Biographies
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
Source:
A Portrait and Biographical Record of
Mercer and Van Wert Counties, Ohio
Containing Biographical Sketches of Many Prominent and
Representative Citizens,
together with Biographies and Portraits of all the
Presidents of the United States
and Biographies of the Governors of Ohio
CHICAGO: A. W. BOWEN & CO.
1896
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JAMES
M. MILLER, M. D., a prominent young physician of
Mendon, Mercer County, is a son of Milton
N. and Susan E. (Noble) Miller, and was born at
Celina, Ohio, Feb. 14, 1861. His parents were natives
of Ohio, and were of German-Irish descent.
MILTON N. MILLER was
himself a physician, and began the practice of medicine in
1847 in Mendon, remaining there until 1854, when he removed
to Celina, continued the practice of his profession there
fifteen years, and then purchased the Saint Charles Hotel,
conducting this popular hostelry until his death in October,
1889, at the age of seventy-two years. Dr. Milton
N. Miller was an early settler in Mercer county, being
there early enough to aid in the construction of the banks
of the great reservoir. When he began the practice of
medicine in Mendon, the country was but very little cleared
and the roads were practically unopened, so that travel was
anything but pleasant and agreeable, and all the hardships
of the pioneer physician were familiar to him. Mrs.
Miller, his widow, still lives and owns the Saint
Charles Hotel, but has now nothing to do with its
management. She is now seventy-two years of age, and
is yet a healthy woman of her age.
James M. Miller, the subject of this sketch, is
the youngest of four living children. His early youth
was spent as was that of other boys at that day and age of
the world, in the public schools of his county, the
difference, however, being somewhat in his favor, as he had
the privilege of attending the better schools of the city of
Celina. From these schools he was graduated in the
class of 1811, and in the spring of 1882 he began the study
of medicine with his father; but his father soon afterward
retired from the practice, he continued his studies with
Dr. G. J. C. Wintermute, a biographical sketch of
whom appears in another part of this work. In 1883 he
entered the university at Wooster, Ohio, and completed his
medical studies at the Ohio Medical college at Cincinnati,
Ohio, in 1886. The same year he began the practice of
his profession at Venedocia, Van Wert county, Ohio,
remaining there, however, but six or seven months, when he
removed to Mendon, Mercer county, where he has since resided
and practiced his profession. Here he has been very
successful, and enjoys a lucrative practice.
In 1888, at Celina, Ohio, Dr. Miller was married
to Miss Dellia White, a daughter of John and
Emeline White, residents of Mercer county, having come
to this county from Scioto county. Mrs. Miller
died in 1889, and Dr. Miller in 1891, married for his
second wife Miss Sadie N. Archibald, a daughter of
JONATHAN and Ellen
ARCHIBALD, residents of Adams
county, Ind., in which county Mr. Archibald was a
prominent and successful farmer for many years, and until
his death, in 1889. To Dr. and Mrs. Miller
there has been born one child, which is now deceased.
Dr. Miller is a member of the I. O. O. F., of the
Knights of Pythias, and of the K. O. T. M., in all of which
three lodges he has filled all the chairs. In politics
he is a democrat, is a representative citizen, and is at the
present time a member of the village council. Few
young physicians, if any, have made more rapid progress in
their practice, and won the confidence of the public to such
a degree in so short a time, and it is proper to predict for
him still greater strides in his professional career.
Source:
A Portrait & Biographical Record of Mercer and Van Wert
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co. - 1896 -
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JOHN M. MOSIER,
and early settler and a prominent farmer of Mercer county,
Ohio, was born in Fairfield county, Aug. 30, 1817.
Reared upon his father's farm, he remained at home with his
parents until he was married, in 1841. Immediately
afterward he began life for himself on rented land, which he
farmed until 1844, in which year he bought the tract of
land, on which he yet lives. In the original tract
there were eighty acres, but Mr. Mosier not long
afterward bought forty acres more, making his farm then
consist of 120 acres. Very soon after removing to
Mercer county Mr. Mosier had a log cabin erected and
began the work of clearing and improving his land. He
was one of the first settlers in the region in which he now
lives, and neighbors were then few and far between.
The county seat had already been located at Celina, which
was a very small place, having less than 100 inhabitants,
and his nearest neighbor, otherwise, was three miles
distant. For the purpose of holding court and
transacting the county business, a temporary court house had
been erected, or rather was rented, which served for some
time. Mr. Mosier has himself assisted in the
erection of two court houses, and he has seen the town and
surrounding country develop from the condition of a
wilderness to that of a highly civilized and prosperous
state.
The land that he purchased when he first came to Mercer
county cost him $140, all that he was able to pay for it.
Since then he has made his own way in the world, aided
materially and always encouraged by his excellent wife.
He has now over 100 acres of land in a high state of
cultivation, with a good, large dwelling house, and a fine
barn, an unusually fine orchard, etc., everything, in short,
that goes to make a good farmer's home. His farm is
located one mile from the court house in Celina, and borders
on the corporation line. Both he and his wife take
great interest in public affairs, and are public-spirited
citizens. Mr. Mosier is a democrat in politics,
but does not aspire to office of any kind. He has,
however, held the office of township trustee and a few other
minor offices, but not because he desired political
prominence or anything of the kind; only because he was
willing to perform his duty to the public whenever
necessary.
Mr. Mosier married Miss Jemima Davis, who
was born in Licking county, Ohio, Dec. 7, 1819, and is a
daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Perry)
Davis, the former of whom was of Welsh descent, and
the latter of German. He was a farmer and died in
Fairfield county. He and his wife were the parents of
nine children, viz.: Thomas, Catherine, Jemima,
wife of the subject; Mary, Elizabeth, Susanna, Christina,
Sarah and Jacob. Only three of the above,
all of them daughters, are now living.
To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Mosier, there
have been born eight children, viz.: Mary C. and
Emily J., both of whom died young; Philip, who
died at the age of fourteen; Perry, who died when
quite young; Jacob, who died Dec. 4, 1895, aged
forty-four years; George, who died young; Maggie,
wife of John Younger, who is at the present time
marshal of Celina, and William, married and farming
on the old homestead. Both parents and all the
children are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
It will now be appropriate to treat somewhat briefly of
the ancestry of Mr. Mosier. He is a son of
Philip and Catherine (Dust) Mosier, both of whom were
from Virginia. After their marriage they removed at a
very early day to Fairfield county, when Lancaster had but a
very few houses in it. r. Mosier was offered
almost any quantity of land that he might be willing to
take, for the team of horses he brought into the county with
him, but preferred to keep his team. He settled on
a piece of land, which he cleared and improved, and upon
which he lived the remainder of his days, dying about 1840.
He and his wife were among the bet class of the pioneers,
always friendly and kind to all, and always ready to lend a
helping hand. They were both Lutherans, and reared a
family of seven children, viz: Sarah, Henry, Margaret,
George, Daniel, Polly and John M., the latter two being
twins. The subject of this sketch is the only one of
the above family now living, and he and his brother
George were the only members of the family that ever
removed to Mercer county. George Mosier removed
to Mercer county in 1839 and died July 13, 1895. He
was one of the pioneers of his part of the county, and
became a prominent farmer.
Source:
A Portrait & Biographical Record of Mercer and Van Wert
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co. - 1896 -
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