Albert F. Eshaman
Albert F. Eshaman was born in Wayne County, Ohio, December 5, 1848. He is a son of Nicholas and Rosannah Eshaman, who were natives of Switzerland, and emigrated to America in 1846, locating in Wayne County, Ohio. In 1857 they came to Shelby County and settled in Cynthian Township near Newport, where they remained about five years, or until 1862, when they moved to Darke County and settled on a farm two miles west of Russia, on which Mr. Nicholas Eshaman died August 30. 1866. Soon after his death Mrs. Eshaman, with a family of eight children, moved to Loramie Township, where she remained until 1877, when she returned to Wayne County, Ohio, where she now resides. Also all of the children are now living in Wayne County, except Albert F. Eshaman, who resides in Loramie Township, Shelby County. On the 8th of October, 1872, he married Miss Elizabeth Malliott, of Loramie Township, daughter of John B. and Constance Malliott. By this union he has three children, one son and two daughters. He has been successfully engaged in the business of threshing, dealing in groceries, and farming.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883