Description: This image is a formal portrait of Lorain A. Pearson (1859-1935) of the 83rd Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives (1919-1920). Pearson was born in Miami County, Ohio, and attended school in Covington, Ohio. He served two terms in Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives (1918 to 1920). He was a banker in West Milton, Ohio. Pearson died in April 1935. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07021
Subjects: Legislators--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Politicians; Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives; Miami County (Ohio)
Places: West Milton (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a formal portrait of Harry J. Ritter, who represented Miami County in the 78th Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives (1909-1910). He was a member of the Republican Party. In this oval-framed portrait, Ritter is in his early sixties and has a mustache. He is wearing a pinstripe suit with a pin in the left lapel. Ritter was born in 1848 near Reading, Pennsylvania. He was a student at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, but left school in 1864 to join the United State Signal Corps. He served in that post until the end of the Civil War. After the war he graduated from a commercial college and entered the horse business. In 1894 he entered the manufacturing field and became general manager and treasurer of the Tipp Building Manufacturing Company, Tippecanoe City (now Tipp City), Ohio. He was elected to the 77th and 78th General Assemblies of the State of Ohio. In 1918 he was elected to the State Senate. Harry J. Ritter died in 1925 and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Tipp City, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07018
Subjects: Legislators--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives; Ohio General Assembly Senate; Miami County (Ohio); Politicians; Veterans
Places: Tipp City (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustrated print of the public square in Troy, Miami County, Ohio, ca. 1886-1888. The scene shows a horse and buggy, clothier, dentist, and gazebo with a clock tower in the distance. It was drawn from a photograph that is part of a collection compiled by Henry Howe while researching the 1889 edition of his book "Historical Collections of Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04817
Subjects: Miami County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Stores & shops; Streets--Ohio
Places: Troy (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the public square in Troy, Miami County,, Ohio, ca. 1886-1888. The scene shows a horse and buggy, clothier, dentist, and gazebo with a clock tower in the distance. This photograph is part of a collection compiled by Henry Howe while researching the 1889 edition of "Historical Collections of Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04818
Subjects: Miami County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Stores & shops; Streets--Ohio
Places: Troy (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a formal portrait of Van S. Deaton, M.D., who represented Miami County in the Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives for eight years, beginning in 1894. In this image Deaton, who appears to be in his sixties, has white hair and a bushy mustache. He wears a pin in this left lapel. Van. S. Deaton (1847-1828) was born in Champaign County, Ohio. When he was nine years old, his parents died, and he went to live with an uncle. At age 17 he enlisted in the Sixteenth Ohio Light Artillery in 1864 and served until June 1865. He returned to the Normal School in Lebanon, Ohio, to finish his education and then attended Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, from which he graduated in 1873. In addition to practicing medicine, Deaton also was elected to the state legislature and held other public offices. He died in 1928 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Troy, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07020
Subjects: Legislators--Ohio; Physicians--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Politicians; Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives; Politicians; Veterans; Miami County (Ohio)
Places: Troy (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a formal portrait of James L. Black, member of the 97th Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives (1948-1949). The image is surrounded by a white oval frame set against a black background. Printed at the bottom of the white oval is Rep. Black's name and the name of the county he represented, Miami County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07026
Subjects: Legislators--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Politicians; Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives; Miami County (Ohio)
Places: Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Home of John Johnston at the Piqua Historical Area in Miami County, Ohio, ca. 1965-1980. The house has been restored to appear much as it did in 1829. Johnston served as United States Indian Agent for Western Ohio from 1812 to 1829. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01023
Subjects: Miami County (Ohio); Farmhouses; Farms; Agriculture; Rural life
Places: Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a formal portrait of Jefferson Stone Combs (1870-1946), a member of the 79th Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives (1911-1912). This photograph appears in the "Legislative Manual of the State of Ohio 1912." He was born in Leonardtown, Maryland, where he attended public schools. He worked as a businessman in Washington, D.C. and in Dayton, Ohio, before moving to Troy, Ohio, in 1898. There he began his association with Hobart Electric Manufacturing Company. He also was director of the First National Bank of Troy and a member of the city council. When he was elected to the Ohio General Assembly, Combs was the first Democratic representative from Miami County in 45 years. He died on Nov. 6, 1946 and was buried in Our Lady's Church at Medley's Neck Cemetery, Leonardtown, Maryland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07019
Subjects: Legislators--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Politicians; Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives; Miami County (Ohio)
Places: Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a formal portrait of Walter Hugh Albaugh (1890-1942), member of the Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives (1922-1924). When this photograph was taken, Albaugh was in his early thirties. He has a clean-shaven, broad face. He wears two pins in his left lapel, one of which indicates that he may have been member of the Masons. Walter Albaugh was born in Phoneton, Ohio, and attended public schools there. From 1910 to 1911 he surveyed fuel lands in Ohio and West Virginia. He then studied law at The Ohio State University and was admitted to the bar in 1914. He practiced law in Troy, Ohio. He served as a private in the United States Infantry from May to December 1918. After the war he resumed his law practice in Troy. He first was elected to the state legislature in 1921. Albaugh was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Frank L. Kloeb, but only served from November 8, 1938, until January 3, 1939. He was not a candidate for nomination in 1938 to the next full term and again resumed his law practice. He was active in many civic and fraternal organizations. Albaugh died on January 21, 1942, and was was buried in Memorial Park, Dayton, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07022
Subjects: Legislators--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Politicians; Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives; Politicians; Veterans; Miami County (Ohio)
Places: Troy (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a formal portrait of S.A. Blessing, who served in the 87th Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives (1927-1928). A native of Indiana, S.A. Blessing was a minister in the Church of the Brethren. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07023
Subjects: Legislators--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Politicians; Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives; Miami County (Ohio)
Places: Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a formal portrait of William S. Garbry, who served in the 89th Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives (1931-1932). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07024
Subjects: Legislators--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Politicians; Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives; Miami County (Ohio)
Places: Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a rebuilt version of an original mill built on this site in the 1840s by Noah Hoover, President Herbert Hoover's great-uncle. The mill features a 27-foot waterwheel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00382
Subjects: Mills and mill-work--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Miami County (Ohio); Agricultural machinery;
Places: West Milton (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)