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HON. E. FLAUGHER. The subject of this sketch was born in Huntington Township, Brown County, Ohio, in 1822. His early years were spent on the farm, and the winter months devoted to securing such schooling as the log schoolhouses of that day afforded. He was an apt scholar, and became qualified as a teacher (although he never acted as one) under the tuition of Henry Brown, a teacher of that day. Mr. Flaugher had acquired a speculative taste, and at twenty-one years of age added to his farming pursuits the business of dealing in horses, buying here and selling in Kentucky. This he followed until twenty-eight years of age. In 1850, he was married to Mary J. Gray, daughter of Louis Gray, and in the same year he entered into partnership with Louis Gray & Co. in the pork-packing business at Ripley. In 1860, the firm bought the Buckeye Flouring-Mill and Pork House, in which they carried on an extensive trade for several years. In 1860-61, the pork packing establishment represented the names of Louis Gray, George K. Snyder, James Gilliland and Jack, Henry and Joe Bennington, being the strongest and wealthiest corporation in the county at that time. Mr. Flaugher was engaged principally in purchasing and supplying the house with stock, and he was considered a very successful and efficient business man. He followed the milling business, with slight intermissions, until 1868, when desiring better educational advantages for his children, he took up his residence near Ripley. Four years afterward, he returned to his pleasant residence in Union Township, upon which he settled in the spring of 1855. This place was formerly the William Dunlap place, and at the time of its purchase by Mr. Flaugher, consisted of 121 acres. Under the supervision of its present owner, it has increased to 250 acres, and is one of the richest and most productive and valuable farms in the county. Mr. Flaugher has a large and extended acquaintance throughout the county, having been identified with its interests all his life. He served as Township Clerk for one year in his native township when a young man, and as Trustee of Union Township several years. In party politics, he adheres to the Old-Line War Democrats. He was selected by the people as Representative to the Lower House of the Sixty-second General Assembly, and served in that body during the years 1876-77. Although nominated on the Democratic ticket, he was elected by the united voice of the people, receiving a large and flattering majority — a good evidence of the high esteem in which he was held. His service was in the interest of his constituents, and many of his strongest friends and associates were Republicans. Mr. Flaugher’s marriage was blest with three children, of whom two, Louis E. and Mary E., are surviving; they both live at home. Mr. Flaugher is at present leading; a quiet, unostentatious life in the enjoyments and surroundings of his family. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1846 or 1848 - of Union Lodge, No. 71, Ripley Chapter, No. 82, and Georgetown Council. He is also a Knight Templar. He takes a deep interest in the County Agricultural Society, of which he has been an active member, and for ten or twelve years a Director.