REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS

MARION COUNTY, OHIO

1907 HISTORY

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FREDERICK J. HAAS, a prosperous agriculturist of Richland township, residing on a highly cultivated farm of 105 acres situated. in section 24, owns also a tract of 15 acres in Morrow County,. Ohio. He was born July 2, 1843, in Ensingen, Wuerttemberg, Germany, and is a son of Frederick and Friedricha "Rickey" (Wurth) Haas.

Frederick Haas was born July 28, 1809 and reared in Ensingen, Wuerttemberg, Germany where he engaged in farming and owned a large vineyard. His wife (Friedricha (Wurth) Haas was born February 5, 1817 in Ersingen, Wuerttemberg, Germany, the daughter of Casper and Catharina (Noigel) Wurth) was also a native of Germany. They had three children : Frederick J. ; Gottlieb, residing in California; and John, who died in infancy.

Frederick J. Haas spent his early boyhood days on his father's farm in Germany, attending school until about eight years old, when his parents came to America. The trip was made in a sailing vessel which required 40 days to make the voyage and during the passage, the mother died of cholera' and was buried at sea, His father first settled in Delaware, Ohio, where he worked for a short time, and then brought his family to Marion County. The father and Chas. Swartz bought 40 acres of timberland from a Mr. Cobbs for $18 an acre. Subsequently Mr. Haas purchased another tract of 20 acres and at the time of his death, in 1877, he owned a farm of 40 acres, which is part of the farm now owned by his son Frederick J.

Frederick J. Haas was reared on this farm and went to school when he could be spared from the farm work. The schoolhouse which he attended was made of logs, with slab seats, and the wind and snow often blew in through the cracks. By much hard work economy and perseverance, he was able to accumulate money enough to add more land to the 40 acres left by his father. He worked for other people and often only received his board and $6 per month, but was able even then to save money.

Mr. Haas was married in September, 1878, to Eva Ebert, who was born May 27, 1844, in Germany, and is a daughter of Peter and Martha (Macke) Ebert. She was but two years old when her parents came to this country and located on a farm in Richland township, Marion County, Ohio. Peter Ebert was the owner of 106 acres of land at the time of his death, in 1888. His wife died in 1889. They were the parents of seven children, namely: Henry; Peter: Andrew; Adam; Eva; Margaret. who married Henry Goeckley; and Elizabeth who married R. Shimp, six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Haas, as follows: Frederick, who married Lora Weaver; John, who married Ida Harris; William, who married Clara Heimlich; Elizabeth Margaret, who married William Burcroft, and has four children-Lulu, Grace, Milton and Knowl-- Philip a and Samuel, who assist in operating the farm. Mr. Haas is a Democrat; he has never cared to hold office, but has served as school director for the past 20 years. He and his family are members of the German Reformed Church, of which he was a deacon and elder for a number of years.

FREDERICK HABERMAN, president of The Haberman Hardware Company, at Marion, and largely identified with many other important and successful business enterprises of this city, was born at Marion, September 1, 1854, and is a son of Christian and Gertrude (Seas) Haberman.

The Haberman family was established in America by Conrad Haberman, the paternal grandfather, who came to this country as a soldier in the army of Great Britain, during the War of 1812. Fop 17 years following the close of this war he remained on American soil, but returned to his own land in his old age, desiring to pass away in the land of his birth. He died in Germany, in 1831, his son Christian being then but two years of age.

Christian Haberman was born October 6, 1829, in Huttengesass, Hessen-Nassau, Germany, where he lived until 1852, when he came to America and settled Marion, Ohio, where he purchased and successfully operated a large stone quarry and also invested in farming lands. He married .Gertrude Seas, who was born in Ellmendingen, Baden, Germany but who came to this country when she was a child. They had nine children-six sons and three daughters.

Frederick Haberman, the eldest of the above named family, secured a good, common school education and completed his studies at Berea College. He then entered the employ of George H. Kling, at Marion, and during his 11 years of service thoroughly learned the hardware business. Subsequently he purchased Mr. Kling's stock and for some five years conducted a first-class hardware store here. After retiring from this business, he became secretary of The Marion Manufacturing Company and later traveling salesman for the W. Brigham Company, a wholesale hardware house of Cleveland. In 1892 Mr. Haberman again embarked in the hardware business at his present location. He owns stock in nearly all of the Marion industries, in many of which he has served as an official, and belongs to the Ohio State Board of Commerce and to the Ohio Hardware Association.

While in no sense a politician, Mr. Haberman has never been negligent concerning his duties as a good citizen. He has advocated the election of upright men to office and has assisted in promoting justifiable public measures of all kinds. He is essentially a business man and been willing to serve conspicuously in office. He served two consecutive terms as Democratic councilman from the First Ward; during this time he was instrumental in installing the Marion Water Works.

In 1875 Mr. Haberman was united in marriage with Cora Clark, who is a daughter of Capt. J. Walter Clark, and a granddaughter of John Clark, who came from Hagerstown, Maryland, to Marion when this busy city was a hamlet of a half dozen houses. Mr. and Mrs. Haberman have two daughters and two sons. The family residence is one of the most pleasantly located in Marion and, as the family is socially prominent and very hospitable, is the frequent scene of social functions. Mr. Haberman and family belong to the Protestant Episcopal Church and he has served as vestryman. In his fraternal relations, Mr. Haberman is an Elk.

SAMUEL EBERT HAIN, a representative citizen of Pleasant township, and the owner of a fine farm of 71 acres situated in section 3, was born on this farm, November 25, 1838, and is a son of Adam and Ann (Ebert) Hain.

To trace the founding of the Hain family in Marion County, one must go back to the grandfather of our subject, Daniel Hain, who was born in Pennsylvania Before becoming a pioneer in Marion Countv, he was a farmer in Perry County, Pennsylvania. He brought his family across the mountains in a huge, covered wagon, reaching the new home, in the midst of a forest, in 1830. At that time deer were plentiful and wild turkey was a Common article of the family bill of fare. A log cabin gave shelter to his wife and children until he could construct a more substantial cabin home, and there their 15 children grew and flourished. Daniel Hain and wife died here some years after settlement. The children were: Elizabeth, John, Henry, Adam, Ann, Daniel, Catherine, Magdalene, Mary, Magdalene, Esther V., Christina, Susanna, Leah, Lydia and William N. The survivors of the above family are: Susanna, residing at Decatur, Illinois, who is the wife of Joel Evans; and Leah, residing in Marion County, who is the wife of Richard B. Davis.

Adam Hain, father of our subject, was born in Perry County, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1814, and accompanied his parents to Marion County. He was married (first) November 30, 1837, to Ann Ebert, a daughter of Samuel Ebert. The Ebert family came here from Ellicott Mills, Maryland. Four children were born to Adam and Ann Hain, as follows: Samuel Ebert; Adaline C., deceased; Eli Albert, a member of the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., who was killed on the battle-field of Gettysburg, during the Civil War; and Martha Ann, who is the wife of Daniel W. Huffman, of Green Camp, Ohio. The mother of the above named family died September 8, 1851. On June 6, 1852, Adam Hain was married (second) to Ann Forsha, who died in 1885; they had one child, Mary Elizabeth, who married Hannibal De La Grange, and. resides at Los Angeles, California. Adam Hain died in May, 1892.

Samuel E. Hain was reared in Marion County and was educated in the district schools of Pleasant township. He assisted his father on the home farm until his majority and then worked on his own account for one year. In April, 1861, he was one of the first volunteers to enlist in the Fourth Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., in which he served for two years, when he was honorably discharged, on account of disability He was in several engagements, the most important being Petersburg and Romney, West Virginia.

After the end of his army service, Mr. Hain returned to Marion and soon entered the employ of Lucas & Seffner, grain dealers and wool buyers, with whom he continued for two years, meeting with success as a business man. In the spring of 1863 he returned to his father's farm, which is now his own property, and in 1871 was elected auditor of Marion County. He served two terms in this office, four years, in all, his administration of the duties of the office giving extreme satisfaction to his fellow-citizens. He has served most acceptably in other offices of trust and responsibility. For several years he served as township clerk, was a member of the School Board both at Marion and Pleasant township, and has also been township treasurer. In all these offices he has proven his capacity and his integrity. No man stands higher in the confidence of his fellow-citizens.

After retiring as county auditor, Mr. Hain embarked in a grocery business at Marion, in partnership with H. N. Love, under the firm name of Hain &, Love, their place of business being on East Center street. Mr. Hain was meeting with success in that venture at the close of two years, when he suffered the total loss of his stock through a destructive fire. In the meantime he had purchased the interests of the various heirs of his father-in-law's estate, and then moved on it; but in 1893 he sold that farm to John Mayer, and in the following year moved to the old homestead farm, a part of which had, been willed to him by his father, and a part of which he subsequently purchased. Since then Mr. Hain has been engaged in general farming and stock-raising. The old log house in which he was born has long since been, demolished. The present, comfortable nine-room frame residence on the place is a very attractive home. It was built by his father in 1856 and he call well remember when. the family took possession of it. It is beautifully shaded by pine trees, relics of the native forest, is passed by the Cardington turnpike and is not far distant from the Pennsylvania Railroad.

On September 13, 1863, Mr. Hain was married to Orpha Snyder, who was born in Pleasant township, Marion County, Ohio, May 28, 1842, and is a daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Jones)(Myers) Snyder. Samuel Snyder was born in Pennsylvania and had these brothers and sisters: George, Henry John, Jonathan, Samuel Jacob A., Susan, who married H. Shickadantz; and Mary who married Henry Miller. Samuel Snyder's wife Mrs. Nancy (Jones) Myers, was the widow of Joseph Myers and the mother of two children by her first marriage - John J. and Leah. She was a native of Pennsylvania, where she contracted her first marriage; she came to Ohio with her parents, who purchased land and settled on what is now the site of the Children's Home. Of the seven children born to Samuel Snyder and wife, three died in infancy; Samuel J., Nancy Ann and Catherine J., are now deceased, leaving Mr. Hain as the sole survivor. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder both died in Pleasant township.

Mr. and Mrs. Hain have had two children, Frank Albert and Mary F., both of whom are graduates of the Marion schools; the daughter is a popular teacher at Marion.

Frank Albert Hain, the only son, was born September 1, 1864. In early manhood he was married to Nancy Edwards, who was accidentally killed in a snow slide, in Ray County, Colorado. Subsequently he was married to Sallie Shuffleburger. He went West in search of fortune and after 15 years of silver mining he returned to Marion County in 1902, and is now engaged in farming for his father.

Mr. Hain has always been identified with the Democratic party. He is one of the leading members of the United Brethren Church at Marion.

HON. J. J. HANE, whose death occurred March 23, 1898, was one of Marion's most prominent citizens and was closely identified with almost every important business undertaking of the city for a long period. Mr. Hane was born September 18, 1836, in Stark County, Ohio, and was a son of John and Matilda (Kitzmiller) Hane.

The Hane family came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, the grandfather, Christian Hane, settling in Stark County as early as1814. The family home continued to be located for many years in Stark Countv. and here the parents of Mr. Hane lived and died.

Until he was 18 years of age, the late Mr. Hane passed his life on his father's farm, attending school, however at Canton. He then became a clerk for J. R. Bucher & Company, of that city. During the next year he conducted the business of the Farmers' & Mechanics' Warehouse, at Canton. This brief experience in the world of commerce brought home to him the necessity of a better business education, which with all diligence he set about acquiring. On the records of Duff's Commercial College, at Pittsburg, will be found his name as having completed the full course in three weeks and four days, his being the best record, with one exception, ever made at that institution. Subsequently he took a course at Granger's College, Columbus, Ohio, and in June, 1857, he came to Marion and accepted the position of cashier and teller of the Bank

of Marion, which had been organized six years before. The bank was reorganized in 1864 as the First National Bank of Marion, with Mr. Hane as cashier. It gave up its charter as a national bank in 1869 and was reorganized as a State Bank, continuing as such until June, 1902, when it became the Marion National Bank. Mr. Hane continued in the office of cashier of this institution until his election as president, an office he held for many years, being succeeded at his death by his son, Henry B. Hane.

It would be difficult to mention any of the successful business enterprises of Marion, with which Mr. Hane was not connected in some way during the active period of his life, and in many of these he was financially interested. A stanch Republican, he frequently was chosen by his fellow-citizens for offices of great trust and responsibility and served as county commissioner, corporation treasurer, presidential elector and as State Senator from the 13th Senatorial District.

Mr. Hane was married (first) to Matilda Montgomery, who died in 1862. On June 14, 1865, Mr. Hane was married to Melissa A. Bell, who was born at Sandusky, Ohio, in 1842. To the first marriage was born one daughter, Matilda Ellen, who died in her ninth year. To the second union were born six children, as follows: Henry B.; Florence; Alice; Mary John, wife of 0. S. Rapp, who is connected with The Prendergast Lumber & Coal Company, of Marion; Eleanor Beatty, wife of Charles E. Bell, a large manufacturer, of Hillsboro, Ohio; and Water E., a student of the Asheville Farm School for Boys, at Asheville, North Carolina.

HENRY B. HANE, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hane, was born April 21, 1866, in Marion County, Ohio, where he has lived all his life. He is regarded as one of the most forceful business men of Marion, where he has extensive interests. He is a Director of the Marion National Bank, of which institution he was formerly president; and is vice-president and treasurer of The Marion Implement Company. He is a member of the Commercial Club, a Mason, an Elk and a Knight of Pythias and is a Republican in politics. He married Ava Wilson, daughter of Harvey Wilson, and they reside in a beautiful home at No. 540 East Church street.

GEORGE TRYON HARDING, M. D., whose period of residence in Marion County covers fully 37 years, has long held an eminent place among his brother medical practitioners and has substance and enjoys personal esteem. Dr. Harding was born in 1844 in Morrow County, Ohio, and he is the only son of Charles A. and Mary A. (Crawford) Harding.

It is not given very many families to be able to trace the ancestral record beyond several generations, but Dr. Harding can trace the Harding genealogy for 1,300 years. The original name was Harodene. On the maternal side the Crawfords and the Davises were connected, and the maternal grandfather of Dr. Harding was a first cousin to the mother of the late Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, and Grandmother Crawford was a cousin to Hon. Alexander Stephens, so long the leading statesman of the Southern cause. Dr. Harding bears the name of his great-great-grandfather, Governor Tryon.

Dr. Harding was educated in Morrow County, attending the Ohio Central College and the Ontario Academy and later the Cleveland Homeopathic College and Hospital, where he was graduated in 1873 although he had practiced at Caledonia since 1870, under a certificate from the Northwestern Medical Society. After graduation he continued in practice at Caledonia until 1882, when he settled at Marion. He is a member of the State Homeopathic, Marion County, Northwestern and Northeastern Ohio Homeopathic medical societies and also of the Round Table Homeopathic Medical Society of Columbus.

In 1864 Dr. Harding was married to Phoebe Elizabeth Dickerson, of Morrow County, Ohio, and they have had the following children: Warren G., editor and proprietor of the Marion Star, formerly Lieutenant Governor of Ohio; Charity, who married E. E. Remsberg and resides in California; Mary, who is a teacher in the State Institute for the Blind, at Columbus; Almira and Charles A., both deceased; Daisy, who resides at home; Caroline, who is the wife of Rev. Herbert Votow, a missionary in India; and George Tryon, Jr. The last named is a graduate of the medical department of the University of Michigan; after serving five years in the State Hospital at Columbus, he was for two years connected with the Tacoma Sanitarium, Washington, but at present is located in practice at Columbus, making a specialty of nervous diseases and affections of the throat and lungs

Dr. Harding's fraternal associations are with the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. He has been supreme commander and supreme medical director of the order of Red Cross. He has always been a friend to religious work and has been particularly identified with the Baptist Church. He is liberal in his theological views and regards a man for what he is, and not for his particular religious connection or church relation.

HON. WARREN G. HARDING, (PICTURE) editor and proprietor of the Marion Star, formerly a member of the State Senate and Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio, for years has been associated in the public mind with as remarkable a coterie of distinguished statesmen as have been produced in any Commonwealth of the Union. Mr. Harding was born on November 2, 1865, at Corsica, Morrow County, Ohio, and is a son of Dr. G. Tyron and Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding.

In 187I the parents of Mr. Harding located at Caledonia, Marion County, where Dr. Harding engaged in the practice of his profession until he removed to Marion. His son completed the public school course at Caledonia and then entered Ohio Central College, at Iberia, where he was graduated in 1882, taking the degree of B. S. During his collegiate course he became editor of the Spectator, and his success in the management of this college journal had much to do with fostering and encouraging his natural inclinations in the direction of newspaper work. A short term of teaching followed his collegiate course, and then he entered upon the reading of the law, and when he abandoned its study, the bar lost one whose talents as an orator and whose ability as a close thinker would have inevitably brought him into public life. The same results, however, came about through another avenue. Literary work has always been a pleasure to Mr. Harding and at length its calls became so urgent that he turned his whole attention toward journalism, became an active politician and ere long an important factor in the public affairs of his section of the State.

In the summer of 1884, Mr. Harding accepted the local. editorship of the Marion Mirror. In November of the same year he bought the Marion Daily Star, and in 1885 began the issue of a weekly edition. His energy and enterprise, combined with his natural gift for journalism, have made these publications the leading organs of the Republican party in this part of Ohio, and their superiority as newspapers has been generally recognized by a constantly increasing support.

Mr. Harding's entrance into active public life may date from the summer of 1899, when he was nominated for State Senator from the 13th District, composed of the counties of Logan, Union, Marion and Hardin. He was triumphantly elected and was reelected in 1901 the first person in the district to break the one-term rule, and served through two full terms, proving himself true to party principles and loyal to his friends. In June, 1903, at the Republican State convention held at Columbus, Senator Harding was nominated by acclamation for the office of Lieutenant-Governor of the great State of Ohio, and his election followed in the November succeeding. In this capacity he was presiding officer of the Senate of the 76th General Assembly, and during his whole period of official life he not only was recognized in the councils of his own party, but proved himself a true and patriotic servant of the people of the whole State. He has always been in close touch with the Republican party leaders, and is united with many in the closest bonds of personal friendship.

On July 8, 1891, Mr. Harding was united in marriage with a lady of many social graces and of charming personality, Florence, the only daughter of the late Amos H. Kling. Mr. Harding's portrait accompanies this sketch.

CAPT. ELISHA HARDY was born in New Jersey, July 4, 1795, and came to Delaware County, Ohio, in 1823. A few years later he came to Marion and entered the mercantile business with Judge Sanford S. Bennett. For many years he was in the drv goods business, with his store on the northwest corner of Main and Center streets. "In the center of his long frame storeroom stood (on end) an open barrel of whisky (that probably cost the Captain 10 cents per gallon), with a tin dipper attachment, which the customers, many of whom wore buckskin, or linsey-woolsey, clothing, found consoling and refreshing. The Captain called it a "'free liquid refreshment." The place was known as "Old Cap. Hardy's store," and as "Cap. Hardy's Corner." In politics he was first a Whig, and then Republican. He was a Mason and a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is said to have been "a temperate, industrious, good-natured man, of good impulses, and generous to the poor and needy." His yellow brick residence stood in the rear of his store. James H. Anderson gives this lucid description of the Captain:

"He was short, squatty, pot-bellied and bald-headed. He rarely wore a hat, coat, vest or collar and was always busy. With nothing on but a shirt--once presumably white--a pair of old trousers, and unkempt shoes and stockings, he never apologized for his appearance, and his manner and greeting were always frank, cordial and manly." The Captain died May 13, 1877, and now probably has no descendants living.

JACOB HARRIS, (PICTURE) a representative agriculturist of Grand Prairie township, whose valuable farm of 120 acres is situated in section 16, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, December 31, 1831, and is a son of James and Charlotte (Cahanas) Harris.

James Harris was born at Hartford, Connecticut, and was reared and educated in his native State. In young manhood he went to Pennsylvania and subsequently was married there to Charlotte Cahanas. The maternal grandfather of our subject was a Pennsylvania German, his ancestors probably having emigrated from Germany. Frederick Cahanas served through the War of 1812 and. also through the Mexican War, and lived to the age of 100 years, his life then being terminated not from the infirmities of age, but by an attack of cholera which in the year of his death was an epidemic in some sections. Some years previously, he had settled near Letimberville, in Marion County, Ohio, accompanying our subject's parents. Our subject's mother died in Knox County, Ohio, and his father in Illinois, where he was living with one of his sons.

Jacob Harris was reared in Muskingum County, Ohio, where he attended the district schools through boyhood and remained until he was about 25 years of age, coming then to Marion County. He has always devoted himself to agricultural pursuits, with the exception of three years, in his young manhood, that he spent on the Ohio Canal. After his marriage, in 1857, Mr. Harris and wife lived for one year near Letimberville. His father-in-law, Robert Kerr, a man of substance at that time, then gave what is now the Harris homestead to his daughter, Mrs. Harris; in the spring of 1859, our subject and wife settled on a part of it, about a quarter of a mile from their present home. The farm had been fairly well improved and had one of the best orchards in the locality. Mr. Harris continued the improving and in 1890 built a very fine home on one corner of the farm, at the cross-roads, which they have occupied ever since. Mr. Harris proved himself an excellent business man and acquired, in the active portion of his life, a large amount of valuable farming lands, at one time owning over 600 acres, situated in both Marion and Wyandot counties. Of this large acreage, he has retained but 120 acres, which he has, for some years, placed in the management of an efficient farmer. His children have profited by his generosity and have excellent farms of their own. Formerly Mr. Harris raised many horses and a great deal of stock, but now keeps but six head of horses and raises a moderate number of hogs.

On September 22, 1857, Mr. Harris was united in marriage with Sarah Kerr, a daughter of Robert and Matilda (Swigart) Kerr. Mrs. Harris was born in Crawford County, near the line separating that county from Marion County, July 1, 1836. Her father was one of the pioneers of that section and a man well known for his many sterling traits of character, which brought him the respect and esteem of the other early settlers.

Mr. and Mrs. Harris have had 10 children, as follows: Matilda, born July 16, 1858, who was married (first) to Sanford Leatherbury, and after his death to Harry Beaver they reside in Grand Prairie township; Malissa, born December 12, 1860, who married George Martin and lives on a farm in Wyandot County, although it is just across the road, north of our subject's home, which stands on the county line; Charles F., who died October 26, 1862, aged two months; Emeline, born November 12, 1863, who married Wallace Van Meter and lives at Marion; Arthur, born August 10, 1866, who married Jennie Petrie and lives at Marion; Charlotte, born November 28, 1868, who married George Baer and lives on a farm in Wyandot County; Florence A., born August 15, 1871, who married Dean Hall and lives at Dayton; an infant born and died, March 24, 1874; Joseph M., born April 11, 1875, who married Flora Scott and lives on a farm in Wyandot County; and Daisy, born November 17, 1876, who married Fred Welch and lives on a farm in Wyandot County. Mr. Harris has been very generous to his children, having given each one a farm.

Mr. Harris is one of the leading members of the Free Baptist Church in Grand Prairie township, of which he served as treasurer for 33 consecutive years, only recently having resigned this office. He is a well known and most highly respected citizen. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Harris accompany this sketch.

WESLEY HARSCH (HIRSCH), who, is engaged in a wholesale hide business at Marion, was born in Pleasant township, Marion County, Ohio, January 4, 1848, and is a son of Georg Adam and Mary (Dunbar) Harsch.

Adam Harsch was a native of Illingen, Wuerttemberg, Germany and came to Marion County in 1830. He was a tanner by trade and conducted a tannery in Pleasant township until 1855, when he moved to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where be engaged in the same business for a number of years and then retired, removing to Stockbridge, He died while on a visit to Wausau, Wisconsin. His wife, Mary Dunbar, was reared in Prospect township, Marion County. They had eight children, the six surviving being: Wesley; Benjamin, and George, both residing at Stockbridge, Wisconsin; Joseph, a farmer residing near Herman, Nebraska; John, residing near Council Bluffs, Iowa; and Mary, who is the wife of H. J. Fleet, of Wausau, Wisconsin.

Wesley Harsch was seven years of age when his parents moved to Sheboygan, where he was reared and educated. In boyhood he commenced working in his father's tannery at Sheboygan after which he went to California and worked on a farm for three years. He then returned to his home in Sheboygan and shortly afterwards came to Marion County and engaged in the hide business, in which he has since continued with very satisfactory results In 1880 Mr. Harsch was united in marriage with Caroline Lust, a daughter of John Lust, and a sister of John F. Lust, who is one of Marion's most prominent citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Harsch have two children: Edward H., who is a traveling salesman for The American Hide & Leather Company, of Columbus, Ohio; and Mary Matilda, who lives at home. Mr. Harsch is a member of the Lutheran Church and is one of its board of trustees.

JAMES HARVEY, ax-commissioner of Marion County and a prominent farmer of Marion township, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, January 29, 1834, and is a son of Thomas and Margaret (Geddis) Harvey.

The father of Mr. Harvey was also a native of Pennsylvania and a pioneer of 1836 in Ohio. The long journey over the mountains and through the valleys was made by wagon and the family settled in Crawford County. After a short period, Thomas Harvey became better pleased with the advantages offered by; Marion County, and in the spring of 1837 moved to a farm he had purchased in Marion township. He was a hard-working man and accumulated land to the extent of 320 acres which he left to his family of 12 children, eight of whom still survive. They are: James; Paul G., residing at Marion; Robert M., ex-county commissioner, residing at Marion; George W., also of Marion; Andrew Jackson, residing in Illinois; Thomas Jefferson, residing in Hardin County, Ohio; Mrs. Nancy Bowser, residing at Marion; and Mrs. Ann Sickle, residing at Caledonia, Marion County.

James Harvey was the eldest of his father's family and upon him fell much of the hard work incident to the clearing and cultivating of the home farm. He attended the district schools and took part in the social gatherings of the neighborhood, and as he grew older became one of the reliable men and leading citizens of his community. He now has a fine farm of 80 acres, which he has retained after giving his two sons 170 acres.

