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THE VALENTINE FAMILY.  George Valentine was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, enlisting from his native State, Pennsylvania, and serving three years and six months under Gen. Washington.  He afterward married Miss Mary Grove, of Maryland, whose acquaintance e had made while calling at a farm house of provisions while on the march.  They came to Fairfield Co., Ohio, in 1807, where they cleared up a large farm, but lived the latter years of their lives in Bloom Twp., this county.  Mr. Valentine’s grave in Woodland Cemetery is perhaps the only Revolutionary soldier’s grave in Seneca County.
      John Valentine, the eldest son of this couple, was married to Miss Sarah Talbott, of Fairfield Co., a native of Maryland.  He enlisted in the war of 1812, but on account of sickness in his family was compelled to hire a substitute to serve out the latter part of his time.  Mr. and Mrs. John Valentine settled in 1827 on a quarter section of land in Bloom Twp., this county, which he had obtained from the Government in 1822.  Of their ten children three are living in Bloom Twp.: John, Mary E., and George; four are in Indiana: Samuel R., Edward Washington, Charles W. and Mrs. Selina Betts; one lives in Michigan, Henry, and two are deceased.  James Harvey Valentine (deceased) and Charles W. Valentine were both in the One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio National Guards, and served till the close of the war of the Rebellion.
     Thomas George Valentine, farmer, P. O. Bloomville, was born Feb. 22, 1826, son of John and Sarah (Talbott) Valentine.  He enlisted Sept. 13, 1861, in the Fifty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving in the Army of the Potomac, and taking part in the fierce engagements in and around Virginia.  After the battle of Gettysburg he was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, and served in eastern Tennessee, northern Georgia and Vicinity.  He received his discharge in the winter of 1864, having served in all three years and three months.  He took part in every battle in which his regiment engaged; was always at the front and never sent to hospital.  His grandfather, father and himself served altogether nearly eight years in defense of the Government, and not one applied for a pension.  Our subject married Miss Katie Ann Baum, of Kosciusko Co., Ind., Mar. 16, 1865, and to this union were born eight children, four of whom are now living: Emmet Irvie, Jesse Alvin, Charley Baum and Myrta May.  Mr. Valentine now owns and occupies the quarter section of land originally entered by his father, and which has never been out of the family name since.
SOURCE: History of Seneca County, Ohio containing a History of the County, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. - Page 750