BIOGRAPHIES

Source:
Genealogical & Biographical Record
of Miami Co., Ohio
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
1900

	ALONZO B. CAMPBELL.   Among the citizens, who, in the midst of a useful business career, have been called from life's activities, amid the universal regret of the community with which they were identified, is Alonzo B. Campbell, who for some time was engaged in the grain business at West Milton, where he owned an elevator.  He was recognized as a progressive and public-spirited citizen and one which the town could ill afford to lose.  His birth occurred in Montgomery county, Ohio, on the 18th of November, 1851,and his boyhood days were spent on the home farm, while his education was acquired in the district schools of the neighborhood and in the high school at Eaton.  When a young man he taught several terms of school, after which, in connection with his brother, Thomas, he conducted a dry-goods store in Arcanum.  About the time of his marriage he abandoned mercantile pursuits and returned to the old homestead, where he remained for two years.  He then came to West Milton, purchased his brother John's interest in the elevator and grain business at this place, where, in connection with his brother, Jesse K. Campbell, he carried on operations until the time of his death.  He was quite successful and was known as a very reliable and trustworthy business man, whose labors were diligently prosecuted.      On the 29th of March, 1877, occurred the marriage of Mr. Campbell and Miss Florida R. Mills, who was born near Alexander, Montgomery county, Ohio, a daughter of Jewett and Mary (Acton) Mills.  The father was born in Kentucky and came to Ohio with his parents during his boyhood.  Subsequently he devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits in Montgomery county, but at the present time he is living retired from active business cares in his pleasant home at Pyrmont.  He votes with the Republican party and in his religious affiliations is a Methodist, having long held membership in that church.  He is now eighty-four years of age and receives the veneration and respect which should ever be accorded those who stand upon the downward slope of life and whose career has ever been honorable.  His wife was a native of Maryland and is still living, at the age of eighty-two years.  She, too, is a member of the Methodist church.  Her parents were natives of England.  Mr. and Mrs. Mills had a family of ten children.  They are quite active old people and have a large circle of friends in the community where they now reside.  Mrs. Campbell spent her girlhood days upon the home farm with her parents and was roared amid the refining influences of a good home.  She now has two children, Jesse A., who pursued a commercial course of study in Dayton, Ohio, and is now filling the position of bookkeeper in the Gas & Coke Company of that city, and Nellie, at home.      Mr. and Mrs. Campbell held membership in the United Brethren church, and socially he was connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in early life.  He exercised his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, and at all times kept well informed on the issues of the day, thus being enabled to give intelligent allegiance to the principles which he advocated.   His was an honorable and upright career, in which he gained the confidence and respect of his fellowmen.  He passed away Jan. 27, 1890, and left to his family a good property and the priceless heritage of an honorable name. Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Miami Co., Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page 681
JOHN G. CARLISLE
SALMON PORTLAND CHASE
GEO. W. CHILDS
	JOHN CLARK.  More than a century ago Washington said: "Agriculture is the most useful as well as the most honorable calling to which man can devote his energies;" and this is as true today as when uttered.  No one line of business has contributed so largely to the general prosperity of the world as farming; and it is a fact that the majority of men who have become most prominent in public life have been those who spent their early life upon a farm.  John Clark, residing on section 25, Monroe township, is a worthy representative of the agricultural interests of Miami county.  He was born on what is now known as the Hollingsworth farm, a mile and a half south of Tippecanoe City, on the 4th of September, 1831, his father being John Clark, Sr., whose birth occurred in Frederick county, Maryland, near the city of Fredericksburg, in 1797, his parents being Thomas H. and Peggy (Blickenstaff) Clark.  He was the only child and his father died during his infancy.  In company with his mother, when thirteen years of age, he came to Ohio, the journey being made by team.  They traveled with a company composed of several families, and on reaching their destination the mother and son located on a tract of land near Colesville, where they erected a log cabin.  John Clark worked at anything which he could get to do that would contribute to the support of himself and mother.  