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BIOGRAPHIES
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The History of Miami County, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1880
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WILLIAM PATTY, physician, Pleasant
Hill; is one of the prominent citizens of Newton Township,
born Dec. 30, 1827, in Miami Co., of Welch extraction on the
paternal, and English on the maternal side. His ancestry
settled in South Carolina in an early day, where his father,
Charles Patty, was born, July 21, 1788.
He was married to Phebe Pearson, born Aug. 5,
1789. In 1808, they pioneered their way into the
Stillwater Valley, locating within the present limits of
Newberry Township. When war was declared in 1812,
safety required them to retire to the southern part of the
county, where they located in the extreme southeast part of
Union Township; after a time he moved to Montgomery Co., and
at the end of twenty years, to Newton Township, where his
death occurred Sept. 23, 1848; his wife died July 24, 1868,
at the age of 79. Dr. Patty was raised in
Montgomery Co.; his educational advantages were meager, but
well improved, and he entered the profession of teaching at
the age of 17, which he continued for four years, in the
meantime devoting his leisure time to the study of medicine.
In 1853, he attended a course of lectures at the Eclectic
Medical College, of Cincinnati; he then practiced till 1866,
with the exception of four years, when he attended another
course of lectures, receiving his diploma. He made his
first location at Laura, and from there came to his present
place in the spring of 1867. As a physician, he has
been successful, as a citizen he is sociable and charitable.
He married Sarah J. Dawell, of this county, in 1849;
they have four sons and one daughter; two sons are dead.
He is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and, with his wife, is
a member of the Christian Church.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
- Page 788 - Newton Twp. |
Page 788
JOSEPH
REEDER, farmer; P. O. Pleasant Hill; was born in Washington
Township, Montgomery Co., in 1827, the 12th day of July; he is the
son of William Reeder and grandson of Joseph Reeder.
Joseph R. and family emigrated to this State in the beginning of
the present century; they made the voyage down the Ohio River on a
flatboat, landing in Cincinnati in 1801, their property consisting
of a cow, a horse, and a two wheeled cart; with these they took up
their journey northward, penetrating the wilderness as far as
Montgomery Co., where they located on Sugar Creek; here he entered a
piece of land and built a rude cabin to serve as a temporary
dwelling. William Reeder was his only child; his
birthplace was Virginia, and he was only a boy when his parents
settled in Montgomery Co.; he was possessed of great muscular
strength, and could perform the remarkable feat of lifting a barrel
of cider to his mouth, drinking out of the bung hole; farming was
his exclusive occupation till his 30th year, when he met with an
accident which prevented him from active work on the farm; but being
of an ingenious turn of mind he engaged in various pursuits, as
shoemaking, blacksmithing, coopering, carpentering, etc., in the
meantime managing the farm till our subject grew up. He was
married twice and reared a family of eight children, four sons and
four daughters; his death occurred in 1865. Our subject was
the youngest of this family; he early formed habits of industry and
good management, which have served him well through life;
agriculture has been his chief occupation; in 1852, his father
disposed of his land in Montgomery Co., and purchased a farm near
West Milton, in this county. To our subject fell the duty of
caring for his parents and two grandmothers in their old age; his
paternal grandmother lived to the remarkable age of 95 years,
retaining her mental and physical powers unusually well till her
death. Feb. 18, 1855, our subject celebrated his nuptials with
Miss Mary Furnas, daughter of Joseph Furnas; in 1856,
he disposed of his farm at West Milton and purchased in Newton
Township; the following year, he made a trip to Kansas, with a few
of locating there; he found the people much agitated over the slave
question, and he returned content to remain in his native State; he
has a farm of 250 acres near Newton, and 40 acres where he resides.
Mr. and Mrs. Reeder are the parents of three children, one
daughter now married, and two sons. Mr. R. is a
consistent member of the F. & A. M. Society of Pleasant Hill,
and has held a connection with this fraternity for fifteen years.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
- Page 788 - Newton Twp. |
EMANUEL RENCH,
farmer; P. O. Covington; born in 1830; is the son of
Jacob Rench and Susannah Blickenstaff; he was
reared on a farm, and devoted a great deal of his youth to
driving an ox team; his education was obtained under the
difficulties of pioneer life and the imperfect
subscription-school system; at the age of 15, he entered his
father's distillery, and remained in it principally till his
father sold out in 1848; since then he has devoted his time
to farming. He was married in 1855, to Nancy A.
Morgan, born in Illinois, and reared mostly in
Burlington, Iowa; she came to this State a short time before
her marriage; by this union they have had a family of five
sons and three daughters, of whom one son and one daughter
have died. Mr. Rench's political inclinations
are with the Democratic party, though he is no zealous
partisan; he identifies himself with the German Baptist
Church, of which he and his wife are both members.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
- Page 790
- Newton Twp. |
JACOB RENCH,
deceased; one of the early settlers and prominent citizens
of Newton Township; was born in Pennsylvania in 1797, and
was the son of Joseph and Susannah (Deeter) Rench.
Joseph emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1812 or
1813, and located north of the present site of Pleasant
Hill. He and his wife were not long permitted to enjoy
their new home in the wilderness, he dying in 1815 with the
milk sickness, and his wife the following year. They
left a family of four sons and three daughters, the oldest,
Joseph, being yet in his minority; the family thus
left without the father or mother suffered all the
privations and hardships of pioneer life; the burden of
providing and caring for them fell to the lot of Jacob,
who was industrious and possessed of extraordinary business
sagacity; by his indomitable will and perseverance, he rose
on the very difficulties he had to contend with, and became,
before his death, wealthy, leaving at his demise an estate
of $35,000 to $40,000. He was a farmer by occupation,
but did a great deal of teaming and milling; he made a trip
to New Orleans in 1825, by flat-boat down the Stillwater,
Miami, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers; his teaming was mostly
north, and was done at a time when it was regarded hazardous
and difficult; he was enterprising and possessed many
sterling qualities; integrity was the ruling principle in
all his business transactions. Religiously, he was of
Protestant faith, having his affiliations first with the
Christian Church, and at his death with the German Baptist.
