J. M. Huntsberger. With the exception of two years, when he was employed as a salesman, J. M. Huntsberger has spent his entire life in connection with agricultural pursuits in Miami county, and at the present time is the owner of a well-cultivated property consisting of 118 acres located in Monroe township. Mr. Huntsberger was born in Newton township, Miami county, September 6, 1882, a son of Jacob and Annabelle (Coppock) Huntsberger, his parents having been lifelong residents of this county, where they won a gratifying success through industry, and gained and held the respect and esteem of those among whom their home was made. Jacob Huntsberger died when his son was five weeks of age. Mrs. Huntsberger later married John Gray. By the first union there were three children, one who died in infancy; Alma, who is the wife of Lyman Ebersole, a grocer of Pleasant Hill, and J. M. By the second union there were two children: Ethel, the wife of James Snell, a grocer of Fidelity, Ohio, and one who died in infancy. J. M. Huntsberger acquired his education through attendance at the local public schools in Newton township, and as a youth began to apply himself to farming. Later he turned his attention temporarily to mercantile pursuits, and for two years was employed as a salesman, but eventually turned his attention to farming, and in 1917 settled on his present property, a highly improved tract of 118 acres. Here he has so directed his activities as to become known as one of the progressive and enterprising agriculturists of his community. Mr. Huntsberger has given his support to all worthy civic movements and extended his co-operation to include national activities during the period of the war. February 18, 1905, he married Edna, daughter of John. and Harriett Rebecca (Miller) Wheelock, of West Milton, and she and her husband are the parents of seven children: Frank, Erla, Carl, jean, Helen, Max and Dorotha. The family attends the Christian church.