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BIOGRAPHIES
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A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
Vol. II
by Wm. Rusler - Publ.
1921
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IRVIN HAYES MASON.
Upon every man devolves duties and responsibilities in
proportion to his several abilities, and Irvin Hayes Mason
has sought to discharge his obligations and make for himself a
place of usefulness as a teacher and farmer. For a number
of years he was connected with the educational system of Allen
County and latterly has been engaged with equal success in the
business of farming in Bath Township. the Mason home
is on rural route No. 2 out of Lima, and is one of the busy
scenes of industry in the agricultural district.
Mr. Mason was born in Bath Township June 30,
1876, and is of English and Irish stock, a son of Zalmon Root
and Maria (Angus) Mason. He comes by agriculture
somewhat as a family vocation, since there has been an unbroken
connection between the Mason family and the basic art of
tilling the soil in America for nearly three centuries.
His first American ancestor was Sampson Mason who came
from England in 1638 and settled in Connecticut. His
grandfather, Jarvis Mason, was an Ohio pioneer, coming to
the State a century ago, and was an early settler in Bath
Township of Allen County, where he acquired a tract of
Government land containing eight acres. He developed that
into a farm, reared his family there and died. His wife
lived to the age of ninety-six, and they were the parents of
thirteen children. Zalmon R. Mason lived all his
life in Allen County, and died in 1914. Irvin Hayes
Mason is the youngest of five children, four sons and one
daughter, and he was only a year and a half old when his mother
died in 1878.
He grew up on his father's farm, attended the Blue Lick
school in Bath Township until the age of eighteen, but his
schooling consisted largely of a few months each year. He
made the best of his advantages, qualified as a teacher, and for
eleven years was in charge of some of the country schools of his
native township and also spent three years as a teacher in
German Township.
On Mar. 24, 1900, Mr. Mason married Lydia
Margaret Slusser, daughter of Harvey and Catherine
(Morris) Slusser, of Putnam County. They have a family
of five children: Vera Katherine, Russell J., Aline M.,
Blanche and Edith. The only son, Russell,
was born on the 30th of November, 1904. Mr. Mason
finally gave up his work as a teacher in 1911, and thenceforth
applied his efforts seriously to farming. While teaching
he had bought sixty acres, and he has since enlarged his fine
property to eighty-five acres. He is a member of the
United Brethren Church and is a republican in politics.
Mr. Mason for twelve consecutive years has served as town
clerk of Bath township.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
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Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Mayer |
PAUL S. MAYER. A number of
the enterprising and solid men of Allen County have found it
profitable to invest their earnings in farm land so that when
they would have a nice property which would yield them a
comfortable income. Paul S. Mayer of Shawnee
Township did this while he was working at his trade of a
carpenter, and a few years ago retired from carpentering to
devote all of his time to his farm, which now comprises
seventy-seven acres of valuable land.
Paul S. Mayer was born in Delaware County, Ohio,
Mar. 1, 1860, a son of John Mayer came to the United
States in young manhood and located at Columbus, where he was
married. Subsequently he and his wife moved to Delaware
County, Ohio, and in the fall of 1860 moved to Allen County,
buying a farm in Shawnee Township.
Only a baby when his parents moved to Shawnee Township,
Paul S. Mayer was reared here, attended the common schools and
learned the carpenter trade, at which he worked until recently.
In 1883 he went to eastern Iowa, and there was married in
November of that year to Elizabeth Hoffman, born near
Galion, Ohio, a daughter of Michael and Barbara (Hopp)
Hoffman. Following his marriage Mr. Mayer
returned to Allen County and bought thirty-seven acres of land
in Shawnee Township, on which he settled. He has added to
his farm until he now has seventy-seven acres, all under
cultivation with the exception of ten acres which he keeps in
timber and pasture. He does general farming, managing all
of the operations, but having others to do the actual work.
Mr. and Mrs. Mayer became the parents of the
following children: Etta Esther, who is at home;
Frederick T., who is also at home; William D., who
lives in Shawnee Township, married Mary Loyer; Wilma E.,
who is connected with the Metropolitan Insurance Company, lives
at home; and Wilbur V., who is the youngest. Mr.
Mayer is a consistent member of the Lutheran Church.
In his political affiliations he is independent, not caring to
bind himself down to any one party, but casting his vote for the
best man. For one term he served his township very capably
as assessor. A man of progressive spirit, he is in favor
of good schools, improved roads and other local signs of
advancement, but he does not approve of a waste of the
taxpayers' money in sensational methods. Having worked
hard all his life, he is entitled to his present prosperity and
the respect and good will of his fellow citizens, which he now
enjoys.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
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ELMER McCLAIN,
Lima lawyer, who is this biographical sketch represents the
McClain family of Allen County, is of Scotch-Irish, Swiss
and Dutch ancestry. The original Highland Scottish Clan of
Macguillean ("Sons of Saint John"), inhabited the Isle of Mull,
the founder being "Robert of the Battle Axe," who lived about
1250 A. D. The warriors of this clan were strong partisans
of Robert Bruce and the Stuarts during the long
conflicts between Scotland and England.
Mr. McClain's grandparents were all
pioneers of Allen County. During the summer of 1828
James McDonel came northward through Ohio looking for
a promising place to settle with his family and stopped at the
town of Piqua which was then the seat of the United States
District Land Office. There, so runs family tradition, the
pioneer gained the friendship of a Shawnee Indian chief who
volunteered to show him a desirable location and conducted him
to a tract lying northwest of what is now the intersection of
Market and McDonel streets in Lima and advised him to enter it.
Nancy Ann McDonel, Mr. McClain's paternal grandmother,
was born there. The well, mentioned elsewhere in the
general history of the county, which James McDonel dug in
his dooryard is conceded to be the oldest well in the community.
It still furnishes an abundance of cool water and will always be
a landmark in the city. It is lined with boulders and has
never been repaired. This well is about fifty feet west of
McDonel Street, on the north side of Market Street.
David McClain, Elmer M. McClain's grandfather, was reared on
a farm just beyond the present northern limits of Lima.
This farm was entered by David's father, James McClain,
in 1834. David's grandfather, Robert McClain,
was an immigrant from Ireland.
Elmer McClain's maternal great-grandfather,
John Casper Zurmehly, of the Swiss landed gentry, married a
peasant girl, Susana Schafner, and was disinherited for
it. The couple emigrated from Schinznach, Province of
Argau, Switzerland, following the Napoleonic wars. After a
voyage of three months they landed at Philadelphia and bound
themselves out for three years and six months to pay for their
passage money, amounting to $117.10. When they had served
three years their master, William Thompson, of
Thompsontown, Pennsylvania, gave them their freedom and the use
of a cow during the winter for their faithful service. The
son of these immigrants, Samuel Zurmehly, married
Catherine Book and settled upon the farm in Shawnee Township
which is now the site of the Garford factory; the Lima Foundry
and Machine Company; the Adgate Pump Station and the Union Tank
Carfactory.
Elmer McClain, the subject of this sketch, is
the son of Lonzo McClain and Ida Belle Zurmehly
McClain, and was born in Shawnee Township, Allen County,
Ohio, Oct. 26, 1883. He has two brothers, Howard
and Harry who with their father are well known breeders
and importers of pure bred live stock. He attended country
schools, the Lima High School, the Ohio Northern University,
Adelbert College, Oberlin College and graduated from the
University of Chicago in 1909. While pursuing studies in
the above named institutions he was, as his finances demanded,
farm laborer, carpenter, janitor, solicitor and teacher.
During the four years of college work preceding graduation from
the University of Chicago he remained at home one year in the
absence of a brother at college and was for two years principal
of a high school in Indiana which was commissioned by the state
as a first class high school upon his scholarship. He
completed his law studies and was admitted to the bar of Ohio in
1912, being an honor man and was made a member of the Order of
Coif, an honorary law fraternity, by the Western Reserve Law
School, where he was assistant librarian. Since 1912 he
has practiced law in Lima with the exception of nearly two years
of military service in the great war, in which he volunteered
for training in May, 1917. He served in the Army Transport
Service as first lieutenant and was transport quartermaster on
two freight ships, the Wabash and the Coronado, plying between
the United States and France. In 1908 he married Miss
Rebecca Lonsford, who wa the daughter of Mrs. Myrtle
Elizabeth Harrod. Her father, Reuben Lonsford,
died when she was four years old. She was the victim of
the epidemic of influenza in December, 1918, at Passaic, New
Jersey, while her husband was on duty with his ship in France.
One son, Robert, was born in 1911.
Elmer McClain was one of the founders of the
progressive party in Ohio. He managed the campaign in
northwestern Ohio for the adoption of the Progressive 1912 State
Constitution of Ohio. He was director of public service of
Lima during 1920 and 1921, until the commission form of city
government went into the commission form of city government went
into effect, during which time he was the despair of old guard
politicians, long favored public utilities and business and
politically controlled newspapers. He married Miss
Mildred Jacobs, the daughter of S. R. and Cora L. Jacobs,
in 1920.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
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ISAAC McCLAIN.
Allen County presented an almost unbroken picture of the typical
wilderness when the McClains arrived in the early '30s
after a tedious overland journey through the woods from
Fairfield County. Not long after the family settled here
Isaac McClain was born, and this venerable citizen of
Perry Township is today one of the oldest living native born
sons of Allen County. His own life has been one of the
productive energy and good citizenship.
