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��elected in 1838 and 1839 ; he was on several important committees ; he was appointed by the Legislature Asso- ciate Judge of Richland Co., in which capacity he served seven years, presiding as President Judge for five terms ; he was one of the Board of Directors of the Sandusky & Mansfield R. R, and was appointed a committee by that board to receive the transfer of the Sandusky & ^lonroeville R. R. to the Sandusky & Mansfield road ; he was appointed by the Legislature to lay out numerous State roads, and has helped to lay ! out many of the county and township roads. He was [ a man of muscle as well as brain, as he cleared a large ! part of the farm he occupies. He was an enthusiastic j agriculturist ; he has also given horticulture consider- j able attention and study, and a number of the ladies of Shelby remember the beautiful flowers he brought | to the town ; he was the third President of the Agri- j cultural Society of Richland Co. He has been three ' times married, and has several daughters who are married, and who reside in the neighborhood.

GARNHART, JACOB, farmer ; was born in Perry Co., Penn., July 29, 1830; he came to Ohio with his parents, who came about 1833, and settled finally in Sharon Township in 1835 ; he spent his time on the farm until 1852, when he, with a party of his neigh- bors from Shelby and vicinity, went by team to Cali- fornia, where he remained for two years and nine months, being engaged principally during that time in mining ; he took passage on the steamship Yankee Blade home, and when some fifteen miles from Point Concepcion, on the coast of California, the ship was wrecked, and he, with numerous others, came near \ losing his life ; but after some fourteen days' delay at San Diego, Cal., he again got passage and returned [ to Shelby ; he then purchased the farm on which he now lives, about two and one-half miles northwest of Shelby ; the improvements were poor on the farm when he purchased, but he has succeeded in making for him- self and family a beautiful home ; he built the present comfortable dwelling in 1862 ; he keeps his farm under good cultivation. ^Ir. Garnhart is in all respects a self-made man ; he started in life without a dollar, but by industry and economy he has been successful in life ; he is a man of force of character, and has the esteem and confidence of the community. He was married to Miss Catharine Myers Jan. 29, 1856 ; they have been blessed with a family of two children — George F., born March 12, 1858 ; Amanda E., June 21, 1861.

HAWN, DANIEL, was born in Perry Co., Penn., Sept. 12, 1824; his father, Mathias Hawn, removed to Cumberland Co., Penn., when Daniel was about 9 years of age ; early in life he learned the trade of car- penter, and, coming to Ohio in 1844, followed his trade for a time ; later he engaged in the business which he has pursued to the present time; in 1853, he removed to Crestline, Ohio, where he remained three years, and at the expiration of that time returned to Shelby, where he has since resided. Mr. Hawn has been twice married, first to Miss Magdalena Bloom in 1847 ; they had three children, two sons and one daughter ; his wife dying, he was again married, to Miss Mary Bloom, by whom he had five children. He brought his parents from Pennsylvania, and kindly cared for them in their old age ; he is a man of generous impulses and good

��business qualifications; has a fine family of children, who are noted for their activity and intelligence ; the eldest at home, Linda M., is by choice a teacher in the public schools, also a teacher of music ; the second daughter, Eva, died in her 23d year, respected by all who knew her ; Bertha and Georgia are the remaining children at home; Mrs. H. E. Kendall, a resident ol Mansfield, Ohio, is the only surviving child of his first marriage ; the present Mrs. Hawn is a daughter of Jacob Bloom, deceased, who was one of Richland's pio- neers, a man of unusual prominence and intelligence in the community.

HAWK, JACOB, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Franklin Co., Penn., Sept. 17, 1837 ; moved to Sharon Township (Sec. 19), November, 1851. Was married to Miss Sarah AVill on the 31st day of May, 1868, when he moved to the farm he now occupies (Sec. 20). His father, William Hawk, was born in Lebanon Co., Penn., Jan. 12, 1812 ; moved to Richland Co. in 1851; died Nov. 16,1873; Mrs. Hawk died Aug. 9, 1866. The subject of this sketch is the father of six children — William, Edgar E., Burton W., George, Daisy, Elizabeth and Clara S.

HILL, J. G., editor and proprietor of the Shelby Times. The Times, which has recently come into Mr. Hill's control, is proving to be one of the best papers in the county ; Mr. Hill fully understands his business and makes an excellent paper.

HOCKENSMITH, ADAM, farmer, was born in Fred- erick Co., Md., Dec. 21, 1801 ; when he was 12 years of age, his parents moved to Miifiin Co., Penn., where they remained for some years, and emigrated to Stark Co., Ohio, where they lived and died. Adam was mar- ried to Miss Sarah Myers Oct. 9, 1828, in Stark (.'o., and, in 1830, they came to Vernon Township, Crawford Co., where he entered a 40-acre tract of land ; they now reside on the southwest quarter of Sec. 14, Sharon Township. Mrs. Hockensmith was born in Adams Co., Penn., April 6, 1806 ; her parents finally moved to Richland Co., where they died. As a result of the marriage, there were born four children, three daugh- ters and one son, two of whom are living. Sarah Ann is married to .John Sutter. Ervilia Ann married to William Smith.

HOLGATE, ELISABETH, MRS., Shelby ; she was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., Feb. 5, 1821 ; she moved to Steuben Co., N. Y., at the age of 16 years, and re- mained there seventeen years, then moved to Shelby, Ohio. In 1837, she was married to William Reynolds, who was born in 1813, in Otsego Co., N. Y. ; had by this marriage six children ; Miss Josie, William and Altha, who are now living in Richland Co.; three died when infants. Her first husband was killed on his farm in 1842. She was married to Reuben Holgate Sept. 23, 1876, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1795, and died near Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio, April 24, 1879; she was Mr. Holgate's third wife; he was a Mason in good standing and a man respected by all.

HOLLENBAUGH, ISAAC, farmer, was born in Rich- land Co., Ohio, Nov. 6, 1840; his father was born Nov. 15, 1803 ; emigrated to Ohio in 1834, and was engaged in farming. He was married to Miss Mary Stroup, of Perry Co., Penn.; they had eleven children, ten sons and one daughter; seven living, the subject of this

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