"Robert Hogg, a representative citizen and leading agriculturist of Butler County, who is engaged in cultivating 200 acres of fine farming land situated near New Hope, has been a life-long resident of Cherry Township. Mr. Hogg was born on his present farm in Cherry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, March 1, 1846, and is a son of Robert and Mary Jane (McFate) Hogg.
The grandfather of Robert Hogg, also named Robert, came to Butler County from the eastern part of the state, bringing with him his son Robert, and here settled on the farm near New Hope, where both father and grandfather died. Robert and Mary Jane (McFate) Hogg were the parents of ten children, of whom eight still survive.
Robert Hogg of Cherry Township has always lived on the farm he now owns, and farming has been his life work. He has been successful in his operations, and his 200-acre property is considered one of the most valuable in Cherry Township.
Mr. Hogg was married (first) to Miss Eliza Bryan, who was born in Washington Township, Butler County, and was a daughter of Robert Steele Bryan. They became the parents of these children: William H. married Ora Donaldson, and has two children, Dellis and Edith; Samuel Harper, married Ellen Nicely and has three children, Alice, Melvina and Lena; Mary M., married James H. Campbell, and has one son, Robert William; Margaret, married Robert Johnston, and has three children, Harry, Elmira and James. Mr. Hogg's first wife died in 1882 and he was married a second time to Mary E. Christy, who is a daughter of Ebenezer Christy."