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BIOGRAPHIES
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The History of Miami County, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1880
ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP
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HENRY GARDNER, farmer; P. O.
Troy; born in Ireland; is a son of Charles and Ann Gardner,
who were also born in Ireland, and lived and died there.
They were parents of six children, of whom four are now living,
viz., John, is somewhere in America; William, who
came to America, but returned again to Ireland, where he still
lives; Charles, living in Canada; and Henry.
Mr. Gardner our subject, came from Ireland to America in
1847, and was in Canada about two years, then removed to Miami
Co., and located first on the Robert Sproul farm, where
he lived about eighteen years; then on the farm where he now
resides. On Feb. 28, 1854, he married Rebecca Jane,
daughter of Robert and Isabella Sproul. They
have had six children, viz., Nancy, Bell, Robert Charles,
Sarah Elizabeth, William Thomas, Samuel Ellsworth and
Elvin Hays. Mr. Gardner has now resided twelve
years on his present farm of 150 acres of fine land, with good
buildings and improvements.
Source:
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O. C. GARMAN, farmer; P. O.
Troy; born in Adams Co., Ohio, Feb. 22, 1843; is a son of
Peter and Hannah (Countryman) Garman, who were born in
Highland Co., Ohio. The grandparents were natives of
Virginia, the ancestry originally coming from Germany.
Peter and Hannah, the parents, have always resided in Adams
Co. They were the parents of six children, viz.,
Susanna, now Mrs. Bell; Salome, now Mrs. J. Pulse;
Mary Ann now Mrs. Murphy; Obadiah c., Daniel H.
and Hymen P., living in Kansas. Mr. Garman,
lived with his father till 20 years of age. In August,
1862, he went to the defense of his country, and enlisted in the
60th O. V. I. serving three months, being captured by the
rebels, then paroled, and re-enlisted in June, 1863, in the 1st
Ohio Heavy Artillery, where he remained till the close of the
war. After his return from the army, he attended the
National Normal school at Lebanon, Ohio, during the summer, and
taught school during the winter, until he graduated, after which
he followed teaching for five years, and since, has farmed and
taught alternately. On Aug. 21, 1873, he was united in
marriage with Mary P. Phillips, daughter of Clark C.
and Mary P. Phillips. They had three children, viz.,
Anna E., Cora May and Clark P. After their
marriage, they located in Higginsport, Ohio, where he was the
principal of their schools for one year, thence to Patriot,
Ind., where he remained two years as principal of their schools,
with his wife (who is also a graduate of the same school lat
Lebanon) as a teacher, then to West Milton, this county, for one
year, and afterward to the farm where he now resides.
Mr. Garman has 60 acres of land, 50 of which are in
cultivation, with excellent buildings upon them. Mr.
Garman, though a recent resident of Miami Co., has served as
Township Clerk one year. He and wife are members of the
Christian Church, having been such for fifteen years.
Source:
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JAMES M. GEARHEART, farmer;
P. O. Troy; born in Miami Co., Mar. 10, 1824; is a son of
John and Eleanor (Beatty) Gearheart, who were natives of
Virginia; the grandfather Gearheart was a native of
Virginia, the grandfather Beatty was born in Ireland.
John, the father, came to Miami Co. with his parents, and
became one of the early settlers, locating in little north of
the Dye farm. John located on the farm now
owned by Thompson Ely, where he lived about seventeen
years, thence to the farm where James now lives; here he
died Aug. 16, 1850, his wife Jan. 3, 1871. They were the
parents of five children, of whom two are now living, viz.,
James M. and John N. Our subject lived with his
father until his marriage, Sept. 16, 1847, when he was united
with Maria Matilda, daughter of Robert and Isabella
Sproul. By this union they had six children, viz.,
John H., Robert S., William J. (deceased), James E.,
Thomas B. and Mary B. Mr. Gearheart, after his
marriage, located upon the home farm, where he has resided up to
the present time. He has a fine farm of 150 acres, 110
acres in cultivation. Politically, Mr. Gearheart is
a Republican. Religiously he is a Methodist, his wife and
children being Presbyterians.
