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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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JACOB G. WAGNER
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 524
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H. J. WALKER
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
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JOSIAH WALKER
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 406 |
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ALBERT WARNER, who owns
100 acres of the old Araon* Warner homestead
of 160 acres, lying on the Sears Turnpike Road, two miles
northeast of Bradford, Ohio, was born on the farm which
adjoins on the north, June 26, 1868, and is a son of
Aaron and Charlotte (Bosserman) Warner.
The Warner family may be numbered
with the pioneer ones of Newberry Township, the grandfather
of Albert, Henry Warner, coming at an early
day and settling on the farm on which his grandson now
lives. His son Aaron was a boy at the time,
having been born in Montgomery County. For many years
Henry Warner made this farm his home, and then
moved to a farm south of Bradford, where he died in advanced
age. Aaron Warner married Charlotte
Bosserman, who was born in Darke County, Ohio, a
daughter of Solomon Bosserman, an old and
respected man there. To this marriage were born five
children, namely: Lovina, who is the wife of Frank
Martin, residing in Darke County; David, who
lives near Pleasant Hill; Almira, who is the wife of
Isaac Young, of Darke County; Alice,
who is the wife of John Brumbaugh, residing in
Darke County; and Albert, who is a twin brother of
Alice. Aaron Warner died in the fall
of 1907, surviving his wife for one year.
Albert Warner was three years old when
his parents came to his present farm, and this has continued
to be his home ever since. Only those who have grown
up in one place and watched its development and had the
secure home feeling that possession gives can appreciate how
much Mr. Warner, for many reasons, values this
place, the home of his childhood, boyhood, youth and
maturity. His residence is a comfortable brick house
that was built by one of the early settlers, a Mr.
Hoover. He carries on a general line of fanning,
raising wheat, oats, corn, hay and stock, also tobacco.
Mr. Warner married Miss Ida Crowel,
a daughter of Daniel and Matilda (Harmon) Crowel, an
old Newberry Township family, and they have four children:
Emery C, Mildred, Louis and Charles.
Mr. Warner and family are members of the
Church of the Brethren.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 695
*NOTE: This is spelled this way in the History Book. ~sw |
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DAVID WARNER
owns a fine farm of 105 acres in Newberry Township, about
two and one-half miles north of Covington, but has been a
resident of that village for some eighteen years. He
was born at Union, Montgomery County, Ohio, Feb. 23, 1828,
and is a son of Jacob and Susan (Brumbaugh) Warner,
both natives of Pennsylvania.
JACOB WARNER died in Montgomery
County, Ohio, about the year 1835. His wife was
married four times, her first union being with a Mr.
Seas. She afterward married Andrew
Warner, then Jacob Warner (brother of Andrew
and father of our subject), and fourthly Isaac
Hoover, whom she survived many years.
David Warner was about seven years old at
his father's death, and was about fourteen, when after his
mother's marriage to Mr. Hoover, they moved to
Newberry Township, Miami County, Ohio, first locating near
Harris Creek. There he grew to maturity with the usual
experiences of the farm youth of that period, early turning
his attention to the farm work. After his marriage he
and his wife set up housekeeping on the farm he now owns and
they lived there for almost forty years. He cleared
the land and made all the improvements, including the
erection of a substantial residence and a good set of farm
buildings. He moved with his wife to Covington in
1891, and is one of the best known residents of the place.
After fifty-six years of happy married life, he was deprived
of his wife's companionship by death, the date of which was
Aug. 18, 1908. She was Hetty Miller in
maiden life and was born in Darke County, Ohio, Mar. 31,
1833, being a daughter of Jacob Miller.
The following children were born to them: Jacob,
deceased; Susan, deceased; John, who lives in
Greeneville. Ohio; Martin, of Covington;
Mary (Mohler); Cassie (Kindell),
deceased; Levi; David, deceased; Hetty
(Murray), deceased; and James Franklin,
deceased. Levi Warner was joined in
marriage with Miss Dottie Thompson and
they have two children: Clarence Edward and Reva Marie.
They reside at Covington with their grandfather, Mr.
Warner. David Warner is a devout member of
the Church of the Brethren, in which he has been a deacon
for more than forty years.
