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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Allen County, Ohio
And Representative Citizens
Edited and Compiled by
Charles C. Miller, Ph. D.
Assisted by
Dr. Samuel A. Baxter
Lima, Ohio
Published by Richmond & Arnold
George Richmond; G. R. Arnold
Chicago, Ill
1906
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EUGENE C. MACKENZIE
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
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W. H. MACKENZIE
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 649 |
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EDWARD J. MAIRE
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 487 |
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FRANK L. MAIRE
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 508 |
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HON. JOHN W. MANGES
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 507 |
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JOHN R. MARSHALL
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 570 |
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JOSEPH R. MARSHALL
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 765 |
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JOHN MARTIN
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 706 |
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M. D. MASON
is a representative agriculturist of Allen County, and has
passed his entire life on a farm in section 16, Bath township
where he was born Oct. 3, 1840. He lives on a farm of 73¼
acres adjoining the place of his birth. His parents were
Jarvis and Elizabeth (Hall) Mason, the former a native of
Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and the latter, of Oneida County, New
York. The Mason family was founded in America in
1649 by Alexander Mason, who came to this country from
england and took up large tracts of land along the seacoast of
Massachusetts. Little more is known concerning him, except
that he was of Scotch Irish lineage. Elisha Mason,
the grandfather of our subject, was a descendant of this
Alexander Mason, belong, belonging to the fourth generation,
and farmed on the ancestral acres of Massachusetts.
Jarvis Mason was born Jan. 6, 1789, and learned
the trade of a stone mason while a boy and built a great many
walls with “niggerheads” or boulders. He went to Oneida
County where he was married. Later he returned to his
native State, but shortly after again went to New York where he
lived until his removal to Ohio in 1834, when he brought with
him his wife and seven children, leaving two children in the
East. They had a family of 15 children, six having been
born after their removal to Ohio. Franklin, an
elder son, had preceded the family here one year. He was a
blacksmith and set up the first anvil used in Allen County; but
soon abandoned his trade to take up the more lucrative work of
teaming, making trips to Columbus, Dayton, Toledo and other
points. General Armstrong related to our
subject that he had at one time, about 1836, employed
Franklin, who had the only horse team here then, to make a
trip to Columbus for cannon, the return journey taking six
weeks. Franklin Mason was laid to rest in
the cemetery at Lima.
M. D. Mason owns part of the original quarter
section entered by his father and cleared and put under
cultivation by the family. For many years the family
occupied the little cabin, but Mr. Mason has a
cozy, comfortable residence and has improved his place until it
is equal to the best. He was married Oct. 2, 1866, to
Amy L. Snyder, who was born Sept 13, 1848, in Bath township,
and is a daughter of Peter and Clarinda (Edgecomb) Snyder,
the former of New York and the latter of Trumbull County, Ohio.
Thirteen children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Mason,
viz: Clarinda, who married Frank Roeder, of
Lima; Elmer, who was murdered in 1904, aged 36 years;
Frank, killed in an accident; Pulaski, of Lima:
Jennie, wife of Claud Hennen, of Lima; Milton;
Luella; Talma, wife of C. D. Miller, of
Lima; Nellie, wife of James Richards, of Michigan;
Harry; Charles; Donald; and Amy.
Mr. Mason is a Republican and has served as
trustee three terms; for several years he was on the School
Board.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 754 |
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ZALMON R. MASON,
a prominent farmer of Bath township, whose farm is located in
sectino 16, was born Mar. 2, 1839, in one of the first log
houses erected in this township. His parents were
Jarvis and Elizabeth (Hall) Mason, the former a native of
Massachusetts and the latter of Rome, N. Y. They were
married in New York, and in 1834 came to Allen County, Ohio,
settling in section 16, Bath township, where Jarvis Mason
cleared 160 acres of school land, which he rented several years
before he finally became its purchaser. He died in 1854 at
the age of 65 years. He was one of a family of seven brothers
and three sisters. His wife survived him many years and died at
the advanced age of 96 years, after rearing a family of 15
children, who were as follows: Eliza, widow of A. S.
Harrington; Henry F., deceased; Laura, widow
of George Long; Jane, widow of Dr.
Nathaniel Hartshorn; Janette, widow of John
Shinnalerny; Julia, deceased; Eugene,
deaceased; Sumner, deceased; Alden, deceased:
Elizabeth, widow of James Boyd; Zalmon R.;
Marquis D., of Bath township; Sarah H., who died
in early life; Nancy A., wife of Philip Roach, of
Bath township; and Sarah H., who married James H.
