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JOHN HAMILTON POWER, blacksmith, Verona, was born in Hamilton county, Ky., in 1826, son of Hiram Power, also native of that state. His mother, Hester (Parker) Power, was a native of Westmoreland county, this state. Hiram Power, grandfather of John, was a pioneer farmer in Kentucky, and was of Irish descent. The second Hiram died in Cincinnati on the first outbreak of the cholera there. J. H. Power served three and one-half years at his trade in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and became a journeyman at twenty. For fifteen years he was foreman of the L. S. & M. S. blacksmith shop at Norwalk, Ohio, and has occupied the same position with the A. V. R. R. for a like period. He became a resident of Verona in 1876, and built his present residence at Oakmont Station. He has been a burgess, and is a republican; also a member of the Pittsburgh Lodge, 484, F. & A. M., and, with his family, a member of the M. E. Church. In 1848 Mr. Power married Roxana N. Haskell, born in Junction township, Huron county, Ohio daughter of Prince Haskell, of Vermont. Two daughters, twins, have blessed this union, and are now resident as follows-Helen Evaline (Mrs. Thompson Smith), Jackson, Mich.; Ellen Adaline (Mrs. John Weirs) Dayton, Ohio.