HODGSON, William and Phoebe – Were from Tazewell County as was Levi Hodgson, and came to the S 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Section 28 in Panola Twp. around 1856. They finished their payments to the I. C. R. R. and received their deed June 8, 1860. They were the parents of Edwin Hodgson, long time Panola Twp. horse importer, and grandparents of Eugene M. Hodgson, retired Minonk druggist.

HOGELUCHT, Wilke C. and Mrs. Gerte (Johnson) Redenius – Wilke was born in Friesland in 1830, he migrated in 1854 and came from Hanover, Germany, to Greene Twp. in 1856 and settled on the N 1/2 of Section 18, which he purchased May 1, 1858. He had come by sailing vessel to New Orleans, then up the Mississippi and Illinois to Peoria, and first rented land near Washington, Illinois. His father, Carl W. Hogelucht, followed his son to America and lived also for a time in Greene.

HORN, Caleb and Elizabeth Ann – Came from Indiana to Illinois in 1842 and was living southwest of El Paso (probably as a squatter) from about that date until 1853 when he moved into Kappa to take an agricultural job. His first of several land purchases was June 19,1851, when he bought the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 19 in El Paso Twp., and he later owned land in Section 16 and 32. The first school in Kappa was held in his home in 1854. He operated the earliest El Paso Twp. post office, called ROXAN, turning it over to Thomas Campbell when he moved. It was at the windmill site in the field south of the old Grieser home owned now by Mr. and Mrs. John G. Parr. (See Chapter on "THE TRAILBLAZERS" about his post office.)

HORNER, George W. and Mary (Shaw) Horner – George was born in Perry County, Ohio, August 12, 1842, and came to live in White Oak Grove, McLean County with his parents in the fall of 1854. He enlisted in the army on August 9, 1862 and joined Company E., 108th Illinois Volunteers (Captain Wingfield M. Bullock's Company). He located near El Paso following the war and married on March 3, 1872. Children: Dr. Charles P., Dr. Clyde F., Clara Elberta Strickland and Chester William Horner. George is buried in the Evergreen Mausoleum.

HOTCHKISS, Eban and Celia Bayne – Lived in El Paso in 1857, when they married.

HOTCHKISS, G. U. – Came from Connecticut to Woodford County in 1839, and became early settler on East 1/2 of the NE 1/4, Section 10, Palestine Twp., just south of the east railroad bend. He owned an adjoining 80 to the east in Section 11.

HUGUET, Charles – Came to Illinois from France in 1850 and became a farmer in Section 13 at some later date. He was the father of Morris Huguet, a long time El Paso resident.

HUNZINGER, Jacob Sr. and Magdalena M. (1806-1883) – Jacob Sr. was born May 5, 1799 and died in Secor February 19, 1883, having been an early Palestine settler.

HUXTABLE, James – Came into the Greene Twp. area in 1857 from Devonshire, England and settled on 245 acres in Section 3, on the far north side of Greene Twp.

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