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MILES - FAIRFIELD COUNTY MRS & MRS ALFRED MILES - 5oth WEDDING ANNIVERSARY - FROM THE HARTFORD CITY, IN TELEGRAM CRUMMEL/HAYES MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT - FROM THE HARTFORD CITY, IN TELEGRAM ********** BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF BLACKFORD COUNTY, IND.; EDITED BY BENJAMIN G. SHINN; THE BOWEN PUBLISHING COMPANY. CHICAGO, 1900. (Pages 238 - 241) JOHN GOODIN WOOD John G. Wood, a prominent business man of Hartford City and ex-treasurer of Blackford county, is descended paternally from an old Pennsylvania family and on the mother's side from one of the pioneers of Perry county, Ohio. His father, Reason Wood, moved in an early day from Monongahela county, Pennsylvania, to Morrow county, Ohio, where he met and married Jane Goodin, and later located in the town of Woodbury, where he worked at the blacksmith trade until his removal, in 1853, to Blackford county, Indiana. For some years after coming to this state he followed his trade, but subsequently exchanged it for agricultural pursuits, taking charge of a small farm in Harrison township which came into his possession prior to his removal to Blackford county. He made his home on this place until 1882, when he disposed of his real estate and moved to Saline county, Nebraska, where he remained until the death of his wife, after which he returned to this county and purchased a farm a short distance west of Montpelier, in the township of Harrison, where his death occurred on the 25th day of July, 1896. By his first marriage, noted above, Reason Wood became the father of the following children: Sarah E., wife of John Hart, of Harrison township; Mary M., deceased; Maude J., deceased; Lucinda, wife of George W. Woolford, of Saline county, Nebraska; John G., whose name appears at the beginning of this article and Asa Smith, deceased. Mr. Wood was married a second time at Montpelier, but to this union there was no issue. Much might be written of Reason Wood as a man and citizen. He belonged to that large and industrious class that do much in a quiet way to advance the material interests of the country and by lives directed and controlled by the principles of moral rectitude give character and tone to the community. Intelligent beyond the majority, he was a great reader, fully informed on all the leading questions of the day, and he wielded a potent influence for the Republican party in his township. In religious belief he was a Baptist, to which denomination he was unswerving on his loyalty during the greater part of his life and in the faith of which he passed from the church militant to the church triumphant. John Goodin Wood was born April 1, 1842, in Morrow county, Ohio, and there he passed the first years of his life. In 1853 he was brought by his parents to Blackford county, Indiana, from which date until his twentieth year he remained on the home farm in Harrison township, attending meanwhile the common schools and obtaining a practical knowledge of the branches taught therein. In the spring of 1863 he responded to the country's call for volunteers by joining Company H, One Hundred and Eighteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Captain W. G. Lett, with which he served a little less than one year, being mustered out at Indianapolis at the expiration of his period of enlistment. Returning home, he farmed for his father until 1865, on October 13th, of which year, he was united in marriage to Miss Jane Bugh, daughter of Barnhardt and Hannah J. (Coddington) Bugh, and immediately thereafter engaged in agriculture pursuits for himself on the home place in Harrison township. After three years thus spent Mr. Wood purchased a place of his own in the township of Washington, consisting of one hundred and twenty acres of fertile land, which under his successful management became one of the best farms in that part of the county. He made this place his home for a period of ten years, when he removed to the old home farm which in the meantime he had purchased and which is still in his possession. Mr. Wood's success as a farmer more than met his expectations and during the period of his residence in the country he enjoyed the reputation of being one of the most thorough and progressive agriculturists of the county. In 1894 he was elected to the office of treasurer of Blackford county attend the better to attend the duties incident thereto he rented his farm and removed to Hartford City where he has since continued to reside. After acting as custodian of the county funds two years and discharging his official