SHELBY COUNTY OHIO - BIOS:  MINNEAR, Thomas

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>From The History of Shelby County, Ohio, published by R. Sutton & Co., 
Philadelphia, 1883.
				

Page 202    Green Township

Thomas Minnear,  Retired Farmer;  P.O. Plattsville, Ohio

Mr. Minnear was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, Feb. 27, 1804.  On the 11th
day of April, 1811, he was brought to Shelby County by his parents, William
and Elizabeth Minnear, who settled  in Orange Township, where young Minnear
grew to manhood.  On the 26th day of August, 1830, he married Ms. Lydia,
daughter of Edward and Margaret John.  They settled in Orange Township, then
moved to a farm in Loramie Township, this county.  They lived in Loramie
Township until 1855 or 6, when they purchased and moved on the farm in Green
Township, section 20, where they are now living.  They reared a family of
five children, viz.:  William,  Denitia, Margaret E., Mary C., and Thomas C.
Margaret is deceased; the other four are married and now living in Green
Township.