In 1854 he was married (first) to Catherine Owen, and they had three children, namely: Francis M., who was born in Crawford County, Ohio, November 2, 1855, and was eight years of age when he came to Marion county, where he was married, November 25, 1880, to Ellen Himmenger, a daughter of William Himmenger; William, residing in Morrow County; and Ella, who died in infancy. The mother of these children died in 1881. In the following year, Mr. Harvey was married (second) to Anna Messenger, a daughter of Everett Messenger, and they have one son, Ray.

Politically, Mr. Harvey is a Democrat and for many years was a very influential member of his party. He served as township trustee and from 1872 to 1878, two terms, served as county commissioner. During that period many important public improvements were made. Mr. Harvey is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

SCOTT HARVEY, a retired farmer, who has been a resident of the city of Marion for the past six years, was born November 23, 1850, in Marion township, Marion County, Ohio, and is a son of David Henderson Harvey, who was one of the early settlers of the county.

W. Scott Harvey was reared and educated in Marion township. He was married (first) 1880 to Belle Hughes, who died in March, 1886. They have one child, Harry, who died in infancy. He was married (second), December 5, 1888, to Effie Charlotte Browne, a daughter of Abram Browne, who was a prominent farmer of Wyandot County. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey have one child, Clifford Browne, who is now attending his second year at the Marion High School.

Mr. Harvey moved to Marion in 1900, when he built a fine home at No. 564 East Church street, but still retains his farm property. He has other business interests, being a stockholder in the Marion National Bank and The Marion Manufacturing Company. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey are connected with the Baptist Church. In politics, our subject is a Republican.

HENRY HAZEN, who is engaged in a planing-mill business at Prospect, has been one of the progressive business men of Marion for the past 14 years. Mr. Hazen was born in July, 1838, at Deerfield, Portage County, Ohio, and is a son of William Pitt and Maria Louisa (Langdon) Hazen.

William Pitt Hazen was born near Rome, New York, and came to Ohio when about 12 years of age. Until 1851 he was engaged as a foundry man at Ravenna, and then went into the lumber business, later becoming agent for the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad Company, in which capacity he was stationed at different points. ln 1880 he went to Florida and engaged in orange-growing at Thonotosassa, Hillsboro County, and his orange grove of 20 acres, one of the finest in the State, is still owned by his family. Both he and his wife, Maria Louisa Langdon, are deceased.

Henry Hazen was educated at Ravenna and at Atwater, Ohio. In April, 1887, he went to Florida, joining his father and for six years was engaged in orange-growing, at Thonotosassa. In 1893 he came to Marion and engaged in a confectionery and ice cream business until 1895, when in association with A. H. Howser, he organized the Prospect Lumber Company. The lumber-yard and planing mill are situated at Prospect. It is the intention to very soon enlarge the scope of the business, adding the manufacture of concrete blocks all the machinery for this purpose having been already installed.

Mr. Hazen was married at Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, to Alice E. Wells, who was born at Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. They have six children: William P., chief engineer of the Cincinnati, Georgetown & Portsmouth Electric Railway Company, who resides at Olive Branch, Ohio; Charles E., who is in a confectionery business at Marion; M. Louisa, who is the wife of Walter Sturdevant, residing at Tampa, Florida; Lydia A., who is the wife of Robert R. Sturdevant, residing at Tampa, Florida; John F., who is connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Marion, as receiving clerk; and Mary B., who is cashier in a grocery at Marion.

Mr. Hazen has always taken a good citizen's interest in politics. He is a member of the Church of Christ, Scientist. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow and a Mason, and in the latter organization belongs to the blue lodge, chapter and council at Marion.

CHRISTOPHER ARTHUR HECKER, a prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Waldo township, who resides on his valuable farm of 148 acres, all in one body in section 35, belongs to an old pioneer German family of this section of Ohio. Mr. Hecker was born on his present farm, October 24, 1867, and is a son of Rudolph and Margaret (Sulser) Hecker, and a grandson of Jacob Hecker.

Jacob Hecker was a grower of grapes and a manufacturer of wine in Wiesloch, Baden, Germany, where he owned a productive vineyard. On his old estate the stone house he built, with its great stone-arched cellars, in which the wine vats were located, is still in a good state of preservation. His wife died in Germany. As his three sons were subject to draft, in order to keep them from obligatory military services, he decided, with others in the neighborhood who were similarly situated, to emigrate to America and commence business all over again. One of his sons, Christopher, had already been successful in the Western part of the United States, it being reported that he had come into possession of a gold mine. During the Mexican War he went into the service, was taken prisoner but subsequently escaped, but with this fact his career was closed to his family, as they never heard of him again. Jacob's one daughter, Barbara, never left the old country, where she lived into old age, dying in1905.

In1826 Jacob Hecker, with his three sons Jacob and John, both of whom died in Marion County, and Rudolph, the father of our subject, reached the port of New York. A number of the passengers on this vessel located at Galion, Ohio, and the rest came to Marion. Jacob settled at Galion and shortly afterward bought a farm of 160 acres, which included the site of the present crossing of the two great railroad lines, right in the heart of the present city. Three acres of this land had been cleared but the rest was all in green woods. Here Jacob Hecker and sons put up a log house and barn and began life in the new country. They had advantages over many of the other settlers, having brought money with them, and thus had fewer hardships to undergo than the majority of their neighbors. After the land was cleared, railroads were soon built and from the sparks from an engine they lost their barn and other improvements. Mr. Hecker became somewhat discouraged and when a good price was offered for his property he sold it. He then bought the present farm of our subject in Marion County and the family set out in a covered wagon to take possession of the property, five acres of which had been cleared. After several days of difficult traveling, on account of the heaviness of the roads, and during which time the men of the party slept one night under a hay stack, they safely reached Waldo township. The land had been the property of the Keist family. Jacob Hecker lived on this farm for about five years and then went to the home of his son Jacob, whose farm was west of Marion, near Agosta, where he subsequently died at the age of 82 years.

Rudolph Hecker, father of Christopher, was about 21 years of age when he accompanied his father to America. He had attended school in his native land and had learned the trade of diamond cutting, and as a journeyman had traveled in many countries of Europe, working in the large cities. During his first year at Galion he was married to Margaret Sulser, a young lday, who had come to America with her parents on the same ship as did the Heckers. and with his family accompanied his father to Waldo township, Marion County. Before the latter died Rudolph bought the farm of 100 acres, to which he subsequently added 20 acres, completed the clearing of all the land and placed it under a fine state of cultivation. He carried on general farming, the actual work, however, for the last 30 years of his life. being done by his sons, to whom he was generous in his will.

Rudolph Hecker was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church for 30 years and there are still many who remember his zeal in the cause, his ministrations having been given all over this section. He always had his home on this farm, but his religious labors often called him away from it. He was very sincerely mourned at the time of his death, which occurred May 15, 1895. He was survived by his widow until March 22, 1901. The 11 children of Rudolph Hecker and wife were the following: Mary, deceased, who was the wife of Charles Keller; Adam, who lives in Georgia; Jacob, residing in Prospect; Rudolph, residing at Marion; Catherine, who is the wife of H. Schwinfurth; Samuel, residing in New York; Margaret, who married H. Schweinfurth, a cousin of her brother-in-law; Barbara, who married J. Schweinfurth, a cousin of the above; Daniel, residing in Indiana; Christopher Arthur; and Elizabeth, who is the wife of Samuel Almendinger. All the children, with the exception of Mary and Adam, were born on the farm where Christopher Arthur Hecker resides.

Christopher Arthur Hecker was educated in the public schools of Waldo, township, and from boyhood was accustomed to work on the farm. This practical training was of great benefit to him, for Mr. Hecker is one of the leading agriculturists of his section and one of the most successful raisers of fine stock. He purchased this farm from his father's estate and has always lived here. He raises the finest grade of stock, including Shropshire sheep, French draft horses, Shorthorn cattle and Poland-China hogs, and his stock dealings represent a very large amount annually.

In 1900 Mr. Hecker was united in marriage with Clara D. Dietsch, who was born in Richland township, Marion County, Ohio, February 15. 1873, and is a daughter of John and Hannah (Schrote) Dietsch. Michael Dietsch, the grandfather of Mrs. Hecker, came from Hatten, Alsace-Loraine, France and was an early settler in Richland township, where his son John was born. The country was so unsettled when Michael Dietsch came here that he experienced many hardships, and it is told in the family that before he could get a house put up, he slept in a hollow log and camped out under a kind of tent made with brush, piled across four poles. John Dietsch married Hannah Schrote, also of German extraction but born in Richland township, and they had five children, as, follows: Clara Dorothy, Lydia Catherine,. Dora Caroline, Ellen Hannah and John Frederick. The father of Mrs. Hecker died in Richland township, September 7, 1887, aged 40 years, 7 months, and 7 days. The mother still continues to reside on the home farm in Richland township.

Mr. and Mrs. Hecker have two children, both sons, Wilbert John and Oliver Christopher. Both Mr. Hecker and wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Hecker being a trustee of the same. Politically he is a Republican and on several occasions he has been elected to township offices, and has served most efficiently as township trustee and as a member of the School Board.

JOHN W. HECKER a progressive citizen of of Big Island township, whose well-improved farm of 120 acres is located in section 18, was born in Marion County, Ohio, south of Marion, July 10, 1862, and is a son of Jacob and Susanna (Schweinfurth) Hecker both natives of Wiesloch, Baden, Germany.

Jacob Hecker and his wife were married in Marion County, where they settled on a farm south of Marion, near Prospect. In 1864 Mrs. Hecker died in Prospect township, and the same year Mr. Hecker removed to Big Island township and located on the farm where our subject now resides. They had four children: Jacob, Jr.; Kate; Louis deceased; and John W., the subject of this sketch. In 1884 Mr. Hecker removed to Marion, where he lived until his death, which occurred October 7, 1905, at the age of 76 years.

From the age of two years, when he came to Big Island township with his father, John W. Hecker has, always lived on his present farm. He received his early education in the common schools and was later a student at Berea College for a period of nine months. After leaving school, Mr. Hecker engaged in agricultural pursuits in which he has since continued. He cultivates 100 of his 120 acres, and has good, substantial buildings on the place.

Mr. Hecker was married at Marion, October 18, 1884, to Rose Borland. who died July 5, 1885. His second marriage occurred at LaRue, October 19, 1887, to Maude Sprague, who was born November 10, 1869, in Montgomery township, Marion County, Ohio, and is a daughter of S. S. and Cynthia Sprague. Mr. and Mrs. Hecker have one child living, Ruthella; one child died in infancy. Mr. Hecker served as township trustee for six years and has always taken an active interest in township affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Hecker are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JOSIAH HEDGES, one of the oldest residents and most prominent citizens of Salt Rock township, was born in 1829, in Frederick County, Maryland, and is a son of Charles and Stella Hedges. Mr. Hedges is of English descent, his grandfather, Isaac Hedges, having been a native of England. Family history asserts that Charles Hedges, the grandfather of Isaac Hedges, was at one time secretary to Queen Anne of England.

Isaac Hedges resided many years in Frederick County, Maryland, where he owned farm land which he subsequently sold and moved to Seneca County, Ohio. He bought a large tract of land in Seneca township and gave a farm to each of his three sons who came with him from Maryland. Josiah Hedges was but five years old when the family moved from Maryland to Seneca County, but he remembers the journey very distinctly. His grandfather carried all of his money in saddle-bags on a pony, and his father drove a four-horse team. The grandfather would ride far in advance of the rest of the party and often passed out of sight, in the mountains of Pennsylvania, and the family feared that robbers might rob, and kill him. but his journey was made in safety. They passed through Columbus and also through the country where Marion is located, finally reaching Seneca County, where both the parents died in advanced age.

Josiah Hedges was reared in Seneca township and attended the old district school, which was built of round logs, the seats of which were made of split round logs. Mr. Hedges continued to live on his father's farm for several years after his marriage, but in 1859 he moved to Marion County, where he rented for some time the farm which he now owns. This farm, Consisting of 320 acres, is one of the largest and best Improved farms in Salt Rock township. Mr. Hedges was, obliged to go deeply into debt when he bought it, paying $9,600. with seven years in which to make payments finally, after much hard work and good management the last note of $1,500 was paid off.

Mr. Hedges married Marla Schaffer, who died in August, 1899. They became the parents of 11 children, as follows : James, who lives at home and assists in the management of the farm; Lucinda, who married John Bosley and resides in Salt Rock township: Thomas, who married Lou Taylor and lives on a farm of 100 acres near Morral, which his father bought for him: Frank; Mollie; Emma, who died aged 35 years; Josiah, deceased: Charles, deceased; John; Henry; and Nora, who married Everett Smith and lives in Frederick County, Maryland. Mr. Hedges is one of the best known and highly respected citizens of the township. He has served several terms as township trustee.

GEORGE HEIMLICH, a highly respected and substantial citizen of Marion County, who owns a fine farm of 160 acres of excellent land in section 27, Richland township, which he devotes to the growing of grain and the raising of stock, was born September 5, 1842, in Hatten, Alsace France, which is now included in Germany. He is the youngest son of Jacob and Dorothy (Heimlich) Heimlich.