Mr. McClain was born at the original family seat
in Bath Township Dec. 19, 1836, eighty-four years ago. His
parents were Andrew and Nancy (Reese) McClain, both
natives of Fairfield County, Ohio. When they came to Allen
County they settled in the north part of Lima as it is today,
but at such an early date that they were able to enter
land direct from the Government. It was on this land that
Isaac was born, being next to the youngest in a large
family of nine children. He was only five years of age
when his father died in 1841, but the widowed mother lived many
years.
Isaac McClain had such advantages as a pioneer
district schools were able to offer, and circumstances were such
that he had to exercise his independent spirit to earn a living
when quite young. The year before his marriage he
moved to the home of his brother-in-law, James I. McDonald,
in Perry Township, and has lived in that township for
considerably more than half a century. After his marriage
he lived for a time on his mother's old place and then settled
on forty acres in Perry Township, given him and his wife by her
parents. He also bought forty acres more, and at once
undertook the difficult labor of making a farm. The land
was timbered and he had to clear the site on which he erected
his first log cabin home. This log cabin served as a
habitation for several years, and in the meantime his work of
improving and clearing continued. Later from timber cut on
the farm and converted into lumber at a nearby sawmill he
erected a substantial frame house. The next step of
progress was the addition of eighty acres more of cleared land,
giving him a tract of 160 acres in one body. However,
three acres of the land were taken as right-of-way for the
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railway. With the
responsibilities of active farming Mr. McClain continued
to be occupied until 1910, when with his son Roscoe F. he
entered a formal partnership, and this son has since been active
manager of the home place. This Perry Township farm is
known as the Riverdale Farm, and from its many fine horses,
cattle, hogs and Shropshire sheep have gone to market.
Jan. 10, 1864, Mr. McClain, married Mary
Crumrine, who was born in Perry Township Sept. 20, 1841.
Crumrine is an old and prominent name in western
Pennsylvania, and her parents, Martin and Catherine (Proshus)
Crumrine, came out of that state and established themselves
as pioneers in Perry Township. Mr. and Mrs. McClain
became the parents of nine children: Lucinda A.,
widow of Ulysses Apple of Perry Township; WIlliam
Leonard of Lima; Charles E., whose home is in
California; Henry E., of Goodfield, Nevada; Florence
M., Mrs. Philip Ulrey of Perry Township; J. T.
at home; George W. of Bath Township; Minnie,
Mrs. Fred Bradley of Lima; and Roscoe F., who is the
seventh in age among the children.
Mr. Isaac McClain is a republican in politics.
While always a very busy man, he has considered it a duty to act
in public capacity when his services were required and he served
as township land assessor and township treasurer. He
helped build the Methodist Church in his community, and has ever
since been one of its trustees.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
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ERNEST E. McELWAIN, Lima
lawyer, who in this biographical sketch represents the
McClain family of Allen County, is of Scotch-Irish, Swiss
and Dutch ancestry. The original Highland Scottish Clan of
Macguillean ("Sons of Saint John"), inhabited the Isle of Mull,
the founder being "Robert of the Battle Axe," who lived about
1250 A. D. The warriors of this clan were strong partisans
of Robert Bruce and the Stuarts during the long
conflicts between Scotland and England.
Mr. McClain's grandparents were all pioneers of
Allen County. During the summer of 1828 James McDonel
came northward through Ohio looking for a promising place to
settle with his family and stopped at the town of Piqua which
was then the seat of the United States District Land Office.
There, so runs family tradition, the pioneer gained the
friendship of a Shawnee Indian chief who volunteered to show him
a desirable location and conducted him to a tract lying
northwest of what is now the intersection Market and McDonel
streets in Lima and advised him to enter it.
Nancy Ann McDonel, Mr. McClain's paternal
grandmother, was born there. The well, mentioned elsewhere
in the general history of the county, which James McDonel
dug in his dooryard is conceded to be the oldest well in the
community. It still furnishes an abundance of cool water
and will always be a landmark in the city. It is lined
with boulders and has never been repaired. This well is
about fifty feet west of McDonel Street, on the north side of
Market Street. David McClain, Elmer M. McClain's
grandfather, was reared on a farm just beyond the present
northern limits of Lima. This farm was entered by David's
father, James McClain, in 1834. David's
grandfather, Robert McClain, was an immigrant from
Ireland.
Elmer McClain's maternal great-grandfather,
John Casper Zurmehly, of the Swiss landed gentry, married a
peasant girl, Susana Schafner, and was disinherited for
it. The couple emigrated from Schinznach, Province of
Argau, Switzerland, following the Napoleonic wars. After a
voyage of three months they landed at Philadelphia and bound
themselves out for three years and six months to pay for their
passage money, amounting to $117.10. When they had served
three years their master, William Thompson, of
Thompsontown, Pennsylvania, gave them their freedom and the use
of a cow during the winter for their faithful service. The
son of these immigrants, Samuel Zurmehly, married
Catherine Book and settled upon the farm in Shawnee Township
which is now the site of the Garford factory; the Lima Foundry
and Machine Company; the Adgate Pump Station and the Union Tank
Car factory.
Elmer McClain, the subject of this sketch, si
the son of Lonzo McClain and Ida Belle Zurmehly
McClain, and was born in Shawnee Township, Allen County,
Ohio, Oct. 26, 1883. He has two brothers, Howard and
Harry who with their father are well known breeders and
importers of pure bred live stock. He attended country
schools, the Lima High School, the Ohio Northern University,
Adelbert College, Oberlin College and graduated from the
University of Chicago in 1909. While pursuing studies in
the above named institutions he was, as his finances demanded,
farm laborer, carpenter, janitor, solicitor and teacher.
During the four years of college work preceding graduation from
the University of Chicago he remained at hone one year in the
absence of a brother at college and was for two years principal
of a high school in Indiana which was commissioned by the state
as a first class high school upon his scholarship. He
completed his law studies and was admitted to the bar of Ohio in
1912, being an honor man and was made a member of the Order of
the Coif, an honorary law fraternity, by the Western Reserve Law
School, where he was assistant librarian. Since 1912 he
has practiced law in Lima with the exception of nearly two years
of military service in the great war, in which he volunteered
for training in May, 1917. He served in the Army Transport
Service as first lieutenant and was transport quartermaster on
two freight ships, the Wabash and the Colorado, plying between
the United States and France. In 1908 he married Miss
Rebecca Lonsford, who was the daughter of Mrs. Myrtle
Elizabeth Harrod. Her father, Reuben Lonsford,
died when she was four years old. She was a victim of the
epidemic of influenza in December, 1918, at Passaic, New Jersey,
while her husband was on duty with his ship in France. One
son, Robert, was born in 1911.
Elmer McClain was one
of the founders of the progressive party in Ohio. He
managed the campaign in northwestern Ohio for the adoption of
the Progressive 1912 State Constitution of Ohio. He was
director of public service of Lima during 1920 and 1921, until
the commission form of city government went into effect, during
which time he was the despair of old guard politicians, long
favored public utilities and business and politically controlled
newspapers. He married Miss Mildred Jacobs, the
daughter of S. R. and Cora L. Jacobs, in 1920.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
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JOHN
EDWARD McPHERON is a machinist by trade, and is now
senior partner of McPheron, Shaw & Hutchinson,
proprietors of the Superior Vulcanizing & Tire Company at 129
West Spring street in Lima.
Mr. McPheron is a native son of Allen county, born
in Bath township, a son of I. B. and Della (Burden) McPheron.
He grew up on a farm acquired a country school education, and
for a short time worked as a farm hand. He then came to Lima
and served an apprenticeship of four years at the machinist's
trade in the Lima Locomotive Works, after which he was a
journeyman five years in Cleveland, Akron and Toledo. During
the war and until November, 1919, he was a machinist at Newport,
Rhode Island, at the Torpedo Station. Returning to Lima, he
joined Carl B. Shaw and Robert Ross Hutchinson in
establishing the present flourishing business of the Superior
Vulcanizing & Tire Company. This firm has the exclusive agency
in Allen county for the Mason tires, and does a very large
business in repairing.
Mr. McPheron is an independent voter, and is
affiliated with the Masonic Lodge in Rhode Island and with the
Loyal Order of Moose at Akron. He is a member of the Auto
Trades Association.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio - Vol.
II - by Wm. Rusler - Publ. 1921 - Page 92 |
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CLYDE LEROY MECHLING.
In the early settlement, later development and all the
substantial interests of Perry Township perhaps no family has
been longer identified and more usefully than the Mechlings.
As a family the Mechlings were of German origin
and settled in the Province of Pennsylvania about 1728.
One of the ancestors of the present generation of Allen County
was William Mechling, who in 1812 moved from Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, to Perry County, Ohio. He died in
1855 at the age of seventy-one. In 1812 William
Mechling had entered 1,162 acres in sections 18 and 13 in
Perry Township, Allen County. Thus it was ninety years ago
that the Mechlings acquired primary interests in Allen
County, and from that time until today the name has been an
honored and respected one in that locality. William
Mechling divided his Allen County lands among his children.
His son Joshua Mechling was born in Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, in 1809, and was only three years of age
when his parents moved to Perry County, Ohio. On Mar. 27,
1834, he married Sophia Weimer who was born in Somerset
County, Pennsylvania, Oct. 8, 1810. In 1836, Joshua
Mechling came to Allen County to occupy a portion of his
father's estate in Perry Township, and he did a pioneer's part
in developing the land and lived there until his death on Dec.