The following is a list of Mr. Warner's
grandchildren and great-grandchildren:
Grandchildren—Mamie I. Warner, Forest A.
Warner, Levi F. Warner, Maurice S. Warner, Frank J.
Warner, Clifford Warner, Luther R. Warner, Lucy M. Warner,
Millard F. Warner, Carl G. Warner, Clarence Mohler, Alice
Mohler, Lueffie Mohler, Edna Kindell, Mary Kindell, Walter
Kindell, Hettie Kindell, Elsie Kindell, Grace Kindell,
Lucretia Warner, Roxie Warner, David O. Warner, Clarence E.
Warner and Reva M. Warner.
Great-grandchildren—Chester A. Hocker, Mary A.
Warner, Herschel D. Warner, Maud Mohler, Joseph Mohler,
Grace Mohler, Helen Mohler, Evelyn Filburn, Glenna May Filbrun,
Roy Dale Morris, Minor Clarance Morris, John Lee Morris,
Helen L. Ratchford, Arthur E. Ratchford, Thanette Myers,
Ralph Myers, Russell Eberwine, Scipio Eberwine,
Luther Robbins, Mary Alexander
and Alma Alexander.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 688 |
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JACOB WARNER - See
DAVID WARNER
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 688 |
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GEORGE WASHING
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Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 501 |
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DR. ADAM D. WEAVER
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Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 586 |
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J. D. WEAVER
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 684 |
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WESLEY D. WEAVER
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 470 |
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DARIUS W. WEDDLE
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Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 625 |
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REV. JOHN B.
WEDDLE
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 626
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JOHN A. WEHNEMAN
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 745 |
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JOHN H. WEHNEMAN
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 745 |
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AARON WELLBAUM
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 821 |
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DAVID WELLBAUM
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 822 |
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E. WENGER
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 819
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JOHN G. WETZEL
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 310 |
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OLIVER WHARTON
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 435 |
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LEONARD A. WHEELER
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 726 |
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T. B. WHEELER
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 726 |
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JEREMIAH WHITE
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 638 |
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J. C. WHITE
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 638
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EDWARD WHITMAN
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 675 |
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FRANK L. WHITMAN
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 675 |
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ABRAHAM WHITMER
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 826 |
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JOHN WHITMER
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 501 |
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WILLIAM W. WHITMER
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 501 |
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DAVID J. WHITMORE
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 659 |
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HARRY M. WHITMORE
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 659 |
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JACOB WIDENER
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 702 |
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R. HAYES WIDENER
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 733 |
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WILLIAM D. WIDENER
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 733 |
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J. F. WILGUS
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 602 |
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JOHN H. WILGUS
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 603 |
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THOMAS WILGUS
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 794 |
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WILLIAM WILGUS,
SR.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 794
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ENO WILHELM
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 588
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PERCIVAL WILHELM
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 588 |
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J. B. WILKINSON
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 541 |
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JOSEPH E.
WILKINSON
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 317
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JOHN WILSON
- See ROBERT
M. WILSON Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 309 |
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ROBERT F. WILSON, a
trustee of Concord Township and a representative citizen of
Miami County, Ohio, resides on the McKaig Road, where he has
a fine home and ten acres of land. He owns a farm of
eighty acres located on the Wilson Pike in Concord Township,
and also farms the one hundred acre farm of his father's,
which adjoins. He was born in that township.
Apr. 4, 1852, and is a son of William W. and Bathena (Dilts)
Wilson.
The Wilson family is an old one in Miami
County. Robert Wilson, grandfather of
the subject of this record, was born and reared in England,
where in early life he followed the trade of a weaver.
Upon coming to the United States, he first located in
Maryland, where he entered the employ of a man who bore the
name of Wilson, but who was not related to him.
He subsequently married Susan Wilson, daughter
of his employer, and continued to live there for some years.
He left because of his antipathy to slavery, although his
father-in-law, who was a prosperous man and slave owner,
urged him to remain. He first located in Montgomery
County, Ohio, but shortly after became established in Miami
County, settling on what is now the Troy and West Milton
Turnpike, on the farm now owned by Anson Williams,
in Concord Township. It was a heavily timbered tract
which was cleared by his boys, while he followed his trade
as weaver. He knew nothing of farming, in fact could
scarcely hitch a horse. He later disposed of the farm
and purchased one in Shelby County, south of Sidney, Ohio.
