MINICK-Simon - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Simon MINICK, farmer, Stone Bluff, is a native of Greene county Ohio, born in 1822. His parents, George and Catherine (FavoriteShaover) Minick, died when he was a mere child, his father in 1828, his mother in 1824. The former was a native of Maryland, the latter of Pennsylvania. Simon and a younger brother were brought to Fountain county in 1829, by John Huffer, a husband of a half-sister of theirs. His education consisted principally in clearing land. When he reached manhood’s years his capital was a pair of hands and a resolute will. He married in 1842, Miss Prudence Boord, native of Warren County Ohio, and who came to Fountain county with her parents, Elijah and Nancy Boord, in 1828, the former a native of Virginia, the latter of Ohio. By this ban he has six children; George W., Elijah B., Nancy A., Samuel F., Franklin, and Mary, all married but one. As a result of many years of hard toil and close economy, he has a fine farm of 434 acres, in a good state of cultivation and well improved. Mr. Minick and his wife are long time members of the New Light Christians at Osborn Prairie. He is a republican of the first rank, and a generous man to his neighbors and friends.