Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 25 February 2005

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LOTON MILTENBERGER, President of the Farmers' National Bank of Franklin, son of John and Elizabeth (Bloss) Miltenberger, was born in Rockingham Co., Va., Sept. 14, 1818. In the spring of 1832, his parents came to this county and settled in Clear Creek Township, where they purchased a farm of 173 acres. He attended school winters and worked on farm during the summer. He was married, in Ridgeville, this county, Sept. 9, 1847, to Mary R. Tibbals, daughter of Seymour S. and Sarah A. (Howard) Tibbals, born in Portage Co., Ohio, near Deerfield, Oct. 8, 1831. In 1848, he bought a farm of 63 acres in Butler County, where he cleared about 10 acres and made considerable other improvements, and then sold, in 1854, and moved near Monroe, where he bought 107 acres and lived till 1859, when he came to this township, one mile east of the village, and purchased 142 acres of choice land, which is now one of the finest farms in the county. March 1, 1879. he moved to the village to lead a retired life, having purchased a fine residence on Center street, below Seventh. When the Farmers' National Bank was opened, in 1876, he was a Director, and in the fall of 1879 he was elected President, being next to the largest stockholder. In January, 1880, he was elected Director of the Franklin Pottery Company, being a large stockholder; a sketch of these works,