17, 1879. His widow survived him until 1893.
Eli Mechling, a son of Joshua, was born
in Section 18 of Perry Township Oct. 1, 1836, and died June 10,
1916. He was for many years an influential citizen of
Allen County, served eight years as a director of the County
Infirmary, was also township clerk and trustee, an active
democrat, and was trustee and deacon of the Lutheran Church.
On Mar. 22, 1866, Eli Mechling married Sarah Ridenour,
who was born in section 5 of Perry Township May 27, 1842 and
died Dec. 6, 1915. Eli Mechling and wife had two
children: Lewis L. who was born Jan. 15, 1867, and died
Feb. 26, 1884; and Milton A.
MILTON A. MECHLING was born
on the home place in section 18 of Perry Township Sept. 1, 1982,
and has always lived on the home place, having inherited the
property after his father's death. He was educated in the
school of District No. 4. Feb. 21, 1892, Milton
Mechling married Ollie T. Hoskins, who was born in
Union County, Ohio, at Magnetic Springs, a daughter of
Culwell and Rebecca (Harrod) Hoskins, the former a native of
Leesburg Township in Union County and the latter of Auglaize
County, Ohio. For ten years after his marriage Milton
Mechling lived in a house on the old farm apart from the
family residence, after which he and his father built a modern
frame residence in which he lives today. Milton
Mechling served one term as county treasurer and as a
prosperous farmer has always given a public spirited share to
the common interests of the community. He is a Lutheran
and a democrat.
Milton A. Mechling and wife had three children,
Clyde L. being the oldest. Eli H., the
second, was born Oct. 22, 1898, and is still at home, as is the
youngest, Helen Irene, born Oct. 19, 1901
Clyde Leroy Mechling, who in recent years has
assumed a responsible place in the Mechling farming
interests in Perry Township, was born on the old homestead in
section 18 July 27, 1894. He was well educated in local
schools and in December, 1915, married Florence Nesbitt,
who was born in Springfield, Ohio, a daughter of Edward and
Dorothy (Hoffman) Nesbitt. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Mechling have one daughter, Marjory May, born July 2,
1918.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
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MILTON A. MECHLING -
See Clyde Albert Mechling
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
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H. W. MEIER, D. C.,
is one of the capable chiropractic practitioners of Lima, who is
fully demonstrating in his every-day work the value of the
philosophy, science and art of things natural and the system of
adjusting the subluxated vertebrae of the spinal column, by
hand, for the restoration of health. While this system has
been before the public but a comparatively short time, the first
chiropractic adjustment having been given in 1895, its
principles are as old as man, and as they are becoming better
understood the men who are demonstrating them are being
recognized as valuable additions to the ranks of the healing
profession.
Doctor Meier was born at Pana, Christian County,
Illinois, Jan. 11, 1885, a son of H. J. and Caroline (Schempf)
Meier, the former of whom was born in Germany in 1854, and
came to the United States in young manhood, locating in
Illinois. A sheep herder in his native land, he became a
farmer in this, and is now living retired at Byron, Michigan,
and his wife also survives. Doctor Meier is the
third of their seven children.
Growing up at Byron, Michigan, to which locality the
family had removed to his childhood, H. W. Meier attended
its schools, and was graduated from the high school course in
1902, and then taught school for a year. For the
subsequent two years he was a rural mail carrier. Still
later he and a brother formed a partnership and carried on a
hardware business at Byron, Michigan, under the name of Meier
Brothers for four years.
Although he was not successful financially as a
merchant, H. W. Meier gained valuable experience and
finally decided upon a professional career. After giving
all of the schools careful consideration he found that the one
of chiropractic was more in accordance with his own convictions,
and so he entered the Palmer School of Chiropractic at
Davenport, Iowa. It was here that Doctor Meier
met Miss Jean Adams, who later became his
wife. She was also a student at the Palmer School, from
which they graduated in 1911, after a course of eighteen months
with the degree of Doctor of Chiropractic. Immediately
thereafter Doctor Meier located at Fenton,
Michigan, and they both there engaged in practice for a year,
and then they returned to the Palmer School to finish the
course, which had been extended to a two years' course.
They were then engaged in practice at Ashtabula, Ohio, from Oct.
16, 1912, until 1914, when Doctor Meier practiced
alone with remarkable success until July, 1918. However,
he felt the necessity for a broader field, and took a
prospecting trip in order to locate a new place of operation,
which he found at Lima, and settled here permanently in
November, 1918, buying the practice of the pioneer chiropractic
of Lima, Doctor Miller. Doctor
Meier carries on a general practice of his school, and his
patients come to him from both the city and the outlying rural
districts for thirty miles. He is now vice president of
the Ohio Chiropractic Association. In addition to his
practice Doctor Meier has other interests, and he
is a man of considerable importance in his city.
In 1911 Doctor Meier was married at Sterling,
Michigan, to Jean Adams, a daughter of James Adams.
Dr. and Mrs. Meier have two children, Muriel
Maybell and Henry Adams. He is a
republican in politics, and fraternally is the Blue Lodge,
Chapter and thirty-second degree Mason, and also belongs to the
Elks. In addition to his connection with the state
association of his school of healing, Doctor Meier
is a member of the Universal Chiropractic Association of
America.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
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CHARLES G. MEYER.
Probably the most effective way of bringing goods to the notice
of the public, especially in the congested districts, is that of
advertising them through the medium of electric signs. The
remarkable achievements in electric signs are distinctive of
this country, and foreigners are apt to be more impressed by
them than by any other feature of this, to them, new land.
However, the admiration of the beauty and ingenuity of these
remarkable creations which combine artistic merit and mechanical
skill are not confined to those coming from other countries not
so far advanced in these lines as the United States. Few
can look upon them without marveling at them, and the
majority who see them enjoy the magnificent display, and are so
impressed with the commodity thus advertised that when they come
to make an investment they are very liable to be influenced by
this same impression. Some of the most dependable business
men have gone into this line of advertising, recognizing as they
do its wonderful possibilities, not all of which have yet been
developed, and one of the firms of excellent standing at Lima is
that form by the association of Charles G. Meyer, Gaston A.
Shumate and Joseph Franck to manufacture electric
display signs.
Charles G. Meyer was born in Westphalia,
Germany, May 19, 1892, and his parents are still living and
reside in Germany. On Sept. 9, 1913, Charles G. Meyer
arrived in the United States from Germany, landing in New York
city on that date, and from then on has been a loyal supporter
of his adopted country. Going to Newark, Delaware, he
worked to carry him through a two year course in the Delaware
State University. In 1917 he went to Chicago, Illinois,
where he learned the business of constructing electric signs,
and remained there until Nov. 1, 1919, when he came to Lima,
Ohio, and formed his present partnership with Messrs. Shumate
and Franck for the purpose of manufacturing electric
display signs. The firm has its headquarters at Nos.
416-18 South Elizabeth street. Being men of practical
experience as well as artistic ideas, the members of the firm
are able to render a very effective service and have built up a
desirable business.
Mr. Meyer is unmarried. He is interested
in Christian Science, believing that in the teachings of this
religious organization he finds expression for his own views.
He belongs to the Greek Letter college fraternity Omega Alpha.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
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ALEXANDER MILLER
is one of Allentown's able business men, though he started a few
years ago on a very small scale as a rag and junk buyer.
He is now sole proprietor of the Lima Iron and Metal Company.
His story is one of inspiration and illustrative of the
opportunities in America open to a young man of determined
ambition. A son of Benjamin and Lena (Blum) Miller,
he was born in the Province of Minsk, Russia, Dec. 3, 1884, of
Russian Jewish parentage. He attended school to the age of
thirteen and the following five years worked as an apprentice or
journeyman in the carpenter's trade. In the meantime he
saw much and to some degree experienced the oppressive
conditions under which his people lived in Russia, and the chief
incentive to his labors was to earn money enough to come to the
land of the free. At the age of eighteen he landed at New
York city with only seventy-five cents in money. The next
three years he spent at Newark, New Jersey, following his trade
as a carpenter.
In the meantime he had accumulated a modest capital and
brought it to Lima in 1906, buying a horse and wagon and
traveling out over the country buying junk, metals and rags in
Allen county. That was his work for five years. He
also developed a poultry commission business and at one time
conducted a stock of clothing, but sold both these lines.
While at first he had only an office, he has developed the iron
and metal business to an important jobbing, retail and wholesale
business, and in order the more adequately to accommodate this
business he erected a modern brick, three story fireproof
building at South Union street.
Mr. Miller is also a stockholder in the
Merchants Building & Loan Company of Lima and the Gramm-Bernstein
Moor Truck Company. He is affiliated with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, is a member of the Beth El Synagogue and
in politics is independent. In 1915 he married Miss Ida
Blum, daughter of Harry and Anna Blum, of Lima, and
they have one daughter, Sarah Frances.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
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AZARIAH D. MILLER.
In the legal fraternity of Allen county a name which is known
and honored is that of Azariah D. Miller, of Lima, who
has been connected long and prominently with matters of
jurisprudence in the county, both as an able, thorough and
industrious lawyer, and as a dignified, learned and eminently
honorable member of the bench.
Mr. Miller was born on a farm in Amanda
township, Allen county, June 18, 1853, a son of Joseph and
Minerva (Shock) Miller, the former a native of Ross county.
