MINNIS, John

JOHN MINNIS, farmer, P.O. Atlantic, was born in East Fallowfield Township, this county, October 15, 1831; son of William and Sarah (Mattocks) Minnis, natives of this State, of Scotch Irish and English-German descent, respectively, and whose parents were among the first settlers of this county. William Minnis died in 1876, aged eighty-three; his widow, now in her ninety-second year, resides with our subject. John Minnis became owner of his father’s homestead in 1852, and still resides thereon. He has improved it in many ways. He was twice married; on first occasion, in 1853, to Miss Sarah Allen, of Mercer County, this state, whose parents were early settlers in that county. To this county were born four children, viz.: Nancy E., Caroline, William W. and Joseph G. Mrs. Minnis dying July 26, 1869, our subject married, December 1, 1870, Miss Rachel C. Boyd, a native of Guernsey County, Ohio. She is the mother of two children: George B. and Victor H. Our subject has served the township in most of its offices; in politics he is a Democrat. His first wife was a Methodist; his present one is a Presbyterian.
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