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THOMAS A. MALTBIE, farmer. P. O. Lima. was born in Sidney, Ohio. January 19, 1845, son of Harrison and Nancy
J. (Wilkinson) Maltbie, natives of Ohio. who settled in Shawnee Township, this county, in 1847. on the farm now
occupied by Alexander McCoy, which Harrison Maitbie had cleared and improved and where he lived up to the spring
of 1834. when he removed to Lafayette. Ohio, where he now resides. Our subject's father was four times married;
his ürst wife was Susannah Dowling, of Lima, Ohio, by who, he had three children: Silas B., William F. and
Margaret (Mrs. Alex. McCoy): his second wife was Nancy J. Wilkinson, by whom he had two children: James H. (deceased)
and Thomas A.; his third wife was Emily J. Wilkinson, by whom he had one child: an infant daughter (deceased);
and his fourth wife was Mrs. Ann Moore (nee Loughead). Our subject was reared in Shawnee Township, this county,
from two years of age, and was educated in the common schools. He was in the late war of the Rebellion, having
enlisted March 25, 1861, in Company D, Eighty first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was in the battles of Resaca and
Kenesaw Mountain, and in the Atlanta campaign. He was honorably discharged July 13, 1865, and returned home, where
he engaged in farming on the old homestead, and here he remained until December, 1869, then located on the farm
he now occupies, which he has cleared and improved. He was twice married, his first wife, to whom he was married
December 16, 1869, being Ann M., daughter of Miles and Ann (Daniels) Langstaff, of Shawnee Township. this county,
and the issue of this union is two children: Frank and Lizzie. His present wife, to whom he was married February
16, 1875, is Ella, daughter of David M. and Mary (Valentine) Breese. of Shawnee Township, this county. To this
union has been born one child: Bertha B. Mr. and Mrs. Maltbie are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In
politics he is a Republican.
From:
History of Allen County, Ohio
Published by: Wamer, Beers and Company
Chicago, Illinois
1885
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