Judge Edmund Harris Munger and Emily A. Mather

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Husband Judge Edmund Harris Munger ¹

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           Born:  - Montgomery Co, OH
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           Died: 21 Mar 1918 - Xenia, Greene Co, OH 2
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         Father: Reuben Munger (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Laura Harris (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 3 Oct 1861 3

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Wife Emily A. Mather ³

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         Father: Charles Mather (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Mary Hathaway (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 F Clara Munger ^{2 4}

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         Spouse: Rev. Joseph A. Littell (      -      ) 2 4

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2 M John C. Munger ²

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         Spouse: Flora Barnes (      -      ) 2

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3 F Laura Munger ²

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         Spouse: H. W. Ninde (      -      ) 2

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4 M Edmund Munger ²

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5 F Mary Munger ³

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         Spouse: [Unk] Meredith (      -      ) 3

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6 M Charles Munger ²

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General Notes: Husband - Judge Edmund Harris Munger

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In addition to the early schooling he received in the schools of his home neighborhood in Montgomery County, Ohio, he also had the advantage of a comprehensive course in classics under the tutelage of the Rev. Mr. Hall, a neighboring clergyman, who taught him to read Latin. He also acquired a comprehensive knowledge of higher mathematics and as a young man was for several years engaged in teaching school, meanwhile extending his schooling by attendance at the Xenia Academy and at Barney's Academy at Dayton, thus preparing for college. In due time he entered Miami University at Oxford, from which institution he presently transferred his attendance to the college at Danville, Kentucky, from which latter institution he was graduated with the highest honors of his class in 1848, his address, as valedictorian, being on the subject of "The Ideal." During Judge Munger's attendance at Miami he was one of the founders of the now widely established college fraternity Beta Theta Pi. Upon receiving his degree the young collegian returned home and established a school for young men and young women at Bellbrook, in Greene County, conducting the same for nine months, at the end of which time he entered seriously upon the pursuit of his law studies, to which he had meanwhile been giving such attention as he could, and for two years continued these studies under the preceptorship of Joseph G. Gest at Xenia. Thus prepared for examination he was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of the state, sitting at Columbus, in 1851, and straightway afterward formed a partnership with Mr. Gest, his former preceptor, and entered upon the practice of his profession at Xenia, continuing his partnership with Mr. Gest until the latter's retirement two or three years later, when he bought the office library and equipment and admitted to partnership R. F. Howard, a relation which continued but two years, after which he became engaged in practice alone and so ever afterward continued. Prior to ascending the common pleas bench Judge Munger served as prosecutor for Greene County, 1860-66. Reared a Whig, he became a Republican upon the organization of that party and during the administration of Rutherford B. Hayes as governor of Ohio he was appointed judge of the common pleas court for his district to fill the unexpired term of Judge Winans and served for three and one-half years, 1868-72. Upon the expiration of his judicial office Judge Munger resumed his practice and so continued until his retirement. He became a large landowner and had banking and other financial interests. The Judge spent his last year at his home on North King street, where he lived for many years, his household being presided over by his widowed daughter, Mrs. Mary Meredith.

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General Notes: Wife - Emily A. Mather

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from Suffield, CT

1 M. A. Broadstone, History of Greene County, Ohio, Vol. II (Indianapolis, IN: B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 1918), Pg 329.

2 M. A. Broadstone, History of Greene County, Ohio, Vol. II (Indianapolis, IN: B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 1918), Pg 332.

3 M. A. Broadstone, History of Greene County, Ohio, Vol. II (Indianapolis, IN: B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 1918), Pg 331.

4 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 863.