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World War, 1939-1945 -- Belgium -- Letters

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Schenck Family Papers

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Identifier: MS-284
Abstract The Schenck family was one of the most prominent families in the Dayton area. General William C. Schenck, a pioneer of the Miami Valley, helped lay out Licking County in 1801. William's son, Robert C. Schenck, was a State Representative in Ohio from 1843-1850, U.S. Minister to Brazil from 1851-1854, Brigadier General of Volunteers during the Civil War (1862), elected to the 3rd Congressional District in 1862, served as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee from 1867-1871, and was...
Dates: 1860-1985