Edgar W. Albin

As printed in 1908

EDGAR W. ALBIN, superintendent of the Clark County Infirmary, and a lifelong resident of Clark County, is recognized as one of the leading and representative citizens of this community. He was born April 27, 1854, in Mad River Township and is a son of George and Mary (Martin) Albin.

George Albin was born January 2, 1790, in Clarksburg, Virginia, and was a soldier in the War of 1812, serving with Duncan McArthur, and was in active service at the time of Hull's surrender. In 1810 he came to Ohio and located on a farm in Mad River Township, being one of the most prominent pioneer settlers in Clark County. The site of Springfield was then covered by timber, and when the streets were laid out Mr. Albin assisted in clearing off the trees and hazel brush. He continued occupied in farming here until his death in 1872 at the advanced age of eighty-two years. He was buried in the old Knob Prairie Cemetery near Enon. Politically he was a Republican.

Edgar W. Albin was reared in Mad River Township, receiving his primary education in the district schools later attending Wittenberg College for two years. After leaving school he spent some time in traveling, after which he engaged in farming in Green Township with much success for a period of thirty-one years. On February 1, 1907, he assumed the duties of superintendent of Clark Coimty Infirmary and has since served very efficiently in that capacity.

In 1874 Mr. Albin was united in marriage with Miss Martha J. Ross, a daughter of E. A. and Elizabeth (Wright) Ross of Mad River Township. Mr. and Mrs. Albin have five children living, namely: Daisy Maude, wife of Walter K. Weimer of Moorefield Township; Evangeline, wife of Jacob Milton Goghenour of Montgomery County, Ohio; George C, who is engaged in the experimental rooms of the National Cash Register Company of Dayton, Ohio; Earl, who is employed as inspector of the National Cash Register Company of Dayton; and Rosa, who is attending Willis University at Springfield, Ohio.

Mr. Albin is a man of public spirit and enterprise and for over thirty years has taken a prominent part in politics, having served for many years on the Board of Education and in many other minor offices in Green Township. Fraternally he is one of the most prominent members of the Knights of Pythias, and has filled all the offices of that order and was a Representative to the Grand Lodge. He is also a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics. Mr. Albin is an active member of the Bethel Lutheran Church.

As printed in 20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1908). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.