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Mr. & Mrs. M. A. McIntyre	MAJOR A. McINTYRE Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 442
	MRS. ANNA J. McPHERSON, who is of Scotch-Irish descent, owns one hundred and twenty-three acres of land in Greenfield township, where she has lived for more than sixty years, being born in this township, Jan. 17, 1824.  Her parents, John and Martha (Easter) Arthur, were of Irish birth but came to this county in the days of the pioneers.  They settled in Greenfield township, cleared their own farm and became substantial citizens of the land of their adoption.  A more extended mention of them and of their descendants is given in the sketch of Robert Arthur, a farmer of Greenfield township.      Mrs. McPherson has spent all her life in this township.  Her education was acquired in the public schools of Steuben and the practical experience that fitted her to be the wife of a farmer was obtained at home with her parents.  In her young womanhood she was married August 12, 1841, to James McPherson, the son of William and Mary McPherson, natives of Ireland but numbered among the early settlers of Bronson township.  James McPherson was also of Irish birth and was the first of his family to come to this country.  He was a young man and came alone, but after finding that the chances of making his way in the world were so much better here than in Ireland sent for his parents.  He had learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed on coming to Ohio, and it is said that he helped to build some of the first houses in Norwalk.  After obtaining employment in several other places he went to Steuben, where he assisted in building the Congregational church.  Shortly after that he abandoned his trade for the pursuit of farming, for in 1846, he had purchased a good-sized tract of land, that on which his widow lives today.  It was at the time virgin soil well covered with timber, and the work of clearing the forest was no small undertaking.  The greater part of this he did himself as well as building his fine house.  Many improvements have since been made, and were, in fact, instituted before Mr. McPherson's life was closed on the 22d of June, 1858, at the age of forty-four years and four months to the day.  A hard working man, his integrity of deed and purpose was recognized by his fellows, who as whigs elected him to fill the office of treasurer of the township.  His religious affiliation was with the Congregational church.      Of the marriage that was solemnized in the Arthur home on the 12th of August, 1841, there were born three children:  William Hamilton, living in Bronson township, was twice married, the first time to Miss Lucy A. Wheeler, who left three children, Arthur, William H. and Scott, and the second time to Miss Margaret Much, and they have sons, Clyde and Glenn.  George A., the second son, is a resident of Greenfield township.  He married Miss Emma Willoughby, by whom he has had two children:  Robert, deceased; and Jennie, who is the wife of Fred Flyn and has a daughter Helen.  They live in Ashland county, Ohio.  John F., the youngest son, lives at home and manages his mother's farm.  He attended the pubic school at Steuben, from which he went to the National Normal College at Lebanon, Ohio, where he took a teacher's course.  For a few years after completing his education he devoted himself to instructing others in the rudiments of the English language, and other school subjects and then engaged in farming.  He has been successful in agriculture and has won for himself a respected position among the citizens of Greenfield township, whom he has served to their satisfaction as justice of the peace and as town clerk and in other capacities, have held the first mentioned office through a period of twenty-three years, and the second for twenty-one years.  He is a democrat in politics and a member of the Presbyterian church, in which he has held several offices.  Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of the Maccabees and has held almost all the offices of the tent.      During the more than half-century that Mrs. McPherson has lived upon her farm she has witnessed and participated in the many changes that have transformed the country from a sparsely inhabited tract of underdeveloped field and forest, into one of the best improved portions of the state.  The progress is gratifying and especially is the knowledge that her farm has kept up with the march of time and is as improved and well cultivated a tract as is included in the township of Greenfield. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 43
	CALVERT A. MEAD.  A well developed and highly improved farm of ninety-three acres, situated within two miles and a half of the courthouse in Norwalk, is not only the present home of Calvert A. Mead, but was the place of his birth and here his entire life has been spent.  He was born in a log house on this farm, July 9, 1834, and is the youngest in a family of ten children born of the marriage of Edmund W. Mead and Rachel Knapp.  The former was born Apr. 4, 1788m, while the birth of the latter occurred Feb. 14, 1790.  They were married Oct. 2, 1813, and it was in 1828, that Edmund W. Mead, with his family, then consisting of wife and six children, left their home in Putnam county, New York, and located in Huron county.  Four years later, in 1832, the father took up his abode upon the farm which is now the home of his son Calvert A.  He followed farming throughout his entire life, was industrious and prudent in his manner of living, and thus acquired a good farm.  He eventually retired to private life, spending his last days in Norwalk, where his death occurred Apr. 5, 1876, when he had reached the extreme old age of eighty-eight years.  