CRAWFORD COUNTY OHIO - BIO: S. B. RAUDABAUGH (1881)

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.875 [R surnames]
CHICAGO
BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS
186 DEARBORN STREET
1881

AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO

S. B. RAUDABAUGH, carpenter and joiner, Tiro; was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., in 1842. He is a son of
Henry and Lydia (Hahn) Raudabaugh, who were the parents of the following family: William, Samuel, Catherine,
David, Elizabeth, Daniel, Rebecca, John, Ellen, Henry, Nancy and Sarah. David, Elizabeth and Henry are dead.
The rest are all living in Ohio except Kate, who lives in Indiana. Samuel passed his youth at home. In 1861, he
enlisted in Co. I, 15th O. V. I., and was discharged in November, 1865, having passed about five years in fighting
for his country. He was a participant in the battles of Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Atlanta,
Corinth and a great many others. He was in actual service about five years and during that time never left his
regiment or was wounded. After the war closed he came to Auburn Township, prosecuting his trade. On the 10th of
June, 1869, he was united in marriage with Martha Eckis, daughter of Jacob and Martha (Crouse) Eckis, and to
this union were born four children: Albertus, born Feb. 4, 1870, died Feb. 10, 1870; Howard L., born Aug. 3, 1871;
Vinnie, born June 28, 1876, died Aug. 19, 1876; and Ralph K., born Aug. 8, 1877. Mrs. Raudabaugh was born April
16, 1839. Mr. Raudabaugh ownd 3 1/2 acres of land in Mechanicsburg. He is a Republican, and one of the best
carpenters in Crawford Co. He received but a limited education, but by reading and study he is one of the
best-posted men in the township.