A. JAY MILLER.     The bar of Logan county ranks favorably with that of other districts of the state.  The learning and capability of its members have gained recognition and the history of jurisprudence in Ohio shows many forensic triumphs recorded to their credit.  The liberal clientage accorded A. Jay Miller stands in evidence of his position at the bar, and his connection with a number of business enterprises of important also shows him to be possessed of executive force, energy and discrimination.
     Mr. Miller is one of Bellefontaine's native sons, his birth having here occurred Sept. 29, 1872.  His parents were Alex W. and Ella H. (Howenstine) Miller.  The mother is still living, but the father, who was engaged in the jewelry business in Bellefontaine, is now deceased.  At the usual age A. J. Miller entered the public school and in his youth went through the usual experiences which fall to the lot of the American boy.  Continuing his studies through successive grades, he was graduated in the Bellefontaine high school in the class of 1890 and then entered upon his collegiate course as a student in Princeton University, where he was graduated in 1894 with cum laude, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts.  With broad general information to serve as the foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of professional knowledge, he began preparation for the bar and was graduated in the Cincinnati Law School in 1895 with the degree of Bachelor of Law.  He then became a member of the firm of Howenstine, Huston & Miller, a relation that was maintained until August, 1897, since which time he has been alone.  He now has a distinctively representative clientage, connecting him with much of the important litigation tried in the courts of his district, and he is well versed in the various departments of civil and criminal law.  His attention is chiefly given to his profession and yet he associated with enterprises of importance, being the secretary of the Buckeye Carriage Body Company and a director of the Savings building & Loan Company, the Urbana, Bellefontaine & Northern Railroad Company, and also the Kenton & Southern Railway Company.
     On the 27th of November, 1901, Mr. Miller was married to Lucie E. Middleton, a daughter of Judge E. P. Middleton.  In politics Mr. Miller is a Republican and has served on executive committees.  He was also city solicitor of Bellefontaine from 1898 until 1902, but outside the pale of his profession has never been an office-holder.  with various fraternal organizations he is connected, including the American whig Society, the Sigma Chi fraternity, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, and in the Masonic fraternity he has attained the Knight Templar degree.  Mr. and Mrs. Miler are members of the First Presbyterian church, of which he was for six years a trustee.  Social and political interests receive from him due attention, but his time is mostly given to his professional duties, and the thoroughness with which he prepares his cases, together with his forceful presentation of his cause, has given him power as a member of the Logan county bar.
Source:  The Historical Review of Logan Co., Ohio, Publ. Chicago, by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903 - Page 378

REV. ABENEGO MILLER.     Rev. Abednego Miller is a minister of the Brethren church and one of the most highly respected citizens of Union township, where he is engaged in farming two miles and a half southeast of DeGraff.  He was born in that town, about a mile and a half north of his present home, Feb. 13, 1845, and is a son of Rev. Jacob and Diana (Huber) Miller.  The birth of his father occurred in Rockingham county, Virginia, Sept. 15, 1810, his parents being Martin and Magdalene (Bowman) Miller, both of whom died in the Old Dominion.  When about twenty-one years of age the father came to Logan county, Ohio, and invested in one hundred and twenty acres of land in Union township, after which he returned to Virginia and remained about a year.  It was during that time that his wife's family removed to this state in September, 1832.  Mrs. Miller was also a native of Rockingham county, Virginia, and a daughter of John and Margaret Huber.  Her father died in that state and the mother, accompanied by her six children came to Ohio, as previously stated Mrs. Miller being a young lady at that time.  She was five years older than her husband.  They were married in this county and spent the remainder of  their lives on the farm which he had purchased in Union township.  Jacob Miller was chosen as a minister of what was then called the German Baptist Brethren church, now known as the Brethren church, and was pastor of the Logan church up to the time of his death, which occurred on the 14th of October, 1866.  His wife died Dec. 12, 1880, and thus passed away two of the most honored and respected citizens of Union township.
     They had a family of seven children, two sons and five daughters; Margaret, the oldest, married Amos Miller and lives in Bellefontaine; Elizabeth is the wife of Peter Harner, a resident of West Liberty; Polly married Hugh Newell, whose sketch appears on another page of this volume; Martin is also represented elsewhere in this work; Barbra wedded Boyd Douglas and died a few months after her marriage; Abednego is the next of the family; and Susan is the wife of Martin Mohr and a resident of Lealman, Florida.
     Abenego Miller obtained a good practice education in the district schools near his boyhood home and also acquired an excellent knowledge of farm work.  When about twenty years of age he and his brother began renting the home farm, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, and by the father's will it came into their possession after they had paid the sisters their share of the property.  The brothers continued to operate the farm in partnership for several years and in the meantime purchased a tract of eighty-six acres where our subject now resides.  In 1880 he sold his interest in the old homestead and bought his brother's interest in his present farm.  In 1884-5 he erected thereon a good substantial residence and has made many other improvements upon the place, so that he now has a very desirable farm under a high state of cultivation.
     On the 13th of December, 1871, in Union township, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Snyder, a daughter of John and Barbara (Detrick) Snyder.  She was born in Harrison township, this county on the farm now owned by Kinzer Emery and was educated in the public schools.  Our subject and his wife have become the parents of seven children: Mary Frances, born Dec. 13, 1872, died at the age of five years; Frank Alvin, born Aug. 1, 1874, died at the age of three years, both dying of scarlet fever within two days; Amy Florence, born Dec. 7, 1876, was married Dec. 12, 1894, to Daniel Huber and lives in Harrison township; Adda May, born Dec. 26, 1878, is at home; Hugh, born Mar. 7, 1881, married Arie Huber and now resides in Union township; Stella D., born Feb. 11, 1885, is now the wife of Rev. Alva J. Spacht and resides in Hancock county, Ohio; and Wilbur Abednego, born July 19, 1895, is at home with his parents.
     Prior to the Civil war the father of our subject affiliated with the Democratic party but at that time he ceased to vote.  With other of his church he was greatly opposed to slavery and also held to the doctrine that no member of the church should sell grain to distilleries.  Mr. Miller of this review cast his first presidential vote in 1868 for Seymour, the Democratic candidate, but has not always voted.  He is now a supporter and advocate of the Prohibition platform.  On the 13th of October, 1878, he was chosen a minister by the same congregation that had chosen his father and was ordained the following day.  Since then  he has officiated at thirty-nine marriages and has preached or assisted at one hundred and sixty funerals.  In 1901 he assisted in organizing the Brethren church in Lima, Ohio, and during the long years of his connection with the ministry he has been actively associated with the work of that denomination.  His life has been noble and patterned after that of the Master.  Quiet and unassuming, he has delighted in aiding those in need and has given liberally to suffering humanity and worthy causes.
Source:  The Historical Review of Logan Co., Ohio, Publ. Chicago, by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903 - Page 337

