O. C. GARMAN

1880 Beer's Miami County History p. 564

O. C. Garman, farmer; P. O. Troy; born in Adams Co., Ohio . Feb 22, 1843; is a son of Peter and Hannah (Countryman) Garman, who were born in Highland Co., Ohio .  The grandparents were natives of Virginia , the ancestry originally coming from Germany . Peter and Hannah, the parents, have always resided in Adams Co. They were the parents of six children, viz., Susanna, now Mrs. Bell; Salome, now Mrs. J. Pulse; Mary Ann, now Mrs. Murphy; Obadiah C., Daniel H. and Hymen P., living in Kansas.  Mr. Garman lived with his father till 20 years of age.  In August, 1862, he went to the defense of his country, and enlisted in the 60^th O.V.I., serving three months, being captured by the rebels, then paroled, and re-enlisted in June, 1863, in the 1^st Ohio Heavy Artillery, where he remained till the close of the war.  After his return from the army, where he attended the National Normal school at Lebanon, Ohio, during the summer, and taught school during the winter, until he graduated, after which he followed teaching for five years, and since, has farmed and taught alternately.  On Aug 21, 1873, he was united in marriage with Mary P. Phillips, daughter of Clark C. and Mary P. Phillips. They had three children, viz, Anna E., Cora May and Clark P.  After their marriage, they located in Higginsport, Ohio, where he was the principal of their schools for one year, thence to Patriot, IN, where he remained two years as principal of their schools, with his wife (who is also a graduate of the same school at Lebanon) as a teacher, then to West Milton, this county, for one year, and afterward to the farm where he now resides.  Mr. Garman has 60 acres of land, 50 of which are in cultivation, with excellent buildings upon them. Mr. Garman, though a recent resident of Miami Co., has served as Township Clerk one year. He and wife are members of the Christian Church, having been such for fifteen years.