Henry Duggins Biography

Have you explored county histories in your genealogy research? If not, Linda Stufflebean’s post, County Histories and Genealogy Research, is a must-read. She not only highlights the value of these resources but has also compiled an index of digitized county histories, including an extensive collection for Ohio.

When I first began researching my family history, county histories were invaluable. As a result, many of my early citations reference these books, like the biography of Henry Duggins in the 1881 History of Preble County, Ohio. Now, with many of these histories digitized, I can easily revisit them to update my citations, add images, and include transcriptions, bringing my research to life with original sources.

Henry Duggins was born in 1787, and in 1806 he moved to Ohio. In 1811 he married Jane Sellers, born in 1781. He first settled in Gasper township, and afterwards came to Washington township, where he settled in 1811, the same year as his marriage. His brother, William A., came to Ohio in the same year that he did. Mr. Henry Duggins had six children—Cornelius V., John F., Nathan, William, W. P., and Caroline (Miller), who lives in Eaton. The first four of these are deceased. Cornelius V. was born in Preble county in 1812. In 1834 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry M. Monfort, of Eaton, born in 1814. Five children were born to them, four of whom are still living. Mr. Duggins died in 1849 on the old homestead where his wife now resides. He left a farm of one hundred and sixteen acres. During his lifetime he had a printing office in Eaton, where the Register office is now located. His son, John F., was in the war, in the Seventy-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, and while in Florida was taken prisoner and sent to Andersonville, where he stayed for six months. W. P. Duggins was born in 1820, and in 1844 married Mary, daughter of Alexander Lugar, born about 1826. He has nine children. His farm contains about sixty-five acres.