JOHN ODA, a leading agriculturist of Washington Township, Miami County, Ohio, has a well improved farm of fifty acres located about three and one-half miles southwest of Piqua. He was born near Dayton, Ohio, November 22, 1858, and is a son of Frederick and Louisa (Trost) Oda. His parents were natives of Germany and were married prior to their removal to the United States. They located on a farm in Montgomery County, Ohio.

John Oda was reared on the home farm in Montgomery County, and at the age of nineteen years moved to Darke County, Ohio. There he engaged in farming a short time, then moved to a farm near Covington, in Miami County. He later sold his farm there and in 1902 purchased his present excellent property of fifty acres. He remodeled the brick house on the place and now has one of the best improved farms in that locality. Mr. Oda was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth R. Wolf, a daughter of Ephraim Wolf, and they have two children, namely: Minnie C. and Russel C. Religiously, they are members of the Lutheran Church of Piqua, of which he is an elder.