Hancock-Pickaway County OhArchives Biographies.....Dreisbach, David M. 1845 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

DAVID M. DREISBACH, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Mount Blanchard, Ohio, was
born September 28, 1845, in Pickaway County, Ohio. His father, Rev. Abraham E.
Dreisbach, a native of Berks County, Penn., was a son of Rev. John Dreisbach,
one of the first preachers of the Evangelical Association and the founder of
their present extensive publishing interests. Rev. John Dreisbach will be
remembered as having done a large pioneer work for the church in Ohio, at
Cleveland, Circleville, Dayton and other points; he died August 20, 1871, in his
eighty-third year. While living in Pennsylvania he was twice elected to the
Legislature. Rev. Abraham E. Dreisbach married Miss Marianna Miesie, in 1840,
and they moved to Seneca County, Ohio, near Tiffin, about 1852. He made that
place the center of his work in the ministry nearly all the remainder of his
life. He was well known as a popular preacher in many of the churches in this
county, where he traveled for four years as a presiding elder. He died August
28, 1876. Of his ten children four are now living in this county: Cornelius M.,
Gabriel M., Marianna M. and David M. The mother died February 9, 1857. David M.
Dreisbach, the subject of this sketch, gave ten months of his time (from
February to December) in 1865 to the service of his country, after which he
carried on a grocery business and a grist-mill at Benton Eidge, Ohio, for two
years. He married, October 15, 1867, Miss Caroline Wagner, who was born May 6,
1846, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Wagner. Our subject and wife resided in
Findlay Township, this county, for ten years, and settled on their present place
in Delaware Township, this county, in 1881. Here they have a fine farm of 240
acres of well improved land. Mr. Dreisbach is a successful breeder of fine stock
and has a fine flock of French merino sheep, a herd of thorough-bred short-horn
cattle and several Poland China hogs. The children born to our subject and wife
are Lillie W., Silas W., Helena W., William H. W., Aaron W., David W. and Arthur
W. Mr. and Mrs. Dreisbach are members of the Evangelical Association. He is an
earnest Republican in politics and takes a deep interest in public affairs. He
pays a great deal of attention to the education of his family, and has one of
the finest private libraries in Delaware Township. He is a member of the I. O.
O. F. and the G. A. R. and is a F. & A. M.

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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Delaware Township




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