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    OSCAR SHROYER

    OSCAR SHROYER, a representative general farmer and well known citizens resides on his valuable farm of ninety-five acres, which is situated five miles east of Tippecanoe City, in Section 10 Bethel Township. He was born March 8, 1848, in Bethel Township , Miami County, Ohio, and is a son of Jacob and a grandson of Thomas and Elizabeth (Fry) Shroyer.

    The grandparents of Mr. Shroyer came from Maryland and settled in Bethel Township, Miami County, where the grandfather acquired a quarter section of land, which he cleared up and made into a fine farm. He was one of the founders of the German Reformed Church in this section.

    Jacob Shroyer, father of Oscar, was born in Maryland in 1807. He died in Bethel Township, February 19, 1889, and was laid to rest by the side of his second wife in the New Carlisle Cemetery. He was a farmer all his life and at the time of death owned a large body of land in Bethel Township and a farm of 134 acres in Clark County. He was a member of the German reformed Church. For many years he was a prominent factor in politics and held responsible local offices for a protracted period, performing the duties of the same honestly and efficiently. He was thrice married, his first wife being Margaret Black, who at death left the following children: Thomas, Matilda, Catherine, Anna, Harriet and Henry. His second wife was Susan Stockstill, a daughter of Thomas Stockstill. She died in 1864 and was buried at New Carlisle. The children born to this union were as follows: John, Oscar, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel C. and Jacob. His third marriage was to Priscilla Mania Mendenhall, to which no children were born.

    Oscar Shroyer was reared in Bethel Township and attended the district schools and afterward assisted his father on the home farm until the time of his own marriage, in 1875, when he settled on a farm in Section 10 which he rented from his father. Later be moved to Clark County and lived on his father's farm of 134 acres until it was deeded to his sister, when he returned to the old homestead, and when his father died he received his present farm of ninety- five acres. All the buildings were standing and he has had to do little improving, the land being well drained and in fine workable condition. Here he raises the bounteous crops which Bethel Township soil gives to the careful and intelligent farmer, and here has reared a large and interesting family.

    Mr. Shroyer was married in 1875 to Miss Viola Mouk, a daughter of Andrew and Susan Mouk, of Clark County, and they have had the following children: Harry Walter, who married Stella Snyder,. daughter of Thomas and Roberta Snyder, and has one child, Ruberta Viola; Guy T., who is in the employ of the Sidney Steelscraper Company, of Sidney, Ohio; Dorothy C., who resides at home; Grover C., who married Maude Bousman, daughter of Elmer and Myrtle Bousman; Earl, who resides at home; Susan, who is a member of the class of 1909 in the Bethel High School; Lloyd, who is a student in the class of 1912, in the Bethel High School; and Robert. who has not yet reached the High School, but, like the older members of the family, shows a quick intelligence and love of learning. Mr. Shroyer and family attend the Lutheran Church at Brandt. In politics he is a Democrat and has frequently been tendered township offices, all of which he has refused except that of township trustee, in which he has acceptably served a number of terms.

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