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JOHN J. OSWALT, farmer; P. O. Arcanum; a native of Germany; was born in 1836; he is the son of Martin and Anna M. Oswalt. Mr. Oswalt came to America in 1852, when 16 years of age; after being here about eighteen months, he returned to Germany for his mother and two sisters, his father being dead; brought them here and located in Franklin Township, this county, in 1854. He was united in marriage in 1862, to Elizabeth, daughter of Elias and Mary Baker, who were both natives of Montgomery Co., Ohio; they have had eleven children, all living, viz., Delilah, Elias, Sarah, Anna Magdalene, Mary Ellen, John Henry, Morton, Lydia, Elizabeth, Charles Ellsworth and William David; they located upon the farm upon which they now live, the next spring after they were married having at that time bought 80 acres all in the woods; this was the beginning in clearing up the land to make a home, and by industry and hard labor they have now a fine farm, having bought 80 acres more, making in all 160 acres of good land, and about 115 acres in a good state of cultivation; this has all been accomplished, together with raising a large family of children, by diligent and earnest labor, coupled with good management and frugality; and we are pleased to place this record upon the pages of this history, as a bright and shining example which may be read by his children’s children, and all future generations, in all time to come.