CRAWFORD COUNTY OHIO - BIO: MRS. G. W. OVENS (1881) *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Submitter: Tina Hursh Email: ribbit@clubnet.isl.net Date: 25 May 2002 *********************************************************************** >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Bonnie Walsh. --------------- HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.871-872 [O surnames] CHICAGO BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS 186 DEARBORN STREET 1881 AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO MRS. G. W. OVENS, Tiro: daughter of John and Maria (Staherin) Brenerd, and was born May 12, 1838, in Crawford Co., Ohio. In the fall of 1858, she was united in marriage with Aaron Daugherty, and to this union were born three children, respectively - Lucy, born Aug. 12, 1860; Sherman, born Dec. 14, 1863, and Rebecca, born Feb. 15, 1865. Mr. Daugherty was born Jan. 18, 1818, and died May 22, 1871. He was a brother of Ezekiel Daugherty, mention of whom is made in the biography of Elizabeth Daugherty. Mr, Daugherty was a great farmer and a hardworking man. He was temperate in his habits, and affectionate in his disposition toward his family. He was a man universally respected by all who knew him. Mrs. Daugherty, on the 5th of March, 1872, was married to George W. Ovens. Mr. Ovens was born July 22, 1840, and is a son of William and Eleanor (Robinson) Ovens, and is of Irish descent. His father and mother were parents of six children: James, Anna, William, John, George and Kate. The Ovens family came to the United States; from Ireland in 1842, and to Crawford Co., Ohio ten years later. In his father's family James is the only one dead. He was murdered for his money in Hardin Co., Ohio, in 1862. Mr. Ovens is a Democrat in politics, and a straightforward, honest and upright man. On the death of her first husband, Mrs. Ovens and her children were left a valuable farm of 240 acres, which she still retains. Mr. and Mrs. Ovens live happily together with her children on the old place left them in Auburn Township and no family are more respected in Crawford Co. than this family.