Biography of David S. Ober, pages 917 / 918.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

David S. Ober, of the firm Ober & Beugnot, manufacturers of staves, headings 
and lumber, Auburn, Ind., is a native of Bedford County, Pa, born March 1, 
1844, a son of  Joseph and Anna (Smith) Ober.  He was reared a framer, 
remaining at home till after the breaking out of the Rebellion.  In the 
spring of 1864 he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Eighty-fourth 
Pennsylvania Infantry.  He was captured at Petersburg, and taken to Liberty 
prison, thence to Belle Isle and from there to Andersonville, where he 
remained eight months, then was taken to Millen, Ga., and a short time later 
returned to Andersonville.  In April 1865, he was taken to Florida Swamps, 
and was exchanged the 28th of the month.  He was then discharged and 
returned to his home in Pennsylvania, and in the fall of 1866 came to 
Indiana and located in Butler, De Kalb County, where he engaged in the 
lumber business, furnishing ties, bridge tiling, etc., to the Baltimore & 
Ohio, Grand Rapids, Fort Wayne & Michigan Southern railroad companies.  In 
1873 he moved to Auburn and bought the interest of Mr. Girardot in the 
firm known as C. Beugnot  & Girardot.  This business was established in 
1871, and is now doing a good business, having a large trade, being the 
leading manufactory of the kind in Auburn.  He was married March 22, 1871, 
to Harriet Ditmars, daughter of John A. Ditmars.  They have three children, 
two daughters and one son, viz: Laura E., Archie J. and Nellie M.  Mrs. 
Ober has been a resident of the county for thirty-two years, having moved 
here with her father from Wayne County, Ohio, when a child five years old.  
She was educated in the town of Auburn, and taught a number of schools in 
the county, principally in Butler and Jackson townships.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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