Soon you’ll approach one of the large tracts of another respected dairy farm; a  HUGE 495 acre operation owned by John Moler.  You’ll find his beautiful 1856 Federal style mansion at 2544 County Line Road.  Mr. Moler’s children expanded the dairy operation into Montgomery County, eventually opening Moler’s Dairy, a popular ice cream and dairy store that survived into the 1970’s!

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Continuing west on Dayton-Xenia you’ll note a large two story commercial building now known as Copeland Roofing.  The front section was originally the farmhouse for the Morgan Dairy.  Across Dayton-Xenia was a barn that was often used for basketball and socials.  In the 1870’s, this was the 154 acre Adam Hawker estate which included a blacksmith shop, a cane mill (sorghum molasses), general store, platform train station (Hawker Station), and the location of the original Hawker Church and cemetery. 

A hard worker of limited education, Adam and wife Hannah (Westfall) owned the first evaporator and reaper in Greene County.  Adam served as a Township Trustee for five years.  Please consider reading Faith of Our Fathers (available at the Beavercreekand Greene County libraries) by Miriam Engle Allen for a wonderful read on the formation of Hawker Church.  Adam’s father was Andrew Hawker who came to Ohio in 1801 with Jacob Coy after marrying Jacob’s daughter, Susanna in 1798 - more on them later!

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