Christian Dunkel, miller; P. O. Covington. Mr. Dunkel, a native of Pennsylvania, was born in Dauphin Co., in 1812; his father died when he was but a child, and his youth was spent in various occupations; was errand-boy in a store two years or more. then worked on a farm for a time, then went into a woolen factory; teamed some, and worked at the carpenter's trade, and when about 20, years of age began milling, which he has followed most of the time since; he came from Lancaster Co., Penn., to Miami Co., Ohio, in 1835, and has been milling in the vicinity of Covington ever since; the mill now known as Dunkel's, of which he is the manager, has a quite interesting history in connection with the business development of Covington; the site was first utilized by Jacob Ullery, who removed a sawmill from near Fort Greenville, using the then abandoned fort for quarters while tearing down and removing it; rafted it down Greenville Creek and put it up here, a little west of where the present flour-mill stands; afterward Benj. Lehman bought it, together with the grounds, and erected a flour- mill ; he sold to John Brumbaugh, he to Patty Bros., they to McCampbell, who in turn disposed of it to Swisher & Hartzell, and they to Ullery & Mikesell ; this Ullery was a son of the first owner, and Mikesell the John Mikesell whose biography appears in this, work; a brother of Ullery's bought out Mikesell, Lewis Kensinger bought out one of the Ullery's, and in 1877 Dunkel & Miller bought out Ullery & Kensinger. As Mr. Miller is a farmer of Newton Township, and quite aged, the business and management is left entirely to Mr. Dunkel, a position which his experience, both as a miller and business man, eminently fits him, and which he is successfully filling. The mill is operated for custom and merchant business, and has a capacity of 300 barrels of flour per day; it is situated near the mouth of Greenville Creek, from which its power is supplied, and is on the Painter's Creek pike, near the bridge across Stillwater, at the south part of Covington. Mr. Dunkel has been identified with one of the important industries in the vicinity of Covington for nearly a half century, is still an active man of business and a respected citizen. He was married in 1840, to Miss Mary Eresman, of Darke Co., but she only lived about one year; he was again married in 1834, to Miss Mary, daughter of John Falknor, deceased, who was an early resident of Newberry Township.