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Source:
20th CENTURY HISTORY
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co.
Geo. Richmond, Pres C. R. Arnold,
Sec'y and Treas.
Chicago, Illinois
1908
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CHARLES D. MILLER - See
CHARLES R. MILLER
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CHARLES R. MILLER, a
well known general farmer of Mad River Township whose
property contains 144¼ acres,
was born on his present farm May 9, 1851, son of Charles
Dickerson and Belle M. (McClelland) Miller.
MOSES MILLER,
great-grandfather of Charles R., came, with his
family from New Jersey at a very early period and settled in
the timberlands of Mad River Township, near our subject's
present farm. He lived here for the remainder of his
life, passing away a few years after his arrival in this
locality, DAYTON MILLER, his eldest
son, and grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a
young man when he came to the wilds of Clark County with his
parents. He cleared the farm now owned by Charles
R. Miller, built the residence and planted the trees,
which are still standing in front of the house. He was
married in Miami County to Eliza Morrison, a native
of New Jersey, and after his marriage came to live on the
property that now forms our subject’s present farm, residing
for a time in a hewn log house, which then stood on the
land. He died here in 1860 at an advanced age, and his
widow survived him until 1874. They were the parents
of five children, namely: W. D. Miller, who was a
manufacturer of plows at Enon; Henrietta, who is now
deceased; Charles Dickerson, father of Charles R.
Miller; Maria, who married H. Tannehill,
and, with her husband, is now deceased; and Robert,
who died at the age of five years.
CHARLES DICKERSON MILLER
was born and reared in the old log house on the farm where
his son, Charles, now resides. He followed the
occupation of threshing for twenty years. He married
Belle McClelland, a native of Fairfield County, Ohio,
and they reared a family of four children, one of whom died
in infancy. Of the others, Mary E. married
J. R. Wooden and resides in Iowa; Agusta, married
H. Jacobs, of Clark County, Ohio; Charles is
the direct subject of this sketch; and Frank B. is a
resident of Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Miller
died in 1868 and his wife in 1904.
Charles R. Miller was reared on his present
farm, remaining at home until thirty-six years of age.
He then spent nine years in Darke County, Ohio, where he
bought a quarter section of land. Subsequently returning
home, he purchased his farm from the Miller estate
in 1897, and has been engaged in general farming, also
raising many hogs. Mr. Miller was united
in marriage Feb. 29, 1885, to Tillie R. Hamaker, a
daughter of John Hamaker. Of this union there
are two children: Lucy Florence, and Mary E.
Politically Mr. Miller is an independent voter,
but was elected township trustee in 1905 on the Republican
ticket.
Source:
20th Century History
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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DAYTON MILLER - See
CHARLES R. MILLER
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DR. E. CALVIN
MILLER, postmaster at New Carlisle, Ohio, is also a
well known druggist of this village, of which he has been a
resident since 1883. He was born Apr. 21, 1848, at
Millerstown, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Joseph and
Mary Jane (Boyd) Miller. His grandfather,
Ezekial Miller, was prominent among the early
settlers of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, being the
founder of the village of Millerstown, where he owned a
large tract of land, and where he died at the advanced age
of ninety-six years.
JOSEPH MILLER, father of the doctor, was
born in Pennsylvania, his parents’ family numbering four
children, namely: Mary, McConnel, Joseph
and Thomas. Joseph was reared on his father’s
farm and later engaged in mercantile business at
Millerstown, where he was married to Mary Jane
Boyd, also a native of Pennsylvania. They
subsequently moved to North Dakota, where they remained but
one year, then coming to New Carlisle, Clark County, Ohio.
After residing here one year they sold their property and
moved to Callery, Pennsylvania, where they passed the
remainder of their lives, Mr. Miller dying at
the age of seventy-eight years and his wife at that of
seventy-two. They were the parents of the‘ following
children: Ellen, who died young; Robert, who
lives in the state of Washington; E. Calvin, subject
of this article; Melissa Jane, residing at Brady’s
Bend, Pennsylvania; James, who died at the age of
thirty-eight, and was prominent in the oil business;
Thomas, who was killed on his first day’s run as
conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad; Mary, a
resident of Brady ’s Bend, Pennsylvania; and Benjamin.
who is superintendent for the Standard Oil Company in
Washington State.