Neely and resides west of Lima.
Zalmon R. Mason lived on the home place until
about his 20th year, when he went to Wood County and there
engaged in farming, at first on rented land. Later he
bought 40 acres of timber land in that county, paying therefor
the sum of $400, and a few years afterwards he traded it for 65
acres in Williams County. This in turn was sold and Mr.
Mason returned to Allen County, where he bought 50 acres
which was afterwards traded for the property on which he now
resides. This tract contains 85 acres and has been the
home of Mr. Mason for 23 years, most of the
improvements having been effected here by him. He formerly
owned another tract of 80 acres which he sold to his two sons,
40 to each.
Mr. Mason has been twice married; first,
in 1858, to Maria Angus, who was born in Wooster,
Wayne County, Ohio, June 16, 1838, and was a daughter of
Jacob and Katherine (Monshire) Angus. She died in
1877, leaving nine children, namely: Jeanette, who was a
successful school teacher for 10 years and is now the wife of
William Wright, of Monroe township; Sumner F.,
of Bath township; Reuben, deceased; Franklin E.,
of Monroe township, who has been a teacher since he was 17 years
of age and who is now a member of the Board of County School
Examiners; Charles Edward, of Bath township, who has been
a teacher since his early manhood; Ida, deceased;
Jessie L., deceased; and Irving Hayes, who
taught school for some time and is now township clerk. In
1878 Mr. Mason was married to Elizabeth
Kidd, who was born in Monroe township, June 2, 1839, and was
a daughter of Nat G. and Rhoda (Jennings) Kidd, the
former born in 1811 and now a resident of Monroe township.
To the second union was born one child, William Z., who
died at the age of seven years. Mr. Mason is a
Republican and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln.
He has served as assessor of the township and has always stood
well with his fellow-citizens. He was formerly a member of
the Methodist Church but is now identified with the United
Brethren.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 766 |
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B. F. MATTHEWS
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 700 |
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WILLIAM H. MATINGLY
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 595 |
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JAMES L. MAUS
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 796 |
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JOHN MAY
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 802 |
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WILLIAM A. McBETH
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 666 |
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S. E. McCAULEY
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 870 |
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W. L. McCLAIN,
who is engaged in the mercantile business at Lima, belongs to
one of the pioneer families of Allen County. He was born
in 1866 in Perry township, and is a son of Isaac and Mary (Crumrine)
McClain.
Isaac McClain was born in 1837 on the McClain
homestead, one and a half miles north of LIma, and is a son
of Andrew and Nancy McClain. The former was born
near Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, and was a son of
Thomas McClain, who came to Allen County in 1832 and located
in Bath township, where few of his contemporaries still live.
Not one tree on that land had yet fallen by the hand of man on
the farm which he cleared and where he died in 1842. His
wife survived him until 1873. They had nine children and
Isaac was the seventh of the family.
Isaac McClain went first to school in a church
in Lima, and then to a select school kept on the old farm in a
little log building, which had been constructed for the purpose.
After the death of his father, he remained at home with his
mother until his marriage, and then moved to the McDonel
place. Here he lived one year and then built a
shanty on the site of his present comfortable residence.
His wife owned 40 acres and Isaac McClain bought
40 east and 80 west, thus making a very fair-sized farm.
In 1873 the present excellent home was built, which is supplied
with gas from the wells flowing on the place.
In 1864 Isaac McClain married Mary Crumrine,
who was born Sept. 20, 1841, and is a daughter of Martin and
Catherine (Brocies) Crumrine. The nine children born
to this marriage were: Lucinda, wife of U. C. Apple,
born Sept. 21, 1864; William Leonard, born Nov. 15, 1866;
Charles Albert, born Dec. 13, 1868; Henry Edward,
born Apr. 13, 1871; Florence May, born Sept. 10, 1873;
John Timothy, born Mar. 6, 1875; Roscoe Franklin born
Mar. 6, 1875; Roscoe Franklin, born Mar. 31, 1877;
George Webster, born May 23, 1879; and Minnie Rachel,
born Mar. 10, 1886.