In 1817 he married Harriet Jenkins, and the young couple began life in a very primitive style.  His possessions consisted of one horse and about fifty cents in money.  Soon afterward he built a flatboat at the mouth of Honey creek, which streams flows into the Miami river. He would secure pork and flour and loading it on his flatboat would take it to the New Orleans market, where he would sell these products and then walk back to his home in Ohio.  In that way he got a start in life, and the capital which he acquired he invested in land, becoming owner of the farm now owned by Dr. Crane, on the west bank of the canal, about a mile south of Tippecanoe City.  He there erected a log cabin in the midst of the forest and began clearing away the heavy timber.  The next farm which he owned was the one upon which our subject was born.  About 1830 he began investing in land in the Miami valley, on what is now known as Clark's island, and at one time owned all but about fifty acres of that island, his possessions aggregating more than one thousand acres.  This was covered with a heavy growth of walnut, hickory and oak trees.      Mr. Clark resided upon the Hollingsworth farm until 1838, when he purchased the land upon which Tippecanoe City is now located, then known as the Robert Evans farm and comprising a tract of one hundred acres.  In 1839 he took up his abode thereon and in 1840 he laid out the city, clearing the land from Daw street to Walnut street, on the north, and from Canal to the railroad east and west, the tract covering about two blocks north and south and about six blocks east and west.  He first laid out Main street, then north First street and afterward Second street.  He built a home on the southeast corner of First street, and in 1850 erected the residence in which his grandson, S. C. Clark, now resides.  There in that dwelling the founder of Tippecanoe City died in March, 1857.  At the time of his death he owned about twelve hundred acres of land in Miami county, and was recognized as one of the most prominent, influential and respected residents in this section of the state.  In 1840, during the William Henry Harrison campaign, he was a recognized leader of the Whig party, and was a man of marked influence in public affairs.  As long as Tippecanoe City shall stand his name will be honored as its founder, and no history of Miami county would be complete without the record of his life.  He was one of the honored pioneers who looked beyond the exigencies of the present into the future and recognized possibilities that are seen by the few.  He budded not for his own generation alone, but for future ages, and in the establishing of Tippecanoe City he laid the foundation of one of the enterprising centers of the state.      Mrs. Clark was to her husband a faithful companion and helpmate, and with him she experienced all the hardships and privations of his early life.  Her capable management and unflagging industry contributed in no small degree to his success in later years.  She long survived her husband, dying in 1885 at the advanced age of eighty-four years.  They were the parents of eight children, namely: Levi, deceased; Issachar, who died in Kansas City, Missouri; Mordecai, who served two terms as county commissioner, and afterward filled out an unexpired term in the office; Elizabeth, deceased wife of Dr. H. H. Darst; Asa, deceased; John, of this review; Harriet, wife of J. H. Long, a real estate agent of Dayton, Ohio; and one child who died in infancy.      Reared amid the wild scenes of frontier life, John Clark has been familiar with the history of Miami county, and of Tippecanoe City through many years.  He was a lad of nine summers when his father came to the farm which became the site of the city, and here he was reared and married, obtaining his education in the public schools. When twenty-four years of age he began farming on his own account, and was thus engaged until after the inauguration of the civil war, when, on the 9th of August, 1862, he responded to the country's call for troops, enlisting as a private in Company D, Ninety-fourth Ohio Infantry.  He then went to Tate's Ferry, Kentucky, where a skirmish occurred.  Later he participated in the battles of Perryville, Murfreesboro, Resaca, the Atlanta and Chattanooga campaigns, including the battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and the various engagements which led up to the surrender of Atlanta.  He also took part in the battle of Jonesboro and the celebrated march to the sea under Sherman, the battle around Savannah and the last important battle of the war at Benton, North Carolina.  His regiment formed a part of the Fourteenth Army Corps.  He went to the front as a member of the regimental band and served in that capacity for a year, when the organization became a brigade band.  During much of his service he was on detail duty during the engagements, assisting the surgeon in the field hospital, and after the surrender of Lee he received an honorable discharge in May, 1865.  