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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
A Standard History of Williams County, Ohio
prepared under the Editorial Supervision of Hon. Charles A. Bowersox.
Volume II - Illustrated
Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago and New York
1920
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WILLIAM M. MANEVAL Source:
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ORA R. MANNING Source: A
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JOHN R. MARTIN Source: A
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RICHARD D. MARTIN Source:
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THOMAS B. MATTHEWS Source:
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WESLEY C. MATTHEWS Source:
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ARTHUR C. MAUERHAN Source:
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GOTTLOB C. MAUERHAN, JR.
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WILTON D. McCOY Source:
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DANIEL W. McGILL Source:
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M. C. McGUIRE Source: A
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HIRAM McKELVEY Source: A
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DANIEL C. McTAGGART Source:
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DAVID J. METTLER Source:
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GUY MIGNIN Source: A
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LEWIS P. MIGNIN Source:
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H. CORTEZ MILLER assumed the
office of county auditor of Williams County in 1919, and this
responsible executive preferment indicates the high regard in
which he is held in his native county, where he has long been a
progressive and representative farmer and
where he continued his active association with agricultural and
livestock industry until his election to his present office.
His fine farm,
of 160 acres, is modern in its improvements and facilities and
is eligibly situated in Brady and Jefferson townships. He
has been a
leader in the promotion of farm enterprise and interests in the
county and served three years as secretary of the Farmers'
Institute of Williams County.
Mr. Miller was born in Brady Township,
this county, Aug. 29, 1878, and is a son of William C. and
Margaret L. (Rowles) Miller, the former of whom was
born in Pennsylvania and the latter in Williams County, Ohio,
where she still maintains her home. William C. Miller
was but nine months old when his parents came to this county,
where he was reared and educated and where his entire active
career was marked by close and successful association with the
basic industry of agriculture, save for a period of two years
which he passed, as a young man, in the state of California,
where he gained his quota of experience in the search for
gold—at the time when the gold excitement was still at its
height in that commonwealth. Upon his return to Williams
County he engaged in farming in Brady Township, and later he
acquired farm property also in Jefferson Township. He
continued as a successful exponent of farm enterprise in this
county until his death and was one of the honored and
influential citizens of his community. His political
allegiance was given to the republican party and both he and his
wife held membership in the Universalist Church at Stryker.
They became the parents of six children and besides H.
Cortez, of this sketch, three others of the children are
living: Edwin U., a resident of Bryan; Carrie, the
wife of Julius Vernier, of Chicago, Illinois; and
John, a resident of West Unity, Williams County.
The present efficient and popular auditor of Williams
County passed the period of his childhood and youth on the home
farm, in connection with the activities of which he gained
fortifying experience that was later to prove of inestimable
value to him in his independent operation as an agriculturist
and stock grower. In the public schools he continued his
studies until he had profited by the advantages of the high
school at West Unity, and thereafter he took a course in the
Tri-State Business College, in the City of Toledo, besides
having attended the Ohio State Normal School at Fayette.
Thereafter he taught three terms of district school, and after
this effective service he gave his undivided time and attention
to farm enterprise until he was elected to the county office of
which he is now the incumbent. He was for a number of
years secretary of the Northwestern Ohio Mutual Fire Insurance
Company. He was for several years a member of the
republican county committee of his native county, and this in
itself indicates that he has been influential in the local
councils and campaign activities of his party. He and his
wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Brady
Township—Fountain Chapel—their removal to the county seat having
been incidental to his election to his present office; and he is
affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Masonic
fraternity, Mrs. Miller being an active member of
the local chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
The year 1902 recorded the marriage of Mr.
Miller to Miss Jennie Hamet, who has
served as a teacher in the public schools of Brady and Jefferson
townships, Williams County, and they have one daughter,
Florence Lyndall, who is a student in the Bryan High
School at this time.
Source:
A Standard History of Williams County, Ohio - Vol. II -
Illustrated - Publ. The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - New York
- 1920 - Page 49 |
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JAMES H. MILLER - A
representative business man of West Unity, James H. Miller
possesses rare ability and judgment, and the keenness of
vision that has ever kept him alive to the needs of the hour,
and many of the more beneficial enterprises that have been
established in this part of Williams County owe their success in
a large measure to his wise forethought and active support.
A native of Ohio, he was born, June 29, 1867, in Hicksville, a
son of James M. and Catherine (Casebeer) Miller, and a
grandson of John and Margaret (Boone) Miller, who were
born in Wayne County, Ohio, in early pioneer days.
