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From The Biographical record of Knox County, Ohio : to which is added an elaborate compendium of national biography (1902)
HOMER B. LEVERING.
Homer B. Levering is now one of the most extensive and prosperous dealers and shippers in live stock, hay, grain and feed in Knoix comity. It is always a pleasure to see true merit suitably rewarded, to behold the prosperity of those who eminently deserve it, as does the subject of this review. At an early age he learned one of the great lessons of life — that there is no royal road to wealth, and as he was not above work he toiled industriously until he won not only a very comfortable competence but also the esteem and confidence of the people with whom he has been associated. Work, the true friend of mankind, has developed his latent resources and brought out the strong, self-reliant force of his character.
Mr. Levering was born in Morrow county, December 14, 1874, and he and his elder brother and partner, Milton G. Levering, are the only children of Charles B. and Mary J. (Grove) Levering. The father was born in Waterford, Knox county, in 1839, and died in 1893. After arriving at years of maturity he wedded Miss Grove, and then located on a farm in Middlebury township, where he made his home for a number of years. He then removed to Morrow county and resided in Franklin and Chester townships until his death, his efforts at farming and purchasing shipping stock being crowned with prosperity.
Under the parental roof Homer B. Levering spent the days of his childhood, and in the common schools he attained his early education, which was followed by a course in the Austin high school. When only fifteen years of age he began his career as a stock-buyer, and as time passed his business in that direction increased until he has long been ranked among the leading stock-buyers and shippers in this portion of the state. After his father's death he and his brother purchased the home farm and later bought an adjoining tract of land of sixty-five acres. In April, 1900, they bought the warehouse and business so long conducted by M. J. Simons, and they are now extensive buyers and shippers of hay, grain and feed, as well as of live stock, Milton G. Levering, however, being interested only since April, 1900.
On the lath of October, 1896, was celebrated the marriage of our subject and Miss Ea Boone, a native of Fredericktown, and a daughter of Charles Boone, a prominent farmer of this county. They now have an teresting little son, Harold '. In his political views ]\Mr. Levering is a liberal Democrat, voting for the party, but never seeking office, for his attention is fully occupied by his large business interests. His keen perception of business possibilities and his improvement of opportunity have led to success, and his reputation for straightforward dealing is unassailable.
As printed in The Biographical record of Knox County, Ohio : to which is added an elaborate compendium of national biography (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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