BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio
edited by
Hon. Bert S. Bartlow, W. H. Todhunter, Stephen D. Cone, Joseph J. Pater,
Frederick Schneider and Others To which is appended
A Comprehensive Compendium of Local Biography and Memoirs of Representative
Men and Women of the County.
Illustrated
Publ. B. F. Bowen & Co., Publishers
1905
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DAVID MACDILL
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 931 |
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JAMES MACREADY, M. D.
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 719 |
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HENRY MALLORY, M. D.
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 355 |
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CAPT. AUGUST W. MARGEDANT
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 406 |
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CAPT. WILLIAM C. MARGEDANT
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 866 |
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CONSTANTINE
MARKT, M. D. This representative member of the medical
profession in Butler county, where he has been long established in
practice, retaining his residence in the city of Hamilton, was born in
Spaichingen, in the kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, on the 25th of
February, 1832, being a son of Karl and Mary Markt, likewise
natives of that kingdom, where the latter died in the year 1852.
The eldest of their six children was Jacob, and he emigrated to
the United States in 1849, settling in Geauga county, Ohio, where he
conducted a tailoring business and dealt in clothing. He was a
valiant soldier during the Civil war and was wounded in the battle of
Murfreesboro, his injuries being so severe as to cause his discharge
from the service, by reason of disability. He never recuperated
and his death, which occurred in 1871, was the diametrical result of his
injuries. He sold his business in Ohio and removed to Wisconsin,
where his death occurred. The presence of this son and brother in
America led the aged father and his other children to consider the
advantages and attractions of the new world, and in 1854 they crossed
the ocean, coming to Ohio, where they made short visit in Geauga county,
removing to Painesville in the fall of that year. Of the other
children we enter the following brief record: Francis I. died in
1856; Constantine is the immediate subject of this sketch;
Victoria became the wife of Gottleib Reif and they
removed to Portland, Oregon, where he died and where she still resides;
Catherine is the widow of Frederick Spinner and
resides in Iowa and Maria Theresa died on the same day as
did her brother Francis, both having succumbed to typhoid fever.
The father passed to his reward in 1868, at the venerable age of
seventy-four years. The father of the Doctor was well advanced in
years when he came to America, and thereafter much of the responsibility
of caring for the family devolved upon the subject, who was the eldest
son at home. He had received an excellent education in the schools
of the fatherland, where he was graduated in one of the national
colleges, while he was also very proficient in both vocal and
instrumental music. This accomplishment proved source of profit in
enabling him to provide for the support of the family, and he found much
pleasure in his musical work, but he was not satisfied to follow music
teaching as permanent vocation, aspiring to professional success as
physician and surgeon. His leisure hours were thus passed in
careful technical study, under the preceptorship of Dr. Joseph B.
Carpenter, of Painesville. It was not, however, until after
the death of his brother and sister and the marriage of the other
sisters that he could entertain the thought of entering medical college
to complete his studies. He entered the Eclectic Medical College,
in Cincinnati, in 1856, and was there graduated as member of the class
of 1858, in which his studious habits and close application had given
him high rank. Very soon after receiving his coveted degree of
Doctor of Medicine, the subject located in Hamilton, where he has ever
since been actively engaged in practice and where he has attained high
standing in the profession, building up large and representative
business. He has always maintained an enviable position among his
colleagues in Hamilton and has been successful beyond his most sanguine
expectations. His extensive practice and close application to his
professional duties so impaired his health that he finally felt
compelled to withdraw largely from his country practice, which at one
time required the use of three horses, and he then, about 1869, engaged
in the drug business and reduced his professional labors to practically
an office practice. After four years of this semi-active life he
turned his drug business over to assistants and again resumed the active
practice of his profession, and here we find him today, with his
energies divided between mercantile pursuits and the practice of
medicine. Though devoted to his profession Dr. Markt
has found time for general reading and has taken an active interest in
political, social and religious affairs. An ardent Republican, he
has been in the field as campaign orator in every presidential election
since 1860, though he has never sought official preferment for him self.
He has been lifelong student and has surrounded himself with those ever
loyal friends, choice books, his handsome home, at 214 South Second
street. being veritable storehouse of the best in classical and con
temporary literature of the best order. The Doctor is versatile,
companionable, easy of approach, loyal to his friends. and devoted to
his family and home. On the 30th of December, 1858. Dr.
Constantine Markt was married to Miss Josephine C.
Carpenter, daughter of his early preceptor, Dr. Joseph
Brown Carpenter, of Painesville. Dr.
Carpenter was born in Milton, Vermont, where he was educated and
where he initiated his professional career. He was graduated in
Burlington Medical College in 1826, and came to Painesville, Ohio, in
1843, there passing the residue of his life as prominent and successful
practitioner of medicine and surgery. He died in 1861, at the age
of fifty five years. His wife, whose maiden name was Caroline
Jackson, was likewise born in Milton, and she survived her
honored husband by about four years, entering into eternal rest in 1865.
