George Prugh
George Prugh, farmer, P.O. Somerford. The subject of this sketch was born in London, Madison Co., Ohio, January 13, 1832, and is a son of Gabriel and Matilda (WILSON) Prugh; the former was born in Maryland in 1804, and emigrated to Madison County, Ohio, when a boy. The latter was a native of Ohio. They were married in Madison County in 1831, and settled in Somerford Township, where they now reside. George Prugh was engaged for the first few years of his life in working by the month, after which he engaged in farming as a renter, and thus continued for six years, when he engaged in taking public contracts, a business he followed for fifteen years, at the expiration of which he bought a hundred acres of woodland in Clark County, Ohio. In a short time he sold that, and bought 340 acres of land in Somerford Township, where he now resides, and from which he has since sold 105 acres, leaving 235 acres of good land. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., and has held the office of Township Trustee of Somerford Township for five years. He was united in marriage with Julia CONNORS September 15, 1858. The result of this union has been four children, viz.: Effie, William, Thomas and Lewis. Mr. Prugh lives in one of the oldest houses in Madison County.
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]