He was a republican in politics and was highly respected in the community in which he so long made his home.  The family of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund W. Mead numbered nine children, as follows:  Jane E., who was born Apr. 28, 1814; Elizabeth A., born Feb. 26, 1816; Susan, born May 11, 1818; Silas K., Nov. 19, 1820; Almira, born Feb. 13, 1823; Alfred G., July 12, 1825; Rachel, born Apr. 5, 1829; Charles E., Jan. 14, 1832; and Calvert A., born June 9, 1834.  The last three named were born after the removal of the family to Huron county.      Calvert A. Mead, as above stated, was born on the farm which is still his home.  As a boy, he was reared to agricultural pursuits and has made farming his life work. He has improved his place with good substantial buildings, having a comfortable residence and ample outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. The place, comprising ninety-three acres, is conveniently located within two and a half miles of the courthouse in Norwalk.  Near the house is a natural spring of water, supplying a small lake, which has been dug by Mr. Mead.  He has stocked this with fish and it also affords a place for rowing, which adds greatly to the pleasure of the family and their friends, during the heated season.  He formerly gave much of his attention to dairying, supplying a large number of patrons with milk, but he has abandoned this branch of his business and now gives his entire time to the cultivation of crops.      Mr. Mead chose as a companion and helpmate for the journey of life, Miss Ellen Mesnard, who was born Apr. 30, 1836, their marriage being celebrated in 1857.  Her father, Eri Mesnard, was of French descent and served as standard county surveyor of Huron county for fourteen years.  He surveyed the first railroad in the state of New York and in early life, engaged in teaching school in Ithaca, that state.  His death occurred in 1879, and his wife survived for two years, passing away in1881.      The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Mead has been blessed with six sons and one daughter, namely: Charles W., Byron L., Albert S., Gertrude Louella, Clayton B., Henry B., and Frank L., but the last named died in 1893.  The surviving members of the family are all married.  Mr. and Mrs. Mead celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1907, the date being the 24th of March.  One peculiar feature on that occasion was the fact that out of a party of twenty-three, who sat together at the table, there was one guest present at the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Mead.      Mr. Mead has always been a stanch supporter of the republican party.  A man on high ideals and manly principles, he is greatly respected in the community in which he has always resided, and through the companionship of his estimable wife and the pleasant surroundings of his rural home, he is enabled to live a contended and happy life. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 74
	JEROME L. MEAD, the senior partner of the well known firm of Mead & Woodward, was born on the old homestead farm just outside the corporation limits of the city of Norwalk, his natal day being Nov. 7, 1850.  His parents were Joel E. and Betsy Ann (Lewis) Mead, the former born in Putnam county, New York, in 1817, while the latter's birth occurred in Huron county, Ohio, in 1820.  The father, who was identified with general agricultural pursuits throughout his entire business career, was called to his final rest in 1870.  Of his family of seven children, three still survive.      Jerome L. Mead acquired his education in the country schools and was reared on the home farm, the management and care of which devolved upon him when his father passed away in 1870, he being the eldest son of the family.  Subsequently, he bought the interest of the other heirs in the property and thus became the sole owner of the old homestead farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres, in the cultivation and improvement of which he was actively and successfully engaged for about twelve years.  At the end of that time, he disposed of the property and purchased a tract of land of one hundred and seventy-five acres in Fairfield township, where he remained for seven years, conducting an extensive business as a buyer and shipper of all kinds of live stock.      In 1896, he came to Norwalk, where he has since been engaged in the produce business as a member of the firm of Mead & Woodward, the junior partner being W. O. Woodward.  They buy and ship grain, wool, hay, etc., and also deal in coal and seeds of all varieties, their business having amounted to more than two hundred thousand dollars annually for the past few years.  They have three elevators and also own considerable real estate, which they rent.  The firm enjoys an unassailable reputation for the honesty of its business methods, the partners being widely recognized as men of unfaltering integrity and unquestioned reliability.  Mr. Mead is well known as one of the substantial, enterprising and progressive citizens and business men of his native county and the success which has attended his efforts is all he more creditable by reason of the fact that it is entirely the result of his own well directed labor, capable management and excellent executive ability.      On the 2d of May, 1877, Mr. Mead was united in marriage to Miss Lucinda L. Woodward, whose birth occurred in Clyde, Ohio, on the 8th of April, 1848, her parents being O. P. and Clara D. Woodward.  The two sons born of this union are as follows:  Ralph W., who first opened his eyes to the light of day on the 27th of January, 1878; and Fred J., whose birth occurred Dec. 15, 1880.  Both children obtained their education in schools of Norwalk and Cleveland.  