The parents of Mr. Heimlich were also natives of Hatten, Alsace. Jacob Heimlich learned the shoemaker's trade; his father was a manufacturer of spinning wheels. In 1847 Jacob Heimlich and family emigrated to America, crossing the ocean in a sailing vessel, which required 30 days to complete the voyage. They settled immediately in Marion County, Ohio, the father buying a farm of 80 acres in Richland township, from a Mr. Kramer. The country was still more or less of a wilderness, much of the land being swampy and covered with a heavy growth of timber. The Heimlich family moved into a small log house standing on the land and resided in it until 1861, when Jacob Heimlich built a part of our subject's present comfortable residence. he died on this farm, January 15, 1873, aged 64 years. His wife died when 72 years of age. They endured many privations and hardships for some years after settling here. Both were thrifty and industrious and made the most of their surroundings. Jacob Heimlich worked at his trade whenever occasion offered, being the first shoemaker to settle in these parts. The family consisted of three children, namely: Dorothy, deceased, who was the wife of Charles Rushman; Magdalena, deceased , who was the wife of Joseph Kehner; and George the subject of this sketch.

George Heimlich was five years old when his parents came to America. He grew up in Richland township and assisted first in clearing the homestead farm and later in cultivating it. He remembers the time when the hay was cut with a scythe and the old-fashioned cradle was used in the harvesting of the grain. The present expensive but effective farm machinery had not even been thought of at that time. When he was only a boy in years, he was able and was expected to do a man's work in the field. While he found but little time to attend school, he became a thorough master of everything concerning successful and productive farming. Game continued plentiful in his neighborhood up to his young manhood Although he found little time to spare for hunting, on many occasions the family larder was well filled with venison and wild turkey.

On June 19, 1864, Mr. Heimlich was married to Barbara Augenstein, who was born in Ellmendingen, Baden, Germany, October 16, 1942, and is a daughter of Earnest and Christina (Augenstein) Augenstein. The parents of Mrs. Heimlich were both natives of Baden, where they married and where two children were born, namely: Christina, who is the wife of Frederick Linhard; and Barbara, wife of our subject. After settling in Waldo township, Marion County, they had four more children, as follows: Frederick, William, John and Mary, the last named of whom married John Nitherd. The parents died in Waldo township in advanced age. Mrs. Heimlich was six months old when she was brought to America.

To Mr. and Mrs. Heimlich were born 11 children, as follows: William, who married Mary Neibower and has two children Otto and Carl; Mary, who married John Weist and has three children-George, Laverne and Franklin; Charles, who married Julia Mochel; John, a trustee of Richland township, who married Elizabeth Ebert and has five children Clifford, Doldan, Milton, Flora and Wilbur; Clara, who married Harper Sees and has two children-Rayinond and Mabel; Ella, twin sister of Clara, who married Samuel Shore and has four children-Gladys, Dorothy, Ida and Ernest; Emma, who married Samuel Leonard and has four children-Harry, Mary, Edna and Loren; Wesley, who married (first) Welsey Rorchard, and (second) Amelia Rorchard, and has one child bv each marriage; Henry, who married Minnie Kraner and has three children-Eda, Edward and Franklin; Dora, who married Guy Case and has one child, Carl; and Bertha, who married Charles Wick and has one child, Marion. Mr. Heimlich has all his children settled in Marion Comity, with the exception of Wesley, Charles and John, who reside in Morrow County. It is a large, closely united and and prosperous family.

In late years. Mr. Heimlich has turned the larger part of the farming over to his son Henry. As his father's only son, our subject inherited the homestead farm and here he has resided since childhood. He has made many improvements and his property ranks with the other first-class farms of Richland township.

Politically, Mr. Heimlich has been a strong Democrat all his life. He has served as township trustee and during his two terms in office performed the duties incumbent upon him to the satisfaction of his fellow-citizens. His son John, as previously mentioned, has filled the same office. Mr. Heimlich and family belong to the Lutheran Church, in which he has served as an elder for the past 30 years.

B. K. HERBSTER & SON are dealers in hardware, stoves, tinware, agricultural implements, paints, oils, varnishes, etc., at Prospect, their store being located on South Main street. Benjamin K. Herbster, the senior member of the firm, was born December 6, 1843, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, on his father's farm, where he was reared and grew to manhood. At the age of 21 he began to learn the trade of a miller. On April 6, 1866, he came to Marion County, Ohio; he proceeded as far as Delaware by railroad and from there drove to Prospect, where he worked in a grist-mill until September, when he returned to Delaware There he operated a grist-mill for Wottring & Miller until June, 1868, when he removed to Marion and took charge of the Marion Flour Mills for Haines & Bieber. In April, 1870, he located on a farm owned by his father-in-law. Philip Wottring, and operated it while casting about for a suitable mill property. The following spring he purchased from Messrs. George and John Van Brimmer their grist-mill at Prospect, which he conducted in partnership with William Reeser, under the firm name of Herbster & Reeser, until August, 1867, when the property was sold to Morrow Brothers. The first bank established at Prospect was organized in 1880 by Mr. Herbster and W. H. Mohr, our subject being elected president. The bank, which was then a private institution, was reorganized in 1882 into a stock company, of which Mr. Herbster continued as president. He formed a partnership with S. H. Gast in Februray, 1882, and engaged in the hardware business under the firm name of Herbster & Gast until 1889, when Mr. Herbster purchased Mr. Gast's interest in the business and turned it over to his son, Richard W. Herbster. The business since then has been conducted under the firm name of B. K. Herbster & Son; it is one of the leading business houses in the village. Besides his other business interests, Mr. Herbster is also a stockholder in the Prospect Union Mill.

On December 24, 1868, Mr. Herbster was married to Henrietta Wottring, a daughter of Philip Wottring. This union resulted in the birth of three children: Richard W., associated in business with his father, who married Mary Mohr and has two children-Ann Etta and Benjamin Mohr; Raymond, who died aged 13 months; and Mary, who lives at home. Benjamin K. Herbster is a man of enterprise and public spirit and has always shown a deep interest in the progress and material development of the village of Prospect.

HEINRICH HILDENBRAND, a prominent farmer of Marion township. Owning 108 acres of valuable farm land located in Marion, Pleasant and Green Camp townships, was born March 4, 1836 in Rohrbeck, Hessen-Nassau, and is a son of George and Margaret Hildenbrand, who were natives of Germany w here they always lived, engaged in farming.

Heinrich Hildenbrand was reared to manhood in Germany. His father died in 1842, and his mother in 1860. In 1856, when 20 years of age, he came to America, landing in New York with not a cent of money. His first day's work was in a New York blacksmith shop; at the end of the day, upon learning he was to receive but $1 per week, gave up the position and sought employment elsewhere. He finally obtained work in a slaughterhouse, where he remained a little over two years. In March, 1859, he came to Marion County, Ohio, and found work with Ed. Conley, with whom he remained for two years and seven months.

n November 4, 1861, he entered the army, enlisting in Company B. 64th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and served until December 16, 1864, when he was honorably discharged from the service. He was on duty during a number of important battles, including Pittsburg Landing, Stone River, Chickamuga, Mission Ridge awl various other engagements. He was slightly injured in the back during the battle of Stone River and at the battle of Mission Ridge was seriously wounded in the neck, which required a three months' rest in a hospital. During his three years of service, he lost but six months' time from his regiment. After being honorably discharged, he returned to Marion, and again entered the employ of Mr. Conley, with whom he remained for six years.

Mr. Hildenbrand was married November 12, 1885, to Mrs. Wilhelmina (Neidhart) Zieg, widow of John Zieg. Mrs. Hildenbrand died September 9, 1906. After his marriage, he continued to reside in Marion for a period of five years. In 1890 he bought his present home farm of 12 acres in Marion township, where he has since resided and engaged in general farming. He owns another farm of 16 acres in Marion township, and a third farm of 80 acres of which 4 acres lie in Marion township, 17 acres in Pleasant township and the remaining 59 acres, in Green Camp township.

GEORGE W. HILL, a leading citizen and representative farmer and stockraiser of Grand Prairie township, where he owns 380 acres of fine farming land, his residence being located in section 13, was born in Scott township, Marion County, Ohio, October 22, 1846, and is a son of Robert and Mary A. (Coan) Hill.

Robert Hill, father of our subject, was born on a farm about four miles south of Mount Vernon, in Knox County, Ohio, and was about eight years of age when he accompanied his parents to Marion County. His father, Samuel J. Hill, settled on a farm one mile west of Kirkpatrick, and there on land he entered from the government he resided and reared his family in the habits of industry and thrift natural to a native of Scotland. Our subject inherits from this Scotch grandfather many of the sturdy qualities for which that land is noted. Robert Hill became a prominent agriculturist and also one of the leading public men of Marion County. He served several terms as county commissioner and was twice elected to the State Legislature. He retired from active life in the spring of 1876 and his death took place on August 20, 1894. His success in life was remarkable. In young manhood he started out to make his own way in the world with a capital of $100. This was so wisely invested that it brought rapid returns. Mr.. Hill became interested in the purchase of lands, and at one period of his life owned 1,400 acres in Marion County and some 1,800 acres in Wyoming.

The mother of our subject was born in Morrow County, Ohio, and came to Marion County after her marriage. She died here on September 14, 1893. The children of Robert Hill and wife were: Joseph, who is a farmer of Crawford County, Ohio, residing one mile north of Kirkpatrick; George W., of this sketch; Ross, who died aged 10 days; Martha (Hord), of Marion; Sarah Marilla (Hord), of Nebraska; James, of Marion; Alice A., deceased at eight years; and Henry, who occupies the old farm in Grand Prairie township.

George W. Hill was reared in Grand Prairie township from childhood and was educated in the district schools. He has always devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits and has met with the certain success which attends strict attention to business and careful and intelligent management of farm affairs. In the spring of 1877 he purchased his present home farm of 80 acres, on which he has made every improvement. In I 894 he erected the large frame residence, which is one of the best appointed homes of the locality. He carries on general farming and raises considerable stock, making a specialty of growing sheep, which he thoroughly understands.

On December 21, 1886, Mr. Hill was united in marriage with Mary E. Hinamon, a daughter of Frederick Hinamon, and they have two attractive daughters; Mildred G.. and Mary Ruth, both of whom have been educated in the local schools. Mr. Hill and family belong to the Christian Church, to which he gives a liberal support.

Politically, the subject of this sketch is a Democrat and on several occasions he has been elected township trustee, serving in this office with the utmost efficiency. He is interested in several of the most important business enterprises of the county, being a director of the Fairbanks Steam Shovel Company.

H. EDMUND HILL, attorney-at-law, with offices in the Bennett Building, at Marion, has been a resident of this City, since 1802. Mr. Hill was born at Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio, in 1868, and is a son of William F ind Hannah E. (Cowger) Hill.

The parents of Mr. Hill removed, in 1884, from Fayette County to Montgomery township, Marion County, where the father died August 12, 1900. He had been a soldier in the Civil War, where he was severely wounded in the knee and so injured that he suffered from this disability all the rest of his life. The mother of our subject still survives and resides at Richwood, Union County, Ohio.

Until he was 13 years of age, H. Edmund Hill resided in his native county and there began his education, completing his literary studies at Agosta Academy after coming to Marion County. He then taught school for some five years in this county, a portion of this time being an instructor in the Agosta Normal Academy. He then began the reading of the law in the office of C. C. Fisher, finishing his preliminary studies by a course of six months in the office of Judge E. J. Blandin, of Cleveland. He then entered the law department of the Ohio State University and was there graduated. receiving his degree of LL. B., in June, 1892. In the following September he entered upon the practice of his profession at Marion, where he has continued until the present.

Mr. Hill was sent to Europe in the fall of 1905 by the Probate Court of Marion County, Ohio, to settle a very large estate in Central Ireland and England and has had considerable experience in the settlement of large estates in foreign countries.

In addition to giving careful attention to his law business, Mr. Hill has taken a good citizen's interest in city affairs, and he stands very high in general esteem. He is a member of the Board of Education. He has some business interests in Marion and also owns a good farm near Agosta,, where he raises draft horses.

On September 9, 1896, Mr. Hill was married to May M. Miller, a daughter of the late .John Miller, who was a representative citizen and leading farmer of Marion County. Mr. Hill is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Marion.

SAMUEL HILL, who is one of the oldest pioneers of Marion County and almost a life-time resident of Scott township, was born December 5, 1817, in Knox County, Ohio, and is a son of Samuel J. and Margaret (Arbuckle) Hill.

Samuel J. Hill was born in Ireland and came to America in 1781, becoming a clerk in a store at Baltimore, Maryland. When the yellow fever became epidemic there, he went to Pennsylvania, from there to Knox County, Ohio, and still later came to Marion County. He purchased 80 acres of land situated one mile west of Letimberville, where he spent the remainder of his life. He married Margaret Arbuckle and they had nine children, all of whom have passed away with the exception of Samuel.

Samuel Hill accompanied his father to Marion in 1829 and remained on the paternal farm until his marriage, when he purchased a farm located within a half mile of the homestead, on which he lived for 20 years and then bought his present property of 320 acres, a valuable body of land, which lies on both sides of the public highway. During the whole period of his active life, he followed farming and stock-raising contending for many years with pioneer conditions.

