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Born 1849, Harrison township
From History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio (1909), Centennial portrait and biographical record of the city of Dayton and of Montgomery County, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with the biographi (1897)
ACOB EBY, a well known farmer of Miami township, Montgomery county, Ohio, was born in Harrison township, in the-same county, May 2, 1849, and is a son of Adam and Susan (Mullendore) Eby. He was reared in Harrison township, received a good common-school education, and began life for himself as a farmer in Jefferson town- ! ship, where he lived five years. In 1877 he purchased a farm in Miami township, comprising 188 acres of land, to which he removed in 1878, and upon which he lived until 1893, when he removed to a farm of forty acres in West Carrollton, where he has since resided. Beside this, he owns a farm of 108 acres on the Cincinnati turnpike in Miami township, and also one of sixty acres in Jefferson township, 1 near the soldiers’ home.
On December 8, 1887, he married Alice Baker, daughter of Aaron and Nancy (Simpson) Baker, of Jefferson township, and by this marriage he has four children, as follows; Dollie May, Susie, Owen A. and James. Mr. Eby is a member of Marion lodge, I. O. O. F., of Miamisburg, and in politics is a populist. He has always maintained an excellent reputation for honesty and integrity of character, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of all to the fullest extent.
Adam Eby, a prominent farmer of Harrison township, Montgomery county, was born in Baltimore county, Md., July 10, 1814, and is a son of Christian and Susannah (McDaniel) Eby. Christian Eby was a native of York county, Pa., and was of Swiss descent. He purchased a farm in Jackson township, Montgomery, county, Ohio, in 1832, on which he settled in 1838. Later he removed to Preble county, Ohio, and there died. His children were as follows: Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Kohler;
John; Jane, wife of Amos Markey; Samuel; Susan, wife of Jesse Royer; Christian; Nancy,, wife of Ephraim Engler; Adam, Wilson, James,. Lavina, wife of John Vail, and Jacob.
Adam Eby came to Montgomery county with his parents in 1838, and lived with them three years in Jackson township. In 1841 he purchased the farm in Harrison township which he now owns and occupies, on which he made all the improvements and on which he has ever since resided. The home farm comprises 270 acres, and he also owns one of 155 acres adjoining, and in addition a farm in Jefferson township of 157 acres. He is, in short, one of the most enterprising and successful farmers in Montgomery county.
On October 1, 1840, he married Susan Mullendore, daughter of David Mullendore, of Preble county, Ohio, and who bore him thirteen children, as follows: Jane, wife of Scott
Robinson; Elizabeth, wife of William Wogoman; Ephraim; Jacob; Susan, wife of Joseph Ulrich; Wilson, Adam, Clement L. V., Andrew, Christian, and three that have died. Mr. Eby has served as justice of the peace of Harrison township for eighteen years, and as township trustee for several years. Politically he was for many years a democrat, but of late years he has been an advocate of populism. He is a man of high character, always sustaining what he believes to be correct principles in morals, politics and religion.
V*66 a APT. AUGUSTUS EMINGER was born near Mechanicsburg, Cumberland county, Pa., July 23, 1836, is a son of David and Magdalena (Miller) Eminger, and comes of German ancestry. His paternal grandfather, Andrew Eminger, was a son of Isaac Eminger, the progenitor of the family in America, a native of Berlin, Germany, who was among the pioneers of what is now Cumberland county, Pa., settling there about 1740. All the ancestors of Capt. Eminger in America were farmers, including his father, who died in Pennsylvania, in 1854. Andrew Eminger, the grandfather, was a first lieutenant in the Revolutionary war, and was also a soldier in the war of 1812.
Augustus J. Eminger spent the first seventeen years of his life on the home farm. He was educated in the common schools and in the Cumberland Valley institute, Mechanicsburg, Pa. In April, 1855, he came to Miamisburg, Ohio, and in the winter of 1855-6 attended the Bacon Commercial college, Cincinnati, Ohio, during which time and up to 1858, he was connected with what is now the R. G. Dun Commercial agency. In the fall of 1858 he located in Miamisburg, where he was employed as clerk in a dry-goods store until 1862.
On July 30, 1862, he enlisted in company E, Ninety-third Ohio volunteer infantry, went to the front as first lieutenant, and participated in the campaign of the armies of the Ohio and Cumberland, in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. He was promoted to the captaincy of the company January 24, 1864, and was mustered out of the service at Nashville, Tenn., January 8, 1865. He at once returned to Miamisburg, where he entered the employ of D. H. Hoover & Co., later Hoover & Gamble, and on the incorporation of the Hoover & Gamble Co., in 1892, was made secretary of the company, a position which he still occupies.
