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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
CENTENNIAL HISTORY
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Troy, Piqua and Miami County, Ohio
And Representative Citizens.
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Edited and Compiled By
Thomas C. Harbaugh
Casstown, Ohio
Literary Journalist, Secretary of Maryland association of Ohio.
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"History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples."
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Published by
Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co.
Chicago.
1909
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David C. &
Mrs. Caroline T. Manning |
DAVID C .MANNING
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 427
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ABIJAH MARTIN
- See
WILLIAM P. MARTIN
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 522
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CHARLES E.
MARTIN, one of Piqua's representative and reliable
business men, who is engaged at Piqua as a general cement
contractor, was born June 19, 1852, at Piqua, Ohio, and is a
son of
Frederick and Louisa (Roempler) Martin.
Both parents of Mr. Martin were born
in Germany, Oct. 10, 1821, and Apr.
10, 1822, respectively. In 1835 Frederick
Martin came to Piqua, where he learned
the carpenter's trade and later entered
into general contracting. He married Miss Roempler, who came to America at
the age of thirteen years, and they had
four children, the three survivors being: George F.,
who resides at Peoria, Illinois; Henrietta, who is the wife of J. M.
Hibben, who is the oldest merchant at
Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio; and Charles E.
Charles E. Martin was reared and educated at
Piqua, working in early manhood with his father, later
engaging in general contracting and since 1884 has been
confining himself to cement contracting, being the pioneer
in the cement business in this section. He put up his
own fine residence at *No. 629 West Ash Street. Mr.
Martin built the first concrete bridge ever erected
in Miami County, the first structure of the kind he had ever
built. The bridge stands across the Washington Pike
about two miles south of Piqua.
July 25, 1901, Mr. Martin was married to
Miss Marietta Knight, who was born near
Casstown, Ohio, a daughter of Stephen and Delilah
Knight, her father being a member of a pioneer
family. They hWe one son, Frederick. Mr. Martin
and family are identified with the Green Street Methodist
Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Knights
of Pythias and attends the lodge at Troy.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 462
*SHARON WICK'S NOTE: 629 West Ash Street, Piqua,
Ohio Residence still there as of 2020. |
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JOSEPH MARTIN
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WILLIAM P. MARTIN Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 523 |
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LEVI
MARTIN - See
WILLIAM P. MARTIN
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 522 |
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WILLIAM P. MARTIN,
who was born in Lost Creek Township, Miami County, Ohio,
Oct. 15, 1830, and with his brother, ABIJAH
MARTIN, resides on and owns an undivided farm of 204
acres in Sections 26 and 27, Elizabeth Township, is one of
the prominent and substantial citizens of Miami County.
He is a son of Joseph and Mary (Clyne)
Martin.
LEVI MARTIN,
the grandfather, was a soldier in the War of 1812, from
Pennsylvania, and in passing through Ohio, was so pleased
with the appearance of Miami County, that he subsequently
brought his family and established himself in what is now
Staunton Township, where the present Mark Knoop
farm is located. He owned 320 acres but sold
160, cleared the greater part of the rest and lived there
until his death at the age of eighty years, when it went to
his oldest son. He married Delilah Corbly
and they had nine children: Corbly, William, Levi,
Joseph, Andrew,
Asa, John, Nancy and Elizabeth.
JOSEPH MARTIN resided on his farm
of sixty acres, which was situated two and one-half miles
north of Casstown. He married Mary Clyne,
a daughter of Isaac and Olive (Ingram)
Clyne, and they had three children, Abijah,
William P. and Hannah. Joseph
Martin and wife died on the same day from the scourge of
cholera, October, 1833.
When the Martin children were made
orphans, their uncle Corbly was appointed guardian
and William P. later went to live with an aunt,
Minerva Hart. He resided while he went to
school two and one-half miles north of Troy. The
uncle, Levi Hart, had a cooper shop and there the boy
learned the trade. When he reached his majority he
bought a farm which he conducted in the summers and then
worked at his trade in the winters. Wishing to see
something of the country, he made trips to New Orleans at
different times and also to Texas, where he bought stock and
drove it north and shipped it to the great Chicago market.
He then with his brother invested in another farm, one of
160 acres, in the vicinity of Alcony, which he operated for
about five years and then sold it, to George Crawmer
and made another trip to Texas as a stock buyer. Later
he worked for a time at the cooper trade at Casstown, Ohio,
and then, with his brother, went into the real estate
business, dealing in farm lands. Their present fine
property coming into the market in this way, it formerly
being the property of Levi Hart, the brothers
secured it and hWe occupied it ever since, being partners in
everything. Mr. Martin was one of the
charter stockholders of the Troy National Bank and is a
director of the same.
