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CHRISTIAN MILLER, when a boy of six, moved to Morrow County ". Ohio, with his parents, Andrew and Mary M. (Zimmerman) Miller, both natives; of Harford County, Md., where the subject was born March 10, 1825 ; his fath - er's birth occurred August 17, 1800, and his mother's October 5, 1804. In their family were three boys and eight girls. Christian Miller, at the age of twenty-one, traveled West on a prospecting tour, returning to Ohio in the fall,- where he was married in Richland County, on the 13th of April, 1848, to Missi Juliann Sowers. They went to Jefferson Township, Noble County, in 1850, where they lived four years on a farm. Mr. Miller during that time cleared? sixty acres of land. He then sold out and came to this township and bought- thirty-two acres that now lie in the southwestern part of La Grange, also eighty acres in Clay Township, all of which he subsequently sold. In 1858,
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he purchased a stock of dry goods and groceries in La Grange, and sold the same the next year, when he engaged in the lumber business; in 1861, erect- ed a saw-mill, operated it until 1870, when he bought a farm of 136 acres in this township, where he is residing, having increased his farm to 364 acres. For about two years he ran a saw-mill on his place, when the supply of water failed and it was abandoned. Mr. Miller, from 1854 to 1862 was an Odd Fel- low, when the war broke the lodge up, and was an active Regulator. Mr. and Mrs. Miller belong to the Lutheran Church, and have a family of five children, viz .: Mary C. (now Mrs. Peters), Catherine E. (now Mrs. Deavenbaugh), Henry A., Anna and John C. Mrs. Miller is a native of Center County, Penn., born October 16, 1827, the daughter of Henry and Mary A. C. (Miller) Sowers, na- tives respectively of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and parents of nine children.
WILLIAM R. MINICK is a native of Stark County, Ohio, where his birth occurred October 24, 1837. His parents, John and Nancy (Poland) Minick, were natives of Pennsylvania, the former born in 1818 and the latter in 1812; they had a family of nine children. John Minick went to Ohio in the prime of early youth, and for several years followed his trade, that of a carder and fuller, at Canton, and subsequently at Akron. He was married in Ohio, and in 1851 went to Allen County, Ind., where his death occurred in 1856. His widow was afterward married to David Perky and moved to De Kalb County, Ind., where she died in 1878. William Minick, from fourteen until twenty-two years of age, worked out by the month, and in 1859 came to this township, where he managed a farm one year on shares. November 6, 1860, he voted for Abraham Lincoln, and was married the same day to Han- nah L. Cain, who was born in Johnson Township, this county, November 1, 1842, and is one of eight in the family of Simeon and Ann (Oliver) Cain, the former of whom was born in New York November 1, 1808, and the latter in Clark County, Ohio, October 6, 1813. In 1861, Mr. Minick bought a farm in Williams County, Ohio, and in 1868 traded the same for one in Defiance County, Ohio, where he resided until he located on his present farm in this township in 1874. He owns 120 acres, and in connection with farming is engaged in selling agricultural implements. He is a Republican, and a mem- ber of the Meridian Sun Lodge, No. 76, A., F. & A. M. He joined the Masonic Order at Edgerton, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Minick have four children, William W., a school teacher, Anna M., Frank A. and Charles A. Three of the subject's brothers served in the late war, John L. in Company A, Forty- fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry ; he died at Indianapolis in 1864 ; George W. in Company A, Thirty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Joseph S. in Company A, Twenty-first Indiana Heavy Artillery. The two last named are residents of Muskegon, Mich.
BENJAMIN S. MITCHELL, a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., born December 22, 1811, is one of eleven in the family of Hugh and Phœbe (McClure) Mitchell. The parents were natives of Trenton, N. J., and Ches- ter County, Penn., respectively, and Hugh Mitchell was Quartermaster in the Revolutionary war, also a commissioned officer in the New Jersey militia dur- ing the whisky rebellion there; his father, Randall Mitchell, was a wealthy merchant of Trenton. Hugh Mitchell, when a young man, went to West- moreland County, Penn., where he clerked, taught school and was married ; subse- quently removing to Ashland County, Ohio, where he died at the home of his son Benjamin, October 4, 1834; his wife died on the 11th of the succeeding April. The subject, at the age of twelve, began working out by the month, and
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at seventeen rented land in Ashland County, Ohio, and moved to Huron County, Ohio, where he kept hotel six and a half years, next engaging in the drover business, then in mercantile pursuits, continuing the latter six years at Fitchville, Huron Co., Ohio. In 1861, he bought his farm in this township where he is living. He belongs to, and was a charter member of Floral Lodge, No. 160, A., F, & A. M., at Fitchville, Ohio, and is also a member of Huron Chapter, No. 7, R. A. M. His wife is a member of the M. E. Church, and is the daughter of Frederick and Martha (Angel) Draggoo, who had thirteen children, and were natives respectively of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Mr. Draggoo was a soldier in the war of 1812; his daughter Eleanor was born May 26, 1815, in Mercer County, Penn., and was married to Benjamin Mitchell Jan- uary 3, 1833. They have had six children, two of whom are living-Martha, now Mrs. Samuel E. Beans, and Dora M., now Mrs. William H. Biddle.
