Benjamin F. Albaugh
"History of Miami County Ohio" W.H. Beers & Co., 1880
pg 725 Newberry Twp.
B. F. ALBAUGH, farmer, etc.; P.O. Covington. B.F. Albaugh is a son of
Samuel Albaugh, a native of North Carolina, who came to Ohio in 1829, and entered land in
Union Township, this county, and lived upon it until his decease; he was Magistrate in
that township a great many years. B.F. was born May 22, 1836, in this county; was raised
upon a farm and received a common-school education; has been engaged in teaching school
for twenty seven years, and was Superintendent of the West Milton School; he is now
occupied in farming, and in connection with it, he owns one of the finest and vest
arranged floral gardens in the county; they contain all the choicest and rarest flowers
and fruits that are kept in any first class garden in the country; he is also extensively
engaged in the manufacture of molasses, making from eight to ten thousand gallons per
year; since he began the business, he has manufactured over one hundred thousand gallons.
He married Miss Priscilla, a daughter of Thaddeus and Eliza Mendenhall; her father was a
native of South Carolina, her mother of Virginia. They have eight children - Emma A.,
married to Dr. Morr of Troy; Clarence M., Dora A., Lillian, Edwin S., Herbert, Ellis and
Ray. Mr. Albaugh contributes many useful and interesting articles that are published in
the Cincinnati Gazette.