As a youth Azariah D. Miller divided his time between
assisting his father and attending the district school, and when
still a lad began teaching school, having taught and closed his
first school term before he was sixteen years of age. He
then attended a school at Lebanon, Ohio, where he furthered his
preparation for the educator's vocation, and Mar. 5, 1876, was
united in marriage with Darthula Place, who was also born
in Amanda township, a daughter of James and Susan (Culver)
Place, of Delaware county, Ohio. Following his
marriage Mr. Miller continued to teach in the country
districts for several years, and also engaged in farming on a
small property which he owned. In the meantime, however,
he was constantly applying himselv to the study of law with the
late Judge James Mackenzie and Judge Theo. D. Robb.
Mr. Miller came to Lima and entered the Probate Judge's
office as chief clerk under Judge Robb. He was
identified from the first with matters of the utmost legal
importance, and in a number of cases showed such ability and
thorough knowledge of the fundamentals of law that it was
recognized that he was composed of judicial timber. For
six years he acted in the capacity of deputy probate judge of
Allen county, and for two terms as probate judge, and during his
long incumbency his decisions were agreed upon as being just and
impartial and based upon the true principles of law and has the
distinction of never having been reversed by the higher courts
of the county and state. At the present time Mr. Miller
has an office in the Metropolitan Building, where he
receives his clients, among whom are to be found some of the
leading interests of the city. He is interested in civic
affairs as a good citizen and gives his public-spirited support
to every project that promises to benefit Lima, its institutions
and the welfare of its people.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller were the parents of the
following children: Heber Herman, who died at the age of
eleven months; Lehr E., treasurer of Allen county;
Freda, the wife of Herbert Conrad, of Lima;
Susan, the wife of Edgar V. Smith, of this city;
James Joseph, also a resident of Lima; Adeline,
the wife of Dalis Stiles, of Muskogee, Oklahoma;
Mabel, the wife of Carl Leonard, of
Houston, Texas; Walter L. and Theodore D., twins,
who reside at Lima. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are members
of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. His fraternal
affiliations are with the Modern Woodmen of America and the A.
I. U. He is a Democrat in politics, has represented his
party as a delegate in county, state and national conventions
and was considered a leader in his party until he retired from
politics.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
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BRICE C. MILLER.
When consideration is given to the substantial farmers of
Auglaize Township, one deserving of special consideration is
Brice C. Miller, a young an of great energy and business
ability whose work stands in evidence at his home farm two miles
southeast of Harrod.
Mr. Miller was born in Monroe Township of Allen
County Jan. 24, 1886, son of Jaseph H. and Alice
Miller. His parents were born in this county, in Sugar
Creek Township, and the Millers have lived her from
pioneer times. The grandfather Miller in early days
managed a farm and also operated a mill at West Cairo, and after
his death the mill was taken over by two sons and continued in
oeration for several years by them, after which they sold it.
Joseph H. Miller since his marriage has been a leading
farmer, and his home is a mile and a quarter east of West Cairo.
He is a republican an he and his wife are members of the Dunkard
Church. They had four children: Chloe, wife
of J. A. Vore; Brice C.; Guy, a farmer in Monroe
Township; and Paul, who also is a well known young farmer
in Monroe Township.
Brice C. Miller grew up on his father's place in
Monroe Township and made good use of his advantages in the
district schools. His life was spent at home to the age of
twenty-one.
On Mar. 4, 1916, Mr. Miller married Gladys
Truex, who was born in this state Dec. 21, 1894.
They have two children: Ivan, born Feb. 21, 1917, and
Harold, born Sept. 19, 1918. Mr. Miller also
has a daughter, now fifteen years old, by a former marriage.
Mr. Miller is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen
of America. Politically he votes and acts with the
republican party. He has served as a member of the Central
Committee. As a farmer he has 136 acres in Auglaize
Township, and while not a specialty farmer, he has always kept
good grades of livestock and most of his profits come from the
sale of stock.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
- Page 330
SHARON WICK'S NOTE:
1910 Census Monroe Twp. So Pt., Allen Co., Ohio on Apr. 27 and
28, 1910:
Center Road - Visit No. 155 Family NO. 156
Miller, Joseph H. - Head - M W 53 M1 31 yrs. b. OH Fath.
b. VA moth. b. VA
Miller, Alice J. - wife - F W 49 M1 31 yrs. b. VA fath. b.
VA moth. b VA
Miller, Brice C. - son - M W 24 wd. b. OH fath. b.
OH moth. b. VA
Miller, Paul J. - son - M W 14 S b. OH fath. b. OH
moth. b. OH
Miller, Grace - gr dau - F W 4 S. b. OH fath. b. OH
moth. b. OH
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Source: Year: 1910;
Census Place: Monroe,
Allen, Ohio; Roll: T624_1150;
Page: 7A;
Enumeration District: 0012;
FHL microfilm: 1375163
ALSO NOTE:
Brice's wife's maiden name of Gladys Truex was listed on
marriage of their son Joseph Howard Miller toto Della Rae
Gallaway on Aug. 2, 1947 in Indiana.
Gladys Truex Miller passed away before 1910. Joseph
was married 3 times.
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Office, Residence
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Family
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Charles B. Miller,
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CHARLES B. MILLER for a
number of years has been an esteemed factor in the Spencerville
community of Allen county, and in his profession as a funeral
director and embalmer has developed a high class service and
unsurpassed equipment in his line.
Mr. Miller was born at Kossuth, Ohio, Mar. 3,
1877, son of F. B. and Mary O. Miller. He spent
most of his youth in Spencerville, where he attended the public
schools, and fitted himself for his profession in the Cincinnati
College of Embalming. Since early manhood his business
experience has been as an undertaker or in the furniture
business, and for several years past he has devoted his best
energies to the ideal of furnishing an undertaking service
second to none in Allen county.
Mr. Miller has also served as township treasurer
of Spencer township. Fraternally he is affiliated with the
Masonic order, is a member of the Subordinate Lodge and
Encampment of Odd Fellows, and also belongs to the Elks.
July 2, 1896, at Spencerville, he married Mary E. Seibert,
a daughter of Jacob Seibert. Six children were born
to their marriage: Corrine, Robert, Arthur, Ira, Dorothy
and Marjorie, all living except Ira.
Corrine is a student at Ohio State University; Robert
is a graduate of the Ohio State University in Electric and
Ceramic Engineering; Arthur is a student at
Eastman-Gaines College at Poughkeepsie, New York; and Dorothy
and Marjorie are at home.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
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ELMER A. MILLER is serving his
second term as county surveyor of Allen county, and his
efficient administration ahs shown alike his technical ability
and his unswerving civic loyalty. As a native son of the
county, and has a valued official he is well entitled to
specific recognition in this publication.
Elmer Amos Miller was born in Sugar Creek
township, his county, Dec. 20, 1873, and is a son of Thomas
Walter and Sarah (Kingsley) Miller the father having long
been one of the representative farmers of that township, where
he continued to reside until his death, in 1909, and where his
widow still resides. His grandfather was a native of
Virginia and became an early settler in Allen county, Ohio,
where he secured a tract of Government land at the time of the
administration of President Andrew Jackson, and where he
developed a productive pioneer farm of eighty acres in section
24, Sugar Creek township, his son Thomas W. eventually
coming into possession of the old homestead, which is still
retained by the family.
Elmer A. Miller was reared on the old ancestral
farmstead and gained his preliminary education in the district
schools of his native township. In 1903 he was graduated
in the normal college at Lima with the degree of Bachelor of
Pedagogy. For seventeen years thereafter he was a
successful and popular teacher in public schools, his service
having been principally in Allen and Defiance counties and
having included effective high-school work. In 1916 he
received from Defiance College the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
In August of the same year he was made the Democratic nominee
for the office of surveyor of his native county, and the
majority accorded him in the ensuing election attested alike his
personal popularity and his hold upon the confidence and good
will of the voters of the county. In 1918 he was
re-elected for a second term of two years, and this vouches for
the estimate placed upon his administration. Mr. Miller
gives unqualified allegiance to the Democratic party, is
affiliated with the Masonic Fraternity, the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and the Knights of the Maccabees. He holds
membership in the Christian Church. Mr. Miller is
the owner of a valuable farm property of 115 acres in his native
county, and takes deep interest in all that concerns the civic
and material prosperity and progress of the county. In
furtherance of his technical knowledge he completed a thorough
course in civil engineering through the medium of the celebrated
Inter-National Correspondence School at Scranton, Pennsylvania.
His name is still enrolled on the list of eligible bachelors in
Allen county.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
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FRED F. MILLER.
The farming element is very strong in Allen County, for this is
essentially an agricultural locality, both soil and climate
contributing to its qualifications for the successful promotion
of farming and stock raising interests. Of the younger
generation of agriculturists who have accepted the favorable
conditions found her and have achieved success thereby, one
whose accomplishments are worthy of mention is Fred F. Miller,
whose well-improved and highly cultivated property is
located in section 25, Amanda Township, two miles west and two
miles south of Elida, on rural route No. 2.
Mr. Miller was born in Amanda Township, Feb. 2,
1890, a son of John H. and Clara E. (Sherrick) Miller,
and a grandson of Fielding and Elizabeth (Strayer) Miller,
natives of Fairfield County, where they were married,
subsequently residents of Hancock County and finally pioneers of
Allen County. Upon the arrival of the grandparents,
Fielding Miller entered land from the United States
Government in Amanda Township, where he continued to carry on
farming during the rest of his life. He was the father of
nine children: Mary J., Sarah A., Samuel S., Nancy E.,
William, Wesley, John H., Lauretta and Alice Elizabeth.
