JONATHAN P. PETRO, farmer, Connersville Township, son of Michael Petro, was born in Warren County, Ohio, in 1815. He came to this county with his parents when but one year old, and has ever since resided here. He passed his early years on the farm, having but the limited advantages of the common schools. At the age of twenty-four years he married Elizabeth Dungan, after which he rented land for eight years. He then purchased twenty-two acres and to this he has gradually made additions, as his means would allow, till he now owns 144 acres of valuable land. He has three children: Absalom, Hiram R. and Mary E., now the wife of Peter Fiant. Mr. Petro has always been an industrious farmer, and now in his late years finds himself rewarded with a comfortable home, and surrounded by many friends. He is a representative of one of the oldest families in the county; a careful agriculturist; his farm was one of the early Indian resorts of this locality.
