George W. Coffelt - whose birth took place in this township, September 4, 1843, served during the war of the Rebellion, being a member of Company G, 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was in all the battles in which the regiment took part up to Chickamauga, where he received four wounds in one day, one through the right hand, another in the right hip, another in the left hip, and another in the left leg below the knee; he was taken to the hospital where a piece of shell wounded him in his right thigh; he was then taken prisoner and was exchanged after being held eleven days, being no further use to the army. He was then sent to Chattanooga, thence to Stepheson, Alabama, thence to Nashville, Tennessee, thence to Louisville, and from there to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained in the Invalided Corps until discharged. He was married in Antwerp to Isabella Bruner, whose birth took place in Hamilton county, May 5, 1844. They had one child, Rachel A., born July 30, 1866, died July 3, 1867. His parents were John Coffelt, born October 27, 1818, died in 1852; and Rachel (Runyan) Coffelt, born October 10, 1817, died in 1851; they had settled in this county in 1858; in 1850 his wife's parents made this county their home; their names being Calvin Bruner, born in Hamilton county, December 25, 1812, and Ann Spurrier, born in Indiana, December 26, 1822. Mr. Coffelt is engaged at farming, and can be addressed at Antwerp, Paulding county, Ohio.