James M. Miller owned and operated a sawmill in Hicksville,
Ohio, and was carrying on a substantial business at the time of
his death, which occurred while he was yet in manhood's prime.
A soldier in the Civil war, he served three months.
Left fatherless in infancy, James H. Miller grew
to manhood in West Unity, and was graduated from its high
school. He began life on his own account as salesman in a
general store, and in that position showed marked business and
financial ability. Broadening his scope of activity in
1888, Mr. Miller organized the West Unity Banking
Company, of which he is the efficient cashier, a position for
which he is amply qualified, and in June, 1899, he organized the
Citizens Telephone Company, one of the most useful and used of
all the beneficial enterprises that have been here established.
Fraternally active, he belongs to the Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons, being past master of his lodge, and to the Knights of
Pythias. He helped organize the local lodge and was its
first chancellor commander.
Source:
A Standard History of Williams County, Ohio - Vol. II -
Illustrated - Publ. The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - New York
- 1920 - Page 379 |
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JOHN MILLER -
Inheriting to a marked degree the habits of industry, honesty
and thrift characteristic of his pioneer ancestors, John
Miller has accumulated a fair share of this world's
goods, and is now living in West Unity, Williams County, retired
from active pursuits, enjoying all the comforts, and many of the
luxuries, of modern life. A son of William C. Miller,
he was born Aug. 23, 1870, in Brady Township, on a farm lying
three miles south of West Unity. His paternal
grandparents, John and Rebecca (Carl) Miller, removed
from Richland County to Williams County in early pioneer days,
and on the farm which they improved spent their remaining days.
Born in Richland County, Ohio, in 1834, Williams C.
Miller was but six months old when brought by his parents to
Williams County, where he was brought up and educated.
When ready to begin life as a farmer, he settled down three
miles south of West Unity, and was there actively and
prosperously engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death,
in 1910. His wife, whose maiden name was Margaret L.
Rowles, was born in Lima, Ohio, Apr. 14, 1845, a daughter of
Alfred M. and Matilda (Green) Rowles, who settled in
Bryan in 1848 and later removed to Marshall County, Indiana.
Six children were born into their home, as follows: Edward,
of Bryan, Ohio; Carrie, wife of J. C. Venier, of
Chicago, Illinois; John, the special subject of this
sketch; and H. C., auditor of Williams County; and two
children who died in early life. A stanch republican in
politics, William C. Miller was active in public affairs,
and very influential. Both he and his wife were liberal in
their religious beliefs, and were among the more prominent and
active members of the First Universalist Church of Strvker,
which they helped to build, and of which they were charter
members.
Educated in the rural schools of Brady Township,
John Miller became familiar with the many branches of
agriculture when young, and finding farming congenial to his
tastes remained on the parental estate of 175 acres until 1913,
finding both pleasure and profit in managing it, as a farmer and
stock raiser being successful. Retiring from active
pursuits in 1913, Mr. Miller has since
resided in West Unity, where he has valuable interests. He
is a stockholder in the Farmers Commercial and Savings Bank, and
likewise in the Stryker Telephone Company, both substantial
enterprises. At the time of his father's death, the
Miller estate consisted of 335 acres, but a part of
it has been sold. Mr. Miller has never
married.
Source: A
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LEVI MILLER -
The name of Miller is associated with some of the
progressive farming done in Williams County, and one of the
expert agriculturists bearing it is Levi Miller,
who owns his fine farm of 282 acres, which is located five miles
north and three miles west of Montpelier. He was born on
the farm he now occupies on Apr. 29 1857, a son of John H.
and Elsa (Gardner) Miller. John Miller
was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, in 1831, and his
wife was born in Richland County, Ohio, in 1833. While
still a boy he was brought to Wayne County, Ohio, where he was
reared, and he was married in Richland County, Ohio. In
the fall of 1855 he came to Williams County and located on the
farm in Bridgewater Township which remained the homestead, and
there he died on Dec. 9 1876, his wife having died there in
February, 1873. They were very active members of the
Church of God. In politics Mr. Miller was a
democrat. He and his wife became the parents of the
following children: Silas, who is a carpenter and
contractor of Montpelier Ohio; Levi, whose name heads
this review; Wilda, who is the wife of George
Canfield, lives in Bridgewater Township; Louisa who
is deceased, married M. J. Kurtz; John, who is
also deceased, married Laura Champion; Elsie,
who married John Jackson; and Grace who
married Reynold Koch, of Denver, Colorado.
