77 years 6 mos 11 days

Centennial History
of
Mason County
By Joseph Cochrane
Springfield, Ill., 1876

STEPHEN HOLE
Page 174

Stephen Hole was born on the site of the present city of Cincinnati in the year 1796. He was the son of Daniel Hole, a Revolutionary soldier. His mother's maiden name was Bedell. In early life Stephen Hole became a citizen of Warren county, Ohio, where he was married to Mary Eddy. While quite young he was a volunteer in the war of 1812, and received a land warrant for services in the army, with which he entered eighty acres of land in Mason county. He removed from Warren county, Ohio, to Washington county, Indiana, in 1820. In 1833 his first wife died, leaving six surviving children, viz: James H., Joseph E., Daniel P., Phoebe E., John N. and Mary A.
Soon after this he married Lucinda Mitchell, who survives him, and honored and respected resident of Mason county.

Stephen Hole was an active and enterprising farmer in Indiana for thirty-six years; was elected sheriff of his county several times; was universally respected for his upright character, genial disposition and sound judgment. There were born to him by his second wife six children, that lived to maturity, viz: Thomas A., William H., Sarah E., Louisa M., Robert M. and Kate.

In 1856 he removed to Mason county, Illinois, where several of his children had preceded him. Here he resided until his death, in 1873. He was a man whom to know was to admire.

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BIO OF HIS SON WILLIAM:

1879 History of Menard & Mason Counties
Chicago
Published by: O.L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers
186 Dearborn Street

WILLIAM H. HOLE
Page 762
WILLIAM H. HOLE, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Havana; was born in Washington Co., Ind., April 13, 1836, and is a son of Stephen and Lucinda (Mitchell) Hole; the former born on the site of the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, July 12, 1795, and the latter in Woodford Co., Ky.; his father died Jan. 26, 1873, and his mother Sept. 19, 1877; the subject of this sketch resided in his place of nativity till the removal of the family to Illinois in 1856, locating in Havana Township, this county. He enlisted in Co. K, 85th I. V. I., Aug. 18, 1862; was promoted to First Sergeant and served in that capacity during the last year of the war; was with Gen. Sherman on his march to the sea, arriving at Washington, D. C., June 5, 1865, and received final pay and discharge at Camp Butler, Illinois, on the 11th of the same month. In 1866, he was married to Susan R., daughter of Daniel Dieffenbacher, who was born in Havana Township; she died April 11, 1877; two children by this union-Philip B. and Garnet D. Mr. H. owns eighty acres in Havana Township.