ALFRED J. MILLER.     Alfred J. Miller, well known as a representative of industrial interests of Bellefontaine, was born Aug. 8, 1858, in this city, his parents being Amos and Margaret (Miller) Miller.  Both his father and mother are natives of Ohio, the former born in  Stark county, and the latter in Logan county.  The son received his education in the public schools of Bellefontaine and then learned the trade of carriage body making with the Miller Carriage Company, of this city, serving an apprenticeship of three years.  After mastering the trade he went to Piqua, Ohio, where as a member of the firm of Keys & Miller, h engaged in the hotel business, being one of the proprietors of the City Hotel, then the leading hotel of that place.  He carried on that business quite successfully until 1882, when he sold his interest in the house and returned to Bellefontaine, establishing business here under the firm style of A. j. Miller & Company, manufacturers of carriage wood work.  Business was begun on a small scale, but Mr. Miller being a practical wood-worker and a man of good business and executive ability, the enterprise has prospered and has had a steady and continuous growth.  On the 19th of April, 1900, the company suffered a complete loss by fire, having up to that time occupied the Foos tannery building.  Following this they made immediate preparation to erect the main part of their present factory, which was completed about the 1st of November, that year, and to it they have since made several additions, so that they now have forty thousand feet of floor space.  The factory is equipped with the latest machinery, good power, electric light and all modern improvements, and here employment is furnished to fifty men, mostly skilled workmen.  Their output, which is of a high grade, is sold throughout the United States and Canada.  Mr. Miller gives his exclusive attention to the business and has the satisfaction of having built up one of the leading industries of the city. 
     On the 28th of December, 1878, occurred the marriage of Mr. Miller and Miss Mary E. Keys, a daughter of William and Rachel Keys, of Bellefontaine, and a native of this county.  Unto them have been born the following children: Clara Lee, Bessie May, Harry Frank, Hazel Inez, Margaret Rachel and Elizabeth Keys.
     Mr. Miller is identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Tribe of Ben Hur, the Path Finders, the Royal Arcanum and the Commercial Club of Bellefontaine, and is a prominent member of Wilford Lodge, No. 67, K. P., in which he has filled the different chairs and is now the past chancellor.  He also served as district deputy for two terms, and is a member of the Uniformed Rank.  Religiously he is connected with the Methodist Episcopal church.  He possesses a genial disposition, which makes him a valued representative of the various organizations to which he belongs, and he has many stanch and admiring friends among all classes of men.  As an energetic upright and conscientious business man and a gentleman of attractive social qualities he stands high in the estimation of the entire community.
Source:  The Historical Review of Logan Co., Ohio, Publ. Chicago, by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903 - Page 542

ISAAC C. MILLER.     Isaac C. Miller, who was elected county treasurer of Logan county in the fall of 1902 and has recently moved to Bellefontaine, was for many years successfully engaged in farming and stock dealing in Union township.  A native of Ohio, he was born within the present city limits of Cincinnati on the 22d of April, 1851, his parents being Henry R. and Mary (Kelley) Miller.  His father was born in the same neighborhood, Oct. 28, 1825, a son of John R. and Mary Miller, and there he was reared to manhood, receiving a common school education.  When a young man he learned the butcher business, which he followed for some years in his native city.  There he was married on the 14th of September, 1847, to Miss Mary Kelley.  After his marriage he continued to engage in the meat business in Cincinnati for a number of years, attending the market regularly, but finally, in 1858, came to Logan county and purchased a farm of two hundred and forty acres in Union township, turning his attention to agricultural pursuits.  In connection with general farming he also engaged in stock-dealing, and after residing upon the farm for seventeen years he removed to Bellefontaine, where he continued to handle live stock until his death, which occurred Feb. 17, 1902.  He was an ardent supporter of the Republican party but never cared for the honors or emoluments of public office, preferring to devote his entire time and attention to his business interests.  He joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Cincinnati and later transferred his membership to the lodge in Bellefontaine.
     In his family were five children, as follows:  Andrew R., born Apr. 2, 1849, received a good common school education and was engaged in the grocery business in Bellefontaine, where he died July 17, 1879.  He married Lucy Moore, of Union township, and at his death left four children: Eslie, Clyde, Floy Ethel and Bertha.  Isaac C. born Nov. 25, 1853, married Marcellus Stewart and died in Bellefontaine, Sept. 11, 1887, leaving one child, Addie.  Addie M., born in Cincinnati, Aug. 17, 1856, married T. K. Johnson, whose home is in Urbana, Ohio, and they have five children, Bertram, Harold, Hazel, Maxwell an Adelaide.  Henry R., born in Union township, this county, June 29, 1859, married Adelaide Lawton of Kansas City, Missouri, where he is now engaged in the insurance business.
     Accompanying his parents on their removal to Logan county, Isaac C. Miller grew to manhood in Union township and acquired a good practical education in the schools near his home.  He assisted his father in the work of the farm and at the age of seventeen years, began buying and selling cattle which business he continued to carry on with good success for many years.  He was one of the organizers of the Farmers' Co-operative Creamery at DeGraff and has served continuously as a director of the same.  In Harrison township, this county, Mr. Miller was married Apr. 27, 1876, to Miss Carrie E. Beal, who was born in that township, Jan. 3, 1856, a daughter of Benjamin and Lucy (Royer) Beal.  They resided on the old home farm of one hundred  and eighty acres, which he still owns, until the 12th of November, 1902, when they removed to Bellefontaine that Mr. Miller might enter upon the duties of county treasurer, to which office he had recently been elected.  Six children bless their union, namely: Harry B., who was born Sept. 19, 1878, and married Nora  Miller, by whom he has two children, Marguerite and Joseph; Gorta R., who was born June 17, 1880, and married William Hamilton of Bellefontaine; Andrew Chester who was born Oct. 8, 1884, and is now clerking in a store in Bellefontaine; Donald Lee, born Sept. 16, 886; Henry Herbert, born Oct. 29, 1889; and Mary Helen, who was born July 2, 1894, and died May 18, 1900.
     since casting his first presidential vote for General U. S. Grant in 1872, Mr. Miller has been a stanch supporter of the Republican party, but has never taken a very active interest in political affairs until elected county treasurer in the fall of 1902.  In 1894 he was made manger of the agricultural board, a position which he still holds, and in 1900 was elected president of the board for a term of two years.  The same year he was also elected land appraiser for union township, and in whatever position he has been called upon to fill he has discharged the duties devolving upon him in a most commendable and satisfactory manner.  He is pre-eminently public spirited and progressive and takes a deep interest in any enterprise calculated to prove of public benefit.
Source:  The Historical Review of Logan Co., Ohio, Publ. Chicago, by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903 - Page 713

