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JOHN HERSHEY MARTIN, County Clerk. Greenville; born in Adams Township, Darke Co., Nov. 29, 1844 ; he was a son of Jacob W. and Maria (Her- shey) Martin, who located here in 1832; Adams Township and Gettysburg received their names through the father of Mrs. Martin, who was formerly from Adams Co., Penn .; Jacob Martin was in the merchandise trade at Gettysburg, Adams Township, until his decease, which occurred in April, 1876; his widow survives him, and lives in Gettysburg. John H. Martin entered the merchandise store of his father when 13 years of age, where he was employed seven years : he then attended the Iron City Commercial College at Pittsburgh, and graduated from the same in 1865 ; he was then employed three years as book-keeper at Dayton, after which he was associated with his father in trade several years, and in 1874, came to Greenville. where he was employed in the Anditor's and Treasurer's offices until October, 1879, at which date he was elected to his present office. In September, 1871. he was united in marriage with Miss Nancy O. Robinson. in Kenton, Hardin Co .; they have two children-Lola R. and Maud E.
JAMES W. MARTIN, harness-maker. Greenville. The subject of this memoir was born in Greenville Township, Sept. 24, 1845. and is a son of William
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Martin, another of our early pioneers, and whose sketch appears among the biog- raphies in this work. James W. obtained his education in the public school of Greenville, and at 18 years of age was apprenticed to learn the harness-maker's trade, serving three years ; he then went to Richmond, where he worked two years, from there to Illinois ; he then returned to Greenville in 1869, and engaged in the above business for himself and continued the same till 1880, when he sold out on account of ill health. His marriage with Fannie Jones was celebrated in Greenville, May, 1875 ; she was born in Darke Co., in 1848 ; they have one child, Jessie W.
JOHN FOSTER MARTIN ; P. O. Greenville. John Foster Martin was born in Washington Township, Darke Co., in the year 1852; his parents, John Holmes and Casandra Chenoweth Martin, were among the oldest pioneers of this township, having settled here in 1819. The subject of this sketch, during the earlier years of his life, followed the vocation of a farmer, but having a natural predilection for literary attainments, he entered the Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, where, after pursuing the regular course of studies, he graduated in 1873. Having determined upon the law as his profession, he pursued the study of the same one year, then attended the Cincinnati Law School, where, in 1875, he gradu- ated, and in April of the same year was admitted to practice. In the following summer, he located in Logansport. Ind., in the practice of his profession ; but after an experience of six months, the confinement of a law office not agreeing with his inclinations, he abandoned the practice, and engaged in running a flouring-mill. Following this for two years, he next turned his attention to saw-milling ; and after continuing in this for about a year and a half, he resumed the honorable and independent occupation of a farmer, at which he is at present engaged.
JOHN G. MARTINI, merchant, Greenville ; of the firm of Biltemeier & Martini, manufacturers and dealers in boots, shoes and rubber goods, etc., etc .; he was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1827, where he was apprenticed to and worked at the shoemaker's trade until 24 years of age; he then emigrated to America, landing in New York in the spring of 1852, and, upon the 26th of Sep- tember following, came to Greenville, where he followed his trade until April 11, 1864, at which date he associated with his present partner in the above business. His marriage with Maria M. Werner was celebrated Feb. 16, 1854 ; she was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1831 : they have three children now living, viz., Jacob F., Katrina B. and Henry P.