Ralph W. the elder son, is now serving in the capacity of bookkeeper with the firm of Mead & Woodward.  He is a graduate of Adelbert college of Cleveland, a member of the class of 1902, and is a fine example of the modern American young business man.  Fred J. Mead is engaged in the manufacture of burial vaults at Orange, New Jersey, conducting an extensive business of that character.  He has built up the enterprise through his own efforts and, though still a young man, has gained recognition among the leading and representative citizens of his community.      In his political views, Mr. Mead is a stanch republican and has capably served as the incumbent in the office of township treasurer for two terms.  He is a devoted and consistent member of the Presbyterian church, the teachings of which he exemplifies in his daily life.  He has a wide and favorable acquaintance throughout the county where he has always resided and fully merits the high regard which is uniformly given him. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 134
	JONATHAN TRUMBULL MEAD, well known as a representative of agriculture life in Huron county, was born in Fitchville township, Apr. 25, 1835.  His birth occurred on the farm where he now resides, his father, Peter Mead, having taken up this tract of one hundred and sixty-three acres as a claim from the government in 1814.  Peter Mead removed from Greenwich, Connecticut, to Fairfield, New York, in 1812.  His father, Peter Mead, Sr., had been a soldier of the Revolutionary war, serving for seven years in defense of colonial interests and holding the rank of sergeant.  When the country again became engaged in war with England his son, Peter Mead, Jr, responded to the call to arms, taking part in the war of 1812.  He was afterward a pensioner of the government, receiving eight dollars per month in recognition of the aid which he had rendered on the field of battle.      Coming to Ohio at an early day Peter Mead, Jr. was one of the pioneers of Huron county and the first to establish a home in Fitchville township, taking up his abode here when much of the land was still in possession of the government.  A greater part of it was covered with a native growth of timber and it required much arduous labor to transform it into productive fields.  Peter Mead, Jr. however, secured his claim and took up the difficult work of preparing the land for the plow.  In due course of time he made his place a productive tract, it fields yielding generous harvests.  For several terms he filled this office of justice of the peace and J. T. Mead now has in his possession the law book which his father used and which was printed in 1841.  He also has a dress-coat which was worn by his grandfather over eighty years ago.   Peter Mead kept the first real-estate records of Huron county and was closely connected with many other labors and events which marked the train of progress.  As the work of improvements was carried on in his section of the state Peter Mead, Jr., took an active part in the transformation which was being wrought.  On one occasion he gave to Amos Reynolds fifty acres of land and while assisting him in the woods, chopping down trees, both of them being barefooted at the time, Mr. Mead noticed some scars upon his companion's feet and asked how he came by them.  Mr. Reynolds replied that when he was a boy fishing he, one day, fell into the water and cut his feet on some oyster shells and that he would have been drowned had it not been for the help of another boy who rescued him.  Further questioning and response led to the conclusion that it was Peter Mead, who had performed the rescue, although each had lost knowledge of the other's whereabouts during the years which had elapsed after the incident had occurred.      Reared upon the frontier, Jonathan Trumbull Mead was educated in one of the old time log schoolhouses in which the district schools of that day convened.  He always remained upon the home farm, for his father died when the son was but nineteen years of age and he afterward lived with his widowed mother who survived for many years, passing away July 3, 1884.  In his farm work Mr. Mead was progressive and in the course of the years erected new buildings upon the place and added many modern improvements which make the farm one of comfort and convenience.  He is also an auctioneer, well known in connection with that work which he has followed continuously since 1855.  He has conducted sales in a great many states in the Union, handling both merchandise and farm property and he still follows the same business.  As the yeas have passed he has prospered in his undertakings, and has had extended landed possessions.  Although he has recently sold one hundred acres he is still the owner of three hundred and eighty acres of choice Ohio land.      On the 26th of June, 1860, Mr. Mead was united in marriage to Miss Pamelia Jane Daniels, who was born in Ruggles township, Ashland county, Ohio, Aug. 20, 1839.  Her father was William Daniels, who settled in Ashland county in pioneer times and died in 1870 at the age of sixty-two years.  The mother passed away in 1906 when eighty-seven years of age.  Mr. and Mrs. Mead have become the parents of four children: Rowena Jane, born July 7, 1861, and Charles Newberry, born June 19, 1873, who are still living, while Arilie Amorit and Kitty Belle have passed away.      Mr. Mead is entitled to wear the Grand Army button from the fact that he enlisted in September, 1864, in the Twelfth Ohio Independent Battery under Captain Frank Jackson.  He was a representative in the third generation in the family which has done splendid military service, his grandfather having been a soldier of the Revolution, his father of the war of 1812, while his son Charles enlisted for service in the Spanish American war with Troop A, of the First Ohio Cavalry.  