MARTIN MILLER.     With the agricultural interests of Union township this gentleman has been long and prominently identified and now owns and operates a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres, on which his entire life has been passed.  Here he was born on the 31st of October, 1839, a son of Rev. Jacob and Diana (Huber) Miller, both natives of the Shenandoah valley, being born in Rockingham county, Virginia.  His paternal grandparents were Martin and Magdalene Miller, and his maternal grandparents were John and Margaret Huber.
     In 1831, when a young man, Rev. Jacob Miller came to Logan county, Ohio, and purchased the farm in Union township where our subject now resides.  He then returned to Virginia, where he spent one year, and at the end of that time again came to the Buckeye state.  Here he married Miss Diana Huber, who had come to Ohio with her mother in September, 1832, her father having previously died in the Old Dominion, and they spent one winter on the farm where our subject now lives.  She had become acquainted with her husband in Virginia.  After their marriage they made their home on the farm in Union township purchased by Mr. Miller in 1830 or 1831, first occupying an old cabin which stood there when it came into his possession.  Later he built a frame house, which stood until 1858, when it was torn away to make room for a two-story brick residence, twenty-eighty by thirty-eight feet, containing eleven rooms, and subsequently a frame addition of one room was built in 1870 for the accommodation of the mother of our subject.  She died Dec. 12, 1880, and the father passed away Oct. 14, 1866.  In his political views he was a Democrat but seldom voted.  He was a minister of the German Baptist church and labored untiringly to promote the cause of Christianity.  Widely and favorably known throughout this section of the state, he left many friends to mourn his loss besides his immediate family.
     Seven children were born to Rev. Miller and his wife, namely: Margaret, the wife of Amos Miller, of Bellefontaine; Elizabeth, who married Peter Marner and lives in West Liberty; Polly, wife of Hugh Newell whose sketch appears on another page of this volume; Martin of this review; Barbara, who wedded James B. Douglas and died in March, 1866; Abednego a farmer of Union township; and Susan, who married Martin Mohr and resides in Lealman, Florida.
     In the common schools near his home Martin Miles pursued his education, becoming familiar with the branches of learning which fit one for life's practical duties.  He also received ample training in farm labor, early becoming familiar with the duties of field and meadow.  He never left the parental roof and has never been absent from the old homestead a month at a time.  Soon after he attained his majority he and his only brother took charge of the farm and after the mother's death they purchased the interests of the other heirs.  They also bought another farm and subsequently divided the property, our subject taking one hundred and sixty acres of the home farm as his share.  This he has placed under a high state of cultivation, devoting his energies to the raising of crops best adapted to this climate.  His business is well conducted and his careful supervision and capable management have brought to him success in his undertakings.
     On the 17th of December, 1868, in Harrison township, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Beal, who was born in that township, Apr. 13, 1850, a daughter of Elijah and Hannah (Colley) Beal, natives of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where they were reared and married.  After the birth of two of their children her parents came to Ohio in 1835 and for a time lived north of Bellefontaine, where Mr. Beal bought land.  Later he removed to Bellefontaine, where he was engaged in the tanning business for a number of years, and then located on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Harrison township which he had purchased.  It was there that Mrs. Miller was born, the youngest in a family of ten children, seven of whom grew up and married; Benjamin, who lives in Bellefontaine; Sarah, who married Milton Mahan and lives in Nickerson, Kansas; David, a resident of Dayton, Kentucky; Malinda who married David Nevin and died in South Bend, Indiana; Calvin B., who served for three years in the Civil war and is now an inmate of the Soldiers' Home in Sandusky; Nancy, wife of Renrick Patterson, of Bellefontaine; and Mrs. Miller.  To our subject and his wife were born three children but Jacob Eber and Olive May both died of scarlet fever about the same time, the former at the age of eight and the latter six years.  Carrie Beal, the only one now living, is a graduate of the DeGraff high school and was also a student at Wittenberg College, Springfield, for about a year. She has successfully engaged in teaching school for one term in Harrison township and two terms in No. 1, Union township. 
     Mrs. Miller and her daughter are members of the Missionary Baptist church, and the former takes an active part in the Missionary Society.  Mr. Miller  has been a lift-long Democrat and cast his first presidential ballot for Stephen A. Douglas in 1860, but he has never sought or desired political office, preferring to devote his entire time and attention to this business interests.  He represents a worthy family that from pioneer days has been actively and  honorably identified with the history of Logan county, and is held in high regard by all who know him.
Source:  The Historical Review of Logan Co., Ohio, Publ. Chicago, by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903 - Page 668

SAMUEL MILLER.     Samuel Miller, deceased, spent his entire life in Logan county and was regarded as one of the most highly respected and honored citizens of his community.  He was born Dec. 1, 1840, on the farm in Harrison township, where his widow now lives, five miles southwest of Bellefontaine, and was a son of Jacob B. and Catharine (Neer) Miller.  His father was also a native of Ohio, born in Clermont county, Oct. 7, 1804, and on the 31st of August, 1828, married Catharine Neer, who was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, Aug. 25, 1835, and died June 16, 1872.  Unto them were born the following children: Anna, born in Clark county, Aug. 24, 1829; Stephen, born in the same county, Aug. 14, 1831; Mary, born in Logan county, Feb. 14, 1835, and died in childhood; John N., born Oct. 26, 1838; Samuel, of this review: Noah, who was born Sept. 28, 1844, and is still living in Logan county; and Daniel, who was born Feb. 3, 1847, and died in infancy.  On coming to Logan county the father purchased over two hundred and twenty-five acres of land, but subsequently sold fifty acres, retaining the remainder as a homestead, on which he erected a one-story brick house.  There he died on the 1st of January, 1885, and was laid to rest by the side of his wife in the Miller cemetery on his farm.  He voted the Republican ticket, but never cared for office, and was an active and consistent member of the German Baptist church.
     Samuel Miller spent his boyhood upon the home farm, assisting in the labors of the fields and attending the district schools of the neighborhood, but was rather in poor health.  At the age of twenty-one he started out in life for himself.  He joined the militia, which was called out during the Civil war, but on reaching Urbana he was sent home on account of physical disability.
     On the 22d of December, 1864, in Bellefontaine, Mr. Miller was married to Miss Elizabeth Milner, of Union township, this county, who was born here Oct. 7, 1841, a daughter of Simon and Eliza (Odor) Milner.  She is the second in order of birth in a family of ten children, all of whom reached years of maturity, and seven of the number are still living.  The father of this family was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, Mar. 27, 1817, and died on the 9th of June, 1897, and died on the 9th of June, 1897.  During his boyhood he came to Logan county with his parents, Jesse and Elizabeth Milner.  His wife, whose birth occurred in Culpeper county, Virginia, May 4, 1813, was brought to Ohio by her parents when a child, the family locating north of Bellefontaine, in Logan county, where she was married.
     Mr. and Mrs. Miller became the parents of eleven children, who in order of birth are as follows:  Albert L., born May 19, 1865, is a carpenter living in Harrison township.  He married Emma Wolfe and has two children, Gale Samuel and Albert Dewey.  Emma A., born Sept. 3, 1866, is the wife of Daniel Mohr, a resident of Ada, Ohio, and they have two children.  Anna Belle and Harry H.  William H., born Nov. 10, 1867, is train dispatcher in Bellefontaine.  He married Jennie Mohr and has four children, Claude, Ray, Helen and Max.  Edward F., born Feb. 17, 1869, lives in Harrison township, where he has efficiently filled the office of township clerk since 1894.  Since casting his first presidential vote for Benjamin Harrison in 1892 he has been an ardent supporter of the Republican party, and he is a member of the Progressive Brethren church at Gretna, Ohio.  On the 11th of November, 1894, he married Hattie Baughman, who was born in Hancock county, Ohio, July 11, 1875, a daughter of A. J. and Nancy (Bosserman) Baughman, and they have two children, Clara Juanita, born Apr. 29, 1895, and Foy B., born Sept. 4, 1896.  Andy J., born Aug. 20, 1870, and Ada E., born Feb. 13, 1872, both died in infancy.  Charles M., born Jan. 2, 1874, is clerking in Butler's dry goods store in Bellefontaine.  May Belle, born Sept. 5, 1875, was married Nov. 1, 1900, to Joseph E. Thatcher, , D. D. S.  Harvey A., born Sept. 21, 1877, married Catharine Neer and lives in DeGraff, where he is serving as telegraph operator.  Nellie F., born Aug. 5, 1881, and Harry J., born May 26, 1885, are both at home with their mother.
     After his marriage Mr. Miller continued to reside upon the old homestead farm, which he subsequently purchased of his father, and he made many improvements upon the place, including two additions to the residence and the erection of a good bank barn in 1886.  Throughout his active business life he engaged in agricultural pursuits, his labors being ended in death in 1892.  Politically he was a Republican and religiously was an earnest and consistent member of the Progressive Brethren church.  He was widely and favorably known, and in the community where his entire life was passed he had a host of warm friends.  Mrs. Miller has purchase the Hudson property adjoining her present farm and will locate thereon in the spring of 1903.
Source:  The Historical Review of Logan Co., Ohio, Publ. Chicago, by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903 - Page 722