ISAAC B. NEWELL is a native of Easton, Washington Co., N. Y. His parents were John and Joanna (Reynolds) Newell; the former was born in Old Hadley, Conn., in 1762, and the latter in New York, Washington County, in 1772. They had twelve children, all of whom grew to maturity. Isaac Newell was born July 14, 1803, married January 4, 1829, and came to Bloomfield Township in 1840, where he has since lived on the 140-acre farm that he has cleared and improved. Shortly after coming here he had a narrow escape from the wolves, and himself and wife were once attacked by a panther and chased into their cabin. Mr. Newell was an active Regulator, and owns a horse that will be twenty-seven years old in May, 1882. Mr. and Mrs Newell have four children-Sabrina P., Harriet T., now Mrs. Thurstin; Charity V., now Mrs. Reed, and Anna M., now Mrs. Bunn. Mrs. Lucretia Newell was born in Pine Plains, Dutchess Co., N. Y., May 27, 1805, and was married to the subject in Conquest, Cayuga Co., N. Y. Her parents, Jacob and Charity (Pulver) Vandewater, were born in New York. Her ancestors were among the first Dutch settlers in that State, and she has in her possession a chest brought by them from Holland.
HARVEY OLMSTEAD was born December 7, 1811, near Lundy's Lane, Canada, and worked for some time on his father's farms in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and five years on the New York & Erie Canal. In 1833, he came to Springfield Township, this county, where he built a cabin on a tract of Gov- ernment land in Brushy Prairie, and worked at splitting rails until he had saved $50, when he entered the forty acres of land upon which he was already located. He now owns 320 acres in that township, and a farm of 100 acres in this township which he bought in 1874, and upon which he has since lived. Mr. Olmstead is one of the oldest settlers in the county, and took an active part in the Regulator movement. His parents were Jacob and Elizabeth (Venater) Olmstead, the former born in Vermont in 1786, and the latter in 1788 in Pennsylvania, where they were married. In 1807, Jacob Olmstead went to Canada, and served in the war of 1812, first as a British soldier, but subsequently deserted and entered the United States Army. After the war, he settled with his family in New York, but subsequently resided in the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Iowa, finally returning to this county, where he died in April, 1869. Mrs. Elizabeth Olmstead died in Michigan in 1835 or 1836. Mr. Harvey Olmstead has been left a widower four times. His first wife, to whom he was married April 17, 1834, was Sarah Gage, a native of New York, born February 4, 1813, and daughter of Abraham and Polly (Biengton) Gage, of Vermont. She died July 11, 1841,
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and of four children born to them, one only is living-Elijah. March 2, 1842, Mr. Olmstead was married to Mrs. Mary (Gage) Anderson, a native of Rutland, Vt., born February 25, 1815, and the daughter of Isaac and Perley (Howard) Gage, of Vermont. They had four children, two of whom are liv- ing-Mary, now Mrs. Samuel Cline, and Frank B. Mrs. Mary Olmstead died August 19, 1852. His third wife was Elizabeth Burrell. They were married in 1853, and she died in 1865, leaving four children-Albert A., Clara A., now Mrs. Jennings ; Elizabeth C., now Mrs. Routsong, and Jacob A. Mr. Olmstead's last marriage took place March 6, 1866, to Lydia C. McNulty, who died January 21. 1882, having borne her husband two sons-Charles H. and George.