Dr. E. Calvin Miller was reared in Millerstown,
Pennsylvania, and received his education in the common
schools of that village, later attending Mount Union
College, where he was a student at the time of President
Lincoln’s assassination. He worked as clerk in
his father's store until he was twenty years of age, at the
age of seventeen beginning the study of medicine under
Dr. C. H. Lee, of Tarentum, a village five miles from
Millerstown. After remaining in Dr. Lee's
office for three years, he attended a course of lectures at
Philadelphia, where he received his diploma. He shortly
after embarked in the practice of medicine at Moravia,
Pennsylvania, going thence in a short time, however, to West
Middlesex, Mercer County, that state, where he was engaged
in the drug business for one year. Then, owing to ill
health, he removed to Springdale, Pennsylvania, and for nine
years operated a drug store in connection with his medical
practice. He was also postmaster of that village, the
office being one of the fourth class. Dr.
Miller then went to Fargo, North Dakota, but not liking
that locality returned immediately to Allegheny City,
Pennsylvania, where he left his family while he made a tour
through many states in search of a desirable location.
He finally came to New Carlisle and purchased an interest in
the Neff & Son Drug Company, of this village, and
operated the business from 1883 until 1895 under the firm
name of Neff & Miller. Dr.
Miller subsequently carried on the business alone for
one year, and then sold out to W. A. Higgins, who has
since conducted it.
Dr. Miller was appointed postmaster of
New Carlisle June 19, 1900, during President
McKinley’s administration, and is still serving in that
capacity. He is interested in various business
enterprises of this locality, is president of the New
Carlisle Telephone Company, a stockholder in the First
National Bank, president of the cemetery board, was for
several years secretary of the New Carlisle Building and
Loan Association and was also engaged in life insurance for
a time. Fraternally Dr. Miller is a
Mason, being a member of New Carlisle Lodge No. 100, F. & A.
M., the Chapter at New Carlisle, and Palestine Commandery at
Springfield. He also belongs to the I. O. O. F., of
which he was financial secretary for seventeen years.
Politically he is a Republican.
Dr. Miller was married in 1869 to
Nancy Jane Humes, a daughter of James and Mary Humes,
of Pennsylvania, and he and his wife have been the parents
of three children: Ella, who married W. N. Scarff,
and has three children—Max, Howard and
Lucille; C. Bertram, a druggist, of Dayton, Ohio;
and Thomas, who is assistant postmaster at New
Carlisle.
Source:
20th Century History
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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EMANUEL
MILLER - See JOHN M. MILLER
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J. J. MILLER - See
Page 530 in CHAPTER XX
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J. J. MILLER - See
Page 524 in CHAPTER XX
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JOHN M. MILLER, who resides
in Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, is a successful
business man, who in addition to farming maintains stall No.
42 in the Springfield market. He has a fruit farm of
thirty-three acres in Springfield Township, on which he has
600 bearing cherry trees, besides a large number of apple,
peach and plum trees. During the winter he butchers
and dresses poultry for the market. He also rents and
farms the Bitner place of 100 acres in
Springfield Township. Mr. Miller was
born on his father’s farm in Franklin county, Pennsylvania,
Sept. 11, 1861, and is a son of Emanuel and Anna (Kendig)
Miller, and grandson of Emanuel Miller.
EMANUEL
MILLER, father of John M., was one of ten
children and was born on a farm in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania. At the age of eighteen years he came
west to Ohio with a party of men on horseback, Clark County
being at that time largely forest land, but he soon returned
to Pennsylvania, and followed farming in Franklin County
until his death in June, 1890, when aged seventy-two years.
He married Anna Kendig, who was born in
Pennsylvania and is now living there with her oldest son, at
the advanced age of eighty years. They had fourteen
children, ten of whom grew up, as follows: Jacob K.;
Melinda, wife of H. Frantz; Jerry, who
died at the age of thirty-four years; Barbara, wife
of John C. Miller; Abraham; Benjamin F.; John M.; Susan
E., wife of George Geltzinger; Martin
R.; and Harry.