In politics Mr. Martin has always been
identified with the Democratic party and on that ticket has
frequently been elected to township office. For
fifteen years he served continuously as township trustee,
and has served with the utmost satisfaction to all concerned
as a member of the School Board and as township treasurer
several terms. Mr. Martin has never
married.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 522 |
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A. F. MIKESELL,
one of Newberry Township's well known citizens, who is now
living in his handsome brick residence situated on a small
farm of twelve and one-half acres on the Shelby County
Turnpike, one mile north of Covington, was born on a farm
one mile north of Pleasant Hill, Miami County, Ohio, July 3,
1842, is a son of John and Susan (Friedly) Mikesell,
of Covington.
A. F. Mikesell, who is better known as Fridly
Mikesell, remained on the farm on which he was born
until six years of age, when his parents moved to Clayton,
Newberry Township, shortly thereafter, however, removing to
Covington, where Mr. Mikesell obtained his
education. When a young man he secured a tract of 133
acres of land situated two and one-half miles west of
Covington, on Greenville Creek, and while living there he
was married. For about five years after this event
Mr. Mikesell continued on this farm, and then sold out
to purchase a property of 100 acres, located across the road
from that which he now occupies, and he was here engaged in
agricultural pursuits for a period covering thirty-five
years. He became one of the best known farmers in
Newberry Township, and after a long and active agricultural
life retired to his present property on which, in 1907, he
erected a beautiful brick residence. He is also the
owner of considerable property in New Mexico and Oklahoma.
In 1867 Mr. Mikesell was united in
marriage with Jane Beery, who was born in Bremen,
Fairfield County, Ohio, a daughter of Levi and Margaret
(Short) Beery, who removed to Iowa when
Mrs. Mikesell was about three and one-half years
old. There Levi Beery was engaged in
farming and milling. To Mr. and Mrs. Mikesell
there were born eight children, as follows: Arthur
L., who graduated from Covington High School, studied
medicine at the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College, spent
eighteen months in the County Hospital, Chicago, and is now
engaged in the practice of his profession at Fort Wayne,
Indiana, married Harriet Isabelle Kimball, and they
hWe one child, Helen B.; Alma, who married
Charles L. Trump, died Oct. 7, 1905, leWing one child,
Florence Janice; Nora, the wife of Ira J.
Gump, has four children, Lucile, Luther,
Joseph and Rosella, and lives in Covington;
Vinnie, the wife of J. S. Flory, lives at
Bridgewater, Virginia, Mr. Flory being a
teacher in the Bridgewater College; Maurice, general
manager of the Miami Ranch, in New Mexico, married
Elizabeth Rosenberger, and has two children,
Margaret and Andrew Frank; John
Levi, is a farmer and real estate dealer of Oklahoma;
Margaret, the wife of Dr. Bernard J. Kendell,
of Tippecanoe City, has two children, Sarah Jane
and John Jacob; Wilbur B., is attending
the Ohio State University, at Columbus.
Mr. Mikesell was a school director in Newberry
Township for many years, and was president of the School
Board of Covington at the time the new school building was
erected. He is a member and a deacon of the Brethren
Church.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 832 |
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JOHN MIKESELL,
an honored resident of Covington and one of Miami County's
most venerable citizens, was born Oct. 21, 1817, in Bedford
County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of William and Susanna
(Holsinger) Mikesell.
The parents of Mr. Mikesell moved from
Pennsylvania to Ohio and in 1822 settled on a farm near
Pleasant Hill, Miami County, where they spent the remainder
of their lives. This farm was a wild, uncleared tract
of land at that time, and John Mikesell assisted his
father to improve it and as he grew into manhood learned the
wagon-making trade. He opened a shop of his own north
of Pleasant Hill, which he later traded for a farm, but
Mr. Mikesell shortly afterward became afflicted with
rheumatism, which made farm work impossible, and he
therefore disposed of his land and went to selling goods in
a store at Pleasant Hill and later at Clayton. In 1850
he came to Covington and was engaged in the mercantile
business in this city until 1856, when he sold out and
embarked in the milling business, which he
continued until 1866. During two and one-half years of
this time he operated the Sugar Grove mill, and after that
had charge of the Covington mills. Mr.
