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OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest                    Volume 99 : Issue 232

Today's Topics:
  #1 LATOUR D. LAFFERTY                   [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE]
  #2 Col. John Johnston, Miami County     [LeaAnn Rich <leaann1@bellsouth.net]
  #3 Miami County History Part 7, Final   [LeaAnn Rich <leaann1@bellsouth.net]

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X-Message: #1
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 23:37:28, -0500
From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER)
Subject: LATOUR D. LAFFERTY


HISTORY OF OHIO, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925
Page 243-244 with photo

        LATOUR D. LAFFERTY.  On March 1, 1924, Latour D. Lafferty dedicated
what has been pronounced to be the finest equipped undertaking
establishment in Southern Ohio. This business is in West Union, and its
present proprietor continues a service in that community which was begun by
his grandfather and was continued also by his father.
        Mr. Lafferty was born at West Union, September 20, 1889, and is a
great-grandson of Absalom Lafferty, a native of France who came to America,
and first settled in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, and prior to 1820
established a home at West Union, Ohio, being one of the thirty pioneers of
this section of Southern Ohio. Absalom Lafferty, who died July 13, 1848,
married Margaret or Peggy McDade, who came from England and died in 1859.
        Their son, William V. Lafferty, born May 12, 1830, had as his home
throughout his life from birth until death one house in West Union. He died
there June 26, 1922. He was a pioneer undertaker. He married in 1856
Margaret Marlatt, and she still lives at West Union.
        Theodore H. Lafferty, father of Latour D., was born March 21, 1862,
and died May 14, 1914. He married Cora Belle Shelton, who was born
September 11, 1861, and died January 31, 1911, a daughter of Robert and
Nancy A. (Truit) Shelton.
        Latour D. Lafferty graduated from the West Union High School in
1908, and for several years lived on and employed his energies on a farm.
He prepared for his professional career in the Cincinnati College of
Embalming, where he was graduated in 1914. His father died in that year,
and, returning to West Union, he engaged in business with his grandfather
and since has become sole owner and manager of the Lafferty Funeral Home,
the oldest in the state. This home contains all the features most
appreciated in such a service, including reception room, chapel for about
200 people, choir room, access to which is provided without disturbing the
service proper, embalming room and morgue, stockroom, and the equipment is
completely motorized, including Winton hearse and modern ambulance.
        Mr. Lafferty is a member of the Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Association of Ohio, and is affiliated with the Masonic Order, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Independent Order of Red
Men. He is a democrat and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
        He married Miss Mabel Purdin, of West Union, daughter of Wallie and
Mary (Thompson) Purdin, farmers of Adams County. They have three children,
Cora Belle, William and Allan.

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X-Message: #2
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 00:41:38 -0700
From: LeaAnn Rich <leaann1@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Col. John Johnston, Miami County


Historical Collections of Ohio
Henry Howe LL.D.
Miami County

JOHN JOHNSTON

From near the wedded trees I had a view of Upper Piqua,  shown in our
sketch of 1846.  He was the largest contributor to my original edition. 
He was of Scotch-Irish and Huguenot stock,  was born in Ballyshannon,
Ireland in 1775, and died in Washington D.C. in 1861.  When a lad he
came to Pennsylvania with his father's family;  at 17 yrs was in the
Quartermasters Department in Wayne's army;  was later clerk in the war
department; participated as an officer at the funeral services of
Washington; was Indian Agent, appointed by Madison, at Upper Piqua for
30 years, having control of the affairs of 10,000 Indians, comprising
many tribes, and giving great satisfaction;  negotiated for a treaty of
cession of the Wyandots,  last of the native tribes of Ohio.  In 1844,
as a delegate to the Whig convention in Baltimore, he rode on horseback
the whole way from Piqua, and made speeches for Henry Clay along the
route.  He established with his wife the first Sunday-school in Miami
county;  was one of the founders of Kenyon College;  a trustee of Miami;
a member of the Visiting Board at West Point;  President of the
Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, etc. etc. His "Account of
the Indian Tribes of Ohio" is in the fifth volume of the "Collections of
the American Society Antiquarian."  Three of his sons were valued
officers; one, Stephen, was in the Navy,  another, A.R., was killed in
the Mexican War, and a third, James A., was killed in the civil war.

