EORGE R. HALLOCK, a native of this
county, still honors it by remaining in it,
and is a resident of section 19, Ashmore
Township. He has a valuable farm of eighty acres,
finely cultivated, and in addition to ordinary farm
duties, is engaged in breeding high-grade cattle and
horses, and makes a specialty of Poland-China hogs.
He also operates a steam threshing-machine of ten-horse power, being engineer himself, and from
which he has realized a handsome little sum annually for the last eight years. He is genial and
companionable in disposition and besides being a
favorite among his fellow-citizens, is considered a
first-class agriculturist.
Mr. Hallock was born in Charleston Township
Sept. 12, 1847, and is the son of Thomas W. and
Elizabeth M. (Clarke) Hallock, the former a native of New York, and the latter of Kentucky.
Thomas Hallock and his wife are still living on the
homestead in Ashmore Township, which they have
occupied for many years, and where Mr. H. has
been extensively engaged in farming and stock-growing. They are highly respected members of
the community, and belong to the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hallock was born in
New York, in 1817, and his wife Elizabeth was
born in Kentucky, in 1820. Their eight children
were George, Charles, Elizabeth, James, Thomas,
Eldora, William and Alice.
The subject of this biography remained on the
home farm until his marriage, Sept. 30, 1809. His
chosen bride was Miss Virginia B. Gover, a native
of Leesburg, Va., born June 22, 1850, and the
daughter of Edward R. and Ellen R. (Hammerley)
Gover. also natives of the Old Dominion. Mr. G.
was born in 1818, and died Sept. 17, 1881. He was a saddler by trade and also engaged in the
lumber and grocery business. He was one of the
leading members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, a man of fine education, and a singer of
marked talents. During the late war he enlisted as a Union ’soldier with the Loudoun County Independent Rangers, and served four years, in the
meantime being taken prisoner by the rebels. He was promoted First Lieutenant. He yielded
up his life in Ashmore Township in 1881, after
having suffered many weeks with typhoid fever.
The mother of Mrs. Hallock was born in 1820, and
became the wife of Edwin Gover on the 18th of
April, 1849. Of this union there were born five
children, namely, Virginia B., Hannah H., Fannie
and Carrie, deceased, and Rachel. Mrs. G. was a
member of the same church as her husband. The
latter also belonged to the I. 0. O. F., and was a
Mason of many years’ standing.
Mr. and Mrs. Hallock became the parents of
seven children, namely, Elizabeth, Welling, Edwin,
now deceased, Emory, deceased, Charlie, Louis and
Platt. The parents are members in good standing
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and politically
Mr. H. uniformly votes with the Republican party.
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