O. T. ROSZELL, grain dealer, with business quarters on South Mulberry Street, Troy, was born in 1858 near Tippecanoe City, Miami County, Ohio, and is a son of Rev. Joseph Roszell.

The father of Mr. Roszell was born in 1822 in New Jersey, and was nine years of age when he was brought to Montgomery County, Ohio and sixteen when he came to Miami County. He was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

O. T. Roszell obtained his education in his native township and also at Tippecanoe City, and followed an agricultural life until he was about twenty-four years of age. After his marriage he came to Troy and at first engaged in a grain business, but shortly afterward sold out and for a few months was interested in furniture manufacturing. Deciding that Tippecanoe City at that time offered a better field for that business, he moved there and continued in the manufacture of furniture for ten years. He then carried on a milling and grain business at New Carlisle for three years, after which he came to Troy and established his present enterprise, first under the style of Roszell & Hale. On account of poor health, Mr. Hale withdrew, and since then Mr. Roszell has been sole proprietor under his own name. He deals in grain, seed, feed, etc., and is a representative business man of the city.

In 1887 Mr. Roszell was married to Miss Blanche Hale, a daughter of John Hale, of Miami County. They have five children, namely Mabel, who is a member of the graduating class of 1909 at the Troy High School; Clarence, Earl and Ralph, all students; and Dorothy, the youngest. Mr. Roszell is identified with both the Masons and Odd Fellows.