On the maternal side the ancestry is traceable to the Revolutionary
epoch, and Mrs. Markt is valued member and chief official
in the Hamilton chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. She is also charter member of the Children’s Home
Commission in this city, the same having been organized thirty-four
years ago, and she has ever been an active and devoted worker for this
noble institution. She is woman of culture and gracious refinement
and has ever shown deep humanitarian spirit and sympathy. gaining the
affectionate regard of those who have come within the sphere of her
kindly influence. Dr. and Mrs. Markt have two children.
The daughter, Addie Carpenter, is the wife of Edward
Sohngen, of Hamilton, prominent business man and leading
manufacturer, and they have two children, Josephine Markt
and Elizabeth Adelaide. The son, Karl C.,
still remains at the parental home. He was born on the 16th of
August, 1873, and has received liberal education and is graduate in
pharmacy, profession which he followed for several years in connection
with his father’s drug business, but he is now identified with other
lines of business enterprise. In 1858 Dr. Markt was
appointed brigade surgeon of the Southern division of the Ohio militia,
and he held this office until the brigade entered active service in the
Civil war. He was for ten years secretary of the board of trustees
of the Lane Library and to him is due much of the early popularity and
upbuilding of that valuable institution. He was for long period
member of the Hamilton board of health, serving as secretary of the same
for eighteen years, while for four years was treasurer of the board of
education. He has long been one of the honored members of the Ohio
State Medical Society, of which he was president for two years.
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen &
Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 567 |
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GEORGE W. MARSH
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 645 |
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JOSEPH D. MARSHALL, M. D.
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 370 |
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MARTIN V. MARSHALL
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 636 |
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JEREMIAH MARSTON
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 948 |
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LIBERN MARTIN
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 623 |
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JOHN MARTIN DELL
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 380 |
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WILLIAM F. MASON
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 574 |
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JOHN C. MATHER
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 570 |
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ISAAC
MATTHIAS was born in Winchester, Virginia, Feb. 6, 1805. He
received his early education in the schools of the neighborhood and
learned the trade of coppersmith. In 1827 be located in Cincinnati
and one year later, with his brother Jacob, settled in this city.
The brothers engaged in the copper smithing and turning business, to
which they later added stoves and tinware. They engaged largely in
furnishing equipments for distilleries, of which there were many at that
time in Butler county, this work being to them source of very
considerable profit. In 1839 the firm of Matthias,
Reiser Traber was formed for the sale of dry goods, groceries
and hardware, the business being carried on successfully until March,
1842. Then Mr. Matthias conducted copper smith and
stove business alone until 1849, when his brother Jacob re-ntered
the firm, from which time they conducted the business until the
subject’s death, June 26, I879. On December 2, 1829, Mr.
Matthias was married to Miss Fanny Grooms and
to this union were born five children: Emma, Ann, Jacob, George P.
and Jennie. Mrs. Fannie Matthias died in January, 1852,
and in November, I854, Mr. Matthias was married to Miss Mary
Galbraith, who died January 6, 1895, after having become the
mother of five children.
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen &
Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 875 |
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JACOB MATTHIAS
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 983 |
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JAMES
M'BRIDE was born at Greencastle. Pennsylvania, November 2, 1788,
and though he received no school education, he by his persistent
personal efforts acquired a comprehensive knowledge. His first
employment was as clerk for John Reily and he soon gained
the confidence of all with whom he had dealings. Just prior to the
war of 1812 he engaged with Joseph Hough in the shipment
of flour to New Orleans, venture which netted them a large profit.
In 1813 Mr. McBride was elected sheriff and was re elected
in 1815, a noteworthy fact when it is considered that at that time this
office was considered the chief one in the county and the subject was
then but twenty-five years old. Mr. McBride took a
deep interest in the affairs of the early history of this region and
much of his research has been preserved and is in existence today in his
own handwriting. Among the works produced by him was one published
in 1869. entitled “Pioneer Biography of Butler County, and he also wrote
in 1831 a history of Hamilton. which was not published until a few years
ago. Subsequently Mr. McBride was elected mayor of
Hamilton and while in this position aided in a codification of the city
ordinances. He was later employed in the office of the auditor of state
at Columbus and in 1846 was elected clerk of courts of Butler county,
holding this position until 1852 On October 4, 1859, his death occurred,
his wife having passed away but ten days previously.
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen &
Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 878 |
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DAVID W. McCLUNG
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 831 |
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SAMUEL McFALL
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 422 |
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ROBERT M'CLELLAN
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 940 |
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THOMAS M'CULLOUGH
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 960 |
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JOSEPH EWING M'DONALD
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 933 |
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REV. GEORGE A. MECHLING, A. M.