Mrs. Wm. Miller

WILLIAM MILLER.     For fifty years this gentleman has been identified with the agricultural interests of Rush Creek township, his home being near Harper, and he is accounted one of the leading farmers of his community.  He was born in Champaign county, this state, Jan. 15, 1826.  His father, John Miller, was a native of Virginia, born in Loudoun county, Dec. 17, 1794, and was a son of Valentine and Sarah (Conrad) Miller, who settled in Champaign county, Ohio, in 1816.  The parents of Valentine Miller were Christian and Mary Miller, whose early home was near the river Rhine in Germany, and on coming to this country they settled in a German colony in Virginia.  In their family were two sons, Valentine and Christian.  After reaching manhood John Miller was married in Clark county, Ohio, Aug. 3, 1819, to Polly Ropp, who was also born in Loudoun county, Virginia, Dec. 14, 1800.  They became the parents of nine children, one of whom died in infancy, the others being Eliza, Sarah, Joseph, Catherine, John, William, Polly and Martha. Six of the number are still living.  The father of this family was a Quaker, but the mother belonged to the Methodist church.
     During his boyhood and youth William Miller pursued his studies in the local schools and he also acquired a thorough knowledge of farm work.  After attaining his majority he worked as a farm hand for two years, and since his marriage has engaged in farming on his own account.  Success has attended his well directed efforts, and he is today the owner of a large and valuable farm, under a high state of cultivation and well improved with good buildings.  This place is conveniently located near Harper, and is one of the most desirable farms of the locality.  The old log house, which is still standing thereon, was his home for many years, and there many enjoyable days were passed, but he now occupies a far more commodious and modern residence.
     On the 18th of February, 1840, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Shoots, who was born in Ross county, Ohio, Sept. 4, 1830, and died Feb. 2, 1902, leaving many friends as well as her immediate family to mourn her loss.  She united with the German Baptist church in 1863, and remained a faithful member of the same until her death.  Eleven children blessed this union: Mary K., born Jan. 24, 1850, married Joseph Lusby, who resides on a farm near Rushsylvania, and they have three living children.  William, Benjamin and Sherman.  Josephine born Jun. 9, 1851, is the wife of Leighton Y. Shafer a farmer of Rush Creek township, and they have four children, Sarah Ethel, Zebilum D., William Yancey, and Floyd.  Of this family Sarah Ethel is now the wife of Stephen L. Lease a farmer living near Bloom Center, and they have one child, Mary Ann.  Zebilum is a teacher in Logan county.  Miller M., our subject's oldest son, was born Nov. 27, 1855, and died Oct. 28, 1871.  Rosabelle, born Aug. 6, 1856, is the wife of Lewis W. Hall, a retired farmer of Bellefontaine, and they have one daughter, Cleopatra, who was married Apr. 14, 1901, to Omer P. Norris, a farmer of Stokes township, and has one child, Natalie E. Wilfred, born July 9, 1860, married Emma Erwin, of Kansas, and is engaged in farming near Rush Creek lake, in Rush Creek township.  They have five children, William, Glendale, Harriet, Elwood and Lulu.  Farmer, born June 17, 1862, married Ida Roberts and has one child, Ola.  He lives on a part of the homestead farm near Harper.  Benjamin born Oct. 19, 1866, died Dec. 1, 1880.  Joseph, born Jan. 24, 1868, died Aug. 25, 1868.  Sarah Etta, born Apr. 22, 1870, is the wife of Willoughby P. Baughman, a farmer living near Jackson Center, and they have four children, Gordon K., Hildred, Florence E. and William N.  Harriet, born Jan. 7, 1873, is the wife of Sylvester P. Wright, a farmer near Bloom Center, in Stokes township, and they have one child, George M. Centennial L., born Oct. 28, 1876, is at home with the father.
     The Democratic party has always found in Mr. Miller a stanch supporter of its principles, and he takes an active interest in public affairs, as every true American Citizen should.  His life has been one of industry and his course ever honorable and upright, so that he is held in high regard by his fellow citizens.
Source:  The Historical Review of Logan Co., Ohio, Publ. Chicago, by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903 - Page 420

