Victor Boltin Hough
was born June 19, 1891 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The
eldest of six sons born to Elmer Hough and Florence
May Boltin. Vic attended Case College
in Cleveland, Ohio then went on to Bliss Electrical School in
Washington, DC where he received his degree in Electrical Engineering.
He was at one time an employee of the Westinghouse Electric Company
working in the transformer research area. By 1914 Vic was employed
by the Sunday Creek Coal Company of Ohio in the electrical and
mechanical departments. On October 31, 1914 Victor and Emma
Mae Garner were married in Parkersburg,
Wood County, West Virginia. By the time their eldest daughter
was born they were residing at 317 Adams Street in Nelsonville,
Athens County, Ohio. Two daughters and one son would be born to
Victor and Emma. In either 1924 or 1925 the family moved to Fort
Myers, Lee County, Florida. At this time Vic took over the Peerless
and Chevrolet car dealership. When Peerless stopped making cars
in 1944, Vic added Cadillacs and the dealership became Hough Chevrolet/Cadillac.
Vic died at his home on McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Florida on March 26, 1955. Vic is buried in the Fort Myers
Cemetery, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida. His cause of death
was acute pulmonary edema due to Uremia which was due to Nephrosclerosis,
other contributing factors were Hypertensive Heart Disease and
Hypertension.
Elmer
Hough was born on January 15, 1866 in Jacobs Creek, Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, on the farm that once belonged to his great
grandfather Joseph Hough. The second child of Jacob Rhodes
Hough and Susan Hough, second cousins once removed.
Elmer was a farm boy in Westmoreland and Fayette Counties of Pennsylvania.
He attended country school and taught public school in coal and
coke settlements in Fayette County, Pennsylvania and at Lynn Valley
School in Hardin County, Ohio. Elmer sold books and taught math
to earn his way to a degree in civil engineering at Normal (Ada)
University, Ada, Ohio in 1888. On August 30, 1890 Elmer married
Florence May Boltin in Greenville,
Darke County, Ohio. Elmer and Florence were the parents of Victor
Boltin, Elmer Byron, Roscoe Rhodes, Scott, Wendell Morton and
Nelson Morrison. Elmer was a construction engineer on the McKeesport
and Bellevernon Railroad and Monongahela Blast Furnaces in McKeesport,
Pennsylvania. He was an engineer, building the Pennsylvania Plate
Glass Plant at Irwin, Pennsylvania. Between 1892 and 1898 Elmer
was the city engineer and manager of the city of Homestead, Pennsylvania.
Elmer's career included being assistant chief engineer of Carnegie
Steel Company; chief construction engineer of H. C. Frick Coal
and Coke Company and the National Mining Company; vice-president
and general manager of the Beech Bottom Coal Company in Wellsburg,
West Virginia; President of the Wellsburg Board of Education;
President of the Wellsburg Chamber of Commerce and President of
the West Virginia State Automobile Association. In 1916 Elmer
was elected State Senator from the first Senate District of West
Virginia. During his time as a state senator he helped found the
West Virginia State Police. While serving in World War I, Elmer
received four service medals. In 1924 Elmer moved to Fort Myers,
Lee County, Florida and was twice elected Mayor of that city.
Elmer died at his home on Nelson Street in Fort Myers, Lee County,
Florida on February 23, 1939. He was buried on February 25, 1939
in Fort Myers Cemetery (W 1/2 of E 1/2 Lot 3, Block 17), Fort
Myers, Lee County, Florida.
Jacob Rhodes Hough
was born on August 17, 1845. The youngest child of Solomon
Hough and Mary Rhodes. Jacob
was a miller, a farmer, and at one time the mayor of Smithton,
Pennsylvania. He died on October 16, 1922. Jacob married his second
cousin once removed, Susan Hough on June 9, 1864. Jacob
and Susan were the parents of Mary Catherine, Elmer, Elizabeth
Lavanda, Charlotte Ann, Lucy Maud, Minnie Florence, Alvin Curtis,
Lawrence Edison, Josie Pearl and Ethel Jacob.
