Henry Flinchpaugh
Henry Flinchpaugh was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, March 9, 1792. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the French army and took part in the campaign against Moscow, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, suffering all the privations of the terrible retreat. He fought in the battle of Leipsig, also in Waterloo, and in the latter battle escaped without a wound. In 1817 he came to America, and, while passing through Pennsylvania, at the town of Lancaster, married Johanna Schmidlapp. The same year he settled in Butler county, Ohio, where he remained about a year, when he came to Hamilton county and settled at first in the town of Miami, but afterward moved to a farm in Miami township. The place is now owned by Emanuel Faigle. He came to America poor, but succeeded in amassing a large property. He was a member of the church of United Brethren, and in politics was a Democrat. His death occurred October 7, 1852. His wife died October 1, 1863. Their family consisted of twelve children: David, now married to Maria Fleming; Henry, married to Cynthia Creech, Hannah, the wife of William Creech; Mary, married to Frederick Ulmer; Caleb, married to Rachel Ingersoll; Jacob; William, married to Eliza Brown; Harriet, Mrs. Gottlieb Metzzer, John, married to Fanny Yanny; and three that died in early childhood.
From History of Hamilton county, Ohio, Henry & Kate Ford, L. A. Williams & Co., Publishers, 1881