Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Foreman, Joseph 1830 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   JOSEPH FOREMAN, farmer, P. 0. Rawson, was born August 30, 1830, in Franklin
County, Penn. His parents, William and Eleanor (McNeal) Foreman, came to Eagle
Township, this county, with a family of eight children in 1845. The country
being then new, they made the entire journey by wagon train, the older children,
including Joseph, walking the whole distance. They settled on a farm in the
northern part of Eagle Township, of which about twenty-five acres were cleared,
and at once began improving and developing the place. They resided on this farm
until their death; the mother died in 1850 and the father in 1863. Manifesting a
spirit of patriotism, the boys, Joseph, John and George, gave their services to
the Government during the war of the Rebellion. Joseph Foreman, the subject of
this sketch, united in marriage, March 21, 1852, with Miss Christine Alspach,
who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, February 2, 1832, and came to this
county in April, 1849. Her parents, Jacob and Polly (Miller) Alspach, lived in
Fairfield County, Ohio, until the latter's death, after which Mr. Alspach moved
to Indiana, where he now resides. Mr. and .Mrs. Foreman settled in 1860 on an
entirely new place, where they now reside. In May, 1864, Mr. Foreman enlisted in
the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment, Ohio National Guards, and served in
the campaign in Virginia. He left an honorable record as a brave and faithful
soldier, and on returning home he again devoted himself to the work of clearing
up and developing his farm, upon which he has erected a handsome residence and
made many other valuable improvements, owning 175 acres of good land. To Mr. and
Mrs. Foreman have been born ten children: Ellen (deceased), John Milton, Jacob
M., Charles Ellsworth, James Gideon, Frederick (deceased), Edmund, Ada Belle.
Cora Dell and Tena. Mr. Foreman has given his children excellent educational
advantages, both literary and musical. He is a man of firm principles, highly
respected by all who know him. He was chosen, for nine years, trustee of Eagle
Township.

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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Eagle Township




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