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PETER OARD,
farmer, P. O. West Cairo, is a native of Licking County, Ohio,
born November 21, 1821; son of Peter and Anna (Alberry) Oard, who
came with their family of eleven children to this county in 1833,
settling in Sugar Creek Township and entered land, of which they
cleared many acres; of their family three are now living : Peter
and two daughters. Our subject was married May 14, 1846, to Lydia
A. Rison, ^ of this county, and to them have been born eleven
children : Mary, Sarah (deceased), Diana (deceased), Jane, Noah
(deceased), Eli, Peter .(deceased), Rawley, William, Andrew J. and
Joseph T. Mr. Oard has been an active man in his day, and a
prominent citizen in his township. He has a wide reputation as an
auctioneer and sale crier, to which business he has given
considerable attention. He is a stanch Democrat, and is a
candidate for office of sheriff of Allen Countv.
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O'NEILL, a leading tailor of Lima, was born in April,
1825, in County Carlow, Ireland, a son of John O'Neill
who died in Ireland and whose family consisted of nine children,
there of whom are still living; Andrew, residing in
Ireland; Mary now Mrs. Clowery, and Peter.
Our subject was educated in his native land and learned the
tailor's trade while yet a youth. He was married in 1845
to Bridget, daughter of William Nolan, and four
years later came to America, settling in Lima, Ohio, where he
reared his children, ten in number, named as follows:
Thomas; Lawrence; Mary, married to P. Leveringham;
Patrick; Margaret; Theresa (first)) deceased; Annie;
Bridget married to John S. O'Connor; Michael, and
Theresa (second), married to J. Shanon. Lawrence
O'Neill (subject's son), was born November 14, 1848,
and was educated in Lima, Ohio. He was married in July,
1874, to Laura, daughter of William Mumaugh an old
settler of the county, and by this union were born two children
0 Alice and Esther. L. O'Neill was elected
marshal of the city of 1882, which office he still holds.
He is a thorough business man and a practical blacksmith, having
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AARON J.
OSMON, now a leading farmer of Allen county, Ohio, was
born in Bath township, in same county, Feb. 16, 1844, and
descends from an old Virginia family, that early became settlers
of Ohio.
BRAZELIA OSMON,
the grandfather of our subject, was a native of the Old
Dominion, and was a blacksmith and farmer. He served in
the war of 1812, and was a pioneer of Allen county, there being
but two houses in the now city of Lima when he arrived here.
He entered a farm, of 160 acres, from the government, and this
land he subsequently cleared up and converted into a good
homestead. He reared a family of eleven children, viz:
Mary, Phoebe, Sarah, Rhoda, Elizabeth, Aaron, Abraham,
died near Lima, in 1851, Ebenezer, now living in
Wisconsin, Brazelia, deceased, Rachael, deceased,
and Lydia, now living at Ada, Ohio, wife of Barton
Holland, ex-sheriff of Allen county. The father of
this family was a whig in politics, but later became a
republican. He died near Lima, in the faith of the Baptist
church, at the age of eighty-five years, his wife having
preceded him to the grave some years previously.
Abraham Osmon, son of Brazelia Osmon, and
the father of the subject of this sketch, was also a native of
Virginia, and was a young man when he came to Ohio, and entered
a tract of 120 acres, in Bath township, Allen county, which
tract he likewise converted into a fertile and profitable farm.
He married Miss Charity Tunget, the marriage resulting in
the birth of ten children, viz: John J., who died at the
age of seven years; Mary E., who was first married to
Levy Spiker, who died a prisoner of the war of the
Rebellion, at Andersonville, Ga.; she then became the wife of
Joseph Bressler, also deceased; William C., now
residing at Marion, Ind.; Martha J., wife of J. H.
Atmar, now residing in Lima, Ohio; Elizabeth A., died
in infancy; Francis M., died at Petersburg, Va., near
Cheat Mountain, was a member of company H, Twenty-second
regiment Ohio volunteer infantry; Aaron J., our subject;
George R.; Harrison H., who died in infancy, and Lewis L.,
of Perry township, Allen county. The mother of
these children died June 28, 1877, in the faith of the Methodist
church, and is buried in Bath township; and the father died Dec.
15, 1851, a member of the Methodist church, and lies beside her.
Aaron J. Osmon was reared a farmer and remained
with his parents until May, 1864, when he enlisted at Lima, in
company F, One Hundred and fifty-first Ohio volunteer infantry,
and later in company B, One Hundred and Ninety-second Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, under Col. Butterfield. He
participated in the battles of Fort Beards, Fort Sumner, Fort
Reno, Rockville and others, in the Shenandoah valley, and was
honorably discharged in Aug. 1865. He then returned to
Allen county, Ohio, and purchased a farm of 143 acres in Perry
township, where he has since made his home.
Dec. 30, 1866, Mr. Ormon married Miss Amanda
R., daughter of Asa Hungeford of Allen County, but
formerly of New York. This marriage has been blessed with
eleven children, born in the following order: Francis Hill,
born Dec. 17, 1867; Martha Ellen, born July 14, 1869;
William Herbert, born Mar. 26, 1871; Emma Lenore,
born Jun. 1, 1873; Lewis Hungeford, born Feb.15, 1875;
Alton Lawrence, born Apr. 2, 1876; Royal Edwin, born
Nov. 8, 1878; Charity Agusta, born Jan. 31, 1881; Asa
Hungeford, born Jan. 31, 1881; infant daughter, born Apr.
25, died May 5, 1883; Ralph Waldo, born Jul. 26, 1884.
The parents are members of the Methodist church and
live in full conformity with its teachers. Mr. Osmon
is very popular with the republican party, and in 1893 was
elected by that party county commissioner by a majority of
forty-one over George Kenall, of Lima, the democratic
nominee. Fraternally Mr. Osmon is a member of G. A.
R. post, of Westminster, and also Mart Armstrong post, No. 202,
of Lima, Ohio. He is likewise a member of George $.
Taylor's command, No. 8, U. V. U., department of Ohio; of the
Auglaize grange, No. 347, P. of H. Mr. Osmon is an
adept at farming and has a well improved and fertile farm, which
he has earned through well directed industry and intelligent
management. He is public spirited and generous, a friend
of education, and contributes freely to the support of church
and school. He is highly respected for his integrity and
straightforwardness in all his transactions, and socially stands
the peer of any man in the county of Allen, his family enjoying
the same distinction.
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