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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
 Source:
History of Crawford County, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers
186 Dearborn Street
1881
Auburn Twp. -
MRS. G. W. OVENS, Tiro; daughter of
John and Maria (Staherin) Brenerd, and was born May 12,
1838, in Crawford Co., Ohio. In the fall of 1858, she was
united in marriage with Aaron Daugherty, and to this
union were born three children, respectively - Lucy, born
Aug. 12, 1860; Sherman, born Dec. 14, 1863, and
Rebecca, born Feb. 15, 1865. Mr. Daugherty was
born Jan. 18,1 818, and died May 22, 1871. He was a
brother of Ezekiel Daugherty, mention of whom is made in
the biography of
Elizabeth
Daugherty. Mr. Daughterty was a great farmer and
hardworking man. He was temperate in his habits, and
affectionate in his disposition toward his family. He was
a man universally respected by all who knew him. Mrs.
Daugherty, on the 5th of March, 1872, was married to
George W. Ovens. Mr. Ovens was born July 22,
1840, and is a son of William and Eleanor (Robinson) Ovens
and is of Irish descent. His father and mother were
parents of six children - James, Anna, William, John, George
and Kate. The Ovens family came to the
United States from Ireland in 1842, and to Crawford Co., Ohio,
ten years later. In his father's family James is
the only one dead. He was murdered for his money in Hardin
Co., Ohio, in 1862. Mr. Ovens is a Democrat in politics,
and a straightforward, honest and upright man. On the
death of her first husband, Mrs. Ovens and her children
were left a valuable farm of 240 acres, which she still retains.
Mr. and Mrs. Ovens live happily together with her children
on the old place left them in Auburn Township, and no family are
more respected in Crawford Co., than this family.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 871 |
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