Returning to Tippecanoe City, Mr. Clark resumed farming, although he made his home in the town until 1881, when he removed to a farm on Clark's island. There he resided until the winter of 1884. when he removed to the farm upon which he now makes his home.  He owns two hundred and twenty-seven acres of valuable land on Clark's island, all of which is under a high state of cultivation and yields to him a golden tribute in return for the care and labor which he bestows upon it.      On the 4th of September, 1885, occurred the marriage of Mr. Clark and Miss Amanda Kinna, of Frederick county, Maryland.  They now have four children: Charles Sumner, who is living in the old home in Tippecanoe City, where he is engaged in the livery business; Ward Beecher, who died in 1863; Grace, widow of Frank Rhodehamel; and John F., who is living in Colesville, Miami county.  Mr. Clark has taken quite an active part in public affairs, and for nine years he served as trustee of Monroe township.  He was also a member of the city council of Tippecanoe, and has been a member of the school board.  Politically he is a Republican, and socially is connected with the Royal Arcanum and D. M. Rouzer Post, G. A. R. was a veteran of the civil war, as an industrious business man, and as a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Miami county, he well deserves representation in this volume.  Through sixty-nine years he has witnessed the growth and development of Miami county, and has ever supplemented its progress by his well directed efforts. Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Miami Co., Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page 636
	JOHN HARRY CLARK.  Prominent among the business men of Piqua is Harry Clark, as he is familiarly known.  His active connection with the business interests of the city has done much to promote its commercial activity and thereby advance the general prosperity.  He was burn in Piqua on the 16th of October, 1852, a son of Harvey Clark, whose birth occurred in Essex county, New Jersey, in 1823, and who came to Piqua in 1845.  He has since been recognized as one of the leading business men of the city, and his executive power, sagacity and untiring energy have brought to him a handsome competence, which is the merited reward of his labors.  For fifteen years he was a member of the firm of Clark & Zollinger, grocers of Piqua, and later he became a member of the firm of Rouzer, Evans & Clark, founders and machinists.  He continued in the latter department of industrial labor until 1873, when he sold his interest and became part owner of one of the valuable stone quarries south of the city, the same being operated by the firm of H. Clark & Son.  The father still has an interest in this enterprise, which is now being managed by our subject, but in 1890 he retired from the active cares of business life and now spends the winter months in Redlands, California, where he has a beautiful home.  He was also one of the stockholders and directors of the Piqua Straw Board & Paper Company, and superintended the building of one of the large plants here.  In 1849 he married Mary J., daughter of Henry Kitchen, and unto them were born seven children.  Mr. Clark was one of the representative men of the city and has left the impress of his strong individuality upon public improvement along many lines.  Not only has he contributed to the general prosperity of the city through the establishment and conduct of many business enterprises, but has also been a leader in temperance work, and is a prominent Republican, who has exerted a strong influence politically.  He has served as mayor of the city, but was forced to resign on account of the demands which his extensive business made upon his time.  He is an active member of the Green Street Methodist Episcopal church, contributing liberally to its support and doing all in his power to promote its growth and insure its success.  He has been very successful in his business affairs,  and is the owner of valuable property, including a fine bearing orchard of ten acres in California and much city property in Piqua. All that he has is the reward of his own efforts, having come to him as the result of carefully directed labors, of enterprise, sound judgment and unflagging perseverance.      His son, Harry Clark, has succeeded to his place among the prominent business men of Piqua.  His boyhood days were passed in this city and by a liberal education, completed by a high school and commercial course, he was fitted for life's practical duties.  When quite young he became his father's partner in the ownership and operation of the stone quarry and continued to conduct the same until 1889, when they sold out.  Eleven years later, however, in 1898, they again purchased the quarries, which they now lease.  In the spring of 1890 Mr. Clark embarked in the lumber business with the Piqua Lumber Company, which was afterward merged into the Piqua School Furniture Company, at which time Mr. Clark disposed of his share in the enterprise.  