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    BENJAMIN I. DuBOIS

    BENJAMIN I. DuBOIS, who now lives retired from active participation in business, enjoys the comforts of a beautiful home at No. 505 Spring Street, Piqua, of which city he is a well known and esteemed citizen. He was born at Franklin, Warren County, Ohio, April 7, 1842.

    When eleven years of age, Mr. DuBois accompanied the family to Miami County and he remained on the home farm untiI the age of twenty years and then learned the blacksmith's trade at Piqua. When Company O, 147th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was formed for the 100-day service, he enlisted, in 1864, and during that period was on guard duty at Arlington Heights, near Washington, D.C. After he returned to Piqua, he worked for a time as a carpenter and then went to Union City, Indiana, where he worked at blacksmithing until 1887, when he came back again to Piqua. For four years he engaged in a farm implement business, after which he resumed carpenter work, which he continued for nine years, and then bought out the Model Laundry, which he subsequently turned over to his step-son, George A. Custer, who continues to operate it.

    Mr. DuBois was married March 3, 1875, to Mrs. Maggie A. Custer, a widow, having one son, George A. Her maiden name was Maggie A. Barnes-daughter of Adolphus A. Barnes of Randolph County, Indiana. One son, Lewis A. Custer, died in Denver, Colorado, 1901 , aged 31 years. In former years, Mr. DuBois took considerable interest in public matters and held office, for seven years serving on the Piqua Board of Equalization. He is one of the leading members of the Green Street Methodist Episcopal Church. He belongs to the order of Maccabees.

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