Source:
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JOHN N. GEARHEART, farmer;
P. O. Troy; born in Miami Co., Jan. 6, 1826; is a son of John
and Eleanor (Beatty) Gearheart; he being born in Miami Co.,
in about 1800, and she is Champaign Co.; the grandfather,
John, being a native of Virginia, and removing to this
county about 1799, cotemporary with the Knoops,
Gerards, etc., the first pioneers of the county. He
located on the old Gearheart place, on the west edge of
Elizabeth Township, where he lived and died, at the ripe old age
of about 100 years. His son John, the father of our
subject, after his marriage, located on the farm now owned by
Thompson Ely, where he cleared up a farm, most of it right
from the native forest; here he remained for many years, and
brought the farm into a good state of cultivation; then located
two miles north, on land now owned by Mr. Turner and
James Gearheart, where he lived till his death, which
occurred when he was about 52 years of age. They were the
parents of five children, of whom two are now living, viz.,
James M. and John N. John N., our
subject, lived with his father till 1849, when he was united in
marriage with Mary A. Rowe, daughter of Henry and
Elizabeth Rowe; he being born in Pennsylvania, but locating
in this county when about 18 years of age; she was born in this
township; they were the parents of four children, of whom two
are now living, viz., Mary A. and Nancy now
Mrs. Isaac A. Beales. After Mr. Gearheart's
marriage he located on a part of his father's place, which
Mr. Turner now owns, and resided there some four or five
years; then removed to the farm where he now lives. They
are the parents of nine children, of whom eight are now living,
viz., John C., Henry R., dying in infancy; Elizabeth
E., now Mrs. William Greer; Laura J., now
Mrs. Gross, living in Preble Co.; Nancy C., now
Mrs. McNeal; William M. R., Mary F., Nelson
E. and Iva B. Mr. Gearheart has a fine
farm of 200 acres, and all but 40 acres in cultivation, with
good buildings and improvements. Mr. Gearheart and
wife are members of the Christian Church, he having been such
for thirty years, and she for thirty-five years. They have
also had the pleasure to see all their children but one become
Christians and members of the same church.
Source:
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S. DAVIS GREEN, farmer and
stock-dealer; P. O. Troy; he was born in Lost Creek Township,
Dec. 2, 1823, and is the son of George W. and Nancy (King)
Green; he was born in Pennsylvania, and came to this county
and located in Lost Creek Township about 1810 to 1812. He
was married three times, first to Martha Gray, by whom he
had one child, viz., William; his second marriage was to
Miss Nancy King, by whom he had five children, of whom
two now survive, viz., Nancy, now Mrs. Harter, and
S. Davis; his third consort was Mary Hendricks,
who had five children, viz., Margaret, Jane, Samuel, Ann
and Robert; the mother of our subject died in 1825; about
1831, the father located in Elizabeth Townships, and died in
1833. Our subject being only 10 years of age when his
father died, he was placed in the care of John C. Dye
with whom he remained until October, 1845, when he was married
to Miss Hannah, daughter of Asa and Hannah French
he a native of New Jersey, and she of Kentucky; by this union
they have had five children, viz., Asa, Zelora, Sarah Eliza,
now Mrs. A. Thackara, Joseph F., and Glenn. Mr.
Green farmed on rented land for nine years, then bought and
located upon the farm where he has now lived for twenty-six
years; he has 170 acres, 140 of which are cleared and in
cultivation, and since his occupation has erected a fine brick
house, a large barn and other buildings for comfort and
convenience. Mr. Green and wife are members of the
Casstown Baptist Church, having united with it while it was
located in Staunton; it is the oldest Baptist Church in the
county, having been organized in 1804; he has been a member of
this church for thirty-four years, and Clerk of the same for the
past twelve years; his wife has been a member for thirty-six
years.