On December 29, 1842, Mr. Hill was married to Anne Jane Mitchell, who was born at Belfast, Ireland, and was 11 months old when her parents brought her to America. Her father, John Mitchell, settled in Seneca County, Ohio. Twelve children were born to Samuel Hill and wife, as follows: Isabella, who married A. L. Zuck, residing near Kenton, Hardin County; Maggie, who died aged four years; Alexander, who resides in Scott township; Martha, who is the wife of W. H. Likins, residing in Clarldon township; Frank and John R., both residing in Scott township; Silas, who lives in Scott township; the twin of Silas who died in infancy unnamed; Jennie, who is the wife of William Martin, residing in Claridon township; Emma, who married J. B. Brocklesby, residing in Claridon township; Hattie, who lives at home; and Augustus D., who is a resident of Marion.

In political sentiment, Mr. Hill has always been a Democrat. For several years he served as township treasurer and all through his active life was a man of consequence in the public matters of the community. He is the most venerable elder in the Church of Christ, in Scott township and has always been an earnest Christian worker. It is given to but comparatively few individuals to enjoy a life of 90 years, and it seems remarkable to meet one who can recall almost the beginning of civilized life in this section. When Mr. Hill came first to Marion, he found a few scattered houses and a little store, and with interest he has seen the development of a bustling city. Scott township in those early days had not been drained and a large part of its present fertile farming land was partially submerged. In spite of his age, Mr. Hill is in the possession of all of his faculties and enjoys companionship, and takes an interest in local happening's and in the affairs of the country at large. He is the center of a large and affectionate family.

DAVID M. HINAMON, ex-commissioner of Marion County, and the owner of 280 acres of as fine land as can be found in Grand Prairie township, was born in this township, March 24, 1854, and is a son of Frederick and Abigail (Mouser) Hinamon.

Frederick Hinamon was born April 10, 1823 in Niederbetschdorf, Alsace-Lorraine, France, and in boyhood accompanied his father, George Hinamon, to America, and to Richland township, Marion County, Ohio, where the latter first settled. In young manhood Frederick Hinamon learned the trade of cabinet-maker and worked at it for several years at Bellefontaine, Ohio. Later he conducted cabinet-making shop at Marion, on the present site of the Masonic Block. In 1853 he gave up work at his trade and purchased a farm of 160 acres, to which he added from time to time until he had 350 acres in Grand Prairie township, on which he lived until his death, which occurred January 31, 1903. He married Abigail Mouser, a daughter of David Mouser; her death took place June 15, 1897.

David M. Hinarnon was reared in his native township and was educated here in the local schools. After his marriage he lived for a short time in Claridon township, and 20 years in Scott township. There he owned a farm of 80 acres and was one of the leading men. He was elected county commissioner on the Democratic ticket for two consecutive terms, serving from 1896 to 1904, during which period many improvements were made throughout the county. He served two terms as township assessor there and at all times was one of the prominent movers in public-spirited enterprises. In 1900 he moved to the old home farm near his birthplace, in Grand Prairie township, on which he lived for three years and then took up his residence at Marion, where he is a most valued highly valued citizen. His business is dealing in building and crushed stone and in live-stock. On his farm in Grand Prairie township is situated the Hinamon stone quarry, which is one of the most valuable quarries of its kind in the county and from which is secured much fine stone of varying kinds.

On September 30, 1875, Mr. Hinamon was married, in Claridon township, to Mary C. Foos, a daughter of James H. and Rhoda (Lindsay) Foos. They have had four children, namely: James J., who carries on the work on the farm; Lola A., the wife of William J. Miller, a farmer of Marion township; Edna May, who died aged nine months; and Iona R.

Mr. Hinamon is a man of social nature and is a member of the Masons, Knights of Pythias and Elks.

W. H. HINKLIN, M. D., an experienced physician and surgeon of &` Marion who has been very successful in the treatment of cancer and other obscure diseases, has been established in this city since 1899. He was born north of LaRue, in Marion County, Ohio, and is a son of the late Henry Hinklin, and a grandson of Henry Hinklin, who was one of the first settlers in this county.

After completing his public school education, W. H. Hinklin attended the Ohio Normal University at Ada and in 1891 was graduated from the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical Institute. For eight years he pursued a general practice at LaRue and then took a post-graduate course at the Post-Graduate School and Hospital, Chicago, and, later, a special course in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. In 1902, Dr. Hinklin took a special course in orificial surgery, under Dr. E. H. Pratt, of Chicago. He carries on a general practice but devotes much study to the cause and cure of cancer and has been very successful in removing these growths. His contributions to medical literature are welcomed by his fellow practitioners, as was also a pamphlet he issued on the temperance question. He is a man of more than usual medical ability and is an enthusiastic student of his science. He is a member of the Ohio State, Northwestern Ohio and National Eclectic medical associations, also of the American Association of Orificial Surgeons and of lesser organizations, and is interested in the General and Emergency Hospital of Marion.

In 1895, Dr. Hinklin was married to Olive Washburn; who is a daughter of Darius Washburn. They have three children, viz: Margaret, Mary Catherine and Elizabeth Washburn. The family belong to the Fpworth Methodist Episopal Church of Marion.

Dr. Hinklin's fraternal connections are with the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Knighs of Pvthias.

FAYETTE HIPSHER, residing retired at Caledonia, was born November 3, 1842, in Scott township, Marion Comity Ohio, on a part of the old Hipsher homestead, which he still owns and on which he resided until his removal to the village, October 31, 1906. He is a son of Uriah and Eliza (Garberson) Hipsher.

The grandparents of Mr. Hipsher were Adam and Rhoda Hipsher, who were natives of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. They came to Ohio in 1822 and settled first in Fairfield County, coming to Scott township, Marion County, in 1824. Adam Hipsher became possessed of 700 acres of land. Although the Indians were still numerous in this section and often visited his cabin, it is not recorded that they ever did him an injury.

Uriah Hipsher was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1813, and died March 19, 1890. His father had entered land for his sons and that of Uriah was located two miles west and one mile north of the Hipslier homestead, but he never resided on it and ,when his father died he traded this farm for the southern part of the old home place. On September 14, 1837, he married Eliza Garberson, who was born in New Jersey, and whose parents died when she was seven years of age. Her people came to Franklin County, Ohio, and she was bound out there until she was eighteen years of age, when she joined a sister in Marion County. She died March 10, 1892, aged 73 years, 11 months and 10 days. The children of Uriah Hipsher and wife were the following: Isabel, deceased, who was the wife of Anthony Doyle; Lucetta, who married Joseph Doyle and lives in Scott township; Lafayette; Emily who died aged 20 years; Willis M., residing at Marion; Salinda and Malinda (twins) the former of whom married Nathan Foos and lives four miles west of Caledonia, and the latter of whom married Curtis Foos, and, later, Eli Winters; Irving W., residing at Caledonia; and Edith and a babe, both of whom died in infancy. Politically, Uriah Hipslier was a Democrat and served one term as treasurer of Scott township.

Lafayette Hipsher was educated in the township schools and has spent his whole life in this locality, carrying on farming and stock raising until he rented his farm and moved to Caledonia, as stated above, in 1906.

Mr. Hipsher was married (first) May 2, 1868, to Amanda W. Dilts, who died September 2, 1887, aged 41 years and 19 days. They had three children, namely Orva W., residing one mile north of Caledonia, who married Laura Frances Hart and has three children Charles Harlow, Bliss Marie and Sylvan Lafayette: Laura, who married T. J. Pittman; and Flora Belle, who married H. B. Rice, resides on a farm north of Caledonia and has had four children-Paul (deceased), Harry Eugene, Hilda Isabella and Kester Lafayette. Mr. Hipsher was married (second), May 30, 1894, to Mrs. S. F. Winters, who was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of William Henry and Ann (Ridenour) Swank, who removed from Pennsylvania to Richland County, Ohio, in Mrs. Hipsher's youth and resided there until death.

Like his late father, Mr. Hipsher is identified with the Democratic party. His is one of the oldest families of this section and it has been connected with all the civilizing influences which have changed a wilderness into a rich agricultural region where peace and prosperity come to those who work hard as did the pioneers, and live uprightly.

LOREN M. HIPSHER, formerly auditor of Marion County, and now a resident of Richland township, was born January 18, 1868, at Caledonia, Marion County, Ohio, and is a son of Hiram A. and Harriet A. (Place) Hipsher.

The Hipsher family was established in Marion County, about 1824, by the gr,eat-grandfather of our subject, Adam Hipsher, who was shortly afterward joined by his son, James Hipsher, both being from Pennsylvania. They stopped first in Fairfield County, Ohio, and then came to Marion County, securing 160 acres of wild land in Scott township. James Hipshire married Lydia Giberson, who was born in New Jersey. The children of James Hipsher were: Mrs. Eliza Decker, of Iowa; Mrs. Cynthia Hunter, deceased; Harrison, who died in Scott township, in 1852, Hiram A.; Silas J., of Caledonia; and Amanda, who died aged seven years.

Hiram A. Hipsher, father of Loren M., and president of the Caledonia Deposit Bank, was born in Scott township, Marion County, Ohio, March 22, 1837. He continued to reside there until 1862, when he made a visit to Iowa, but returned in the spring of 1863 and entered into business at Caledonia, becoming a silent partner in the firm of Bell & Hunter. After some years Mr. Bell retired and the firm became Hunter & Hipsher, which continued until 1898, when both partners sold out. Since 1900 Mr. Hipsher has been connected with the Caledonia Deposit Bank, being now at the head of this financial institution.

In 1864, Mr. Hipsher was married (first) to Harriet A. Place, who was born in Delaware County, Ohio, and was a daughter of Sullivan L. and Harriet (Pattee) Place, early settlers. The three children of this union were: Loella A., who is the wife of Isaac N. Hurr, of Richland township; Loren M.; and a babe that died in infancy. Mr. Hipsher married (second) Sarah E. Jeffrey, who was born in Morrow County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Nelson and Mary Ann (Rush) Van Dorn, and they have one child, Lester C. In politics, Mr. Hipsher is a Democrat; he has served both as township and village treasurer.

Loren M. Hipsher taught school for three years after he completed his own education, and served during this time and later as a member of the Board of School Examiners. He was connected with the auditor's office for one year, in Putnam County, and in 1893 became deputy auditor of Marion County, serving for six years. In the fall of 1899 he was elected auditor of Marion County and in 1902 was reelected, serving for six years. He has always taken a very decided interest in public matters and is a leading member of the Dennocratic party in this section.

In 1893 Mr. Hipsher was married to Roberta E. Dodge, of Caledonia, Ohio, a daughter of Edmond H. Dodge, of West Virginia. They have one son, Harry P., who was born May 3, 1895. After retiring from the office of auditor, Mr. Hipsher with his family made an extended tour of the West and Southwest, going to El Paso, Texas, then through Northern Mexico and from there to San Francisco, reaching the latter city in time to experience the terrors of the great earthquake. From the stricken city they went north as for as Seattle and then made the journey to Douglas, Wyoming, by wagon, visiting Yellowstone Park. The distance covered was about 2,000 miles.

Mr. Hipsher's fraternal connections include membership in the Elks, Knights of Pythias and the various Masonic bodies, being a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Shrine at Columbus.

CHARLES HOCH who has been a resident of Pleasant township for over 50 years, is one of the most highly respected citizens of Marion County. He was born June 8, 1835, in Hohenwettersbach, Baden, and is a son of Georg Jacob and Augusta Catherine (Winch) Hoch.

Both parents of Mr. Hoch were natives of Germany; they came to the United States in 1853 and located on a farm of 80 acres in Pleasant township, Marion County, Ohio, where they resided until death. The father ,died in 1861, aged 74 years, and the mother in 1867, ,vhen in her 80th year. They were the parents of the following children: Catherine, who died in Germany; Jacob, who is a resident of Allen County, Ohio; Mary, who married Jacob Lust; Margaret, who married John Lust; Caroline, who married Joseph Litt; William, deceased; Charles; and Magdalene, deceased.

Charles Hoch was reared on his father's farm in Germany and there received his education and was confirmed in the Lutheran Church. At the age of 18 he came to this country with his parents, making the trip, in a sailing vessel which required 44 days, landing in New York April 28, 1853. The trip from New York to Marion County was made in wagons, and a farm of 80 acres was purchased in Pleasant township. The land with the exception of 15 acres was cleared and there was a log house and a frame barn on the place at the time of the purchase. After the death of his parents, Charles and his brother continued to live on the home place until 1863, when Mr. Hoch purchased his present farm, from Fred Emley, to which he subsequently added 30 acres, which he bought from Christopher Kramer and 60 acres bought of Jacob Ahler, which tracts he later gave to his sons. Mr. Hoch is a prosperous general farmer and raises considerable grain and stock, and has a fine large orchard. All of the improvements on the farm including the house, which is situated well hack from the Marion turnpike, the granary, barns and other buildings were placed here by Mr. Hoch, who takes justifiable pride in wliat he has accomplished.