Of these four are living.
John H. Miller was born in Amanda Township,
Allen County, where he received a common school education and
was reared to the pursuits of farming. He has passed his
life in the vocation to which he was reared and through industry
and good management has made a success of his career, being
accounted one of the substantial men of his community. He
and his wife have had four children, of whom three are living:
Noah C., who married Callie Strayer and is farming
in Amanda Township; Fred F., and Alice, who is
unmarried and makes her home with her parents on the farm.
Fred C. Miller is indebted to the district
schools of Amanda Township and the Lima Business College for his
educational training. His first experience other than that
gained on the home farm, was obtained through his employment in
the oil fields, where he worked for two years, following which
he took up farming as his life work. At the present time
he is the owner of a productive and modernly improved property
of eighty acres, which he is cultivating in a way that makes it
pay him well for his labors and is a stockholder in the Elida
Equity Union Elevator and the Elida Telephone Company. He
is republican in his political affiliation and he and Mrs.
Miller belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church of Zion.
In addition to general farming he is engaged to some
extent in stock raising, and in both directions is considered
capable and well informed.
On Nov. 25, 1911, Mr. Miller was united in
marriage with Henrietta L. Cremeau, who was born in Allen
County, a daughter of Stephen Cremeau of Amanda Township,
and to this union there have come two children: John C.,
born Oct. 8, 1913, and Dorothy E., born Jan. 3, 1917.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
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GAIL E. MILLER,
M. D. Associated in practice at Spencerville with
the veteran physician and surgeon Dr. Welch, Dr. Miller
served as a medical officer in France during the World war,
going into the army about a year after he had begun practice at
Spencerville and he returned to his duties in 1919 with the
enlarged viewpoint of a soldier and the special training and
experience of one who served in the hospitals and near the
battle lines of the World war.
Doctor Miller was born in Allen County near
Elida Feb. 17, 1892. His parents are Issachar and Mary
(Baty) Miller, also natives of Allen County, and well known
farmers near Elida. They are very active members of the
Lutheran Church there and the father is a democrat in politics.
there were four children: Grace, wife of John B.
Badertscher of Bridgeport, Illinois; Roy W., a farmer
near Elida; Darrell A., deceased; and Dr. Gail E.
Doctor Miller grew up on his father's farm and
giving evidence of his studious inclinations he had all the
opportunities for a liberal education. After finishing in
the district schools he graduated from the Elida High School,
spent one year in Thiel College at Greenville, Pennsylvania, and
took the full four year course in the Ohio State Medical
College, graduating with the Doctor of Medicine degree. He
located at Spencerville in June, 1916, and on July 3, 1917,
joined the Medical Corps of the Second Ohio Infantry. He
is given his camp training in Alabama, was commissioned a first
lieutenant, and on June 28, 1918, sailed from Montreal, Canada.
In France after competitive examination he was promoted to the
rank of captain. He was in service close enough to the
battle lines to see the concluding phases of the great
struggle, being assigned duty in the Marbache sector from
October 11, to October 29, in the Meuse-Argonne from October 29,
to November 8, and the three days before the signing of the
armistic was in the Puvenelle sector. He was continued on
duty in France until Mar. 11, 1919, when he sailed for home,
landing at Newport News March 24, was discharged at Camp
Sherman, April 11th, and reached home April 12th, resuming his
professional work the following month.
Doctor Miller helped organize and is now
commander of the Harry J. Reynolds Post No. 1919 of the
American Legion at Spencerville. Professionally he is a
member of the County, State and American Medical associations,
is affiliated with the Spencerville lodges of the Masons and Odd
Fellows, is a democrat in politics and a member of the Lutheran
Church. Nov. 21, 1919, Doctor Miller married
Miss Irene Bowers. She is a graduate of the Lima High
School, studied music at Cornell University and was a teacher
before her marriage. They have one child, Gail Gene,
born Sept. 17, 1920.
Source: A Standard
History of Allen County, Ohio
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GRANT MILLER.
It is in a large degree to the self-made men of Allen County
that section of the Miami Valley owes its present prosperity; to
those who, starting life entirely upon their own resources, have
worked their way to the front, placing themselves by the sheer
force of their energy and perseverance among the men of
substance in their various communities. A representative
of this class in Amanda Township is Grant Miller,
who is now the owner of a farm in section 27, seven miles
northeast of Spencerville.
Mr. Miller was born on a farm in Marion
Township, Allen County, Aug. 29, 1868, a son of Jesse P. and
Susan M. (Furry) Miller, the former born in Amanda Township
in 1833, and the latter a native of Fairfield County, Ohio.
Mrs. Miller was still a child when brought by her parents
to Allen County, and here grew to young womanhood and married
Mr. Miller. At that time they settled on a farm in
Marion Township, where Mr. Miller continued to be engaged
in agricultural operations until his death in January, 1881,
following which his widow sold the farm and moved to Amanda
Township. Her home was continued in the rural districts
until 1900, in which year she took up her residence at Lima.
During the active years of her career she was a helpful worker
in the Methodist Episcopal Church of which both she and her
husband were consistent members. They were the parents of
ten children, of whom the following are living: Sherman,
who resides at Lima, Elizabeth, the wife of George
Herring; Grant; Viola, the wife of William Little of
Amanda Township; Austin, of Lima; Josie, the wife of
Lewis Cremean, of Lima; Clarence, of
Spencerville; and Jesse, a worker in the oil fields and a
resident of Lima.
The boyhood of Grant Miller was passed on
the home farm, where he divided his time between attendance at
the district schools and assisting his father in the work of the
home acres. He remained with his parents until he reached
the age of twenty-one years, at which time he faced the world on
his own account, and established a household of his own by his
marriage, in 1889, to Rosa B. Culver, who was born in
Amanda Township in 1867, a daughter of Basil Culver.
Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Miller; Clarice,
who is single and makes her home with her parents; Florence,
the wife of James Sawmiller, a farmer of Amanda Township;
and Velma, Homer and Lucile, who reside
with their parents.
Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Miller
started farming in Amanda Township, where their combined efforts
have served to bring them success. They are now residing
in a comfortable home on a well-cultivated farm which boasts of
all the modern improvements and which produces large and
remunerative crops. Mr. Miller is a stockholder in
the Peoples Bank at Delphos and has other interests. He is
a republican in politics, and has served as township clerk.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, where he is a member of the Official Board,
class leader and superintendent of the Sunday school.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
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J. A. MILLER is well known among the farmers of Allen county through
his enterprise as a stock dealer at Spencerville. He has
bought and sold stock in the local markets many years, a
business that his father also followed, and the Millers
are an old and prominent family in Allen county agriculture.
J. A. Miller was born in Amanda township Dec. 7,
1856, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Baber) Miller His
father was also a native of Allen county, while his mother was
born in Virginia and was a small girl when her parents came to
Allen county. Henry Miller and wife were married by
Rev. William Mooreman, and at once located on a farm in
Amanda township. While he bore the reputation of an
industrious farmer, Henry Miller was best known as a
stock dealer and carried on that business from early manhood
until his death. He was a good business man and
accumulated a large estate, comprising at one time thirteen
hundred acres. He was a Democrat, served as township
treasurer, and he and his wife were members of the Christian
Church. They moved to Delphos, lived there several years
and then went to Spencerville, where the mother died. The
father afterward removed to Delphos and spent his last days
there. Of ten children six are still living:
Minerva J., wife of John T. Vandervert, of Frankfort,
Indiana; J. A. Miller, of Buffalo, New York; Charity J.,
wife of Frank Schufeldt, of Kokomo, Indiana; and C. B.
Miller, of Spencerville. J. A. Miller's early
education was supplied by the district schools of Amanda
township. While growing up on his father's farm there he
also received a training under the elder Miller in buying
and handling stock and that together with farming has given him
abundance of opportunity to exercise his abilities and skill.
Apr 6, 1877, Mr. Miller married Catherine E.
Layman. They are the parents of a family of seven
children: Mary E., wife of Lewis Young; Bessie
B., wife of Griffith Thomas; Myrtle, unmarried;
Icie D., wife of Carl Werner; Mabel, wife of
Virgil Sheldon; William and Evaline. Mr. Miller
is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias Lodge, is a Democrat
politically and was elected and served one term as a member of
the Board of Commissioners of Allen county, making a creditable
record in that office, as he has done in all other relations
whether of a private business or a public nature. He is
now a member of the Town Council of Spencerville.
Catherine E. Layman, his wife, was born in
Marion township, Allen county, at the home of her parents, seven
miles southeast of Delphos. She is the daughter of John
A. and Mary (Miller) Layman, her mother also a native of
Allen county. Her brothers and sisters were George,
Joseph, Abram J., Mary A., Anna, Almina and William.
Mrs. Miller being the oldest of the family had little
opportunity to get an education beyond the common schools.
She has been a very fine home maker and has given the very best
years of her life to the training of her own children.Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
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LEHR ELLSWORTH MILLER
has spent his entire life within the borders of Allen County,
and his persistent and commendable efforts have benefitted
alike himself and the community, for he has always had deeply at
heart the well being and improvement of the county, using his
influence whenever possible for the promotion of movements for
the advancement of the community along material, moral and civic
lines. He is the scion of an excellent old pioneer family,
and because of his fine record as a public official and his
sterling qualities of character he has gained and retains the
general esteem of the people of his county.
