Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Marion County, Ohio
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Born March 19, 1829 in Holmes County, Ohio.
Of German ancestry.
Merchant of the firm Underwood & Dilts in Caledonia.
According to Portrait and Biographical Record of Marion County, Ohio, Oldest merchant in the village (established business 1859).
Justice of the Peace, Town Councilman, Mayor, and Postmaster (appointed under Lincoln).
Married Arvilla A. Wooley November 27, 1854.
Republican, Methodist Episcopal.
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