The farm occupied by Mr. McClain is known as the
"Central Ridge Farm," where great attention is paid to the
breeding of fine sheep. Mr. McClain owns a very
valuable full-bred Shropshire sheep, which was bred by
Carpenter, of Toronto. Politically he is a Republican.
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
William Leonard McClain, our immediate subject,
was reared and prepared for college in Allen County, and spent
two years at the Tri-State Normal School at Angola, Indiana.
After completing his collegiate course, he went into business in
the oil field of his native State and continued thus engaged for
14 years. In 1901 Mr. McClain came to Lima and
embarked in the grocery business under the firm name of W. L.
McClain & Company. He carries a complete stock of both
staple and fancy groceries, at his location, No. 720 South Main
street.
In 1890 Mr. McClain was married to
Florence A. Jamison, who is a daughter of A. W. Jamison,
who has interests in the Ohio oil fields. Mr. and Mrs.
McClain have two children, viz: Merlin Bonard.
born Mar. 22, 1902; and Mildred, born Aug. 4, 1905.
He is a member of the Odd Fellows. In political sentiment
he is a Republican and at the present writing (1905) is the
nominee of his party for the City Council as
councilman-at-large.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 790 |
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WILLIAM McCOMB, Jr.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 471 |
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GEORGE M. McCULLOUGH
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 741 |
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DANIEL McKERREN
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 602 |
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T. A. McLAUGHLIN
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 434 |
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JONATHAN M. McPHERON, who
resides on his well-improved farm of 80 acres in section 16,
Perry township, engaged in general farming and stock-raising
belongs to one of the pioneer families of the county. He
was born on the old family homestead, a tract of 80 acres
situated a half mile east of his present home and which he now
owns, on Apr. 17, 1848. He is a son of John and Hulda
Crossley) McPheron.
James McPheron, great grandfather of Jonathan
M., was born in the North of Ireland and was of Scotch
descent. He came to the United States prior to the
Revolutionary War, accompanied by his wife and three children -
James, John and Robert - and settled in Green
County, Tennessee. Two more children were born after
the parents came to this country - William and Betsey,
the latter of whom became the wife of David Logan.
William McPheron, son of James and
grandfather of Jonathan M., was born in Tennessee in
1781. He learned the trade of blacksmith and followed this
same, in addition to manufacturing gun-barrels for a number of
years, and was an expert in the latter business. While
living in Tennessee he so followed farming and had a distillery,
a custom very to Champaign County, Ohio, and located near the
town of Liberty which, through later surveys, has been located
in Montgomery County. He followed his trade there until
1837, when he came to Allen County. He purchased 80 acres
of wild land in section 10, Perry township, and erected a
blacksmith shop. The rest of his active life
was spent in clearing his land and in pursuing the making of
gun-barrels and in working at his forge. He was a
well-known and respected citizen, a leader in Democratic
political affairs. He was at one time elected township
trustee. He was a zealous member of the New School Baptist
Church. After a long and useful life he died on his farm
in 1844.
William McPheron married Jane
McCamish, and they had the following children: James,
who died in Illinois; Elizabeth, who married David
Logan and died in Indiana; William, who died in
Indiana; Margaret, who married William Goetz
and died in Indiana; John, who died at Dayton, Ohio;
Thomas, who died in Indiana; Samuel, who died in
Miami County, Ohio; Susan, who married Samuel Crossley.
and died in Perry township; Andrew, who died in Indiana;
George, who died in Perry township; David, who died
in Perry township; Alexander, deceased; Martha (Wilson)
who resides at Terre Haute, Indiana; and Mary A.,
deceased, who was the wife of Henry Lippincott.
John McPheron, father of our subject, was
born in Tennessee, and was a boy in years when he accompanied
the family to Allen
County, Ohio. According to the law his time was his
father’s until the age of 21; but when 16 years old he bought
his time by the payment
of $80 and started out for himself. Out of his wages
of $8 per month. he managed to save the sum of $100. This
hard-earned money he
used in payment for 80 acres of land, the same being the
homestead on which our subject was born. The latter has in
his possession the original deed for this property, secured from
the government. Mr. McPheron resided on this
farm during the remainder of his active life, (lying aged 66
years. He was a life-long Democrat. His religious
connection was with the Christian Church.
John McPheron married Hulda
Crossley, a member of the well-known Crossley
family of Perry township. and their children were:
William C., who lives in Perry township; Hester
Ann, deceased in 1898, who was the wife of Enos
Osborne; Jonathan M., of Perry township; Sarah
Margaret, who married James Bailey and
resides near Westminster; Jacob, who resides in the
northeastern part of Lima, and three children who died in
infancy.
