Andrew Valentine was born February 4, 1836, in Washington Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, the son of Joshua and Margaret Drum Valentine. On September 9, 1860, in Pickaway County, he married Ellen Metzger, daughter of John and Elizabeth Statler Metzger. They were the parents of 5 children: Charles J., Henry Clement, Mary Jenetta, Minnie A. and Phoebe Jane Valentine. A year after the birth of Phoebe Jane, Andrew passed away on March 7, 1875, in New Knoxville, Auglaize County, Ohio, and was buried in Olive Branch Cemetery there. His widow, Ellen Metzger Valentine, remarried on February 15, 1877, to Peter Schafer, a native of Germany. She passed away in 1909.


From the History of Auglaize County, Ohio, 1923 (biographical sketch of Henry C. Valentine):

".....Andrew and Ellen (Metzger) Valentine, both of whom were born in that same county (Pickaway), members of pioneer families there, and who later became residents of Auglaize county. It was in 1870 that Andrew Valentine disposed of his interests in Pickaway county and came up here into Auglaize County and bought a farm of fifty-four acres in Washington Township, where he established his home and where his death occurred four years later, in 1874. His widow long survived him. They were the parents of five children, three of whom are still living, the subject of this sketch and his two sisters, Phoebe and Elizabeth...."


Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958:

Groom's Name: Andrew Valentine
Bride's Name: Ellen Metzger
Marriage Date: 09 Sep 1860
Marriage Place: Pickaway,Ohio
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51316-2
System Origin: Ohio-ODM
Source Film Number: 288394


Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997:

Name: Andrew Valentine
Gender: Male
Death Date: 07 Mar 1875
Death Place: Washington, Auglaize, Ohio
Age: 39
Birth Date: 1836
Birthplace: Prgira Co., Ohio
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07117-6
System Origin: Ohio-EASy
Source Film Number: 963054
Reference Number: p 59 cn 125