Samuel W. Jeffrey
Samuel W. Jeffrey, painter. P.O. Tiro: is the son of Thomas and Lydia Ann (Chittenden) Jeffrey, who were parents of a family of nine children, seven of whom are yet living. Samuel W. passed his youth on a farm. He was united in marriage with Amanda C. Aumend. daughter of David and Clarissa (Ashley) Aumend, and by her has one child-Willard F., born Dec. 30, 1767. Mr. Aumend. the father of Mrs. Jeffrey, was born in Pennsylvania May 9, 1810. He was a son of Adam and Christina (Allbright) Aumend, who came to Auburn Township in 1819, it then being unexplored wilderness. Here Mr. Aumend was reared. On the 16th of August, 1833, he was married to Clarrissa Ashley, and by her had the following family: Willard H., Lucretia, Laura J., Francis M., and Amanda. The latter married Mr. S. W. Jefrey, as stated above. Mr. Jeffrey is a Republican in politics and a member of the Church of God. He well and faithfully served his country in the late war between the North and the South.. He enlisted in Co. C, 23d O. V. I., and served until the close of the war, when he was discharged July 26, 1865. He was first under the command of Col. Rosecrans, but afterward was under Col. (now President) Hayes. Mr. Jeffrey was in quite a number of engagements; was severly wounded in the neck October, l864, in Shenandoah Valley, Va. He is a young man of considerable enterprise and push, and is an intelligent citizen.
From History of Crawford County and Ohio by Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1881