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Biographies
Source:
History of Miami County, Indiana
Publ.
Chicago - Brant & Fuller
1887
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GEORGE EIKENBERRY was born
in Preble County, Ohio, May 6, 1830. His parents were Peter
and Eliza (Morningstar) Eikenberry, natives of Virginia and
Maryland, respectively, and of German and English extraction.
The former, Peter Eikenberry, was a son of
Henry Eikenberry, a native of Virginia. His father,
Peter Eikenberry, emigrated from Germany to the United
States in an early day. Henry Eikenberry was
married in Virginia to Mary Landess, and from
thence moved to Preble County, Ohio, in about the year 1806.
They were the parents of seven children, viz.: Elizabeth,
Samuel, Henry, Peter, Isaac,
David and Benjamin. Peter Eikenberry,
the father of our subject, was born in Virginia, May 8, 1803. He
moved with his parents to Preble County, Ohio, and was there
married to Eliza, daughter of George and Elizabeth
(Swisher) Morningstar. She was born in Maryland on January
13, 1806. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Eikenberry
settled in Preble County, Ohio, where they made their home until
their deaths, which occurred as follows: The- father died
February 14, 1871, and the mother Nov. 29, 1885. They were the
parents of eleven children, viz: Mary, George, Elizabeth,
Lydia, Levi, Henry, Isaac, Eliza, Peter, and two
which died in infancy and not named. George, our
subject, was married in Preble County, Ohio, March 21, 1851, to
Rebecca, daughter of Abraham and Nancy
(Moses) Miller. She was born in Augusta County,
Va., Sept. 18, 1832. In the following October, after subject's
marriage, he moved to Miami County, settling upon the same farm
on which he now resides in Section 27, Jefferson Township. He
owns 268 acres of fine land, well-improved and under a high
state of cultivation. He has had born to him ten children, viz:
Henry F., born July 17, 1852, and died February 19, 1854;
Sarah J. born Nov. 5, 1854; Ira K., born Aug. 26,
1857; Mary A., born March 1, 1860; Ida M., born
Oct. 27, 1862; Levi I., born March 11, 1865; Charles,
born March 29, 1868, and died April 12, 1868; Peter A.,
born Jan. 11, 1871; Eliza O., born Feb. 12, 1874;
infant son, born Jan. 28, 1877, deceased. Mr. Eikenberry
was elected to the office of County Commissioner of this county
in 1876, and re-elected in 1880. He is a member of the Masonic
order. He is an enterprising man and is highly esteemed by all
who know him. Transcribed from: History of Miami County,
Indiana.
(Source: History of Miami Co., Indiana - Publ. Chicago: Brant &
Fuller - 1887 - Page 686
Contributed by Nancy Hannah) |
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