Mary Hackenbracht

As printed in 1909

Mrs. Mary Hackenbracht was born in Lafayette township, Coshocton county, Ohio, August 24, 1845, her parents being Simeon and Phoebe (Shaw) Phillips. Her father, a native of Nevr Jersey, who was born March 13, 1798, came west at a very early day, locating in Roscoe, Coshocton county, Ohio, where he followed blacksmithing. His brother was one of the first settlers in Roscoe and was a cabinetmaker by trade. Coming to Lafayette township, Simeon Phillips purchased ninety-eight acres of land, which is now in po.session of Mrs. Hackenbracht. It was covered with brush and is believed to have been a camping ground for the Indian.s, a.s hundreds of arrowheads were found on the place. The father of our subject was a successful man and a prominent citizen of his community, holding various township offices. His death occurred when he had attained the age of sixty-one years. He was twice married, his first union being with Sarah Hart, by whom he had two children, both of whom are deceased. For his.second wife he those Ii.ss Phoebe Shaw, whose birth occurred in Sus.sex county, New Jer-.sey, and who was eleven years of age when she accompanied her parents on their removal to Coshocton county. She pas,sed away in May, 1891, when sixty-five years of age. Unto Simeon and Phoebe (Shaw) Phillips were born nine children, three of whom still survive: INIrs. Mary Hackenbracht; Ralph, residing in Conesville, Ohio; and James, of Converse, Indiana.

Oil the 27th of December, 187'6, Mary Phillips became the wife of George Hackenbiacht, whose birth occurred on Stone Creek, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, August 24, 1849. By this union there were seven children, namely: Frank W., who is a telegraph operator for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company; Henry and Sarah, both at home; Lillian, the wife of Grant Woodmansee, of Converse, Indiana; Ralph, a telegraph operator for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; Oscar, deceased; and Clyde, at home. All of the children-have received a good education in the West Lafayette high school and four have teacher'.e certificates, the two eldest having taught school.

For nine years following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hackenbracht lived on a farm which they owned north of New Comerstown in Tuscarawas county. Since 1891, however, Mrs. Hackenbracht has made her home on her finely improved farm of one hundred and ten acres in Lafayette township, which she has successfully managed. She and her children are all members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and enjoy the hospitality of the best homes of the community in which they reside.

GEORGF Vs.:\IOHLER.

Perhaps no man has done iuore for the intellectual development of Coshocton county than George W. Mohler, who throughout a long period was identified with the teacher's profession. Mr. Mohler was born April 6, 1841, at West Carlisle, Coshocton county, a son of Peter and Rosanna (Frederick) Mohler, who came to the Buckeye state from Maryland, the family home being established in Zanesville. The year 1839 witnessed their arrival in Ohio, and they came to Coshocton county in 1848. The father here engaged in farming.

George W. Mohler was reared on the home farm and was early trained to the duties of the agriculturist, a.ssLsting his father in the fields from the time of early spring planting until the crops were harvested in the late autumn. He began his education in the schools of Zanesville, where he studied two years, prior to the removal of the family to Coshocton county, after which he attended the country schools for a few years and subsequently spent one year in Spring Mountain Academy.

In February, 1864, however, he put aside all business and personal considerations and offered his services to the government, enlisting as a member of Company I, Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and he served under Generals Thomas and Sherman until mustered out October 3, 1865. Returning home with a mo.st creditable military record and successfully pa.using the examination necessary to secure to him a teacher's certificate, he then engaged in teaching, being thus employed in Coshocton county for thirty-two years, beginning in 1865. It will thus be seen that he has been an important factor in the educational and moral development of this county and in his work of instruction he met with desirable success. Since 1897, however, Mr.

Mohler has engaged in farming and is also a road contractor, doing much for the improvement of the highways in his section of the county.

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As printed in Centennial history of Coshocton County, Ohio (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.