Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 1 June 2005

• Blin/Blinn Family Obituaries

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CHRISTOPHER BLIN, farmer; P. O. Red Lion; born in Clear Creek Township July 13, 1827; is a son of Christopher and Mary Ann (Fry) Blin, he a native of Warren County and she of Virginia. The grandfather was Adam Blin, a native of Germany, who emigrated to America in an early day, and, being without means, was sold to pay his passage, and, after serving three years, was a free man and emigrated to Ohio and located in Warren County, Clear Creek Township, on Section 5, the place now owned by George Blin, his son; here he settled right in the woods, having entered the land from the Government and was one of the earliest settlers of this township, and here he remained till his death. Christopher, the father of our subject, was born and raised on the old home place, where his father lived and died; grew to manhood, fully inured to pioneer work; he married and located on a part of the tract of land which his father entered, and there commenced in the woods, not a stick amiss; erected his log cabin and there toiled and labored to clear up his farm and make a home. During his life, he erected a second log cabin, much better than the first, and finally erected a good brick house; had the greatest portion of his farm cleared, with good improvements. He died in January, 1856 aged 58 years; his wife subsequently removed to Indiana, where she spent the balance of her life with her children; she died in 1878,