Source:
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BENJAMIN F. HANCE, farmer;
P. O. Casstown; he was born in Miami Co., Dec. 24, 1842, and is
a son of Joseph and Patsy (Wilson) Hance; he was a native
of Kentucky, and she of Ohio; the grandfather Hance was
born in England, and came to America during the Revolutionary
war; Joseph, the father, came with his father to Miami
Co., about 1812 or 1813, and located in Lost Creek Township,
where his father died; Joseph and wife were parents of
twelve children, of whom eight are now living, viz., Lydia,
Margaret, William Sarepta, Benjamin F., Seymour, Willis, and
Letitia; Joseph died in Lost Creek Township, May
16, 1864; his wife died Nov. 5, 1855. Our subject lived
with his father till 17 years of age, when he went to learn the
carpenter's trade with his brother Lewis, with whom he
remained about four years, thence returned with his father,
where he remained till his death. On Feb. 15, 1866, he was
united in marriage with Priscilla Clyne, daughter of
Isaac and Elizabeth Clyne; by this union they have had two
children, viz., Horatio Ingraham and William Otho.
After Mr. Hance was married, he remained on the old home
farm for two years, thence went to St. Paris, Ohio, for two
years, and finally settled on the farm where he now resides;
here he has 100 acres of good land with excellent improvements.
Source:
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BENNETT J. HARTER, farmer;
P. O. Troy; born in Kentucky, Feb. 19, 1819; is a son of
Jacob and Elizabeth Harter; he was a native of Virginia, and
she of Kentucky. The grandfather Harter was born in
Maryland, and the grandmother Harter in Virginia, the
ancestry being originally from Germany. Jacob, the
father, removed to Miami Co. about 1820, and located in
Elizabeth Township, where he followed his trade as hatter, in
connection with farming, for about twenty-three years, then sold
out and bought a grist-mill and distillery, about three miles
southwest from his first locality; here he carried on the
business some ten years, then removed to a farm just east of
there, and farmed for a few years, when he retired from active
business and located in Troy, and resided till his death, which
occurred in 1875. When Mr. J. first came to this
county, he commenced with but a few dollars' capital, but by
industry and unfaltering energy, enduring faithfully all the
hardships and deprivations of those early settlers, his
diligence and economy won for him a large competency, so that
during the latter years of his life he could enjoy all that
money or wealth could procure; but it is said that he declared
that the happiest period of his life were during his first years
in Miami Co., when he had to labor the hardest and economize the
most. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom
four are now living, viz., Bennett J., Samuel K., Catharine
(now Widow Randolph), and Franklin L. Mr.
Harter, our subject, lived with his father till about 28
years of age. In 1844, he married Miss Nancy Green,
daughter of George and Nancy (Knight) Green; he was born
in Pennsylvania, and she in Ohio; by this union they have had
six children, of whom three are living, viz. Bell S.
(now Mrs. Charles C. Royce, of Washington, D. C.),
Mary Josephine ( now Mrs. E. W. Heywood, of
Boston), and Jacob D. After his marriage he lived
on a rented farm for two years, then bought the Smulser farm,
where he lived about five years, then removed to the Cove Spring
farm, where he has since resided. He has 366 acres of
excellent land well improved.
Source:
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JAMES T. HERMAN, farmer; P.
O. Troy; born in Clark Co., Ohio, July 4, 1848; is a son of
Lawson D. and Hannah (Rall) Herman, also born in Ohio, the
grandparents being from Maryland and New Jersey; Lawson
and wife were the parents of nine children; three are living,
viz., John Wesley, Mary Louisa and James T.; Lawson D.
Herman lost his wife in 1849; in 1852, he married
Elizabeth, daughter of John Flinn, of whom mention is
made in the sketch of
Benjamin Flinn; by his marriage they had one child,
viz., Lawson A.; Mr. Herman, the father, lived in Clark
and Miami Cos.; he started in life very poor, his only capital
being good health, energy and a determination to gain a home and
the comforts of life; in this he was successful, as he became
owner of 400 acres of land and some $10,000 in money besides; he
was born Mar. 2, 1807, and died in Clark Co., Feb. 2, 1874.
Our subject lived with his father till 25 years of age; on Jan.
25, 1874, he was united in marriage with Margaret M.,
daughter of George and Ruth Ann Mumford; by this union
they have three children, viz., Anna Bertha, Charlie Wilbert
and James Edward; Mr. Herman, after his marriage, located
upon the farm where he now lives, and commenced in a log cabin;
he has everything in good repair, fine new buildings erected and
all the conveniences required for a pleasant home.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
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