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LOUIS BIEHN, farmer, P. O. Bernard, was born February 7, 1839, in Washington Township, Brown County, Ohio. His parents were Louis and Eva C. Biehn, who emigrated from Germany at quite an early day, to Pittsburgh, Penn., where they resided seven years, after which they came to Brown County, Ohio, and settled in Washington Township. Our subject was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. On April 5, 1868, he married Eva Bush, daughter of George and Eva C. Bush, of Kentucky, formerly of Highland County, Ohio. To them have been born seven children, of whom six are still living, viz.. Charles E., George L., Mary L., John P., Jacob H. and Catharine E. In October, 1861, he enlisted in the Eleventh Ohio Cavalry, which operated principally in the Rocky Mountains, protecting the mails and immigrants from the depredations of the Indians. He was engaged in several important battles and skirmishes, and received an honorable discharge at the close of the war in 1865. Mr. Biehn is a member of the German Lutheran Church; the owner of ninety-seven and one-half acres of land, pleasantly situated in the western portion of the township.