Jonathan M. McPheron was reared on the home farm
and was educated in the district schools of Perry township.
He remained at home until 1892 when he came to his present farm
in the northeastern part of section 16. As noted above, he
owns the old farm which is one of considerable value on account
of oil having been discovered there, seven wells being in
operation. The Ohio Oil Company, of which he bought his
present farm, reserved the oil rights on it. It is well
adapted to both farming and pasturage and Mr. McPheron
has made a success of his agricultural labors.
When 32 years of age, Mr. McPheron
married Sally Franklin, who was born in Perry
township. She was a sister of Clifford Franklin, a
merchant at Yoder, and of James Ike Franklin, who
lives in the southern part of Perry township. The children
born to this marriage were: Elvin Otto, who
resides on the home farm; Walter Ray, of Perry
township. who married Edna Hardesty, a
daughter of Joshua Hardesty, and has one child;
Myrlen Ross, who resides at home; Charles Dean,
also at home; and a babe that died in infancy. On April
10, 1898, Mr. McPheron was married to Alice
Ditzler, of Perry township.
In politics Mr. McPheron has always been
a Democrat, but is no seeker for office. He is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church and belongs to the congregation
which holds services not far from his home.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by Richmond &
Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 705 |
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HON. ROBERT MEHAFFEY
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 581 |
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M. MEYERS,
a leading grocer of Lima was born in German township, Allen
County, Ohio, in 1858, and is a son of Jackson Meyers,
one of the influential and highly esteemed citizens of this
city. His grandfather was William Meyers, an early
pioneer of Allen County, who settled here during the first
years of the last century. Jackson Meyers was born
in this vicinity 73 years ago and was one of the best known
farmers in this section; some years ago sunset of life in the
enjoyment of the fruits of past industry. He served more
than three years in the Civil war as a member of the 91st
Regiment Ohio Vol. Inf., seeing much active service and leaving
two fingers on the battlefield of Bull Run.
Our subject received his schooling in the old West
School Building of Lima, and then entered the service of the
local street car that made the run over the lines of Lima.
He remained in this employment for three years and then secured
a place as clerk in the grocery store of Beeman &
Company. After remaining with this firm for about 14
years, Mr. Meyers purchased the stock from them and moved
it from the old location at No. 141 North Main street to his
present quarters at No. 124 East High street, where he carries a
complete line of staple and fancy groceries. He is also a
stockholder in the Superior Brick Company.
Mr. Meyers was married in 1881 to Ida
Gamble, daughter of E. D. Gamble, a justice of the
peace in Lima for many years. They have three children -
Bess, Fred and Mary. The son is associated
with Mr. Meyers in the grocery business and has a
half interest in it. The family are members of the
Disciples Church.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by
Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 438 |
Hon. Azariah D. Miller |
HON. AZARIAH D. MILLER, one
of Allen County's prominent public men, probate judge, educator
and successful attorney-at-law, was born June 18, 1853, on the
homestead farm in Amanda township, and is a son of Joseph and
Minerva J. (Shock) Miller.
Azariah D. Miller was liberally educated,
completing first the common-school course, and later taking
advantage of the educational institutions of Lima and the
National Normal School at Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio.
From the age of 16 until he was 34 years of age, he taught
school more or less continuously, the greater portion of this
period in his native township, and it is safe to say that few
men have more personal friends in this locality.
During 1871 and 1872 he was employed as bookkeeper in
the freight and express office of the Pittsburg Fort Wayne &
Chicago Railway at Elida, Ohio, and as this did not require all
of his time he served also as clerk in the mercantile
establishments of Rice & Leist and G. W. Moore.
During all this time he was quietly reading law, as opportunity
afforded. In 1877 he was elected assessor of Amanda
township, on the Democratic ticket. and in the following year
was chosen justice of the peace —an office he satisfactorily
held for the following five years. In 1885, having been
admitted to the bar, he became a member of the law firm of
Remington & Miller and began the practice of the
profession in which he has met with deserved success. Fire
destroying his law library in 1887, he relinquished his practice
and retired to his farm. After engaging in farming
pursuits and the contracting business until Feb. 9, 1894, he was
called from his seclusion to accept the duties of clerk of the
Probate Court. He was elected to his present position in
1899.
