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Below is a family biography included in The History of Miami County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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JOHN M. BURKHOLDER, miller, Casstown; was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., April 13, 1836; is a son of Felix and Elizabeth (Moyers) Burkholder, who were also born in Pennsylvania, their ancestry originally coming from Switzerland. Felix and Elizabeth were the parents of nine children, six of whom are now living, viz., John M., Catharine, Felix M., Michael M., Elizabeth and Mary. Mr. Burkholder, our subject, remained with his father, and learned the milling business, his father being a miller by profession. Jan. 25, 1859, was celebrated his marriage with Catharine Lukenbach, born March 30, 1837, daughter of Rev. Levi and Anna, (Driver) Lukenbach, who are also natives of Pennsylvania, the parents and grandparents all hailing from that State, but the ancestry originally coming from Germany. Rev. Lukenbach and wife were parents of six children, of whom four are living, viz., Elizabeth, now Mrs. Moses Dohmer; Catharine; Abraham, living in Pennsylvania, and Anna, now Mrs. George Royer, living in Portage Co., Ohio. John M. and wife, by their union are the parents of twelve children, viz.: Calvin Franklin, born in Potter Township, Center Co., Penn., Dec. 5, 1859, parents’ residence Potter’s Red Mills; Elizabeth Emma, born in Potter Township, Center Co., Penn., March 23, 1861, parents’ residence Potter’s Red Mills; Anna Mary, born in Newton Township, Miami Co., Aug. 3, 1862, parents’ residence Sugar Grove Mills; Felix Edwin, born in Newton Township, Miami Co., Ohio, Jan. 21, 1864, parents’ residence Sugar Grove Mills; Levi Daniel, born in Springfield Township, Clark Co., Ohio, Aug. 7, 1865, parents’ residence Snyder’s Mills; John Harvey, born in Newton Township, Miami Co., Ohio, Nov. 21, 1867, parents’ residence Sugar Grove Mills; Michael Elmer, born in Elizabeth Township, Miami Co., Ohio, Feb. 11, 1869, parents’ residence Sheet’s Mills; Abraham L., born in Lost Creek Township, Miami Co., Ohio, Feb. 7, 1871, parents’ residence Lost Creek Mills; George Washington, born in Lost Creek Township, Miami Co., Ohio, Oct. 17, 1872, and died Sept. 3, 1873, aged 10 months and 16 days, buried at Casstown Cemetery, Miami Co., Ohio; Otto O., born in Lost Creek Township, Miami Co., Ohio, Jan. 11, 1874, parents’ residence Lost Creek Mills; Catharine Ellen, born in Lost Creek Township, Miami Co., Ohio, Dec. 4, 1876, parents’ residence Lost Creek Mills, and Willis Oliver, born in Lost Creek Township, Miami Co., Ohio, July 22, 1879, parents’ residence Lost Creek Mills; also we add the name of Mary Krimer, a child raised by Mr. Burkholder, who was born in Philadelphia, Penn., about 1851; her mother dying when Mary was only 3 years of age, she was taken charge of by Mrs. John Teatsel and taken to Center Co., Penn.; when about 8 years of age was placed in the care of Mr. Burkholder and wife, who have raised her, and with whom she still resides. After Mr. Burkholder’s marriage, he remained in Pennsylvania about three years, then removed to Miami Co., near Covington, at Sugar Grove Mills, where he remained three years; thence to Snyder’s Mills, in Clark Co., where he remained nine months; thence to Squire Coppock’s Mills, where he stayed fifteen months; back to the Sugar Grove Mills again, remaining one year; thence to Sheet’s Mills, where he lived two years; finally he removed to his present location, Lost Creek Mills, where he has been in business for ten years. Mr. Burkholder, was raised in the milling business from a boy, and has followed the occupation through his entire life; he is running strictly a custom grist-mill, a three-run mill-stone, and, from his great experience and excellent style, is probably second to but few millers in the county. Mr. Burkholder is a member of the “Brethren in Christ,” or “The River Brethren Church,” his membership dating back for twenty-one years.

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This family biography is one of 964 biographies included in The History of Miami County, Ohio published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Miami County, Ohio History and Genealogy

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