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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

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DEMLAND, William, Pleasant, Pleasant Bend p.o., a pioneer resident of
Pleasant township, was born in Prussia, Germany, 1840, and was a son of
Andrew and Elizabeth (Jabred) Demland.  Elizabeth died in Germany in 1846,
and Andrew emigrated to this country with a family of eight children in
1857 and settled in Pleasant, purchasing a farm of eighty acres of timber
land.  Andrew died in Pleasant in 1875.  His children were Frederick,
Sophia, William, John, Christopher, Lizzie, August and Adam.  John was in
the army and died on the March to Savannah.  William was drafted three
times, but his brother went in his place, and the second draft he furnished
a substitute again, paying $800, the third draft was cleared.  William
enlisted and served on the three months call.  He was married in 1862 to
Elizabeth Horning, and they have had thirteen children, nine of whom are
now living--William A., Anna, Jennie, Carrie, Emma, Garilla, Amelia,
Rinhardt and an infant.  Elizabeth was a daughter of Peter and Margaret
Horning who settled here in 1837.

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