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Born 1830
From Commemorative biographical record of Wayne County, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families .. (1889)
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' died in 1850, aged forty-eight years, his widow in IN (id, aged sixty-two years. They were natives of Germany, coming to America with their parents in their youth. He was a successful farmer, and one of the respected citizens of Wayne Township.
Albert Miller was reared in his native township, which has always been his home, and he received good educational advantages. He was early instructed in the duties of farm life, and since attaining manhood has devoted his energies to that calling. Tn 1807 lie married Maria Lehman, daughter of John Lehman, of Wayne County, and to them have been born a family of four children: F. 4. F. C.,
E. A. and Annie 13. In politics Mr. Miller cases Iris suffrage with the Democratic party. He has always taken an active part in the public affairs of his township, and lias served as school director and township trustee.
HEN 11 V SHELVE, son of Thomas Shreve, was born in a stone house jj west of Shreve, in Clinton Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. His father’s place of nativity was Washington Mills, near Perryopolis, Fayette Co., Penn., where he married Mary Wigle. In 1813 he made a tour through this county in search of a desirable location, and, being satisfied with the results of his prospective trip, he, in 1815, purchased a tract of land. In INIS he built the first barn, made of hewn logs, in Clinton Township, and had to make a journey. on horseback to Pittsburgh, in order to procure nails for use in the construction of the roof of his barn, which was 32x50 feet in size. This barn was built on the farm now owned by Cameron and others, on the line of Holmes and Wayne Counties.
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, 1854. The postoffice of Shreve was j named in his honor, and the town of Shrove derives its name from that, its name having been changed on the incorporation of the village. He was chairman of the first meeting hold to consider the building of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne A Chicago Railroad. He was a member of the State Legislature during 1830 10 and 1840 11, when S. P. Chase, Ilufus Spalding and others, who have
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