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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Genealogical & Biographical Record
of Miami Co., Ohio
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
1900
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W. H. BAILEY |
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P. T. BARNUM |
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J. G. BATTELLE |
JOHN G. BATTELLE
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HENRY W. BEECHER |
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JOSH BILLINGS - see
HENRY W.
SHAW
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JAS. G. BLAINE |
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EDWIN BOOTH |
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FRANCIS BOWNE &
CORNELIUS BOWNE |
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JOHN L.
BOYER. Occupying a conspicuous and influential position
among the loading business men of Piqua stands Mr. Boyer,
who is proprietor and manager of the Union Underwear Factory.
He was born in Clermont county, Ohio, Mar. 7, 1857. His
father, E. A. Boyer, is also a native of that county and
there spent his entire life, following farming and also general
merchandising at Milford. He was a Republican in politics; a
member of the Universalist church, and his death occurred when he
had attained the age of forty-eight years.
Mr. Boyer remained on the old home farm
in his youth and pursued his education in the public schools and in
a private seminary in Goshen, Ohio. He there obtained a
teacher's certificate when seventeen years of age and for one term
had charge of a district school in that county. In 1874 he
went to Cincinnati, where he was employed as salesman in a large
drygoods store for five years. He was then employed as
salesman in the carpet department of the large firm of George F.
Otto & Company, of Cincinnati, until 1883, when he became
manager and buyer for the carpet department in the Alms &
Drepke Company, of the same city, continuing as one of the most
capable and industrious employes of that house until 1887, when he
resigned.
In that year Mr. Boyer came to Piqua,
where he established a dry-goods and carpet store, remaining
identified with mercantile interests in that city until 1897.
He extended the field of his operations, however, in 1895, by
entering upon the manufacture of underwear. He started the new
enterprise on a small scale, but his business steadily increased in
volume and importance, and in order to give more time and attention
to manufacturing, he sold his store, after two years, and has since
devoted his energies entirely to the conduct of the factory, which
is now the largest in that line in Piqua. He caters to the
jobbing trade and his goods are bought throughout the United States.
The output of the factory is now very extensive and he receives for
his labors most excellent financial returns. In the factory
employment is furnished to from fifty to seventy-five men and girls,
and the annual sales amount to about one hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars.
Mr. Boyer was married, in Milford, to
Miss Ida H. Harvey, of that city, daughter of Daniel
K. and Hannah H. Harvey. They now have two children—
Armotte H., who is twelve years of age, and Elizabeth,
eight years of age. Mr. Boyer votes with the
Republican party; socially he is connected with the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks, and he and his wife are members of the
Presbyterian church. Their home is one of the finest
residences in the city, being located at the corner of Downing
and Park avenues. His business career has indeed been a
creditable one. He was left fatherless when only five years of
age, and, at the age of seventeen, entered upon an independent
business career. He went to Cincinnati in order to seek
employment, having neither friends nor influence to aid him, but
after he once attained a position it was never again difficult for
him to secure work. He refused the general management of a
large firm in that city when he came to Piqua to engage in business
on his own account. He is truly a self-made man and one whose
prosperity has been honorably achieved. He is very popular,
his social qualities and his sterling worth gaining him many warm
friends.
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THOS. BREED |
CORNELIUS BOWNE
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HENRY C. and
MILES K. BROWN. These brothers are well known
farmers of Miami county and representatives of one of the
pioneer families of this section of the state. Their
grandfather, James Brown, was born and reared in
Virginia, whence he removed to Kentucky, locating near
Cynthiana. He married Miss Martha Summers and
in 1805, with his family and two brothers, left Kentucky,
taking up his abode upon a farm of three hundred and
thirty-two acres in Washington township, Miami county, south
of Piqua. One of his brothers located near Muncie,
Indiana, and the other at Connersville, that state.
The old homestead owned by James Brown is now in
possession of T. C. Brown. The grandfather
served as a soldier in the war of 1812, and throughout his
active business career he carried on agricultural pursuits,
his death occurring on his farm in December, 1845. His
children were: John; Thomas, who died near
Logansport, Indiana; James, deceased; Harvey,
who married Miss Hilliard and died near
Logansport, Indiana; William, who married Miss
McCandless, and after a widow named Smith, and
died near Logansport; Benjamin F., who married
Miss Mary Hilliard, and died in Washington townshp,
Miami county; Mary, who became the wife of Robert
Houston, and in 1848, went to Lynn county, Oregon, where
she died; Elizabeth, who became the wife of Harvey
Houston and died in Shelby county, Ohio; and Sarah,
who married Robert McCandless and died at Logansport,
Indiana.