In 1876 Judge Miller was married to
Darthula Place, who is a daughter of James and
Susan Place, and they have these children: Lehr
E., Fredia G., Susan A., James J. and Mabel.
The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Judge Miller has always been prominent in
Democratic politics, has been a member of the Democratic County
Central Committee, and was sent as a delegate to the St. Louis
National convention from the Fourth Congressional District.
He is fraternally connected with the Elks, in which order he has
held many positions; is a charter member of the Spencerville
Lodge of Knights of Pythias and of the Modern Woodmen of America
and the Home Guards of America. His residence at Lima is
at No. 937 West High street. A portrait of Judge
Miller is presented on a foregoing page in connection
with this sketch.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by Richmond &
Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 539 |
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CHARLES CHRISTIAN MILLER,
Ph. D., president of Lima College at Lima, Ohio,
ex-commissioner of the common schools of Ohio, and a
distinguished institute instructor and lecturer, has been
intimately associated with the educational interests of his
native State almost from boyhood. He was born Nov. 26,
1856, at Baltimore, Fairfield County, Ohio, and is a son of
Enos S. Miller a representative business citizen of that
county.
Dr. Miller’s early educational training
was secured in the common schools, from which he entered
Fairfield Union Academy, at Pleasantville, Ohio, where he was
graduated in 1876. Prior to this, however, he had taught
school, being but 16 years old when he obtained his first
certificate. As he was mainly dependent upon his own
resources, he again began to teach; in the first place, in order
to procure the means with which he could secure collegiate
advantages, and in the second, because his natural inclinations
and evident talents lay in this direction. In the spring
of 1877 he became a student at the Ohio State University, and in
1883 he was graduated from this institution with the coveted
degree of A. B. During a portion of his university career, he
was instructor-in Latin and Greek. He enjoys the
distinction of being the first graduate of the Ohio State
University ever appointed a member of the board of trustees of
that institution. On June 16, 1903, Ohio University, at
Athens, Ohio, conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy.
Recognizing very early in his career the call of his
nature in the direction of educational work, Dr.
Miller bent every energy to advance himself along this line
of endeavor, meeting with public recognition and substantial
promotion, while still in early manhood. He continued to
teach from 1874 until 1884, when not a student himself, his
schools being located at Rushville, Pleasantville and Eaton,
Ohio. In the latter year he was appointed superintendent
of the schools at Eaton, where he continued in this position
until 1886, when he accepted a similar one at Ottawa, for a
period of four years, going then to Sandusky, and in 1892 to
Hamilton, each change being to his material benefit and
professional advancement. In order to accept the
responsible position of superintendent of the city schools at
Hamilton, Dr. Miller was obliged to resign his
office of State commissioner of common schools, to which he had
been appointed in 1891 by Gov. James E. Campbell.
In 1901 he was again called to public office, being appointed
State school examiner.
In 1895 Dr. Miller came to Lima to assume
the superintendency of the public schools of this city. and
during his incumbency of 10 years he succeeded in advancing
their educational standard to a point which could not help
reflecting the greatest credit upon his intellectual abilities
and executive qualities. To the regret of his
fellow-citizens, Dr. Miller resigned his
superintendency at the close of the school year in June. 1905,
to accept the presidency of Lima College, which had been
tendered him.
In addition to the above enumerated honorable and
responsible positions efficiently fill ed by Dr.
Miller, he has served as county school examiner in Preble,
Putnam and Butler counties and as city school examiner of the
cities of Sandusky, Hamilton and Lima.
For a number of years he has also been prominently
identified with institute work, his field of labor extending
over Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania. As an interesting and
effective lecturer, Dr. Miller has few equals.
His subjects embrace the different branches taught in the public
schools, which are particularly appropriate for institute work,
and points and periods in history and literature, which are
presented and discussed in a happy style peculiar to himself.
They show thorough research, wide knowledge, close observation
and a critical faculty. The barest theme, taken up by
Dr. Miller and clothed in his beautiful and
appropriate language and presented with his oratorical ability,
becomes a subject of ever recurring interest to his auditors.
Crowded houses greet him when he fills a lecture appointment and
the various journals of the towns and cities where he has spoken
are in variably pronounced in their praise. Being the
exponents of the attitude of their communities, this praise is
genuine. His gifts as a lecturer are such as to cause his
favorable comparison with other notables in the field.
