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    LEE RALSTON

    Lee Ralston, one of the highly esteemed retired farmers of Brown township, was born in this township and belongs to one of its most highly honored families. His paternal grandfather, Allen Ralston, was a native of Scotland, of Scotch-Irish blood, and immigrated to the United States in young manhood, settling in Lost Creek township, Miami county, Ohio, where he passed the remainder of his life. Andrew Ralston, father of Lee Ralston, was born in Ohio, January 26, 1839, and was there married in October, 1889, to Elizabeth Ralston, also a native of that state. Shortly after their union they came to Lost Creek township, Miami county, where, under a buckskin land grant issued over the signature of Andrew Jackson, Mr. Ralston secured eighty acres of land in Lost Creek township. He continued to be engaged in agricultural operations until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Tenth regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, an organization with which be saw service in twenty-three engagements. At the close of the war he returned safely to his home and there continued to be engaged in farming until February 26, 1900, when he retired to Fletcher and here his death occurred March 16, 1909, when he was seventy years of age. He was a man of prominence in his community, accumulated a large property through industry and good management, and served as county appraiser and in other capacities. Mrs. Ralston, who survives him, lives at Fletcher with her unmarried children, Miss Vesta and Lee. Minnie, the eldest child, died when young, and Mary, the second in order of birth, is the wife of Justus Burnside, an agriculturist of Staunton township. Lee Ralston was educated in the public schools and engaged actively in farming until 1900, since when he has supervised the operation of his farms. He is the owner of about 134 acres of well- cultivated, highly-improved and productive land, which is devoted to general farming, and his sister, Vesta, owns 100 acres. He has a number of social, fraternal, including the Knights of Pythias, of which he is chancellor commander, business and civic connections, and has always discharged his responsibilities in a highly commendable manner. He is a Democrat.

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