My Genealogy Hound

JESSE R. HYER, carriage and wagon manufacturer, P. O. Painter Creek; the subject of this memoir was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, April 1, 1840, and is a son of Absalom and Elizabeth Hyer, natives of the same county; his father was born in August, 1814, and died in September, 1878; his mother was born in March, 1818, and departed this life in September, 1859; they were the parents of ten children, of whom eight are now living, viz., Martha, Jesse, Serena, Noah, Margaret, Joshua, Abner and Susanna; the deceased are Rachel and Maria M. Mr. Hyer, Sr., was a miller, and, in consequence, our subject learned the business, which he followed till his 19th year, when he engaged in farm labor till 1862, when he volunteered in Co. B of the 110th O. V. I., Aug. 13, 1862; in the battle of Winchester, he received a severe wound in the left thigh, the last day of the fight, which laid him in the hospital for sixteen months, and at the expiration of this time he was placed on detached duty in the barracks at Columbus for three months, and then returned to his regiment, which was stationed in the vicinity of Petersburg, and afterward followed the fortunes of the regiment in the finishing campaigns, and was honorably discharged June 25, 1865; he returned to his home, and began business in his present location in 1866; he has good working facilities, and can turn out any kind of a vehicle or sleigh with neatness and dispatch, for Jesse is a strong rival of his contemporaries. He was married to Sarata Shuff March 14, 1869; her parents were among the early settlers in the township; to their union two children have been given, viz., Martha L., born Oct. 3, 1871; Walter Scott, born Oct. 18, 1877; he has served two terms in the Justice’s office, and three terms as Clerk of the township.