ALLEN COUNTY OHIO ************************************************************** File contributed to the Ohio Biographies Project by Diane Mancini OurFamGenealogy@aol.com December12, 2000 ************************************************************* Please note: I do not have any further information on the individuals mentioned here. I have only transcribed the profile as it was originally written. 1875 Historical Atlas of Allen County, Ohio by H H Hardesty & Co. Publishers, Chicago. Shawnee Twp ABRAHAM CRIDER was born in Pickaway County in 1828, and his wife, Mary (Garling) Crider, was born in the same year, in Fairfield County. Names of their children--John Franklin, Francis Ephraim, George W. and Wm. Edward, Lena Catharine, Flora C., Mary Adeline, Maggie M. and Hattie Vantalia. Mr. Crider's parents, Ephraim and Mary M., are living in Auglaize County. They have eight children--Isaac, Abraham, Hannah, Maria, Reuben, Leanna, Susan and John. Mrs. Crider is a daughter of John and Catharine Garling, and is one of a family of six children--Jeremiah, Solomon, William, Daniel, Mary, and John J. Mr. Crider held the office of Treasurer five years.