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Title:  History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio
Authors:  Aldrich, Lewis Cass.
City of Publication:  Syracuse, N.Y. :
Publisher:  D. Mason & Co.,
Publication Date:  1888

Transcribed by Linda Talbott

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CHRONINGER, Benjamin Franklin, Liberty, Liberty Center p.o., was born in
Stark county, O., October 14, 1843, and settled in Liberty township in
1846, with his parents, George and Elizabeth Ann (Hinkle) Chroninger.  He
was married July 7, 1870, to Asenath Louisa Babcock who was born August 8,
1851.  They have had two children: Raleigh Royal, born April 22, 1871;
Millie Belle, born November 8, 1872.  Asenath L. was a daughter of Lorenzo
and Sarah Ann (Patrick) Babcock.  Mr. Chroninger, at the opening of the
rebellion, offered his services but was rejected on account of impaired
health.  He is a man of rare intellectual tastes.  He has made farming
both a success and a pleasant occupation.  He takes an interest in all
public enterprises.  His parents have had a family of ten children, but
four of whom are now living: B. F., Henry, Arminda and Elsie-Dana.  His
father, George, was born in Stark county, September 12, 1817, and his
mother in Pennsylvania in 1820.  They were married in Tuscarawas county,
in 1841.  George was a son of Henry and Sarah Chroninger natives of
Westmoreland county, who were married in Stark county, O., and died in
Indiana county.

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