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Biographies
Source:
History of Miami County, Indiana
Publ.
Chicago - Brant & Fuller
1887
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GEORGE EIKENBERRY was born
in Preble County, Ohio, May 6, 1830. His parents were Peter
and Eliza (Morningstar) Eikenberry, natives of Virginia and
Maryland, respectively, and of German and English extraction.
The former, Peter Eikenberry, was a son of
Henry Eikenberry, a native of Virginia. His father,
Peter Eikenberry, emigrated from Germany to the United
States in an early day. Henry Eikenberry was
married in Virginia to Mary Landess, and from
thence moved to Preble County, Ohio, in about the year 1806.
They were the parents of seven children, viz.: Elizabeth,
Samuel, Henry, Peter, Isaac,
David and Benjamin. Peter Eikenberry,
the father of our subject, was born in Virginia, May 8, 1803. He
moved with his parents to Preble County, Ohio, and was there
married to Eliza, daughter of George and Elizabeth
(Swisher) Morningstar. She was born in Maryland on January
13, 1806. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Eikenberry
settled in Preble County, Ohio, where they made their home until
their deaths, which occurred as follows: The- father died
February 14, 1871, and the mother Nov. 29, 1885. They were the
parents of eleven children, viz: Mary, George, Elizabeth,
Lydia, Levi, Henry, Isaac, Eliza, Peter, and two
which died in infancy and not named. George, our
subject, was married in Preble County, Ohio, March 21, 1851, to
Rebecca, daughter of Abraham and Nancy
(Moses) Miller. She was born in Augusta County,
Va., Sept. 18, 1832. In the following October, after subject's
marriage, he moved to Miami County, settling upon the same farm
on which he now resides in Section 27, Jefferson Township. He
owns 268 acres of fine land, well-improved and under a high
state of cultivation. He has had born to him ten children, viz:
Henry F., born July 17, 1852, and died February 19, 1854;
Sarah J. born Nov. 5, 1854; Ira K., born Aug. 26,
1857; Mary A., born March 1, 1860; Ida M., born
Oct. 27, 1862; Levi I., born Mar. 11, 1865; Charles,
born March 29, 1868, and died Apr. 12, 1868; Peter A.,
born Jan. 11, 1871; Eliza O., born Feb. 12, 1874;
infant son, born Jan. 28, 1877, deceased. Mr. Eikenberry
was elected to the office of County Commissioner of this county
in 1876, and re-elected in 1880. He is a member of the Masonic
order. He is an enterprising man and is highly esteemed by all
who know him. Transcribed from: History of Miami County,
Indiana.
(Source: History of Miami Co., Indiana - Publ. Chicago: Brant &
Fuller - 1887 - Page 686
Contributed by Nancy Hannah) |
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Peru
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WALTER H. EMSWILER. Mr.
Emswiler was born in the city of Peru, May 10, 1858 and is
the second son of John H. and Sarah E. (Miller) Emswiler,
natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Indiana. The father
came to Miami County in a very early day, was for many years one
of the leading physicians and surgeons of Peru and departed
this life September, 1884. Walter Emswiler
received a good practical education in the city schools and at
the age of twenty began life for himself as clerk for his
brother Charles, in the mercantile business, with whom he remained until his twenty-fourth year. In 1883 he became a partner with
Schuyler Mercer in the livery business and subsequently
purchased the entire interest which he still controls. Mr.
Emswiler has already a well established business reputation and is
meeting with encouraging success as a liveryman. He was married
March 2, 1881 to Miss Rose Fisher, daughter of Joseph Fisher,
one of the substantial residents of Jefferson Township, this
county. To Mr. and Mrs. Emswiler have been born one child,
Joseph, whose birth occurred Sept. 2, 1883.
Source: History of Miami Co., Indiana - Publ. Chicago: Brant
& Fuller - 1887 - Page 418 |
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Peru
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JOHN J. ENGLISH. The subject of this
biography is a native of Miami County, born in Peru Township on
the 6th day of Apr., 1848, and is the eldest son of Benjamin
and Mary E. (Baker) English, of Licking County, Ohio.
The father came to Miami County in 1846, settled in Peru
Township, but subsequently lived in Pipe Creek and Erie
Townships, and finally purchased a home in Richland Township,
where he is at this time living. John J. English
remained at home until his mother’s death; which occurred when
he was eighteen years of age, at which time he abandoned the
farm and took up the carpenter’s trade. He served a four
years apprenticeship at the same under W. D. Allen, of
Richland, after which he began working for himself, and
subsequently, Aug. 27, 1877, accepted a position as skilled
mechanic in the coach department of the railroad shops (I., P. &
C.) at Peru, which he still retains. He is one of the
substantial employes of the company with which he is identified,
and ranks among the best mechanics of Peru. His marriage
with Miss Mary C. Bouslog, daughter of R. Bouslog,
of this city, was solemnized on the 29th day of October, 1878, a
union blessed with three children, viz.: Nellie D., Hazel B.
and John W. English. Mr. English is a Democrat in
politics, but in no sense of the word a partisan.
Source: History of Miami Co., Indiana - Publ. Chicago: Brant
& Fuller - 1887 - Page 418 |
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