CRAWFORD COUNTY OHIO - BIO: JOHN H. TRAGO (1881)

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.875-876 [T surnames]
CHICAGO
BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS
186 DEARBORN STREET
1881

AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO

JOHN H. TRAGO, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Tire; was born in Auburn Township, Crawford Co., Ohio, May
31, 1840. His parents, Daniel and Sarah (Waters) Trago came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1838, locating in
Auburn Township, Crawford Co. They were the parents of ten children-Samuel W., Ann E., Elmira, Agnes, Francis
M., Vincent T., John H., Alice A., Mary and Morris W. The father was born May 8, 1796, and died in Richland
Co., Ohio, Jan. 3, 1876. The mother was born Jan. 1, 1806, and departed this life May 22, 1871. Mr. Trago was
one of the prominent and influential men of his neighborhood, and a Quaker of sterling honesty and upright
dealings. John H. was reared upon a farm. Oct. 21, 1866, he was united in marriage with Nancy A., daughter of
James and Jane Mount, of Richland Co., and by her has four children: Fannie born Sept. 1, 1867 ; Justus, born
May 23, 1873 ; Andrew E., born Aug. 18, 1876, and John H., born July 9, 1879. Mr. Trago is a successful and
enterprising farmer, owns 120 acres of well-improved land, and is a Republican in politics, and is highly respected
by his friends and neighbors.