MARTIN A. PETERSEIM, postmaster at Bloomer, Miami County, is one of the enterprising and representative business men of this section, being proprietor of a general store which supplies the needs of a large territory and with A. C. Rhoades, under the firm name of Peterseim & Rhoades, operates an elevator. Mr. Peterseim was born on a farm in Shelby County, Ohio, one-half mile distant from Bloomer, September 8, 1844, and is a son of John Adam and Elizabeth (Fett) Peterseim. Both parents of Mr. Peterseim were born in Germany. They were married there and immediately afterward came to America and to Shelby County. When their son, Martin A., was six years old they moved on a farm of ninety acres, which adjoins Bloomer on the north, and both died there.

Martin A. Peterseim has lived on the above mentioned farm almost since he was an infant and he also owns a second farm, which is situated one-half mile south of Bloomer and contains twenty-five acres. For twenty-two years he has been a leading factor in business at this point, being interested for that length of time in both store and elevator, and for the same length of time has been postmaster. He has served one term as township trustee, being elected on the Democratic ticket, but his business interests have been so many that he has never sought political favor to any great degree. Mr. Peterseim married Miss Mary Catherine Keiser, a daughter of William Keiser, and they have five children, namely: Ellen, who is the widow of Judson Sando; Edith, who is the wife of A. C. Rhoades; Walter, who is in the employ of his father at Bloomer; and Stella and Florence. Mr. Peterseim is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, in which he has been an official almost the entire period of his mature life.