His death occurred Aug. 13, 1874. He was married three
times; first, in1819, to Anna Burns, of Pennsylvania;
she died in 1820, leaving a son, John. His
second marriage was in 1826 or 1827 to Susannah
Blickenstaff, of Pennsylvania, who died in 1832 or 1833,
leaving three children, Hannah, Emanuel and Susan.
His third wife was Sarah (Boggs) Valentine, of this
county; they had ten children - Mary L., Jacob, T. B.,
Fredonia, deceased; Valentine T., deceased.
Mrs. Rench had two children by her first marriage,
George H. Valentine, and one who died in infancy.
Ezekiel Boggs, father of Mrs. Rench, was born
in Pennsylvania Nov. 20, 1782; he was the only child of the
family, and was early apprenticed to the mason's trade;
being cruelly used, he was induced by his uncle to run off,
and was brought by him to this State, where he was
apprenticed to the blacksmith trade, which he followed a
short time. He married in 1804 or 1805 Eve C. Haney;
his financial circumstances were meager, as he depended upon
his daily labor for subsistence; he served six months in the
war of 1812, on the frontier; made a trip to New Orleans, by
flat-boat with produce, and then purchased a horse and
wagon, embarking in the peddling business with gratifying
results; in 1819, he came to this county, locating near
Piqua, and engaged in farming till 1828, when he erected a
grist and saw mill and woolen factory above Piqua, on the
Miami; he subsequently moved to Piqua, where his death
occurred Sept. 22, 1864. He labored through life with
eminent success, leaving at his death an estate worth
$25,000 or $30,000. His wife, Catherine, was
born in Pennsylvania Jan. 29, 1783, and died Feb. 26, 1867.
They had six sons and seven daughter; four still survive.
He, with his wife, was a member of the United Brethren
Church for forty years. Mrs. Rench
united with the German Baptist Church a short time before
her death.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
- Page 790
- Newton Twp. |
JACOB RENCH,
farmer; P. O. Covington; born in 1847, on the northwest
quarter of Sec. S.; is the son of Jacob and Sarah (Boggs)
Rench; he was reared on the homestead, where he
remained, assisting in farming till the spring of 1876, when
he moved to his present place; in 1877, he removed to Darke
Co., Wayne Township, and remained one year; at the end of
this time, he returned to his present place, where he has
since resided; he owns and operates, with his brother, T.
P. Rench, a stream thrasher, which they have
successfully used for several years. He was married in
December, 1872, to Mary E. Faber, a native of
Pennsylvania; she emigrated to the State of Indiana in 1866,
and lived near Union City till a short time before her
marriage, when she moved to Troy; one daughter, Sarah
Anna, was given them in September, 1879. Mr. R.
is a member of the German Baptist Church.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
- Page 791
- Newton Twp. |
T. P. RENCH,
farming; P. O. Covington; born in 1848, on northwest quarter
of Sec. 8, Newton Township; is the son of Jacob and Sarah
(Boggs) Rench; he was brought up on a farm, and his
early education was limited to the common school; he
remained on the homestead till the spring of 1875, when he
moved to Darke Co., Patterson Township; he remained here
till the following spring, when he moved to Wayne Township,
near Webster; at the end of two years, he moved to his
present place. He is politically identified with the
Democratic party, and religiously with the German Baptist
Church, as is also his wife. He was married in 1872,
Nov. 10, to Rosanna Long; she was born June 4, 1853,
near Pleasant Hill, and is the daughter of James Long and
Esther Eller. Two daughters have been given to
Mr. and Mrs. Rench; one was born Dec. 23, 1873, and died
in infancy; the other, Fedonia Rench, was born Feb.
4, 1876.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
- Page 790
- Newton Twp. |
JOSEPH
ROSZELL, minister and farmer; P. O. Troy; born in New
Jersey in 1822; is the son of Joseph and Hannah Roszell
Roszell, natives, also, of New Jersey; they emigrated to
Ohio in 1832, and located near Centerville, in Montgomery
Co.; Mr. R., Sr., was a farmer by occupation; in the
spring of 1842, he moved to Bethel Township, this county,
where he passed the remnant of his days, his death occurring
Apr. 29, 1851; his devoted wife survived him till Dec. 28,
1869. His early educational opportunities were
necessarily limited, but were well improved; he is the
youngest son of a family of eight children, five sons and
three daughters; he remained at home, discharging his filial
duties, until the death of his father. The 22d of
June, 1851 he celebrated his marriage with Miss Rachel A.
Crow, native of Virginia; she emigrated to Ohio with her
parents in 1835, and settled in the extreme southeast part
of Bethel Township, in this county. Mr. and Mrs.
Crow both died in 1879, he at the ripe age of 87, and
she aged 75 years; they were faithful members of the M. E.
Church, and in their death the church lost useful members.
Soon after the marriage of Mr. R., he removed
to a place near Tippecanoe and engaged in farming; he
remained here to a period of twenty-six or twenty-seven
years, and, one year ago, moved to the farm on which he now
resides. Mr. and Mrs. R. are the parents of
eight children, four sons and four daughters; four years ago
a son was instantly killed, a horse throwing and falling on
him. Mr. R. united with the M. E. Church in
January, 1851, and in 1853 was licensed as an exhorter,,,
and in 1861 was ordained a local minister in the same
church; the duties of this official relation he discharged
faithfully and with commendable zeal; his wife and four
children are members of the church.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
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- Newton Twp. |
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