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W. S. and S. K. STATLER, farmers; P. O. Piqua; are the sons of George and Elizabeth (Knoop) Statler; their father was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., in 1798, and came to Miami Co., Ohio, with his parents about 1804; their mother was born in Miami Co. in 1806, and was married in 1829; they had four children, all now living, viz.: James W., who is married, and settled in Van Buren, Ark.; Will Sabin, who is single and lives on the home farm; Harriet also lives at home with her brother Sabin and is unmarried; and Samuel K, married to Clara E. Kinsman, and lives also on the home farm, and are parents of one child, viz., Lizzie K.; George and Elizabeth, the parents, were among the very early settlers of the county; opening out right in the wilderness; living in the old log cabin for years, and by dint of hard labor, industry and economy, clearing up the farm, and making improvements as time and means would permit; before their death they were in the possession of three good farms of 160 acres each, with good buildings and everything needed for comfort and convenience; she died in 1871, and he in 1873, having fulfilled their mission well and leaving a goodly portion of this world’s goods for their children to enjoy, without the hardships and deprivations which their parents had to endure. Elizabeth’s brother, Jacob Knoop, was the first white child born in the county, Nov. 30, 1798; Samuel K, is the Land Appraiser for Washington Township, having been elected to fill that office last October; William S., and Harriet his sister, are members of the Presbyrterian Church, in Piqua, his membership dating back about five-years, and hers about eighteen years.