Mikesell next became interested in the nursery business,
and for the next fifteen years sold fruit trees, meeting
with success wherever he trWeled, his journeys taking him
over a large extent of country. In 1880 he was
appointed land assessor, and in that year assessed Newberry
Township. Feeling that his weight of years then
entitled him to rest, Mr. Mikesell retired
from active pursuits. He makes his home with his
son-in-law, W. V. Swisher, at Covington.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 338 |
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D. M. MILES, who carries on
general farming on the Manson farm, which is
located about four miles east of Piqua, is a native of Miami
County and was born Jan. 12, 1873, near Casstown, Ohio, and
is a son of Morris and Sarah (Jones) Miles.
MORRIS MILES was born in Perry
County, Pennsylvania, and when quite small came to Ohio with
his father, Jonathan Miles, a wagon maker by
trade, who located at Tippecanoe City. Here he was
reared and educated and subsequently engaged in the nursery
business for several years. At the beginning of the
Civil War he enlisted in Company E, Forty-fourth Ohio Vol.
Inf., and after three years' service reenlisted in the
cWalry, serving in all a period of four years. He
participated in many of the leading battles and was for a
time confined in Libby Prison. Upon returning home
from the war he married Sarah Jones, a
daughter of A. Jones, who was a well known farmer of
this section of Miami County. He then located on a
farm owned by his wife, about three miles from Casstown,
where he engaged in agricultural pursuits the remainder of
his life. He died at the age of sixty-nine and his
wife died at Troy, aged sixty-eight years. They were
the parents of the following children: Julia A.,
married E. C. McMillen and resides at Troy; Ella
May, married W. Smithley, a farmer of
Miami Coimty; D. H., married Mildred Otoums,
of Portland, Oregon; D. M., subject of this record;
and Homer, who died in infancy.
D. M. Miles, our subject, obtained his
educational training in the district schools of the county,
afterwards working on the home place until the time of his
marriage at the age of twenty-five years with Rillie M.
Manson, when he removed to his present farm, where he
has since carried on farming in a general way and makes a
specialty of buying and shipping hay and straw. Mr.
and Mrs. Miles are the parents of three children:
Offa A., Leila B. and John A. Mr.
Miles is politically identified with the Republican
party, and has served in various township offices. He
is fraternally a member of the I. O. O. F.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 642 |
W. F. Miller |
W. F. MILLER Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 455 |
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C. W. MONTGOMERY, head of
the Montgomery Printing Company, has been a resident of
Troy, Ohio, for nearly twenty years and is one of the most
active of the younger generation of business men. He was
born at West Milton, in Miami county, Ohio, in May, 1865,
and is a son of Stephen and Sarah (Randall) Montgomery.
C. W. Montgomery was reared in his native
village, and attended school there and one year in Dayton.
When about fifteen years of age he began learning the
printing business in West Milton, where he continued for
three years and then moved to Indianapolis. He was
employed by the job printing establishment of Carlon
& Hollenbeck for a number of years. In 1890 he
located at Troy and for some years was foreman of the
printing plant of the Buckeye Company; he was part owner of
that concern nine years, after which he sold out, and in
November, 1903, he established the Montgomery Printing
Company. He does general job printing and has built up
a large and well paying patronage. In 1894 C. W.
Montgomery was united in marriage with Miss
Martha Landry, who was born and reared in Troy. He
has taken a more or less active interest in politics, and
has served on the Democratic County Central Committee and
the executive committee, being secretary of the latter for
four or five years. Fraternally he is affiliated with
the Masons.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 352 |
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MORRIS MILES - See
D. M. MILES
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 642 |
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E. S. MOHLER, secretary of the
Covington Building and Loan Association, at Covington, is
engaged in a general tire insurance and real estate business
and is a representative and valued citizen, he was born in
Newton Township, Miami County, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1860, and is
a son of Ephraim and Anna (Nill)
Mohler. The parents of Mr. Mohler were
residents of Newton Township until 1890, when they left the
farm and came to Covington, subsequently removing to
Missouri, where both died.
E. S. Mohler resided on the home farm until he
was twenty-four years of age. He secured a public
school education and afterward made practical use of the
same, for some twenty years following teaching as a
profession. When he came to Covington he embarked in
his present business and since the fall of 1899 has been
connected with the Covington Building and Loan Association,
succeeding John Ullery in the office of
secretary. This is a very flourishing organization and
receives the support of the leading business men of the
place.
Mr. Mohler married Miss Alice Cable, now
deceased, who is survived by four children, Blanche,
Roger, Homer and Ada. Mr. Mohler
is social in his nature and is identified with the Masons,
the Odd Fellows and the Ancient and Honored Order of
Gobblers. He is not a zealous politician, but he takes
an active interest in the development of local enterprises
and in movements tending to add to the importance of
Covington.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 765 |
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CHARLES MURRAY
- See SAMUEL
MURRAY
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 728 |
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OWEN MURRAY,
who resides on his valuable farm of forty-three acres, which
is situated in Newberry Township, on the Troy Turnpike Road,
about one mile southeast of Covington, Ohio, was born Nov.
