George G. OYLER was born in England, in 1815, came to the United States with his father in 1828, and first settled in Hamilton county on the farm now owned by Thomas BOWLES. After serving an apprenticeship with Mr. D. A. DAVIDSON, he followed the painter's trade for thirty-five years, but at present devotes himself entirely to his farm. A Democrat, he has held the office of trustee in the township. He ranks high, too, as a Mason. He married Elizabeth GERRARD, of Ohio, in 1838. She had one child, Sarah, who died while an infant. The mother also died in 1876. He then married Honor J. MINOR..
 

Frederick BIDDINGER, senior, was a native of Fayette county, Pennsylvania. He was born in 1804, and came to Ohio with his father and settled in Butler county. After a year they moved to this county, and in 1810 he began on the farm which he now occupies. At present he is in possession of a fine competency. A Democrat in politics, he held the office of trustee of Harrison township one year; has always taken a deep interest in public improvements, and was instrumental in the laying out of the Biddinger pike, running from Harrison to Oxford. He is a member of the English Lutheran church; has held the office of trustee in the church for many years, and has always been deeply interested in the subject of education of youth. He married Sarah BLACK, of Ohio, who died in 1873. The children are John W., married to Margaret OTTO and now living in Butler county, Ohio; George A., married to Catharine SIMONSON, and now in this county; Emeline, wife of John LIVINGSTON, now in the same county; Jacob, married to Sarah STEPHENS, also living in this county; Angeline, now the wife of William HUTCHINSON, and residing in Missouri; Catharine, in this county; Melinda, Mrs. Thomas THOMAS of the same county; Martha, the wife of Martis HOLOWELL, and now residing in Indiana; Wesley M., married to Fanny McINTYRE, and now in Illinois; and Lewis F., of this county.
 

Asa R. MITTLER born in Dearborn county, Indiana, in 1817, is a farmer of Hamilton county, where he settled in 1848. The first few years he was a resident of Harrison township, and while there he dealt in stock. In 1852 he organized a company and went over the plains to California where he was engaged for a year in mining and keeping hotel, and returned to Ohio by way of Panama. At the end of two years he purchased a farm in Whitewater township, on which he lived until 1870, when he moved to the place on which is now his home. While in Whitewater township he held the office of township trustee and treasurer for a number of years, and has filled the same office in the township where he now resides. He has always been a Democrat. February 22, 1855, he was married to Euphemia RITTENHOUE of Ohio. The children are Alice, Ellen (now the wife of George ARNOLD), Charles, George, and Mabel.
 

John JONES, born in Baltimore county, Maryland, first settled in Harrison township in 1809. He was both a farmer and miller. In religious faith he was a Baptist, but never united with a church. His wife was Sarah HARRIMAN Their children are Betsy, Sarah, Rachel, Temperance, Ruth, Nancy, Rebecca, Stephen and Ellen.
 

Benjamin SIMONSON, the oldest member of the family of Aaron and Margaret SIMONSON was born in this county in 1827 In 1864 he entered into partnership with George and John PUNNY, for the manufacture of bedsteads, in which business he continued four years, when he disposed of his interest and returned to his farm. He is a member of the Sand Hill grange, in which he has twice held the place of overseer, and was also an officer in the Ancient Order of Red Men. In politics he classes himself with the Democratic party. In 1848 he married Maria JOHNSON, of Indiana. Their nine children are Margaret E., now Mrs. Harry SLEET; Nicholas J., Pricilla, Helen M., Mary E., Zaruma, Benjamin F., Maria A., and Charles G.
 

George HOPPING was born in Whitewater township in 1826, where he received an ordinary education, and began the business of farming. lie is a strong Republican, and always has shown much interest in education. In 1850 he was married to Rebecca IRELAND a citizen of Indiana. He has six children William, Frank, Charles, Laura, Hattie, and Lillie.
 

Robert MARVIN was born September 12, 1770, in Lynne, Connecticut. He was left an orphan when three years old. When a young man he engaged in teaching. About the year 1800 he moved to Morristown, New Jersey, and soon after was married to the widow of Moses ROSS. Her maiden name was Phoebe FORD About the year 1805 he emigrated to Harrison, Hamilton county, Ohio. The journey westward as far as wheeling was made in a covered wagon, drawn by horses and oxen. The rest of the trip was effected m a flatboat down the Ohio river to Cincinnati. He settled on land obtained by his predecessor from the Government at four dollars per acre, and entered the adjoining quarter section from the Government. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church. lie was an Abolitionist of the old style, and so noted for his zeal that he was threatened with expulsion from the church! He died in January, 1842, in his seventy-second year. His wife survived him about ten years, expiring in the eighty-third year of her age.