Levi M. Ashbaugh
Levi M. Ashbaugh, a farmer of the Osborn neighborhood in Bath township, this county, was born in the vicinity of the city of Frederick, in the county of that name in the state of Maryland, on June 14, 1841, son of Aquilla and Rachel (Hann) Ashbaugh, the former of whom was a native of the state of Pennsylvania and the latter of Maryland, who were the parents of nine children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the third in order of birth. Aquilla Ashbaugh was a farmer and also gave considerable attention to the cultivation of fruit trees, carrying on quite an extensive nursery in the neighborhood of Frederick.
Reared on the home farm in Maryland, Levi M. Ashbaugh remained there until after he had attained his majority, when he came to Ohio, locating at Dayton. For four years thereafter he worked on farms in the vicinity of that city and while thus engaged, in the fall of 1865, married a Greene county girl and located in this county. About 1892 Mr. Ashbaugh bought the forty-acre farm on which he is now living in Bath township and has ever since made his home there. He is a Republican and has served the public in the capacity of supervisor of roads in his home district.
In September 14, 1865, Levi M. Ashbaugh was united in marriage to Rebecca Coy, who was born in this county. May 14, 1845, daughter of Jacob and Catherine Coy, the former of whom was twice married and was the father of twenty-one children. To Mr. and Mrs. Ashbaugh ten children have been born. The first-born of these died in infancy; the others, Nelson, John, Rose, William, Benjamin, Dessie, Ferdinand, Minnie and Maud, have all married and gone from the home place. Mr. and Mrs. Ashbaugh are members of the Dunkard church.
From History of Greene County Ohio, Its People, Industries and Institutions, vol. 2. M.A.Broadstone, editor. B.F.Bowen & Co., Indianapolis. 1918