Death Certificate says name is Curnealous Hook.
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Obituary of Curnealous Hook
Columbus Dispatch
26 Mar 1952
HOOK-Curnealous, age 84, 1671 Little Av, Tuesday. Survived by 3 daughters, Mrs. Hazel Walsh, Mrs. Edith Chaney, Mrs. Bessie Carr; 4 sons, Clifford, Howard, Edwin and Louis Hook; 14 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; 1 brother, Barney Hook. Friends may call at the Wylie S. Shroyer Funeral Home, 1278 W. Broad, where service will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday. Interment Green Lawn Cemetery.
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Excerpt from "History of Ross County"
Cornelius Hook. The Town of Vigo in Ross County is perhaps as widely known among brick and tile manufacturers over the country as any community in Ohio. This is due to the fact that it is the home of the Ohio Kiln Company, manufactures and designers of the famous kilns patented by Mr. Cornelius Hook.
Mr. Hook has spent most of his lifetime in the manufacturing of clay products and the operating of kilns, and out of the wealth of his experience has invented what is known as the Improved Hook Patent Up and Down Draft Kiln. The claims made for this kiln have been amply substantiated by the experience of brick manufactures all over the United States and Canada. It is said to be the only system whereby heat can be applied to bottom and top at the same time and by which the ware while being burned is subjected to an equal and constant heat in all parts of the kiln and thereby preventing the overburning of some portions and the underburning of others.
Mr. Hook is a native of Vinton County, Ohio, and was born near McArthur, August 4, 1867, a son of Abraham and Marie (Stanton) Hook. His parents were substantial farming people in Southern Ohio. His father died in 1915 and his mother is 1881. Of their children, six are now living: Robert; Calvin; Edwin of Dayton, Ohio; Barney of Trimble, Ohio; Stella, wife of Daniel Skivers, of Athens, Ohio; and Cornelius.
All of the education Cornelius Hook acquired was in the common district schools. When he was fourteen years of age his mother died, and after that he had to depend upon his own resources. He found employment in the brick and tile industry and has had nearly thirty years of practical experience in that line.
About 1894 Mr. Hook came to Vigo, and it was during his employment in the Vigo Tile Mill that he worked out his first patent for the burning of brick. He invented a down draft system, which was a great improvement over the old-fashioned methods of operating kilns, such as had been in practice for generations. This offered a saving both in time and fuel, but it did not satisfy all the conditions of the case. The principal difficulty was that the contents of the kiln were not evenly burned. If the bottom tier was properly burned, very often the top layers were overburned.
It was to correct these difficulties that Mr. Hook set himself to the task of devising a system which would subject all the contents of a kiln to equal heat as the same time and would obviate the losses caused by overburning and underburning. The outcome of it all was his patent up and down draft kiln, on which he secured his first patent on September 9, 1913. After securing this patent he sold his old patent on the down draft kiln, and the Ohio Kiln Company now gives it entire time to exploiting the advantages of his late patent. The company in the past three years has sold its plans or has built under personal supervision a great many kilns with up and down draft systems in all parts of the Middle West in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, New York, and also Canada, and a number of growing letters of testimonial to the efficiency of the new system have been received and are on file in the company's office at Vigo. Mr. Hook's patent insured perfect heat control in the operation of kilns, and not have the old troubles of overburning and underburning have been overcome, but there is an additional saving due to the fact that the contents of kilns can by his devise be cooled more quickly, and therefore a large plant can be operated with fewer kilns and at the same time without decreasing the output.
On December 25, 1875, Mr. Hook married Miss Effie Maxwell, daughter of James and Esther Maxwell. They are the parents of seven children: Hazel E., Clifford E., Edith M., Howard J., Bessie M., Edwin C., and Louis E. All the children are still at home, and the oldest daughter is a graduate of the Vigo public schools. The other children, with the exception of the two youngest, are still in school.
Politically, Mr. Hook is a democrat, but has taken no active interest in politics beyond casting his vote and doing what is required of every good citizen in his community. He carries insurance in the Illinois Commercial Men's Association.