He supplemented his early education by study in Oberlin College.      Mr. and Mrs. Mead have spent the last six winters in Florida, thus avoiding the rigors of the northern climate.  His political allegiance has always been given to the republican party.  Mrs. Mead attends the Congregational church, with which she has long held membership.  Mr. Mead is among the oldest of the native sons of Huron county, having for seventy-four years resided within its borders so that his memory compasses the period of almost its entire growth, forming a connecting link between the primitive past and the progressive present.  He has seen the forests cuts down the fields cultivated until the district has been made to bloom the blossom as the rose and in the work of general improvement he has been deeply interested, hearing his full share as a public-spirited citizen. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 393
	ABEL C. MILLER, one of the well known, industrious and enterprising farmers of Hartland township who is meeting with success in his agricultural pursuits, has also figured prominently in the public affairs of the community in which he has resided for a number of years, and his efforts have been potent elements in the progress and improvement of the township. One of Ohio’s native sons, he was born in Jefferson township, Knox county, on the 21st of September, 1840, his parents being Hiram and Priscilla (Clark) Miller, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio.  Representatives of the Miller family have been identified with the interests of the state from early pioneer days, the grandfather of our subject, Jonathan Miller, who was born in Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, having come to Knox county, Ohio, in 1812. The Clarks also came from the Keystone state, and both families were very active in the early work of improvement and transformation carried on in the pioneer days of Ohio, coming in 1818.  They were adherents of the Quaker belief and were citizens of the highest type.  Hiram Miller, the father of our subject, acquired a good education in spite of the limited opportunities then offered and was considered a fine grammarian and mathematician.  He taught school for some years in Knox county and later became a landowner, also engaging to some extent in farming.  He was a stalwart republican, deeply interested in all matters of public moment, and passed away in 1856, at the age of forty-five years, after casting his vote for John C. Fremont.      Abel C. Miller, who was reared upon his father’s farm, attended the district schools in the acquirement of his education, and when not engaged with his textbooks he assisted his father in the work of the fields, early learning lessons of great value in the school of experience.      After completing his studies he engaged in teaching for several years, being thus occupied during the winter months, while during the summer seasons he carried on general agricultural pursuits.  An interruption in his business came, however, in the spring of 1864, when he enlisted as a member of Company F, One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and for one hundred days he served with the Army of the Potomac, experiencing all of the hardships and privation which that army, under General Grant, was compelled to endure.  When mustered out he returned home with an excellent military record.      After his return home Mr. Miller again took up his former occupations of teaching and farming and was thus engaged until his marriage, which occurred on the 19th of November, 1869, the lady of his choice being Miss Martha J. Norick, a daughter of Hezekiah and Mary (Sell) Norick.  Mrs. Miller was one of eleven children born unto her parents, who originally came from Pennsylvania and, arriving in Harrison county, Ohio, at a very early date, were numbered among the pioneers of this state.  Subsequently they removed to Knox county and still later to Richland county, where both passed away.  After his marriage Mr. Miller removed to Richland county, where he resided for four years, and in 1874 he came to Hartland township, Huron county, purchasing the farm upon which he has since lived.  He carries on general agricultural pursuits and is progressive and up-to-date in his methods, and his untiring industry and well directed energy have proven the salient characteristics in the prosperity which he now enjoys.      The home of Mr. and Mrs. Miller has been blessed with six children, five of whom still survive, namely: William E., who is married and resides in Massillon; Hiram C., who is also married and follows farming in Townsend township; Mary, the wife of Charles Robbins, of Hartland township; Emma F., who wedded Frederick Bedford and resides in Townsend township; and Harriet, still under the parental roof.      Although he has gained a creditable degree of success in his business activities, it is as a prominent figure in public affairs that Mr. Miller has become well known throughout the community.  In politics a life-long republican, he has been active and influential in the local party ranks and for many years he was a member of the township republican executive committee, serving at various times as a delegate to district and county conventions.  He has also been called to offices of trust and responsibility, the duties of which he performed at all times in a manner which reflected honor upon himself and credit upon his constituents.  In the fall of 1900 he was elected county commissioner of Huron county and served six years, being reelected in 1903.  He served as justice of the peace of Hartland township for fifteen years and was also township trustee and member of the board of education for many years.  