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 793 |
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JOHN
M'ELWEE, who was born in I824 at Miamisburg, Ohio, received
classical education at Dayton and then studied medicine and graduated
from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, after which he located at
Hamilton and there practiced his profession for a short time. He
took deep interest in public affairs and served two terms in the Ohio
legislature, being also clerk of the Butler county courts from 1858 to
1864. He engaged in the distilling business in Hamilton and
Cincinnati and when the tax of one dollar per gallon was placed on
whiskey he had a large amount on hand which was exempt from taxation,
netting him an enormous profit. In 1861 in company with Doctor
John P. P. Peck, he purchased the Telegraph, Democratic newspaper,
and himself filled the editorial chair. Doctor McElwee was
an opponent of the Civil war, while Doctor Peck was war
Democrat. In August, 1861, Doctor Peck objected to
the publication in the Telegraph of the famous secession resolutions
passed by Democratic mass meeting held in Hamilton, in consequence of
which Doctor McElwee retired from the partnership and in
September, 1862, purchased the Oxford Union and removed the plant to
Hamilton. In the same month he issued the first number of the True
Telegraph, which editorially denounced the war, the abolitionists and
the President. In 1866 the Doctor superintended the construction
of the opera house and afterwards opened a drug store in the same
building. In 1875 he took course of lectures at the Miami Medical
College and thereafter was engaged in the active practice of his
profession at Bath, Indiana. His death occurred in 1887.
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen &
Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 878 |
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REV. JAMES G. MILLER
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 490 |
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M. E. MILLER
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 668 |
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WILLIAM C. MILLER
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 845 |
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BRANDON R. MILLIKIN
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 811 |
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DAN MILLIKIN, M. D.
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 760 |
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DR. DANIEL MILLIKIN
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 977 |
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IRA S. MILLIKIN
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 848 |
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MAJOR JOHN M. MILLIKIN
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 872 |
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COL. MINOR MILLIKIN
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 871 |
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DR. ROBERT B. MILLIKIN
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 961 |
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DR. SAMUEL H. MILLIKIN
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 495 |
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THOMAS
MILLIKIN, who at the time of his death was the oldest practicing
member of the Hamilton bar, was born in Rossville, now part of Hamilton.
September 28, 1819. He began his classical studies with Rev. J. G.
Monfort in Rossville, in 1832, and then entered Miami University,
from which he graduated in 1838. He studied law with Elijah
Vance and was admitted to the bar in 1840. Three years
later he was appointed prosecuting attorney, serving for one year, and
from that time until his death he was uninterruptedly engaged in the
practice of his profession. He took a prominent part in public
affairs and was one of the organizers of the Hamilton Gas Company and of
the Hamilton & Lindenwald Electric Transit Company. For
many years he was attorney for the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Railway and the Big Four Railway Companies. In I874 he was
tendered a commission as judge of the supreme court of Ohio. but
declined the honor. He was a noted speaker at public meetings and on
July 4, 1876, delivered noted ad dress at the Hamilton centennial
celebration and was also president of the citizens’ committee during the
centennial celebration of the building of old Fort Hamilton. He also
delivered an address at the laying of the corner-stone of the present
court house. Mr. Millikin was married at Columbus,
Ohio. November 4, 1841, to Miss Mary Van Hookin’s name was
synonym for all that was honorable and few men have left deeper impress
on the city and state in the last half century than he. His death
occurred in Hamilton, November I0, 1899.
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen &
Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 879 |
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HARVEY MINTON
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 371 |
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M'MAKEN, Mark C.
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 955 |
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JOHN MOLYNEAUX, D. D. S.
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 412 |
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FRANCIS MONFORT
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 918 |
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SILAS B. MONTANYE
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 383 |
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HUGH M. MOORE, M. D.
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 414 |
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COL.
THOMAS MOORE was born in Quebec, Canada, July 22, 1822, and was
of Scotch-Irish descent. He accompanied his parents to
Pennsylvania in 1828, where his father died one year later, and in 1830
he accompanied his mother and two brothers who came to Ohio, locating at
Oxford, where he went to school until his removal to Preble county in
1833. At the age of fifteen years he engaged in the tailor’s trade
and after completing his time, labored few weeks, acquiring enough money
to carry him through one term at Miami University during the fall of
1839. He remained at that institution about four years, working at
his trade during his vacations. He then entered the office of
L. D. Campbell at Hamilton, where he studied law, and still later
studied with Jackson Hawkins at Eaton, being admitted to
the bar of the Ohio supreme court. A year later he entered into
partnership with Judge William J. Gilmore, which was dissolved
about year later. The subject was elected state senator from the
Butler-Warren district in 1860, being the first Republican to fill that
position, and he introduced and pushed to its completion the criminal
cost act. In 1850 he served as mayor of Rossville, though
subsequently resigning the position. In 1864 he was elected
colonel of the One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Ohio Regiment and commanded
it during its service of four months in West Virginia. Colonel
Moore was an ardent member of the Whig party and later of the
Republican, taking an active part during campaigns. He was
originally a member of the Associate Reformed church, but later became a
Presbyterian. He was married in 1845 to Miss Mary C. Caldwell
and they became the parents of seven children. The Colonel's death
occurred June 19, 1893.
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 879 |
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HENRY LEE MOREY
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 936 |
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JAMES W. MORTON
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 540 |
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PETER MURPHY
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 988 |
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HON. M. T. MUSTIN
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 672 |
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THE FRED J. MYERS MANUFACTURING CO.
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 653 |
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CAPT. JOSEPH W. MYERS
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 404 |
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