C. M. ALBAUGH is owner and proprietor of the West Milton Lumber Company, at West Milton, Ohio, and has the largest establishment of the kind in this section, his office and yard being located at the intersection of Hamilton Street and the C. H.& D. Railroad. He was born in Miami County, Ohio, in 1860, his grandfather being one of the earliest settlers of the county, locating in the vicinity of West Milton.

B. F. Albaugh, father of the subject of this record, was also born in Miami County, and is now living on a farm near Covington. He has always followed farming, and in addition engaged in teaching school for some thirty-five years. He was married to Priscilla Mendenhall, who was born and reared near West Milton, in Miami County, and they became parents of six sons and three daughters.

C. M. Albaugh attended the district schools, and was graduated from Covington High School, after which he attended Ohio State University for two years. After leaving that institution, he farmed for a time, then for nine years was in the railroad postal service. Upon giving up that position lie conducted a lumber yard at Bellefontaine, Ohio, for two years, in partnership with a brother. In 1905 he moved to West Milton, where he purchased the lumber yard of Joseph Murphy, conducting it successfully until June 22, 1908, when it was destroyed by fire. The same year he erected his present splendid plant, the largest and most complete in this part of the county. He carries all kinds of soft lumber, sashes and doors, and general building materials, and enjoys a liberal patronage it the hands of the people of the vicinity.

Mr. Albaugh was united in marriage with Miss Minnie Lilley, of Columbus, and they have two children: Bertha, who completed a musical course in Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, and is now giving instructions in music; and Lilley, who acts as book keeper for her father. Politically, he is a Republican. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Religiously, he and his wife are members of the Christian Church.