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OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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Logan County,
Ohio
BIOGRAPHIES
(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio -
Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1880 - w/ some illustrations and
portraits) |
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J. THATCHER, milling and
lumber, Bellefontaine; was born in Green, O., July 9,
1838, and is the son of A. and I. (Hedges) Thatcher,
who came to Ohio as early as 1825, and located in Greene
Co. Our subject, when in boyhood, moved to
Champaign Co., thence to Indiana. In 1870, he came
to Logan Co., and entered the lumber business in
DeGraff; in 1880, he entered the milling and lumber
business in Bellefontaine, in company with Mr. J. M.
Dickinson, and today this firm is doing the leading
building and lumber business of the city; their planing
mill is 40x80 feet, two stories high, with steam power,
and employing six hands. Mr. Thatcher was a
soldier in the late civil war, enlisting in the 66th O.
V. I., being discharged on account of sickness,
contracted while in West Virginia; regaining his health,
he re-enlisted in the 33d Ind. Vol. I., where he
remained until the close of the war, participating in a
number of battles - Antietam, Nashville, Cedar Mountain,
etc.; was a brave soldier and prompt to duty.
Mr. Thatcher married Miss L. Long, of
Champaign Co., and have seven children, five sons and
two daughters.
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HARMON TROUT, shoemaker;
Lewistown; was born in Washington Tp., Logan Co., O.,
Feb. 12, 1843. Among the steady men of Lewistown,
Mr. Trout ranks among the best. His mother says
that when he was born snow was drifted in and was afoot
deep on the bed. Mr. Trout is still a bachelor
living with and taking care of his mother; He owns
good property, and is one of the strong Democrats of
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JOHN TROUT, farmer; P. O.
Lewistown. John Trout was born in Rockingham Co.,
Va., on Oct. 30, 1825, and was a son of Alexander and
Margaret (Armentrout) Trout, of Virginia. They
came to Ohio in 1831, and settled in Licking Co., and
removed to this township in 1840. Alexander Trout
died in August, 1842, and Mrs. Trout in 1874. John
was married to Sarah, daughter of J. A. Means, Esq., of
this county, but formerly of Kentucky, and her mother
was Catherine Peck, of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs.
Trout have two children - Albert L. and Milton C.
He owns 232 acres of the best improved land in Logan
Co., is a Methodist and has been one of the officers of
the township whenever he would accept it. His
father, Alexander Trout, was a Captain in the war of
1812. The family have always been Jackson
Democrats. |
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