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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO
CHICAGO:
W. H. BEERS & CO.,
1881
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Hamilton Twp. -
CHARLES A. OFFENBACHER, physician,
Spring Hills; born in Jackson Township, Champaign Co., Dec.
8, 1845; is a son of Aaron and Mary Offenbacher.
He was a native of Virginia, and was first married to
Elizabeth Cave, by whom he had eight children. Two
still survive. For his second wife he married Mary
Alexander, a native of Pennsylvania, born July 7, 1817.
She now resides in De Graff. He died Jan. 1, 1859.
Our subject was raised in the country and worked at farming.
He received a good common-school education and commenced
teaching when about 18 years of age. He followed
teaching six years, and read medicine the greater part of
the time. In 1870, he completed a course at the
Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery and received a
diploma. He then commenced practicing at Sidney,
Shelby Co., but remained only a short time, when he came to
Spring Hills, and is a very successful physician. He
has been Township Clerk for three years, and is now filling
his fourth term. His marriage with Sarah C. Smoot
was solemnized Aug. 11, 1870. She was born Sept. 26,
1850. Four children are the fruits of this union -
Minnie F., James V., Charles Franklin and William
Earl. Mr. and Mrs. Offenbacher are members of the
M. E. Church.
Source:
History of
Champaign County, Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
- Page 782 |
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Adams Twp. -
JOHN O’LEARY, blacksmith, Carysville; was born July 15, 1825, in Ireland. His parents never came to this
country. He learned the blacksmith’s
trade when quite young; has always been engaged in the business. He came to
America
when 15 years of age, locating in New
York. In the
year 1850, he emigrated to Ohio,
and located in Carysville, Adams Township, Champaign Co., where he began
smithing. He is a first-class
workman, and has all the custom he can attend to.
He has twice been married; first, to
Miss Nancy Bowers, of this county. She died in
the year 1865. His second marriage
was to Miss Sarah C., daughter of
Benjamin Martz, of Carysville.
Mr. O’Leary served in the 113th O. V. I., during the late rebellion; worked at
smithing; served three years. He
owns a residence and several vacant lots in Carysville, also 25 acres of land
joining the town on the northeast.
Source: History of
Champaign County, Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
- Page 774
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Wayne Twp. -
SAMUEL
ORGAN, farmer; P. O. Cable; born in Muskingum Co., Ohio,
Nov. 3, 1806; is a son of William and Grace (McBride) Organ,
natives of Pennsylvania. The grandfather, Matthew
Organ, was a native of Ireland, and was one of those
struggling for the liberty of his countrymen; he was compelled
to flee to America to save his life, arriving about the time of
the Revolutionary war. He enlisted as a soldier, fighting
for the independence of the Colonists, and lost his life at
Yorktown, Penn. William was a very early settler of
Ohio, and in 1823, became a resident of Champaign Co., where he
lived till 1843, when he was accidentally killed by the falling
of a tree. Of his thirteen children, eight now survive -
James, Andrew, Samuel, Jane, Reecca, Benjamin Sloan, Walter
and Lydia Ann. Samuel was married in 1833, to
Miss Lydia E., daughter of Capt. Thomas and Nancy
Baldwin, natives of Virginia. By this union they have
had five children, three now living - Nancy, Thomas W.
and Charles Franklin; Marion and John R., two sons
(deceased), were in the war of the rebellion. John R.
was killed at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, near Atlanta,
Ga. Marion, who was in McClellan's army,
broke down from fatigue and over-work, and was taken home from
Harper's Ferry, where he lingered about two years and died.
These were two of the brave lives sacrificed for their country's
liberty. Mr. Organ's wife died July 4, 1863.
In 1868, he was married to Caroline M., daughter of
Jacob Snyder, a native of West Virginia. Mr. Organ
has been a resident of this township since 1823, and has lived
on his present location for forty-five years. He has a
fine farm of 148 acres in the valley near Cable Town, with good
improvements. He and wife are members of the M. E. Church,
with which he has been connected for forty-one years.
Mr. Organ ranks among the early settlers; is cherished and
beloved by all, and, notwithstanding his long residence, does
not know of having a single enemy. His record is one of
love and friendship, and his life and good works will ever be
remembered and honored.
Source: History of
Champaign County, Ohio
- Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co. – 1881
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