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Lydia Ann Middaugh
b.25 Nov 1823 Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States
d.5 Dec 1878 Howe, LaGrange, Indiana, United States
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m. Abt 1821
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ELIAS KEPLINGER was born November 9, 1815, in Washington County, Md., one of a family of nine sons and three daughters born to Joseph and Catharine (Snyder) Keplinger, natives of Maryland. The parents moved to Virginia, near Harper's Ferry, soon after their marriage, and from there, in 1832, to Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Here the father died at the age of eighty-four years. His widow survives him and is eighty-six. Elias Keplinger was brought up to farm labor. He married Miss Emily Hoverstock, in 1842. She was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, January 25, 1825. They had seven children, four of whom are yet living, viz.: Catharine, Mary E., Charles H. and Etta M. Mrs. Keplinger died February 22, 1865. Mr. Keplinger married Miss Lydia A. Medaugh, a native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, for his second wife. She died, December 5, 1878. December 11, 1879, he was united in marriage with Miss Lizzie Fridlie, born in the conton of Berne, Switzerland, May 13, 1844. Mr. Keplinger came to this county in 1864, and purchased his present farm. He began life as a poor boy, and is a self-made man. He is a Republican, a member of the M.E. Church, and a successful farmer and stock grower. Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co.., - Lima Township References
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