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**************************************************** History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio. Lewis Cass Aldrich, ed. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1888. EGER, HENRY C., Washington, Texas p.o.,
was born in Saxony, Germany, in 1820. He learned the cloth dressing
and carding trade, and became a manufacturer of wool goods, and
in 1853 came to America and settled in Fremont, O. He was married
at Williamsville, Erie county, N.Y., to ANNA M. KECHLEY, who
was born in Bavaria, Germany. They settled in Fremont, O., and
in 1858 went to Indiana county, Pa., where Mr. EGER became engaged
in the manufacture of cloth and wool goods. In 1872 he settled
in Washington, Henry county, in the carding business. They have
had a family of nine children--CHARLES A., (born in 1855), REUBEN
T. (born in 1857), HARRY M. (born in 1863), EDWARD M. (born in
1865), LEWIS J. (born in 1867), HENRY T. (born in 1868), EMMA
(born in 1859), MATILDA (born in 1861), and ANNA (born in 1873).
REUBEN J. and HARRY M. have been engaged in the manufacture
of broom handles since 1885, having their factory at Texas. |
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