WILLIAM A. MOHR, a prosperous farmer of Freedom township, Henry county, Ohio, was born at Pettysville, Fulton county, Ohio, on June 29, 1866, and is the son of Conrad and Anna (Knierim) Mohr. The parents were born in Rothenburg, Germany, the father on November 4, 1835, and the mother on May 26, 1835. The father came to the United States in 1862, locating first in Erie county, Ohio, then in Fulton county, Ohio, and coming to Ridgeville township, Henry county, in 1868. They became the parents of nine children, John, Paul, Adam, William A., Maggie, George, John, Hannah and Lewis.
William A. Mohr remained with his father until he was nineteen years of age and then engaged in drilling wells, at which he continued for about nineteen years. He then engaged in the agricultural implement business at Ridgeville Corners, carrying this on for two years. In August 1904, he purchased the old Clifton homestead of eighty acres and has since been engaged in its operation, meeting with a very gratifying success in the undertaking.
In 1888 Mr. Mohr wedded Miss Elizabeth Clifton, who was born near Portage, Wood county, Ohio, on July 15, 1866, the daughter of the late John L. Clifton, and they have three children, Harry, who died in infancy, Verne and Clara. In politics Mr. Mohr is a Democrat and in religion is connected with the United Brethren church. John Clifton, the father of Mrs. Mohr, was born in Donington, Lincolnshire, England, on March 21, 1821, and died on June 2, 1904. He came to America in 1852 and settled in Sandusky county, Ohio, where he engaged in the butcher business. In 1852 he married Elizabeth Burnham, who was born in Wesbich, Cambridgeshire, England, on August 16, 1830. He settled in Henry county in 1877.