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Born 1822
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 HIRAM, Lafayette township; farmer; postoffice. West Lafayette; was born in this county in 1822; son of George and Mary Leighninger; was married to Miss Susannah Loos, daughter of Daniel Loos, October 30, 1847, and had the following children, viz: an infant, deceased; Seldan; Ernma J., deceased; Clara, an infant son, Maria; Olive and an infant son, both deceased; Elmer and Alta Carvetta. Mr. Leighninger is a prosperous farmer, and owns eighty-eight acres of fine land; has held offices of trust in his township, and he and his wife are members of the Protestant Methodist church, Mr. Leighninger having been a member for the past thirty years.
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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