Portage-VanWert County OhArchives Biographies.....More, Aaron March 17, 1809 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Irene Gleason reniegleason@ymail.com January 3, 2009, 5:20 pm Author: Counties of LaGrange and Noble, IN Aaron More was born in Ravenna, Ohio, March 17, 1809. His father, David More, was a soldier of the war of 1812, and died in Ravenna of the cold plague, while home on sick-leave. His widow married John McManis and the children were compelled to seek homes out of the family. Mr More visited his mother in Van Wert County, Ohio in about 1825. In 1837 his step-father died and he took a lease of land in Van Wert Co and entered upon the support of his mother. In 1841, he moved with his mother to Adams County, IN. May 24, 1844, he married Miss Mary Ann Syphers, born in Pendleton county, Virginia, whose father was a soldier of the war of 1812. Mr More's mother died January 18, 1846. In 1853, he bought a store in Willshire,Ohio in connection with the Post Office. While in Adams Co., he served as Justice of the Peace. In April,1874, he moved to York Twp in Noble co., IN. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/portage/bios/more29nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb