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12 6
MEMOIRS OF TH E
M IA MI V AL LE Y
J. W. Hisey, one of the substantial men of Waynesville stands
very high in his community,and deservedly so for he has proven his
worth
as a
man and
a citizen in
many
ways.
He was born
in
Wa yn e township, W ar re n county, O., J an ua ry 6,
1849,
a son of
John and Rachel Ridge Hisey. John Hisey was born in Wayne
township in 1821, a son ofJacobHisey, who came to Warren county,
O., from Virginia, in 1818, and located in Wayne township, where
he purchased at different times, small tracts of land, until eventually
he was one of the extensive landowners of Warren c oun ty . Rac he l
Ridge was born in Warren county, O., about 1823. John Hisey was
r ea re d in
Wayne township and the re spent
his life.
He
divided
his time between tilling his farm and preaching the gospel, and
for
over forty years was one
of
the
beloved
pastors
of Warren
county.
His
long and useful life ended w ith his de ath in 1897,
bu t
the weight of the influence he exerted
both
t hr ou gh his ser mo ns
and in his
upright
man ner of living, sti ll exi st s and
may
be felt in
the
i mp ro vement of the morale of his commu ni ty , and
the
character
of his descendents. J. W.
Hisey was rearer under
the
d ir ect car e
of his excel lent f at her, and
after
completing his s tudie s in
the
dis
trict schools, he took a two years course at the Waynesville High
school. In 1871 Mr. Hi sey was united in Marriage with Miss Ella
Creswell, a daughter of Samuel and Margaret Card) Cresswell,
natives of Virginia and Warren county, respectively. Mr. and Mrs.
Hisey became the parents of two children, namely: Margaret, who
is Mrs. Albert Shutts; and Mary Earl, who is deceased. For many
years Mr. H isey has been engaged in general farming, and he also
raises a good
grade
of stock, his place
being
one of
the best
im
proved
in his township His daugh te r and her
husband live
on
this
farm. In politics Mr.
Hisey
is a R epubli can,
and
he
has been
a
member of the school board for the past forty years. Fraternally he
affiliates
with the Waynesvil le
lodge, I. O. O. F. The
Free Will
B ap ti st chu rch of Way nesv il le h ol ds his membership , and receives
his generous support. A conscientious man, Mr. Hisey has always
lived up to
what
he believed to be his
duty and
has
never
asked
more
of
anyone
than he was
willing
to render himself. His
indus
try
thrift
and str ic t hones ty
have
always
recommended him to th e
commendation
of
those w ho h av e
been
associated with
hi m
in busi
ness, politics or the church, and they appreciate his high character.
John
D. Hoff.
The agricultural
activities of
John
D.
Hoff
have
covered a period of some fifty-six years in
Warren
county, where he
has large interests in Deerfield township, and during this time he has
established himself
as a
capable and industr ious tiller
of th e soil
and as a public-spirited and useful citizen.
The
family of which he
is a
representative
has a
number
of
important
connections in
the
agricultural
community
of
Warren
county,
where
he
was born
in
1863,
a son of John and Mary Ann Dill) Hoff. His grandfather
on the paternal side, Reube n Hoff, was an early arrival in
Warren
county where he
rounded
out his career as a farmer an d his father
John Hoff, was born reared
and
educated in t hi s community
Here
he was
married
to Mary
Ann
Dill,
born
in the s ame locality, a
d au gh ter of A lexand er Dill, one of the sturdy pioneers who assisted
in th e
early development
of a
se ct io n d ue
to
become one
of th e
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most
productive in the Miami valley. Alexander Dill on his arrival
from New
York,
set tled on a tract of
wild
land in
Deerfield
town
ship which he improved and to which he added until he had 360
acres. He was a man of progressive methods
and
modern ideas
and
during
his lifetime erected a good brick house
and
barn
which
today are characteristic
of
the
sturdy
character
of
their
builder as
they are still in a sound state of preservation. It is rel at ed of A le x
ander
Dill
that on one occasion desiring to attend to some business
matters in
New
York he
made
the
entire trip
on foot
although
other
members in his party traveled by team. After the ir marriage Mr.
and Mrs. J oh n Hof set tled on the Dill farm where Mr. Hoff con
tinued
to carry on
agricultural operations until
his d eath
October
23 1899. He was one of the good farmers of his day and a man
universally r es pect ed in his community for his many sterling quali
ties.
On the
farm mentioned,
John
D. Hoff was
initiated
into
the
mysteries
of progressive farming
and
in
the meant ime secured
his
educational training in the country schools.
When
called
upon
to
make a choice of ca ree rs he
unhes itat ingly set tled upon farming
as his
life_
work and has
had
no reason to
regret
his choice as in
this
vocation he has found prosperity and contentment.
In
the
property there
are
156
acres,
farmed
jointly
by Mr. Hoff and his
brother
Alexander , who makes his home with him. The farm
boasts
of modern improvements and is highly cultivated being a splendid
producer under good management. While a Democrat in his polit
ical views Mr. H off is inclined to be som ew ha t liberal.
His
only
public officehas been that of school director in which he served ably
for
a number of years. Mr.
Hoff
was married
June
4 1891 to Miss
Lelia Beedle
daughter
of S amuel
and
Laura Bunnell Beedle na
tives of
Warren
county, and a
family
which is well connected in th e
county where were born Charles Beedle Mrs. Huff s great-grand
father Samuel Simpkins
her
great-great-grandfather and Isaac and
Hester
Lamb Bunne ll her m at erna l gra ndpa re nt s. Mr. and Mrs.
Hoff are
th e parents of two
chi ld ren: Ber tha, now Mrs. Lawrence
Davis residing w it h her
parents ; and
Mar y now Mrs. Lisb on
Ireton, living
near
Mason, O.
Homer D. Hollcroft. Shrewd business capacity special adap-
tiveness to his vocation appreciation of his calling s many advan
tag es and a firm belief in his own abil it y to succeed have placed
Homer D. Hollcroft among the leading promoters of agriculture and
stock raising in the Lebanon vicinity of Warren county. From
the fertile soil of this locality his hands have brought forth ample
means
and his present status
among
his fellow-citizens is that of a
financially
strong and morally high
farmer
Mr Hollcroft
belongs
to one of the old and honored families of this part of
the
Miami
valley and was born in Warren county in 1865 a son of John and
Mary J. Walter Hollcroft.
His
paternal grandfather was William
Hollcroft a native of Pennsylvania who in young manhood mi
grated to Warren
county
and
established
his primitive home
among
those of other pioneer settlers rounding
out
his c aree r in the devel
opment of a farm from
the
wilderness and
the
c ul ti va ti on of the
soil His son John Hollcroft was born in Warren county in 1834
was reared and educated amid the rough pioneer surroundings and