JACOB TEUCHNAN MARTZ, lawyer and educator, Greenville; born in Darke Co. Sept. 14, 1833 ; he is the son of John Martz, who was born in Somerset Co., Penn., in 1798, and settled in Darke Co. in 1829, and now, at the age of 81, is living with his son in Greenville ; his wife, Barbara Hardinger, a native of Bed- ford Co., Penn., died in 1841. Our subject was early trained to self-reliance, and, when but a lad, started out to make his own living as best he could ; he obtained the rudiments of an English education in the common schools of his neighbor- hood, chopping and hauling wood to pay for his tuition; at the age of 18, he began teaching in the country schools. and, by this means and by manual labor, he had accumulated $250 at the time he became of age ; he then entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, for the scientific course, and graduated in the summer of 1856, and of his educational fund had left $3.50 : during the five suc- ceeding years, he was engaged in teaching in his native county, within which time he studied law, under the preceptorship of Judge D. L. Meeker, of Greenville, and was admitted to the bar in 1861. In the spring of 1862, he was elected Super- intendent of the public schools of Greenville ; in August, 1865, he was appointed Receiver of the Cincinnati & Mackinaw Railroad. which occupied his time for nearly five years ; in 1871, he was elected to his present position of Superintendent of the Greenville publie schools. In September, 1860, he married Miss Esther M., daughter of James M. Jamison. of Delaware, Ohio ; four sons are the issue of this union. Prof. Martz has been for some years the President of the Darke Co.
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Teachers' Association, in the organization of which he was prominently active. For twenty years, he has been on the Board of County Examiners, and was for several years Secretary of the county agricultural society. Prof. Martz is one of those who learn the value of a dollar by earning it ; by untiring industry, he has acquired a good education and a comfortable competency, and during his career has won and kept the good will of his neighbors ; no one questions his integrity. or ability ; he is somewhat reserved in his manner, but is socially very agreeable
WILLIAM HENDRICKSON MATCHETT, physician and surgeon, Green- ville ; was born in Butler Co., Ohio, March 9, 1825. His parents were Eric Match- ett and Johanna Hendrickson, natives of Monmouth Co., N. J .; in 1820, the family came to Butler Co., Ohio, and in the spring of 1831, settled in Darke Co .; Mr. Matchett followed the occupation of farmer and miller; energy, industry and honesty were the prominent traits in his character ; he died in Greenville, in June, 1867. and his wife on July 20, 1839. For two years, young William, then 14 years of age. carried the mails between Hamilton and Greenville on horseback ; by working, teaching and attending school, as circumstances would permit, he acquired a good education for his day ; at the age of 22, he commenced the study of medicine while engaged in teaching, and was, at different times, under the instruction of Dr. Jaqua, of Darke, and Drs. Cox and Lineweaver, of Preble Co .; he attended lectures at the Cleveland Medical College, and graduated from the Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati, in 1851 ; in September, 1851, he commenced practice in Ithaca, Darke Co .; on Feb. 8, 1863, he entered the army as Assistant Surgeon of the 40th O. V. I., and served as such till December, 1864 ; on March 1, 1865, he was promoted to Surgeon of the 186th O. V. I., and was mustered out in the following September ; his first post of duty in the army was at Franklin Hospital, Tennessee, and he was subsequently placed on duty in the hospital of the First Division of the Fourth Corps of the Army of the Cumberland; in Sep- tember, 1862, he located in Greenville ; for many years, he has been a member of both the County and State Medical Societies ; he has made his profession a specialty, and occupies an eminent rank among the physicians and surgeons of the State ; he is also the author of a number of valuable contributions to the medical literature of Ohio. Dr. Matchett was married Dec. 2. 1852, to Miss Eleanora. daughter of William Lindsay, of Richmond, Ind., a lady of rare culture and refine- ment ; there have been six children born to them, only three of whom are living ; his eldest son died Aug. 5, 1877 ; he was a young man of great ability, and was foremost in his class at Cornell University, where he was soon to graduate, when death claimed him. Dr. Matchett is a Mason of long standing, being a member of Ithaca Lodge. R. A. Chapter of Greenville, and of Coleman Commandery, K. T., of Troy.
