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BENJAMIN FOUTS, farmer; P. O. and residence El Dorado, Preble Co. A Buckeye by birth, and an early resident of Butler Township; was born in Montgomery Co. May 18, 1813; he is a son of Jacob Fouts, who was a native of North Carolina, and settled in Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1803, entering land upon which he lived all the remainder of his days; his decease occurred in 1864, he being in his 83d year. Benjamin was married Sept. 21, 1834, to Susannah Coblentz, sister to George Coblentz, whose biography appears in this work; soon after their marriage, they came to Darke Co.; settled first in Sec. 14, Butler Township, his father having entered the southwest quarter of that section; here he remained about seven years; afterward lived near New Madison, and later, a short time, in Preble Co.; he removed to the farm in Secs. 32 and 33, which he now owns, in 1848. Mr. Fouts is one of the pioneers of Butler Township; came when Butler was a wilderness, in the days of log-rolling and other social enterprises common to new settlements; he remembers attending rollings twenty-one days in succession one spring; Mr. Fouts has contributed a full share toward the development and improvement of the county, morally as well as physically. Both he and his wife are members of the United Brethren Church. They had six children—Enos, now married, has a family of five children, and resides on and farms his father’s place; Wilson B., married, and a resident of German Township; Almira, now Mrs. Philip Coons, of Arcanum; Julia, deceased, was married, and resided in Twin Township, and left a family of four children; Jacob K., was a single man of about 24 years of age at his decease, and Uriah, also deceased. In 1871, Mr. Fouts removed to Dallas, and Mrs. Fouts’ decease occurred there, Aug. 15, 1867; he then lived with his married sons, part of the time at Dallas, and part of the time at the farm in Butler Township, until his second marriage, which occurred Dec. 7, 1879, the bride being Sarah Marshall; since his last marriage, he has resided in El Dorado.