ALBERT PRESTON was born May 25, 1840, in Trumbull County, Ohio. His father was James Preston, a native of Beaver County, Penn., where his birth ·occurred in 1809, December 9. His mother, Mrs. Mary A. (Matthews) Pres- ton, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, April 1, 1816. Albert Preston is one of twelve children; in 1853, accompanied his parents to Indiana, and worked on his father's farm in this township until 1859, when he began an ap- prenticeship at the carpenter's trade with John Q. Reed, of La Grange. He worked at carpentering summers, and attended school winters, until August, 1861, when he enlisted in Company G, Thirtieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered into service September 24, 1861. He was with his regiment in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Stone River, Chattanooga, and was wounded at Rocky Face, Ga., May 9, 1864, after which he was detailed as Commissary Sergeant, at Gen. Grose's brigade headquarters, where he remained until he was mustered out at Indianapolis September 29, 1864. He married Miss Mary J. Moore, December 14, 1864. She was born July 15, 1842, in Trumbull County, Ohio, and is the only child of Andrew B. and Jane L. (Thomas) Moore, the former a native of Trumbull County, Ohio, and the latter of Wales. Mr. Preston has been engaged in farming and the stock business ever since the war, settling on his present farm in 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Preston are Presby- terians, and have had born to them four children, three of whom are living, namely, Effie M., Francis A. and Alice L.
JAMES M. PRESTON was born in Youngstown, Ohio, February 17, 1835, and is the son of John and Ellen Preston, natives respectively of Penn- sylvania and Ireland. Mrs. Preston died in Youngstown, Ohio, when the sub- ject was but eight months old. John Preston came to Indiana in 1850, and is yet living in this county ; he is seventy-three years old, and devotes his time exclusively to farming, having in his younger days followed mechanical pur- suits. James Preston came to this State with his father; the latter ran a saw- mill about twelve years, in which James M. was employed part of his time. He was married in this county, September 15, 1857, to Lockey J. Price, a native of Preble County, Ohio, and the daughter of Francis and Sarah Price, the for- mer a native of Virginia, and the latter of New Jersey ; they came to Noble County, Ind., in 1841, and six months after moved to this county, on the farm now owned and occupied by the subject, where they died. Mr. Preston, after renting land two years, settled on twenty-eight acres given him by his father, and began dealing in organs and other musical instruments, which business he has successfully continued up to the present time. He carries a full line of goods, and all orders for music are promptly filled. About 1870, he opened an office in La Grange. From 1874 to 1880, he was engaged in the sale of agri- cultural implements and sewing machines. Mr. Preston owns eighty acres of
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land, which is farmed under his supervision. Himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and have had three children-Ella E., Frank and Marion, deceased.
H. M. PRICE was born in this county July 16, 1843, and is the youngest of nine children born to Francis M. and Sarah (Miller) Price, the lat- ter of whom was born October 5, 1801, in Elizabethtown, N. J. Francis Price was a native of Montgomery County, Va., born May 8, 1797, and when four years old moved with his parents to Preble County, Ohio, where he received a fair education and when quite young served an apprenticeship of four years at the tanner's trade. When of age he started for Oregon, but, after reaching St. Louis, abandoned that project, and for six months ran a ferry boat at St. Charles. Returning to Ohio, he followed his trade until 1835, when he trav- eled over Indiana and Illinois, returning to Preble County the same year to resume his trade. In 1836, he entered 320 acres of land in this township, 110 of which is now owned by the subject. In 1840, he went to Noble County, and entered about 800 acres of land; located in this township in 1841, where he died January 30, 1878. Mrs. Sarah Price died July 29, 1872. They were members of the Presbyterian Church, and he was a Republican. Henry M. Price, in 1864, with his brother Thomas, went to California, via New York and Panama, returning in 1868 via Nicaragua to this township where he bought his present farm. While in California he was engaged in the stock business, and made a second trip there, but returned in 1871, and was married Novem- ber 23 of that year to Elizabeth P. Hoagland, who was born June 28, 1844, in this county. She is one of eight in the family of Jacob and Sarah E. (Sher- man) Hoagland, natives of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Price have no children ; she is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Edwin L. Price, a broth- er of the subject, went to California in 1849, where he was engaged in mining and farming for some time ; he died there December 4, 1874. Another brother -Harvey-went to that State in 1852, engaged in mining, and has not been heard from since 1871. Thomas Price is supposed to have been killed by the Indians in Idaho in 1870.
MANLEY RICHARDS, one of five children born to Joseph and Rachel (Davidson) Richards, is a native of Clark County, Ohio, where his birth oc- curred October 29, 1829. His father was born in Virginia, July 5, 1803, and reared in Clark County, Ohio, where his marriage occurred. He emigrated to this county in 1836, and entered 80 acres of land in this township, a part of which is now included in the farm of Manley Richards. Here he built a log house and began clearing, owning at the time of his death, in November, 1849, 120 acres of well improved land. Manley Richards acquired a common-school education while assisting on the home farm. After his father's death, himself and brother farmed the old homestead until 1856, when Manley Richards pur- chased his brother's interest. He has now 145 acres. April 2, 1857, he mar- ried Elizabeth Barnes, and two children born to them are living, Annetta, now Mrs. Sherman, and Albert R. The mother died at her home December 22, 1875. She was born in Ohio June 4, 1839, and was the daughter of Edmund and Susan (Beardsley) Barnes, natives of New York. Mr. Richards is a Democrat, and a thriving farmer.