Dr. Miller was married, in 1891, to
Nellie C. Wilbur, who was born in New York. The
domestic circle includes two sons and a daughter, installed in a
beautiful home at Lima, where, when not absent professionally,
Dr. Miller enjoys the resources of an extensive
library and, on occasion, dispenses hospitality to a large
social circle. He is a member of numerous educational
organizations, both local and national, and belongs to the
fraternal orders of Masons and Knights of Pythias. He is a
man of striking personality, gifted both in mind and person.
He possesses the courtesy that invites confidence, the geniality
which at tracts friends and the dignity which belongs to the
eminent position in the educational world to which his own
abilities have advanced -him.
Dr. Miller is the editor of the
historical department of this work. His portrait is shown
on page 16.
- P. N. C.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 674 |
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CHARLES H. MILLER, wholesale
and retail dealer in meats, has been in business in Lima for a
period of more than twenty years. He is a son of J. J.
Miller, a prominent merchant of Lima until his retirement in
1875, who died in 1903.
Charles H. Miller was born in Lima in 1870, and
was educated in the common schools until he was 15 years of age,
when he entered upon his career in the meat business.
Opening a retail store, he conducted it continuously and in a
very profitable manner until February, 1905, when he increased
the business by adding a wholesale department. His
establishment is most complete in every particular, being fitted
with machinery for the manufacture of all kinds of sausages,
bologna, etc., and also equipped with an ice plant, which has a
daily capacity of 10 tons. Great care is exercised to have
everything of the best, and his goods have a well-earned
reputation for reliability and superiority.
In 1891 Mr. Miller was married to
Elizabeth Wiermann, and a family of three children
have blessed their union, namely; Rosa, Eugene and
Harry. They are attendants of the German Reformed
Church. Mr. Miller is a Republican, but has
never been active in politics, devoting his time and attention
to his business interests instead. Fraternally he is a
member of the Eagles, National Union and the Knights of Pythias.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 629 |
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D. W. MILLER,
a member of the general contracting firm of Ruhlen & Miller
at Lima, has been a resident of this city since 1891. He
was born in Allen County in 1869, and is a son of Marcus
Miller, one of the oldest settlers in Allen County, who died
in 1876.
D. W. Miller was reared and educated in this
county and still owns a good farm in Bath township, although the
greater part of his life has been given to the carpenter’s trade
and contracting. He learned his trade in youth and
followed it throughout the county until within the past five
years, since when he has been associated with Mr.
Ruhlen in general contracting and in operating a large
planing mill. This firm is one which enjoys the entire
confidence of the public and has erected a large proportion of
the fine buildings in Lima. Some of the buildings in their
list, and which prove the substantial character of their work,
are the new residence of Edward M. Gooding on West Market
street; Herman Eckhardt’s residence on Cole
street; John D. Finn‘s residence on McKinley street; and
the Renz and Duffield blocks, both on Main street.
They have also done a large amount of work in the county, have
erected three schoolhouses in Bath township and are now engaged
in making additions to the County Infirmary.
Mr. Miller votes as does a good citizen,
but he takes no active interest in politics. Fraternally,
he is prominent as an Odd Fellow, being past grand of Allen
Lodge, No. 223, past chief patriarch of the Encampment and a
member of Canton Orion, No. 24, Patriarchs Militant.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 859 |
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HENRY MILLER
is a prosperous farmer of Allen County, residing in section 7,
Monroe township, where he owns a fine farm of 180 acres.
He was born in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, Apr. 29, 1841, and is
one of six sons born to Michael and Katherine (Kunkelman)
Miller. His parents came with their children to this
country in 1849, landing in New York in August of that year and
going at once to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where they
lived for about three years in the vicinity of McKeesport.
Early in the spring of 1852 they started for Allen County,
floating down the river to Cincinnati, thence up to their
destination in a canoe, arriving here in April. They
settled on the farm adjoining that on which our subject now
resides and bent every energy to make a home for themselves and
children. That Michael Miller was successful in his
struggle to secure a competency is shown by the fact that he had
acquired 200 acres of land at the time of his death. He
was 73 years of age and his wife was 80 when the summons came to
them. They had these children: John; Christian;
Daniel, who died in infancy and was buried in the
fatherland; Leonard, who was killed in a coal mine in
Pennsylvania; Henry and Adam—all are deceased
except the subject of this sketch.
