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From History of Putnam County, Ohio : its peoples, industries, and institutions (1915), A Portrait and biographical record of Allen and Putnam counties, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of many prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all th (1896)
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00'' f'T J fully 1,100 acres. He was a devoted and zealous democrat, but refused every proffer of office and was loyal to the Union, doing much towards raising soldiers for the Federal army. He was a son Simon Peter Hummon, a native of Holland, who, on coming to America, first located in Pennsylvania, married Mary Kerns, came to Wyandot county, Ohio, where the wife died. Simon Peter then came to Putnam county, where he made his home with his son John the remainder of his days. To John and Mary A. Hummon were born ten children, two of whom died young, and the eight who grew to maturity were born and named as follows: Levi, December 31, 1837; Adam, July 31, 1839; George, January 24, 1845; Minerva,
July 7, 1847; David, our subject; Simon P., June 8, 1851; Clara E., February 15, 1855; Ada, August 14, 1859, died in 1888. The father of this family was called to his grave March 6, 1878, dying in the faith of the Lutheran church; his wife was called to rest September 29, 1881, and died a member of the Methodist Protestant church.
David Hummon, subject of this sketch, assisted in clearing from the forest the farm on which he was born, and this has ever been his home. In February, 1875, married Miss Mary E. Wilkins, who was born in Licking county, Ohio, December 26, 1851, a daughter of Albert and Harriet (Allison) Wilkins, natives of the Buckeye state, who settled in Putnam county in 1856; here the father died in 1890, at the age of seventy years, his widow following him to the grave in December, 1893, also at the age of seventy, both zealous members of the Protestant Episcopal church. To the happy union of Mr. Hummon and wife have been born ten children, of whom three are deceased; the survivors were born as follows: Evert J., March 19, 1876; Bertha, November 27, 1879; Charles A., August 21,
1881; Maud V., March 11, 1883; Maroa, February 14, 1889; Glenn L., February 14, 1891; and Grover C., May 8, 1893. Mrs. Hummon is a devoted member of the Protestant Episcopal church, and fraternally Mr. Hummon is a Knight of Pythias. In politics Mr. Hummon is a warm advocate of democracy; he also takes a lively interest in public affairs, and although he has served as township trustee for five years and filled several minor offices, he has by no means been an office seeker. Mr. Hummon is recognized as one of the most skillful agriculturists of the township as well as one of the most prominent. He has increased his acreage from his original eighty, inherited from his father, to 201, forty of which belong to Mrs. Hummon, and most of which he has helped to clear, and 1 50 of which he has under cultivation. The land is well drained and fenced, and he has a good substantial dwelling, commodious barn and a fine orchard. His standing in the township is with the best society it affords, and he and family are alike honored by the entire community.
As printed in A Portrait and biographical record of Allen and Putnam counties, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of many prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all th (1896). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
DAVID HUMMON.
One of the best-known citizens of Riley township, Putnam county,. Ohio, is David Hummon, who, for sixty-six years, or during his entire life,, has lived in the township of his birth. David Hummon has been influential in the political and civic life of his township, and for many years, served the people of his community in an official capacity, having been identified with the educational interest of the township and entitled today for very much of the credit of the high standard of the public schools of Riley township. As a farmer, David Hummon has been very successful; as a citizen, he is respected and admired by his neighbors; having won a competence in life by his early labors, he is so situated that he may now enjoy the fruits of hisearly labors.
David Hummon was born on July 1, 1849, in Riley township, Putnam county, Ohio, the son of John and Alary A. ( Wyninger) Hummon. John Hummon was born in Wyandot county, Ohio, in 1815. Both John Hummon a-nd his wife were of German descent and came from Wyandot county to Putnam county, in 1832. John Hummon and his wife were married nine years before coming to Putnam county, where they entered one hundred and ixty acres of land and gradually added to their original holdings until, at the time of his death, John Hummon owned fully eleven hundred acres. Throughout his life, John Hummon was an ardent Democrat and was loyal to the Union cause during the dark days of the Civil War and contributed his energies and his money to the support of that cause. John Hummon died on March 6, 1878, in Riley township.
The parents of John Hummon were Simon Peter and Mary (Kerns) Hummon. Simon Peter Hummon was a native of Pennsylvania, a farmer-and a distiller of whiskey and applejack. His wife was a native of Holland, who came to America alone, locating in Kittanning county, Pennsylvania, where she met and married Simon Peter Hummon. Six children were born to this union in Pennsylvania, and four more were born after their arrival in Ohio, in all, there were eight daughters and two sons, one of whom was John Hummon, the father of David, the subject of this sketch.
John Hummon and wife were also the parents of ten children, eight of whom are still living. They are, Levi, born on December 31, 1837; Adam, born on July 31, 1839; George, born on January 24, 1845; Minerva, born on July 7, 1847, David, the subject of this sketch, and Simon P., born on June 8, 185 1; Clara E., born on February 15, 1855; and Ada, born on August 14, 1859, and died in 1888. One son died at the age of thirteen and a daughter at the age of two. The mother of these children died on September 29, 1881. She was a member of the Methodist Protestant church.
David Hummon was born on the old homestead in Riley township, where he now lives. It was the farm which his father entered from the government when he came from Wyandot county, Ohio, and consisted originally of one hundred and sixty acres. The present farm consists of one additional acre. Mr. Hummon attended the typical log cabin school and helped his father clear the land. He remained on the old home place until he was twenty-five years old.
David Hummon was married on February 4, 1875, at the age of twenty-five, to Mary E. Wilkins, who was born on December 26, 1851, in Licking county, Ohio, and who is the daughter of Albert and Harriett (Allison) Wil-
As printed in History of Putnam County, Ohio : its people, industries, and institutions (1915). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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