He has since devoted the greater part of his time to the management of the interests of the Piqua Hosiery Company, with which he is officially connected as vice-president and manager.  He was one of its organizers, the company being formed in 1886, with an authorized stock of sixteen thousand dollars.  Later the business was reorganized and the capital stock increased to twenty-five thousand dollars.  They manufacture all kinds of knit underwear, and the sales amount to about seventy-five thousand dollars annually.  Their trade is constantly growing and the output of the factory is now very large and is shipped to many important markets.  Mr. Clark is also a director of the Third National Bank, and of its directorate his father was also a member for many years.  He is an excellent financier, is far-sighted in his dealings, forms his plans readily, is determined in their execution, his judgment is rarely at fault and his reputation is above question.      With a just appreciation of the privileges, and duties of franchise, Mr. Clark has given close and earnest investigation to the questions affecting the weal or woe of the nation, and his careful study has led him to give an unfaltering support to the Republican party.  He is now treasurer of the Republican county central committee, and does all in his power to promote the growth and secure the success of the party.  He, too, belongs to the Green Street Methodist Episcopal church, and is serving as one of its trustees.  His character is positive, his disposition genial, and his circle of warm friends is extensive. Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Miami Co., Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page 649
	LEVI CLARK.  At a period in the pioneer development of Miami county Levi Clark was born, in Monroe township, Nov. 22, 1818, his birth occurring near the site of Tippecanoe City, although it was many years thereafter when the town was founded.  He was the son of John Clark, one of the first settlers of Miami county.  It was his father who, after purchasing a tract of one hundred acres, laid out thereon the little village which is now known as the enterprising and progressive Tippecanoe City.  Upon a farm our subject was reared, early becoming familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist.  He remained with his father until nineteen years of age, when he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, and near that place served a three-years apprenticeship in the tanner's trade, during which time he was allowed the privilege of attending school during the winter season.  When his apprenticeship was completed he went to Carlisle, Ohio, where he worked at tanning for two weeks, after which he returned to Miami county and engaged in farming near Tippecanoe City, there making his home until 1869, when he removed to the home in which his daughter now resides.      Mr. Clark was married, on the 13th of February, 1840, to Miss Clarinda Ramsey, who was born, reared and married in the same house, her birth occurring Oct. 20, 1821. In their family were ten children:  Taylor, who died in 1852; Sarah and Irvin, who are also deceased; three who died in infancy; Maria, the widow of William Wilcox, of Dayton, Ohio; Leander; Asa, of Troy; and Frank A., who is living in Toledo, Ohio.      Although Mr. Clark devoted the greater part of his life to agricultural pursuits in Miami county, this work was twice interrupted, once when he went to California, attracted by the discovery of gold on the Pacific slope.  This was in 1852.  He made the overland journey and was engaged in prospecting and mining in the Golden state for fourteen months.  During the civil war he left the plow in order to serve for one hundred days in the Union army, becoming a member of the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Ohio Infantry, which was called to the front in defense of Washington.  However, he gave most of his attention to the cultivation and improvement of his farm and was very successful in his work.  He left to his widow a valuable property of one hundred and fourteen acres when death claimed him on the 27th of February, 1874.  His life was quiet and unassuming, but was characterized by those qualities which ever insure respect.  For his sterling worth he was highly esteemed and he was widely known in Miami county, where he made his home for so many years. Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Miami Co., Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page 690
