Submitted to the Ohio Part of the USGenWeb by
Mary Lachman

Joseph Hidy was born on January 13,1783 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He was the son
of John and Christina Trexler Hidy. In 1803 Joseph removed to Ross County, Ohio, where he
married his first wife, Elizabeth Kious. She died that same year. Two years after Elizabeth's
death, he married Sarah Shepherd. She bore him two children, Jacob and Isaac. The family then
removed to Fayette County, Ohio. On February 12, 1812 they settled on a farm, on the waters of
Paint Creek in Jefferson Township. Sarah died two years later, in February of 1814.
Joseph married a third time. Mary Carr, his third wife, was the daughter of Martin and
Elizabeth Davis Carr. She was born on December 13, 1795 in Hardy County, Virginia. Joseph
and Mary became the parents of ten children, Joseph, Humphrey, Sidney, Margaret,
Clarissa, Olivia, Urban, Volney, Mary and Maria Louisa. All the children married and
became respected members of the community. Joseph Hidy died on December 6, 1878 and was
laid to rest in the Hidy Cemetery near his homestead.