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Born 1871, Darby township
From History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1906)
HARLES T. NEFF, who is known as an expert horseshoer and who has conducted. a general blacksmithing business at Darbyville for the past six years, was born in Darby township, Pickaway County, Ohio, August 28, 1871, and is a son of Nathaniel and Samantha (Thornton) Neff.
The grandparents of our subject were George Enoch and Pauline Neff, who came to Darby township, Pickaway County, at a very early day, about 1845, and lived and died in Darby township. They had seven children, Nathaniel being the third in order of birth. He was reared and married in Darby township, but in 1878 moved to Muhlenberg township. He and his wife still reside on their farm near Pherson.
The children of Nathaniel and Samantha Neff were: William, of Monroe township;
Charles T., of this sketch; Homer, of Monroe township; Laura, wife of Willard Whiteside, of Darby township; Elmer, of Monroe township; and George, who is still in school.
Charles T. Neff was seven years old when his parents settled in Muhlenberg township. He remained at home, assisting on the farm and attending school until he was 17 years old, when he went to Fherson and learned the blacksmith’s trade with J. J. McLaughlin, with whom he remained at work for 1 1 years, being his employer’s right-hand man. He then started into business for himself at Darbyville and enjoys a large trade. He owns his home and his shop and is looked upon as one of the town’s successful business men.
On February 27, 1896, Mr. Neff was united in marriage with Mary Kern, who was born in Deerfield township, Ross County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Philip and Magdalene Kern, the former of whom was born in Germany and the latter in Ohio. The four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Neff are: Charles K., Philip* Maria M. and Francis E. The family belong to the Lutheran Church at Lick Run.
Politically Mr. Neff is a Republican and the esteem and confidence with which he is regarded by his fellow-citizens has been shown by his election as a member of the Village Council and as a member of the School Board.
As printed in History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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