On Dec. 25, 1888, Mr. Miller was married
to Eva C. Hunter who was born in Northwest Township on
Sept. 12, 1859 a daughter of Edwin and Margaret (Kunsman)
Hunter, natives of Erie, Pennsylvania, and Seneca County,
Ohio, respectively, who were married in Northwest Township,
Williams County, Ohio, in 1854. Mr. Hunter
was killed by a kick from a horse in 1871, but his widow
survived him and still lives in Northwest Township. Mrs.
Miller was educated in the common schools of her native
township. Mr. and Mrs. Miller became the parents of
four children, namely: Mary B., who is the wife of
George Messner, lives in Northwest Township; Ralph,
who married Sarah A. Owen; Clarence E, who is
unmarried, lives at home; and Flava, who is at home.
Mrs. Miller belongs to the Presbyterian Church, but
Mr. Miller is not connected with any religious
organization. He is a democrat and belongs to the Farm
Bureau at Montpelier. In addition to his agricultural
interests, Mr. Miller is a director of the
Montpelier National Bank. All that he owns today Mr.
Miller has made himself and deserves great credit for
this, as many left as he was would not have had the courage and
initiative to forge ahead and accomplish so much.
Source: A
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Fred O. Mills |
FRED O. MILLS - In nearly every
community are individuals who by innate ability and sheer force
of character rise above their fellows and win for themselves
conspicuous places in public esteem. Such a one is the
well-known gentleman whose name appears above, who is a native
of the adjoining State of Indiana, but whose identification with
Williams County is such that he is universally recognized as a
man of undoubted ability, courage and loyalty. Fred O.
Mills, the efficient and popular manager of the Liberty
Cooperage and Lumber Company, at Montpelier, was born in Jay
County, Indiana, on May 4, 1891, and is the son of C. H. and
Elizabeth (Stout) Mills. These parents were also
natives of Jay County, where they were reared, educated and
married. After their marriage they first settled on a farm
in Jay County. In 1905 Mr. Mills engaged in
the lumber mill business in Warren, Ohio, in which he was
occupied until the fall of 1917, when he sold that business and
came to Montpelier. Mr. Mills remained here
until September, 1919, when he moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana,
where he now resides. e is the owner of a mill at Areola,
Indiana. He is a republican in his political sympathies,
is a member of the United Commercial Travelers, and his
religious membership is with the Presbyterian Church. To
him and his wife were born nine children, of which number eight
are now living.
Fred O. Mills was about two years of age when
his parents moved from Indiana to Van Wert County, Ohio, and he
secured his educational training in the public and high schools
of Warren. He was then a student in Oberlin College for
one year, at the end of which time he became associated with his
father in the Warren Cooperage Factory for three years. He
then became connected with the Peerless Electric Company, at
Warren, remaining with that concern for two
years. He then became a student in the Ohio Northern
University, at Ada, where he was when the United States entered
the World War. He promptly volunteered and entered the
officers training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, at
Indianapolis, Indiana, where he received a commission as second
lieutenant in August, 1917. He was then assigned to the
Fifty-Ninth Regiment of Infantry and sent to the camp at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. On Oct. 2, 1917, Lieutenant
Mills was transferred to the Fourth Machine Gun Battalion of
the Second Division, and on Dec. 23, 1917, sailed from Portland,
Maine, arriving at Liverpool on January 7th following.
From there he went to France and was in training camps until
Mar. 19, 1918, when he was sent into the lines at Verdun.
On June 1, 1918, he took part in the historic engagement at
Chateau Thierry, after which he was relieved on July 4.
For bravery in the Bois de Belleau he was awarded the Croix de
Guerre. On July 16, 1918, he took part in the attack on
Soissons, where he was gassed, in consequence of which he was
confined to a hospital for three weeks. In this engagement
also he was cited for the Croix de Guerre for bravery in action.
