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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
  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
  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
  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) HawthornJohn 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 BerthaMr. 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
  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
  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
  Atens -
JOHN A. HIMEBAUGH

Source:  History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 Page 782

  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
  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 GMr. 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
  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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