The Indians

Settlement of the Ohio Valley

Miami County Organized

Expedition of Gen G. R. Clarke

Earliest Settlement

Hindrances to Early Settlement

Scalping of Mrs. Martin

Early Settlers 1800-1807 in Miami County

Caleb Mendenhall

Miami County Old Settlers up to 1807

Capture of the Moffit Boys

The Miami County Seat

The War of 1812 - Tecumseh - Miami County

Killing of Dilbone and Wife

Miami County Infirmary (Miami County Poor Farm)

Miami County Officials 1808-1880

The Civil War and Miami County

Geology - Indian Mounds

Old Fortifications at Piqua

Indian Relics - Engraved Tablets found in Miami County

Knoop Children’s Home

Miami County Business Directory

Population of Miami County

Included is biographical information for 964 families including each of the following family surnames: (many thousands of additional family surnames are also mentioned throughout the book text and within these family biographies): To view a sample biography, click here Abley * Adams * Adlard * Agenbrood * Albaugh * Albery * Aldrich * Alexander * Allen * Ammon * Anderson * Anglebarger * Applegett * Armstrong * Arnold * Ashworth * Axtell * Babb * Baer * Baker * Barbour * Bare * Barnes * Barnhart * Bartmess * Bashore * Battson * Beall * Beals * Beamer * Beedle * Benham * Bennett * Berry * Berryhill * Besom * Billingsley * Binkley * Black * Blessinger * Bobbs * Boehringer * Boggs * Boone * Bosserman * Bower * Bowman * Brandon * Branson * Brecount * Brelsford * Brooks * Brotherton * Brown * Browne * Buchanan * Buckles * Burkholder * Burton * Butt * Butterfield * Cable * Cadwallader * Caldwell * Campbell * Capron * Carmony * Carpenter * Carroll * Carson * Carter * Carver * Cassel * Cathcart * Caven * Cavender * Chaffee * Chase * Cheever * Christian * Clark * Clarke * Clarkson * Clyde * Clyne * Coate * Coddington * Coffield * Coffman * Coleman * Collins * Colvin * Compton * Conklin * Conover * Coppock * Cottingham * Couffer * Counts * Cox * Cray * Crew * Cromer * Cron * Croner * Crozier * Crumrine * Culbertson * Curtis * Cushwa * Daniels * Davis * Davy * Day * De Bra * Dean * Deaton * Deeter * Defrees * Denman * Derr * Deweese * Dibra * Dietrick * Dilbone * Dill * Dinsmore * Ditmer * Dorsey * Dowler * Drake * Drees * Driver * Duer * Duncan * Dunham * Dunkel * Dunn * Dye * Earhart * Earnhart * Eby * Edge * Eidemiller * Eldredge * Elleman * Elliott * Enyeart * Ernest * Estey * Etter * Evans * Fackler * Falknor * Farrington * Favorite * Fergus * Fess * Fetter * Fetters * Filbey * Filbrun * Finfrock * Fisher * Fleming * Flesh * Flinn * Foster * Fouts * Fowler * Fox * Franz * Frazier * Freeman * Freshour * Friedlich * Frontz * Fuller * Furnas * Gabriel * Gahagan * Galbraith * 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Orbison * Overcarsh * Partington * Patterson * Patty * Paul * Pearson * Peck * Peirce * Pemberton * Pence * Penny * Perry * Peterseine * Peterson * Pierce * Poince * Price * Purdy * Pursell * Rain * Ralston * Ramsey * Randall * Rapp * Ratcliff * Rauch * Rayner * Reed * Reeder * Reiber * Reichel * Rein * Reish * Rench * Rhoades * Rhodehamel * Robbins * Robins * Rogers * Rohrer * Rollins * Rosenberger * Ross * Rossiter * Roszell * Rotherman * Routson * Routzahn * Ruhl * Rumburg * Rundle * Rusk * Russell * Sabin * Sando * Saunders * Sawyer * Sayers * Saylor * Schaefer * Schauer * Scheaffer * Schindler * Schlosser * Schnepp * Schneyer * Schoppmeier * Schroeder * Scott * Searer * Seibel * Senseman * Shanks * Shannon * Sharp * Sheafer * Shearer * Sheets * Shellabarger * Shellaberger * Shellenberger * Shidaker * Shilling * Shipley * Shoe * Shoemaker * Shoupp * Shrodes * Shroyer * Shulz * Shuman * Sigafoos * Simmons * Simon * Singer * Sinks * Skinner * Slauson * Sloan * Small * Smith * 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About this book:
This book was originally published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co., Chicago and is divided into five basic sections:
The Northwest Territory (74 pages)
The History of The State of Ohio (112 pages)
The History of Miami County, Ohio (264 pages)
Miami County Biographical Sketches (400 pages - 964 biographies)
Miami County Business Directory (10 pages)

Miami County is located in south west Ohio and bordered by: Clark County, Ohio * Montgomery County, Ohio * Darke County, Ohio * Shelby County, Ohio * Champaign County, Ohio * (click on highlighted names for a full description)

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