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BIOGRAPHIES
History Union County, Ohio
Publ. By B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis,
Indiana
1915
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ALBERT
U. MARTIN. For more than
half a century Albert C. Martinhas been
identified with the agricultural interests of Taylor
township, Union county, Ohio. He owns a fine
farm of one hundred and eighty acres, two and
three-fourths miles east of Broadway, where he has
been living since his marriage. He and his
wife have taken a prominent part in the life of
their community in various ways and have always
given their support to all measures of public
welfare.
Albert U. Martin, one of the trustees of Taylor
township, was born in Leesburg township, Union
county, Ohio, Dec. 3, 1863. He is a son of
Charles and Hettie (Slife) Martin, natives of
Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively. Five
children were born to Charles Martin and
wife, three of whom are still living:
Minerva, the wife of David Laughrey of
Crawford county, Illinois; Monroe a farmer of
Leesburg township, Union county, and Albert U.,
of Taylor township.
The boyhood days of Albert U. Martin were spent
on his father's farm in Leesburg township and in the
same township he received a good common school
education He remained at home until he was
twenty-five years of age and then began farming for
himself on his present farm in Taylor township.
He has a fine country home, large and commodious
barns and a farm which presents an attractive
appearance. He gives his attention to general
farming and stock raising and by careful attention
to his affairs has become known as one of the most
progressive farmers of his township.
Mr. Martin was married Oct. 25, 1887, to
Belle Barnett. Mr. Martin and his wife
have no children of their own, but are rearing a
girl, Agnes Fletcher.
Mr. Martin became identified with the Progressive
party upon its organization in the summer of 1912
and has since given it his hearty support. An
indication of the high esteem in which he is held by
his fellow citizens is shown by the fact that they
selected him as one of the trustees of his township,
a position which he is filling in a very efficient
manner.
Fraternally, Mr. Martin is a member of the
Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and Improved Order of Red Men; while he and his wife
are members of the Pythian Sisters, Daughters of
Rebekah and Pocahontas. He is a past grand of
the Odd Fellows and past sachem of the Red Men.
Mrs. Martin has passed all of the chairs in
the Pythian Sisters and is now a member of the grand
lodge of the Pythian Sisters.
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 766 |
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FRANK P. MILLER.
Union township. Union county, Ohio, has been the
home of Frank P. Miller since he was born
more than forty years ago. He is now operating
a fine farm of two hundred and twenty-four acres
which he has been managing for one year. He is
taking an active interest in the life about him and
has so lived as to merit the high esteem in which he
is held by his fellow citizens.
Frank P. Miller, the son of James and
Elizabeth (Romine) Miller, was born in Union
township. Union county, Ohio, February 2, 1871.
His father was born in Pennsylvania. His
parents reared a family of nine children, eight of
whom are still living; Oscar, of Milford
Center; Abbie. the wife of John
Brown, a farmer of this county; Arthur,
who lives at Alger, Ohio; Anna, the wife of
William Lloyd, of Dayton, Ohio; Lydia,
the wife of Thomas Hinton, a farmer of this
county; George W., of Mechanicsburg, Ohio;
Mary, who lives near Milford Center; Frank P.,
with whom this narrative deals: and one who died at
the age of two. The mother of these children
died March 6, 1874. and the father is now living at
Alger, Ohio, with his son.
Frank P. Miller was educated in the schools of
Union township and remained at home until his
marriage. He then began farming and has lived
in this county all his life except seven years which
he spent in Champaign county on a farm. He has
engaged in general farming and stock raising and has
met with good success in this dual line of activity.
Mr. Miller was married October 25, 1893.
to Ella Shanks, the daughter of
Joseph and Jennie (Hammond)
Shanks, natives of Union county. To
this union were born four children, two of whom are
living, the other two dying in infancy. Cecil B.,
and Encil F. are the two children now living
and are at home with their parents.
The mother of Mrs. Miller died in Union
county. May 2, 1897, having been born and lived all
of her life in this county. After the death of
her mother, her father married Flora
Barker and moved to Kenton, Ohio, where he died
March 21, 1911. To the first marriage of
Joseph Shanks were born three children,
Mrs. May Hill, Mrs. Frank P. Miller and
Clinton, who married Sallie Skiles,
and now lives in Mechanicsburg, Ohio.
Fraternally, Mr. Miller is a member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fallows, the Modern
Woodmen of America and the Sons of Veterans.
His father enlisted in 1862 from Champaign county,
Ohio, as a member of Company V, Sixty-sixth
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served for
about a year and a half, being discharged on account
of disabilities arising from wounds. Mr.
Miller has given his hearty support to the
Republican party but is not a partisan in any sense
of the word, always casting his ballot for the best
men in local affairs, irrespective of their
political affiliations.
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. -
1915 - Page 660 |
Charles H. Monroe, Sr.
&
Charles H. Monroe, Jr.
Oakland Hotel,
Marysville |
CHARLES HENRY MONROE, SR.
Source: History Union County,
Ohio - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915 - Page 938 |
Henry W. Morey |
HENRY W. MOREY
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. -
1915 - Page 744 |
Charles A. Morelock |
CHARLES A. MORELOCK
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. by B.
F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915
- Page 592 |
Josiah J. Morelock |
JOSIAH JACOB MORELOCK
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. by B.
F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. - 1915
- Page 608 |
Eli Joseph Morris |
ELI JOSEPH MORRIS
Source: History Union County, Ohio -
Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. -
1915 - Page 856 |
Mr. & Mrs.
David Moss |
DAVID MOSS Source: History Union County, Ohio -
Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis,
Ind. - 1915 - Page 696 |
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