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MONROE
PHILLIPS, who is now successfully engaged in the liquor
business in Greenville, was born on a farm near Castine, Darke
county, October 7, 1852, and is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Reiswonger)
Phillips, also natives of this county, the former born in
1820, the latter in February, 1826. His ancestors were from
Pennsylvania and on the paternal side were among the very earliest
settlers of Darke county, living in the neighborhood of Fort
Jefferson, when Indians still inhabited this region and wild animals
were numerous.
Our subject grew to manhood upon the home farm. He was
quite young when his father died and during his boyhood and youth he
assisted his mother in the management of the place. She is still
living, at the age of seventy-four years, and now makes her home in
Savona. On the 21st of March, 1877, Mr. Phillip's was united
in marriage with Miss Harriet McGriff, a native of Castine,
and to them were born two children, namely: Minnie, who died
in childhood; and Burnet, who was born in Arcanum December
9, 1879, and is still living.
After his marriage Mr. Phillips lived in Arcanum for a short
time and then removed to Greenville, where he is now carrying on a
profitable business as a liquor dealer, and also deals in fast
horses. He and his family occupy a beautiful home on West Fifth
street.
Source:
A Biographical History of Darke County, Ohio,
Compendium of National Biography - Illustrated - Publ. Evansville,
Ind. - 1900
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ANDREW POE.
One of the old and much respected citizens of Monroe township, Darke
county, Ohio, is Andrew Poe, who has carried on farming
operations at his present place for forty years.
Mr. Poe is of French origin. His
grandfather, George Poe, was a native of Fayette county,
Pennsylvania; his grandmother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth
Mater, was born in France, and in her girlhood came to America
on a visit, while here meeting and marrying George Poe.
They subsequently came to Ohio and located in Montgomery county,
near Salem, where he died, his death being the result of injury
received by falling from a barn. He was a captain in the
Revolutionary war. His son George, the father of
Andrew, was also a native of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and
at the time the family removed to Ohio was eight or nine years old.
He was married, near Germantown, Ohio, to Elizabeth Arnett, a
daughter of Bartholomew Arnett. Mr. Arnett
was a Hessian soldier in 1776, and deserted and joined the American
ranks to fight for independence. After his marriage the
younger George Poe removed to Darke county, where he spent
the rest of his life, his chief occupation being farming. He
died at Arcanum, in 1890, at the age of eighty-eight years.
His first wife's death occurred some years before his. His
second wife survives him. She was Mrs. Polly Fry,
nee Townslee, and resides at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Henry Besecer. Mr. Poe's children by his first wife,
were named as follows: Andrew, and direct subject of
this sketch; George and Bartholomew, deceased;
Daniel, Isaac and John C., deceased.
Andrew Poe was born in Salem, Montgomery county,
Ohio, June 14, 1826; received his education in one if the primitive
log school houses of that period, and as he grew up learned all the
details of pioneer farming. After his marriage, which event
occurred in Phillipsburg, Ohio, Mr. Poe located near there
and remained until 1840, when he moved to Monroe township, Darke
county, where he has since lived. At the time of his
settlement here he bought forty-two acres of land, thickly covered
with forest, and the work of clearing and making a home at once
occupied his energies. As soon as he cleared a little patch of
ground he built a cabin, 18x22 feet, one room with a loft above it,
and here he established his family, has sine lived and labored,
carrying on general farming, and has been fairly prosperous in his
undertakings.
Mr. Poe's wife was formerly Miss Sarah
Eisenbarger, and they are the parents of five children, namely:
Isaac, of Arcanum, Ohio; Lewis, of Beamsville, Ohio;
Simon, of Miami county, Ohio; Lafayette, of Salem,
Ohio; and Albert, a resident of the same township in which
his father lives.
Politically Mr. Poe is a Democrat. He
belongs to no church.
Source:
A Biographical History of Darke County, Ohio,
Compendium of National Biography - Illustrated - Publ. Evansville,
Ind. - 1900
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