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Born 1838
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)
WORKMAN H. B. (Tiverton township); farmer; postoffice, Gann, Knox county; born in 1838, in this county. His father, James Workman, was born in 1812, in Belmont county, Ohio, and came to this county in 1824. He was married in 1833, to Miss Hannah Walker of this county, who was born in 1816. He died in 1878, she died in 1858. They were the parents of eight children. The subject of this sketch being the second. He was married in 1860, to Miss Isabella Parmenter, of this county, who was born in 1841, near Hornesdale, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of eight children, viz: Albert, Calona B., Ida J., Alexander, Mary E., Irvin, Nettie and Pery W.
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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