Upon retiring from business activity he moved to Sidney,
where he passed away at the ripe old age of eighty-eight
years. His widow died at the same age, but survived
him about eight years. They had ten children, all born
in Ohio except the eldest; their names were as follows:
John, deceased; William W.; Martha;
Robert, deceased; Christopher; James;
Richard; and three daughters who died within one week of
each other.
WILLIAM W. WILSON was born on the old homestead
in Concord Township in 1828 and until he retired and moved
to Troy, where he now lives, never lived out of the
township. He helped clear the farm and did most of the
teaming. Deer and other wild animals abounded during
his boyhood and he derived much pleasure in hunting.
He and his brother, John, often hunted at night and
many times they were chased home by panthers. He
always farmed and bought and sold stock during his active
career and met with more than average success. After
his marriage he left the home place and his first purchase
was a tract of forty acres near the farm he now owns.
This he sold and purchased eighty acres of his present farm,
to which he added from time to time. His first
marriage was with Bathena Dilts, whose father,
Francis Dilts, came from Pennsylvania to
Montgomery County, Ohio, and later located in Concord
Township, in Miami County. Mr. Dilts was
a timber man and a large land owner. William W. and
Bathena Wilson had the following children: Susan,
wife of John Shoupp of Troy, Ohio; Robert
Francis, who was named in honor of both his
grandfathers; Alfred of Troy; Ella, wife of
J. H. Brown of Troy; and Margaret, wife of J.
T. Houser of Troy. Mr. Wilson's second
marriage was with Mary Jane Dilts, half-sister of his
first wife, and she died leaving one daughter, Gertrude,
who is the wife of Ellis Gillespie of Troy.
Robert F. Wilson has always
lived in Concord Township; he helped clear the farm and when
a young boy hauled wood to Troy, which was then a small
place. He attended the public schools and lived at
home until his marriage. His father then turned the
farming operations over to him, but they continued the stock
buying and selling in partnership. He later purchased
thirty acres from his father and fifty acres of the old
Jennings farm from E. Neves Weaver.
He continued to make his home on that place until 1906, when
he bought his present home on the McKaig Road. He has
frequently been honored with various township offices, was
land appraiser in 1900, and since that time has served
capably as township trustee.
In May, following his twenty-first birthday
anniversary, Mr. Wilson was united in marriage
with Rosanna Brown, a daughter of Andrew
Brown, who is well known in Darke County, Ohio.
Six children were born to them: Minnie (Favorite);
Fred, a farmer residing on the Fenner Turnpike in
Newton Township, who married Bessie Shuman and
has a daughter, Reva. Bertha, who is the
wife of Edward Sweitzer, and lives on Pleasant
Hill in Concord Township; Emma, who is the wife of
Adolphus Jones of Concord Township, and has a
son, Robert; Effie, wife of Ira
Holfinger of Concord Township, who has a son, John;
and Edward J., who married Marie Gillis
and resides on his father's farm. Minnie
Wilson first married Henry Kropp, by whom she has
a daughter. Hazel Kropp. He died four
years after marriage and she formed a second union with
Charles Favorite and lives in Washington
Township, Miami County.
Mr. Wilson is a Republican in politics, and
takes an active interest in the success of that party.
He is a progressive and public-spirited man and has always
been among the foremost in the development and improvement
of the township.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 791 |
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ROBERT M. WILSON,
president of the Concord Township School Board and the owner
of a farm of forty-five acres of well improved land, which
lies three miles southwest of Troy, on the Swailes Turnpike
Road, is one of the representative citizens of this section
and a member of one of the old and leading families.
He was born in the old log house on the homestead in Concord
Township, Miami County, Ohio, Mar. 6, 1849, and is a son of
John and Elizabeth (Debra) Wilson.
JOHN
WILSON was born in Maryland and in boyhood
accompanied his father, Robert Wilson, to Miami
County. Grandfather Wilson settled in
the woods in Concord Township, not far from the farm of
Robert M. Wilson, and there built a log cabin, which
later gave way to a handsome brick house. Robert
Wilson subsequently moved to a farm in Shelby County,
on which he lived until his active years were over, when he
retired to Sidney and died there when aged eighty-five
years.
