Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 3 Jul 2005

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HENRY ELIJAH NULL, farmer; P. O. Springboro; born on the place when his father still lives, in Clear Creek Township, March 7, 1853; is a son of Jonathan J. and Catharine Null (see sketch of Jonathan J. Null in this work), and was raised and grew to manhood on that farm; was married, May 21, 1874, to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Ritz) Siegfried, natives of Germany, who emigrated to America about 1847, and located in New York City, where they resided seven years; thence to Ohio and located at, Springboro, where they remained till in the spring of 1881, when they removed to Lima, Allen Co., Ohio, where they now reside. Mr. Siegfried is a tailor by trade and has carried on a merchant tailoring business and custom made clothing ever since his arrival in this country; he carried on the business in Springboro twenty-six years, where he did quite a prosperous trade. They have had ten children; seven now survive - William Henry, Elizabeth, John, Charles, Franklin P., Lydia and Ferdinand. Mr. Null and wife have one child - Clara Luella, born Dec. 26, 1876. Mr. Null resided in Montgomery County from 1877 to 1880; the balance of his life has been in Warren County; he located upon his present farm in the spring of 1881; they are members of the Reformed Church.