William H. Arthur
William H. Arthur, proprietor of a Cedarville township farm on rural mail route No. 1 out of Cedarville, was born on a farm in the vicinity of the village of South Charleston, in the neighboring county of Clark, October 7, 1863, son of Christopher C. and Elizabeth (Watkins) Arthur, both of whom also were born in the South Charleston neighborhood, members of pioneer families in that community, and who spent all their lives there, both being now deceased. Among Christopher C. Arthur's land holdings was the farm of one hundred and eighty-six acres in Cedarville township now owned and occupied by his son, William H. Arthur, the subject of this sketch. The latter is the eldest of the three sons born to his parents, the others being John Arthur, now a resident of Springfield, this state, and Edgar Arthur, who owns and occupies the old home farm in Madison township, Clark county.
Reared on the home farm just above referred to, William H. Arthur received his schooling in the district school in that neighborhood and in the schools of South Charleston and he remained at home until he was twenty-five years of age, when, in 1888, he took charge of the farm his father had bought in Cedarville township, this county, and has ever since been operating the same, having established his home there after his marriage in 1892. When his father died in 1908 Mr. Arthur bought the interests of the other heirs in that place and has since made improvements on the same. On November 26, 1892, William H. Arthur was united in marriage to Florence N. Sellers, who was born on a farm about a mile from where she is now living, daughter of Albert and Harriet (Johnson) Sellers, and to this union one child has been born, a son, Howard. Mr. Arthur is a Republican.
From History of Greene County Ohio, Its People, Industries and Institutions, vol. 2. M.A.Broadstone, editor. B.F.Bowen & Co., Indianapolis. 1918