Henry Miller was married on Nov. 14,
1864, to Mary Sauer, a native of Prussia, who was
born Jan. 21, 1846, and when a child of nine years came to
America with her parents, Francis and Katherine
(Harmon) Sauer. To this union 14 children
have been born, viz: Margaret M., wife of William L.
Hofferbert, of Monroe township; John F., of
Putnam County; Emma L., wife of P. J. Altstaetter,
of Monroe township; Anna Katherine, wife of
Jacob P. Miller, of Lima; Alice M., wife of
Anthony Geib, of Lima; Sarah A., wife of
Charles Irwin, of Putnam County; Caroline R.,
wife of James Irwin, of Putnam County; Bertha
A., living at home; William H., who resides on his
mother’s farm; Harmon M., who has but recently been
married; Louis P.; Clara Isabel, wife of
Frank Slusser, of Sugar Creek township; Grace N.;
and Arthur M.
Henry Miller left his parents’ home when
he was married and moved to a rented farm. He rented for a
number of years before he purchased a small tract in section 7
and moved onto it about 35 years ago. He added to this
land later and now owns 180 acres, which he devotes to general
farming and stock-raising. In addition to this, his wife
owns 60 acres in section 10, which is cultivated by their son,
William H. Miller. They are members of the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Miller is a
Democrat and has held a number of offices, such as school
director, road supervisor, etc., and has always been loyal to
the trusts reposed in him.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 673 |
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REV. I. J. MILLER,
a retired pastor of the Lutheran Church and a member of the
grocery firm of Miller & Company, at Lima, is one of the
well-known and much valued citizens of the county. He was
born in 1850 in Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a son of George
Miller who was a successful agriculturist of that county.
Mr. Miller was educated at Union Seminary,
Poland, Ohio, and at Wittenberg being graduated in theology in
1876. During his period of study he taught school some six
seasons prior to entering Wittenberg Theological Seminary.
After ordination he served the church at Berlin Center for 12
years, and then removed to Wayne County, Ohio, where he had
charge of two churches for a period of six years. In
April, 1894, he came to Lima and assumed charge of the First
Evangelical Lutheran Church, where he continued for eight years.
During his active service in the ministry, covering 25 years, he
made very few changes.
In 1871 Mr. Miller was married to
Louise Spait, who is a daughter of Jacob Spait,
a prominent farmer of Mahoning County. The two children of
this marriage are: C. E., our subject’s partner in
business, and Cora A., who is the wife of James W.
Halfhill, a prominent attorney of this county. Since
Mr. Miller’s son, Clark E., has been in business
at Lima, his father has taken a half interest. They
conduct a very successful grocery business at Nos. 407-411 West
Spring street.
(SHARON WICK'S NOTE: The building is still standing
as of 2018 -
CLICK HERE)
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 686 |
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L. B. MILLER,
proprietor of the Harrod Creamery and the Harrod Stave and Hub
Mills, was born Aug. 23, 1864, in York County, Pennsylvania,
which was the home of the Millers for several
generations.. The great grandfather of our subject came
from Germany about the year 1802 and located in York County.
There Adam Miller, the grandfather, was born, lived and
died. He was a school teacher and also handled insurance.
The parents of L. B. Miller are David F. and Angelina
(Bortner) Miller, both natives of Pennsylvania, where they
now reside.
David F. Miller was born in York County,
Pennsylvania, in April, 1831, and has always carried on farming.
He owns a farm of 160 acres, upon which he resides; but a stroke
of paralysis has left him in feeble health and less active than
formerly. He is a Democrat and has held a number of local
offices. He was drafted into the army but, owing to the
bitter opposition of his parents, he remained at home and sent a
substitute to whom he paid $1,000. He married Angelina
Bortner and to them were born nine children, only four of
whom are living, namely: L. B., William B., of York
County. Pennsylvania; Alice, who married A. B.
Albright and lives in her native county; and Howard B.,
who lives with his parents and has charge of the farm.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller are
consistent members of the German Reformed Church.
L. B. Miller received his education in the
schools of York County and later took a business course in a
commercial school in Philadelphia. He engaged in teaching
for a short time and after leaving college accepted a position
as bookkeeper with John Wanamaker, with whom he
remained two years until failing health caused him to retire and
seek a change of occupation. Returning to York County, he
worked in a produce and general merchandise store, and about
this time also became interested in the creamery business.