functions faithfully and efficiently, Mr. Wood, at the expiration of his term, retired from the office and in partnership with W. H. Cox engaged in the grocery business. Within one month he purchased his partner's interest and since this time has been sole proprietor of one of the largest and best appointed grocery houses in the city. As a business man Mr. Wood easily ranks with the first of Hartford City and his influence on the commercial interests of the place has been such as to bring him into prominent notice, not only to the people of the county, among whom he is widely and favorably known, but also to wholesale dealers in his line in large business cities of the country. By carefully studying the wishes of the public and courteously catering thereto, he has succeeded in building up a very extensive trade. In addition to this he also gives personnel attention to his large farming interests in Blackford and other counties, owning a beautiful place of one hundred and sixty acres in Harrison township, two hundred and forty acres in the township of Washington, upon which are six producing oil wells, and other valuable property in city and country, all of which came to him as the result of his careful business forethought and successful operations as a financier. Transcriber's note: George W. Woolford may be George Alexander Wilford ******************** Transcribed from: BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA; THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, 118 ADAMS STREET, CHICAGO, 1887. (PGs. 832-833) W. F. REASONER, farmer, section 31, Licking Township, is one of the prominent men in the history of Blackford County, with which he has been identified from the beginning of the white settlement until the present time. He was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, July 27, 1830, son of Peter and Rhoda (Fry) Reasoner, his father born in Pennsylvania, and the mother a native of Virginia. They were married in Ohio, and in the fall of 1832, with their family then consisting of two children, Levina and Washington, set out by team for Indiana, and after a long and tedious journey, much of the way through unbroken forests, they arrived at their destination, section 6, Licking Township, Blackford County. After making a temporary shelter for his family the father cleared a space on his land and with the logs he cut down he built a log cabin, to which they removed as soon as it was finished. He was a successful hunter and game being in abundance he found ample opportunity for indulging in the sport. He was a fine marksman and killed numbers of wild deer, turkeys and other game. Corn dodgers and dried venison was the principle food of the family in the early days of the county; wheat-cake and coffee were luxuries of later date. Peter Reasoner lived on the farm he first settled on coming to the county for forty-six years, dying on the old homestead in October 1868. Both he and his wife were consistent Christians and active members of the Presbyterian church at Elizabethtown, and he was a chorister in that congregation. They reared a family of eight children - Levina S., Washington F., our subject; Mary E.. Noah H., Calista Ann; John B., Almira C., and Jacob Madison. W. F. Reasoner, whose name heads this sketch, was reared amid the scenes attending the clearing up a forest, and on arriving at an age suitable for heavy work he ax was swung in unison with his father's in the work of clearing the timber off their farm. His educational advantages were limited to the rude log cabin schools of the early day. He was united in marriage October 15, 1850, to Miss Rachel Slater, who was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, June 20, 1829, coming to Blackford County with her parents, Jacob and Sarah (Alban) Slater about 1836. Her father died here in September, 1839, and her mother in July, 1840. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Reasoner two are deceased - Mary K. and Harriet Samantha. Those yet living are - Ethan Thomas, a successful attorney, residing in Peru, Indiana, elected prosecuting attorney for Miami and Wabash counties, Indiana; Osmar I., a practicing physician at Shilder, Indiana; Rhoda Ann, wife of Lewis D. McVicker, Riley R., Allie Maria and Orvelle Madison. After his marriage Mr. Reasoner bought eighty acres of land in Harrison Township, and after living on it a short time sold it. In 1860 he removed with his family to their present farm, which he has improved in a good manner, having a fine residence, surrounded with handsome shade and ornamental trees, and substantial farm buildings, and a good