He is a splendid type of the true American citizen whose influence is always upon the side of progress, reform and improvement, and he has ever done all in his power to bring about better conditions.  While a member of the board of county commissioners he was very active and helpful in the matter of road building and accomplished a great amount of good along this line.      He is a member of Townsend Post, No. 414, G. A. R., and is an active factor in its affairs.  Although he does not hold membership in any special denomination, he is, nevertheless, a firm believer in the church and its influence for good in the community, and he never withholds his support from any matter which has for its object the material political, intellectual and moral development and growth. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 116
	CHARLES L. MILLER, although one of the more recent additions to the bar of Greenwich, has already gained recognition as a member of the legal fraternity worthy of a liberal public clientage, his years seeming no bar to his advancement in his chosen field of labor.  One of Ohio’s native sons, he was born in Greenfield township, Huron county, on the 24th of August, 1883, his parents being Charles and Sophronia (Noble) Miller, both of whom were natives of this county.  The paternal grandfather, John Miller, came from England and settled in Huron county, Ohio, where he devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, the maternal grandfather also being engaged in that occupation.  The father, Charles Miller, died in Michigan, where he was then residing, in July, 1883, a month before the birth of his son and only child.      After the death of the father the mother returned to Huron county, Ohio, and in the schools of Greenfield township Charles L. Miller acquired his early education.  This training was later supplemented by study at the Fairfield high school, the Wharton high school and the Shiloh high school, the latter in Richland county, from which he was graduated with the class of 1903.  The following two years were devoted to teaching, after which he took up the study of law under the direction of S. L. Americus, an attorney of Greenwich.  He continued thus for two years, becoming thoroughly versed in the fundamental principles of the profession, and then pursued a one year’s course in the Detroit College of Law, after which he was matriculated in the law department of the Ohio Northern University.  He was awarded his Bachelor of Law degree by that institution in June, 1908, and a short time afterward opened up an office in Greenwich, becoming the successor of his former preceptor, S. L. Americus. Although it is well known that success at the bar is proverbially slow, nevertheless Mr. Miller has been most successful from the start and has already been accorded a gratifying and growing clientage.  He is an intelligent young man, with the laudable ambition to succeed in his profession, and the fact that he has brought to the starting point of his legal career those qualities indispensable to the lawyer - a keen, rapid, logical mind, plus the business sense - and more than all a ready capacity for hard work, combined with a thorough grasp of the law and the ability accurately to apply its principles, argues well for future prominence and success in his chosen calling.      In politics Mr. Miller is independent, preferring to give his support to the men and measures in his mind best adapted to subserve general welfare.  He is not, however, remiss in matters of citizenship but on the contrary is public spirited to a marked degree, taking an active part in various affairs of public moment.  He persevered in the agitation of the matter until he succeeded in having at least one mile of paved streets laid in the city.  Fraternally he is a member of Greenwich Lodge, No. 543, F. & A. M., and attends the services of the Methodist Episcopal church, although not holding membership therein.  A great student, he possesses a fine miscellaneous and law library, and he is well equipped by training and natural endowment to make a most successful practitioner at the bar. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 406
	HARVEY N. MILLER, a retired farmer of Ripley township, Huron county, now living in Plymouth, was born n Cass township, Richland county, Aug. 1, 1854, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Noble) Miller, Jacob Miller, a son of John Miller, was born in November, 1827, in Crawford county, Pennylvania.  His parents having died in his infancy, he was taken by his grandparents who brought him to Ohio in 1832, when he was less than five years old.  In his early manhood, he married Miss Mary Noble, who was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, in 1827, and was only two years of age when, in 1829, her parents, Harvey and Maria (Little) Noble, came to Ohio.  She was one of a family of six children, John, James, William, Elizabeth and Minerva, being the others.      Reared on a farm and working in the fields during the summer vacations, it was but natural that Harvey Newton Miller should devote himself to agriculture.  The farm of eighty acres in Ripley township, which he turned over to the care of his son in the spring of 1909 was for twenty-two years, his home and the scene of his daily toil.  Nine years ago, he purchased the land, for he felt that it was as rich he had worked on it for so many years and knew all the peculiarities of the soil urged him to the step.      On the 1st of August, 1877, Mr. Miller was united marriage to Miss Ella Bowlby, who was born July 8, 1858, in Ripley township and is a daughter of Emanuel and Lucretia (Park) Bowlby.  Her parents had five children:  David, William, Martha, Addie and Ella.  