The biographical annals of Ohio, A handbook of the government and institutions of the state of Ohio . MR. AINSWORTH, of Defiance County. John M. Ainsworth, Democrat, is serving his second term as representative fromDefiance county. He was born at West Jefferson, Madison county, Ohio, September10, 1835. In 1848 his parents removed to Van Wert county, where they settled on afarm. In 1853, he went to Fort Wayne, Indiana, and worked in a store until 1857,when his employers sent him in charge of a stock of merchandise to Hicksville, 1859 he formed a partnership with the late Hon. Alfred P. Edg
The biographical annals of Ohio, A handbook of the government and institutions of the state of Ohio . MR. AINSWORTH, of Defiance County. John M. Ainsworth, Democrat, is serving his second term as representative fromDefiance county. He was born at West Jefferson, Madison county, Ohio, September10, 1835. In 1848 his parents removed to Van Wert county, where they settled on afarm. In 1853, he went to Fort Wayne, Indiana, and worked in a store until 1857,when his employers sent him in charge of a stock of merchandise to Hicksville, 1859 he formed a partnership with the late Hon. Alfred P. Edgerton, and twoyears after he purchased the interest of his partner and continued the business aloneuntil 1872. In 1859 Mr. Ainsworth married Sarah, daughter of Allen Parker andEsther Osborn, who were the first persons married in Hicksville township in , Hicksville. Mr. Ainsworth is a member of the standing committees onCounty Affairs, Elections, Finamce. (379). MR. ALLEN, of Fulton County. Charles L. Allen, Republican, is serving his fourth term as the Representativefrom Fulton county. He was born in Clarkson, Monroe county, New York, Novem-ber 16, 1838. His father, Isaac Allen (who was a soldier of 1812), at the ageof twenty-one years, soon after the declaration of peace with England in 1815, lefthis Connecticut home and settled in Clairkson, New York. He raised a family of tenchildren, six sons and four daughters. The six sons still living and two of the daugh-ters. Charles L. is the next youngest of the family. Mr. Allen came to Ohio in 1859, taught school one term, clerked in country storeuntil 1861, then enlisted in 38th 0. V. I., served as Lieutenant Q. M. and Adjutantof his regiment until January, 1864, when he was discharged for disability. He has from that date lived in Fayette, Fulton county, Ohio. He was Justice ofthe Peace nine years, school examiner nine years, member of the 64th and 65th Gen-eral Assemblies and was re-elected t
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