Frederick Mohr

FREDERICK MOHR.     Frederick Mohr, deceased, was numbered among the honored pioneers of Logan county, locating here when much of this locality was wild and unimproved.  In the work of development he took an active part in the early days and aided in opening up the county to civilization.  As the years passed he faithfully performed his duties of citizenship, and his interest in the welfare and progress of the community never abated.  Becoming widely and favorably known, he made many friends, and his death was a loss to the entire county.
     Mr. Mohr was probably born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, Feb. 24, 1828, a son of Frederick G. and Catharine (Rexer) Mohr, natives of Germany, where they were married and continued to reside until after the birth of their eldest child.  In 1817 they emigrated to America and settled in Pennsylvania, whence they came to Ohio, the journey being made by wagon.  They first located in Dayton, where the father followed his trade, that of the tailor, for a short time, and then bought a farm of fifty-four acres eight miles north of that city, paying for the same three hundred and fifty dollars.  There his first wife died in 1832, leaving six children, namely: Conrad; Catharine; John, who is still living in Union township, Logan county; Mary; Frederick; and Christopher who moved to Iroquois county, Illinois, and died in Sheldon, that state.  For his second wife the father married Sarah Purkey, by whom he had three children, David, Elizabeth and Martha.  Elizabeth married Gabriel Shoemaker and lives in Bellefontaine.  In 1837 Frederick G. Mohr, accompanied by his family, came to Logan county and bought two hundred acres of land in the southeaster part of Union township for ten dollars per acre.  He prospered in his new home and at length became the owner of three farms, being one of the well-to-do and substantial citizens of his community.  He was a stalwart supporter of the Democratic party and a consistent and earnest member of the German Baptist church.  In March, 1862, he passed away at his home in Union township and was survived by his second wife about ten years.
     Until twenty-two years of age Frederick Mohr of this review remained at home and gave his father the benefit of his labors in operating the farm.  He then began earning his own livelihood by running a threshing machine for several years and also operated a saw-mill for some time.  On the 28th of February, 1857, in Union township, he married Miss Barbara Dedrick who was born in that township, Apr. 19, 1835.  Her parents, Peter and Susannah (Kauffman) Dedrick, were born, reared and married in Rockingham County, Virginia, which was also the birthplace of three of their children.  Mrs. Mohr was the seventh child in their family of ten children.
     Our subject and his wife began their domestic life in a little cabin of two rooms and a small lean-to, which was scarcely large enough to accommodate one chair.  At that time Mr. Mohr owned eighty acre of land where his widow now lives.  After residing in the little house for about eight years he erected the commodious two-story brick residence which was his home up to the time of his death, and which is still occupied by Mrs. Mohr.  In his farming operations he steadily prospered, becoming one of the wealthiest men of his locality, having eleven farms in Union, Harrison and Miami townships, Logan county, and in Harrison township, Champaign county.  At his death, which occurred on the 29th of October, 1901, he left to each of his children a good farm, making his widow administratrix of the estate, which was quite large.  He was a very industrious, energetic and progressive business man and usually carried forward to successful completion whatever he undertook.  His integrity stands as an unquestioned fact in his history - endowed by a nature with a sound judgment and an accurate, discriminating mind, he feared not the laborious attention to business so necessary to achieve success.  In manner he was pleasant and cordial, which, combined with his sterling worth, made him one of the popular citizens of his community.  Religiously he was a member of the Lutheran church, while Mrs. Mohr is a member of the German Baptist church, to which some of their children also belong, and others to the Lutheran church.
     Unto Mr. and Mrs. Mohr were born seven children, as follows:  Delora Ann Mohr the eldest, was born on the home farm in Union township, Nov. 15, 1856, and was married Dec. 24, 1872, to George Rausenberger, who conducted a meat market in Bellefontaine and died there on the 15th of January, 1903.  They had four children: Carrie Ada married Rev. C. A. Hackenberg and has one child.  Dorothy Delora, born in Troy, Ohio Nov. 8, 1902; Bertha Alvina is at home with her mother; Dora May is the wife of Charles Kuert of Bellefontaine; and John Frederick who was born Mar. 5, 1885, is also at home.
     Emma Jane, the second child of our subject, was born Feb. 2, 1858, and died Oct. 26, 1859.
     Sarah Alice Mohr, born May 30, 1859, was married Feb. 26, 1880, to George L. Forty and resides in DeGraff.  They have three children: Laren M., born in Union township, Mar. 22, 1883, is a graduate of the pharmacy school at Ada, Ohio; John Loyal was born in Harrison township, Champaign county, Oct. 29, 1887, and Frederick Emerson was also born in Champaign county, Sept. 2, 1890.
     Mary M. Mohr, born Jan. 12, 1861, was married on the 10th of February 1881, to Lewis S. Huber, who was born in Union township, Sept. 27, 1857, and now owns and operates a farm near Gretna, Ohio.  They became the parents of three children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows:  Floyd Marcellus, Mar. 10, 1883; Ollie Frederick Barbara Swilkey, Jul. 20, 1898.  The oldest child was an invalid, being unable to sit up for eight years before his death, which occurred Oct. 9, 1895.  He was, however, able to do fancy needlework and pieced more than one quilt, including a crazy quilt.
     Lucy Ellen Mohr was born on the old homestead in Union township, May 28, 1862, and like the other members of the family was educated in the common schools.  On the 19th of February, 1882, she gave her hand in marriage to Jacob E. Huber, who was born in Harrison township, this county, Feb. 1, 1855, and is the third child of George Conrad and Henrietta (Swilkey) Huber.  For some years after his marriage he operated a farm which he rented of his father and then bought eighty-three acres of land, on which he lived for three years.  At the end of that time he removed to Shelby county, Ohio, where he purchased another eighty-acre tract and there made his home for nine years.  On selling that place he rented his present farm at Gretna, which property his wife subsequently inherited from her father in 1903.  both are members of the German Baptist Brethren church, in which Mr. Huber has served as deacon for eleven years, and in politics he is a Democrat.  They had five children, namely: Arie May, born in Harrison township, Logan county, May 21, 1883; Laurence Cleveland, born in the same township, Nov. 4, 1884; George Frederick, born in Perry township, Shelby county, Mar. 26, 1887; Herman Jacob, born in Perry township, Aug. 23, 1891, and Zelma Lucile, who was born in Harrison township, Logan county, Apr. 13, 1898, and died on the 4th of the following September.
     Charles Frederick Mohr, the only son of our subject, was born in Union township on the 2d of February, 1858, and was reared to manhood upon the home farm, early becoming familiar with all the duties which fall to the lot of the agriculturist.  The education he obtained in the country schools was supplemented by a course in Nelson Business College in Springfield, Ohio.  At the home of the bride in Union township, he was married Feb. 12, 1889, to Miss Ottie May Brenner, who was born in that township May 8, 1865, and is a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Kaylor) Brenner, who are still living.  Five children blessed this union:  Alvin Arthur, born Dec. 29, 1889; Flossie Fern, born Mar. 14, 1891; Leslie Leon, born Sept. 27, 1892; Stanley Herman, who was born Feb., 1894, and died Aug. 9, 1894, and Barbara Elizabeth born Feb. 22, 1899.  For some years Charles F. Mohr was engaged in farming at Gretna and then removed to the farm in Union township where his family now resides.  He was killed on the 30th of November, 1900, by the explosion of a boiler while shredding corn at a neighbor's, and his death was widely and deeply mourned, for he was a man who commanded the respect and esteem of all with whom he came in contact, either in business or social life.  He was laid to rest in the Philadelphia cemetery, Union township, near the spot where his childhood and youth were passed.
     Clara Susannah Mohr, the youngest child of our subject, was born Sept. 20, 1873, and was married on the 9th of December, 1891, to James N. Cretcher, who is engaged in farming in Union township.  They have become the parents of two children, Freda Helen born on the home farm, Jan. 30, 1893, and Clifford N., born Mar. 8, 1901.  The Mohr family is one of prominence in the community where they reside and the hospitality of the best homes are extended to them.
Source:  The Historical Review of Logan Co., Ohio, Publ. Chicago, by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903 - Page 310