Mr. and Mrs. Miller have three children: Park, was born Sept. 15, 1883.  On  the 20th of March, 1906, he married Miss Florence Waddington, a daughter of Chory and Elizabeth (Nothacker) Waddington.  Oliver, was born Jan. 24, 1890, and is now employed in Lofland's grocery at Plymouth.  Frey, the eldest son, was born Mar. 11, 1878, and died May 26, 1883.      Mr. Miller and the members of his family belong to the English Lutheran church and are regular in attendance on its services, and consistent in their practice of its teachings.  In politics, he espouses the republican party and invariably casts his vote for its candiate.  He is not a politician nor an office seeker, however, though he has rendered valuable service to his fellow citizens as a member of the school board.  A man of high principles, whose life has been devoted to conscientious labor, he is well deserving of the rest which he is now enjoying in Plymouth. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 175
	WILLIAM MILLER, a prominent and well known citizen of Huron county, is extensively and successfully engaged in farming and stock raising on his farm of two hundred and ten acres in Lyme township.  He is a native son of this county, his birth having occurred in Lyme township on the 18th of November, 1857, while his parents, William and Bena (Ohlenmacher) Miller, were natives of Germany.  The father, who was born in 1834, crossed the Atlantic to the United States in 1845 and three years later, was married to Miss Bena Ohlenmacher, whose birth had occurred in the year 1836.  She passed away in 1860, leaving three children: William, Henry and Charles, all of whom still survive.  For his second wife William Miller, Sr., chose Miss Jane Gross, a daughter of Phillip Gross, who was one of the first settlers of this county and in the early days conducted a tavern near Bellevue.  By this union there were nine children, namely: Clara, Anna, Rudolph, Rosa, Flora, Lydia, Lawrence, Emma and Chauncey.  William Miller, the father of our subject, was a prominent agriculturist by occupation and invented the then famous corn-husk mattresses and seats, such as used in the railway coaches, making a fortune through the careful control of his interests in this connection.  He capably served in the positions of township trustee and township treasurer for a number of years and was a valued member of the Reformed church at Monroeville, acting as trustee, treasurer and in other official positions.  When he was called to his final rest in 1905 the county mourned the loss of one of its most substantial, representative and respected citizens and one whose life in all of its phases had been straightforward and honorable.      William Miller continued to reside in his native township until eight years of age and then accompanied his parents on their removal to Erie county, where he made his home until he had attained the age of twenty-three years.  He then returned to Huron county but in the meantime had followed the advice of his father and gone to Michigan, where he took up a tract of land of one hundred and sixty acres, disposing of the property, however, three years later.  He purchased his present farm of two hundred and ten acres in Lyme township from Henry Bollenbacher and as the years have gone by has made varied and extensive improvements on the property, which is lacking in none of the accessories and conveniences of a model farm of the twentieth century.  He has an attractive and modern brick residence, equipped with carbon lights, water works, etc.  In addition to the home farm he also owns forty acres of land near Norwalk and has a tract of eighty acres in Texas and another of forty acres in Oklahoma.  On the home place he not only cultivates the cereals best adapted to soil and climate but also makes a specialty of raising fine sheep and cattle, meeting with a most gratifying and well merited degree of prosperity in his undertakings.  He is likewise acting as general manager of the Flat Rock Creamery Company of Seneca county, of which he is a stockholder and director and is a stockholder in the local telephone company of Bellevue and the Gardner Milling Company of that place.  It will thus be seen that his interests are extensive and varied and that he is a man of excellent executive ability, keen discrimination and sound judgment is indicated by the success which has attended his efforts.      On the 17th of February, 1882, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Bollenbacher, who was born in Lyme township, Dec. 20, 1853, a daughter of Philip Bollenbacher, who was one of the pioneer blacksmiths of this county.  Unto Mr. and Mrs. Miller have been born two children, Dora and Anna, both at home.      Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Miller has given his political allegiance to the men and measures of the democratic party and his fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, have called him to various positions of public trust.  He is now serving his twelfth year as constable of Lyme township and has been township trustee and road supervisor, while for seven years he was a member of the school board.  A devoted and faithful member of the Lutheran church of Lyme township, he does all in his power to promote its growth and extend its influence and is at present acting as clerk and trustee thereof.      Such, in brief, is the life history of William Miller.  In whatever relation of life we find him - in political circles, in business or in social relations - he is always the same honorable and honored gentleman, whose worth well merits the high regard which is uniformly given him. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 454

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