SAMUEL DINSMORE
Samuel Dinsmore was born in Center County, Pa, December 23, 1811, and is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth Dinsmore, who came from Ireland in 1800.
They landed in Philadelphia and settled in Center County, where they lived till their deaths. The former died in 1831, and the latter in 1868, at the advanced age of eighty-five years.
Our subject lived with his parents till he was seventeen years old, when he learned the carpenter's trade, which he has since followed, and is one of the best in the state. His educational advantages were very limited, he having received most of his education by his own exertions after attaining his majority.
He has lived in Ohio since 1856, and owns a good farm of 240 acres.
He was married in 1845 to Julia McLellan. They have had four children - John, Caroline Bolden, Nancy Legg and Elizabeth Chain.
Mr. Dinsmore acted as Justice of the Peace several years. He has passed the first chair of Juniata Lodge, No. 117, I.O.O. F.
History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - 1884
Published by the Scioto County Genealogy Society
Pike Co. Genealogy & Historical Society
P. O. Box 224,
Waverly, Ohio 45690
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