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Born 1837
From The history of Montgomery county, Ohio, containing a history of the county; (1882)
GAMALIEL PEASE, farmer, P. O. West Carrollton, was born in Miami Township, Montgomery Co., Ohio, May 31, 1837. His parents were George and Ellen, Pease. He was educated in the public schools of this county and the “Miami Valley Institute,” located in Miami City. In the year 1850, he went to Dayton and learned the trade of iron holder, at which business he continued till 1857. From that time to 1861, bre was employed farming and working in the distillery of his uncle, Perry Pease. In 1861, December 14, he enlisted in the Sixty-ninth Regiment Ohio Infantry, participating in the battles at Gallatin, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge. In 1864, he was transferred to the recruiting service, in which service he remained till the close of the war. While in this service, he visited nearly all the principal cities of the United States, both East and West. He was discharged February 14, 1865, having been in continuous service over three years. In 1869, March 18, he married Miss Mary Leisz, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Leisz, the father being a native of Germany and the mother of Pennsylvania. Their family consists of three children, as follows, viz.: Oscar M., born April 16,1870; Jennie G., August 31,
1871; Gecrge, September 27, 1876. Mr. Pease has made the cultivation of tobacco his principal business for several years.
As printed in The history of Montgomery county, Ohio, containing a history of the county; (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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