Homer Hillyer
Homer Hilllyer, retired, was born in Deerfield Township, this county, November 17, 1815; son of Daniel and Charity (Loomis) Hillyer, natives of Southwick, Mass. The family, along with a colony of seventy-five persons, embarked for the West in 1815, and were forty-four days on the road, settling in this county daring October, 1815. Daniel Hillyer was a farmer and did considerable surveying in Atwater and Randolph Townships. Of the six children born to him and his wife, three are now living: Homer, Joseph T. and Edwin, the two younger now residents of Dodge County, Wis. Homer Hillyer was brought up on a farm and was married, June 11, 1845, to Miss Hannah Cooney, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, who died January 17, 1865, without issue. He was married, on second occasion, September 6, 1865, to Miss Celinda C. Crail,born in Beaver County, Penn. Mr. Hillyer was appointed station agent at Atwater on the C. & P. R. R. at the time it was built and acceptably served in that capacity until 1884, when he resigned, being one of the oldest agents on the road, and retired to enjoy the well-earned results of his labors. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for years, and is widely known and esteemed by all.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885