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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois
Illustrated
Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers
Lakeside Building
1883
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Casey Twp. -
SAMUEL DOSBAUGH, grocer and retired
farmer, Casey, is the senior member of the firm of
Dosbaugh & Dunn. He is a native of Stark County,
Ohio. He is a native of Stark County, Ohio, where he
was born July 22, 1841. He is a son of John
Dosbaugh and Mary Coffman, who were natives of Germany,
and emigrated to Stark County about the year 1828, where
they lived until the year 1845, when they removed West to
the Sucker State, in 1845, and located in Johnson Township,
this county. John is one of seven
children that his parents reared to the years of man and
womanhood, and was but about four years of age when he came
to this county. He was brought up on a farm in Johnson
Township, and lived with his parents until his enlistment in
the army, going out in December, 1861, in Company B, Second
Artillery, and served three years. He participated in
several of the prominent battles of the war, at Shiloh, the
siege and battle of Corinth, and other engagements of note.
He was discharged in the winter of 1853, his term of
enlistment expiring. Soon after his return home, he
located in the southwest part of this township, and engaged
in farming. He has a good farm, situated on the Casey
and Willow Hill road, and one of the best barns in the
township. He continued farming until 1879, when, on
account of failing health, he rented out his farm and moved
to the village of Casey where he has since lived, and been
engaged in the grocery business. He first purchased
the interest of W. R. Stith, but more recently
associated with Mr. Dunn, under the firm name of
Dosbaugh & Dunn, and they are doing a good business.
Mar. 24, 1867, he married Margaret Carr, a native of
Hancock County, Ind., daughter of Arthur Carr.
He has but one child - Edward. He is a member
of the Masonic order and a Greenbacker.
Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois -
Illustrated -
Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
Lakeside Building -
1883 ~ Page |
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