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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 27 November 2004 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Turtlecreek Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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REV. WILLIAM BELLER, farmer, P. O. Lebanon, was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 12, 1821. His parents were Jacob and Elizabeth (Meloy) Beller, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Pennsylvania. Our subject attended the common schools of the county after which he took a course at the Academy of Lebanon He also took a theological course in Crawford County College, from which he graduated in 1854. Since that time, he has been a minister of the Christian denomination, and for seven years had charge of a congregation in Butler County. He is an enthusiastic advocate of temperance principles and an earnest supporter of any work tending to the advancement of the morality of the people. He was married in 1850 to Phoebe Hunter, a daughter of Thomas Hunter, and by her he has had the following children, viz., E. F., Flora May, Anna M., Ethie, Clara, Olive M. and Raymond Sumner. Mr. B. is a Republican and has held many offices of trust in the township. He tempers his actions in all things with the spirit of a true Christian. |
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