Susan Hough
was born on December 30, 1846 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
The eldest child of Joseph S. Hough and Catherine Shupe. Susan was a member of the Universalist
church. She died on September 27, 1922.
Forefathers
of Jacob Rhodes Hough
Solomon Hough was born on April 24, 1810. One of ten children of Joseph Hough and Magdalena Waltz. Solomon was married to Mary Rhodes in 1832. They were the parents of Elizabeth, Peter, Charlotte, Joseph and Jacob Rhodes. An expert stiller, Solomon owned and operated a model distillery, a large farm at the mouth of Jacobs Creek in Fayette and Westmoreland Counties, and another farm entirely in Fayette County. He also operated a boatyard and a sawmill after harvest time. After delivering his product to Pittsburgh, Solomon often walked home in a single day. Universalist by faith, on occasion Solomon would walk to Lake Erie to attend church. At the age of 50 Solomon contracted Pneumonia and died on March 14, 1861 sitting in a homemade armed rocking chair.
Joseph Hough
was born on March 29, 1780. One of nine children born to Jacob
Hough and Charlotte Smith.
Younger brother of Paul Hough also a direct Hough descendant.
Joseph gave the land and had the first public schoolhouse built
in the community. He built and operated a flour mill, carding
mill, distillery, sawmill, and a boatyard on a large farm at the
mouth of Jacobs Creek. About 1802 Joseph married Magdalena
Waltz. Joseph and Magdalena were
the parents of Daniel, Sarah H., John, Mariah, Solomon, Joseph,
Jacob, Charlotte, David and Paul. Joseph died on December 7, 1846
and is buried in Hoffman Cemetery, Smithton, Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania.
Forefathers of Susan Hough
Joseph S. Hough was born on September 24, 1822. Joseph S. was the eldest child of William Hough and Elizabeth Warner. He was married to Catherine Shupe in 1845. Joseph and Catherine were the parents of Susan, Elizabeth, Charlotte Ann, William H., Lawrence S., Linley L., Sarah Elma and Josephine. Joseph was a cabinet maker and a farmer. He was a member of the Luthern church. Joseph S. died on May 5, 1866.
William Hough was born on March 16, 1799. One of fourteen children born to Paul Hough and Catherine Wygle. William became engaged to Elizabeth Warner at a flour mill near Perryopolis, Pennsylvania that had been built by George Washington and Associates. They married on September 27, 1821. William and Catherine started their married life in Fayette County, Pennsylvania and were the parents of Joseph S., Paul, Ursilla, Michael, David W., Mary Ann, Daniel, Charlotte, Elizabeth, William, Maria, John, Jacob and Henry. William died January 21, 1879.
Paul Hough
was born on November 16, 1771. One of nine children born to Jacob
Hough and Charlotte Smith.
Elder brother of Joseph Hough also a direct Hough descendant.
Paul married Catherine Wygle on
May 26, 1795. Paul and Catherine were the parents of Mary, Abraham,
William, Margaret, Elizabeth, Jacob, John, Paul, Catherine, Joseph,
David, Charlotte, Daniel and Sara Anne. The family settled on
a farm of 1000 acres on a branch of Jacobs Creek known as Pauls
Run. On this stream Paul built a stone house and a mill in 1804.
He would own and operate a sawmill, flour mill and distillery
there. Paul died on October 2, 1842 and is buried in the Zion
Lutheran Cemetery.
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Jacob Hough
was born between 1742 and 1747 in Frederick County, Maryland.
One of ten children born to Joseph Hough and Lydia Hurst.