John M. Miller was reared on the home farm and
attended the common schools. When nineteen years old
he began learning the trade of a machinist, and for three
and a half years was in the employ of Frick & Co. in
their engine and boiler works at Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.
He subsequently followed the trade of a tool maker. In
1886 he came to Springfield, Ohio, and worked for the
William M. Whiteley Company continuously until 1890,
except for a short time spent at Dayton, Ohio, and from 1890
until 1892, for the Rogers Iron Company, now the
William Bailey Co., of Springfield. In 1887
he purchased ten acres of land in Springfield Township, from
Henry Frantz, upon which he moved on Mar. 1,
1888, removing from there to his present location in
October, 1899, having purchased this place in the fall of
the same year. He was always considered a skilled machinist
and has also been successful in agricultural work and his
business under takings.
Mr. Miller was married Dec. 5, 1886, to Anna
L. Bair, who was born in Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania. Her parents were Daniel H. and
Barbara (Weber) Bair, the latter of whom died after the
birth of the following children: Benjamin W., Mary, Anna
L., Martha, and Elizabeth. The father of Mrs.
Miller formed a second marriage with Clara A. Resh,
by whom he has a son, Daniel I. Mr. Bair is
living at the age of seventy-two years. Mr. and
Mrs. Miller are parents of five children, namely:
Arthur R., Mary A., Harvey D., Harrold L., and Oscar
B. The family belong to the Mennonite Church.
Source:
20th Century History
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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JOSEPH MILLER
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MOSES MILLER - See
CHARLES R. MILLER
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OLIVER H. MILLER - See
Page 534 - CHAPTER XX.
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OLIVER J. MILLER,
a well known resident of Bethel Township, who is engaged in
general farming on a tract of fifty-five acres, situated
about ten miles west of Springfield, on the south side of
the Valley Pike, was born on the old home farm in Bath
Township, Greene County, Ohio, Apr. 12, 1846 and is a son of
Samuel and Mary (Warner) Miller.
SAMUEL MILLER was a native of
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and when just
a boy his father, Samuel, Sr., packed his household
goods in a wagon and brought his family over the mountains
to Ohio, where he settled on a tract of timberland in Bath
Township, Greene County, and resided there the remainder of
his life. Samuel, father of Oliver J.,
was reared on this farm and assisted in clearing the land.
He married Mary Warner, a native of Baltimore,
Maryland, whose parents came to Ohio when she was eight
years old and settled in Bath Township, Greene County, on a
farm adjoining that of Samuel Miller, and the two
children were reared together, and became lifelong
companions. Samuel Miller's death
occurred first, when seventy-one years of age, his widow
surviving him ten years. They were the parents of
twelve children: George W., who enlisted in the
Forty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, died in the
army: Harrison, member of the One hundred and tenth
Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, died in the army; Henry,
who served in the army, enlisting in the One hundred and
fifty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Chrislenia,
widow of John Shrodes; Oliver James;
William, who died young; Leah C., who is the
widow of Elias Trubee, who was a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic; Martha J.; Eliza Ellen;
Reuben A.; Mary Alice, deceased, who was the
wife of Andy Miller; and John C.
Oliver James Miller was reared to man hood on his
father’s farm, devoting his time to agricultural work and to
his education, which was received in the district schools of
the township. In 1862, after the outbreak of the Civil
war, although a mere lad of sixteen years, he decided to
give his services to his country, and was twice accepted as
a recruit, but was each time compelled to withdraw, by his
father, who considered him too young to enter the army.
His third attempt was successful, he enlisting on his
eighteenth birthday, Apr. 12, 1864, in Company K, One and
fifty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, remaining in service
120 days, and was mustered out in September, 1864. He
participated in several skirmishes and the battle of New
Creek, Virginia. He then returned to his father’s farm
and on Oct. 20, 1868, was united in marriage with Susan
Kreider, a daughter of Henry and Susan
(Kirkwood) Kreider. Mr. Miller
and family continued their residence in Greene County until
1900, when he came to Clark County and purchased his present
farm of fifty-five acres, the old Reuben Harnish
farm in Bethel Town ship, where he has since been engaged in
general farming. Mr. Miller grows about
three acres of tobacco each year. The greater part of
the improvements, including out buildings, the commodious
house, etc., were on the land at the time of his purchase.
Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Miller, namely: George W., married Sadie
Turner and has a family of six children; Susan.
married M. Welter, and has four children; Olympia;
Mary Ann, wife of Lewis
Grindle, has two children; Gertrude;
Myrtle, married W. B. Kaufiman; Harry,
died aged eight years; Orey O.; Grace, and
Sarah.
Politically Mr. Miller is an adherent of
the Republican party. Fraternally he is associated with the
I. O. O. F. of Fairfield, Ohio, being a member of the
Encampment.
Source:
20th Century History
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Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
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SAMUEL MILLER - See
OLIVER J. MILLER
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SEBA H. MILLER - See
Page 535 - CHAPTER XX.
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WILLIAM MILLER, who is now
living in retirement at his home in Springfield Township
after many years of business activity, is owner of
considerable property in different parts of the county.
He has seven or eight acres within the limits of the city of
Springfield, a tract of twenty-five acres across the road in
Springfield Township and another tract of eighty-two acres
in the same township, and in Moorefield Township has a farm
of ninety-two acres. He is a native of Clark County,
Ohio, having been born on the old Isaac Miller
farm, Apr. 10, 1846, and is a son of Isaac and
Elizabeth (Sitz) Miller.
The paternal grandparents of William Miller came
from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, of which they were
natives, to Ohio, and took up their residence in German
Township, Clark County. The grandfather, a hardy old
pioneer, sowed the first clover seed in Clark County, having
brought it in from Butler County.
Isaac Miller was born in Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, and was seven years of age when he
accompanied his parents to Clark County. He attended
the primitive schools of German Township, and at an early
age learned the trade of carpenter with James
Humphrey, who lived on the Urbana Pike. He enjoyed
a long and useful life, being nearly ninety-two years old at
the time of his demise. He married Elizabeth
Sitz, whose father, Henry Sitz, was a
farmer and an early resident of the county. This union
resulted in the following issue: David, who died at
the age of forty-two years; William and Henry,
twins; and Mary, wife of James M. Sheaff.
William Miller received an excellent
education in the district schools of his native township,
and throughout his long and active business career engaged
in agricultural pursuits. He farmed the home place
until his marriage, in 1871, then rented a place south of
the city of Springfield. After a short residence there
he moved down toward Clifton, and later to the old
Charles Stroud farm at Donnelsville.
He then purchased twenty-six acres of land from his father,
for which he paid $2,600 and after residing there three
three years sold out at $154 per acre, almost doubling his
money on the investment. He then lived on the farm
left by his father-in-law, Henry Gram, for
four years, at the end of which time he moved to his present
place.
Mr. Miller was first married to Miss Anna
Rebbert, a daughter of Andrew Rebbert, who lived
south of the city of Springfield, and one son, Andrew J.,
was born to bless this union. After the death of his
first wife he formed a second union Oct. 6, 1875, with
Miss Elizabeth Gram, a daughter of Henry Gram,
who was a speculator and a well known citizen of this
county. She was one of the following children born to
her parents: Catherine, deceased; Rebecca,
deceased; Elizabeth (Miller); Sarah;
John, deceased; and Cornelius. This second
union was also blessed with a son, Henry G., who
operates the home farm. The latter was joined in
marriage with Mary Kobe lanz, a daughter of Henry
Kobelanz, and has a son, Karl C., aged three
years. Religiously Mr. Miller and his family
are members of the Lutheran Church.
Source:
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CASSIUS W. MINNICH,
owner of an excellent tract of one hundred and twenty acres
in Bethel Township, Clark County, situated eight miles west
of Springfield on the Valley Pike, was born Nov. 6, 1848,
and is a son of John and Caroline (Layton) Minnich.
Michael and Eva Minnich, his paternal
grandparents, came to Ohio in wagons when it was practically
a wilderness and were among the first settlers of this
section, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They
had six children-—three sons and three daughters.
