Jeremiah Fifer
Jeremiah Fifer, farmer, P. O. Edinburgh, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, June 10, 1830, son of John and Polly Fifer, natives of Virginia and Ohio respectively, and who were married in Columbiana County, Ohio, August 15, 1829, where they remained until 1849, when they moved to and resided in this county, where the father died August 15, 1877. Our subject was twice married, on first occasion, November 25, 1852, to Anna Wilks, born in Portage County, Ohio, in 1834, daughter of John and Anna Wilks, the former now living, and the latter deceased. Mrs. Fifer died in 1860, and our subject then married Eliza Baight, June 20, 1861. She was born in Portage County, Ohio, July 4, 1838, daughter of David and Mary Baight, latter of whom died September 1, 1879. Our subject is the father of six children, three now living: Cynthia L., wife of Michael Adolph; Cyrus J. W., and Addison. The deceased are Angeline A.; Margaret, born October 28, 1863, died March 24, 1866, and an infant. Our subject, who is a farmer by occupation, owns eighty acres of improved land, where he and his family reside.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885