Jacob Hively
Jacob Hively, farmer, P. O. Suffield, was born January 15, 1820, in Stark County, Ohio; son of George and Polly Hively, who settled in Suffield Township, this county, where the father died. The mother subsequently moved West and died in Indiana. On December 8, 1842, our subject married Miss Anna Saxe, who bore him the following children: Willmm, Caroline (Mrs Powell), Jacob. Mrs. Hively died December 11, 1879. In about 1853 Mr. Hively settled where he now resides, a farm of 168½ acres, secured through industry and good management, and February 21, 1881 he was married to Miss Louisa Mellinger, born in Summit County, Ohio, April 7, 1861, daughter of Levi and Catharine Mellinger, who settled in Brimfield Township, this county. Our subject is a man respected by those who know him, a citizen ot integrity, of genial characteristics. In politics he is a Democrat.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885