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A. H. DEETER, farmer; P. O. Covington; was born in Newton Township in 1847; he is the son of John Deeter, a Pennsylvanian by birth, who immigrated to Ohio in 1805, and located on Wolf Creek, in Montgomery Co.; he moved, in 1812, to this township, and located on southwest quarter of Sec. 8; here he lived till his death, in 1828. He married Susannah Stover, of Pennsylvania, by whom he had a family of six sons and five daughters; she died in 1851. A. H. Deeter was the fifth child of the family; he moved to his present place, located on Sec. 8, in 1838. He was married, in, 1838, to Mary A. Hoke, a native of Juniata Co., Penn.; they have had three sons and one daughter, all of whom still survive; the subject of this sketch was reared on a farm; he remained at home, attending the district school and doing duty on the farm until he attained his majority; at the age of 21 years, he moved onto a farm near the homestead, and at the end of three years removed to the home place; in three years he settled on his present place. He was married in the spring of 1868 to Angeline Myers, of this township; four children have been born to this union, one of whom died in infancy. Mr. Deeter finds expression for his politics in the Republican party.