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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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CAPT. SAMUEL D.
PALMER
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 565
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GEORGE F. PARSONS,
senior member of the firm of Parsons & Clawson,
druggists, doing business on East Main Street, Troy, was
born in 1847, in Miami County, Ohio, and is a son of Hon.
E. and Caroline (Culbertson) Parsons. The late
Judge Parsons was a native of Connecticut and he
came to Miami County in 1839, becoming a prominent member of
the bar, serving for ten years as common pleas judge and
also being elected prosecuting attorney. After a long
and useful life he died in 1869. He married Miss
Caroline C. Culbertson, also now deceased, who was a
daughter of Robert Culbertson, an old pioneer
of this county. They reared the following children:
Clara, who is the widow of Mr. Temple, and
resides with her brother, George F.; Emma, who
is the wife of J. G. Detmer, of Brooklyn, New York;
George F.; Caroline, who is the widow of C.
P. Thomas, and resides at Tryon, North Carolina;
Robert H., who lives at Troy; Laura, who is the
wife of M. G. Nixon; Estella K.; and Mary
J., who is the wife of Charles C. West, of Mt.
Clair, New Jersey.
George F. Parsons was reared and educated at
Troy and during his entire business career he has been
associated with his present line. The present firm of
Parsons & Clawson was established in 1892 and does a
large business. Mr. Parsons is a Knight Templar
Mason and belongs to the Odd Fellows, the Knights of
Pythias, the Troy Club of Troy and to the Troy Business
Men's Association.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 326 |
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PETER PASSAGE
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 816 |
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I. B. PATTERSON
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 460 |
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ALBERT P. PATTY, junior
member of the mercantile firm of Stahl & Patty,
doing a large and satisfactory business at Bradford, was
born on a farm in Adams Township, Darke County, Ohio.
Feb. 22, 1877, and is a son of Finley H. and Lucinda
(Jay) Patty. The former died in 1884, but the latter
survives.
Albert R. Patty grew to manhood on the home
farm, and attended the country schools. Later he spent
several winters teaching school in Newton and Franklin
Townships, the former in Miami and the latter in Darke
County, and then embarked in the mercantile business at
Bradford, in partnership with J. W. Stahl. The
firm began in rather a small way, but have gradually
expanded until their stock includes dry goods, groceries,
clothing and men's furnishings, and carpets, and they occupy
a large amount of floor space and give employment to a
number of workers. Mr. Patty was married
to Miss Essie Redinger, and they have
one son, George Finley. Mr. and Mrs.
Patty are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which
he is a deacon. In politics he is a Republican, and at
present is serving in the office of city treasurer. He
belongs to the Masonic fraternity.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 705 |
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