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THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 547and in an early day came to tliisstate, beingone of tlie first to locate in what is nowSpring Bay township, \\'oodford county,where he erected a grist and saw-mill, andalso opened up a farm, becoming one ofthe ])rominent and successful business menof that section.Upon the home farm Perry \\'. Hoshorgrew to manhood, and his primary education,obtained in the local schools, was supplementedby a course at Marion. Ohio. Hethus obtained a good practical education, andby subsequent reading and observation becamea well-informed man. He succeededto the home farm, and to it added more landuntil he had over six hundred acres in onetract, while his landed possessions here andelsewhere amounted to nearly two thousandacres of choice farming land under a highstate of cultixation and well improved.Hewas a thorough and systematic farmer, anda reliable and energetic business man, whocarried forward to successful completionwhatever he undertook.In Spring Bay township, June i8. 1865,Mr. Hosher was united in marriage withMiss Catherine Dwyer, who was born inIreland, but was reared in Woodford countyfrom her tenth year. On first coming toAmerica, her father, Dennis Dwyer, now deceased,located in Indiana, and from theremoved to Woodford county, Illinois. Of theeleven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hoshortwo are deceased, Ira having died at theage of two months, and George at the ageof five years. Those living are as followsMary, wife of Solomon Belsley, of Roanoke;Cordelia, wife of William Frederick,whose sketch appears on another page of thisvolume; William D. ; Alfred, who is marriedand carries on the home farm ; EllenJohn; Dora; Talbert and Christian, all athome with their mother. Since her husband'sdeath Mrs. Hosher has built a commodiousand pleasant residence in SpringBay, where she now resides, while her sonsoperate the farm. She is a most estimablelady and the family are widely and favoral)lyknown.Politically Mr. Hoshor was a stanchDemocrat, but never a.spired to ofllice. Hiscareer was ever such as to win for him theconfidence and respect of those with whomhe came in contact, either in business or sociallife, and he well deserved the high regardin which he was uniformly held.JACOB J.FAW.As an energetic and progressive farmerJacob J.Faw has been actively identifiedwith the development and upbuilding of\\'oodford county for over a third of a century,his home being on section 9, Linn township,since 1862. He was born in Monroecounty, Indiana, August 22,1832, a son ofJacob and Mary (Callaway) Faw, who wereborn, reared and married in North Carolina.On the paternal side he was of German descent.He has one uncle, John Faw, whowas a soldier in the war of 1812. His maternalancestors came to this country fromEngland prior to the Revolutionary war andsettled in Ashe county. North Carolina.After their marriage the parents of our subjectcontinued to reside in their native statefor a time, and then moved to Indiana, whereJacob J.was born, but in 1834 returned toNorth Carolina and located on the farmwhich they had previously occupied, makingit their home throughout the remainder oftheir lives. The father was a farmer and