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Samson P. Strader, Miami [Township]

Mr. Strader was born September 18, 1796, in Guilford County, North Carolina. He was the son of Henry and Mary Strader, and the second child. He came with his father to Miami Township, then called Washington, in the year 1804. Gephart school-house was then the seat of learning for the Township, and from that quarter the beams of knowledge radiated. At various times young Strader was privileged to bask in its rays; but these opportunities were so few that he acquired but a slender share of education. His chief mode of life at that time was to assist in clearing off the dense wilderness, in order to appropriate the virgin soil to the raising of corn. Wild game, such as deer, etc., was in abundance. In the year 1817, he married Mary Benner, the daughter of Jacob and Mary Benner, of Miami Township. They have lived in this Township to the present time, with the exception of two years that they lived in Warren County. He rented farms until he saved enough to buy one, which he eventually did, and he now resides on his own land. He at first had one hundred and seventy-five acres, but the steady hand of industry and economy has increased them, and his fertile acres now number two hundred and eight. He has erected a beautiful residence, and surrounded it with all the modern conveniences of life. Let me ask the younger portion of the readers, who, perchance, may peruse these lines, could the sluggard and spendthrift have accomplished what Mr. Strader has? There is but one simple, truthful answer, -- No, he could not. Therefore learn a moral, -- be industrious, honest, and frugal, and wealth is at your command.

Mr. and Mrs. Strader are the parents of five children, all of whom are living in Miami Township, excepting one who resides in Dark County. Mr. Strader is one of the pioneers of this Township, and has outlived many of his boyhood companions. He is well and favorably known for many miles around. Mrs. Strader is the picture of health, but her silver locks bespeak the coming frosts of inexorable old age. She and her loving husband have lived together during the last half-century. Both are members of the Presbyterian Church. She was born in February, 1796, in the State of Maryland. She came with her father's family to Ohio in 1806, and settled in Miami Township.

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