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Born 1796
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)
BLUCK WILLIAM (deceased), Lafayette township; was born in England, Shropshire county, about 1796; was married to Miss Price, of England. They have had four children, two of whom only are living. His wife dying, he married Miss James, of England, who became the mother of seven children, six of whom are living, as follows: Thomas P., Edmond, Edwin, Joseph, Lucy, Arthur, Lucretia, William and Rose. Edwin was born in England, in 1843, and, coming to this State and county, with his parents, in 1853, located in this township, where he now resides. He enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth 0. V. I., at Newark, Ohio, and returned home, when peace was declared. He was married, in 1866, to Miss Mary C. Whiteside, of this county, to whom one child, F. E, was born August, 1867. Bluck's father and mother died in 1867, at the ages af seventy-one and forty-seven 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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