DAVID L. MEEKER, lawyer and Judge, was born in Darke Co. in 1827 ; he experienced a farmer's boyhood and received a meager common-school educa- tion, supplemented by a brief course of academie instruction ; he taught school several winters ; he read law with the late Judge Ebenezer Parsons, of Miami Co., and was admitted to the bar in 1851; in May. 1853, he opened a law office in Greenville ; in 1856, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Darke County, and re-elected in 1858. In 1861. he was elected Common Pleas Judge of the first sub- division of the Second Judicial District, but resigned in 1866; in 1872, he was appointed by Gov. Noyes to fill a vacancy on the same bench, occasioned by the resignation of Judge J. C. McKenny, and, in 1873, he was elected to the same position without opposition ; again, in 1878, upon the recommendation of all par- ties, he was unanimously elected. Judge Meeker has been twice married. In 1857, he married Miss Mary A. Deardorf, from which union were born eight chil- dren ; she died in 1876. In 1878, he married Miss Jennie D. Crisler, of Eaton, Ohio. Politically, Judge Meeker is a Democrat ; personally. he is a gentleman of correct views and striet integrity.
A. T. MILLER, architect, Greenville ; was born in German Township Dec.
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14, 1841 ; his father. Isaac, was born in Pennsylvania in 1818, and settled in Darke Co. in 1832 ; his mother, Mary (Ross) Miller, was born in German Township in 1820. Our subject was reared on the farm, and, when a lad, learned the mason's trade. At the age of 18, he entered the army, a volunteer in Co. C, 11th O. V. I., 100-days men ; they were stationed at Camp Dennison, and their time of service was filled in doing camp duty ; after his discharge Sept. 10, 1861. he enlisted in Co. K, of the 34th O. V. 1., First Zouaves, and was immediately transferred to the front, and his regiment was a portion of Rosecrans' corps ; his regiment partici- pated in the battles of Chapmansville, Red House Shoals, Princeton, Newbern, Fayetteville and Wythesville, where his Colonel, - Toland, was killed ; after this, they were transferred to Hunter's army and took an active part in the many bat- tles that followed in the Shenandoah Valley ; at Fayetteville, our subject received a wound in the left wrist; Gen. Crook was then in command, and the 34th and 36th Ohio Regiments, having been thinned by repeated battles, were consolidated ; he was again wounded at Opequan in the head, and afterward lay in the hospital at Philadelphia for three months ; in February, 1865, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant for meritorious conduct, and was honorably discharged from the serv- ice in August, 1865. He came home and resumed his trade till the great fire in Chicago in 1871, when he went there and was employed as assistant superintendent in the construction of the Chamber of Commerce, Matteson House. Clifton House, Tremont Hotel and the Palmer House, on which he was employed for two years ; while in Chicago, he took lessons in architecture for two years, and returned to Darke Co. in October, 1874, and opened an office in Greenville in June, 1879 ; he has superintended the construction of some of the best buildings in Greenville, and we can heartily recommend him to the people of Darke and adjoining coun- ties as a gentleman and one that stands high in his profession. He was united in marriage with Mary Stines Ang. 15, 1861.
HARROD MILLS, farmer, stock-raiser and dealer in agricultural implements ; P. O. Greenville : another of the old settlers of Darke Co .; born in Butler Co., Ohio, Aug. 8. 1821, where he was raised to agricultural pursuits ; in 1833, he came to Darke Co. with his parents, and located in Twin Township, residing here until 1846, thence. removed to German Township, where he followed farming and milling until 1868, at which date he came to Greenville Town- ship, and located upon his present place, where he has since lived ; he owns 153 acres in his home farm, located one and a half miles from Greenville, all under a good state of improvement with the best of farm buildings ; also upward of 100 acres in other parts of the county ; aside from his farming and stock-raising. he has for the past five years been engaged in the agricultural trade and, also, sale of farm machinery in Greenville ; a card of his business appears in the business direc- tory of Greenville, in another part of this work. Upon the 26th of May, 1842, he was united in marriage with Louisa Stingley ; she was born in Darke Co. Dec. 25, 1821 ; they were the parents of eleven children-Mary E., born July 10, 1843 ; William H., Sept. 30, 1844; George V., March 18, 1846 ; Joseph W., April 1, 1848 ; Sarah J., Oct. 8, 1850; Martha A., Feb. 18, 1852 ; Emma L., Dec. 26, 1859 ; Idell, Nov. 17, 1861, and three deceased. Mrs. Mills is a daughter of George Stingley, one of our early pioneers, who located in Darke Co. in German Township in 1817.
