Thomas E. Ginn, a prosperous farmer of Spring Creek township and enterprising business man of Piqua, was born in this township in 1867, a son of James and Sarah (Graham) Ginn. His parents, were lifelong farming people of Miami county, James Ginn being the owner of a substantial property in, the neighborhood of Piqua, a community in which he was highly honored for the traits of industry, integrity and good citizenship. He and his wife were the parents of nine children: James, who died in 1855; Will, an Ohio farmer, whose son, John, is twenty-two years of age and a resident of near Tippecanoe City; Jennie, the widow of Joseph Hilbert, formerly of Sidney, with a son, Arthur, who has two children; Annie, the wife of Lyman Carpenter, of California, with two daughters; Tillie, the wife of George A. Roeser, who has a son, Harley, twenty-eight years of age; Sallie, the wife of Jacob Smith, of Versailles, Ohio, who has had three children, a daughter who died in infancy, and two sons who are engaged in farming; Robert, who died in 1879, leaving a widow, formerly Ella Simmons, and one child, both of whom are deceased; Thomas E.; and Edward, who is engaged in farming in Missouri. Thomas E. Ginn received his education in the public schools of Spring Creek township, and grew upon the home farm. As a young man he engaged in farming on his own account and his success has been gained through individual merit. His property is well improved with good buildings and modern equipment and he is accounted one of the substantial and progressive men of his locality. Mr. Ginn has stock with L. R. Hager, in the Piqua Coal and Ice Company. He has always been a supporter of good civic movements and has contributed generously to worthy enterprises. In 1898 Mr. Ginn was united in marriage with Catherine, daughter of Christian Schultz, a farmer of Spring Creek township, now deceased, and they have three children: James, who graduated from the Piqua High School with the class of 1920, and is nineteen years of age; Mary, born in 1907, now attending high school at Piqua; and Dorothea, born in 1903 , who is attending Piqua High School and expects to graduate in 1921.