bearing orchard adds much to its value and attractiveness. Politically, Mr. Reasoner is a Republican. He was a member of the Presbyterian church for thirty years, but in 1887 he united with the Methodist church in his neighborhood. He has been a resident for fifty-five years and has witnessed the many wonderful changes which have taken place during that period, and by his honorable and upright character he has gained the respect and confidence of all who know him. *************** Transcribed from: BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA; THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, 118 ADAMS STREET, CHICAGO, 1887. (PGs. 883-884) JACOB M. REASONER, is one of the successful agriculturists of Jackson Township, engaged in farming on sections 3 and 4, where he has 200 acres of well improved land. He is a native of Blackford County, Indiana, born in Licking Township, December 2, 1847, a son of Peter and Rhoda (Frye) Reasoner, the father born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, May 9,1798, and the mother born in Harrison County, Virginia, February 16, 1809. The father was reared to manhood in Muskingum County, Ohio, where he was married, and the mother was reared in Guernsey County, Ohio. They were the parents of eleven children - Sebur, Washington F., Mary, Noah H., Calista A., Joseph (died in early childhood), Evelyn (also died young), Harriet (died aged eighteen years), John B. and Almira C. (twins) and Jacob M. our subject, who was the youngest child. The father remained in Muskingum County until December 1831, when he came with his wife and two children to Blackford County, Indiana, settling in Licking Township and while he was building his cabin his family lived in Grant County with the family of John Grimes, and for about six weeks the Grimes cabin contained about nineteen persons. Mr. Reasoner moved his family to his cabin about the end of December, 1831. He made the first clearing and was the first to engage in farming in Blackford County. The following spring he cleared enough land to raise corn and potatoes to support his family and their meat consisted of wild game or venison. Benjamin Reasoner, the grandfather of our subject, was an early settler of Ohio, and came to Blackford County with his son Peter in 1831, where he lived until his death. The grandmother Mary (Hill) Reasoner, died in Grant County. The Reasoners are of German descent, coming to America at the time of persecution of the Huguenots. The father of our subject died October 22, 1868. The mother is still living in Licking Township, and is the oldest living settler in the county. She relates many reminiscences of pioneer life, of which we may mention the following: Sometime after coming to the county a large Indian opened the door of their cabin and gave a grunt. They could not understand what he wanted, but he noticed a whetstone on the mantel, which he took up and commenced sharpening his scalping knife. The mother became greatly frightened, and taking her two children ran to the house of her father-in-law, who lived about a half mile distant. Jacob M. Reasoner, whose name heads this sketch, was married October 26, 1875 to Miss Emma Willman, who was born in Hartford City, Indiana, January 29, 1854, where she was reared and married. She is a daughter of John P. and Nancy (Kirkpatrick) Willman, and a grand-daughter of Lewis and Chirstina (Keller) Willman, who were born in Germany, her grandmother dying a few years after coming to Blackford County. Her grandfather died in Blackford County, February 16, 1876. Her father was born November 27, 1830, in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, coming to America with his parents when two years old, they settling in Pennsylvania. He was brought to Indiana in his boyhood, where he was reared and married, May 3, 1853 to Miss Nancy Kirkpatrick. To them were born four children - Emma, wife of Mr. Reasoner; Catherine, wife of George Brown, of Leipsic, Ohio; Minnie M., wife of Arthur Lyle of Hartford City, and Rolla, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Reasoner are the parents of five children - Ralph B., born July 19, 1876; Ethel, born July 11, 1881; Shirley W., born March 20, 1883; and an infant yet unnamed, born May 11, 1887. ********************* BLACKFORD AND GRANT COUNTIES, INDIANA; Complied Under the Editorial Supervision of Benjamin G. Shinn; Vols. 1 & 2; THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, 118 ADAMS STREET, CHICAGO, 1914 Pages 148-150) ALFRED MILES. Nearly three-quarters of a century have passed since Alfred Miles came to Blackford county and settled on