Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - Elmus W. Langstaff
ELMUS W. LANGSTAFF
Elmus W. Langstaff, a farmer, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio
January 24, 1831. He is a son of Asa L. and Laney (Boylan)
Langstaff, natives of New Jersey of English and Irish descent.
His father, who was a shoe-maker by trade, came to Ohio in 1815, and in
the latter part of his life engaged in farming. Our subject has
chosen farming for a life, occupation, and in it has met with success,
having accumulated fifty acres of good land in this township. In
1850, be married Eliza J. Norman, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah
(Taylor) Norman. They have six children-Laney A., Millard F.,
Emma C., Ida May, Judson and John E. In 1865, Mr. Langstaff
enlisted in Company E. One Hundred and Ninety-First Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and was discharged at the close of the war. His son
Millard is one of the owners of the Magnetic Springs summer resorts.
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