Winfield Scott Poince. An illuminating illustration of what persistence, industry, integrity and probity will accomplish, when combined with a high sense of moral responsibility, is found in the career of Winfield Scott Poince, who has steadfastly adhered to his vocation of farming and plastering in Monroe township, on the same property, for a period of forty years. Mr. Poince was born in Berkeley county, West Virginia, March 30, 1855, a son of John H. and Mary (Leopard) Poince. His parents and their family, with the exception of Winfield S., came to Miami county in 1872 and settled near Frederickstown. There the parents continued to be engaged in agricultural pursuits during the remainder of their lives and were highly esteemed people of their community. As a boy Winfield Scott Poince attended the public schools of West Virginia, and when he had completed his education went to Washington, D. C., where he remained until 1875. Hearing favorable reports from the other members of the family as to the desirability of Miami county and the opportunities which it offered, in 1875 he came here and located on the property which he now occupies in Monroe township. Here he has carried on agricultural pursuits and plastering without interruption and has developed into one of the well-to-do farmers of his locality. He has always lived on this farm and has been its chief developer. In this quality of constancy, fixedness of purpose, the undeviating pursuit of a plan of action, is contained the secret of success in multitudes of cases, and to this, in conjunction with the other sterling traits already mentioned, is attributable the creditable and successful career of Mr. Poince. Mr. Poince married, February, 19, 1885, Anna, daughter of T. W. and Elizabeth (Shearer) Furnas, the latter of whom had four brothers who served as soldiers of the Union Army during the Civil war, Titus, John, Oliver and Alvin. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Poince: Edith, who married Jesse Blackburn, and who resides at Wapakoneta, Ohio. They have two children, Laverle and Edwin; Howard, who married Edith Fenters, and they reside in Troy, Ohio; Russell, and Ruth, who married Archie Syler, and they reside at Garland, Ohio. They have one child, Dorotha Eileen. Russell Poince was educated in the Monroe township school and graduated from the West Milton High school. He then taught school for two years in Union township, Miami county, then entered the Ohio State University, where he spent two terms. He enlisted during the World war, December 17, 1917 in the aviation corps of the United States Army, and after training at Fort Hancock, then Camp Merritt, was assigned to Company B. Seventh Infantry, Third division. He went to France April 1, 1918, and while serving as a member of Company B, at the second battle of the Marne, July 15, 1918, met a hero's death. He was a young man who was greatly popular with his associates, both in and out of the army, and his death occasioned widespread sorrow. W. S. Poince is a member of the Knight of Pythias lodge and juniors. He is a member of the Christian church, of which he has been a trustee for over thirty years. In politics he is a Republican, and is a member of the school board.