John Wilson, father of Robert M., was one
of the older members of a large family. He assisted
his father to clear the farm and later cleared one for
himself in this township and resided on it until the close
of his life, following farming and trucking, and for a
number of years he had customers in Troy who depended upon
him for their earliest and best vegetables. His death
occurred May 26, 1907, when he was aged eighty-seven years.
He married Elizabeth Debra, who was born in
Union Township, Miami County, and survived her husband for
only three weeks. They had the following children:
Robert M., Henry, Ella, William,
Charles, Mary, Rijah, Arthur and
Walter, twins; and John. Of these Arthur
and John are deceased.
Robert ^f. Wilson had but meager educational
opportunities during his boyhood, but for a season, while
living with his grandfather, he went to school in one of the
old log structures w^here slabs served as benches and
greased paper took the place of glass in the window
apertures. His father needed his help on the farm, as
he was the eldest son, and he worked for him until he was
twenty-four years old. In 1874 he purchased the farm
from his father and later put up all the present excellent
buildings. He carries on general farming to some
degree but makes trucking a specialty and for several years
ran a wagon to Troy. Formerly he had a nursery of
fruit trees and conducted the business as a representative
of the Farmers' Nursery Company.
On Sept. 17, 1875, Mr. Wilson was married
to Miss Allie B. Brown, who was born and reared in
Concord Township and is a daughter of George Brown.
They have three children, namely: Clarence W.,
Viona May, and Anna. Clarence W.,
who lives at Tippecanoe City, was married (first) to Mary
Weikert, who at death left one son, Forest H.,
who lives with Mr. Wilson. He married, second,
Ethel Dye and they have two children—Ralph
M. and Mabel F. Viona May, who married
Howard Robins, of Montgomery County, Ohio, has two
daughters, Martha and Mary Anna is the wife of
William Hartman, of Concord Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are members of the Christian
Church. In politics he is a stanch Republican.
For a number of years he has been a member of the School
Board and is serving in his second term as president of this
important body. Fraternally he is connected with the
Odd Fellows and the Elks, both lodges being at Troy.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 791 |
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WILLIAM G. WILSON,
county commissioner of Miami County and a substantial
retired farmer residing at Troy, was born in Concord
Township, Miami County, Ohio, in 1862, and is a son of the
late John Wilson, who died in May, 1907, and a
grandson of Robert Wilson. The latter
came to Ohio from England and was a pioneer settler in Miami
County, but died in advanced age in Shelby County.
William G. Wilson was reared and educated in
Concord Township and for many years carried on extensive
farming and stock raising in that section. In
November, 1908, he moved to Troy. He has been a very
active member of the Republican party for a long period, on
many occasions proving his fealty and frequently gaining
recognition in local circles. He is a member of the
important party organization known as the County Central
Committee, has served on the School Board in Concord
Township, and in November, 1905, was first elected a county
commissioner, approval being shown of his services by
re-election to the office in November, 1908.
On Mar. 3, 1883, Mr. Wilson was married
to Miss Emeline Kerr, who was born and
reared in Concord Township and is a daughter of William
and Rachel Kerr. Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson have one daughter, Verna Oletha,
who is a popular and successful teacher in the public
schools of the county. Miss Wilson made
a brilliant school record for herself, graduating from the
Concord Township school when but thirteen years of age and
subsequently from the Troy High School. Mr.
Wilson is identified with the Elks and the Knights of
Pythias at Troy.
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 401 |
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WILLIAM W. WILSON - See
ROBERT F. WILSON
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 792 |
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WARREN N. WINTERS
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 364 |
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JOHN A. WIRRIG
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 521 |
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MOSES B. WISE
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 674 |
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BENJAMIN L.
WOLCOTT
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 529
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LEWIS F. WOLCOTT
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 629 |
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CHARLES A. WOOD
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 295 |
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CHARLES L. WOOD
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 295 |
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H. K. WOOD
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 763
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JOHN R. WOODWARD
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 606 |
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WOOD, SHOVEL AND
TOOL CO., The
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 763
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AIKEN WORLEY
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 706 |
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JOHN WORLEY
Source: Centennial History - Troy, Piqua and Miami
Co., Ohio - Publ. 1909 - Page 706
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