David Henry Hashberger

David Henry Hashberger

David was born in Hancock County, Ohio, on 25 July, 1835, being the eldest son of Samuel Hickle and Anna (Rader) Hashberger.

David came with his parents to Marion Twpt., Henry Co., Ohio, when he was only six years old, and he was only fourteen when his father passed away in 1849.

David lived with his mother's brother, Henry Rader and his family in Delaware Township, in Hancock Co., Ohio, till his mother remarried in 1855 to Enoch G. Stevenson, when they all returned to the original 40 acres in Marion Township, Henry County, Ohio.

David joined the 188th in Lucas County, Ohio, on 17 Feb., 1865; he married Ann Simms in Napoleon, Ohio, on 19 Feb., 1865, and was assigned to the 197th Regiment OVI Company I which mustered in on 28 March at Camp Chase, Ohio. David was appointed to the corps on 11 Apr., 1865, and the organization of the regt. was completed on 12 Apr. On the 25th of April 1865 it proceeded by railroad to Washington City. This regt. was temporarily assigned to 9th Corps and on 29 April marched through Alexandra and encamped two miles beyond. On 9 May, with the 250th Penna. and 155th Ind., it was incorporated in the Provisional Brigade 9th Army Corps. Two days later the brigade broke camp, marched to Washington, and embarked on cars for Dover, Delaware, and arriving 5 May, it encamped at Camp Harrington. Here the 197th spent 4 very pleasant weeks enjoying the hospitalities of the loyal village of Camden, and engaged in the usual routine of camp duty. The army records give David as black eyes, brown hair 5 ft. 6 in. tall, and farmer as occupation. On 31 May the regt. moved by rail to Havre deGrace, Md., was broken up into detachments, and perforthed guard duty along the RR southward to Baltimore. At date last mentioned the regiment became a part of the 3rd "Separate Brigade" 8th Army Corps. The regimental headquarters were removed to Ft. Washington near Baltimore on the 3rd of July. The regiment re-assembled at Camp Bradford near Baltimore on 31 July where it was mustered out of service. It was paid at Tod Barracks in Columbus, Ohio, and was disbanded on 6 Aug., 1865.

David returned to Marion Twp., Henry Co., Ohio, where he settled on approximately 160 acres of land which was the N1/2 of SE Sec. 28, Range 3, Twp. 3N, located one mile west of St. Rt. 109 and 11/4 miles north of the Henry-Putman County line.

David's wife Anna died on 14 Dec., 1865, only 29 days after their only child Samuel Oscar was born. David went to his mother with this child to raise till he married Susanna Klinefelter in Putman Co., Ohio, on 9 July, 1868. To this union was born one son, Henry Jerome, on 11 Sept., 1872.

David was a great sportsman in his years on the farm and went hunting in Maine, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Canada. His last rifle, a model 1876 Winchester 4575 still remains the possession of the Hashbarger family. David and Susanna retired from their farm on 15 Oct., 1910, when they moved to Leipsic, Ohio, where he died on 4 Feb., 1912, and Susanna on 3 Dec., 1915, both are buried in the cemetery east of Leipsic.