I remember as of yesterday my first interview with Col. Johnston at
Upper Piqua.  He was a tall dignified man, and of the blonde type,  then
71 yrs of age.  He was at the time plainly clad, but impressive, 
seeming as one born to command.  It was a warm summers day, and he took
me to his well and gave me a drink of pure cold water,  the quality of
which he praised with the air of a prince.  No man had the power and
influence with the Western Indians that he possessed, and it arose from
his weight of character and his high sense of justice.  After leaving
Upper Piqua he resided for years with his daughter, Mrs. John D. Jones,
at Cincinnati.  He was indeed a sterling man every way,  and Ohio should
never forget him.

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X-Message: #3
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 02:25:50 -0700
From: LeaAnn Rich <leaann1@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Miami County History Part 7, Final


Historical Collections of Ohio
Henry Howe LL.D.


Tippecanoe is 6 miles south of Troy,  on the Miami and Erie canal and
D.&M.R.R.,  City officers, 1888:  Ellis H. Kerr, Mayor;  E.A. Jackson,
clerk;  John K. Herr, Treasurer;  Thos. Hartley, Marshal.  Newspapers:
Herald, Republican, Harry Horton editor and publisher.  Churches: 1
Methodist, 1 Baptist, 1 Lutheran, and 1 other.  Bank:  Tippecanoe
National, Samuel Sullivan, president,  A.W. Miles cashier.

Manufactures and Employees--
J.L. Norris, Excelsior, 5;  Trupp, Weakley & Co., builders wood work,
25;  Ford & Co., wheels,  51;  Dietrich Milling Co., flour etc., 5;  The
Tipp. Paper Co., straw board's, 34.--State Reports 1887

Population, 1880, 1,401.  School census, 1888, 444.  J.T. Bartmess,
school superintendent.  Capital invested in manufacturing
establishments, $75,000.  Value of annual product, $75,000.
--Ohio Labor Statistics

Covington is 10 miles northwest of Troy,  at the crossing of the P.C. &
St.L. and D.&T. Railroads.  City Officers, 1888:  J.H. Mallin, Mayor; 
W.H.B. Routson, Clerk;  A.M. Ruhl, Treasurer;  Wm. Gavin, Marshal. 
Newspapers:  Enterprise, Independent, H.J. Pearson, editor and
publisher;  Gazette, Independent, R.&W.F. Cantrell, editors and
publishers;  Vindicator, Baptist, Jos. I. Cover, editor and publisher. 
Chuches: 1 Presbyterian, 1 Christian, 1 Lutheran, 1 Methodist.  Bank:
Stillwater Valley, J.R. Shuman, president, A.C. Cable cashier. 
Population 1880, 1,458.  School Census 1888, 504. R.F. Bennett, school
superintendent.

Casstown is 4 miles northeast of Troy. It has 1 Methodist, 1 Baptist,
and 1 Lutheran Church.  Population 1880, 331.  School Census 1888 121.

Bradford is 13 miles northwest of Troy, on the I.&C. Div. of the
P.C.&St.L.R.R.  It is part in Darke and part in Miami counties.  City
officers 1888:  Enos Yount, Mayor;  John S. Moore, Clerk;  David Arnold,
Treasurer;  Reuben Enochs,  Marshal.  Newspaper:  Sentinel, Independent,
A.F. Little editor and publisher.  Churches: 1 Catholic, 1 Cumberland
Presbyterian, 1 Methodist, 1 German Baptist, 1 Baptist, 1 German
Reformed.  Manufactures:  Railroad Repair  Shops,  lumber, tile and
furniture.  Population 1880, 1,373.  School Census 1888, 281.  Capital
invested in manufacturing establishments, $75,000.  Value of annual
product, $75,000.
--Ohio Labor Statistics

West Milton is 8 miles southwest of Troy, on the D.Ft. W.&C.R.R. 
Newspaper:  Buckeye, Republican, H.J. Pearson, editor and publisher. 
Bank: West Milton, Robert W. Douglas, president,  D.F. Douglas,
cashier.  Population 1880, 688.  School Census 1888, 166.

Fletcher is 10 miles northeast of Troy, on the P.C.&St.L.R.R.  School
Census 1888, 120.

Lena is 12 miles northeast of Troy, on the P.C.&St. L.R.R.  School
Census 1888, 120.

Pleasant Hill is 8 miles west of Troy, on the D.Ft. W.&C. R.R. 
Population 1880, 461.  School Census 1888, 209.

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