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Obituary of Curnealous Hook
Columbus Dispatch
26 Mar 1952
HOOK-Curnealous, age 84, 1671 Little Av, Tuesday. Survived by 3 daughters, Mrs. Hazel Walsh, Mrs. Edith Chaney, Mrs. Bessie Carr; 4 sons, Clifford, Howard, Edwin and Louis Hook; 14 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; 1 brother, Barney Hook. Friends may call at the Wylie S. Shroyer Funeral Home, 1278 W. Broad, where service will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday. Interment Green Lawn Cemetery.
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Excerpt from "History of Ross County"
Cornelius Hook. The Town of Vigo in Ross County is perhaps as widely known among brick and tile manufacturers over the country as any community in Ohio. This is due to the fact that it is the home of the Ohio Kiln Company, manufactures and designers of the famous kilns patented by Mr. Cornelius Hook.
Mr. Hook has spent most of his lifetime in the manufacturing of clay products and the operating of kilns, and out of the wealth of his experience has invented what is known as the Improved Hook Patent Up and Down Draft Kiln. The claims made for this kiln have been amply substantiated by the experience of brick manufactures all over the United States and Canada. It is said to be the only system whereby heat can be applied to bottom and top at the same time and by which the ware while being burned is subjected to an equal and constant heat in all parts of the kiln and thereby preventing the overburning of some portions and the underburning of others.
Mr. Hook is a native of Vinton County, Ohio, and was born near McArthur, August 4, 1867, a son of Abraham and Marie (Stanton) Hook. His parents were substantial farming people in Southern Ohio. His father died in 1915 and his mother is 1881. Of their children, six are now living: Robert; Calvin; Edwin of Dayton, Ohio; Barney of Trimble, Ohio; Stella, wife of Daniel Skivers, of Athens, Ohio; and Cornelius.
All of the education Cornelius Hook acquired was in the common district schools. When he was fourteen years of age his mother died, and after that he had to depend upon his own resources. He found employment in the brick and tile industry and has had nearly thirty years of practical experience in that line.
About 1894 Mr. Hook came to Vigo, and it was during his employment in the Vigo Tile Mill that he worked out his first patent for the burning of brick. He invented a down draft system, which was a great improvement over the old-fashioned methods of operating kilns, such as had been in practice for generations. This offered a saving both in time and fuel, but it did not satisfy all the conditions of the case. The principal difficulty was that the contents of the kiln were not evenly burned. If the bottom tier was properly burned, very often the top layers were overburned.
It was to correct these difficulties that Mr. Hook set himself to the task of devising a system which would subject all the contents of a kiln to equal heat as the same time and would obviate the losses caused by overburning and underburning. The outcome of it all was his patent up and down draft kiln, on which he secured his first patent on September 9, 1913. After securing this patent he sold his old patent on the down draft kiln, and the Ohio Kiln Company now gives it entire time to exploiting the advantages of his late patent. The company in the past three years has sold its plans or has built under personal supervision a great many kilns with up and down draft systems in all parts of the Middle West in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, New York, and also Canada, and a number of growing letters of testimonial to the efficiency of the new system have been received and are on file in the company's office at Vigo. Mr. Hook's patent insured perfect heat control in the operation of kilns, and not have the old troubles of overburning and underburning have been overcome, but there is an additional saving due to the fact that the contents of kilns can by his devise be cooled more quickly, and therefore a large plant can be operated with fewer kilns and at the same time without decreasing the output.
On December 25, 1875, Mr. Hook married Miss Effie Maxwell, daughter of James and Esther Maxwell. They are the parents of seven children: Hazel E., Clifford E., Edith M., Howard J., Bessie M., Edwin C., and Louis E. All the children are still at home, and the oldest daughter is a graduate of the Vigo public schools. The other children, with the exception of the two youngest, are still in school.
Politically, Mr. Hook is a democrat, but has taken no active interest in politics beyond casting his vote and doing what is required of every good citizen in his community. He carries insurance in the Illinois Commercial Men's Association.
