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 HISTORY of CRAWFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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Athens -
ERASTUS W. HALL, farmer, P. O.
Centreville, was born in Susquehanna County, Penn., Apr. 8,
1828; son of Harmon and Prudence Hall,
who came to this township in 1837. Here they cleared a
farm and reared their children, six of whom are now living
in this and Erie Counties. Our subject, who was
brought up on his father's farm, was married June 30, 1849,
to Harriet Shipman, by whom he has the following children:
Mrs. Rose Hart, Mrs. Freelove Obert, Orrin E., Mrs. Viola
Adams, Mrs. Lizzie Rogers, Frank and Harry. Mr.
Hall enlisted during the late war, April, 1864, in the
Twelfth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, served
under Sheridan in the Virginia campaigns and received an
honorable discharge July, 1865. On his return he
resumed farming, and by industry has acquired a comfortable
home. He has taken a prominent part in the public
affairs of his township, filling nearly all of its offices;
he served as School Director nine years in all.
Politically he is a stanch Republican.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 Page 781 |
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Athens -
HENRY HATCH, retired farmer, P. O.
Centreville, was born Apr. 30, 1803 in Whitehall, Washington
Co., N. Y., where his parents, Elisha and Rebecca Hatch,
both died. He came to this county in February, 1824,
and settled in Athens Township in the following November.
He married Mrs. Annie Thomas in June, 1826, and by
this union had the following children: Mrs. Chloe
Post, Mrs. Caroline Adams and Solon. Mr. Hatch
has been living on his present farm since 1827. He
lost his wife by death Apr. 12, 1872. She was a
faithful, devoted wife and a kind mother. Her loss was
mourned by a large circle of friends. Our subject was
a Democrat until the Kansas controversy, and has supported
the Republican party since its organization. He has
led a temperate, upright life, and has always been just in
his dealings with his fellow-men. He is now enjoying a
calm and peaceful old age, living in the same house with his
son, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mr.
Hatch is one of the heroic pioneer citizens whose
indomitable energy conquered the perils of the wilderness
and whose memory will he preserved by posterity.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 Page 781 |
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Athens -
SOLON HATCH, farmer, P. O.
Centreville, son of Henry Hatch, whose biography appears
above, was born Feb. 9, 1831, in Athens Township, this
county. He re he grew up, suffering all the
disadvantages common to the lot of a pioneer boy, acquiring
his education largely by private study and a course of
reading. He was married Nov. 3, 1861, to Louisa
Gray, born Jan. 1, 1846, daughter of John and Emilie
Gray. To this union were born the following
children, viz: Mrs. Mellie Fosburgh, Mary Anna
and Henry Leroy. In March, 1864, Mr. Hatch
enlisted in the Twelfth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer
Cavalry, serving principally with Sheridan in the
Virginia campaign. He participated in a number of
severe engagements and was honorably discharged July 28,
1865. On his return he settled down to the life of a
farmer. He has held most of the township offices,
serving with credit to himself and giving satisfaction to
the community. He is a friend of the cause of
education. A member of the G. A. R. In politics
he is a Republican.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 Page 781 |
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Cambridge Twp. -
JAMES K. HAWTHORN, farmer, P. O. Cambridgeboro, was
born in Sugar Creek Township, Venango Co., Penn., Dec. 23,
1828, son of John D. and Sarah (Cousins) Hawthorn.
John D. was a son of Delano Hawthorn,
one of the first settlers of the State of Illinois; his wife
was a daughter of William Cousins, a native of
England and one of the first settlers of Venango County,
Penn. Our subject settled in Cambridge Township, this
county, in 1865. He was married Jan. 1, 1862, to
Matilda, daughter of Henry and Mary (Humes) Allen,
of Cambridge Township, this county, the former of whom was a
native of England, and settled in Cambridge Township in
1824; the latter was a daughter of John Humes, an
early settler of Woodcock Township, this County. By
this union there were six children, viz. Abner,
William, Boone, Mary (deceased),
James and Bertha. Mr. Hawthorn
and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
He has been Supervisor and School Director of his township.
In politics he was formerly a Democrat, but is now a
Prohibitionist.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 808 |
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Cambridge Twp. -
ALONZO HERRICK, farmer, P. O.
Cambridgeboro, was born in Berkshire County, Mass., June 2,
1818, son of Ezra and Nancy (Ward) Herrick, who in
1836 settled on the farm in Cambridge Township now owned by
O. E. Kingsley, which they cleared and improved.
They subsequently moved to Cranesville, Erie Co., Penn., and
there died. They were parents of eight children, viz.:
Almira (deceased), wife of James Sargent,
of Massachusetts; William, residing in Erie County,
Penn., was married twice, his first wife being Betsy
Robbins, his second Angeline Durham;
Alonzo, our subject; Eunice, wife of Darius
Rockwell, in Cambridge Township, this county;
Nathan, married to Julia Goodenough, in
Cranesville; Olive, wife of Harvey Hilliger, in
Wisconsin; Nancy; Phineas, married to
Martha Hotchkiss, in Michigan. Our
subject was married Apr. 23, 1845, to Eliza A.,
daughter of Ira and Amret (Cass) Nichols, formerly of
Massachusetts, who located in Waterford Township, Erie Co.,
Penn., in 1831, and in 1835 removed to Rockdale, now
Cambridge Township, this county, settling on the farm now
occupied by our subject, with whom Mrs. Nichols, now
in her ninety-fourth year, is living. To Mr. and
Mrs. Herrick were born eight children: Nancy A.;
Sarah M., wife of John Anderson, of
Topeka, Kan.; George C., married to Lizzie
Culbertson, Edinboro, Penn.; Norton J., married
to Flora Culbertson, Cambridgeboro; Alice
E.; Joseph M., married to Blanche Burchfield,
in Edinboro, Penn.; Myra; and Willie C. Mr.