JOSEPH B. MOHR.     Joseph B. Mohr, who is the senior member of the farm of Mohr and Carter, job printers of Bellefontaine, doing business under the name of the Commercial Printery, was born in this city Mar. 21, 1867, and is a son of Joseph Jay and Esther Elizabeth (Brown) Mohr.  The father was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, and came to Logan county prior to 1840.  He first resided in Union township and afterward removed to Bellefontaine, where he is still living.  His wife is also a native of the Buckeye state and unto them were born seven children.  The following are yet living: Charlotte, wife of Edward McLaughlin; Elizabeth Rozelle, wife of Joseph Pfeffer; Autie, wife of A. J. Scott, and Joseph B.
     In the schools of Bellefontaine Joseph B. Mohr obtained his education and in 1873 started out upon his business career, wherein by the exercise of perseverance and diligence he has attained to a creditable position.  He was first employed in the bakery of J. C. Venable and in 1874 he entered the Index printing office, owned by the firm of Bowman & Roebuck, with whom he remained for about five years.  He was afterward employed at wood carving for the firm of Chester & Haviland with whom he continued for five years, after which he returned to the printing business, and was with the firm of Roebuck & Brand until the 6th of September, 1899.  He then entered into partnership with P. W. Carter under the firm style of Mohr & Carter, and established the Commercial Printery, in which they have since conducted a large, growing now profitable job printing business.  They are prepared to do excellent work in their line, having a well equipped office, together with a thorough understanding of the trade, and in the three years' existence of the firm they have secured a good patronage, which is constantly growing in volume and importance.
     For ten years Mr. Mohr was engaged in military service as a member of the Ohio National Guard and was then honorably discharged in May, 1898l  Socially he is connected with Wilfred Lodge No. 167, K. P., and with the Junior Order of American Mechanics.  He is a progressive business man, who believes in advancing with the times, and through his persistency of purpose and capability he has gained a creditable standing in business circles.
Source:  The Historical Review of Logan Co., Ohio, Publ. Chicago, by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903 - Page 650

SAMUEL EDGAR MOHR.     Samuel Edgar Mohr, one of the leading and representative agriculturists of Harrison township, whose home is four miles west of Bellefontaine, was born in that city on the 2d of August, 1859, a son of Jacob and Mary (Douglass) Mohr.  His paternal grandfather, Conrad Mohr, was a native of Stuttgart, Germany, where he grew to manhood and learned the cabinetmaker's trade, at which he worked in that country until about twenty-five years of age.  He then crossed the Atlantic to America and took up his residence in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a little home and continued to follow his chosen occupation for some time.  It was there that he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Ischelmann and there the father of our subject was born Nov. 7, 1826.  When the latter was four years old the family came to Ohio and located seven miles north of Dayton, where they made their home for eight years, at the expiration of which time they came to Logan county and settled in Union township.  Buying eighty acres of land, the grandfather then turned his attention to farming and so successful was he in this pursuit that at the time of his death he owned two hundred and sixty acres.
     At the age of sixteen years, Jacob Moore, our subject's father, began learning the cabinetmaker's trade, at which he served a three years' apprenticeship, receiving thirty dollars in compensation for his services the first year.  This time was mostly passed in West Liberty and Urbana, Ohio, and for a time he was in the employ of his father.  In 1858 he opened a shop of his own in Bellefontaine, where he carried on business in partnership with a Mr. Rogers for a few years, while for eighteen months another gentleman was also a member of the firm.  After working at his trade for about twenty-two years Mr. Mohr bought a farm in the fall of 1868, consisting of eighty-four acres, where our subject now lives.  Although he went in debt for this place, it was soon free from all encumbrance, and it continued to be his home until 1888,when he retired from active labor and has since resided in Bellefontaine, enjoying a well-earned rest and the fruits of former toil.  Although he received but a limited education in early life, he is now a man of intelligence and well read.  He was reared in the Lutheran church, but is now a Presbyterian in religious belief, and is a supporter of the Democratic party.
     In Harrison township, this county, Jacob Mohr was married, Sept. 8, 1854, to Miss Mary Douglass, a native of Logan county, and to them were born four children, namely: Laura A., the eldest, is now the wife of Henry Coleman, living in Bellefontaine, and they have five children.  Emanuel J., Fay, Daniel Grier, Samuel Edgar and Perry.  Carrie L., is the wife of Daniel Sullivan, of Kenton, Ohio, and they have one child, Edna M.  Samuel E. of this review is the next of the family.  George Boyd died in infancy.
     The subject of this sketch was about nine years old when the family removed from Bellefontaine to the farm in Harrison township, where he now resides, and it has since been his home.  He attended the public schools and early acquired an excellent knowledge of every department of farm work, to which occupation he has devoted his entire attention since reaching manhood.
     On the 25th of January, 1888, in Union township, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Mohr and Miss Addie May Newell, who was born in that township Mar. 8, 1864, her parents being Hugh and Mary (Miller) Newell.  Of their eight children she is the third in order of birth, the others being Emma E. and Effie D., twins, the former of whom is deceased, and the latter at home with her parents; Oak M., who is proprietor of a meat market in Bellefontaine, and has one child, Herman W.; Mary Hugh, who died at the age of fourteen years; Lulu Belle, who is the wife of James William McCracken, of Bellefontaine, and has one child; Richard N. Bertha Susie, at home, and John, who died in infancy.  Mr. and Mrs. Mohr have four children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows:  Mary Lou, Aug. 22, 1889; Don Newell, Dec. 8, 1891; Hugh Newell, Apr.8, 1895, and Susan Christina, Apr. 27, 1897.  the parents both hold membership in the Lutheran church and Mr. Mohr is a supporter of the Democratic party.  The family is one of prominence in the community where they reside and throughout Logan county they are held in the highest respect and esteem.
Source:  The Historical Review of Logan Co., Ohio, Publ. Chicago, by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903 - Page 251

