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SOLOMON B. CHRISTIAN, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Bradford; Solomon, his father, was a native of Pennsylvania, born in Huntingdon County on the 25th of December, 1789. He married Mary Bauslaugh, who was a native of the same state and county, and was born March 4, 1794; in 1814, Mr. Christian made a visit to Darke County, Ohio, and while here entered the east half of Sec. 9, and in 1829 he settled on his tract of land, which at that time was a dense forest; his wife did not come till 1834, as she was afraid of the Indians; she came with a firm determination to share the trials, dangers and hardships with her devoted husband, in the then almost unbroken wilderness, with here and there a family, at the mercy of the bloodthirsty red man, and for twenty-five years she nobly acted her part of the great-drama of life; on the 26th of September, 1859, the messenger of death entered the household, removing her from earth to heaven; Solomon, her husband, survived the storm of life till Feb. 10, 1862, when he too, sank peacefully to rest in the blessed knowledge of the immortality of the soul; they were the parents of seven children, of whom four are living, viz.: Susan, now Mrs. Brakebill; Anna, now Mrs. Katherman; Sarah, now Mrs. Wise, and Solomon B., the subject of this sketch, who is a native of Darke County, Ohio, born Jan. 9, 1836; he received his education in the district schools by the time he was 19 years old, during which time he assisted his father in the clearing and the cultivation of the soil. On the 19th of January, 1854, he celebrated his marriage with Miss Mary Brumbaugh, who is a daughter of Jacob and Susan Brumbaugh, natives of Montgomery County, Ohio; Mary was born in Miami County on the 27th of December, 1830, being the fourth child in a family of eight children, viz.: Catharine, John, Carrad, Mary, Emanuel, Esther, Elizabeth and Susan; after his marriage, he farmed the old homestead, where he has resided ever since; he came in possession of the home farm at the death of his father; Mr. Christian has accumulated a considerable amount of property by his hard labor, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and amiable wife; he is strictly temperate in all his habits, being a member of the Masonic Order, also of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Patrons of Husbandry. He is a firm Democrat; Mr. Christian is not a political aspirant, although he has been identified with the township offices, served as Township Trustee two terms, one year as Pike Superintendent, and as School Director ten years. Mr. and Mrs. Christian are highly esteemed by their many friends and acquaintances for their good qualities; Mrs. Christian is a member of the German Baptist Church; they are the parents of eight children, of whom seven are living, viz.: Susan, born May 18, 1855; Philip, Jan 1, 1858; George W., July 4, 1860; Mary, July 14, 1863; Martha, Jan. 13, 1866; Solomon, Sept. 7, 1868; John S. R., Oct. 31, 1871. Jacob Brumbaugh was born March 14, 1803, died Jan. 27, 1843; Susan, his wife, was born Nov. 11, 1807, died March 29, 1852.