the farm home on which he now resides. The oldest man in the county, he has watched its growth and development with the eye of a proprietor, and his contributions to its welfare and advancement have been of a nature to entitle him to a place among its most honored citizens. Although now at the remarkable age of ninety-five years he retains his interest in the affairs of the community in which he has lived so long and which he has served so faithfully and well. Mr. Miles belongs to the distinguished Miles family which produced that great military figure, Gen. Nelson A. Miles. He was born in the state of New Jersey, April 7, 1819, and is a son of William and Keturah (Casterline) Miles, the former born in Massachusetts in 1795 and the latter in New Jersey in 1797. They were married in the latter state and in 1824 left Jersey for Steuben county, New York, where they made their home for a period of ten years. In 1834 they came overland with teams in Indiana and first located in Fayette county, but in February, 1841, moved to Washington township, Blackford county and settled on virgin soil in section 32, where the father purchased a tract of eighty acres of land. The parents of William Miles, Thomas and Mary (Underwood) Miles came on from their New York state home, joined their son in Indiana, and there passed away in advanced years. During the Revolutionary War Thomas Miles enlisted for service in the American army, following the Bunker Hill battle. He is reported to have never been hurt or captured, the greater part of his service being confined to duty as a home guard. He and his wife were laid to rest in the Miles Cemetery in Washington township, a plot laid out by later members of the family on their farm. William Miles continued to be engaged in farming throughout the remainder of his life in Washington township, but died in January 1875, aged about eighty years, at Rockford, Illinois. He was a Jacksonian democrat, as had been his father. Although not a member of any religious denomination, he was a believer in the good accomplished by churches, and was a ready contributor to movements of a worthy nature. Mrs. Miles, who died November 3, 1842, in Washington Township, at the age of forty-five years, was a member of the Free Will Baptist church. Six sons and four daughters were born to these worthy couple, of whom two sons and one daughter were married. Alfred is the only survivor. Alfred Miles was a child of five years when taken to New York by his parents, and was fifteen years old when he made the long overland trip to Indiana. He was twenty-two years old when he came to Blackford county, and from that time to the present has been connected with its agricultural interests, a period of seventy-three years. Mr. Miles is the owner of a farm of 145 acres, in section 32, and 80 acres of the old William Miles homestead is still owned by him. Although he is ninety-five years of age, he still retains his faculties in a remarkable degree, is active in body and alert in mind, and is able to accomplish more than many men who are thirty years younger. His memory is excellent, and he recalls readily the scenes and incidents of the early days when neighbors were few and between, and the county, still in its infancy, gave but little promise of the wonderful development which was to take place within its borders. He has led a clean and industrious life and to this may be attributed his good health and great age. Like his father, he has been a lifelong democrat, but has not desired public office and has been content to do his full duty as a citizen, without asking political favors of any kind. He is a devout and God-fearing man, but has held to no particular creed, supporting all churches and charitable organizations. Mr. Miles was married in Grant county, Indiana, in 1845, to Miss Lucinda Galispie, who was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, August 13, 1820. She was a young lady of seventeen years, when she accompanied her parents to Grant county, they being James and Mary (Peter) Galispie, who came to Grant county in 1837, located on a new farm, which they improved and cultivated, and passed the remaining years of their lives in Monroe township, the father passing away when eighty-four years of age and the mother when several years younger. Mrs. Miles passed away at her home in Washington township, May 22, 1906, when in her eighty-sixth year. She had been a devoted wife and mother, and was able to assist her husband materially in his efforts to gain success. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Miles, namely: Jefferson and George, both of whom passed away in youth; Junius, a successful farmer of Washington township, who makes his home with his father, married Almira Townsend, and has had four children - James, Carrie and Harry, who are married and have children, and Ella, who is deceased; and Rebecca, who is the wife of Andrew J. Townsend, a farmer of Grant County, has four daughters and four sons - Elmore, deceased, George N., Franklin and Thomas, Lucy, Gertie and Polly, who are all married and Mary, who is single and resides with her parents. ************************* NEWSPAPER ABSTRACT FROM THE HARTFORD CITY TELEGRAM MILES, Alfred - Golden Wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Miles at their residence four miles N.W. of Hartford City, on Saturday. He was born in New Jersey, April 7, 1819. Mrs. Miles was a Gillespie, born in Ohio, August 13, 1820. Married July 13, 1845. Two children: Junees and a daughter, wife of A.J. Townsend (17 July 1895 p1 c4). NEWSPAPER ABSTRACT FROM THE HARTFORD CITY TELEGRAM CRIMMEL, Clyde - Invitations are out for the marriage of Clyde Crummel and Miss Babe Hayes, at Tippin, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1898. (26 Jan. 1898 p7 c3). ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 14:12:23 -0400 From: "Maggie Stewart" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <038e01bf1a5d$7eb476a0$0300a8c0@local.net> Subject: Fw: ALEY Church Cemetery...old graves in Greene Co, OH Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 7:57 AM I have additional information to add to what I sent you previously. At the bottom of my original message, I briefly mentioned BENDER tombstones. I have since been contacted and gathered additional information regarding BENDER (I replaced the last 2 paragraphs. I would appreciate if you would update my submission to include this information. Thank you very much. Kathi Corl Browne woodsieb@aol.com RE: Aley Cemetery (Aley United Methodist Church) Beavercreek, OH Greene Co., OH This is information I have given to a few surname groups, etc. Please extract whatever you think is useful: I was walking through my church cemetery (Aley United Methodist Church in Beavercreek, Greene Co, OH) and noticed several really old graves. --------------near the new church parking lot----------------- Oliver P. Moler born Jan 11 1831 died Mar 01 1891 Aged 60 yr 1mo 17dy Elizabeth Moler, wife of Oliver Moler born Jul 04 1832 died Oct 28 1886 Aged 54yr 3mo 2dy Our Father, __ Moler born __ died 18(84?) Silva P., daughter of O & E Moler died Sep __ 1873 Aged 5mo 7dy Franklin F., son of O & E Moler died ____broken there and repaired, but not readable Aged 18yr 4mo --------------very worn stones, hidden in overgrowth near old church----------------- Cardlir_in_iani, daughter of J&S Moler died 18(55?) Aged __mo __dy Francis O.H., son of J&S Moler died Sep 12 1857 Aged 7mo 23 dy Genobabelle, daughter of Jacob and Susannah Moler died Mar 12 1856 Aged 1 yr __mo __dy Alberto H. Tritz died Aug 7 1855 Aged 11mo __dy Then 5 more broken tombstones similar to Alberto's --------------next to several ALEY tombstones----------------- Rosanah B., daughter of ___ Moler died ____ aged 28_______ 28_______------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- -- Robert Linsey died Jul 17 1819 Aged 60yr 6 mo 28dy Elizabeth Linsey born 1793 died 1825 --------------next to several MILLER, SNYPP, REID tombstones----------------- JOHN BENDER Born in Berks Co, PA Oct 13 1794 Died Oct 20 1849 Aged 55yrs-7dys ISAAC son of J & B Bender Died Nov 23 1819 Aged 3yrs-4ms-15dys JOHN son of J & B Bender Died Dec 7 1849 Aged 1yr-7ms-21dys SAMUEL son of John & Barbara Bender Died Apr 27 1851 Aged 1yr-1mo-17dys ELIZABETH dau of John & Barbara Bender Died Nov 26 1849 Aged 5yrs-7dys (I could not find Barbara's stone, but it may be broken off somewhere). ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:09:04 -0000 From: "CHICO&BERTIE SMITH" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000901bf1a43$e7ec0940$053d4d0c@oemcomputer> Subject: unscribe Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit please stop all e-mail ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 16:25:01 -0400 From: Gina Reasoner To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991019162303.009603e0@pop.prodigy.net> Subject: I goofed Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I had a mental lapse, I started the bio for William Daniel Myers and got sidetracked and didn't finish it. Please disregard that one paragraph bio. I will submit the entire bio. Gina -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #740 *******************************************