Jacob was married to Charlotte Smith
in 1767 or 1768. Jacob and Charlotte would have nine children,
two of which, Paul and Joseph, would be direct ancestors of this
Hough line. The other seven children were Abraham, Jacob, John,
David, Eva, Solomon and Peter. Jacob served in the Revolutionary
War in Captain Ezekiel Ross Company, Westmoreland County Militia
under Colonel William Crawford on the Sandusky expedition. He
was on the roll of the 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by
Colonel Thomas Craig. Jacob Hough on April 28,1782 recorded his
deed for a 140 acres in South Huntington Township, Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania. The land was bought from John Main and was
bounded by the lands of Zachariah Brion, Samuel Calloway and George
Metslor. On February 21,1794 Jacob along with several other Hough's,
all soldiers in the Revolutionary War, each received a warrant
for 400 acres in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Jacob lived in
Bedford County, Pennsylvania before he lived in Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania. Jacob was taxed in Bethel Township, Bedford County,
Pennsylvania from 1774 through 1786, with the exception of three
years when he was probably in military service. He died on March
28, 1803 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Jacob's will, in
which he named all his children except Abraham, was probated by
sons' Jacob and Paul in 1806. The burial place of Jacob and Charlotte
is unknown, but is said to be on the 140 acres known in 1936 as
the Allen Braithwaith Farm.
Joseph Hough
was born on May 20, 1722 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The second
eldest of the eleven children born to John Hough and Elizabeth
Taylor. On October 15, 1746 Joseph
married Lydia Hurst. They would be parents of Lydia, Sarah,
Joseph, Jacob, Bernard, Thomas, William, John, Hannah and Janney.
Joseph died in May of 1777 in Loudoun County, Virginia. Witnesses
to his will were his brother John, John's son William, and William's
son William, Jr. Joseph's nephew Amos (his brother John's son)
was administrator. Joseph gave his estate to his wife for the
support and education of the minor children until they become
21 years of age and if any left it was to be divided among his
heirs.
Lydia Hurst was born about
1724. Lydia was received on certificate from the Falls Monthly
Meeting, Bucks County, Pennyslvania on July 25, 1779, she being
destitute.
John Hough was born on July 18,
1693 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. One of five children born
to Richard Hough and Margery Clowes.
John married Elizabeth Taylor
on November 11, 1718 at the Falls Meeting in Pennsylvania. John
and Elizabeth were the parents of John, Joseph, Benjamin, Isaac,
William, Thomas, Septemis, Elizabeth, Bernard, Martha and Samuel.
John inherited the Upper Tract owned by his father at the present
site of Taylorsville on the River Delaware. He was a Justice of
Bucks County Pennsylvania Courts for some years and a man of prominence.
John died in 1771 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Richard
Hough was born about 1660 in Macclesfield, Chester, England.
Although his parents are unknown at this time it is said he had
a brother named Francis and a brother named John. Richard left
England on July 29, 1683 on board the ship "Endeavor of London",
arriving in the United States on September 29, 1683. He was married
to Margery Clowes on March 31,
1684 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Richard and Margery courted
during their voyage to the colonies. They are said to be the first
white couple married in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. William Yardley
and Thomas Janney were appointed to see that the marriage was
orderly done and performed. Michael Huff signed as a witness.
They were both members of the Society of Friends (Quaker) and
their marriage was performed at the Falls River Meeting. Richard
and Margery settled in Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania,
where he owned over 2500 acres of land; he built a stone mansion
on his principal plantation of about 500 acres on the Delaware
River, below the present borough of Yardley. This homestead was
later referred to as "the Home" or "Lower Tract".
Richard and Margery were the parents of Richard, Mary, Sarah,
John and Joseph. At least six generations of the male branch of
Hough lived in the stone house Richard built. Richard was a member
of the Colonial Assembly 1684-88-90-97-99-1700-03-04-05, a member
of the Provincial Council 1693-1700, a Justice of Bucks County,
Pennsylvania and part of the Committee that drew up the "Frame
of Government". Richard died on March 25, 1705 in the Delaware
River. After Richard drowned William Penn wrote, "I lament
the loss of honest Richard Hough. Such men must needs be wanted
where selfishness and forgetfulness of God's Mercies so much abound."
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