GEORGE WASHINGTON MOORE. merchant, Greenville, was born in Warren Co., Ohio. Jan. 20, 1825 ; his father, Findley Moore, was a well-known teacher, whose field of service was principally in the counties of Warren, Mont- gomery, Butler and Preble; from him, many prominent men in those counties received their rudimentary drill ; his wife was Elizabeth Dunlap. born in Mittlin Co., Penn. Our subject's youth was spent at the cabinet-maker's trade ; he had no school privileges after he was 11 years of age; the first three years of his majority were employed as a hnckster ; in the fall of 1849, he went to California, and for eight years was engaged in mining and in transporting merchandise to
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the mines ; in the summer of 1857, he crossed the Plains from Los Angeles to St. Joseph with a drove of wild horses and traded them off for cattle, which he fed through the winter of 1857-58, and, in the spring of 1858, he sold these to the Government for the Utah expedition against the Mormons ; on his way from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, he encamped for several days on the site of the Mount- ain Meadow massacre, and, east of the Rocky Mountains, met and conversed with the ill-fated party respecting their hazardous journey ; in September, 1858, he located in Greenville, and, in company with his brother-in-law, Michael Miller, embarked in the dry-goods trade ; this arrangement lasted five years ; in August. 1863, he entered into his present copartnership with the Hon. John L. Winner, and for some years the dry-goods honse of Moore & Winner has been the leading one in Greenville. In December, 1861, he married Miss Mary Porter, daughter of John W. Porter, Esq., of Greenville. Mr. Moore has given his exclusive attention to business, and, with the exception of local positions on the Board of Education and Town Council, has never filled any public office. Though often solicited to become a candidate for the General Assembly, he has always declined, and, in the fall of 1878, he was earnestly pressed by prominent men of all parties to allow himself to be made an independent candidate for Congress, under circumstances that gave the most flattering prospect of success, but he declined. In 1879. the Democratic Senatorial Convention for the counties of Darke, Miami and Butler, unanimously nominated him for the State Senate, and he was triumphantly elected. He is a refined and courteous gentleman of the old school, with sound sense. a clear head and unimpeachable integrity ; he is an easy, agreeable and fluent speaker, and is, in everything he is connected with, a resolute worker.
WM. H. MORNINGSTAR; P. O. Greenville. We could hardly do justice to the business interests nor to the history of Darke Co. without devoting a brief space of this work to the above gentleman ; he was born in Greene Co., Ohio. Sept. 15, 1819, and is a son of George Morningstar, one of the early pioneers who located in the southwest part of Greenville Township in 1832 where his decease occurred in 1850. Our subject followed agricultural pursuits until 1844, when he came to Greenville and followed elerking some three years ; in 1847, he embarked in the merchandise trade, and followed different mercantile pursuits, with the exception of four years, until 1878, since which time he has devoted his attention to milling. He has taken a deep interest in the political questions of the day ; was in early days a Whig, but has been a strong Republican since the organization of the same. During the late rebellion, he was one of the leading outspoken Union men, and was the chief target for the enemies of the Government ; his sympathies for the Union was not only outspoken but active, as his service in the 152d O. N. G .. will show ; his oldest son also serving in the Union army four and a half years, when he received an honorable discharge. Mr. Morningstar has been twice married : his first wife was Elizabeth Wagoner, their nuptials being celebrated in 1848 or 1849 ; she died in 1869 ; in 1874, he was married to Frances Zell, a native of Clinton Co., Ohio. Mr. M. has resided upon his present place for upward of thirty years ; his family consists of his wife and three children, of whom Benjamin F. has occupied the position of Government mail agent for ten years, and resides near the old homestead; John H., one of the founders and proprietors of the Greenville Commercial College, residing in Greenville, and Alice, living at home. The beautiful spot upon which is located the large 'and commodious house of Mr. M. is truly historical ; it lies just across the Greenville Creek. on what is known as Tecumseh's Point, and which, in early days, was the home of both Tecumseh the chief, and his brother, the Prophet, and for this reason was held sacred by the red men ; to such an extent did this feeling extend among the Indians, that when orders were issued in 1832 to remove them from their settlement at Wapanketna to their reservations beyond the Mississippi River, the officer in charge designed taking them through Miami Co. to Cincinnati, but they insisted upon being brought through Greenville, that they might once more visit the old home of their chief
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and Prophet, and their request being granted, they remained several days ; further mention is made of the interest of this point in the historical part of this work.
