Fayette County PA Archives Obituaries.....Oldshue, Maj. John  December 4, 1861
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The Waynesburg messenger.: (Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa.) January 08, 1862
At his residence in Indiana, Dec. 4th, 1861, Maj. John Oldshue, aged 72 years. The
deceased was raised in Fayette co., Pa., and served with distinction as a Lieutenant
in Capt. Lynn's company throughout the war of 1812. After his return from the Army
he was elected Major of the Militia. In the fall of 1816 he moved from here to
Richland county, Ohio, where he opened and improved a fine farm, on which he laid
out the town of Ashland. From there he moved to Indiana, where he was very
successful in business affairs and accumulated considerable wealth. Two of his sons
went through the Mexican war and returned home, one as a Captain the other as a
Lieutenant.

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