Samuel East
Samuel East, one of German township's pioneer farmers and leading citizens, township trustee and school director, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, December 2, 1830, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Hufferd) East.
Christopher East, the paternal grandfather, was a Hessian solder in the British Army during the Revolutionary War, who later located in Pickaway County, Ohio, followed agriculture and died there. His son, John East, father of Samuel, was born near Harrisburg Pennsylvania, December 12, 1794, and later moved to Pickaway County, Ohio, and died in Allen County, September 20, 1862. On April 3, 1817, he married Elizabeth Hufferd, who was born in 1799. Their children were two daughters and three sons, namely: Mary, who married Jacob S. Baker; Elizabeth, who married Samuel Clutter; Isaac, who married Barbara Burkholder; Abraham, who married Jane McMillen; and Samuel, of this sketch, who is the only survivor.
Samuel East was reared on a farm and has devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits. When prepared to take upon himself domestic responsibilities, he chose for his wife Elizabeth Mumaw, the estimable daughter of Frederick and Elenora (Loughe) Mumaw, old residents of Knox County, Ohio. These children were born to them: Marion, born September 25, 1856, deceased September 23, 1857; Monroe M., born March 13, 1858, who married Priscilla Alice Crider, daughter of Isaac Crider, November 1, 1877; Albert and Alfred (twins), born January 1, 1860 the former deceased February 14, 1860, and the latter, who married Emma Kauffman, October 29, 1881, still surviving; Melissa Ellen, born July 23, 1861, who married Newton K. Ransbottom, November 29, 1877, and died May 27, 1879; Marietta, born October 16, 1862, who married Isaac D. Crider, March 25, 1880; Irene,born March 23 1864, deceased Decmber 3, 1872; Duley Iona, born November 15, 1865, who married S. T. Crites, September 13, 1887, and died November 19, 1896; and Sarah Princes, born October 26, 1869, who married Henry F. Desenberg, December 7, 1889, and died March 21, 1900.