Herrick and wife are adherents of the Methodist Church.
He is a member of the G. A. R. In politics he is a
Republican.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 808 |
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Cambridge Twp. -
JOHN P. HICKS, liveryman and farmer,
P. O. Cambridgeboro, was born in Cambridge Township, this
county; son of William and Mary (Fullerton) Hicks,
natives of Pennsylvania (both deceased). They were the
parents of four children, of whom John P. is the
third. Our subject received a common school education,
and at the age of seventeen engaged to learn shoe-making, at
which trade he worked sixteen years. By industrious
habits and economy, he saved enough money to enable him to
purchase a farm of ninety acres in Cambridge Township, this
county. He owned a livery stable four years previous
to 1876, when he moved to his present farm. Four years
later he returned to Cambridge, and again entered the livery
business, and at present has six horses. He deals more
or less extensively in horses—buying and selling.
Mr. Hicks was married in 1877 to Lorena Farlin,
a native of this county. He has served the people of
this township one year as Assessor. In politics he is
a Democrat.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 808 |
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Atens -
JOHN A. HIMEBAUGH
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 Page 782 |
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Athens -
SQUIRE HUGH T. HUTCHISON, farmer, P.
O. Little Cooley, was born Jan. 30, 1836, in Athens
Township, this county; son of Joseph Hutchison, who
came from Northumberland County, Penn., with his father,
Elder Hutchison, in very early times, and married
Florence Thompson, of Columbiana County, Ohio, by whom
he had seven children. Joseph Hutchison died in 1854,
and our subject being the second child and eldest son of the
family, assumed all the cares and responsibility of the
same. He was educated at the district schools and
married Oct. 5, 1870, Helen M., daughter of Asahel
and Rosina Hamilton, of Rockdale Township. They
settled on the old family homestead, comprising 140 acres of
finely improved land, which for a half century ahs been held
by this family, descending from father to son and then to
grandson. Squire Hutchison is a
Democrat, politically. He has been very active in
public affairs, satisfactorily filling nearly every office
in the township, and for ten years acted as Justice of the
Peace, with credit to himself and satisfaction to the
people.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 Page 782 |
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Cambridge Twp. -
GEORGE D. HUMES, farmer, P. O.
Cambridgeboro, was born Mar. 13, 1828, son of Robert and
Mary (Doctor) Humes; the former a son of Archibald
Humes, who settled in what is now Cambridge Township,
this county, in 1797; the latter a daughter of Leonard
and Elizabeth (Humes) Doctor, who settled in this
township in 1803, together with a brother and sister,
Frederick and Mary Doctor, who never
married. Their mother, who came with them, died in
1805 at an advanced age. Archibald Humes
was the parent of three children: Mary, wife of
James Doctor; Margaret, wife of
George Doctor, and Robert, who married
Mary Doctor and had two children—Elizabeth
and George D. Our subject was married May 27,
1855, to Esther A., daughter of Willard and Emily
(Marcy) Ames. By this union are two children:
Elmer E. and Edwin G. Mr. Humes was
so unfortunate as to lose his arm by being caught in a
threshing-machine, Dec. 23, 1848. He and his wife are
members of the Methodist Church. Our subject is a
member of Cambridge Lodge, 901, I. O. O. F., and the E. A.
U. of Cambridge. He has been Justice of the Peace
fifteen years and has held nearly every office in the gift
of his township. Politically he is a Democrat.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 809 |
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Cambridge Twp. -
ALLEN D. HUTCHISON, proprietor of
livery, Cambridgeboro, was born in Richmond Township, this
county, July 19, 1843; son of Elder and Harriet (Allen)
Hutchison; the former a son of one of the first settlers
of Richmond Township, this county, the latter a daughter of
William and Harriet Allen, and grand daughter of
James and Elizabeth (Fuggle) Allen, who settled in this
township in 1824. All were natives of England. Elder
Hutchison was parent of five children: Elizabeth,
Mary, Allen D., Brady and Dwight. Our
subject, Allen D. , was married Apr. 15, 1866, to
Mary L., daughter of James and Eunice (Morse) Decker,
of Rockdale Township. By this union were four
children: Delroy and Frank, now living;
Blanche and Harry, deceased. Mr.
Hutchison lived in Richmond Township until after
marriage, when he removed to Rockdale Township, where he
resided three years. In 1874 he located in Cambridge,
where he has since resided. He is a member of the
Masonic Lodge of Cambridge. Has been Constable of the
borough four terms; in politics is a Democrat.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 809 |
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