FRANKLIN RIFE is the only child of Abraham and Susan (Lighter) Rife, natives of Pennsylvania ; the former died in 1842, in Richland County, Ohio, where Franklin was born October 26, 1833. Mrs. Susan Rife is living, and resides with the subject. He learned the carpenters' trade in his early
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manhood, and followed the same until 1872, since which time he has been en- gaged in farming. He bought a farm in this township in 1856, which he exchanged in 1864 for the one where he is now living. Mr. Rife came to this township in 1855, and after he was married, October 20, 1856, took a trip to Ashland County, Ohio, returning to this township in the following spring, where he owns 110 acres of desirable land. Mrs. Mary A. Rife is the daugh- ter of Isaac and Sophia (Ernsberger) Hogmire. She was born in Ashland County, Ohio, on the 26th of March, 1839. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Rife-Samantha, deceased September 26, 1863; Ida A., now Mrs. Wyland ; Laura ; Elmer A .; Susanna, died May 12, 1871 ; Maggie M. and Lilly B.
JOSEPH ROYER, son of Jacob and Mary (Michael) Royer, is a native of Summit County, Ohio, where his birth occurred November 11, 1838. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania. His father, soon after he was married, moved to Summit County, Ohio, where he bought a farm and resided until about 1858, then removed to Uniontown, Stark Co., Ohio, where his wife died in July, 1861. He died at the same place in 1879, having, however, married a second time. At the age of eighteen Joseph Royer learned carpen- tering ; previous to this had worked on his father's farm. He followed his trade several years in Ohio, and continued it in Johnson Township, this county, after moving there in 1861. In 1865, he bought 80 acres of unimproved land and worked at clearing in addition to carpentering. In 1873, he sold out and rented a farm near Wolcottville, remaining until August, 1874, when he came to his present location, having purchased it the preceding spring. Mr Royer was married May 12, 1864, to Elizabeth P. Eshleman, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Erford) Eshleman, natives of Pennsylvania. She was born January 2, 1845, in Summit County, Ohio, and is one of eight children. Mr. and Mrs. Royer have had three children, Elmer E., Mary L. and Emma M. Mr. Royer is a Republican, and himself and family are all members of the Evangelical Church.
MRS. MARIA SARGENT was born at Lock, Cayuga Co., N. Y., October 27, 1808. Her father-James Young-was a native of Ireland and a soldier of the war of 1812. He held two prominent county offices in Ca- yuga County, N. Y. Her mother-Mary (Mow) Young-was of French descent. She died at Lock, N. Y., September 20, 1845, in her seventy-eighth year. She was a member of the M. E. Church. They were the parents of eleven boys and two girls. Maria, when ten years of age, went to live with Moses Dixon, at Brutus, N. Y., and remained until February 28, 1830, when she was married to David Sargent. They came to this township in 1840, he having traded his farm in New York for land here, where Mrs. Sargent now lives. This farm Mr. Sargent cleared and improved. Soon after coming here he had a barn raising and invited his neighbors to assist, as was customary in those days. This they refused to do unless supplied with liquor, which Mr. Sargent refused them, he being a strict temperance man, making a speech that had the desired effect. The barn is still standing and was the first raised in the township where liquor was not used. Mr. Sargent died at his home Sep- tember 15, 1881. He was a member of the M. E. Church and was a much beloved and respected citizen. He was a native of New Hampshire, where his birth occurred January 3, 1805. Of eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Sargent, five are living, viz .: Eliza R., now Mrs. McKibben ; Maria M., now Mrs. John Preston; Alfred; Janet, now Mrs. Rowe; and Mary A., now Mrs. Hodgson.