He remained inactive until September 12th, when he again went
into action in the Saint Mihiel drive, during which he was again
gassed and sent to hospital. On October 11th he rejoined
his division and they were in maneuvers and rest in preparation
for the Meuse-Argonne drive. On Aug. 28, 1918, the subject
had received a first lieutenant's
commission. They were located along the Meuse River, ready
for action, when the armistice was signed, and on November 17th
they started on the march for Germany, crossed the Rhine and
located in Neuwied on Friday, Dec. 13, 1918. On Jan. 1,
1919, Lieutenant Mills was taken down with an attack of
the "flu" and after his recovery he was granted a seventeen-day
sick leave. He returned to France, with the intention of
visiting a brother, and while there was again prostrated with
the "flu" and sent to the hospital. He was then put in
Class D, to be returned to the United States, and on Apr. 8,
1919, he sailed from Brest on the Kaiserine Augusta Victoria,
arriving in New York on April 17th. He was sent to the
Polyclinic Hospital, in New York City, whence he was transferred
to the Base Hospital at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, from
which he was discharged as fit for duty on May 21st. He
was transferred to Camp Custer and assigned to the Tenth
Infantry Regiment, but sent in his resignation, which was
accepted on July 31, 1919. Lieutenant Mills
at once returned to Montpelier and immediately turned his
attention to civic pursuits. As stated at the beginning of
this review, he is now acting as manager of the Liberty
Cooperage and Lumber Company. He is well qualified for his
position, possessing good business ability, sound judgment and
industrious habits and is handling the duties of his position in
a manner entirely satisfactory to all concerned.
Source: A Standard History of Williams County,
Ohio - Vol. II - Illustrated - Publ. The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago -
New York - 1920 - Page 218 |
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CHARLES W. MOOG Source:
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WALTER S. MORROW Source:
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WILLIAM MOSS Source: A
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ELIAS S. MYERS is one of the
venerable and honored representatives of farm industry in
Pulaski Township, has been a resident of Williams County from
the time of his birth, save for an interval of two years passed
in the West, and is a representative of one of the sterling
pioneer families of this county.
Mr. Myers was born on his father's
pioneer farm in Jefferson Township, this county, Oct. 12, 1846,
and is now the only survivor
of the five children of George W. and Emily (Lewis) Myers,
the former of whom was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Dec.
23, 1808, and the latter of whom was born in Dutchess County,
New York, June 18, 1818, both having been young at the time of
the removal of the respective families to Huron County, Ohio. George
W. Myers became a successful contractor and builder in Huron
County, where his marriage was solemnized and where he continued
to reside until 1835, when he came to Williams County and
secured a tract of 160 acres of timbered land in Jefferson
Township. This land is now the site of the Williams County
infirmary. He established his residence on the place in
1836, cleared off much of the timber and reclaimed the tract
into a productive farm, upon which he made good improvements, as
gauged by the standards of the locality and period. In
1853 he sold this farm, and in 1855 he removed with his family
to Bryan, the county seat, where he continued to maintain his
home until he purchased the land of which the farm of Elias
S., of this review, is a part. The father remained on
this farm for a number of years but both he and his wife were
residents of Bryan at the time of their death. They
believed fully in the spiritual verities of the Christian
religion but were not formally identified with any church
organization. The father was affiliated with the Masonic
fraternity for many years prior to his death. Concerning
the deceased children brief data may consistently be entered:
Julia became the wife of John M. Welker; Gilpha
was the wife of Frank M. Carter; Amzi died in
California; and George W., Jr., likewise was a resident
of this county at the time of his death.
Elias S. Myers was a lad of seven years at the
time of the family removal from the Jefferson Township farm to
Bryan, and here he acquired his early education in the village
schools of that day. After the close of the Civil war he
and his brother George became associated in the work and
management of their father's farm in Pulaski Township, and there
he remained until he had attained to his legal majority, when he
signalized his independence by passing two years in the West.
He then returned to Williams County, and here, on Dec. 16, 1876,
was solemnized his marriage to Miss Caroline Reeves,
who was born and reared in Center Township, this county.
The young couple forthwith established their home on the farm
which is their present place of abode and which has been the
stage of Mr. Myer's very successful activities as
an agriculturist and stockraiser. He still maintains a
general supervision of the farm, the area of which he has
reduced, by sale, to fifty-seven acres, but in a general way he
may be said to be living retired, in the enjoyment of the
merited rewards of former years of earnest toil and endeavor.
His wife is nearly a decade his junior, as she was born Jan. 26,
1856. They have two children: Frank, who was born
Dec. 16, 1877, is a prosperous farmer in Pulaski Township; and
Cora May, born June 1, 1879, is the wife of
Edwin Hester, their home being in Calhoun County,
Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Myers take marked pride in
the fact that they have seven grandchildren. They have
lived a quiet and uneventful life, have done well their part in
community affairs and
have the unqualified esteem of all who know them. In
politics Mr. Myers is a democrat.Source: A
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Illustrated - Publ. The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - New York
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