H. B. Core
H. B. Core, who formerly conducted a first class livery establishment at Lima, is an old and valued citizen and is also a survivor of the Civil War in which he bore an honorable part for three years. He was born at Erie, Pennsylvania, in June 1847.
Mr. Core was three years old when his parents moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, and but a few years older when they removed to Morrow County. There he was reared to young manhood and was educated in the local schools. On the outbreak of the Civil War he was one of the first in his locality to indicate his willingness to take up arms for his country, enlisting in April, 1861, in Company A, 27th Reg., Indiana Vol. Inf., being mustered into the service at Indianapolis. He accompanied his regiment to Washington and during the winter of 1861-62 it was quartered at Fredericksburg, Maryland. In the spring it took an active part in the campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, and during his service there he was captured by the enemy at Antietam. Later he was paroled at Annapolis, Maryland, joined the army of the West and at the close of his term of enlistment was mustered out at Annapolis.
Mr. Core returned to Ohio and engaged in business at Columbus until he came to Lima, where he was the pioneer in the secondhand goods business, conducting a store for four years. From that he embarked in the livery business in which he continued until the fall of 1905.
In 1869 Mr. Core was married to Martha Simpson and they have three children, viz.: William E., who is employed by a wholesale grocery firm of Chicago; Martha, who is the wife of George Strang, an electrician with the Automatic Telephone Company; and Stella, who married Elmer Collier and resides at No. 522 West High Street. Mrs. Core is a member of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, of Lima.