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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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COUNTY IOGR PH IC L

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

hoff family

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