SAMUEL DRESBACH, late a citizen of Colerain township, was an extensive farmer and stockdealer of Ross county, owning 800 acres of land, all of which was acquired by his own exertions during a long and laborious life. His father, Martin Dresbach, was a native of Pennsylvania who in the spring of 1812 married Mary Eyer, born February 10, 1783, and daughter of Abram Eyer. Samuel Dresbach was born in Colerain township July 4, 1817, and in early manhood married Hannah Ranck, whose birth occurred in the same neighborhood January 16, 1833. Her parents were Lewis and Sarah (Wolf) Ranck, both of Berks county, Pa. (the former born August 1, 1798, and the latter November 21, 1801), who came to Ross county in 1833 and settled in Green township, where the father died May 24, 1870, and the mother February 13, 1881. They reared a family of five daughters and one son. Samuel and Hannah Dresbach became the parents of twelve children: Martin, William, Josiah, Sallie, Lewis, Ella, John, Nelson, Clayton (deceased), Jennie, Susie and Grant. Since the death of the father, Samuel Dresbach, February 15, 1874, the homestead has been occupied by his widow and the two youngest children. John Dresbach, the seventh child, was born October 28, 1860, has been a farmer since reaching manhood, and owns 143 acres of land. In 1883 he married Ida, daughter of Uriah C. and Elizabeth (Pontious) Bender. The father was a Virginian who settled in Colerain township and ended his days there, his wife's death occurring while traveling from Pennsylvania to Ohio. John Dresbach and wife have six children: Elsie, Gracie, Samuel, Cleo, Lula and Marie. The father is a member of Hallsville camp, No. 9543, Modern Woodmen of America. Josiah, third child of Samuel and Hannah Dresbach, was born May 10, 1855, is a farmer with 143 acres of land, married Nancy E. Albin in 1876 and has four children: Emma, Ollie, Charles and Walter. U. S. Grant Dresbach, youngest of Samuel's children, and his sister Susie, own part of the homestead estate left by their father and live on the same with their widowed mother. May 29, 1895, Grant Dresbach was married to Ada, daughter of John Camp, of Green township, and they have three children: Earl, Myrtine and Garold.
Source #1 - The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison, Wis., 1902...