The Hisey Families of Warren County, Ohio

CHRISTIAN HISEY, hotel and grocery; Harveysburg; born in Virginia April 22, 1812; is a son of Jacob and Amelia (Williamson) Hisey, natives of Virginia. The paternal grandparents, Christian and Rosa Hisey, it is supposed were born in Germany, but emigrated to America some time prior to the Revolutionary war, as he served as a soldier in that war; they Jived and died in Virginia. The material

Google grandparents, William and Didema Williamson, were natives of England. Jacob, the father of our subject, was reared to manhood and married in Virginia, where he resided till the fall of 1818, when he, with his family, emigrated to Ohio and located in Warren Co., in Wayne Township, and opened out right in the woods, living a true pioneer life, enduring all the many hardships and deprivations of those early days. Mr. Hisey was a blacksmith, which trade he followed through life, employing others to do the work on the farm. He first settled on 60 acres of land, and from time to time added more to it by purchase till he became owner of 400 acres of good land; here he resided till his death. Mr. Hisey was a very industrious, economical man; one who started in life a poor man, but by his own labor and good management, became quite wealthy. They were parents of fourteen children, nine now survive — Jemima, now Widow Ridge; Hannah, now Mrs. Gard: Amelia, now Mrs. Carr; Rhoda, now Widow Harlan; Emiline, now Mrs. Harmell; Maria, now Widow Banes; Mary Jane, now Widow Terry; Christian and John. Our subject grew to manhood, brought up to farm labor; was married June 8, 1837, to Sarah Ann, daughter of Robert and Ann Leak; he a native of England, and she of Philadelphia, but of English descent. Sarah Ann was born in Philadelphia April 16, 1817. Mr. Hisey and wife have six children — Robert John, born Dec. 1, 1838; Angeline, Jan. 13, 1840; Mary Jane, Aug. 12, 1844; Jacob Charles, June 6, 1848; Joseph Gilpin, June 16, 1854, and Twilight, born Feb. 16, 1860. Mr. Hisey followed farming till 1842, when he purchased a flouring and grist mill on Csesar Creek, which he run successfully about thirty-four years; then, in 1876, he retired from the milling business, bought property in Harveysburg, where he now resides, and is carrying on a hotel und grocery business. Mr.

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REV. JOHN HISEY, farmer and minister; P. O. Waynesville; is a son of Jacob Hisey, who was a son of Christian Hisey, a native of Germany, who settled in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., in an early day. Jacob Hisey was born and grew to manhood there, and there married Emiline Williamson. In the year 1816, he moved with his family to Ohio and settled in East Wayne Township, Warren Co., where he purchased a small tract of land, which he cultivated in connection with working in and carrying on a blacksmith shop for many years. He raised a large family of children, and lived to see all those who survive well settled in life. By the industry and frugality of himself and wife, besides raising his family he acquired a considerable amount of property. He was for many years a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church, and was a worthy and exemplary member, and contributed liberally for the support of the church of his choice. In October, 1854, his wife, the partner of his younger and advanced years, departed this life. He was again married, and at his death left a widow. He departed this life May 6, 1870, aged 84 years, at peace with all mankind, and in full hope of a blissful immortality — the noblest work of God, an honest man.

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JACOB R. HISEY, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; bora on the farm where he now lives, April 3, 1850; is a son of Joseph and Maria (Herr) Hisey, he a native of Virginia and she of Maryland. The grandfather, Jacob Hisey, was also a native of Virgina, and was a son of Christopher Hisey, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. The maternal grandfather, Abraham Herr, was a native of Lancaster Co., Penn., and was a son of Rudolph Herr. Abraham first moved into the State of Maryland, thence emigrated to Ohio and located in the south part of Greene County in 1836, and in 1837 moved into Warren County, then to the State of Indiana, and, about 1867, became a resident of Miami Co., Ohio, where he died in 1873, aged 73 years. The grandfather, Jacob Hisey, emigrated to Ohio in 1818 and located on the place where our subject now lives. This land was then all in the woods, and he began in a true pioneer and log cabin life, and here he labored and toiled, and before his death was permitted to see a good, cultivated farm, with good buildings and improvements, and to enjoy the general comforts of life. He died in 1869, aged 84 years. Joseph, his son, was 4 years of age when brought to this county, and here was raised and grew to manhood, accustomed to the hardships of those early days; was married, and became the father of two children —

Jacob R. and Jemima E. Mr. Hisey bought the old home place of his father, and there he resided till his death, April 14, 1878, aged 64 years; his wife died Dec. 28, 1874, aged 50 years. Our subject, born and raised where he now lives, was married, April 19, 1877, to Miss Amanda Jane, daughter of John T. and Eliza English, natives of Ross Co., Ohio. The grandfather, John English, was a native of Virginia, but emigrated to Ohio about 1810. John T. and Eliza English had six children; four now survive — Amanda Jane, John Milton, Henry and Charles. Mr. English now resides in Dayton, Ohio, where he has lived the last seven years; he is a carpenter by trade, and is now 67 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Hisey have by their marriage two children — Joseph Milton and John Curtis. Mr. Hisey resides on the old homestead farm, which he has taken since his father’s death, and has bought the interest of his sister, the only heir. This f irm has now been in possession of the Hisey family for sixty-three years.

As printed in the source¹. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.