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Born 1843, Fairfield County
From History of Pickaway County, Ohio and representative citizens (1906)
OLOMON S. VALENTINE, a representative agriculturist of Pickaway township, where he has long been a leading citizen, is a member of the well-known stock firm of Schleyer & Valentine, which operates a stock farm of 280 acres in the eastern portion of this township. Mr. Valentine was born July 12, 1843, in Fairfield County, Ohio, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Stepelton) Valentine.
The father of Mr. Valentine was born in Pennsylvania and the mother in Fairfield County, Ohio. The latter died when her son, Solomon S. Valentine, was but three years old and he was reared in the home of a relative, in Fairfield County, until the age of 17 years. Pie then went to Henry County, where shortly afterward, in the spring of 1861, he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company P\ lath Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf. During his first enlistment, which covered four months, the young soldier saw much hard service as he participated in the battles of Philippi. Carrick’s Ford, Bull Run and Cedar Creek. Honorably discharged, he re-enlisted in 1862, entering* Company C, 88th Reg., Ohio Vet. Vol. Inf., and remained at the post of duty until the close of the war. His whole term of service covered three years, a part of it being passed on guard duty at Columbus. He received a second honorable discharge and is now an honored veteran of that never-to-be forgotten period.
Mr. Valentine returned to Fairfield County after his army service was over, and several years later came to Pickaway County, where he has been a resident ever since. For some 18 years Mr. Valentine farmer a part of the Ruggles farm, in Pickaway township, but since
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In 1869 Mr. Valentine was married to Mary Moyer, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, and they have these children: Pearl FI., wife of Reuben Hall; Harley G.; Arthur, of Pickaway township; Mrs. Mary Fleming, of Salt Creek township; and Ollie and Roy, of Pickaway township.
Mr. Valentine belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic post at Kingston and also to the Odd Fellows lodge at Tarlton. Fie is a member of the Lutheran Church. He may be justly named a self-made man. From infancy motherless, when but a lad exposed to the dangers and temptations of army life, with only a limited educational opportunities, all he has; he earned for himself. To-day he stands as an honorable business man in his community and enjoys the respect and confidence of his fellowcitizens in general.
As printed in History of Pickaway County, Ohio and representative citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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