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19. Mullet’s Footwear/Country Cedar 4853 Kinsman Rd Middlefield 20. Mullet’s Harness 16138 Newcomb Rd Middlefield 21. Pine Craft Storage, LLC 13650 Madison Rd Middlefield 22. Pine Valley Bolts 5195 Kinsman Rd Middlefield 23. Ray’s Repair 14590 Georgia Rd Middlefield 24. River Valley Coleman 9900 SR 534 Middlefield 25. S & E Country Store 17574 Newcomb Rd Middlefield 26. Troyer Millworks 16201 Pioneer Rd Middlefield 27. Weaver Bedding 13341 Princeton Rd Huntsburg
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27. Weaver’s Furniture 13341 Princeton Rd Huntsburg Out Of Map Area 322 Claridon Barns 13065 Mayfield Rd Chardon Buckeye Fence 5915 S Kansas Apple Creek D & L Flooring 10040 Penniman Rd Orwell Orwell Window & Door 8221 Parker Rd Orwell Triple S Construction 14409 Grove Rd Garrettsville Windsor Flooring 5619 SR 86 Windsor Windsor Stairs/Millwork 7418 N Wiswell Rd Windsor
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10. D & S Door Sales 15060 Shedd Rd Burton 11. Dangler & Williams 16885 Kinsman Rd Middlefield 12. J & J Cabinet Shop 4738 Donley Rd Middlefield 13. Joe’s Vinyl Windows 15020 Shedd Rd Burton 14. Maple Lane Furniture 5319 S.Windsor Middlefield 15. Maplebrook Tack & Harness 15789 Georgia Rd Middlefield 16. Middlefield Cheese 15815 Nauvoo Rd Middlefield 17. Middlefield Historical Society 14979 S State Ave Middlefield 18. Miller’s Holz Haus 14540 Old State Middlefield
map shows approximate business locations. please let us know if a business is not listed correctly.
1. A.J. Enterprises 13455 Princeton Rd Huntsburg 2. Amish Home Craft & Bakery 16860 Kinsman Rd Middlefield 3. B & K Salvage 5515 Kinsman Rd Middlefield 4. Byler Construction 4945 Donley Rd 5. C.A. Miller Cust. Woodworking 17090 Jug St Burton 6. Coffee Creek Repair 9120 N. Girdle Rd Middlefield 7. Country Side Furnishings 16403 Nauvoo Rd Middlefield 8. Countryside Gazebos/Furniture 17071 Tavern Rd Middlefield 9. Cross Cut Country Store 16161 Nash Rd Middlefield
Vol. 2 No.11
November 10, 2010
{AMISH COMMUNIT Y NEWS}
By Bob Miller
Yah-mee Grisht
Bits and Pieces of Yesterday from Our Readers
Memories of Johnson Rubber From material submitted by Crist J.S. Miller
(continued on page 5 )
In 1941, Reader’s Digest Magazine reprinted a story about an exceptional entrepreneur, Smith Johnson and the company he founded, Johnson Rubber. At a time when Middlefield had 932 inhabitants, Johnson’s factory employed 525, all of whom called him by his first name. Smith told his employees that they could have two days off any time they wanted to look for another job and two weeks or more to try it out. If, after then, they wanted to come back they were welcome to do so. From 1939 to 1941, there were 30 employees who took advantage of Smith’s policy and came back, attracted by the congenial atmosphere of Johnson Rubber.
On Sept. 17, 2010, Joyce and I went to Holmes County to look for Jeremiah J. Miller’s place of burial. Then, on Sept. 18, we stopped at the Millersburg Library and went to their Genealogy Room. Here we found a book on the Amish cemeteries of Holmes County. We, then, were only a few miles from the cemetery which was on the John B. Yoder farm in Charm. This is on Route 557 by Charm Engine. Jeremiah, born Aug. 15, 1817 and died Jan. 15, 1890, is buried on top of a big hill behind this farm. A beautiful view from up there of all the farms! Jeremiah’s wife is also buried there, as are other family members. There are only 14 graves. They said there must be a water vein under this little cemetery as it has been told that the caskets were in water before they were completely buried. Jeremiah’s father, Jonathon C. Miller along with his wife, Elizabeth and family are buried in six unmarked graves on his son’s (Christian’s) old land that is now the Andrew Yoder farm in Farmerstown. To find information about the burial places of relatives, look for “Cemetery Directory of the Amish Community in Eastern Holmes and adjoining Counties in Ohio” by Leroy Beachy, Berlin. This book is in the Middlefield Library. Another great place to find about relatives from the past is in Nashville, Ohio.
Miller Family’s Yesterdays
John A. Miller came from Wayne County, where he was a farmer, to Middlefield in 1930. He went into business and had a harness shop where the mini park is now. The family has a receipt from Martin E. Slaubaugh dated Aug. 20, 1946 for horseshoes for Cora (cost $2.85) and Billy (cost $4), two of his horses. Nearly a year later John was killed by a train in Middlefield on June 24, 1947. John A. Miller’s son, Bob J. Miller was a blacksmith for most of his life. The blacksmith shop was about where the First Merit Bank is now. He was widely known and considered to be the best blacksmith around. A receipt from Robert J. (Bob J.) Miller’s shop dated Sept. 9, 1953 shows four horseshoes for $12.
By Raymond Lee Hershberger
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