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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1880
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
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A. H. JONES, farmer; P. O. Covington; son
of Joseph Jones, a native of North Carolina;
emigrated to Ohio about the year 1829 with his mother, and
located in Newton Township, Miami Co.; when 14 years old, he was
bound to Henry Knoop for $5 per year; while living
with Mr. Knoop he learned the wagon-making trade;
after he obtained his freedom, he worked at his trade about
seventeen years; he then began buying and selling land until he
had accumulated a great deal of property; he died in the year
1877. A. H. was born Oct. 28, 1852, about one and a
half miles west of Covington, on the Covington and Gettysburg
pike; he was raised and educated as a farmer, and has always
been engaged in that pursuit. His marriage was celebrated
Feb. 22, 1877, to Miss Martha, a daughter of David
Ingle, a native of this county, now living in Montgomery
Co., Ohio; they had one child, Edward Forest.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
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Page 600
JOHN JONES, farmer; P. O. Piqua; born in
Dauphin Co., Penn., Sept. 28, 1830; is the son of Josiah and
Catharine (Oliman) Jones; his father was born in the State
of Delaware, his mother in Pennsylvania, where they lived and
died; they were parents of eight children, of whom three only
are now living, viz., John our subject; Louisa,
now Mrs. Chatham living in Philadelphia; and Elizaeth,
now Mrs. Keohler, living at Union Deposit, Penn.; Mr.
Jones, the subject of this sketch, lived with his father
till about 21 years of age, at which time, Jan. 16, 1851, he was
united in marriage with Louisa Wagoner, daughter of
Henry and Elizabeth (Dick) Wagoner, who was born Mar. 5,
1832, in Dauphin Co., Penn.; born by this union they had born to
them ten children, viz., Elizabeth, Oct. 16, 1851, she is
now Mrs. Wilkinson living on the home place; Henry,
born Mar. 20, 1854, now married to Anna Bell McKinney,
also living on part of the home farm; Josiah born Jan.
17, 1857, married to Anna Elizabeth Booher and living on
the home farm; Catharine, born Aug. 18, 1859, and died
Nov. 17, 1860; John, born Nov. 30, 1861; Emma,
born June 24, 1864, died Dec. 30, 1869; Mary, born Apr.
12, 1867; Willie, born Feb. 12, 1871; Laura, born
Jan. 15, 1875; and Louisa, born Feb. 19, 1877,
dying in 1878; Mr. Jones after his marriage lived in
Pennsylvania about seven years, when he emigrated to Ohio and
located in Miami Co., Apr. 8, 1858, on the farm where he still
resides; he first bought 90 acres of land, since which he has
added to it by purchase from time to time, till now he owns 314
acres, of which about 250 acres are in cultivation; he has made
great improvements, has a fine house and a very large brick barn
and numerous comforts and conveniences; this has mostly been
accomplished by his own industry and economy; Mr. Jones
and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in
Lockport; they have a large family of children, all living with
and near him, with a good competency for all.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
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A. T. KINGSLEY, restaurant, Piqua; is the
son of Samuel and Betsy Kingsley, and was born in
Washington Co., Maine, where his childhood and earliest youth
were spent; in 1858, he went to California, where he remained
until 1864; previous to this, however, he had been married in
1857 to Miss Abbie L. Bucknan, who died Oct. 7, 1864.
That same season, after his return to Miami, he built a schooner
and sailed to the West Indies; returning to New York the
following spring—1865—he was in that city at the time of
President Lincoln’s assassination. Mr.
Kingsley came West that season, and started in Detroit,
Mich., in the hotel business; after remaining six months,
however, he went to Canada, and engaged in the oil trade, but
eventually returned to Detroit and resumed his hotel life; he
remained in Detroit five years, when he came to Piqua in 1875,
where he is at present engaged, and has a fine restaurant on
Main street. Politically, Mr. Kingsley is a
Republican. In 1875, Mr. Kingsley was married a
second time, to Miss Agnes Burley.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
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