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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1880
NEWBERRY TOWNSHIP
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Page 745
SILAS PERRY, farmer; P.
O. Covington; is a son of Amos Perry, a native of Newberry
District, S. C., who came to Ohio and located in this county in
1814; he at first taught school several years, then entered land and
began the laborious work of opening a farm; he was the first
Representative sent from this township, and is supposed to be the
one that suggested the name given to the township; he also secured
the charter of the Dayton & Covington Pike. The subject of
this sketch was born July 12, 1827, in this township; was raised a
farmer, and has been always engaged in that occupation. He has
been twice married; first, Nov. 24, 1857, with Miss Maria, a
daughter of Fielding and Sarah Dye, natives of New Jersey;
Maria died June 15, 1868, leaving two children - Luella
and Arthur; his second marriage was celebrated Nov. 24, 1869,
with Miss Jennie Deweese, a daughter of David D.; they
had three children - Chas. E., Oran L. and Wilson A.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
- Newberry Twp. |
Page 746
W. L. PERRY, fruit
culturist; P. O. Covington. W. L. Perry is a son of
J. W. Perry, a native of this township, born in the year 1817;
he lived with his father until his majority, then taught school
during winter seasons, and during the summer worked for his father;
he continued to do so for nine years, then bought land, and has been
engaged in farming ever since; he is a brother of Silas Perry.
whose biography appears in this work. W. L. is an
accomplished young man, is living with his parents, and is
extensively engaged in raising small fruit, which is his chief
delight.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
- Newberry Twp. |
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SAMUEL REISH, retired farmer; P. O. Covington; a native
of Pennsylvania was born in Berks Co. in 1785; married Rachel
Coppas and came to this county from Union Co., Penn., in
1834; he purchased the southeast quarter of Sec. 33, which was
then a wild, heavily timbered tract; after building a cabin, he
removed his family into it, and has resided on this place ever
since; having witnessed the work of clearing and improving, in
which he took an active part, he is one of the few early
settlers left living to tell the history of their toils,
privations and difficulties; he has raised a family of seven
sons and two daughters, all of whom are married; for the past
twenty years or more, he has not attempted to farm himself, but
has remained on the place, and although now past four score
(85), is still in possession of all his faculties.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
- Newberry Twp. |
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