DAVID NOGGLE, retired farmer ; residence, Section 34; P. O. Greenville. Among the old settlers of Darke Co., the gentleman whose name heads this sketch is prominently and favorably known, and is held in the highest esteem by his fellow-townsmen; he was born in Neave Township. Darke Co., Ang. 8, 1824. His father, Geo. Noggle, was born in Huntingdon Co., Penn., March 15, 1774 ; he married Catherine Henlein, who was born in the same State on May 26, 1777 ; they were among the early pioneers of Darke Co., locating here in 1812 ; Mr. Noggle died in Harrison Township June 28. 1852 ; Mrs. Noggle died March 17, 1865 ; they were the parents of ten children, all of whom lived to grow up. David Noggle obtained his education in a log schoolhouse, and assisted his father in farming until 20 years of age, when, upon Nov. 7, 1844, he was united in mar- riage with Elizabeth Gibbs, a native of Darke Co .. born Sept. 20, 1827; they were the parents of four children, viz. : Martha A., born Jan. 18, 1846 ; Rufus G., born July 1, 1847 ; Mary C., Dec. 18, 1854, and Julia A .. July 8, 1856. Upon the marriage of Mr. Noggle, he located upon 80 acres of land in Neave Township, and lived in a log cabin some twelve years ; he then resided in Harrison Township some twelve years, when he sold out and returned to Neave Township, where he purchased 320 acres, disposing of the same in 1874, at which date he located upon his present place, where he has since lived ; he now owns 80 acres, located one mile from Greenville, with the best of farm buildings. Mrs. Noggle was a daughter of David and Mary (Beal) Gibbs ; her father was born in North Carolina, and came to Darke Co. about the year 1817; his death occurred in August, 1869; Mrs. Gibbs was born in Greene Co., Ohio ; she died in July, 1872.
RUFUS G. NOGGLE, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Greenville. The subject of this memoir was born in Harrison Township, July 1, 1847, and is a son of David Noggle, whose sketch appears among the biographies of this work ; our subject was raised on a farm and assisted his father till he was 21 years of age, when he commenced farming for himself; he now owns 150 acres of land, all under a good state of cultivation, with good farm improvements ; he obtained a common school education in his youth. He was married to Angie Kerst Dec. 26, 1867 ; she was born Ang. 31, 1848. and is a daughter of Samuel Kerst, a native of Pennsylvania. He died in Darke County upward of 60 years of age ; her mother is now living, and resides in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Noggle are the parents of one child-Charley C., born Feb. 26, 1875. CURTIS OTWELL, physician and surgeon : Greenville : was born in Guilford Co .. N. C., March 19, 1806; his father, James Otwell. was a native of Sussex Co., Del., and his mother, Eleanor Reynolds, of Guil- ford County ; she was of Scotch-Irish parentage, and the descendant of a Quaker, who came to this country with William Penn. James Otwell was a slaveholder, but emancipated his slaves near the beginning of the present century ; he died in 1830, aged 52, and his wife soon followed him. The family comprised five children, of whom our subject was the only son ; at an early age, he evinced a great thirst for learning, and made a practice of carrying a book in his pocket to study in intervals of leisure ; when a youth of 18. he was appointed Constable of his native county, and while executing the duties of his office, he read thousands of pages of history while going over the county on horseback ; by thus improving his spare moments, he put in years of study, and supplemented a com- mon-school course with higher attainments, including some knowledge of the Latin language ; he says that " he was quite proud of his position as Constable, from the fact that Gen. Jackson was once Constable of the same county." In 1824, he mar- ried Eunice S. Wilson, of his native county ; her father, Michael Wilson, was born on the ocean, of Irish parents, and reared in North Carolina ; after his marriage, he read medicine, and, in the spring of 1832, moved to Wayne County, Ind., where he practiced his profession eight years ; in the fall of 1840, he settled in Darke
