O. J. Barringer
O. J. Barringer son of J. L. Barringer, was born in Miami County in 1846; came with his father to Shelby County in 1851, and has lived in Perry Township from that time to the present. In 1878 he married Miss Sally S. Thorn. By this union they have one child, Eda, born 1879. Mr. B. was thrown on his own resources at the age of nineteen years. Having acquired a fair common school education, he taught school and clerked in a store for several years. In 1873 he engaged with J. E. Wilkinson, of Pemberton, in buying and shipping grain, at which business he is still engaged. In 1875 he was appointed agent for the C. C. C. and I. Ry. at Pemberton; also agent for the United States Express, which position he fills at the present time. Mr. B. has the confidence of the people of his township, as shown by his being elected treasurer of the township for a number of years.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883