Source: History of Darke County, Ohio - From its earliest Settlement to the Present Time - Vol. II - Milford, Ohio - The Hobart Publ. Co. - 1914 - pg. 416

W. OMER PATTY.     Through various changes in business, the late W. Omer Patty of Greenville, Ohio, maintained his standard of high principles, and while he was enterprising, industrious and successful, he was a man of intelligence and high ideals, although modest and retiring in disposition.  He interpreted life and duty in the terms of manliness of character and faithfully strove to be a living example of his faith.  With his high sense of honor and integrity, he was true to his convictions of right and duty, and fearless in advocating those things which he believed would be for the betterment of the world.  Governed by principle rather than policy, he earned and retained the respect of his associates, and his integrity of character was universally recognized.
     A kind and loving husband and father, he left his family and community bereft of one who made life better for his living.  From early childhood he was a member of the Christian Church and his faith bore fruit in his earnest christian character.  He believed in prohibition and voted as he prayed and did much effective work for his cause and won his associates to his way of thinking.  The purity of his life and his admirable character contributed much to the moral tone of his community, and his business industry, ability uprightness have added materially to its wealth and prosperity.
     W. Omer Patty was brought up the Pleasant Hill, Ohio, where he was graduated from the public and high schools.  He later attended college at Ada, Ohio, and the Wilks Business College at Dayton, Ohio.  Following this thorough preparation he embarked in the grain business at Pleasant Hill with C. M. Patty and John G. Myers, which association continued profitably for a couple of years.  Later he moved to Fletcher, Ohio, where he continued his grain operations for four years.  In 1903 he moved to Greenville and was associated with Fred D. and Joe F. Coppock and his father, Doctor Patty, in the lumber business, the firm operating the landed estate of Mr. DeCamp.  At the death of Mr. Patty his widow and sons and her brother, Fred Coppock, continued the business.
     In the spring of 1891, W. O. Patty was united in marriage with Margaret A. Coppock, a daughter of Allen and Maria Furnas Coppock.  To this union were given three sons, Clarence E., born Jan. 22, 1892; Joseph Charles, born Nov. 15, 1896, and Wm. Allen, born Feb. 6, 1907.  Allen Coppock was a son of Joseph and Sarah Jay Coppock.  He enlisted in Company A, 147th regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, and served four months as a soldier in the Civil war.  He joined the Masons in 1868, and is a member of Dan Williams Post, G. A. R. No. 369. Margaret Spencer, the mother of Maria Coppock, was born in South Carolina, and the father, Joseph Furnas, was born and reared in Miami county, on the farm his father entered. 
     In 1849 Doctor Patty and Sarah Jane Dowell, daughter of Charles and Nancy Dowell, were united in marriage, and at the age of sixty-two years her spirit took its flight to the “far away home of the soul,’’ from a very kind, affectionate and devoted home life where her qualities shone most brilliantly.  Doctor Patty was born in 1827 in Montgomery county, Ohio.  He was Scotch descent on his father’s side and on his mother’s side French and English.  He was the son of Chas. and Phoebe Pearson Patty, of South Carolina.  For fifty-two years he practiced medicine at Laura and Pleasant Hill.  He was not only active as a physician, but as a citizen; was a member of the Masonic Order of Pleasant Hill.  He was a man characterized by a strong mind and did much reading and thinking.  The last thing he wrote in his own autobiography were these words, “Glad day when I shall set out to join not only that great company of disembodied spirits, but my own son, Omer, than whom was never better man born, nor more full of filial affection."
     Then after two years of eager waiting he was called to this reunion from the home of Mrs. W. O. Patty, after a life of eighty-five years, rich in ministrations and usefulness to a large community of people in which he was a friend and counsellor.
Source:  History of Darke County, Ohio From its earliest Settlement to the Present Time - Vols. I & II - Milford, Ohio - The Hobart Publ. Co. - 1914 - Page 138

Source: History of Darke County, Ohio - From its earliest Settlement to the Present Time - Vol. II - Milford, Ohio - The Hobart Publ. Co. - 1914 - pg. 500

EZRA PLESSINGER.     Among Darke county’s sons who have attained distinction in fields of active usefulness is Ezra Plessinger, who was born on the farm which is now his home, Feb. 16, 1864.  His valuable property comprises a tract of forty acres, situated on the Winbigler road, about nine miles north of Greenville, in Richland township, which he has brought to a high state of development, and the well-tilled fields of corn and other products, the handsome buildings, the well-fed and contented stock and the general air of prosperity which marks the place, all speak eloquently of the presence of good management, thrift and industry.  Not alone in the field of agriculture has Mr. Plessinger attained prominence, for in various public offices he is showing his worth and capability and his constant and earnest endeavors in behalf of his community mark him as one of his township’s most public-spirited men.  He is a son of George and Mary (Harmon) Plessinger, and a grandson of Philip and Fay Plessinger, who came from Bedford county, Pa., and took up government land under the administration of President Jackson.
     George Plessinger was born in Bedford county, Pa., and was a lad of ten years when he accompanied his parents to Darke county.  He grew to manhood among pioneer conditions, securing his educational training in the subscription schools, and assisting his father to clear the land from the virgin timber.  As a young man he was employed during the winter terms as a teacher in the early schools, but never gave up farm work, and finally gave his entire attention to the tilling of the soil, becoming one of Richland township’s substantial agriculturists.  Mr. Plessinger married Miss Mary Harmon, and they became the parents of twelve children, as follows: Lawson and Fay, who are deceased; Sarah J., who married Mr. Davidson; Anna Mary; George A.; Lucy, Emma and Almeda, who are deceased; Philip; Ezra; Millie and Joseph.
     Ezra Plessinger was given good educational advantages in the common schools and when not busy at his studies assisted his father and brother in cultivating the home farm.  He always showed himself an industrious and hard-working youth, and thriftily saved his earnings, so that at the age of twenty-one years, when he was married, he was able to enter upon a business career of his own.  He has continued to be engaged in farming and stockraising to the present time, making a specialty of raising corn, in which he has attained some very satisfactory results.  His reliance has been placed in the substantial qualities of perseverance, untiring enterprise, resolute purpose and commendable zeal, and his actions have been guided by an honesty of purpose that none have questioned.  Since attaining his majority he has been interested in public matters, and in the exercise of his right of franchise has supported Democratic candidates and principles.  At this time he is serving as a member of the board of trustees of Richland township, and is ably discharging the duties devolving upon him.  Believing that good roads- are vital to economic country life, he has interested himself in the building and upkeep of highways, and is now serving as superintendent of roads.   Mr. Plessinger is a staunch friend of education, and for ten years served as a member of the school board of Richland township.  His family belongs to the Christian church.
     In 1885 Mr. Plessinger was married to Miss Belle York, daughter of Joseph and Hulda (Shook) York, the former of whom, a prominent farmer, came from York township, while the latter belonged to a family of near Wabash, Ind.  Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Plessinger: Mattie, who is deceased; George H., a carpenter of Versailles, Ohio, who married Mamie Martin, and has two children, Floyd and Robert; Richard, residing with his parents, and operating a tract of eighty acres of land adjoining his father’s homestead; Hazel, who married Walter Gerlack, and has one daughter, Dorothy B.; and Ray, at home, who is managing his father’s farm.
Source: History of Darke County, Ohio - From its earliest Settlement to the Present Time - Vol. II - Milford, Ohio - The Hobart Publ. Co. - 1914 - pg. 313

Source: History of Darke County, Ohio - From its earliest Settlement to the Present Time - Vol. II - Milford, Ohio - The Hobart Publ. Co. - 1914 - pg. 91