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GEORGE PARKS emigrated with his parents, Samuel and Charity Parks, from Kentucky, in 1811, and settled on the farm now owned by John Conger, in section twenty-five.  George Parks was born in 1811, and in 1825 married Mary Price, who was born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1805.  The issue of this marriage was nine children, eight living, named as follows:  Silas, Harriet, Elizabeth, Henry N., Catharine, Mary Jane, Charity, and Leander.  Harriet and Henry reside in Grant county, Indiana; Catharine in Eaton, and the rest in this township.  Silas was married to Nancy (Rhea) Gordon in 1877, the widow of S. Gordon.  Leander married in 1869, Livice Lewis. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 ~Page 163

JONATHAN PEASE was born in Monmouth county, New Jersey, in 1806.  He moved from New Jersey in 1838, and settled in section sixteen of Harrison township, where he now resides.  His wife, Diana Stillwell, was born in Monmouth county, New Jersey, in 1799.  Mr. Jonathan Pease has always been an active citizen, and is always identified with any improvements in the township.  They have a family of six children living, as follows:  Ann Eliza, wife of William Cox; Cornelius, who married Ellen Robinson; William, who married M. Amy Sellers; Margaret Jane, single; Werta R., who married Isabel Childers; John N., who married Caroline Foster; all are living in Harrison, except Cornelius, who resides in Monroe. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 ~Page 209

JOHN PINKERTON.  In 1815 John Pinkerton settled in the township, and in the following year, 1816, Major William Gray, an officer in the Revolutionary war, settled on section fifteen, on the farm now owned by Robert Gray. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 ~Page 163

WILLIAM O. PIPER, one of the prominent business men of Denver, was born in Seneca County, Ohio, October 26, 1837. He was the fifth son born to John and Elmira (Bassett) Piper, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter a native of Vermont, of Scotch and Irish descent respectively. When William was seven years old, he accompanied his parents to this county, and located with them in the woods of Union Township. That was in 1844. There our subject spent his boyhood and youth, working upon his father's farm. At the age of twenty he left home and went to Ogle County, Illinois, where he worked upon a farm by the month, one year. He then returned to this county, and during the three years which followed, he taught school in the winter time and worked upon the farm, and at threshing during the summer. October 8, 1861, he enlisted into the service of his country in Company G, 51st Indiana regiment, from which he was honorably discharged December 16, 1864, having, in the meantime, been promoted to the rank of sergeant. He participated in the battles of Stone River, those attending the raid of Col. Streight, and Franklin. He was taken prisoner near Rome, Ga., and for a short time was imprisoned at Belle Isle, Virginia, but was soon liberated by exchange. At the close of the war he went to Newton County, this State, and engaged in farming. Four years later he returned to this county, but a year later he went to Topeka, Kansas, where, in the spring of 1870, he engaged in the real estate business. In the following October he again returned to this county and located at Denver, where he has ever since been engaged in the mercantile business. January 1, 1861, he was married to Ann E. Charles, a native ob Wayne County, this State, and daughter of Reuben K. and Margaret (Cunningham) Charles, natives of Preble County, Ohio, and Virginia, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Piper have had seven children, six sons and one daughter, all of whom are living. Their names are Charles E., William J., Walter E., Harry M., George W., Omer S. and Clara E. Mr. Piper is a member of the F. and A. M., I. O. O. F., A. O. U. W., and G. A. R. Lodges, and a Republican in politics. He is a pleasant and intelligent gentleman, a successful business man and a number one citizen. During the last four years his attention has been divided between the mercantile business and farming. He owns 150 acres of good land adjoining the town of Denver, nearly all of which is in a high state of cultivation. Politically, Mr. Piper was a Democrat, and entered the war as such, but on returning he declared himself in favor of the Republican party, whose principles he has ever since ardently supported. Transcribed from: History of Miami County, Indiana. Source 3: History of Miami County, Indiana - Publ. Chicago -  Brant & Fuller - 1887 - Page 704 Contributed by Nancy Hannahage

DR. JOHN M. PRETZINGER was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in the year 1808.  In 1835 he came to America.  He moved to Preble county from Darke county in 1845, and settled in Euphemia, where he has since resided.  His wife, Sophia, daughter of Christopher Rempler, was born in Prussia in the year 1814.  They had thirteen children, all of whom lived to be married.  Of these seven are still living.  Dr. Pretzinger has two sons and four sons-in-law who are members of the medical profession.  He himself belongs to the eclectic school of medicine. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 ~Page 209

PETER PRUGH was born in Frederick county, Maryland, from which State he moved to Ohio, and in 1811 he settled in section four in Gratis township.  His wife was Elizabeth Gentis, of Clarke county, Ohio, who died in 1845.  They had fourteen children - Abner, Peter, John, Daniel G., Sarah, Jacob, Joshua, Julia Anna, Isaac, Elizaeth, Benjamin, Abraham, Caroline and Joseph.      Daniel G. has been married twice.  His first wife was Sarah Swihart, by whom he had two children, Reuben Cassius and Albert Clayton.  By this second wife, Anna Swihart, he had one child, Charles L.  His farm is a fine one of three hundred and fifteen acres on the Camden and Winchester pike. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 - Page 191

JERID PUGH.  Jerid, son of Alexander Pugh, was born in the year 1809.  His father moved to Gratis in 1805.  He married Catharine Barbara Schwartzwelder, who is still living.  They had six children born to them, namely: Hannah, wife of Samuel Harris;  John, who married Eliza Ann Gifford; William, who married Ellen Smith; Alexander; Ellen, wife of James Burnett; and Wesley (deceased), John Pugh has three children now living: Hiram C., Charles Wesley, and Samuel J.  Mr. Pugh has a farm o about one hundred and twenty-nine acres, all in a fine state of improvement.  He has also been a member of the township board of education, but holds no office at present.

 

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