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BIOGRAPHIES
Each Book has it's own separate biographical index.
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX FOR SOURCE #1:
The History of Clark County, Ohio :
containing a
history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., general and local
statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history
of the Northwest Territory, history of Ohio, map of Clark County,
Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc., etc.
Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1881,
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BIOGRAPHICAL
INDEX FOR SOURCE #2:
A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County,
Ohio: an
Volume 2 - Publ. 1922
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GRANNY ICENBARGER. We are
indebted to Dr. John Ludlow for the following
description of two original characters, for many years
familiary to the residents of Springfield:
" 'Granny Isenbarger, as everyone called her,
was no ordinary person in the early history of the town.
She came here with her family during the war of 1812.
They were Germans, and the family consisted of four
children, the aforesaid Granny, and a wild and drunken
husband. The family were supported by the old lady in
the manufacture and said of cakes and beer, in which
capacity she gained a wide popularity among the people of
both town and country. She was a woman of unblemished
character, and diligent in her calling. She was
admitted within the bounds of all camp-meetings, and was a
regular attendant of all military musters and other public
gatherings, where her cakes and beer were made part of the
programme, and may a hungry and thirsty soul was replenished
at her board. Her kindness of disposition to all,
especially to the children, gained for her the respect of
every individual. She ever had a cake as a reward for
kind acts from boys, and all stood ready to befriend her.
She was a portly, good natured and motherly looking person,
and lived in town for more than a quarter of a century of
its early history.
"For several years after she came, she lived
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