ABRAHAM HUBER MOORE.     Abraham Huber Moore, who is successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits on section 25, Union township, was born on the farm where he now resides, Feb. 2, 1861, and is a worthy representative of an old and honored family of Logan county, his parents being Raphael R. and Margaret (Huber) Moore.  His father was born on an adjoining farm in the same township in 1820, and was a son of Samuel and Nancy (Makemson) Moore.  the grandfather claimed Pennsylvania as his native state, his birth having occurred near Uniontown in Fayette county.  There he grew to manhood, for prior to his marriage he came to Ohio with his father, Robert Moore, who located on the farm where Henry Huling now lives.  Robert Moore and his brothers were the founders of the family in Logan county, where they settled about 1800.  Although eighty years of age Robert's mother made the journey from Pennsylvania on horseback but she died only six weeks after her arrival here, her remains being the first interred in the Moore cemetery on the banks of the creek.  Six generations of the family are now sleeping there.  These include our subject's grandfather and great-grandfather, as well as uncles and cousins.  During the residence of the family in Pennsylvania the great-grandfather and grandfather both worked at the cabinet-maker's trade but after coming to Ohio they engaged in farming, which was also the occupation of the father.
     In Pleasant township, this county, Raphael R. Moore married Miss Margaret Huber, who was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, Apr. 11, 1827, and during the early thirties came to Logan county, Ohio, with her parents, Abraham and Mary (Groves) Huber the family locating in Pleasant township.  After their marriage they resided on the Moore homestead for a time and then removed to the farm where our subject now lives.  In partnership with two brothers the father owned between four and five hundred acres of land, and they continued to carry on farming operations together until 1881.  Raphael R. Moore erected all of the buildings upon his place, the house being built in 1883 and the barn two years later.  After a useful and well spent life he died Sept. 3, 1885.  In politics he was first a Whig, but being opposed to slavery, he joined the Abolition party and later became a Republican.  In subsequent years when that issue had been satisfactorily settled he joined the Prohibition party, being a strong temperance man and believing that the most important question before the people.  He was the Prohibition candidate for county commissioner and state representative and always took a deep interest in public affairs, supporting every enterprise which he believed calculated to advance the moral, social and material welfare of the community.  Fraternally he was a member of the Grange.
     The subject of this sketch is the second in order of birth in a family of five children but the eldest died in infancy.  Mary is now the wife of John Horn, a resident of Union township.  Nancy first married James Detrich, who died leaving one child, Moore, and for her second husband she married William Dachenbach, of Union township.  Anna, the youngest of the family, is the wife of Frederick Stabler, whose home is in Harrison township.
     Abraham H. Moore spent his boyhood upon his father's farm and supplemented the education acquired in the country schools by three terms' attendance at the Northwestern Ohio University at Ada.  It was the intention of his father that he should finish the course there but after the father became paralyzed in 1881, he was forced to remain at home and take charge of affairs, being the only son in the family.  After the father's death he inherited a part of the farm and purchasing the interests of the other heirs, he now owns ninety-two acres, which is under a high state of cultivation and well improved.  In his farming operations he has met with well deserved success and is today accounted one of the substantial citizens of his community.
     On the 29th of January, 1886, in Harrison township, Mr. Moore was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Carr a native of that township and a daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Douglass) Carr.  By this union eight children have been born, namely: Helen, Frances, Paul, Howard, Raphael R., Mary, Eva and Dwight Howard.  Dwight Howard was a light-hearted, ambitious little fellow with blue eyes, was accidentally killed while at play at school.  He was assisting his playmate to raise a pole into a tree, but it fell back, striking Howard across the back of the head, crushing him.  Raphael R., another son, died at the age of two years.
     Mr. Moore is independent in politics.  He cast his first presidential ballot for James A. Garfield in 1880, and being a strong temperance man has supported the Prohibition party, being at one time the candidate of the party for county commissioner.  He is now serving his second term as township clerk and most acceptably discharges the duties of that office.  He is one of the leading members of the Presbyterian church at DeGraff and has  been ruling elder for many years.
Source:  The Historical Review of Logan Co., Ohio, Publ. Chicago, by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903 - Page 488

ARCHIBALD THOMAS MOORE.     The subject of this review is one of the most progressive and successful agriculturists of Logan county, his home being about the center of Union township, three miles eat of DeGraff.  Here he owns a valuable and well improved farm, and in connection with its operation he is engaged in the raising and breeding of shorthorn Durham cattle and Poland China hogs.  He has made his special field of industry an eminent success and is today one of the well-to-do and substantial men of his community. 
     Mr. Moore was born October 10, 1845, on his present farm in the house which his tenant now occupies it having been built by his father at an early.  He is a son of Raphael and Sarah (Moore) Moore, the former a native of Pennsylvania, the latter of Virginia.  They were cousins prior to their marriage and in early life came to Ohio with their respective parents, locating in Union township, Logan county, where they were subsequently married by Squire Askren.  The father entered the farm on which our subject lives from the government and became the owner of about three hundred acres of land, one hundred and seven acres of which is now in possession of his son Archibald.  He cleared and improved the farm and thereon spent his remaining days.  He was a breeder of fine stock, believing that it paid to keep the best grades of domestic animals, and he made a specialty of the breeding of Saxony sheep, having the finest sheep in the county at that time.  Politically he was identified with the Republican party and he took quite an active and commendable interest in public affairs.  For many years he filled hte office of justice of the peace and was well known throughout the community as Squire Moore.  He was a noted peacemaker and succeeded in compromising most of the cases which came up for trial before him.  In 1826 he was elected sheriff of Logan county and is supposed to have been the first to fill that office.  Though his school privileges had been somewhat limited, he was a well read man and kept well informed on the leading questions and issues of the day.  He was an active worker and faithful member of the Presbyterian church and assisted in founding the church at Bellefontaine under the pastorate of the Rev. Joseph Stevenson.  After a well spent and useful life he passed away at the age of sixty-four years, and his estimable wife died at the age of sixty-one, the remains of both being interred in the Moore cemetery.
     The worthy couple were the parents of seven children, five of whom are still living.  Esther W. married David Perry and lives in Garnet, Anderson county, Kansas.  John H. makes his home in Washington township, this county.  Lewis F. is a resident of Union township.  Quincy Adams and Eliza were twins.  The former was in the one hundred day service during the Civil war and died in Union township from the effects of his army service, being laid to rest in Moore cemetery.  Eliza is a resident of Bellefontaine.  Archibald T. and Robert McCrary complete the family.
     Archibald T. Moore received his preliminary education in the schools of Union township, after which he attended the Northwestern College of Illinois, located at Plainfield, but now at Naperville, Illinois, the school being under the auspices of the Evangelical Association.  After his return he taught school in his home district, where for one term he had sixty scholars.  He then took charge of the home farm and has since carried on farming and stock-raising there.  His present comfortable residence was erected by him in 1887, and he also remodeled the barn which was built by his father in 1854, at the same time moving it to its present location and making a basement.  He has water works all about the premises and in fact the place is supplied with all the conveniences and accessories found upon a model farm of hte present century.  Mr. Moore was one of the first men of his locality to put a telephone in his house and is regarded as one of the most progressive and enterprising citizens of the community.
     Mr. Moore was married in Pleasant township, Jan. 13, 1882, the lady of his choice being Miss Mary M. Walker, a daughter of William and Eliza (Constable) Walker.  Her father was a man of great ability and exerted a strong influence for good in the community where he resided, being a life elder in the Presbyterian church of DeGraff, which he served long and well.  By occupation he was a farmer.  Mrs. Moore was quite young when her mother died, but being the eldest in the family, the responsibility of rearing the other children fell to her. Our subject and his wife have one daughter, Una Beatrice, who was born on the home farm Nov. 4, 1886, and is now a student in the DeGraff high school, making a special study of music and languages.  They were given a little boy six years old by his mother at her death, his parents being David and Hannah Snyder.  To his original name of Augustus Moore Snyder they have since added Whitcomb Riley, and although he retains the whole name he is now called Whitcomb Riley.  Mr. and Mrs. More are giving him a good education and all the advantages they would give an own son.
     Reared a Republican, Mr. Moore cast his first presidential vote for General Grant in 1872 and later voted for Hayes in 1876.  Garfield in 1880 and Blaine in 1884, but since that time he ahs supported the Prohibition party, being a strong temperance man and believing in supporting the principles which he advocates.  At one time he was the candidate of his party for county treasurer, but has never cared for official honors.  In religious faith he is a Lutheran while his wife and daughter are members of the Presbyterian church, which they all attend.  Fraternally he is a member of the Grange and is now serving as its secretary.  His influence and labors have been of marked effect in promoting the moral and material development of the community in which he makes his home, and he and his family stand high in the regard of all who know them.
Source:  The Historical Review of Logan Co., Ohio, Publ. Chicago, by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903 - Page 688