	DAVID M. COATE.  A retired farmer and merchant of West Milton, years of activity in business well entitle Mr. Coate to the rest which he is now enjoying.  His has been an honorable and useful business career, and the comforts which he is now enjoying are the reward of well-directed labor.  He has a wide acquaintance throughout Miami, his native county, his birth having occurred in Union township, on the 9th of July, 1823.  His father, Henry Coate, was born in South Carolina, and in that state was reared and educated.  He became a sickle-maker and blacksmith, following the dual pursuit for a number of years.  In 1803 he came to Miami county, Ohio, settling by Ludlow creek, where he conducted a smithy for a time, but through fear of the Indians the family wished to reside elsewhere and he removed to Waynesville, Warren county, where he lived for ten or twelve years.  He then returned to his farm in Union township, and carried on agricultural pursuits in connection with blacksmithing until his death, which occurred in 1848, when he was seventy-eight years of age.  He was a very industrious and energetic man, who won success in his business ventures and was at one time the owner of two thousand acres of land.  All that he had he acquired through his own labors, and his prosperity stood in exemplification of what may be accomplished through determined purpose, when guided by sound judgment.  In his political affiliations he was a Whig and in his religious belief was a Quaker.  His father, Marmaduke Coate, the fourth, was probably a native of England, or may have been born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after the arrival of the family in the Keystone state.  He, too, was a member of the Society of Friends.  He wedded Mary Coppic, a native of South Carolina.  On the maternal side our subject also represents an old Pennsylvania family.  His mother, who before her marriage was Rebecca Wilson, was born in the Keystone state and was married at Waynesville, Ohio, to Henry Coate.  She, too, was a member of the Society of Friends and died at the age of thirty-five years.      David M. Coate, of this review, was only four years old at that time.  He remained with his father on the home farm until he was married and went to a home of his own.  It was in 1843 that this important event in his life occurred, at which time he took up his abode upon a farm one mile west of West Milton.  The place was a tract of wild timberland, which his father had entered from the government, at a dollar and a quarter per acre.  This Mr. Coate cleared and improved, continuing its cultivation until 1865, when he removed to Kokomo, Indiana, where he was engaged in merchandising for a few months.  He then disposed of his interests there and purchased the store of Mr. Randall, in West Milton, being numbered among the enterprising merchants of this place until 1872, when he sold in order to enter upon the duties of county commissioner, to which office he had been elected.  In all his business undertakings he had prospered, having that determined and enterprising spirit which enabled him to carry forward to successful completion whatever he undertook.  He added to his farm from time to time until he now owns two hundred and seventy acres of valuable land, all under a high state of cultivation.      On the 20th of September, 1843, Mr. Coate was united in marriage to Miss Mary Teague, of Newton township, Miami county, who died Oct. 2, 1894, in the faith of the Society of Friends, of which she was a consistent member.  They had two children:  John, a resident of West Milton, and Orrin, who is engaged in merchandising in this place. Mr. Coate is also a member of the Society of Friends, and his upright life has ever been consistent with his professions.  In politics he has taken a deep and active interest, voting the Republican ticket and warmly advocating the principles of the party.  He served as county commissioner for four years, was a member of the council of West Milton for a number of years and for some time served on the district school board, discharging his duties in a very prompt and commendable manner.  His business affairs were ever energetically prosecuted, and all that he possesses has been acquired through his own efforts, having had no assistance save that his father gave him a tract of timber land.  Work is the keynote of his prosperity, and it is the open sesame to success to all who care to use it. Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Miami Co., Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page 765
PETER COOPER
	H. H. COPPOCK.  The student of history in learning of the early development of Ohio soon finds that the Coppock family has long been prominent in connection with the improvement and progress of this section of the state.  Jonathan C. the grandfather of our subject, was a native of South Carolina and after his marriage sought a home upon the wild western frontier.   Making his way to this state he located in Union township, Miami county, and made a claim of government land, comprising one hundred and sixty acres, including the present site of Ludlow Falls.  There he erected a log cabin and began life in true pioneer style, improving his farm year by year and securing good harvests as the reward of his labor.  He was a member of the Society of Friends and died in that faith in 1815.  His son, Joseph Coppock, was born in Union township, in 1812, and was one of two children, his sister being Sarah Coppock.  After the death of the father, however, the widow became the wife of Henry Coates and had other children.  