Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 2 November 2005

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GEORGE T. CHAMPLIN, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; born in Clinton Co., Ohio, Aug. 9, 1838; is a son of Joshua and Hannah (Martin) Champlin, natives of Rhode Island. They emigrated to Ohio in spring of 1832, locating first at Cincinnati; thence, in the fall of the same year, located in Clinton Co., where his wife died, in fall of 1839; he died Sept. 5, 1864, aged 70 years. They had seven children, six now survive—Joshua; Samuel; Moses; John ; Edward and George T. Mr. Champlin was a sailor on the seas for twenty-five years, several of which he served as a Captain, and was engaged as a Privateer in the war of 1812. His father followed the seas through life, and died on the ocean while out on a four years cruise, dying when on his way home, and was buried in the ocean. After Mr. Champlin settled in Clinton Co., he followed farming; was a very prosperous farmer and a leading man in his community, and held most of the offices of his township during his life. Our subject remained with his father till his death; was married March 5, 1867, to Caroline, daughter of Jehu Mulford, a native of New Jersey. Mr. Champlin after marriage located in Warren Co., where he has followed farming. In 1871, he purchased the place where he now lives, and moved on to it in 1872, where he has since resided; this farm he bought of the Hadley heirs; it consists of 111 acres of good land, mostly in cultivation.