JOHN MINNICH, the father of
Cassius, was born here in 1810 and when he grew up
assisted in clearing the land. During his life he
acquired two hundred and thirty acres of land and held many
important township offices, including the superintendency of
the construction of the Valley Pike. He married
Caroline Layton, a daughter of John and
Elizabeth Layton, early settlers of this section, and to
them were born the following children; Michael S.; DeWitt
C.; Cassius W.; Mary E., who married J. M.
Latta (both deceased); and Jessie, who married
A. E. Umphrey. John Minnich died in
1864, aged fifty-four years, and his widow survived him
until 1904, passing away in her seventy-ninth year.
Cassius W. Minnich was born on a farm adjoining
his present place and his industrial energies have been
devoted entirely to agriculture. His education was
acquired in the district schools and at Wittenberg College.
In November, 1872, he was married to Ida C. Higgins,
a native of Mad River Township, whose death occurred in
September, 1885. They were the parents of three
children: Carl; Kenneth, who married Mary
Rogers, is a resident of Springfield, and has two
children, Louis and an infant; and Alice.
Mr. Minnich has served on the school
board and for the past twelve years has been a township
trustee. He has also for the past twelve years been
connected with the Clark County Agricultural Society.
Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masons - Clark Lodge
No. 101 of Springfield - and the Knights of Pythias - Mad
River Lodge No. 374, at Enon.
Source:
20th Century History
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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JOHN MINNICH - See
CASSIUS W. MINNICH
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PETER MINNICH - See
THOMAS B. MINNICH
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THOMAS B. MINNICH,
one of German Township’s most respected citizens, resides on
his valuable farm of fifty-two acres, which is situated on
the Jordan Turnpike, about six miles northwest of
Springfield, was born in German Township, Clark County,
Ohio, Dec, 19, 1887. He is a son of Peter and
Martha (Stephenson) Minnich.
Peter Minnich was born in Pennsylvania and was a
son of Peter Minnich, who brought his family to Clark
County about 1808. They settled on a farm about one
and one-half miles east of the present place. The
maternal grandfather, David Stephenson, came to Ohio
from Virginia and settled in Champaign County, Ohio,
entering land about three miles southeast of Urbana.
After his death on that land, his widow and children moved
to German Township, Clark County, and located near Peter
Minnich. The parents of Thomas B. Minnich
were married in 1816 and went to housekeeping on the farm on
which he was born, the youngest of their ten children.
Peter Minnich died in 1842 and when Thomas B.
was fourteen years old his mother married Jonathan Park
and they moved to Logan County, near the Shelby County line.
Mrs. Park died in 1873, aged seventy-six years.
When his mother contracted her second marriage
Thomas B. Minnich started out to take care of himself
and is an example of a self-made man. He engaged in
farm work in different neighborhoods and after his marriage
he rented a farm in German Township, which he operated for a
number of years. In 1886 he bought his present farm
and in 1901 he erected his comfortable residence. He is
assisted in the management of the property by his eldest
son, John B., who is a member of the school board of
this township.
Thomas B. Minnich was married Dec. 2, 1875, to
Elizabeth Michael, who
is a daughter of John and Eliza Ann (Domer) Michael.
Mrs. Minnich was born and reared in German Township.
Her father was born in Virginia and accompanied his father,
Frederick Michael, to Clark County in 1812, being
then a boy of twelve years. The maternal grandfather
of Mrs. Minnich, John Domer, came to Clark
County from Maryland. Thomas B. Minnich and
wife have four children, namely: John B., residing at
home, was educated at Wittenberg College, where he spent
three and one-half years; Ozzie B., who operates the
Northampton Bell Telephone Exchange, graduated from the
Lawrenceville Township High School in 1899, married Alice
Nave; Charles Stephenson, who graduated from the
Lawrenceville High School in 1900, at tends a business
college at Springfield; and Lulu Blanche, who
graduated from the Lawrenceville High School in 1903, taught
two terms of school in District No. 10, German Township.
Mr. Minnich’s family is prominent in the educational
and social circles of German Township.
Source:
20th Century History
of
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Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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