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M. DEETER, farmer; P. O. Covington; was born in this county and township Jan. 31, 1821, and is one of the few remaining early-born citizens of the township; his father, David Deeter, a Pennsylvanian by birth, emigrated to this county in early times; he was one of the pioneer ministers of the German Baptist Church. He was married to Elizabeth Stultzman, and reared fifteen children, all of whom grew up to maturity and were married. The subject of this sketch is the youngest of the family; his boyhood and youth were passed on the farm, thus acquiring a knowledge and experience in agriculture which have served him well through life; has made stone-cutting and stone masonry his chief occupation, operating, at the same time, his farm; he has, with the exception of about six years, lived on his present place, which is the place of his nativity; he lived about three years near Union City, Ind., and three years at the Sugar Grove Mill, which he operated; Mr. Deeter has on his farm an extensive limestone quarry, which he has operated for a number of years, turning out a vast amount of stone of the best quality; he is now engaged in sinking a shaft to the depth of thirty or more feet, for the purpose of operating a fine marble stone which is supposed to exist there. Mr. Deeter is a man of many sterling characteristics, unimpeachable in his business transactions, and industrious. He finds his religious creed in the Congregational Brethren Church, of which he has been a member since its organization, and now holds a deaconship in the same. He has been married twice; first to Frances Eller, in 1842; she was born Nov. 8, 1821, and was the daughter of Henry Eller, an early settler of the county; her death occurred March 6, 1865; six sons and two daughters were the issue of this first union, one son of whom is dead; the youngest of this family is now 16 years old. His second marriage was with Mary Fowler, nee Teeter, a native of Pennsylvania; three children have been born to this union.