Lehr Ellsworth Miller, the
present efficient and popular treasurer of Allen County, was
born on his father's farm in Amanda Township, this county, on
Sept. 13, 1878, the son of Azariah D. and Darthula (Place)
Miller, both of whom were also both and reared in Amanda
Township. He is descended from sterling old pioneer stock,
as will be noted in the following lines. His paternal
ancestors were established in Virginia in an early day, and from
that state in an early day came his great-grandfather,
Ferdinand Miller, who took a prominent and active part
in the establishing of civilization in Allen County. He
was the first juryman ever drawn from Allen County, and the
first Methodist Episcopal meeting ever held in the county was
held in his house. The paternal grandparents, Joseph
and Manenia J. (Shock) Miller, were natives, respectively,
of Ross County, Ohio, and Somerset, Pennsylvania, while his
maternal grandparents, James and Susan (Culver) Place,
were both born and reared in Ohio, the former in Belmont County
and the latter in Delaware County. Joseph Miller
settled in 1827 in Amanda Township, near what is known as Fort
Amanda, and nine years later, in 1836, James Place
brought his family here and located at old Fort Amanda in Allen
County. All of these old pioneer settlers of Allen County
took up land of their own and became farmers, thus assisting
materially in the early development of the county. After
their marriage Azariah D. and Darthula Miller settled on
a farm in Amanda Township, where they lived for many years.
In 1894 Mr. Miller was appointed deputy probate judge of
Allen County, and in 1900 was elected judge of the Probate
Court, and was elected to succeed himself, thus serving two
terms, or six years. On the expiration of his
official term he entered upon the practice of law, to which he
is now devoting his attention.
Lehr E. Miller received his educational training
in the public schools, and remained at home until eighteen years
of age, when he became a traveling salesman for the American
Woolen Mills Company, with whom he remained until twenty-one
years of age. After his marriage, which occurred at about
that time, he rented a forty-acre farm in Amanda Township, to
the operation of which he devoted his energies, eventually
increasing the acreage under his control until 1910, when he
became manager of a stone quarry. In the spring of 1913
Mr. Miller entered upon the business of contracting,
specializing in bridge and cement work, but in the fall of 1914
he sold that business and became deputy sheriff of Allen County,
under Sheriff Eley. He held this position about
sixteen months, resigning then because of his nomination to the
office of county treasurer, to which he has chosen at the
ensuing election. In the fall of 1918 he was again elected
to that office, of which he is the present incumbent.
Mr. Miller firmly believes in the axiom pronounced by a once
prominent leader of his political party, to the effect that
"Public office is a public trust," and he has so discharged his
duties as to win the universal commendation of the voters of the
county. Promptness, accuracy and courtesy have
characterized the work of his office, one of the most important
in the county organization. While living in Amanda
Township, Mr. Miller had served living in Amanda
Township, Mr. Miller had served two terms as township
assessor, one term by appointment and one term by election.
He was also elected and served six years as director of the
Allen County Agricultural Society.
Politically Mr. Miller has always given his
support to the democratic party, in the ranks of which he has
been an active worker. He is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church and, fraternally, is a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Loyal Order
of Moose. During the World war he took an especially
active part in all the war work in this county and assisted in
the organization and successful completion of nine different
drives.
On Mar. 31, 1900, Mr. Miller wa married to
Josie Q. Staup, who was born and reared in Amanda Township,
the daughter of Lewis and Nancy (Bowers) Staup, the
former of whom was born in Miami County, Ohio, and the latter in
Amanda Township, this county. They are the parents of one
child, Lawrence Ellsworth, born on June 21, 1909. Mr.
Miller possesses to a marked degree those sterling traits
which have commanded uniform confidence and regard, and he
merits the public recognition which he has received at the hands
of his fellow citizens.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
- Page 236 |
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LEWIS A. MILLER.
Steadily through the years of his early and mature manhood
Lewis A. Miller has seen his affairs prosper as a farmer,
made his acres respond to his intelligent care, has laid the
secure foundation of a good home, and has achieved the respect
and confidence of all his neighbors and friends in Allen County.
Mr. Miller, whose home is in section 3 of Amanda
Township, was born Nov. 13, 1860, a son of Anderson and Eliza
J. (Coon) Miller. Both his father and mother were born
in Allen County, the former near Allentown in American Township
and the latter in Shawnee Township. Anderson Miller
died in 1866, when his son Lewis was only six years old.
The mother has survived to a good old age, and for her second
husband married Samuel Miller. The two children of
her first husband are Lewis A. and Pleasant R., the
latter deceased. She had a son by her second marriage,
Oris Miller of Amanda Township.
Lewis A. Miller grew up on a farm in Amanda
Township, and gained his education in the common schools.
He assisted his mother and stepfather on the farm until he was
twenty-seven, and on Nov. 24, 1887, he established a home of his
own by his marriage to Cora Umbaugh. Mrs. Miller
was born in Shawnee Township of Allen County Dec. 2, 1867, a
daughter of Elias and Aanda (Berryhill) Umbaugh.
Her father was born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1821. Her
mother, who was born in Fairfield County in 1832, is still
living at the advanced age of eighty-eight. Mrs. Miller
is the only survivor of two daughters, Cora and Mary.
At the time of their marriage thirty-three years
ago Mr. and Mrs. Miller moved to their present farm,
where they have 100 acres, well cultivated and improved and
devoted to the crops of this section. Mr. Miller is
also a stockholder in the Elida Elevator. He is a
republican voter, and he and his wife are active members of the
Methodist Church near her home.
They have two children. Flavius M., the
older was born Apr. 15, 1890, was well educated in the district
schools and the Spencerville High School, and now lives at Lima.
He married Zelma Bird. Elias E., the younger
son, was born June 4, 1893, and has completed his education and
is assisting his father in the management of the farm.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
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NELSON H. MILLER.
It is the good fortune of Nelson H. Miller to own and
occupy the homestead of his father, and he takes a pride in
keeping the property in the family and intends to hand it down
to his children. This farm is located in Shawnee Township,
and comprises of 100 acres of very valuable land. Mr.
Miller was born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, Oct. 27,
1857, a son of Henry H. and Margaret E. (Davis) Miller,
natives of Pennsylvania, who in the spring of 1859 came to Lima,
Ohio, and secured rented land in Bath Township, which they
farmed until they bought 100 acres, all woodland, in Shawnee
Township. He started to clear and improve the farm, but
died in 1881, before he had completed the work. His widow
survived him until 1888. They had the following children:
Clarissa, who is Mrs. Milo Hadsel; Sarah J.,
who is Mrs. Christ Hawk, of Findlay, Ohio; James,
who is of Mercer County, Ohio; Ellen, who married Jacob
Lewis, is deceased, as is her husband; John, who
lives in Mercer County, Ohio; Ann, who is Mrs. Charles
Chivington, of Michigan; and Nelson H., who was the
youngest born.
Growing up on the home place,
Nelson H. Miller attended the district schools and learned
to make himself useful at home. When the family first
located on the farm they lived in a log cabin, but he now has
splendid buildings on the property, all of which were erected by
him. Following his father's death he bought out the
interests of the other heirs to 100 acres of the homestead, and
has cleared what land was then in timber, and has devoted
himself to farming with the exception of a few years when he was
engaged in carpenter work.
In May, 1883, Mr. Miller was united in marriage
with Minnie Hanes, born in Shawnee Township, a daughter
of Isaac Milton and Elizabeth (McClintock) Hanes, natives
of Shawnee Township, and granddaughter of John Hanes, one
of the early settlers of this township. Isaac Milton
Hanes was a Union soldier in the Civil war and lost his life
near the close of that great struggle. Mr. and Mrs.
Miller became the parents of the following children:
Milton, who died at the age of thirty-three years; Zella,
who is Mrs. Ross Bacome, of Lima, Ohio; Rollie,
who lives at Victory, Montana; Mabel, who is Mrs.
Lewis Heffner, of Lima; Earl and Firl, twins,
both of whom live at Lima; James T., who also lives at
Lima; and Vernie and Catherine, both of whom are
at home. In politics Mr. Miller is a democrat, but
has not participated actively in public events. He is a
man who has attended to his own affairs, worked hard, and made a
success of his undertakings, and deserves the respect he
commands from his fellow citizens. The family all stand
very well in the several communities in which they are living,
and Mr. and Mrs. Miller have every reason to be proud of
their children, for they are a credit to their parents and their
home community.
Earl D. Miller, a son of Mr. Miller, is a
veteran of the World war, having been in the army one year and
three days. His military record has an appropriate place
in this connection. He was a first class private in
Company A, Seventeenth Infantry, Three Hundred and Fifty-Fifth
Regiment, One Hundred and Seventy-Eighth Brigade of the
Eighty-Ninth Division, and participated in one battle and two
counter attacks, being on the front line from September 26 to
November 11, 1918. He was summoned to the colors May 27,
1918, left Lima the following day for Camp Taylor, Kentucky,
where he was attached to the One Hundred and Fifty-Ninth Depot
Brigade for twenty-six days, and then transferred to Company M,
One Hundred and Fifty-Fifth Regiment, Thirty-Ninth Division, and
was in training at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, until August 6th.
