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BIOGRAPHIES
BROWN TOWNSHIP
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1880
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JOHN S.
REEDER, deceased, was born in Bucks Co.,
Penn., in 1819, where he grew to manhood on the farm, and obtained a
common-school education. In 1842, he married Letitial P.
Pownall, also a native of Bucks Co., born in 1821; after their
marriage, John was variously engaged until 1851, when they
emigrated West, locating in Fletcher, Miami Co.; remaining there but
two years, they removed to Sec. 21, Brown Township where they
afterward purchased 80 acres; this John cultivated till his
death, which occurred Feb. 19, 1875; he was the father of ten
children - Margary A., Esther P., Martha R., Ellen K.
(deceased), Miles P., Eliza J., William H., Mary E., John E.
(deceased) and George W. Letitia is a daughter of
John and Elizabeth (Anderson) Pownall, both natives of Pennsylvania,
where John died; Elizabeth afterward came West, and died
in Miami Co. Miles P., whose name is above given, was
born in the same county and State as his father in 1851; was raised
on the farm where he now resides, and manifests an enterprising
interest in its cultivation. His marriage with Rhoda A.
Covault, was celebrated in 1871; two years later she
departed this life, Feb. 28, 1873; Sept. 16, 1875, he married
Sarah J. Frazier, a native of Shelby Co., born Aug. 16, 1853;
one child, Lou E., has been given to them.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
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G. H. RUNDLE
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
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