Augustus H. Cisle
Augustus H. Cisle was born in Mount Pleasant, Hamilton County, August 18, 1847. He is the oldest son of Thomas J. and Mercy (Seward) Cisle. With his parents he removed to Preble County in 1856. He attended school in these two counties, and afterwards in Morning Sun Academy, until 1863, when he enlisted in Merrill's Horse Regiment, and was with that command in the Missouri campaingn, also being in Arkansas, and at the battle of Nashville. He served until after the close of the war, being mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee, September 1, 1865. Returning to civil life, Mr. Cisle located in Hamilton in November of the same year, beginning an apprenticeship at the trade of blacksmithing at the establishment where he now is junior partner, then M. Shipley & Co. After acquiring the trade he was placed in charge of the shop as foreman, and continuing in that capacity till becoming a partner, in 1879. The firm name is now Millikin & Cisle, and the members are R. B. Millikin and A. H. Cisle. They are the successors to the Hamilton Plow Company, and employ on the average thirty-five men. Mr. Cisle was married on the 3d of July, 1872, to Miss Amanda Walton. They are the parents of one daughter, Susie Mercy, born October 30, 1876. Mr. Cisle is a member of the Knights of Pythias.
From A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County Ohio, With Illustrations and Sketches of its Representative Men and Pioneers, Western Biographical Publishing Company, Cincinnati Ohio, 1882.