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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Past & Present History of Wyandot County, Ohio -
Illustrated
Vol. II
Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company - 1913
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MYRON
R. EMPTAGE, prominently connected with farming interests as
part owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 17,
Marseilles township, and with business interests as the founder and
proprietor of a large farm implement depot in Marseilles, is a
native of this part of Wyandot county, born May 17, 1878. He
is a son of Thomas and Mary J. (Atkinson) Emptage, natives of
Ohio, the former born in Richland county, on the 24th of October,
1836, and the latter in Tuscarawas county, on the 23d of December,
1840. The father, who was for many years a prominent and
substantial father, who was for many years a prominent and
substantial farmer of Wyandot county, is now living retired, and
makes his home in Marseilles. He and his wife became the
parents of four children. Ina J. married J. C.
Rubins, a ranch owner in California. He died in 1901,
leaving four children, Lula E., Paul F., Charlotte and
Homer J. Mrs. Rubins makes her home in Marseilles.
James A. is engaged in farming in Marseilles township.
He married Anna Rubins, and they have seven children,
Carrie, Blanche, Dwight, Harold, Edward, Donald and Mildred.
Mary passed away in 1897. Myron R. is the subject
of this review.
The public schools of Marseilles township afforded
Myron R. Emptage his educational opportunities and in his
childhood he divided his time between his studies and work upon his
father's homestead. At the age of nineteen he laid aside his
books but continued to assist his father until he and his brother,
James A., purchased the homestead of one hundred and sixty
acres, which they farmed in partnership until 1912, when Myron R.
Emptage left the farm and came to Marseilles. He is still
interested in the property, however, and upon it fine crops of hay,
corn and oats are raised, Mr. Emptage being in addition
specially interested in the raising of pure bred Merino Delaine
sheep, of which he has at present about one hundred head. He
is also a breeder on an extensive scale of pure bred Duroc Jersey
hogs and has a large number of these animals. In 1912 he
opened in Marseilles a farm implement depot, which he has since
conducted, and the business has grown in a remarkable way, the stock
being now valued at five thousands dollars. A large and
lucrative patronage has been accorded to him, for the excellent
quality of the goods which he handles has become widely known, as
has also his straightforward business methods and his honorable
dealings.
Mr. Emptage married, in Marseilles,
on the 15th of April, 1900, Miss Nellie E. Clark, a daughter
of Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, of that village.
Mr. and Mrs. Emptage are members of the Methodist
church and well known in social and religious circles. Mr.
Emptage is honored as a veteran of the Spanish-American-war,
having served for eight months during that conflict as a member of
Company B, Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was also orderly
for John A. Logan, Jr., and in this capacity served in Cuba
for about forty days, receiving his honorable discharge on the 12th
of February, 1899. He belongs to the American and Delaine
Merino Record Association of Delaware, Ohio. Politically he
gives his allegiance to the republican party and is interested in
all that pertains to the general progress, cooperating in many
movements for the good of the community and proving himself at all
times a public spirited and progressive citizen as well as an able
business man and a successful farmer.
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Illustrated -
Vol. II -
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