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Born 1852
From History of Portage County, Ohio. Containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; his (1885)
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ISAAC SAI SAiSIAN, farmer, P. O. Suffield, was born June 8, 1838, in Suffield Town.ship, son of John and Catherine Sausaman, who came here from Union (now Snyder) County, Penn., in 1820. Our subject, who is the only one of their nine diildren remaining in Snffield Township, spent about three years in Indiana when a young; man. September 5, lSf55, he was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine Swinehart, and settled where they now reside. They have three children living: Daniel, Salome and Benjamin, and four — Looisft, Nathan, Zaida and Mabel Amelia — who died of diphtheria within the space of six days in November, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Sansaman are highly respected for their integrity and upright character. He and his wife are members of the German Reformed Church.
As printed in History of Portage County, Ohio. Containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; his (1885). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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