Capt. Eminger was married, March 4, 1858, to Miss Maria S., daughter of Silas and Maria (South) Hall, of Miamisburg, and has five children: Mary (Mrs. J. F. Vogel), William F., Charles F., Robert L., and Clara H. (Mrs. Fred. C. Cotterman). Capt. Eminger is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of the Ohio commandery, military order of the Loyal Legion, A1 Mason post, G. A. R., and of the subordinate lodge, encampment and patrirachs militant, I. O. O. F. He has held the office of mayor of Miamisburg for two successive terms, has served as member of the city council, and was a member and clerk of the board of education from 1868 to 1890. Politically, he is a stanch republican. To all public movements for the advancement of Miamisburg, Capt. Eminger has always been foremost in giving his time and work. His spirit of progressiveness has assisted much in the upbuilding of the town, and his high character has brought to him the universal esteem of the community in which he resides.
As printed in Centennial portrait and biographical record of the city of Dayton and of Montgomery County, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with the biographi (1897). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
JACOB EBY.
Jacob Eby is the owner of four hundred and thirty acres of fine farming land just on the edge of Carrollton, Ohio, and is well known as one of the leading and representative agriculturists of the community. Moreover, he belongs to one of the oldest families of this part of the state. He was born in Harrison township, May 2, 1849, ankJ is the son of Adam and Susan (Mullendere) Eby. Adam Eby was a son of Christian Ebv and the latter was an only son of Christian Eby, of Pennsylvania. The family is of Swiss lineage. Christian Eby, Sr., was born December 28, 1777, and died December 10, 1859. He removed to what was then Frederick county but is now Carroll county, Maryland, where he resided from 1830 until 1838. In the latter year he arrived in Montgomery county, Ohio, where three of his children had previously settled— Mrs. Elizabeth Colder, John Eby and Christian Eby, all having taken up their above near Farmersville, in Montgomery county, between the years 1832 and 1834. Samuel Eby had left Ohio and settled in Kosciusko county, Indiana, before Christian Eby reached the state and later John Eby also went to Indiana.
Christian Eby followed farming in Montgomery county and was identified with its early development for a number of years. He passed away here, December 10, 1859. The grandfather of our subject, Christian Eby, married Susanna Mc- Daniel. He was a native of York county, Pennsylvania, and first settled in Jackson, Ohio, in 1832. Later he removed to Preble county, Ohio, where his remaining days were passed. He still has a sister in Missouri, Mrs. Levina Baile, who is living at a very advanced age. Adam Eby, the father of our subject, was born in Baltimore county, Maryland, July 10, 1814. He became one of the wealthy farmers of Montgomery county and lived to the very venerable age of ninety years, when he passed away. He was the father of thirteen children but Jacob Eby is the only one living near West Carrollton or in this part of the county. The other living children are: Christian; James W., of Boston, Iowa; Ephraim, of Preble county, Ohio; Adam, of Orchard, Florida; C. L. V., of North Dakota; and Mrs. Susan Ulrich, of Jackson township, Montgomery county, Ohio.
Jacob Eby was educated in the schools of Montgomery county and was reared to habits of thrift and industry. Throughout his entire life he has been identified with agricultural pursuits. In his youth, through the training of his father, he became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil, and as the years went by he made steady progress in the business world and is now one of the leading agriculturists of Miami township, owning and tilling five hundred and nine acres of fine farm land. The place is situated just at the edge of Carrollton and is equipped with all modern improvements and accessories.
On the 8th of December, 1887, Mr. Eby was united in marriage to Miss Alice Baker, a daughter of Aaron and Nancy (Simpson) Baker. They have become the parents of six children: Dolly, Susan, Owen A., James, Jacob and Ethel.
In his fraternal relations Mr. Eby is an Odd Fellow, becoming a charter member of the lodge at West Carrollton. His brethren of that organization entertain for him high regard and in fact he is held in the highest esteem throughout the community. Moreover, he is known as one of the worthy self-made men of the county who owes his prosperity entirely to his own labors, careful management and business activity. What he undertakes he accomplishes if it can be done through earnest, honorable and persistent labor. He believes in progress, whether in agricultural or other lines, and his progressive spirit is manifest in the excellent appearance of his place. He is one of the best known men in this part of the county and his record has at all times been most commendable.
As printed in History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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