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Howard (1907), Vol. 2 biographies
b. 24 June 1850, Darke Co., Ohio, son of George (b. 28 Oct. 1804, Eaton, Preble Co., Ohio; d. 11 Apr. 1854) and Mary (Brubacker) Aukerman (b. 15 Jan. 1809, as transcribed “Podiker county, Virginia”; d. 11 Aug. 1893, Wabash Co., Ind.) (Part 73, pp. 1006–1008). Removed with his mother to Wabash Co. in 1861; log-school education; plastering, livery, confectionery (in which he lost his savings and paid a partner’s security debts), horse buying/selling; c. 1898 traded his stable for 60 acres in Union Township and a drug store in Knox, Ind.; after two years on that farm took up his abode in North Liberty; 19 Mar. 1906 became possessor of a livery stable in Knox valued at $7,000, conducting it in addition to his livery business in North Liberty (26 horses/30 vehicles at Knox; 15 horses/16 vehicles at North Liberty) (Part 73). M. 29 Jan. 1871 Nancy C. Wagoner (b. 30 Dec. 1852, Preble Co., Ohio); three children, daughter Ianna d. 29 Mar. 1880 aged 3; sons Oba (associated in the North Liberty livery; carpenter/joiner by trade) and Elzy (associated in the Knox livery) (Part 73). He and his wife gave liberally to the new (Progressive Brethren) church erected in North Liberty in 1904 (Part 73). [REGISTER] Carrying fact: North Liberty’s liveryman at two-town scale — the town’s horse-era transport business in person.