Death Certificate says name is Curnealous Hook.
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Obituary of Curnealous Hook
Columbus Dispatch
26 Mar 1952
HOOK-Curnealous, age 84, 1671 Little Av, Tuesday. Survived by 3 daughters, Mrs. Hazel Walsh, Mrs. Edith Chaney, Mrs. Bessie Carr; 4 sons, Clifford, Howard, Edwin and Louis Hook; 14 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; 1 brother, Barney Hook. Friends may call at the Wylie S. Shroyer Funeral Home, 1278 W. Broad, where service will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday. Interment Green Lawn Cemetery.
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Excerpt from "History of Ross County"
Cornelius Hook. The Town of Vigo in Ross County is perhaps as widely known among brick and tile manufacturers over the country as any community in Ohio. This is due to the fact that it is the home of the Ohio Kiln Company, manufactures and designers of the famous kilns patented by Mr. Cornelius Hook.
Mr. Hook has spent most of his lifetime in the manufacturing of clay products and the operating of kilns, and out of the wealth of his experience has invented what is known as the Improved Hook Patent Up and Down Draft Kiln. The claims made for this kiln have been amply substantiated by the experience of brick manufactures all over the United States and Canada. It is said to be the only system whereby heat can be applied to bottom and top at the same time and by which the ware while being burned is subjected to an equal and constant heat in all parts of the kiln and thereby preventing the overburning of some portions and the underburning of others.
Mr. Hook is a native of Vinton County, Ohio, and was born near McArthur, August 4, 1867, a son of Abraham and Marie (Stanton) Hook. His parents were substantial farming people in Southern Ohio. His father died in 1915 and his mother is 1881. Of their children, six are now living: Robert; Calvin; Edwin of Dayton, Ohio; Barney of Trimble, Ohio; Stella, wife of Daniel Skivers, of Athens, Ohio; and Cornelius.
All of the education Cornelius Hook acquired was in the common district schools. When he was fourteen years of age his mother died, and after that he had to depend upon his own resources. He found employment in the brick and tile industry and has had nearly thirty years of practical experience in that line.
About 1894 Mr. Hook came to Vigo, and it was during his employment in the Vigo Tile Mill that he worked out his first patent for the burning of brick. He invented a down draft system, which was a great improvement over the old-fashioned methods of operating kilns, such as had been in practice for generations. This offered a saving both in time and fuel, but it did not satisfy all the conditions of the case. The principal difficulty was that the contents of the kiln were not evenly burned. If the bottom tier was properly burned, very often the top layers were overburned.
It was to correct these difficulties that Mr. Hook set himself to the task of devising a system which would subject all the contents of a kiln to equal heat as the same time and would obviate the losses caused by overburning and underburning. The outcome of it all was his patent up and down draft kiln, on which he secured his first patent on September 9, 1913. After securing this patent he sold his old patent on the down draft kiln, and the Ohio Kiln Company now gives it entire time to exploiting the advantages of his late patent. The company in the past three years has sold its plans or has built under personal supervision a great many kilns with up and down draft systems in all parts of the Middle West in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, New York, and also Canada, and a number of growing letters of testimonial to the efficiency of the new system have been received and are on file in the company's office at Vigo. Mr. Hook's patent insured perfect heat control in the operation of kilns, and not have the old troubles of overburning and underburning have been overcome, but there is an additional saving due to the fact that the contents of kilns can by his devise be cooled more quickly, and therefore a large plant can be operated with fewer kilns and at the same time without decreasing the output.
On December 25, 1875, Mr. Hook married Miss Effie Maxwell, daughter of James and Esther Maxwell. They are the parents of seven children: Hazel E., Clifford E., Edith M., Howard J., Bessie M., Edwin C., and Louis E. All the children are still at home, and the oldest daughter is a graduate of the Vigo public schools. The other children, with the exception of the two youngest, are still in school.
Politically, Mr. Hook is a democrat, but has taken no active interest in politics beyond casting his vote and doing what is required of every good citizen in his community. He carries insurance in the Illinois Commercial Men's Association.
