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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1880
ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP
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SAMUEL KNICK, farmer; P. O. Alcony; born
in Miami Co. Dec. 9, 1832; is a son of William and Rachel
(Armstrong) Knick, natives of Virginia, who came to this
county among the early settlers; they were the parents of nine
children, six now living, viz., William, James, George,
Isaac, Samuel and Thomas; Mr. Knick, the father, was
in the war of 1812, and, after his death, his widow drew a
pension; he died Dec. 14, 1848, aged 56 years 2 months and 7
days; she died Oct. 3 1864, aged 71 years and 7 months.
Our subject was 16 years of age at the time of his father's
death, after which he worked by the month till about 23 years of
age. Oct. 18, 1855, he was united in marriage with Mary
Elizabeth, born Feb. 27, 1835, a daughter of David and
Catharine Ann Strock, natives of Pennsylvania; they were the
parents of nine children; seven are living, viz., Oliver,
Mary Elizabeth, Jacob, John, David, George and Addision.
Mr. Knick has had six children, viz., Melissa, born
Aug. 25, 1856; Emma J., Oct. 31, 1858; Frank, May
18, 1862; Charles, Dec. 18, 1865; Ella, May 9,
1873; and Ida, Sept. 12, 1877. After their
marriage, Mr. Knick located on the farm where the Orphans
Home is now located; remained about two years, then bought and
located upon the farm where they now reside; they have a fine
farm of 140 acres, and good improvements. Mr. Knick
is a Democrat, and has been Township Trustee for four years; he
and wife are members of the Christian Church, he having been a
member for fourteen years, and she for thirty years.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
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ISAAC N. KYLE, farmer; P. O. Troy; born in Miami Co. June
19, 1832, on the farm upon which he now resides; is a son of
Samuel and Mary (Bell) Kyle; he was born in Pennsylvania and
she in Virginia; the grandfather Kyle was also born in
Pennsylvania; the ancestry originally came from Scotland.
Grandfather Kyle emigrated from Pennsylvania to Miami
Co., in 1807, and located in Concord Township, where he and
other members of the family entered five quarter sections of
land; here he died, after a few years' residence, at an advanced
age. The father, Samuel, remained there till 1814,
when he located upon the farm where Isaac now resides;
here he opened out in the dense forests, cutting the first stick
of timber ever taken from its native growth, and toiling on for
years, in pioneer style, to make a farm and a home, enduring the
hardships and deprivations which only those honored old pioneers
of our country knew and experienced. About the time of his
locating on this farm, he was chosen Representatives of this
county to the Legislature, and, having located late in the fall,
he had to repair to Columbus before he had completed his log
house for a dwelling for his family; but, leaving instructions
for the completion of his house, he started for Columbus on
horseback. He was, during his life, a very active and
prominent man in the county, being public-spirited, enterprising
and taking an active part in everything for the good of his
county and neighborhood. They were parents of twelve
children, of whom eight are now living, viz., William H. H.,
now living in Kansas; Samuel B., living in Arkansas;
Mary F. now Mrs. Yount, of Union City; Elizabeth
A., now Mrs. J. Yount, living in Iowa; Logan K.,
also in Iowa; Sarah A., now Mrs. McNeal; Nancy
C., now Mrs. Furrow, of Iowa, and Isaac N.
Samuel Kyle was an earnest Christian from his early
manhood, and was one of the founders of the Christian Church; a
member of the Miami Conference from its organization he was
ordained a minister in the church in 1810; was an active,
energetic minister of the Gospel for twenty-five years, and
probably organized more churches, during this period, than any
other man in the county. His Christian work was one of
constant labor in his Master's vineyard; and his death, which
occurred Apr. 8, 1836, was that of one who believed in the
triumphs of a living faith, and had an unfaltering hope of a
blessed immortality. His wife departed this life in 1862.
Isaac N. Kyle, our subject, and the youngest child of the
family, has always remained upon the home place, where he now
has 160 acres of land, of which 120 acres are in cultivation,
with fine buildings and improvements. He was united in
marriage Jan. 1, 1857, with Elizabeth A. Sayers, daughter
of Andrew and Sarah (Talbot) Sayers. They have five
children, viz., Barton W., Clara F., Mary A., Maggie A.
and Harry N. Mr. Kyle, like his father, has always
been a public-spirited man, who has had the confidence of his
people, and is known from one end of the county to the other as
one who is interested in all public matters and improvements.
He was elected a member of the School 'board in 1859, in which
he has since served.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
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