Mr. Hoch was married May 26, 1861, to Juliana Grose, who was born September 20, 1840, In Waldo township, Marion County, Ohio, and is a daughter of George and Christina (Miller) Grose, natives of Germany, where the former was a carpenter. He came to this countrv at an early period and was one of the pioneer of the county; he bought a farm in Waldo township and followed farming and carpentering for a time and then sold his farm and moved to Illinois, where he resided until his death. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Grose: Louisa, who married William Hoch, a brother of Charles; Juliana; Christina, deceased; and Pheronica, who married John Ramosier.

Charles Hoch and his wife had six children: Charles, Jr., who married Caroline Gayer; Mary, who married William Thibaut; Susan who married Frank Campbell; Bertha, who married William Benchler; John, who lives at home; and Christina, widow of Glenn Bevis. Mr. Hoch is a Democrat as was his father, and he has served several terms on the School Board.

JOHN HOGAN, a well-known resident of Green Camp township, who is the owner of 210 acres of valuable farm land, located in Green Camp, Big Island and Marion townships, was born March 24, 1858, at Marion, Marion County, Ohio, and is a son of David and Bridget (Morarity) Hogan, both natives of Ireland.

Two years after their marriage in London, England, the parents of our subject came to America and located on Columbia street, in Marion, Ohio, where they resided the remainder of their lives, the father's death occurring in November, 1884, and the mother's July 12, 1892. They reared a family of five children, namely: Thomas, the only child born in England, who died at the age of 19 years; Mary, who married Richard Mulee of Cincinnati, Ohio; John, our subject; Catherine; and Bridget, who married Charles McCartney, of Marion, Ohio.

John Hogan was reared in Marion and obtained his education in the old Central sohool building. At the age of 13 he began working as a farm hand during the summer months. After leaving school he continued in that work for several years, and then engaged in operating a farm in Marion township about one mile west of Marion that he rented, his sister acting as housekeeper for him. He remained on this farm until about three years after his marriage. In October, 1885, Mr. Hogan was appointed superintendent and his wife, matron, of the Marion County Infirmary by the Board of Infirmary Directors and very efficiently served in this capacity until the spring of 1900. Mr. Hogan purchased his present farm in January, 1889, and rented it out during the remainder of his incumbency as superintendent of the Infirmary. His home farm of 150 acres lies in Big Island and Green Camp townships, with the township line running between the house and barn, the latter being situated in Big Island township. He also owns a farm of 60 acres just west of Marion on the Green Camp turnpike. This land he purchased in March, 1898.

Mr. Hogan was married February 21, 1882, to Catherine Theresa Burke, a daughter of Edward and Mary (Hogan) Burke, both natives of Ireland. Mrs. Burke moved to Canada with her parents when a child and later came with them to Marion County, Ohio, where they both died. Mr. and Mrs. Burke were married in Canada, and became the parents of 12 children, all of whom but two are living. Mr. and Mrs. Hogan have had three children, namely: David, born September 28, 1889; Mary Florence, born October 23, 1894, who died January 6, 1895; and Helen, who died a few hours after birth.

Fraternally, Mr. Hogan is a member 'of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Knights of Ohio. Religiously, he is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Marion.

ARLINGTON CLARK HOLLAND, M. D., (PICTURE) a prominent citizen of Marion, an experienced physician and surgeon and the editor of the Marion Mirror, was born at Jerome, Union County, Ohio, August 11, 1873.

He was a babe of nine months when his parents removed to Mount Perry, Perry County, Ohio, where he was reared. He was educated in the public schools and Madison Academy, at Mount Perry, and in the New Lexington High School. After three years of teaching in Perry County, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, where he remained for three years, leaving in 1893 to enter Starling Medical College, Columbus, where he was graduated in 1896.

After completing his medical course, Dr. Holland entered into practice and spent five years at Zanesville and Mount Perry. In the spring of 1901 he came to Marion, shortly afterward assuming the duties of city editor of the Marion Mirror, of which he became editor-in-chief in 1906.

On November 14, 1899, Dr. Holland was married to Edna Gertrude Burgess, and they have two children, viz.: Anna Virginia, aged six years; and John Frederick, aged two years. Dr. Holland has proven himself one of the useful and enterprising citizens of Marion. His professional success attests his medical ability. As editor of the leading journal of this section, his influence is far reaching, his pen being ever ready. to call attention to needed public improvements, to commend wise management and to point out mistakes made in local public acts and also to promote in every way good feeling in the community. For some years Dr. Holland has been prominent as an Elk, being a trustee of Marion Lodge, of which he is a past exalted ruler.

ALEXANDER HOLMES and Eber Baker dedicated the original plat of the town of Marion, April 3, 1822, and it was Alexander Holmes who surveyed the land and secured its selection as the county seat. The Holmes brothers, Alexander, William and Samuel, entered a large part of the land on which the city of Marion now stands, and the United States patents for such entries are recorded in the records of deeds of this county. Alexander Holmes was a government surveyor and made the original surveys of large quantities of the government lands in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Samuel Holmes was the first county surveyor of Marion County. William Holmes was one of the first associate judges of the county.

Alexander Holmes, the subject of this sketch, was the oldest son of James Holmes, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. His grandfather was William M. Holmes, who came to Baltimore, Maryland, from England in the year 1700.

Alexander Holmes was an associate judge of Licking County, Ohio, receiving his appointment in the year 1808. A couple of incidents in his life, the one casting a side light upon his character as a judge, and the other illustrating his reputation as a surveyor are appended.-- One day while journeying from Marion to his home near Newark, he came upon a crowd assembled in the woods, and soon learned that a constable was selling a cow which had been taken under an execution against a man for a bar bill. The debtor and his family were extremely poor, and his wife was crying bitterly at the thought of losing the main source of nourishment for herself and family. When Judge Holmes took in the situation, he immediately began bidding for the cow, and soon had her struck off to him. As soon as he had taken a receipt from the constable for the purchase price, he turned to the sorrowing wife and mother and said to her: "Now you take this cow and keep her for me, and we will see if any one else sells her for your husband's foolishness."

When Mr. Holmes was a young man he surprised and disgusted his father by predicting that the Ohio Canal would some day be built, and would pass through his farm, a prediction that came true. "In 1825, Governor De Witt Clinton' of New York, commenced the Ohio Canal by throwing a shovel full earth on the Licking Summit. Licking and Fairfield counties united in celebrating this event. Governor Clinton was received by a committee from each county--Judge Holmes and Judge Wilson for Licking, and Judge Scofield and Col. John Noble for Fairfield. Thomas Ewing delivered the oration and Gottlieb Steinman furnished the dinner. Judge Holmes at the time was one of the most distinguished men of Iicking County." (Pioneers of Fairfield County, C. M. L. Wiseman, p. 260).

Mr. Holmes lived in a fine home on Granville road within sight of Newark. For many years after he lived in it, the building was used for a schoolhouse, and the lower end of the flagstaff is plainly visible over the veranda in the view of the building elsewhere in this volume. He died at his homestead in 1833. His daughter, Eliza, married Carey Allen Darlington, who moved to Marion County about the year 1836. Their daughter, Sarah Catharine Holmes Darlington, married Howard Copeland of Marion. There are but four descendants of Alexander Holmes now residing in this city, of which he was the founder: George D. Copeland and his daughter, Alice Katherine Copeland; Gladys Copeland and Harry Copeland.

The late Mrs. Nancy Reed, wife of James S. Reed, deceased, was a daughter of Samuel Holmes. A lonely grave in the old grave-yard north of the railroads and east of State street, marked with a tombstone bearing on its surface the Masonic emblem of a keystone' contains the remains of Dr. Simon E. Couch, who died November 17, 1826. He was a son-in-law of Judge William Holmes, having married the latter's daughter, Lydia Holmes, November 29, 1825.

It is an interesting reflection that lands which cost $1.25 per acre, when Alexander Holmes laid out the town plat in 1822, are now (1907) probably worth more than a quarter of a million dollars per acre.

JAMES ELLSWORTH HOLMES, M. D., physician and surgeon, with offices at No. 1246 East Main street, Columbus, Ohio, was born in Fayette County, Ohio, November 16, 1863, a son of James and Amanda (Burnett) Holmes.

The father of Dr. Holmes was born in England. For many years he followed his profession of landscape gardening, but now, at the age of 86 years, lives retired in Fayette County. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in his native county, where he subsequently taught school for a time and then entered Starling Medical College, Columbus, where he was graduated in 1892. For six years he engaged in the practice of his profession at Lithopolis, Fairfield County, and then moved to Agosta, Marion County, where during the next nine years he built up a large practice and became a prominent citizen. In the fall of 1906 he removed to Columbus and here has found a wider field of usefulness. just prior to his removal to Columbus, the Doctor took a post-graduate course at the New York Post Graduate School. He is a member of the Marion County and Ohio State medical societies. Dr. Holmes' other business interests include connection with the Chase Oil & Gas Company, the Campbell National Bank at LaRue and other successful concerns

In 1888 Dr. Holmes was married to Minnie B. Creath, of Bloomingburg, Fayette County, Ohio , and they have three sons - Paul, Hubert and Howard.

In political sentiment, Dr. Holmes is a Republican and has always been active in the councils of his party. For some seven years he was a member of the Marion County Executive Committee. During his residence at Agosta he served for eight years as a member of the School Board and took part in all important movements of a public nature in that place. He still retains his membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church there and continues to serve on its board of trustees. Fraternally he is both a Mason and an Odd Fellow.

HENRY HOLVERSTOTT, deceased, was an early pioneer of Claridon township, where he settled as early as 1830. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits in Claridon and Marion townships for over one-third of a century and in the successful management of his extensive properties acquired considerable means.

Mr. Holverstott was born in Pennsylvania and was the eldest son and second child of Jacob and Christena ( Pfeiffer) Holverstott. His parents, both of whom were born in Germany, came to the United States when quite young and became citizens of Pennsylvania where they were married. Jacob Holverstott and wife soon after their marriage moved by wagon from Pennsylvania to Ross County, Ohio, settling near Kingston in that county where they lived for many years. In the fall of 1831 or 1832 they came to Marion County, settling three miles west of Marion in Claridon township on land owned by his son Henry, where they lived until the infirmities of age forced them to give up active work; for a time they resided with their son, Jacob Holverstott, Jr. In 1853 their son Henry erected a nice large residence almost on the same site that had been occupied by the first home of this worthy and venerable couple when they first came to the county. Some three or four months after they settled in the rooms prepared for them in the new residence of their son Henry, Mrs. Holverstott died, January 13, 1854, at, the age of 76 years. Jacob Holverstott followed his beloved wife April 11, 1854, aged 80 years at the time of death. These worthy Christian parents revere members of the Christian denomination and were ever willing to labor in the vineyard of their Lord and Master. They lived to see all their children doing the same. Their union was blessed with four sons and four daughters, who were in order of birth as follows: Mary, Henry, Jacob, Jr., John, Catherine, Elizabeth, Michael and Margaret--all are now numbered with the dead, Michael, who was called January 10, 1904, at the age of 91 years, being the last to pass away. The oldest daughter married and, after residing near Columbus for many years, settled in Putnam County, where the members of her family became owners of valuable farms. The remainder of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Holverstott continued to reside in Marion County, where all became owners of excellent farms. John, the third son, who lived on his farm in Claridon township, caught the Western fever about 1839; after persuading his brother Henry to purchase his land, he and his family started on their journey by wagon for what was then the far West and settled in Iowa where he became the owner of some valuable land. About 1850 the Western fever caught them again; this time they settled in California.

Henry Holverstott, the subject of this sketch, removed with his parents to Ross County, Ohio, in youth and there grew to manhood. For eight winters he taught school, making shoes in his spare time, and for eight summers was engaged in farming. He was a highly respected citizen of that county and was noted for his intelligence and the interest he took in the advancement of that section. On the 20th of July, 1823, in Ross County, Ohio, he was married to Margaret Betzer, who was born in that county and was a daughter of Peter and Barbara Betzer. In October, 1830, Mr. and Mrs. Holverstott and four daughters came by wagon to Marion County and located three miles east of Marion in Claridon township, where Mr. Holverstott had previously entered 200 acres of land from the government. An interesting story is told of the manner in which he entered his second tract of 200 acres. In the winter of 1831-32 he heard some persons chopping timber in a tract of land adjoining his property which he had planned to enter. He investigated and found two young men by the name of Kistler, who lived with their father two or three miles away, engaged in felling trees. They said that their father was going to enter the land. Mr. Holverstott was a man of great decision of character and he concluded that rather than have the land entered by another party he would put himself to some inconvenience to reach the land office in time to claim the property himself. At this time it was quite cold and there was plenty of snow on the ground. He hastily constructed that evening a cheap sleigh called a "jumper" and before daylight was on the road to Tiffin where the United States Land Office was located. When passing through what is now the town of Little Sandusky, he noticed before a small country store the saddle horse of Mr. Kistler, its owner at the time probably partaking of refreshment within. Judging that Mr. Kistler was also on his way to the land office, Mr. Holverstott increased his speed and finally arrived at Tiffin where he found the man in charge of the land office. Just as they located the land on the record's, Mr. Kistler came in and said that he had intended to become owner of the 200-acre tract himself, thinking that he could then sell it to Mr. Holverstott at a nice profit. By industry and economy the subject of this sketch accumulated a large amount of property, at one time owning about 974 acres, all located in Claridon and Marion townships. For many years he was looked upon as one of the leading agriculturists and land owners of Marion County. In his time he was the largest stock man in Claridon township. It was his custom to purchase a great many young steers in the spring, pasture and feed them during the summer and sell them for beef in the fall. He also raised large numbers of sheep of the best Merino strain. In 1866 he purchased the Henry Snyder farm of 112 acres, all of which is now included within the corporation limits of Marion, Kensington street being the eastern line, Center street the northern line and Grand avenue, the western line. Before long thereafter he traded this farm to G. B. Smith for a residence and four-acre tract of land of which the home where M. B. Chase now lives was a part. In March, 1867, Mr. and Mrs. Holverstott moved to the city where until their deaths they occupied their residence, the home in which M. B. Chase now lives. Mr. Holverstott died here May 15, 1868, aged 71 years, 9 months and 26 days. His wife survived him many years and was aged 85 years when she passed away August 4, 1889. After her death, T. P. Wallace became the owner of the city property.

