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W. G. HOUSH, farmer, P. O. Hiett, was born in Huntington Township in the year 1832, and is a son of William and Eleanor (Hiett) Housh. He was born in 1804 in Huntington Township, and she in 1800 in Virginia. Our subject was reared on a farm, and before of age he began teaching, having been in attendance at the Wesleyan University. He followed teaching for eight years, a portion of the time at irregular intervals. He is also proficient in music, and has been an instructor to some considerable extent. He was married, in 1855, to Miss Sarah E., the daughter of John Games, an old settler, whose sketch appears in this work. After marriage, he taught school for a while. He has lived in this township all his life, with the exception of four years, which he spent in Adams County, Ohio, two of which he spent in Manchester, where he was engaged in the plow and wagon factory. To Mr. and Mrs. Housh have been born eight children, seven of whom are living — Samuel D. and John H. (twins), Esther T., Mary E., E. H., William K. and Early F.; the deceased, Amanda E. He and his wife are members of the Huntington Presbyterian Church, in which he is an Elder, a position he has held for a number of years. He enlisted three times, but was refused on account of disability. He then went in as a clerk in the Quartermaster Department, and served the greater part of two years. He owns sixty-seven and three-fourths acres of improved land in this township, and 130 acres of improved land in Adams County, Ohio.