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Born 1867, Coshocton county
From Centennial history of Coshocton County, Ohio (1909)
LAKIN E. BLUCK.
Few men of Lakin E. Bluck's age have won the degree of success which he today enjoys. He is now the owner of two hundred and thirty-five acres of rich and valuable land situated in Oxford township, and is numbered 'among the young and enterprising farmers and stock-raisers of this section of the state. He was born in Coshocton county, August 6, 1867, the only child of Edwin and Mary C. (Whiteside) Bluck.
The father was born in England, January 24, 1843, and came with his parents to America when a little lad of ten years, the family home being established in Coshocton county where the father followed farming. He was also a soldier of the Civil war, enlisting as a member of Company A, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Newark, with which he served until the close of hostilities. His marriage to Miss Whiteside was celebrated in 1866 soon after his return from the war. She was born in Coshocton county March 3, 1847, and became the mother of only one child, Lakin E., whose name introduces this review. The parents are both now deceased. The father died October 9, 1907, and the mother passed away November 26, 1900. They were numbered among the worthy pioneers of this section of the state and their loss was deeply felt by many friends and neighbors as well as by the members of their own immediate household.
Lakin E. Bluck acquired his education in the common.-schools, wherein he mastered the branches of learning that well fitted him for the arduous and responsible duties of life. He spent his youth and early manhood in much the usual manner of farmers, and remained under the parental roof until the time of his marriage, which occurred in 1892, the lady of his choice being Miss Lizzie A. Smith, who was born in Coshocton county, June 25, 1870, one of a family of eight children, born of the marriage of Thomas and Elizabeth (Everal) Smith, natives of this county. The father still survives and makes his home in this county. The mother died Octolier 23,
Following his marriage Mr. Bluck took up his above upon a farm and ha.? carried on agricultural pursuits to the present time. He is now the owner of two hundred and thirty-five acres of rich and well improved land situated in Oxford township, and in addition to raising the various cereals best adapted to soil and climate he makes a specialty of raising stock, both branches of his business proving a profitable source of revenue to him.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Bluck has been blessed with two sons: Russell M., who was born February 18, 1893, and who at the death of his grandfather inherited one hundred and thirty-three and a third acres of land in Lafayette township; and Walter L., who was born on Christmas day of 1902, and is now a little lad of six years. Mr. Bluck gives his political support to the men and measures of the democratic party. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Protestant church. He belongs to that class of representative young men who rapidly discern opportunities of improvement and who are rapidly forging to the front. He always adheres to honorable methods in his dealings with his fellowmen and is therefore highly esteemed by all with whom he comes in contact.
As printed in Centennial history of Coshocton County, Ohio (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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