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Source:
History of Putnam County, Ohio,
by George D. Kinder,
Publ. B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
1915

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	PROF. HARRY MILES JAY. It is not always easy to define the hidden forces that move a young man to large professional success. Little more can be done than to note the forces and call attention to them. The career of Prof. Harry Miles Jay, the present superintendent of the Kalida public schools, is a striking example of the power of well-defined purpose. Professor Jay has been able to make his ability count in the attainment, not only of his own ambitions, but for the good of his fellow men as well. For several years he has held distinctive prestige in the educational field, which requires for it success particularly strong mentality, rigid discipline of a high order and wide professional training. Although a comparatively young man, Professor Jay has attained a high degree of success and has an excellent standing among the educators of Putnam county, Ohio. Harry Miles Jay was born in Newton township, Miami county, Ohio, three and one-half miles west of Pleasant Hill, Nov. 4, 1888. He is the son of James and Susana (Miles) Jay, both of whom were natives of Ohio. The Jay family were of English origin and were among the very earliest settlers in Miami county. The paternal grandfather of Professor Jay, who settled on two hundred acres of land in Miami county, which he cleared of the primitive timber. He drained the land and made out of it a productive and fertile farm. His children were Joseph, Jonathan, William, Moses, Martha, and James, the father of Professor Jay. Jonathan became a minister in the Friends church and preached for many years. The maternal grandparents of Professor Jay were Henry Miles and wife, who were early settlers in Miami county, where they lived on a farm. Their children were Cora, Linnie, Mark and Susana, the mother of Professor Jay. They were members of the Friends church. James Jay, the father of Professor Jay, was educated in the common schools of Miami county, Ohio. He also took a course in the Northern Indiana University at Valparaiso, and, after returning from college, worked on his father's farm. He purchased and cleared forty acres of land in Newton township, in Miami county, before his marriage. After his marriage to Susanah Miles he moved to his farm, where he had previously erected a dwelling. He continued farming on this place until 1892, when he died, and was buried in Union cemetery in Miami county. His wife now resides with her son, Professor Jay, at Kalida. James and Susana (Miles) Jay were the parents of six children, Della, Matilda, Alice, Wade, Russell and Henry. Of these children, Della married Henry Klopfer, who live on the Red Top farm near Piqua, Miami county, Ohio, and have five children: Matilda married Moses Nebraska, and they have six children; Wade, married Clara Agnes, and they live near Covington, in Miami county, and have two children; Russell married Rosa Good and is the pastor of the First Christian church at Elkhart, Indiana. He was educated at Defiance College and took the four years' academic course. He also took a four years' theological course at Defiance. Harry Miles Jay was educated first in district No. 7, Newton township, Miami county, Ohio, and was graduated from the county schools in 1904. He then attended the Pleasant Hill high school for four years and was graduated in 1907. After that he took a collegiate course in Defiance College and was graduated in 1911, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After this he took a post-graduate course of one year, taking the degree of Master of Arts. Professor Jay was married on Jan. 1, 1914, to Mabel Adams, of Defiance, Ohio, the daughter of John and Phoebe (Rettig) Adams, who were the parents of the following children: Irving, Lester, Mabel, Grace and Ruth. Mr. and Mrs. John Adams are still living in Defiance. Mr. Adams is a machinist. After their marriage, Professor and Mrs. Jay moved to Kalida, Ohio. He had accepted a position as principal of the Kalida high school and served for two years, from 1911 to 1913. During 1913 and 1914 he was superintendent of the Kalida schools, and from 1914 to the present time he has served as district superintendent of supervision No. 8, Putnam county, Ohio. To Henry Miles and Mable (Adams) Jay have been born one child, John Adams. He was born on Oct. 26, 1914. Prof. Henry Miles Jay is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons at Ottawa. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Professor Jay is a master of the Masonic lodge No. 280 at Kalida. He is generally regarded as a man of high professional attainments, is a man of pleasing disposition and of splendid executive ability. He has advanced steadily in the education sphere of this county and has filled several positions with great credit. Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 819
	GREGORY JENNINGS, Source: History of Allen County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1885 - Pg. 668
	CHARLES H. JONES Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 285
	CHARLES HENRY JONES Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page
[ PORTRAIT ]	JOHN C. JONES Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 1376
	JOHN E. JONES Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 1376
	JOHN MILTON JONES Source: History of Putnam County, Ohio, by George D. Kinder, Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 1154

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