Biography of Isaac H. Hambleton
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]
Page 997
ISAAC H. HAMBLETON, farmer, P. O. West Jefferson, and Director of the Madison County Infirmary, is a son of Stephen G. Hambleton, who was born near Philadelphia, Penn., though mostly raised in Erie County, n. Y., and in early manhood came to Ohio with his cousin, and settled in Columbiana County, where he married Sarah Galbreath, of that county. Her father, James Galbreath, settled in the year the State was admitted to the Union. In 1835, they moved to Erie County, N. Y., and, five years later, in Miami County, Ohio. In 1843, they settled near Georgesville, Franklin Co., Ohio, and subsequently bought a farm in the same county, where he died March 25, 1860. His widow stil survives, in Dayton, Ohio, with her son-in-law, Richard Van Horn. Stephen G. Hambleton was a stout, hearty man, possessing a robust constitution, six feet high, and weighed about one hundred and seventy-five pounds. He was one of the first in Central Ohio to advocate the principle of the Underground Railroad, and, in consequence thereof, became an early advocate of the newly organized Republican party in 1854, to which he closely adhered through life. He died of cancer of the face. Of his twelve children, eight are now living – three sons and five daughters. Isaac H., the second child, was born in 1824, in Columbiana County, Ohio. Since 1840, his residence dates unbroken in Ohio, and, since 1854, in Madison County, where he now owns 149 acres. He also owns ninety-six acres in Franklin County. He is one of the well-to-do farmers, willing to encourage all enterprises having for their effect the good of the community. He was married, in 1853, to Jane Reynolds, of Franklin County, Ohio, where her father was a tanner of an early day. Mr. Hambleton and wife have two sons and two daughters. He has been connected with the Board of Trustees, and is now one of the Directors of the County Infirmary. He adheres to the Republican party. He started in life alone and empty-handed, but, by industry and economy, he has accumulated a neat competency.
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