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John Brough

NAME: John Brough

BORN: September 17, 1811

COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS: born...Marietta, Ohio (Washington County)

EDUCATION: attended, Ohio University

GOVERNORSHIP: 26th governor, 1864 - 1865 (one term)

DIED: August, 1865, while in office

FAST FACTS:

Brough was a journalist by training.

Newspapers he owned:

Western Republican (Marietta, Ohio), his first paper, 1831 - 1833
Ohio Eagle (Lancaster, Ohio)
Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio)

FIRST LADY of OHIO

NAME: Caroline Nelson Brough

BORN: ?

COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS: born...Columbus, Ohio (Franklin County)

MARRIED: 1843

DIED:May 22, 1889, at age 69