Zachariah Hogan

Zachariah Hogan was an early settler in that part of Pendleton County that became Grant County. His name first appears on the 1813 tax list. His family said that he was a native of Pennsylvania.He also served as a member of the first grand jury in Grant County. In 1828 he married Elizabeth Doty. Shortly thereafter the couple left Kentucky in company with other member of the Doty and Buskirk families. Settlement was made in Clayton Township, Adams County, Illinois. Zachriah Hogan died prior to 1850. His widow, Elizabeth, died in 1886, age 84. The Hogans were parents of five children: a son, Lewis, and four daughters. Three of these daughters married Mitts brothers, sons of John and Sarah Conyers Mitts. They were Mary Jane, wife of John H. Mitts, Josephine, wife of George W. Mitts, and Adeline, wife of Samuel Mitts.

From the files of James R. Glacking
Published in Footsteps of the Past, June 25, 1998.

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