17, 1858, on an adjoining farm, which is still occupied by
his mother. His parents were Samuel and
Mary (Shellebarger) Murray.
Samuel Murray was born in Montgomery County,
Ohio, a son of David and Elizabeth (Kimmel) Murray.
When he was seven years old his parents moved to Miami
County and settled in Newberry Township. When he
reached manhood he married Mary Shellebarger,
a daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Mohler)
Shellebarger. She was born in Pennsylvania and
was five years old when her parents came to Miami County.
Her father, Jacob Shellebarger, entered land
in Newberry Township, which he cleared and developed into a
good farm. For some time after their marriage
Samuel Murray and wife lived on a farm situated
on the Piqua Turnpike Road, after which they moved to the
farm on which Owen Murray was born. On
that farm Samuel Murray spent the remainder of
his useful and exemplary life, his death occurring on Nov.
10, 1895, when he was sixty-seven years of age. He was
a member of the old order of the Dunkard or German Baptist
Church, a people noted for their simplicity of life and
their high moral standards. In this same simple faith he
reared his family. Eight children were born to
Samuel Murray and wife, the five survivors being
Owen, Catherine, Emma and Ella
(all married and living in California), and Charles,
who resides on the homestead with the venerable mother.
Owen Murray has devoted himself to
farming and his land in its fine state of cultivation shows
that he has given it a great deal of attention. His
crops are the usual ones of this section—wheat, oats, corn,
hay and tobacco—all doing well. He married Sarah E.
Shaw, a daughter of Samuel M. and Catherine Shaw.
She was reared in Shelby County. After they were
married they went to housekeeping on the present farm, and
the substantial buildings were put up by Mr.
Murray. They have no children. They are
members of the old order Dunkard Church.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 745 |
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SAMUEL MURRAY, deceased,
was once one of the prominent farmers of Newberry Township),
and resided on a valuable property situated about one mile
southeast of Covington, on the Troy turnpike road. He
was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, and was a son of
David and Elizabeth (Kimmel) Murray.
When Samuel Murray was about seven years
of age his parents moved from Montgomery County to Miami
County, and settled on a farm in Newberry Township,
adjoining the one later owned by Samuel Murray,
and which is now the home of his widow. From boyhood
he was trained in habits of industry and thrift, and he grew
to manhood with all the knowledge necessary to make him an
excellent farmer. He married Mary
Shellebarger in 1851, and she still survives, having
reached her eighty-third birthday, having been born Jan. 24,
1826, in Pennsylvania. She was five years old when her
parents, Jacob and Hannah (Mohler)
Shellebarger, brought her to Miami County. The
Shellebargers settled on the farm on which Sebastian
Holfinger now lives, and Jacob Shellebarger
entered that land from the Government, cleared it up and
erected there his log house. In that home Mrs.
Murray grew to womanhood. After marriage,
Samuel Murray and wife first went to housekeeping
on a farm situated on the Piqua turnpike road, later
removing from there to the farm on which Samuel
Murray lived until the time of his death, which occurred
on Nov. 10, 1895, when he was aged sixty-seven years.
He was a very industrious man; not only understood all kinds
of agricultural labor, but he learned brickmaking, and made
the brick that went into the construction of the present
brick residence. Mr. Samuel Murray
was a prominent man in the Dunkard Church, and was a
minister for many years, and finally ordained as an elder.
There were eight children born to Samuel Murray
and his wife, three of whom — Amelia, Martha
and Hannah— died in infancy. The survivors are:
Owen, who resides on a part of the home farm; Mrs.
Catherine Cover, who lives in Modesta County,
California; Mrs. Emma Gibbon, whose
home is in Artesia, California; Charles;
and Mrs. Ella Colbert, who lives at
Whittier, California.
CHARLES MURRAY, the younger son of the late
Samuel Murray, was born on the present farm Mar.
22, 1869, and he has always been a farmer. He was
married (first) to Hettie Warner, who died
without issue. He was married (second) to Lydia
Beaver, who was born and reared in Shelby County, a
daughter of Grant and Alice (Smith) Beaver.
They have one son, Samuel Lester. This family
belongs to the old order of Dunkard, or German Baptists.
This religious body dates back to 1708, and was founded in
the United States in 1723-4. In the passage of years
divisions have come into the original order, but the
Murrays are still faithful to the old tenets requiring
simplicity of life and deportment.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 727 |
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