The division then started on its long journey to France,
spending ten days en route at Camp Merritt, New Jersey.
Earl Miller embarked with other portions of his division
August 22d at Hoboken, September 3d, landed at Brest, and during
the subsequent drill he wa made a first lass private in the
infantry. He was one of the privates selected from the
Thirty-Ninth Division and transferred to the Eighty-Ninth,
joining his new command September 24th, and was assigned to
Company A, Three Hundred and Fifty-Fifth Regiment and
Seventeenth Infantry. After the front line duty above
noted the regiment returned to the Beney Xammes area, which they
held until relieved October 8th and then followed an interesting
and unforgettable experience in the removal from the Saint
Mihiel area to the Argonne position. October 12th the
regiment moved out of Recicourt to take up a new position, and
participated in the advance resulting in the capture of the
towns of Beaufort, Lunenville and Luzy, and remained at the
front until the signing of the armistice. November 24th
the regiment march into Belgium, and on the 1st of December
began the advance across Luxemburg, five days later entering
Germany. Earl Miller was with his command at
Saarburg and Beurig until May 7, 1919, and five days later
arrived at Brest and on May 15th embarked on the Leviathan,
which made New York Harbor May 22d. From Camp Upton he
returned to Camp Sherman and received his honorable discharge
May 29th.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
- Page 280 |
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OTTO W. MILLER.
An example of enterprise and progressiveness is found in the
commercial venture of Otto W. Miller, who conducts a
grocery and gasoline filling station at McBeth's Park, in
Shawnee township. This business has been built up under
Mr. Miller's personal management and its success reflects
the industry, initiative and progressive spirit of the
proprietor.
Mr. Miller was born at Bluffton, Ohio, in
October, 1875, a son of Daniel B. and Mary (Dell) Miller,
the former a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the latter of
Germany. Daniel B. Miller is one of the substantial
citizens of Lima, where he is engaged in extensive realty
operations. There were six children in the family: Otto
W.; Clara, who is deceased; Harry and Charles,
of Lima; Della, deceased; and Fred, of Lima.
Otto W. Miller attended the public schools of Bluffton,
but has been a resident of Lima since 1890. In 1888 he
started working in a grocery store, and one year later was
employed in a dry goods store, of which the proprietor was D.
Bell. After one year with Mr. Bell he entered
the employ of the Solar Oil Refinery, and continued in the sales
department of that concern until 1910, when he opened a laundry
at Ottawa. This he sold after five months and returned to
Lima, where he entered the Gramm-Bernstein Motor Truck Company's
office, remaining one year. He next kept books for F.
W. Drake for three years, and then purchased a store
building at McBeth's Park, in Shawnee township, where he
installed a stock of groceries and established a gasoline
filling station. He has built up an excellent patronage
and is accounted one of the substantial business men of his
community. Mr. Miller is a Republican and has been
confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He belongs to the United
Commercial Travelers and to Lima Lodge No. 54, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, in both of which he is very popular.
Mr. Miller was married in September, 1897, to
Flora Hanenstein, of Lima, daughter of John and Amelia (Amelung)
Hanenstein, and they have three children: Carolyn,
a teacher in the public schools; and John and
Daniel, twins, at home.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
- Page 58 |
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ARLOW V. MOYER.
One of the most enterprising of Lima's younger generation of
business men is Arlow V. Moyer, junior member of the firm
of Moyer Brothers, wholesale and retail dealers in meats.
He seems to have inherited many of the characteristics of his
sterling ancestors, who were marked for their habits of
industry, integrity and business ability, and he stands
deservedly high among those who know him best and have had
dealings with him.
Arlow V. Moyer was born on his grandfather's
farm in Auglaize county, Ohio, in 1890, and is the son of
Isaac R. and Jennie (Runyon) Moyer. He received his
educational training in the public schools of Lima until
thirteen years of age, going then to the Tileville School House
in Allen county until seventeen years old. His first
employment was as a clerk in the Duffield Grocery Store, where
he was employed about one year, after which for two years he was
with Thomas Brentlinger as a clerk. Then for a time
he was with George Herret, and then spent another year
with Mr. Herret. His next engagement was as manager
of the Pittsburgh Cash Grocery, but six months later he went to
work for Ed McCauley as a clerk. He then engaged in
the grocery business on his own account at the corner of
Jefferson and McKibben streets, in which he met with such
splendid success that a year later he was compelled to move to
larger quarters at No. 815 North Main street, where under the
name of the Red Cross Grocery he continued in business for two
years. He then sold that business and entered into
partnership with his brother F. C. Moyer, under the firm
name of Moyer Brothers, wholesale and retail dealers in
meat. They kill their own animals, having three slaughter
houses, and supply a large part of the local meat trade in Lima
and surrounding towns.
Moyer Brothers, A. V. and F. C. Moyer,
are operating the Peoples Meat Market, 203 South Main street,
and also hae a branch meat market at 815 North Main street at
the present time, and are doing one of the best businesses in
Lima. Their motto is quality first and service always,
thus making a great headway in the meat business.
In 1914 Mr. Moyer was married to Bonnie Grace
Young, the daughter of Alfred J. and Phoebe (Baker) Young,
of Lima, and to them have been born three children, Holland
Romance, four years of age; Merton Russell, aged
three years, and Levara Jane, aged nine months.
Mr. and Mrs. Moyer are members of the United Brethren
Church, while fraternally his is a member of the Loyal Order of
Moose. He gives his political support to the Republican
party, and stands for everything calculated to advance the
general welfare of the community. He has succeeded in
business because he has been honest in his dealings with the
public, and he therefore has the confidence and good will of all
who know him.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
- Page 122 |
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FRANK CLAUDE MOYER.
In all that constitutes true manhood and good citizenship
Frank C. Moyer, well known business man of Lima, is a
notable example and none stands higher than he in the confidence
and esteem of the community. His career has been
characterized by duty faithfully performed, and by industry,
thrift and wisely directed efforts he has not only gained a good
business standing, but also the good will of all who have
dealings with him. Mr. Moyer is a native son of the
Buckeye State, having been born in Auglaize County, Ohio, in
1882. His parents were Isaac R. and Jennie (Runyon)
Moyer, who lived on a farm in that locality, and amid the
health-giving and body-building environments of farm life he was
reared. During the winter months he received his
educational training at what was known as the "Camel Back"
schoolhouse in Allen County, where he attended until twenty
years old. His first paid employment was with John
Hoffman, a butcher, with whom he remained for six years,
learning every detail of the business, in which he has become an
expert. Then for some time he was employed as a butcher by
various meat dealers until 1912, when he engaged in business on
his own account at 518 North Jackson street, Lima, where he
continued for seven years, at the end of which time he sold out
and opened another shop at 203 South Main street, where he was
in business for six months. In 1918 he formed a
partnership with his brother Arlow V. under the firm name
of Moyer Brothers, and they have since been engaged in
the wholesale and retail meat business, in which they have met
with pronounced success. They do all their own killing,
thus insuring fresh meat to their customers, and with his
thorough knowledge of the business he is able to cater to the
tastes of the most exacting. They have a large and
constantly increasing city and country trade and are numbered
among the leaders in their line in this section of the country.
In 1900 Mr. Moyer was married to Barbara
Schafer, the daughter of John Schafer of Auglaize
County, and to them have been born two children, Marie Letha
and Oliver Virgil. Politically Mr. Moyer
is an ardent supporter of the republican ticket ticket
and takes an intelligent interest in public affairs, especially
as pertaining to local interests. Fraternally he is a
member of the Loyal Order of Moose. Mr. Moyer
enjoys distinctive prestige in local commercial circles, his
practical intelligence, mature judgment and sound business sense
winning for him the confidence and good will of all with whom he
has come in contact.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
- Page 255 |
Mr. & Mrs.
Clarence W. Myers |
CLARENCE W. MYERS,
who has had a long experience in technical and business lines
and is well known in Lima, is a dealer in automobiles and
accessories and a garage proprietor at 127-129 East Spring
street*. Mr. Myers was born in Shawnee Township of
Allen County Nov. 1, 1887, a son of Elmer C. and Mary J.
Epperson) Myers His parents spent many years on their
farm in Shawnee Township, and since leaving have lived retired
at Lima.
The younger of two children, Clarence W. Myers
attended Shadyside country school in Shawnee Township and later
the Raymond school, securing his education largely in the winter
months, while he was employed on the farm the rest of the year.
At the age of seventeen he went to work in the Baltimore & Ohio
Railway shops, spending a year and a half learning the
blacksmith's trade. For two years following he clerked in
the freight house of the Lake Erie Railroad, and then began
driving a truck and doing other work for the Lima Locomotive
Works. Mr. Myers spent four years in
different garages, learning everything there was to be learned
about automobile mechanism, construction, repair and operation.
The Garford Motor Truck Company employed him six years as
service man and road tester, and after this varied experience he
joined Mr. William Heatwole in a business
on East Spring street. This partnership continued until
September, 1920, when Mr. Myers became sole owner.
He runs one of the best equipped establishments of its
kind in Allen County.
In 1916 Mr. Myers married Miss
Anna Lauefer, daughter of Jacob and Anna Lauefer
of Lima. They have one son, Elmer Jacob.