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County, and purchased a flouring-mill in Neave Township, and superintended the same for thirty years, continuing his professional practice ; in the year 1844, in connection with a prominent farmer of the neighborhood, he erected a schoolhouse near his mill. and engaged teachers competent to teach higher mathematics and languages. It was known for years as "Otwell's Seminary." and numbers of the prominent men of the county came here for their higher education ; among the in- structors in this school were Calvin Parker and Samuel McClure, who were well known as teachers a quarter of a century ago. In 1846, Dr. Otwell graduated from the Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati, and in 1848 located in Greenville, where he has since followed his profession ; he is the father of four sons and four daughters ; two of the latter deceased. Three of the sons are practicing medicine in Darke County ; the eldest son is editor and proprietor of the Greenville Journal. Dr. Otwell has had a very extensive and successful practice, and has been the preceptor of perhaps one-half of the physicians in Greenville and the surrounding country.
JOHN O'CONNOR, carriage manufacturer. Greenville ; was born in Wind- sor. Canada, Oct. 12, 1843. His father and mother came from Ireland; when our subject was about 9 months old, they came to Springfield, Ohio ; they lived in Clark. Greene and Champaign Cos. until the winter of 1852. when they moved to Jackson Township, Darke Co. In 1853. they moved to Randolph Co., Ind., where they lived until 1856, when they moved to Franklin Township, Darke Co., on the farm now owned by Henry Koon ; afterward on the farm now owned by John Wright, where they lived until 1857, when they moved on land now owned by Christian Grauf, in Franklin Township, where they cleared a farm of 78 acres. In September, 1862, John enlisted in Co. G, 110th O. V. I., under Capt. J. C. Ullery ; served with the regiment through West Virginia, in Gen. Milroy's command ; was taken prisoner at the battle of Winchester, and taken successively to Staunton, Libby and Belle Isle ; after much hardship, he was ex- changed and rejoined his regiment at Culpeper, Oct. 7, 1863 ; was with his regiment in all its retreats and advances in the old Third Corps, Third Division; after the re-organization of the army, was put in the Sixth Corps under Gen. Ricketts, where he participated in Grant's campaign before Petersburg ; went to Maryland, under Lew Wallace, at Monocacy; afterward with Sheridan in his campaign, and on Dec. 3, 1864, returned to south of Petersburg, and participated in the final assault on the 2d of April, 1865 ; was at the battle of Sailor's Creek April 6, 1865 ; was present at the surrender of Lee's army at Appomattox, and was mustered out of service July 1, 1865. He worked on the farm one year, and in the fall of 1866 he engaged in the carriage and wagon business with J. R. Hyer, at Painter's Creek. He was married to Delilah Marker April 4, 1869; in March, 1873, moved to Bradford, where he engaged more extensively in the above business, until June, 1876, when he removed to Greenville, where he now carries on an extensive busi- ness in the manufacturing of carriages. There have been born to him five chil- dren, viz .: John T., Edward A., Mary, Charles J. and Jacob Ira ; the last named lived but two months. Mr. O'Connor is a man of strict integrity. and his fine social qualities have made him hosts of friends.
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