When Joseph Coppock had reached man's estate he was united in marriage to Miss Sally Jay, and they became the parents of three children: William, an attorney-at-law in Cincinnati; Allen, and H. H., of this review.  The mother died and Joseph Coppock chose for his second wife Mrs. Sarah ( Conway) Aldredge, by whom he had three children: Amanda, widow of Jefferson Snyder; Albert, her twin brother, now deceased, and Frank, an attorney-at-law engaged in practice in Cincinnati.  For his third wife Mr. Coppock chose Miss B. Barrett, who is now living in Troy.  In the year 1833 Joseph Coppock removed to the farm on which the birth of our subject occurred.  Throughout his active business career he carried on agricultural pursuits and also operated a grist and saw-mill.  At the time of his death he owned five hundred and twenty acres of land in Newton township, besides considerable town property.  He began life a poor boy, but steadily worked his way upward, overcoming all difficulties and obstacles in his path by determined purpose and eventually winning a handsome competence.  He, too, was a member of the Society of Friends, having been reared in that faith by his parents.  He died July 12, 1897, and in his death the community lost one of its valued citizens.      H. H. Coppock remained with his father until twenty-one years of age, at which time he began farming on his own account, purchasing a tract of land of one hundred and twenty acres, on which he remained until February, 1864.  At that date he responded to the country's call for aid and joined the boys in blue as a private of Company I, First Ohio Cavalry.  He was mustered in at Urbana, Ohio, and went south to Nashville.  He participated in the engagements at Decatur and Courtland, Alabama, after which his regiment joined General Sherman's forces and he participated in the battles of Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and those around Atlanta, Jonesboro and Lovejoy station.  He then went to Georgia, afterward to Louisville and with General Wilson on his raid to Tennessee.  Subsequently he was with the army which waylaid Forrest, in Alabama, and thence proceeded to Columbus, Georgia. His regiment was stationed at Macon at the time that the news of General Lee's surrender was received, and at Columbus, Ohio, in September, 1865, he received an honorable discharge.  Upon many a southern battlefield he manifested his loyalty by his resolute bravery and well may be proud of his military record.      On resuming the pursuits of civil life Mr. Coppock returned to Newton township, where he resided upon his farm until 1868, when he traded that land for a farm west of Pleasant Hill, comprising one hundred and ten acres.  On the expiration of two years, however, he sold the latter property and in 1870 removed to Lyon county, Kansas, where he purchased two hundred and twenty acres of land, making his home thereon until 1879. in that year he returned to Newton township, Miami county, where he engaged in farming for one year, after which he operated a grist and saw-mill until 1896. He then transformed it into a plaster factory and has since carried on business along that line, the enterprise proving to him a profitable one, which brings to him a good income.      Mr. Coppock has been twice married.  In 1861 he was joined in wedlock to Miss Isabella Williams and they became the parents of six children, namely: Daniel W., Cora, Clara, Charley, Sally and Frank.  On the 22d of January, 1883, Mr. Coppock wedded Miss Ada McCarter, of Montgomery county, and their union has been blessed with four children: Nellie, Eunice, Vora and Etta, but the last named is now deceased.  Mr. Coppock is a member of Daniel Williams Post, G. A. R., of Pleasant Hill.  He votes with the Republican party and keeps well informed on the issues of the day, giving his intelligent support to its principles.  His business affairs have been capably conducted and in his own industry lies the secret of his success. Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Miami Co., Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page 575
	LORIN E. COPPOCK,  A prominent representative of the mercantile interests of Tippecanoe City is Lorin E. Coppock, a dealer in furniture.  He is a young man of marked enterprise, and his business career is characterized by laudable ambition, without which there can be no prosperity.  He was born near West Milton, on the 9th of August, 1871, and is a son of Havilah and Mary ( Porter) Coppock.  The father is the well-known county commissioner and one of the leading and influential citizens of the community.      When a little lad of three summers Mr. Coppock, of this review, accompanied his parents to West Milton, where he pursued his education, completing his course by graduation in the high school with the class of 1888.  He entered upon his business career as a clerk in a grocery store, where he remained for three years, during which time he gained a good know ledge of mercantile methods.  