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Born 1836
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881)
LEIGHNINGER ASA, Lafayette township; farmer; was born in this county in 1836; son of George Leighninger; was married in 1860 to Miss Sarah Foster, a native of England, who came to this country when quite young. They have had six children, viz: Norah, IT. Grant, Ernest, Ida; George, and an infant, Isoth deceased. He and his wife are members of the Protestant Methodist church. Mr. Leighninger owns 130 acres of land in this township; and twenty-four acres in Oxford township, and is an enterprising farmer.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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