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LEWIS KENSINGER, grain dealer, Covington. Mr. Kensinger is the present representative of one of the first pioneer families of Newberry Township, and is a life resident of Miami Co. His father, John Kensinger, born in Maryland in 1796; married Mary Hillings; came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1805, and to Miami Co. in 1808. He was a millwright by trade, and resided near Covington. During his early residence here he was employed a great part of his time aiding in surveying and locating land for settlers. His patriotism was a marked characteristic. During the war of 1812 he was a member of the “Frontier guards,” and when troops were being enlisted during the late war, he, although nearly three-score and ten, uselessly, but honestly, offered his services. In 1820, he entered a tract of land about a mile north of Covington, where he resided about ten years, then sold it and purchased the farm also north of Covington, where he resided the balance of his days. Mr. Kensinger, Sr., was of the desirable kind of pioneer. He was a member of the Masonic order, also of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a man universally respected and esteemed, and regarded as an excellent Christian citizen. His decease occurred in 1872. The subject of this sketch was born in 1832. His youth was spent on the farm, receiving such education as the common, school afforded, until about 18 years of age. He then worked three years at millwrighting, but soon after learning the trade engaged in farming, at which he continued about ten years, then engaged in milling, grain buying, etc., and has been occupied in merchandising in some form ever since. He is now engaged in grain buying, in connection with Mr. Flockemmer, under the firm style of Flockemmer & Kensinger. They are among the most reliable and extensive business men of Covington. Mr. Kennsinger was married in 1852 to Alice Hitchin, only daughter of William Hitchen, who was a native of England. Alice was born in Ohio in 1834; they have five children.