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Preble
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Biographies
(Source: History of Preble County,
Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881)
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JOHN F. DAVIS was
born in Warren County, Ohio, in 1820. In 1850 he
settled in section six. His wife, Mary Corwin, born
in Warren county in 1818, is still living. Mr. Davis
was drafted in the war of the Rebellion, but did not serve,
inasmuch as the citizens subscribed and cleared the township.
Three of his four children are living. James C. Davis,
his eldest son, volunteered during the late war and became a
member of the Seventy-ninth Ohio volunteer infantry,
company A. He was in the battles of Rocky Face, Snake
Creek Gap, and Rasaca. He was mustered out at the close of
the war in 1865, after three years service. He lost a
finger in one of the engagements with the enemy.
Judge W. W. Wilson, of Lebanon, Ohio, was captain of his
company, and H. G. Kennett, of Cincinnati, colonel of the
regiment. B. F. Davis was in the one hundred days'
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R. W. DAVIS was born
about 1826, in Warren County, Ohio, and with his brother settled
in section six about 1850. His first wife, Rebecca
Bradenburg was born in 1829, and died in 1849. His
second wife, Mary E. Smith, was born in 1829. By
his second marriage he had four children, all of whom are
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ABRAHAM S. DYE
settled in Euphemia, Harrison township, in 1840. He was
born in Butler Co., Ohio, in 1818. He was married five
times. His first wife was Mary Marshall, of
Montgomery county, died 1840; his second, Esther Ann Baker,
of Darke county, died 1848; his third, Elizabeth Marshall,
of Preble county, died 1849; his fourth, Sarah Angel,
died in 1862, and his last wife was Sarah, widow of
Alexander Cooper, of Preble county. Of his children,
William married Angeline Bonner, and resides in
Harrison township; Clark B. married Miss Bunger
(deceased; his second wife was Mary Bunger; he is living
in Harrison township; Charles W. married Amanda
Ebersole, and lives in Missouri; Edmund S. is
studying law with Judge Campbell, of Eaton, Ohio; Carl
Dewitt and Joseph Earl live at home. Seth
Dye, the father of Abraham, was born in Middlesex
county, New Jersey, in 1790, and died in Harrison township in
1860. |
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