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Title: A standard history of Williams County, Ohio; an authentic narrative of the past, with particular attention to the modern era in the commercial, industrial, educational, civic and social development;
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Bowersox, Charles A., 1846- ed
Subjects: Williams County (Ohio) -- History Williams County (Ohio) -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ugust 22, 1846, died on August22, 1911; George F., born July 22, 1848, died May 14, 1918; CatherineL., born August 11, 1850, died December 14, 1879; and Lewis P. Lewis P. Mignins boyhood home was a log cabin, in which he wasreared to manhood and he secured his education in the common schoolsof Springfield Township. He has never left the home farm and isnow the owner of 305 acres of as good land as can be found in hissection of the county. This land is devoted to general farming andstock raising, in which he has met with a well-deserved success, forhe has applied himself indefatigably to the improvement and cultiva-tion of this farm, and he enjoys a splendid reputation as an enter-prising and progressive farmer. On July 26, 1879, Mr. Mignin was married to Louise Beucler,whose death occurred on November 26, 1910, without issue. In Janu-ary, 1912, Mr. Mignin was married to Clara Juillard, whose deathoccurred on January 29, 1918. Mr. Mignin is a member of the Lutheran Church and gives his
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<^2^*u^J<*. /( OzHi^z^^zi HISTORY OF WILLIAMS COUNTY 103 political support to the democratic party. He has always stoodstanchly for the best things in the community life and enjoys a well-deserved popularity throughout the community where his life hasbeen spent. Lewis T. Perkins, who is giving a vigorous and effective adminis-tration of the office of sheriff of Williams County, is a man of thevital, well-poised type that is potent in causing malefactors to sit upand notice when they attempt to execute their nefarious work withinhis bailiwick, and he is making an admirable record since he becamesheriff of the county, in 1919. Mr. Perkins was born in Gratiot County, Michigan, June 29, 1880,and is a son of Frank and Effie (Brady) Perkins, both of whom like-wise were born in that county, where their parents were early settlers.In his native county Frank Perkins continued operations on the oldhome farm of his parents until 1888, when he came with his family toOhio and established his

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