Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Dickson, John 1825 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1883)

C. B. DRUM, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Pennsylvania September 7, 1831.
His father, John Drum, who was of German descent, was born March 8, 1778, and
died June 17, 1855. The mother of our subject was Martha (Lambertson) Drum, of
Scotch extraction. She and her husband emigrated to Ohio when our subject was
but six weeks old, and spent here the remainder of their lives. Mr. C. B. Drum
received a common school education and learned farming as an occupation, and he
has, after great toil, accumulated 228 acres of land, located in Section 30,
Goshen Township. On January 18, 1876, he was united in marriage to Rebecca Jane,
daughter of Joseph and Isabel Cowan. Mr. Drum was a member of the One Hundred
and Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company having enlisted August 22,
1862, and was discharged June 13, 1865. He, participated in the following
battles: Winchester, Va , June 13 and 15, 1863; Sucker's Ferry, Va., July 18,
1864; Winchester, July 24, 1864; Martinsburg, July 25, 1864; Berryville,
September 3, 1864; Winchester, September 19, 1964; Fisher's Hill, September 22,
1864; Hatcher's Run, Va., March 3, 1865, and High Bridge, April 6, 1865, at
which latter place they were captured. Mr. Drum is a member of the Grange
Association, and for eight or nine years has acted as Township Treasurer.

Additional Comments:
Goshen Township

Excerpt from

"The History of Hardin County, Ohio"
           containing
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY
   RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT
         MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY;
             HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS
                  MATTERS, ETC., ETC.

              CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
                          1883

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