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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 17 December 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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JOHN
T. MARDIS, farmer; P. 0. Lebanon; was born in Warren Co.,
Ohio, Jan. 20, 1825; his parents were James and Mary (Terry) Mardis,
of English descent His maternal grandfather settled in Cincinnati in the
year 1793, and invested $1.50 in town lots, that sum buying two. Later,
he owned some 8 acres of land in what is now central Cincinnati. The great-grandfather
of our subject was a native of the State of New Jersey, and was, in his
religions views, an Old-School Baptist, and is said to have been the first
minister ordained in Ohio. The father of our subject had one brother who
served under Gen Harrison, at Ft Meigs, in the war of
1812. John T. Mardis was raised on a farm, and received
the usual schooling known to boys of his day and circumstances, his father
being not a man of wealth. Nov. 7, 1852, he was married to Elizabeth,
daughter of Ellis and Alice (Goe) Kincaid. To them |
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were born three children, viz., Mary Alice, born Aug. 30, 1853; Sylvan E., born July 25, 1855, and Alvin J., born June 19, 1857. Mrs. Mardis died May 28, 1868, and, on Feb. 16, 1870, Mr. Mardis again married Mary E. Smith, a native of Warren County, and a daughter of Mary (Kell) Smith. Mr. Mardis owns a well-improved farm east of Lebanon; he devotes much of his time to fancy farming and the cultivation of fine fruits and berries. He is also largely interested in the propagation of bees and in extracting honey from the comb. For the past sixteen years, he has been engaged in the manufacture of sorghum molasses, for which he has a full set of machinery. He was, for many years, President of the County Horticultural Society; he is Master of Grange No. 660, and a prominent working member of the order. |
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