Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage County, Ohio
Their story
What the record says
Civil War veteran (Union.
Held at Libby prison hospital).
Settled in Portage County after the war.
Farmer.
First married Celia Yale Dec 16, 1864 in Windham township (she died ~4 years later, no children).
Second married Ellen S. Leach Jan 4, 1871 in Hiram township.
Briefly ran a nursery business at Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Returned to Ohio and settled on homestead 1873.
Member of Mark Horton post, G.A.R., Garrettsville.
Adjutant many years.
Republican.
Congregational church deacon.
Pike superintendent between Hiram and Garrettsville.
First master of Garrettsville Grange No. 1436.
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