Henry Mitchell Virden

1832 - 1908  (75 years)

• Name	Henry Mitchell Virden
  Birth	7 Sep 1832	Ohio   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Mar 1908	Meeker, Ohio
  Person ID	I13096	Scudder
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2010

  
  

  Father	William J. Virden,   b. 8 Dec 1804, Sussex county, Delaware d. 1881, Marion county, Ohio (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann Vorhies,   b. 1804, Maysville, Mason, Kentucky d. 11 Nov 1879, Marion county, Ohio (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1832
  Family ID	F4529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Josephine VanArsdalll,   b. Abt 1839, Ohio d. 1926, Meeker, Ohio (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	31 Oct 1861	Marion county, Ohio
  Children	1. Dr. John E. Virden,   b. 15 Oct 1862, Ohio d. Aft 1910 (Age > 49 years)   2. Charles Howard Virden,   b. 19 Dec 1865, Montgomery, Marion, Ohio d. 4 Dec 1925, Meeker, Ohio (Age 59 years)   3. Maurice Anson Virden,   b. 2 Sep 1867, Montgomery, Marion, Ohio d. 15 Sep 1945, Meeker, Ohio (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F12953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Henry received a fair education, and taught four terms, the last one in Harrison County, Missouri, in a log house with a sod chimney and clapboard roof. Returning from Missouri, in 1857, he became a laborer upon his father's and neighboring farms. He was Trustee of the Township one term, and was appointed Postmaster at Cochranton in 1882.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1019] 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255046; National Archives Film T9-1046; Page 17C.