Historical Society celebrates 50th year of Highland House
By Pamela Nickell
H.C. Historical Society
This is the seventh article in a series from the Highland County Historical Society featuring members of the HCHS Hall of Fame and in recognition of the Highland House Museum’s 50th Anniversary.
This week, we’ll take a different approach with our series, but we’ll be back on track next week. Several readers have suggested that we name all the current members and then proceed with the individual biographies that have been written up for display in the Highland House.
First, it will provide the big picture of the recipients, and second, it might elicit nominations of very deserving folks (and there are many!) who have not yet been named.
So here is a list of all the members of the Highland County Historical Society Hall of Fame.
MEMBERS OF THE HIGHLAND COUNTY HALL OF FAME
Jacob Cochran Landess - Farmer-Miller-Faith Healer.
Joe Rockhold - Radio-TV Entertainer-Singer-Writer.
Roy Asa Haynes - Federal Prohibition Commissioner- newspaper owner and editor.
Charles Singleton Bell - Manufacturer-Civic Leader-Philanthropist.
Granville Barrere - Newspaper Owner-Editor-Lawyer-Civic Leader.
Edward Lee McClain - Manufacturer-Philanthropist-Benefactor.
Starley M. White - Inventor-Manufacturer-Banker.
Dr. Marion T. Meyers - Agronomist-Researcher.
Allen Trimble - 8th and 10th Governor of Ohio-United States Senator.
Wilbur John Carr - International Diplomat.
Henry Luther Dickey - Congressman Ohio House of Representatives-State Senator.
Charles C. Gossett - Governor of Idaho-United States Senator.
Kirby “Red Buck” White - Major League Baseball Pitcher.
William “Buck” Ewing - Major League Baseball Catcher-member of Baseball Hall of Fame.
Dr. James Hull – All-American Ohio State University.
Joseph Hiestand – Congressman Ohio House of Representatives-World Champion Trap Shooter.
Violet Morgan - Author-Teacher-Historian.
Elsie Johnson Ayres - Author.
Lillie Ann Faris - Writer of Children’s Books.
Frances Blackburn Hilliard - Author.
Hugh “Ching” Fullerton - Sports Writer-Author.
David and Jane McBride - Family History Preservationists.
Dick Shaffer – Ohio Softball Hall of Fame, American Legion Baseball Coach.
Barney Harewood – Civic Leader-Outstanding Citizen.
Burch Riber - Civic Leader-Philanthropist.
H. Lawson Walker “Mr. Scouter,” - Boy Scout Leader.
C.R. Patterson – Blacksmith-Carriage maker-Business owner.
Fred Patterson – Automobile manufacturer-Business owner.
Dr. Sigel Roush - Author.
Howard and Martha Smith – Magicians.
Jean Wallis – Historian-Author.
Charles M. Harsha – Civic Leader-Historian.
Thomas L. Knott – Weather Observer-Genealogy.
Marie Knott – Weather Observer-Genealogy.
Robert A. Hodson – Banker, Civic Leader.
Dorothy Hodson – Civic Leader.
John Carson – Civic Leader-Episcopal Priest.
Jean Carson – Civic Leader.
F.R. Harris – Educator-Author.
Darrell R. Hottle – Prosecuting Attorney-Common Pleas Judge.
Emma Saylor Detwiler – Artist.
Mary Thompson Tuttle – Artist-Author.
Sandy Harsha – Historian-Mayor.
Eliza Jane “Mother” Thompson – Temperance Leader.
Caspar Collins – Civil War Era Military Hero.
List compiled from HCHS records available as of Feb. 1, 2016.