The union of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holverstott was blessed with 11 children, four sons and seven daughters, of whom four now survive, namely: Mrs. Mary J. Cordrey, of Bellefontaine, Ohio; and Peter W. Holverstott, H. J. Holverstott and Mrs. Clark Dix, of Marion. The seven deceased were as follows: Mrs. Maria Butcher, Mrs. Margaret Geiger, Christena, Mrs. Barbara A. Lorimor, L. J. Holverstott, Mrs. Naomi E. Smith and an infant son.

Mr. and Mrs. Holverstott were reared and confirmed in the Lutheran Church but became members of the Christian denomination about 1841. They gave liberally to help build churches and to sustain the ministry of other denominations as well as their own. They were highly honored and respected Christian citizens. The subject of this sketch was justice of the peace for many years and also filled the offices of treasurer and clerk of Claridon township. It has been said of him that he was the first man in the county to invest in United States bonds. He was a true Republican in politics.

REV. HENRY H. HOLVERSTOTT, (PICTURE) residing at No. 217 East Columbia street, Marion, is a clergyman of the Christian Church, whose ministry he entered in 1860. He continued in charge of congregations until within a recent period. He was born in Claridon township, Marion County, Ohio, July 14, 1836, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Gunn) Holverstott.

Jacob Holverstott was born in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio prior to his marriage with Mary Gunn, who accompanied her parents to this State when a child of four years. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Holverstott had nine children, five of whom survive, namely: Henry H.; George W., a farmer of Montgomery township; Lewis M.; Mahala F., wife of J. H. Smith, residing in Claridon township; and Olive 0., who is the wife of Isaiah Dildine, residing in Marion County.

Henry H. Holverstott was reared in Claridon township and was educated in the common schools. In 1853 he was converted in the Christian Church, and in 1860 entered the ministry. His first charge was situated two miles west of Big Island. He served that congregation and the church north of Scott Town for many years, and served one church in Hardin County, for 17 years. During all this time he lived on the old home place in Claridon township, making his pastoral visits and meeting his ministerial calls, either on horseback or in his own private conveyance. He continued to reside in the country until 1904 when he took up his residence at Marion. For some years past he has been interested in a number of successful business enterprises. He is president and a director of the Safe Oil Company; and a stockholder in the White Engineering Company, and the Miller Manufacturing Company, all of Marion; and is also financially interested in the publishing association of his church.

Mr. Holverstott was married June 24, 1906, to Mrs. Olive V. Cook, who is a daughter of Isaac and Mary (Roseburg) Shields. Mrs. Holverstott was born near Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio, where her parents had settled at an early day. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Holverstott accompany this sketch.

Fraternally, Mr. Holverstott is affiliated with the Masons and the Odd Fellows. In the former organization he belongs to the blue lodge, chapter, council and commandery at Marion and has served as chaplain of the blue lodge.

PETER W. HOLVERSTOTT, a time honored citizen of Marlon County, known for his probity both in public and private life, is a retired farmer of the county, residing in his pleasant home at No 749 East Center street, Marion. He was born in Claridon township, Marion County, Ohio, December 14, 1831, and is the first son and fifth child of Henry and Margaret (Betzer) Holverstott, The early history of the Holverstott family may be found elsewhere in this work, in the sketch of our subject's father.

Peter W. Holverstott was reared to manhood on his father's farm and acquired his education in the common schools of the neighborhood. His whole life, spanning a period of over 75 years, has been spent in Marion County. In his farming operations he developed an unusual amount of executive ability, which was a large factor in the success of his farm work and stock business. It has been said of him that in his time he could come as near filling two men's places in the harvest field or at threshing time as any man in his part of the county. He was what could be called an everyday worker, and did not believe in farming by proxy but always gave the feeding and care of his stock his personal attention. He had the energy and pluck to do everything himself that he could do. For 32 or 33 years he attended to the farming very closely and gave to it his personal supervision. It was his practice to fatten for the market about a car-load of steers each year and a large number of sheep, selling them in February or March. In addition he also raised and fattened for the market many hogs, which he sold in the spring and fall. Mr. Holverstott is an ardent admirer of fine horses, having raised and owned many very valuable ones, which he sold at good prices when three and four years old. During the period when he was actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, he kept his farm stocked with the best grades of horses, cattle, sheep and swine and always kept in touch with the advancement of the times. He thinks his intense interest in the farm business was the means of keeping him healthy enough to attend to the most particular features of the farm work himself. His regular and temperate habits perhaps had a great deal to do with his health. In all his long life he has never taken a drink of whiskey or beer in places where such things are sold; and does not believe in "treating" or being "treated." He has never used tobacco in any form nor taken a hand in a game of cards. He is the owner of the present home property in Marion and still owns his farm of 300 acres of finely improved land in Claridon township.

This farm was without a house of any kind, when he purchased it in November, 1862. There was a barn, 30 by 36 feet in dimension, then in course of erection, being enclosed but without floors or doors. In March, 1863, he put in floors and doors and arranged the barn to live in during the summer. The second day of April, 1863, he moved his family, which consisted of his wife, a son four years old and a daughter less than one year old, into the new barn. He constructed a shed for his two good teams, so that they could be well cared for. Starting their home on this new farm was somewhat like starting a home in the wild West. They could not step out of the barn without getting into hazel brush and had to carry all the water needed for drinking and cooking purposes from a well that was nearly half a mile away. They had the pluck and energy to soon clear away the brush, but it took more than energy and pluck to provide good water, for they had to wait about 50 days for the ground to become dry enough so that a well could be sunk. Then Mr. Holverstott dug a well; he says that the ground was so full of water that he was obliged to stop digging when down nine feet; fearing it would cave in, he walled the most of it up that same day, by working at night. They had plenty of good water for three months. Then he took the wall out and put in another day's digging, with two men to help; at the depth: of 16 feet he was obliged to wall up 10 feet that same day. This well still affords water when needed. The last day's digging caused the water to have a sulphur taste; this is the only one of the six wells on the farm that has sulphur water. All have plenty of good water at a depth of 16 feet.

When Mr. Holverstott acquired the farm, it needed ditching very badly. The farming had been done in patches, for there were many wet places and on portions of the dry land were groves of timber. Only about 65 acres out of 300 were under cultivation at the time of the purchase. The soil on this farm is mostly a black loam that farmers call good corn land. In 1884 and again in 1886 he had many acres which produced 40 bushels of good wheat to the acre, the crop from a field of 35 acres averaging 36 bushels. Many times his oats have averaged 70 bushels per acre, and have never run less than 50 bushels. His corn-fields have often yielded 60 bushels per acre. The main factor in obtaining those "bumper" yields was a good soil, improved and put in proper condition by ditching and tiling. The tillage which he gave his crops was another great factor. His clover and timothy-often yielded two and two and a half tons per acre. He saved and applied all the manure he could make. He never used a pound of any other kind of fertilizer. For many years this farm has been cleared and tiled so that 250 acres are ready for the the plow at any time. The other 50 acres are in timber.

Mr. Holverstott was among the first residents of his township to erect a nice home. In 1875 he designed and caused to be erected, at a cost of $4,000, the farm residence, a view of which appears in this history.

In April, 1891, Mr. Holverstott moved to Marion, where he had purchased a lot on which to build. He at once set about with characteristic pluck and fearlessness to provide a temporary home on this property, to be used during the erection of the residence. He procured the use of barn lumber at the rate of $2 per 1,000 feet, and with it built a railroad shanty, 38 feet long and16 feet wide with eight-foot sides, divided into two rooms, 20 and 18 feet long, respectively. When he unfolded his plans to Mrs. Holverstott, he was very much pleased to learn that she very readily acquiesced in all his plans. He carried out these plans and in this temporary structure they lived until they moved into their new house, in September. A view of Mr. Holverstott's city residence appears elsewhere in this work.

Mr. Holverstott was the promoter of the first crushed stone pike built in the northeastern part of Marion County being the projector of what is known as the "Marion and Caledonia Free Pike," which has proved to be one of the best in the county. He is a Republican in politics and has served as township trustee and in other local offices, which came to him unsought.

On October 30, 1854, Mr. Holverstott was united in marriage to Adelia Kilbourn, who was born in Delaware County, Ohio, April 30, 1835, and was a daughter of Rev. Marcus and Sarah (Wyatt) Kilbourn, the former a native of Vermont and a Free Baptist minister and the latter a, native of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Kilbourn were married in Delaware County, Ohio, where Mr. Kilbourn died, in 1836, aged 46 years. In 1862 Mrs. Kilbourn was married to, Robert Cratty, of Prospect township, Marion County, who died subsequently at the age of 103 years. Mrs. Cratty was aged 96 years when called to her reward. The marriage of our subject and Adelia Kilbourn was blessed with five children, as follows: Clarence Kilbourn, born March 3, 1859; Emma May, born May 18, 1862; Alice Annette, born October 10, 1866, deceased January 22, 1902; Ida Lillian, born April 5, 1865, deceased September 21, 1865 ; and an infant son, deceased. Clarence Kilbourn Holverstott has devoted many years to railroad work and is considered one of the best railroad men of the present time; he is now agent of the Baltimore & Ohio. Railroad Company at Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. His two sons, both of whom are engaged in railroad work, are said to be reliable young men and both command and receive good salaries. Emma May is the wife of James W. Kennedy, of Big Island township. Alice Annette, who spent her entire life in, the home where she was born and reared, was the wife of Francis D. Smith ; she left three sons at her death

,Mrs. Adelia (Kilbourn) Holverstott, who was a very highly esteemed lady, was called away August 3, 1890, aged 55 years. Mr. and Mrs. Holverstott and son and daughters were members of the Claridon Free Baptist Church, of which Mr. Holverstott continues to be a leading member. This church was organized in April, 1871, by Rev. Samuel D. Bates, and among the first members were Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Holverstott and their son. Mr. Bates continued as pastor to February, 1883. The first church structure was destroyed by fire in August, 1876. The next church, built in the fall of that year, is still in use.

The second marriage of our subject was contracted December 23, 1890, when Marietta Brandt, of Fairfield County, Ohio, became his wife. She was born April 6, 1850, in Fairfield County and there reared to womanhood. Her parents. Jesse and Eliza (Betzer) Brandt, were pioneers of that county, very widely known and most highly esteemed. Her mother's death took place on the Brandt homestead, near Lancaster, Ohio, October 7, 1899, at the age of 79 years. Her father at Berkeley, California, July 5, 1904, aged 85 years, 3 months and 5 days. Mr. and Mrs. Brandt and their three daughters were zealous Christians and were members of the Betzer Reformed Church. They were admired and honored by all who knew them. Mr Brandt was a stanch Republican.

A portrait of Peter W. Holverstott accompanies this sketch, being shown on a preceding page.

WILLIAM H. HOLVERSTOTT (PICTURE) was born in Marion County, Ohio, February 3, 1867, and is a son of Lafayette J. and Frances E. (Painter) Holverstott. He is one of the leading citizens of Claridon township, where he owns a splendid farm of 304 acres. The father of our subject was a son of one of the early settlers of Marion County. He became a man of substance and local note and resided on his farm in Claridon township until the close of his life, in 1877, preceding his wife in death 21 years. They reared a family of four children: Flora L., William H., Eva G. and Marcellus L.

William H. Holverstott was reared on his father's farm and obtained all excellent common-school education in the district schools of the vicinity. His business in life has been agricultural pursuits and various other enterprises but he has not been so closely engaged that public affairs have not received his careful attention. In the fall of 1905 he was elected County Commissioner.

Mr. Holverstott was married December 19, 1888, to Emma A. Dutton, daughter of Francis and Sarah Dutton; residents of Licking County, Ohio. Both he and his wife are members of the Free Baptist Church. Fraternally, he is connected with the Elks and Knights of Pythias. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Holverstott accompany this sketch.

W. W. HOMES, M. D., formerly a well-known citizen of Marion County, who is now engaged in the practice of his profession in the city of Columbus, was born in 1848 in the State of New York. He is a son of Rev. Martin W. and Mary P. (Barker) Homes.