John Brown, the father of
our subject was born near Cynthiana, Kentucky, Oct. 23,
1794, and was eleven years old when he accompanied his
parents on their removal to Miami county. He aided his
father in clearing the land and improving the farm. As
the work of civilization had hardly been begun in this
country, thee were no schools and he obtained but little
education. His entire experience in the school room
covered but thirty days. His father, however, was a
fairly educated man, and from his teaching John Brown
gathered much useful knowledge. When quite young he
left his home and began learning the hatter's trade, serving
an apprenticeship in Piqua, and completing his trade in
Lexington, Kentucky. He afterward purchased property
in Piqua, where the Plaza Hotel now stands, and there
successfully conducted business along the line of his chosen
vocation for several years. He entered from the
government a part of the land now owned by our subjects.
He was highly esteemed both as a man a citizen, for he
possessed many good qualities. Although not a member
of any church, his life was characterized by earnest
Christian principles. Politically he was a Whig,
giving an earnest support to the principles of the party.
He was twice married, his first union being celebrated Oct.
13, 1819. The lady was born Feb. 14, 1801, in North
Carolina, and was a daughter of Abel and Jeanette
Brandon. She died Nov. 12, 1837, and on the 3d of
January, 1839. Mr. Brown was united in marriage
to Miss Mary Knox, whose birth occurred in Wilson
county, Tennessee, in July, 1809. Her father,
William Knox, became one of the pioneer settlers of
Miami county, locating on Trotter's creek in Newberry
township. Mr. Brown died at his home in Piqua
Sept. 15, 1846, and his second wife, long surviving him,
passed away July 14, 1888.
The children of his first marriage are as follows:
Elizabeth, born Apr. 19, 1821, became the wife of
James Knox and died in New Paris, Preble county, in
1872; Nelson, born Sept. 22, 1824, wedded Sarah
Winner and died in Washington township, Miami county,
Jan.15, 1866; William Armstrong, born Feb. 12, 1827,
died Jan. 21, 1866; Martha Jane, born Jan. 6, 1829,
became the wife of Hiram Ewing, who died at
Port Jefferson, Ohio, and after his death she married
Henry Krug, her own death occurring in
Logansport, Indiana; James Ellison, born Jan.
24, 1831, died Feb. 3, 1833; Sarah Ann, born
July 30, 1833, became the wife of Logan Rogers
and died Jan. 5, 1860; John Madison, born Dec.
17, 1835, married Sarah Johnson, who died Mar.
4, 1882. He acquired his education in the public
schools of Piqua and learned the tanner's trade, which he
followed for many years in that city. He was also
engaged in the tanning business for two years in Versailles,
Ohio. He now makes his home with his brothers,
Henry and Miles. In politics he is a stanch
Republican, and socially is connected with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows.
The children of John Brown and
Mary Knox are four in number: James
Harvey, born Feb. 28, 1840, died at the age of fifteen
years; Mary Turzah, the only daughter, was
born Sept. 2, 1842; Henry Clay, born Sept. 20,
1844, is now living on the old homestead at Piqua. He
was educated in the public schools of that city, and, in
connection with his brother. Miles Knox,
he owns the old home farm of two hundred and fifty acres.
He attends the Baptist church at Piqua, and is a member of
the Masonic Lodge, No. 24. Miles Knox,
the youngest of the family, was born Nov. 9, 1846, at the
home in Piqua. He pursued his education in the public
schools of that city until sixteen years of age. He
was then employed in the machine shop for a year and a half.
In 1866 he went to the farm with his brother and they have
since carried on agricultural pursuits. Their place is
under a high state of cultivation and as the result of their
care and labor the well-tilled fields yield to them an
excellent return. Miles K. Brown has attended
the Baptist church, and is a stanch Republican in politics.
In manner he is genial and affable, and both brothers are
regarded as reliable business men, who command the high
esteem of all whom they have been brought on contact.
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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN |
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BENJ. BUTLER |
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WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT |
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JAMES BUCHANAN |
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SIMON BOLIVER BUCKMAN |
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