He then opened a furniture and undertaking establishment at West Milton, in company with Frank Townsley, the partnership being maintained for four years.  Mr. Coppock then disposed of his interests in his native town and in 1896 began business in Tippecanoe City, as the successor to Franklin Anspach, deceased, who had conducted business here for nine years.  He has about five thousand dollars invested in a general line of furniture and undertaking supplies, and enjoys a large and liberal patronage.  He studies carefully the wants of the public and his straightforward dealing and reasonable prices have won for him a gratifying trade.  In the undertaking department he is also doing a good business, and a course in the Clark Embalming School has well qualified him for this work.  His business returns now amount to from eight to ten thousand dollars per year.  He has not, however, confined his efforts to this one line, but has made investments in other enterprises, which have contributed to his success.      On the 22d of February, 1899.  Mr. Coppock was united in marriage, in Muncie, Indiana, to Miss Alice Knight, a daughter of Frank Knight, formerly a farmer in the northeastern part of Miami county, now a resident of Muncie, Indiana.  She was born in this county and received her education in the village schools, after which she became a successful teacher, following that profession in both Ohio and Indiana.  She is identified with a literary society of Tippecanoe, and with the P. W. A. Circle, and is a lady of culture and refinement, who enjoys the warm regard of the best people of the locality.  In the Baptist church she holds membership.  Mr. Coppock is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of West Milton, and he and his wife are identified with the Rebekah Lodge of Tippecanoe City.  In politics he is a Republican and has served as a member of the city council, discharging the duties with both promptness and fidelity.  He is a young man who has attained to his present desirable position in business circles through his own efforts.  Taking up the practical affairs of life in the capacity of clerk he is now at the head of one of the leading mercantile establishments in Tippecanoe City, and not only has he won success, but has throughout the years of his connection with the trade interests enjoyed the respect and confidence of his fellow men. Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Miami Co., Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page 299
	JOHN COX was born in Warren County, Ohio, near Franklin, on the 5th of March, 1831, his parents being John and H. (Shinn) Cox, natives of New Jersey.  The father was an early settler of Warren county and took up a claim from the government and developed a farm upon which our subject spent the days of his boyhood and youth.  He remained with his parents until twenty two years of age, when he went to Edinburg, Indiana, where he continued for five years, after which he returned to Warren county.  Two years later he came to Miami county, locating in Spring Creek township, in the spring of 1861.  He there purchased eighty acres of land and devoted his time and attention to its cultivation and improvement until 1888, when he came to his present home in the same township.  He here owns fourteen acres and is practically living a retired life.  He has elsewhere in the county, however, a valuable farm of eighty acres and the income from this property, together with the capital which he acquired by his own well-directed efforts in former years, now provides him with all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life.      Up to the time of his retirement he was actively connected with agricultural interests, save for the period of his short service in the civil war.  On the 14th of June, 1864, he enlisted in the Union army, becoming a sergeant of Company E, One Hundred and Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He was mustered in at Camp Dennison and with his command was sent to the dense of Washington against the invasion of the Confederate forces.  His term of enlistment was one hundred days and on the expiration of that period he received an honorable discharge, in November, 1864.      Mr. Cox was married, Sept. 28, 1853, to Miss Lydia Hall and to them have been born six children, four of whom are yet living, namely: Emma, wife of J. D> Buchanan; Annie T., deceased; Ida, at home; Flora, wife of George Lang; Lydia K., widow of John Alexander, and Enoch.  Mr. Cox is a member of the Baptist Church and has served as trustee of Spring Creek township for nine years, his long continuance in office being an indication of his ability and fidelity.  His life has been an active, useful and honorable one and through his long connection with the agricultural interests of Miami county has was known as a representative farmer, whose retirement from labor gives him a richly deserved rest. Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Miami Co., Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page 644

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