Dr. Homes comes of Revolutionary stock, his grandfather, William Homes, having been a drummer boy during the Revolutionary War, later major in a regiment during the War of 1812 and still later an officer in the Mexican War. Rev. Martin W. Homes was born in the State of New York and entered the ministry of the Baptist Church, in which he became prominent. He also became distinguished in military life, serving with the rank of captain during the Civil War, being a member of the staff of General Terry. Both he and his wife died at the home of Dr. Homes in Columbus.

The boyhood and youth of Dr. Homes were passed in his native locality, from which he entered Yale College. At the opening of the Civil War, he left his books to offer his services to his country, entering the First N. Y. Independent Squadron, and, although slightly wounded on several occasions, remained in the service for 18 months and five days. He entered with the rank of 2nd lieutenant and was honorably discharged as brevet captain. In later years he was connected with the State militia, serving from 1887 until 1890 as captain of the Governor's guard, and subsequently, until his resignation 1896, as major of the 14th Regiment Ohio National Guard.

After his return from the army, Dr. Homes resumed his studies at Yale, where he remained for two years and then taught school for about five years. In the meantime he had become interested in medical Science and, after attending a course of lectures at Geneva, New York, entered the Columbus Medical College, from which he graduated in 1877. On March 16th of this year, he located at Waldo, Marion County, Ohio, being one of the pioneer physicians clans of this section. He recalls that at that time there was but one top buggy owned in his end of the county.. Patients were situated far apart and the work of building up a lucrative practice was a difficult one, but before he left Waldo, in 1882, Dr. Homes was making constant use of five horses in order to attend to his very large number of patients. From 1882 until 1884, he practiced medicine and surgery at Ashley, his removal then to Columbus being occasioned by his appointment as superintendent of the hospital of the Ohio Penitentiary, in that city. This position he held for two and one-half years, returning then to private practice.

In 1868 Dr. Homes was married to Anna E. Sears, of Trumansburg, New York, and they have two, children, viz.: Nina P. and Inez M. The latter is the wife of M. J. Wallace, an expert accountant, at Columbus; they have one son, Richard Homes.

Dr. Homes has long been prominently identified with the Grand Army of the Republic in Ohio, He was the organizer of the J. E. Coomer Post, No. 281, at Ashley, Ohio, and served several terms as its commander. He is a 32nd degree Mason and is a member of all the higher branches of Masonry; he belongs also to the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.

BODISKI M. HORD, a retired farmer, who has been a resident of the village of Prospect since 1904, was born February 22, 1846, in what is now Morrow County, Ohio, then included in Marion County, and is a son of Peter and Ann (McKinley) Hord.

Peter Hord was born and reared in Virginia, on his father's farm. He was of English ancestry and the family was, first established in this country in Virginia at a very early period. He became a cabinet-maker and after his first marriage moved to Ohio, where his wife died. There were nine children born to his first union, namely Ellen, who married R. Thomas-both now deceased; Virginia, who married William Walden; Emma who married a Mr. Smith-both now, deceased; John K., Jared, Oliver, Champ and Benjamin, all deceased; and Eugene. He subsequently married Ann McKinley, who was of Irish descent., and whose father, James McKinley, is said to have been a brother of President McKinley's father. Three children were born to Peter and Ann Hord, namely: Severus A. and Lycurgus, both deceased; and Bodiski, the subject of this sketch. Peter Hord died in 1848 and his widow married John Griffiths, by whom she had three children: Marietta, deceased, who was the wife of B. F. Hedges; John D. and Newton H. Mrs. Griffiths died in May, 1886, her husband having died in 1860.

Bodiski M. Hord was reared on the farm where he was born. In 1861 he enlisted in the army, in Company E, 66th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and served through the entire war, returning home in 1865, without having been wounded in battle. The first two years of his service he was in the Army of the Potomac, after which he was in New York City for about three weeks during the draft riots. His next service was in the army of Gen. Joseph Hooker. He was taken prisoner at Port Republic, Virginia, and was first confined at Lynchburg, later being taken to the Belle Isle prison at Richmond, where he was held from June 9, 1862, to September 15th. He was in the battles of Gettysburg and Lookout Mountain, in the engagements around Atlanta and was with Sherman in his "March to the Sea." He experienced many hardships during these years and also had many good times.

After the close of the war, he returned to the home farm where he remained until the winter of 1872, when he was married to Hannah J. Penry, who was born in Radnor township, Delaware County, Ohio, September 30, 1845, and is a daughter of David and Joanna (Jones) Penry. Mr. Penry was born in 1806 and was the first white child born in Radnor township, Delaware County. He was a son of David and Mary (Pugh) Penry, natives of Wales, who came to this country at a very early period. Mrs. Hord's mother, Joanna (Jones) Penry, was born in Wales and came to America with her parents, John P. and Mary (Penry) Jones, at the age of six years. David and Joanna Penry had a family of 10 children; Thomas L.: John P.: Mrs. Mary M. Wolfley; Hannah J.; Amelia D., who married G. Adams; Margaret, who died aged 16 years; Reuben, who died aged eight years; and three that died in infancy. Mr. Penry died in 1890 aged 84 years; Mrs. Penry's, death occurred in 1896, when in her 86th year. Mr. and Mrs. Hord's only child, David P. Hord, was born January 22, 1874, on the old Penry home farm in Radnor township, and was educated at the Ohio Normal University at Ada. He is now in charge of the Citizens' Telephone Company's exchange at Prospect, having been transferred here from Mount Gilead, where he had worked for the company for 17 months. He resides with his father.

After his marriage, Mr. Hord lived on his father-in-law's farm until 1888, when he bought a farm of 86 1/2 acres in Radnor township, a mile east of the Penry farm. He built an eight-room frame house on the farm and otherwise improved the place, and engaged in general farming and stock-raising until June, 1904, when he removed to Prospect village and purchased his present large, nine-room residence, located on North Water street, on the banks of the Scioto River.

Politically, Mr. Hord is a strong Republican. He has been a Mason since 1869, being a member of Mount Carmel Lodge, No. 303, F. & A. M., at Richwood, and he and his wife are both members of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Hord is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. His son is a member of Prospect Lodge, No. 444, F. & A. M.; Order of the Eastern Star; and Knights of Pythias.

PEYTON HORD was born in Rockingham County, Virginia, December 2, 1816. He was a gentleman of the old school. In 1825 his parents moved to Zanesville, Ohio, and about one year later came to Grand Prairie township, Marion County. When a young man, he began to buy live-stock, purchasing cattle and hogs and driving them through the "Black Swamp" to Detroit, and sometimes over the mountains to the Eastern markets. Upon the advent of the railroads, Mr. Hord bought cattle on a large scale and did a large shipping business. In 1867 he was elected to the Lower House of the State Legislature from Marion County. He died September 23, 1875, honored and respected by all.

J. M. HOSKINS, M. D., physician and surgeon, at Marion, belongs to one of the old pioneer families of Marion County. He was born at Prospect Marion County, May 2, 1882, and is a son of the late Oliver S. Hoskins.

Jacob Hoskins, grandfather of Dr. Hoskins, was one of the earhest settlers of Delaware County, Ohio, where Oliver S. Hoskins was born. The latter was engaged in a drug business at Prospect for many years.

Dr. Hoskins was reared at Prospect and was graduated at the Prospect High School June 1, 1900. He immediately entered the Kentucky School of Medicine, at Louisville, Kentucky, where he was graduated in 1904, having taken courses at the Louisville Hospital some months previous to his graduation He then settled at Marlon and has been accorded a very satisfactory amount of recognition in his chosen profession. He is a member of the Marion County Medical Society, Ohio State Medical Society and American Medical Association and is treasurer of the Marlon County Medical society. he is one of the examiners of the Board of Public Safety.

Fraternally, Dr. Hoskins is a member of Marion Lodge, No. 402, Knights of Pythias, and Aerie No. 337, Fraternal Order of Eagles, and has been physician for the latter organization.

WILLIAM H. HOUGHTON, (PICTURE) whose portrait accompanies this sketch, is officially identified with a number of the leading manufacturing concerns of Marion County, and is a representative business man of this section of the State. He was born in Wayne County, Ohio, November 17, 1864, and is a son of Henry and Susanna (Scott) Houghton.

After completing a common-school education, Mr. Houghton learned the carpenter's trade at which he worked until 1884. His chance for promotion came when he was appointed superintendent of the buildings for the new State Fair Grounds, at Columbus, Ohio, and after he had served two years as such he went into the lumber business, purchasing a half interest in a mill at Dalton, Ohio. The business prospered under his management until 1890, when he went to Harriman, Tennessee, where he engaged in the same business. Two years later he established himself, with his father-in-law, Martin Schultz, at Dalton, Ohio, in the manufacturing of wagons and carriages, one of their specialties being the manufacture of circus wagons. They continued

to push this wagon business until the spring of 1895, when the plant burned down and Mr. Houghton lost everything he had. In October of the same year he removed to Marion, Ohio, and became superintendent of The National Wagon Company of this city. After one year's management of this concern, he had so matured his plans that he was able to organize his own company, under the name of The Houghton Buggy Company. At the end of the first year, he and T. J. McMurray formed a partnership and reestablished The McMurray Sulky Company, and continued both the buggy and sulky business under one management until 1901, when The Houghton-Merkel Company was organized to take over the buggy business. In October, 1903, Mr. Houghton sold his interest in The McMurray Sulky Company and the year following established The Houghton Sulky Company, of which he has been president from its organization. The plant is a modern one and employment is given to many skilled workmen. Mr. Houghton is also president of The Marion Savings Bank and of The Houghton-Merkel Company.

November 29, 1889, Mr. Houghton was united in marriage with Clara I. Schultz, who is a daughter of Martin Schultz, of Dalton, Ohio. They have three children-Ellis M., Helen and Dorothy. Mr. Houghton and family belong to the Presbyterian Church. They have an attractive home at No. 218 Vine street, Marion.

Politically, Mr. Houghton is a Republican. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias.

D. W. HOWARD, who conducts one of the leading undertaking ancl embalming establishments at Marion, has been a resident of this city for eight years. He was born in 1858, in Prairie township, Franklin County, Ohio, and is a son of Horton and Mary Ann (Marple) Howard.

Horton Howard was born in Belmont County, Ohio, and is a native of Columbus, Ohio. He was a bridge contractor and built all the bridges on the Little Miami Railroad, and he and his wife enjoyed a ride on the first train that ever ran over that line. They reared a family of 11 children--nine boys and two girls--all of whom are still living.

D. W. Howard was reared in Franklin County and attended the local schools, remaining on the home farm until about 1890, when he entered the undertaking establishment of George Schoedinger at Columbus. After remaining there for some time, he entered the employ of Mr. Newlove, at West Jefferson Ohio. After the death of his employer, he embarked in the business for himself at West Jefferson where he continued until he came to Marion and bought out A. F. Burke. He has a diploma from the Ohio State Embalming Board, and his establishment is second to none in the city, in its equipment.

Mr. Howard was married January 5, 1899, to Alfarella Postle, who was also born in Prairie township, Franklin County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Z. F. Postle, who has been one of Franklin County's most successful farmers and prominent citizens, and is now living retired at Columbus.

Mr. Howard has been a member of the Methodist Church for over a quarter of a century. He is a Mason and a Knight of Pythias.

EDWARD HUBER, (PICTURE #1) (GENEALOGY) whose death occurred August 26, 1904, was identified with many of the leading manufacturing concerns of Marion, but chiefly with The Huber Manufacturing Company, of which he was president, and in the growth of which company he was the principal factor. Mr. Huber was born in Dearborn County, Indiana, September I, 1837, and son of Philip and Mary (Hurm) Huber.

Philip Huber, the father, was born in Germany and came in young manhood to America with three brothers. He worked as a cabinetmaker in Philadelphia for a time, and later settled on a small farm in Dearborn County, Indiana. He married Mary Hurm, who was in Germany and came to America in 1834.

In the neighborhood in which his father's was situated, Edward Huber had little opportunity to attend school, but he grew to age of 15 years well acquainted with general agriculture and apt in the use of all kinds tools, his father having a blacksmith shop a cabinet-shop on his property. Edward decided in favor of blacksmithing when it became desirable to make a choice of occupation. While working at the trade for the next eight years, he gave play to his genius in designing and inventing, hammering out many an object on his anvil, many of these having no practical value, yet training him in the direction in which he finally met success. Finally he perfected a hay-rake, an implement whose merit far ahead of anything he had ever seen on the market and the only question as to its utility was the possibility of its cheap manufacture. In 1865 he came to Marion and was able to impress enough capitalists with the merits of his invention, so that a company was formed in that year to manufacture the rake. Work was commenced under the firm style of Kewalke, Hammerle & Company, Mr. Huber being the junior partner. In 1870 the firm was changed to Huber, Gunn & Company, and so continued until the organization of The Huber Manufacturing Company, with capital of $75,000.

The success of The Huber Manufacturing Company was due to the various inventions which Mr. Huber continued to place among his manufactured products. One of these, which necessitated the erection of new shops, was the "Huber" threshing machine and engine, which is known all over the world. Mr. Huber was also connected with other great industries. He was president of The Marion Steam Shovel Company at the time of his death, was the founder and president of The Marion Malleable Iron Works; was one of the founders and president of The Automatic Boiler Feeder