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Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio Dated: Oct. 26, 1850 Death on the Plains The St. Louis Republican gives the deaths that have been reported at Fort Laramie during the summer.  The number of names given is 262; many more deaths are said to have occurred, but not reported.  The record was kept and furnished by the officers at the Fort.  We give the names from Ohio and Indiana, contained in the Melancholy record: Smith MILLER, Butler county, Ohio, died June 7th, 90 miles this side of Ft. Kearney, aged 28 years, of diarrhoea.   Source: Oregonian - Oregon Dated: Aug. 18, 1895 Mrs. J. B. CONGLE Dead.      Mrs. J. B. CONGLE died in her home, corner of Sixth and Taylor streets, in this city, Thursday, at the advanced age of  75 years.  Mrs. CONGLE was Miss Ellen H. GRAY.  She was born in Butler county, Ohio, March 15, 1820, and was married to J. B. CONGLE in 1847, and together, they crossed the plains in 1853, settling in Mohawk valley.  Here they resided for one year, when they moved to Corvallis, where they lived until 1861.  They next came to Portland, and for many years Mr. CONGLE conducted a prosperous harness business here.  Mrs. CONGLE was a sister of I. G. GRAY of Eugene; Samuel GRAY, of Mohawk valley, and of Mrs. D. G. CLARK, of Ashland.  She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Richard WILLIAMS and Mrs. Maggie WYATT.  The many friends of the deceased in this city and throughout the Williamette valley, deeply mourn her death.  J. B. CONGLE died in Portland in 1882 (1889?).           Source: Jackson Citizen Patriot Dated: Dec. 5, 1914 AGED MAN DIES AS HE READS HIS MAIL (Special to The Citizen Press)      Mason, Mich., Dec. 5. - George OHLINGER, a pioneer resident of Ingham county, passed away very suddenly Wednesday afternoon.  He was in seemingly good health when the rural carrier stopped at his mailbox and went out and got the mail.  On his return to the house he sat down to read his letters and expired as he sat in his chair, Mr. OHLINGER was born in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1832, being one of a family of thirteen children.  He received his early education in Butler county, Ohio, later teaching seventeen terms of school there.  He married Hannah Bowersox in 1857, there being ten children born of this union, six of whom, five daughters and one son, survive him.  His wife died April 11, 1903, about four years ago he married Mrs. WM. CROCKER.  His father and family came to Ingham county soon after the war, and Mr. OHLINGER soon followed, and had lived in this vicinity nearly all the time since, having lived on his present farm about thirty-five  years.  In 1864 Mr. OHLINGER enlisted in the 169th Ohio regiment and served the remainder of the war, being on duty at Fort Ethan Allen at Arlington Heights, near Washington, and often told of seeing President LINCOLN and Secretary of War Edwin M. STANTON, when they were inspecting the fort.  He was a member of Steels Brother Post in Mason, and he and his wife were members of the Lutheran church.  He is survived by his widow, one son, Jefferson OHLINGER, and five daughters, Mrs. Hannah BURKET, Mrs. Emma HANSBERGER, Mrs. Julius MATHEWS, Mrs. Henry MATHEWS, and Miss Cora OHLINGER.     NOTES:   CLICK HERE to RETURN to BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO INDEX PAGE CLICK HERE to RETURN to OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS INDEX PAGE This Webpage has been created exclusively for Ohio Genealogy Express  ©2008 Submitters retain all copyrights