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Obituary of Curnealous Hook
Columbus Dispatch
26 Mar 1952
HOOK-Curnealous, age 84, 1671 Little Av, Tuesday. Survived by 3 daughters, Mrs. Hazel Walsh, Mrs. Edith Chaney, Mrs. Bessie Carr; 4 sons, Clifford, Howard, Edwin and Louis Hook; 14 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; 1 brother, Barney Hook. Friends may call at the Wylie S. Shroyer Funeral Home, 1278 W. Broad, where service will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday. Interment Green Lawn Cemetery.
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Excerpt from "History of Ross County"
Cornelius Hook. The Town of Vigo in Ross County is perhaps as widely known among brick and tile manufacturers over the country as any community in Ohio. This is due to the fact that it is the home of the Ohio Kiln Company, manufactures and designers of the famous kilns patented by Mr. Cornelius Hook.
Mr. Hook has spent most of his lifetime in the manufacturing of clay products and the operating of kilns, and out of the wealth of his experience has invented what is known as the Improved Hook Patent Up and Down Draft Kiln. The claims made for this kiln have been amply substantiated by the experience of brick manufactures all over the United States and Canada. It is said to be the only system whereby heat can be applied to bottom and top at the same time and by which the ware while being burned is subjected to an equal and constant heat in all parts of the kiln and thereby preventing the overburning of some portions and the underburning of others.
Mr. Hook is a native of Vinton County, Ohio, and was born near McArthur, August 4, 1867, a son of Abraham and Marie (Stanton) Hook. His parents were substantial farming people in Southern Ohio. His father died in 1915 and his mother is 1881. Of their children, six are now living: Robert; Calvin; Edwin of Dayton, Ohio; Barney of Trimble, Ohio; Stella, wife of Daniel Skivers, of Athens, Ohio; and Cornelius.
All of the education Cornelius Hook acquired was in the common district schools. When he was fourteen years of age his mother died, and after that he had to depend upon his own resources. He found employment in the brick and tile industry and has had nearly thirty years of practical experience in that line.
About 1894 Mr. Hook came to Vigo, and it was during his employment in the Vigo Tile Mill that he worked out his first patent for the burning of brick. He invented a down draft system, which was a great improvement over the old-fashioned methods of operating kilns, such as had been in practice for generations. This offered a saving both in time and fuel, but it did not satisfy all the conditions of the case. The principal difficulty was that the contents of the kiln were not evenly burned. If the bottom tier was properly burned, very often the top layers were overburned.
It was to correct these difficulties that Mr. Hook set himself to the task of devising a system which would subject all the contents of a kiln to equal heat as the same time and would obviate the losses caused by overburning and underburning. The outcome of it all was his patent up and down draft kiln, on which he secured his first patent on September 9, 1913. After securing this patent he sold his old patent on the down draft kiln, and the Ohio Kiln Company now gives it entire time to exploiting the advantages of his late patent. The company in the past three years has sold its plans or has built under personal supervision a great many kilns with up and down draft systems in all parts of the Middle West in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, New York, and also Canada, and a number of growing letters of testimonial to the efficiency of the new system have been received and are on file in the company's office at Vigo. Mr. Hook's patent insured perfect heat control in the operation of kilns, and not have the old troubles of overburning and underburning have been overcome, but there is an additional saving due to the fact that the contents of kilns can by his devise be cooled more quickly, and therefore a large plant can be operated with fewer kilns and at the same time without decreasing the output.
On December 25, 1875, Mr. Hook married Miss Effie Maxwell, daughter of James and Esther Maxwell. They are the parents of seven children: Hazel E., Clifford E., Edith M., Howard J., Bessie M., Edwin C., and Louis E. All the children are still at home, and the oldest daughter is a graduate of the Vigo public schools. The other children, with the exception of the two youngest, are still in school.
Politically, Mr. Hook is a democrat, but has taken no active interest in politics beyond casting his vote and doing what is required of every good citizen in his community. He carries insurance in the Illinois Commercial Men's Association.
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