Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 11 October 2005

The History of Warren County Ohio
Part V. Biographical Sketches
Deerfield Township
(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)

Page
985

M. OBERGEFELL, merchant tailor and proprietor of Liberty House, Foster's Crossing, Ohio; was born in the year 1826; is a son of Joseph and Sallie Obergefell, natives of Germany, who never came to America. Our subject learned his trade in the old country, which he followed till his enlistment, in 1847, and for six years he served in the German army, and passed through the revolution of 1848 and 1849. In 1851, he was married, in Baden, Germany, to Francisca Slatter, who bore him ten children, two living, viz., Jo and Tillie. Mrs. Obergefell died in 1879, aged 58 years. Feb. 26, 1880, he was again married, to Kate Rieger. In 1854, Mr. Obergefell came to America, his voyage occupying forty-two days, and had a very rough time of it. In Cincinnati he followed his trade for eleven years, doing custom work, and, during the war, worked for the United States Government on soldiers' clothes. In 1865, he came to Foster's Crossing, where he has since built up a good property; his fair dealing and popular business habits universally command for him the confidence and respect of the people; so those wanting a “square meal" or a suit of clothes properly made will be accommodated by giving him a call. He and his estimable wife belong to the German Protestant Church, and are energetic in their religious zeal. He is a Republican in politics, consequently a lover of his adopted country.