Morris Albaugh

History of Hocking Valley, Preble County, Ohio, pg. 1292.

Albaugh, Morris "was born in Harrison County, Ohio, March 20, 1823, the son of Morris and Elizabeth (Stine) Allbaugh. His father died in 1855 and his mother in 1857. His boyhood days were spent on the farm in the summer and in going to school in the winter until he was about 16 years of age. He then moved near Prattsville where he lived until 1873 when he came to Zaleski. He has lived to be sixty years old and has never voted out of the township in which he now lives, and has always voted the Democratic ticket. He has been Township Trustee twenty-five years, holding the office for a period of eleven consecutive years. He held the office of Land appraiser one term, and in 1866 was elected to the office of County Commissioner. In 1844 he was married to Fanny England, daughter of William and Mary England. Mrs. England is yet living with Mr. Allbaugh at the age of seventy-nine years. They are the parents of ten children, seven now living--Sarah E., William A., Christiana A., Mary E., Harvey H., Homer D. and George J. A daughter died in infancy. Alsinus M. died with consumption in the fall of 1870 and Morris was killed in the coal mines in the spring of 1882. Mr. Allbaugh is a member of the Masonic order.

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