My Genealogy Hound

A. J. KLINGER, miller and dealer in grain and seeds, Greenville. Among the old settlers of Darke Co., we are pleased to give this gentleman more than a passing notice. He was born in Preble Co. in 1830, and, with his mother, came to Darke Co. and located in Monroe Township in 1838; at 18 years of age, he, with an older brother, engaged in the merchandise trade, continuing the same some two years; then, for a short time, at Ithaca, and, upon the completion of the D. & U. R. R., located at Gordon, and was the first grain merchant as well as among the first merchants of the town; after being engaged in Gordon some five years, he disposed of his grain and merchandise interest, removed to Ithaca and followed farming two years; he then purchased the Ithaca Mill, running the same five years; then one year at Winchester, Ind.; in the fall of 1867, he removed to Arcanum, where he followed milling until 1871, at which date he came to Greenville, and, in 1876, purchased his present business property, remodeled and enlarged the same, placing in the most improved machinery and now has a mill of a capacity of fifty barrels per day; he is also largely engaged in buying and shipping grain to the Eastern markets. His marriage with Caroline Werts was celebrated in 1857; she is a daughter of Peter Werts, one of the early pioneers of Darke Co.; they are the parents of three sons and five daughters, viz., Sarah E., Delia F., Laura, Almy S., Cora, D. O., Watson J. and Peter W.