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Born 1872
From History of Crawford County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1912)
ABRAHAM J. LUST, a well known citizen of Holmes township and a successful general farmer and stock raiser, resides on a valuable farm of eighty acres, which Hes one mile east of Brokensword, O. Mr. Lust belongs to one of the representative families of this section. He was born on the old Lust homestead, August 28, 1872, and is a son of David Lust.
Abraham J. Lust obtained a district school education and then those farming as his life business, following it first in Lykens township but retaining his residence always in Holmes township. His well cultivated and comfortably improved farm is numbered with the good properties of this part of the county.
Mr. Lust was married in 1894, to Miss Emma Haas, who is a daughter of Henry Hass, a blacksmith in business at Brokensword, and they have one daughter, Edith, who resides with her parents. Mr. Lust and family attend Emanuel church at Brokensword. He belongs to a Democratic family, he and his brothers having followed the example of their father in public matters.
As printed in History of Crawford County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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