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ELIAS SCHROCK first came to Indiana in 1842, with his father, and worked at farming and in a saw-mill until he was twenty-two years old, when he bought 126 acres of land in Elkhart County. Previous to coming here he had worked, from the age of seven to fourteen, in a carding factory in Ohio. After selling his first purchase in Elkhart County in 1853, he bought another farm of 160 acres north of Goshen. In 1865, he sold and came to Clearspring Township, this county, bought a farın, sold it 1872 and moved to Eden Town- ship; purchased 200 acres of land and sold it in 1873, for $100 per acre; next locating in this township, where he has a farm of 180 acres. March 5, 1850, Mr. Schrock was married to Eliza Gerber. She was born, May 13, 1826, in Stark County, Ohio, and his birth occurred March 11, 1826, in Holmes County, Ohio. She was the eldest of thirteen children born to David and Susanna (Buchtel) Gerber, natives of Pennsylvania. They are members of the German Baptist Church, of which Mr. Shrock has been a minister about fourteen years. They have had nine children-Anna B., now Mrs. Yoder; Louis C., who died July 8, 1874; Lydia M., now Mrs. Berkey; Susanna, now Mrs. W. H. Swi- hart; Harriet E., now Mrs. Rudisill; David D .; Melvin C .; Emma D .; and Mary R. The parents of Elias Schrock were David and Margaret (Borntrager) Schrock, both natives of Lancaster County, Penn., the former born August 24, 1797, and the latter November 26, 1790. David Schrock, when about eighteen, moved to Holmes County, Ohio, where he was married in April, 1817. His business was carpentering and farming, and he was a member of the Amish Church until after Mrs. Schrock's death, December 22, 1850. Mr. Schrock was again married, in 1852, to Mrs. Melissa (Ball) De France, a native of the East, and on the day of their union both united with the German Baptist Church. In May, 1842, he moved to Elkhart County, Ind., farmed and ope- rated a saw-mill until he entered the mercantile business at Goshen. He died October 31, 1873. His ancestors were Swiss and German and he was the father of eight children.
ISAAC SEARS is a native of Onondaga County, N. Y., born Novem- ber 7, 1828, is the son of Eleazer and Sarah Sears, natives of New York, the former of Saratoga and the latter of Onondaga County. They came to this county in 1841, and located on Brushy Prairie, where they died and were in- terred in Brushy Prairie Cemetery. Eleazer Sears died from an accident caused by a team running away that was hitched to a reaper, from which he received injuries and expired about seven hours afterward. Isaac Sears re- ceived an average education, and remained with his parents until he was mar- ried, February 13, 1853, in this township, to Miss Laurinda Tuttle. Her parents, Lemon and Diadamie Tuttle, were natives of Ohio and farmers by occupation ; they died in this county. Subject and wife settled on a farm of 236 acres, in Springfield Township, this county, that Mr. Sears had previously purchased. He increased his land to 436 acres, and farmed and raised live stock on a large scale. May 10, 1874, his wife died and he was married in Onondaga County, N. Y., February 11, 1875, to Miss Sarah Van Alstine, the daughter of James and Abigail Van Alstine, natives of New York, where her father died and her mother is yet living, at the age of sixty-six. They removed from Springfield to this township in October, 1880, where they have a well im- proved farm, good buildings and fine brick residence. Mr. Sears now owns 868 acres of land, and has given eighty acres to his son. All of his property has been accumulated by his own efforts and industry, with the exception of 100 acres of land and $400 in money, that he inherited. He is extensively
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engaged in live stock dealing, and his farm annually yields large profits. For 1878, the wheat crop alone was 3,000 bushels, averaging thirty-two bushels per acre. Mr. Sears is one of the most prominent citizens, and has two sons, Charles E. and David A., both of whom are married.
ORMUND SISSON is a native of Norway, Oneida County, N. Y., where his birth occurred March 18, 1810. He is the son of Abraham and Amy (Cole) Sisson, and the youngest of three children. When Ormund was ten years old his mother died, and he was bound out to Alfred Martin, with whom he remained until he was eighteen, then went to Ontario County, N. Y., and was employed working on a farm and stage driving, afterward learning the carpenter's trade, which he has followed to some extent ever since. He re- ceived but a few months schooling, and December 25, 1832, was married to Ann Brooks, who was born in England June 13, 1817, and is one of nine children in the family of George and Elizabeth (Smith) Brooks. In October, 1841, Mr. Sisson bought eighty acres of land in Steuben County, Ind. In 1852, he returned to Ohio and engaged in the grocery business at Montpelier. He continued this enterprise about a year, then settled on a farm in Williams County, Ohio; disposing of his property in 1854, he emigrated to Indiana, bought his farm of 120 acres, and has ever since resided in this township. Mr. and Mrs. Sisson have had nine children born to them-Elizabeth (now Mrs. Metzger), William A., Edward O., George K., Laura P. (now Mrs. Spears), Amy A. (now Mrs. Munger), John H .. Albert H. and Edgar F. Edward O. served in the recent war, was a member of Company G, Eighty-eighth Indiana Vol- unteer Infantry. George K. served in the same company and regiment. He. died in hospital, January 20, 1863, at Nashville, Tenn.
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