HENRY CLAY MOORE.     Through the long years of his residence in Logan county, Henry C. Moore has borne an important part in the upbuilding and development of this section of the state and has taken quite an active interest in public affairs.  He was born in Union township on the 9th of April, 1827, and is a worthy representative of an old and honored family of this county of Scotch-Irish origin.  His grandfather, Samuel Moore, was born in Pennsylvania in 1758 and was a son of John Moore whose birth occurred in Ireland in 1732, and whose father was Samuel Moore, Sr.  William Moore, the father of our subject, was a native of Kentucky, and one of the pioneer settlers of Logan county, Ohio, where on the 4th of November, 1819, he married his first cousin, Sarah Moore.  He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and was present at Hull's surrender at Detroit.  By occupation he was a farmer.  He was killed by being thrown from his spring wagon,  his horse becoming frightened at a train of passing cars and quickly turning.  He was conveyed to the home of his son, Major Edward L. Moore, in DeGraff, where he died May 10, 1869.  He had three sons who were soldiers of the civil war, these being our subject: Edward L., who enlisted as a private and came out of the service as maajor major after nearly five years of active service;; and Isaac N., who died at Appomattox, within a stone's throw of where Captain Smith's life was saved by Pocahontas at what is called Point of Rocks on the Appomattox river near James river.  The other children of the family who are still living are Rev. Daniel W. Moore, of Dover, New Jersey; Mrs. Maria L. Rathmel of Bellefontaine; Mrs. Maggie Rea, of DeGraff; and Mrs. Nancy E. Smith of Dayton, Ohio.
     Reared upon the home farm, Henry C. Moore obtained his education in the district schools of the neighborhood, and later engaged in teaching for about ten winters in country schools, being thus employed until 1862.  After attaining his majority he also engaged in carpenter work during the summer season until elected county surveyor in 1856.  Through his own unaided study he had obtained an excellent knowledge of civil engineering and land surveying and was well fitted for the position to which he was chosen.  He taught his last term of school in the winter of 1862-3.
     In 1862 Mr. Moore enlisted in the Eighty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry under Colonel Allison and Captain John Riddle and was made first sergeant.  He was in the service three months, principally guarding prisoners at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, and was in no engagements.  During this time he was nominated for his third term as county surveyor and elected to that office in the fall after his return home.  While connected with the army he was sworn in for three years' service and was ordered to return to his regiment and await the call of the mustering officer, but was never called out.  Being in poor health when he returned home he accepted a position in the store of J. N. Allen, and was engaged in clerking for five years, at the end of which time he resumed civil engineering, being since engaged in the laying out and superintending of the building of pike roads and public ditches.  He leveled the roadbed for the western branch of the Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad most of the way through Logan county, and does general surveying and civil engineering of all kinds in Logan and adjoining counties.  He has been an active surveyor and civil engineer a greater number of years, and has surveyed more land,  more miles of pike roads and public ditches than any other one man in Logan county.
     On the 4th of August, 1852, in Champaign county, Ohio.  Mr. Moore married Miss Elizabeth Hancock, who was born in that county, Sept. 19, 1831, a daughter of Major and Elizabeth (Fuson) Hancock, of Virginia.  Her parents removed to Champaign county, Ohio, in 1814.  Of their ten children four daughters are still living, namely: Mrs. Martha Deardorff, a widow living in Bellefontaine; Mrs. Moore; Mrs. Anna Anderson of Indianola, Iowa; and Mrs. Angeline Jones, of the state of Washington.  Unto Mr. and Mrs. Moore were born six children, namely: Alice born in 1854, is the widow of Finley Rankin, of Bellefontaine, and has been bookkeeper in the auditor's and treasurer's office for fifteen years; Emma born in 1856, died in 1889; Ida May, born in 1859, is with her parents; Elmer E., born in 1861, died in 1863; Olive H., born in 1863, died in 1865; and an infant died unnamed.  They have an adopted son, Harry, born in 1876.
     Since 1857 Mr. Moore has been a resident of Bellefontaine, and in 1870 he built his present home at 419 East Columbus avenue.  Besides this property he owns some vacant lots in the city.  Fraternally he is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and has taken the degrees of the blue lodge, chapter and council in the Masonic order.  He is an active and earnest member of the English Lutheran church, in which he has served as elder for many years, and since its organization in 1856 he has supported the Republican party.  For several terms he filled the office of city engineer and has also served on the school board and as township trustee of Lake township.  He has been a frequent contributor to the local papers, writing obituaries, and on matters of local historical interest and various other topics.  He is widely and favorably known throughout his native county and is deserving of prominent mention in its history.
Source:  The Historical Review of Logan Co., Ohio, Publ. Chicago, by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903 - Page 808

UPTON IVERSON MOORE.     Upton Iverson Moore,, now deceased, was born in Union township, Logan county, Mar. 31, 1854, a son of Robert and Mary A. (Packer) Moore.  He was reared upon a farm in his native township, was educated there in the public schools and was there married on Christmas day of 1888 to Miss Sarah C. Rausenberger, who was born in Champaign county, Ohio, a daughter of John and Dorothy (Rexer) Rausenberger.  Mr. Moore had purchased land that belonged to his father and was the owner of a tract of seventy-seven acres in Union township, on which he made his home, devoting his energies to the further development and improvement of the land.
     Unto Mr. and Mrs. Moore were born five children - Clara Marie,  born Oct. 4, 1890; Anna Dorothea, born Sept. 22, 1893; Calvin Rausenberger, born Aug. 15, 1895; Luther Iverson, born Oct. 23, 1897, and Ruth Christine, born Oct. 1, 1900.  Mr. Moore was killed by the explosion of an engine while assisting in the operation of an engine while assisting in the operation of a corn-shredder, Nov. 30, 1900, and was buried in the Philadelphia cemetery in Union township.  In politics he was an earnest Republican, but was never an aspirant for office.  He held membership in the Lutheran church and was serving as one of the trustees and as secretary at the time of his tragic death, which came as a telling blow to his family and many friends.  In 1901 his widow removed to DeGraff, where she is now living.
Source:  The Historical Review of Logan Co., Ohio, Publ. Chicago, by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903 - Page 408