Mr. Myers is a democrat, a member of the Methodist
Church and is active in the Allen County Auto Trade Association.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
- Page 208
* SHARON WICK'S NOTE: According to Google Maps, 127-129
East Spring Street, Lima, Ohio is now a vacant lot. |
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CLYDE W. MYERS.
Each man who strives to fulfill his part in connection with
human life and human activities is deserving of recognition,
what ever may be his field of endeavor, and it is the function
of works of this nature to prepare for future generations an
authentic record concerning those represented in its pages.
The value of such publications is certain to be cumulative for
all time to come, showing forth the specific and individual
accomplishments of which generic history is ever engendered.
The record of the subject of this sketch is worthy of
perpetuation along with others of his fellow citizens of Allen
county, as will be readily ascertained in the following lines.
Clyde W. Myers, president and general manager of
the Peerless Candy Company of Lima is a native son of the
Buckeye state, having been born in Auglaize county on June 13,
1882, and he is the son of William S. and Nettie (Vertner)
Myers. Both of these parents also were born and reared
in Ohio, the father in Auglaize county and the mother in
Champaign county. William S. Myers was a farmer by
vocation, following that pursuit in Auglaize county until about
1895, when he moved to Lima, where he resided until his death in
1910. He was survived but a short time by his widow, whose
death occurred in 1912. They were the parents of the
following children: Ella, who died in infancy; Mina,
the wife of W. R. Graham, of Toledo, Ohio; Blanche,
the wife of William Kessler, of Youngstown, Ohio;
Clyde W., the immediate subject of this sketch; Ozro,
of Lima, and Idona, the wife of Charles Baumgardner.
Clyde W. Myers received his early education in
the public schools of Waynesfield, Ohio, but at the early age of
ten years he found it necessary to go to work, being employed
successively on a farm, in a tile mill and in a hoop mill until
sixteen years of age, when he came to Lima and for two years was
employed in the general store of T. U. Heiniger. He
was then sent to Quincy, Ohio, by Mr. Heiniger as manager
of his store at that place, remaining there about eighteen
months. Mr. Myers then went to Kenton, Ohio, and
worked in a creamery for A. G. Weslev & Company for three
years. Later he returned to Lima and became manager for
the Peerless Candy Company, continuing in this position
until January, 1919, when he bought the business, which he has
since controlled. The company incorporated, with the
following officers: Clyde W. Myers, president and general
manager; Samuel Roeder, vice president; and A.
D. Alaire, secretary and treasurer. They are wholesale
dealers in all kinds of candies, and in the fall of 1920 will
engage extensively in their manufacture. The company has
enjoyed great prosperity, and its volume of business and field
of operations are constantly increasing. Mr. Myers
is devoting his entire time and energy to the business and is
considered a man of unusually energetic and progressive make-up.
In April, 1909, he was married to Sadie
Phillips, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of
John and Barbara (Allen) Phillips, natives of Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. Myers have one child, Delight
Lillian. Mr. Myers' sympathies are with
the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which faith he was reared.
Politically he is a stanch supporter of the Republican party,
though not in any sense an aspirant for public office or
leadership. Fraternally he is a member of the Free and
Accepted Masons, being affiliated with the Blue Lodge, Chapter,
Council and Commandery of that order, and also holds membership
in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Loyal
Order of Moose. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club, the
Lima Automobile Club and the Chamber of Commerce. Mr.
Myers has not only been energetic in the advancement of his
personal interests, but his influence is felt in the upbuilding
of the community honored by his citizenship. The
prosperity which he enjoys is the result of energy rightly
applied and he is eminently deserving of the high place which he
occupies among his fellow citizens of Lima and Allen county.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
- Page 135 |
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ELMER CHASE MYERS,
who enjoys the comforts of a modern town home at 1100 East North
street* in Lima, has been identified with the citizenship of
Allen County forty years, and his active career has been one of
essential industry and useful service.
Mr. Myers was born in Morrow County, Ohio, Aug.
2, 1860, son of John Wesley and Emily Jane Myers.
The home in which he was born was on the farm adjoining the old
state road near the historic Town of Cardington. When
Elmer Chase was about two and a half years of age his father
left the farm, and on Jan. 5, 1863, enlisted in Company C of the
Ninety-Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He had been in
service with his command only a few weeks when he fell a victim
to the life of the camp and the southern climate and died at
Brashear City, Louisiana, Mar. 9, 1863. His widow made the
best of circumstances following her husband's death, and reared
her children and continued to live on the old home farm until
she too passed away in 1894.
At the old homestead Elmer Chase Myers spent his
boyhood and early youth. He attended a country school near
Cardington, and for several years worked out as a farm hand.
He came to Allen County in 1881, and on Oct. 29, 1882, at West
Cairo, Ohio, he married Miss Mary Jane Epperson. It
is a singular coincidence that her father too died while a Union
soldier and when she was too young to remember him.
Mrs. Myers was born n Knoxville, Auglaize County, Ohio, Nov.
26, 1860, daughter of John and Marguerette Epperson.
John Epperson joined an Ohio regiment in 1863 to
substitute for Barney Lacey He was assigned to duty
in the commissary department, and died in an army camp the same
year. After that his widow lived on her farm until she
became the wife of Jacob Bousher of Cridersville, Ohio.
After his marriage, Elmer C. Myers located at
Lima. Among other activities he became distinguished for
his remarkable ability in shearing sheep, and for years was
known as the champion sheep shearer in this part of Ohio.
It was a skill in great demand in a section of the state where
sheep husbandry has been an important part of the agricultural
industry, and Mr. Myers did a big and practical part in
producing the annual wool clip credited to northwestern Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Myers have two children, the son,
Clarence Wesley Myers, being a well-known Allen County
citizen whose career is sketched below. The daughter,
Alta Eva, is the wife of John B. Long. Mr.
Myers and his son Clarence and family reside together
on East North Street. Mr. and Mrs. Myers are
members of the Shawnee Methodist Church of Shawnee Township.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
- Page 207
* Sharon Wick's Note: The home at
1100 E.
North Street, Lima, OH was found on Google Maps in 2023. |
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WILLIAM E. MYERS.
Throughout an active and interesting career duty has ever been
the motive of action with William E. Myers, one of the
well-known citizens and successful business men of Lima, and
usefulness to his fellow men has by no means been a secondary
consideration with him. Thus strong and forceful in his
relations with his fellows, he has gained the good will and
commendation of his associates and the general public, retaining
his reputation among men of integrity and high character, and
never losing the dignity which is the birthright of the
true gentleman.
William E, Myers was born in Bath township,
Allen county, in June, 1880, and is the son of Wesley and
Jane (Heffner) Myers, the father born near LaGrange,
Indiana, and the mother in Bath township, Allen county,
Wesley Myers was the son of Jonathan Myers and his
wife was the daughter of Amos and Mary Ann (Galispie)
Haffner, the former a native of Delaware and the latter
of Pennsylvania. The subject's parents were brought to
Allen county in a very early day with their respective families,
and in Bath township they were reared to maturity and received
their educational training in the public schools. After
their marriage they settled on a farm, where the father spent
the active years of his life and where his wife died in 1892.
He continued to reside there for a time after her death, and
then moved to Defiance, Ohio, where his death occurred on Mar.
9, 1920. They were the parents of three children, namely:
Nettie, the wife of Harry Lutz, of Elida,
Ohio; William E., the subject of this sketch, and Cora,
the wife of Frank Krohn, of Toledo, Ohio .
William E. Myers was reared at home and attended
the common schools until the age of fourteen years, when he went
to work in a stone quarry, remaining so employed for five years.
Then until 1903 he was employed at farm work in Amanda township,
but in that year he came to Lima and was employed in the grocery
business for about two and a half years, the last year being
with the Harry Thomas Grocery Company. He
then engaged in the grocery business on his own account on West
North street, Lima, but after six months he sold a half interest
in the business to J. A. Undine. About eighteen
months later Mr. Myers sold his interest in the
grocery business and went to work for the American Cement
Plaster Company of Lawrence, Kansas, with whom he remained one
year. Then for a similar period he was in the employ of
the Alabastine Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1910
he became associated with H. D. Campbell in the operation
of the Peerless Coal and Supply Company in Lima, but in 1915
Mr. Myers disposed of his interest in the business
and during the following year was in the employ of the Cliffwood
Coal and Supply Company of Lima. He then be came manager
for the United Fuel Company of Lima, but whose main offices are
in Cincinnati, and he is still devoting his attention and
energies to this concern. The officers of this company,
which is one of the leading enterprises of its kind in this
community, are as follows: H. C. Christman, president;
William E. Myers, vice president and general manager; L.
H. Stone, secretary and treasurer. The company handles
anthracite and bituminous coal, at both wholesale and retail,
and they enjoy a large and constantly increasing trade.
On June 29, 1905, Mr. Myers was married
to Maude Keve, who was born and reared in Lima, Ohio, the
daughter of James C. and Margaret (Wilson) Keve. To
this union has been born a son, James W., whose birth
occurred on Aug. 3, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Myers are
members of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church and Mr.
Myers sustains fraternal relations with the Knights of
Pythias. Politically he gives his support to the
Republican party and takes a keen interest in public affairs,
especially as pertaining to the locality in which he lives.
He is an ardent supporter of every worthy movement for the
advancement of the general welfare, and because of his public
spirit and his excellent personal qualities he enjoys the
confidence and esteem of the entire community.
Source: A Standard History of
Allen County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e.
Warner, Beers & Co., 1921 - Page 124 |
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