, was a harness-maker for many years, and in later life engaged in farming. Thomas was reared in Waynesburg where he remained until twelve years of age, then moved with his parents to a farm in Franklin Township where he still resides. He attended the common school, and early in life chose farming as his chief occupation. Mr. Hook has been twice united in marriage- first. in 1863, with Miss Sarah, daughter of William Patterson, a
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prominent farmer of Whiteley Township. Their children are-Ida, wife of William Ely, and Lucy, a student in Waynesburg College. Mrs. Hook died in 1887. Her husband afterwards married, in 1885, Miss Susan, daughter of Uriah Inghram. She is a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Hook is a Democrat, and has been seliool director in his distriet.
THOMAS HOSKINSON, who was born in Waynesburg, Penn., July 9, 1834, is a son of George and Sophia (Adams) Hoskinson, who were natives of Pennsylvania and of English origin. His father, who was a farmer and merchant, died in 1884. His family consisted of eight children, of whom Thomas is the oldest. He was reared in Waynesburg, and obtained his education in the graded schools and Waynesburg College. When he was twelve years old his father moved on a farm, where Thomas remained with his parents until he was twenty years of age. He then came to Waynesburg and elerked in a general store. The main part of his business career has been spent in the mercantile trade. He was engaged in business in Waynesburg from 1864 to 1878, when he elosed out his business and has since met with success as a salesman. Mr. Hoskinson was mar- ried in Waynesburg, in 1860, to Sarah A., daughter of George F. Wolfe. Mrs. Hoskinson is also a native of this county, and of Ger- man descent, and a graduate of Waynesburg College. Their children are-George Ellsworth, a printer by trade in Pittsburgh, Penn .; Lida, a teacher in Topeka, Kansas; Lonise T., Franklin, and Charles W., who died at the age of four in 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Hoskinson are prominent members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. IIe is a leading member in the organization of Odd Fellows and Knights of Honor.
WILLIAM R. HUGHES, farmer and stock-raiser, was born August 18, 1851, on the farm where he resides near Waynesburg, Penn. He is a son of Hiram and Sarah A. (Burks) Hughes, who were of English extraction. His mother was a native of Virginia. Ilis father, who was a farmer all his life, was born in Greene Coun- ty, and had a family of four children, two of whom are living. Ile died in 1854. His oldest daughter was the wife of A. J. Lippencott, a son of William Lippencott, who is a prominent farmer in Frank- lin Township. William R. was reared on the farm and attended the distriet schools and the College at Waynesburg. He taught school for a number of years, but has made farming his chief occupation. ITis home farm contains 106 acres of valuable land. Mr. Hughes was united in marriage April 23, 1878, with Miss Anna, daughter of Caleb. and Saralı (Greene) Rigdon. Her parents were English and natives of Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. IInghes are the parents of three children -Bertha, Clarence L. and Arthur E. Their mother
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is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Hughes is a Democrat.
JOIIN T. IAMS, M. D., of the firm of Iams & Ullom, physicians and surgeons, Waynesburg, Penn., was born at Mt. Morris, this county, March 25, 1846. He is a son of Samuel and Nancy (Grimes) Iams. His parents are natives of Pennsylvania, and of English extraction. His father was a millwright in early life and afterward a farmer. He now resides in Center Township, and is over seventyyears of age Dr. Iams is the second in a family of seven children. He lived with his parents on the farm until he reached his eighteenth year, when he entered Waynesburg College, remaining two years. Ile then taught for three years. In 1868 he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Gray, of Jacksonville, remaining with him for one year. He then entered Bellvue Medical College at New York, where he took the regular course and graduated in 1871. He practiced at Jacksonville until 1879, when he moved to Waynesburg, where he has since resided. Dr. Iams is a member of the State and county medical societies, and was elected a member of the American Medical Association which met in Chicago in 1886. He was United States examining surgeon for pensions from 1880 to 1885. He was com- missioned first assistant surgeon to the Tenth Regiment, N. G. P., May, 1888. Dr. Iams was married May 16, 1874, to Kate E., daughter of Samuel Harvey, of Waynesburg. Their children are Annette and Samuel Harvey.
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