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Below is a family biography included in Portrait and Biographical Album of Greene and Clark Counties, Ohio published by Chapman Bros., in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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SAMUEL T. REMSBERG. It gives us pleasure to include in this volume a biographical notice of one whose life has been spent in the quiet performance of duty, and who, without filling any prominent position in public affairs, has gained the esteem and confidence of neighbors and friends. Clark County has been the home of this gentleman for less than a decade, but success has crowned his efforts since coming here, and his home in Moorefield Township is one of comfort, neatness, and pleasant home life.

Mr. Remsberg was born in Frederick County, Md., November 6, 1815, his parents being Benjamin and Charlotte (Zimmerman) Remsberg, who were born in the same State, and who still live in the county which was his birthplace. Their family consisted of thirteen children, three of whom are now deceased. Elizabeth V. is the widow of Edward Mobley, and her home is in Dayton; the next in point of age is our subject; Marizilla is the wife of George W. Toms, of Indiana; Susan C. is the wife of J. H. Rice, of Arkansas; Ora is the wife of Charles W. Shafer, of Maryland; Jennie, Mrs. Hoak, lives in Virginia; Ida is the wife of J. H. Routzahn, in Maryland; Sylvester G., John E. and Laura are living in their native State.

The subject of this sketch received but limited school privileges, and is principally self educated. He was reared to manhood in his native State, spending a part of the time on a farm, and a part in labor in a woolen mill, of which his father was proprietor. From early years he has been a hard worker, having even assisted his father in the support of the family, and giving his parents his entire time until twenty-seven years of age. He may well be called self made in his financial standing, the information which he has acquired, and the habits of industry and uprightness which characterize his life. He and his estimable wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Moorefield, and he is a member of the Republican party.

The lady who ably presides over the home of Mr. Remsberg was known in her girlhood as Martha J. Selsam, and became his wife Nov. 10, 1874. She was born in Maryland, and is a daughter of David and Catherine Selsam, of that State, her father being now deceased. She has borne her husband six children, named respectively: Benjamin D., Katie M., Hattie E., Frank C., Arthur S. and Myrtle H. In 1882 the family removed from their native State to their present home, where prosperity has awaited them, and where they hope for still greater results from their efforts in the years to come.

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This family biography is one of the many biographies included in Portrait and Biographical Album of Greene and Clark Counties, Ohio published by Chapman Bros., in 1890. 

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