This he learned. becoming thoroughly familiar with every phase
of the industry. Embarking in the enterprise for himself,
he conducted his creamery in York County for six years and then
came to Allen County, and purchased the cooperative creamery at
Harrod, which he has operated since the spring of 1898. In
addition to this business which he has made a profitable one, he
bought a new engine, boiler, etc., and established the Harrod
Stave and Hub Mills, which manufactures walnut gun-stocks,
squares for ball bats, etc., sending its output to prominent
manufacturers of those articles. He has not yet begun the
manufacture of hubs but expects to start that industry soon.
On Aug. 23, 1891, Mr. Miller celebrated
his 27th birthday by marrying Annie Hoke, daughter
of David M. Hoke, of York County, Pennsylvania.
Three children have been born to them, viz: David, born
Feb. 15, 1892, and who died at the age of two weeks; Leroy,
born Feb. 1, 1894; and Diamond May, born May 19,
1905. Mrs. Miller is a member of the
Lutheran Church while Mr. Miller be longs to the
German Reformed. He supports the Democratic National
ticket, but in local politics is independent. Fraternally,
Mr. Miller is a member of the Modern Woodmen of
America and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 844 |
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WALTER S. MILLS
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 698 |
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WILLIAM F. MOHLER
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 702 |
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H. A. MOORE
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 566 |
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COL. ISRAEL T. MOORE
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 527 |
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J. R. MORRIS
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 478 |
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J. H. M. MORRISON
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 535 |
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JACOB MOSER
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 719 |
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E. W. MOSIER
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 841 |
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ISAAC SNIFELY MOTTER
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 685 |
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COL. B. M. MOULTIN
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 805 |
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J. W. MOWEN,
United States referee in bankrupcy for the district comprising
Putnam, Allen and Auglaize counties, with offices in the Holland
Block, Lima, was born in this city in 1865, and is a son of
Jacob R. Mowen, who was a prominent contractor and builder
at Lima and one of the early settlers in the county.
J. W. Mowen was reared and educated at Lima, and
after graduating from the High School entered the University of
Michigan, where in 1888 he completed the course of law. In
the following year he became a member of the firm of
Cunningham, Mead & Mowen, at Lima, which
combination continued until 1895, when it was dissolved and the
new firm of Mead & Mowen was organized, which is still in
active practice. Mr. Mowen is serving second term
as a justice of the peace.
On Jan. 2, 1905, Mr. Mowen was appointed by
United States District Judge Swing, as United
States referee in bankruptcy for two years, to succeed S. S.
Wheeler. The appointment has given general
satisfaction, as Mr. Mowen is recognized as a very
able member. of his profession and especially well
equipped for the duties of this office.
In 1902 Mr. Mowen was married at Lima to
Ethel Hoover, who is a daughter of J. G. Hoover,
of Lima.
Fraternally Mr. Mowen belongs to the
Improved Order of Red Men and the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, being very prominent in the latter organization.
During 1901 and 1902 he was district deputy grand exalted ruler
for Northwestern Ohio, said district embracing some 25 Elk
lodges.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 610 |
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O. L. MOWEN,
member of the firm of Mowen Brothers, general building
contractors of Lima, and the pioneer firm of Allen County in
this line, was born Nov. 5, 1859, in the city named and is a son
of J. R. Mowen, a settler of 1841.
Mr. Mowen was reared and
educated at Lima, receiving his literary training in its schools
and his mechanical discipline with his father. Like his
brother, the other member of the firm, he almost grew up with
tools in his hand, and during his whole business life has been
engaged in the building line. The firm of which he is an
important member has been a large factor in the building
operations of the city, and has built many of the largest
manufacturing plants, business blocks, schools and churches of
Lima. Some of the most important of these are mentioned in
the sketch of the senior member of the firm, Edward S. Mowen.
The firm justly claims to be the pioneer in its line in the
city.
Mr. Mowen was married May 1, 1889, to
May Belle Biddinger, of this county, and they have two
children: Hugh Lester and Herbert William.
Mr. Mowen belongs to Lima Lodge,
No. 581, and Lima Encampment, No. 62, I. O. O. F.; Modern
Woodmen of America, Eagles and Tribe of Ben Hur.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 638 |
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SAMUEL MOWERY
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ.
by Richmond & Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 704 |
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