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Note: ownship, Summit County, Ohio, and thus the family name has been identified with the history of the Buckeye State for more than a century. George Reighley further merits distinction in the pages of Ohio history,for he had previously served through this commonwealth as a gallant soldier in the War of 1812, in which he endured the full tension of the hazardous and arduous campaign activities in a country that was a virtual wildrness and in which the military contests were rendered the more formidable by reason of the support given to the enemy by the Indians. George Reighley was a native of Pennsylvania and was a representative of that commonwealth in the second conflict between the United States and England. His parents were natives of Germany and early settlers of Pennsylvania, where they continued to reside until their death, the father having there devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. After the close of the War of 1812, George Reighley, a sturdy and patriotic veteran of that conflict, in company with his wife and their son, John who was born in Pennsylvania in March, 1812, settled in the midst of the forest wilds of Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio, where he reclaimed and improved a good farm and where his energy and well ordered endeavors enabled him to accumulate eventually a competency of fully $20,000 - a substantial fortune, as guaged by the standards of the locality and period. On the old homestead his wife died at the age of seventy years, and he thereafter resided in the home of his son Peter, near Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, until his death at the age of seventy-five years, his name meriting enduring place on the roll of the honored pioneers of Ohio and on the roster of the gallant soldiers of the War of 1812. He had but fifty cents to represent his cash capital when he established his home in Ohio, and his success in the accumulation of a fortune was due entirely to his own ability and efforts. He was a staunch advocate of the cause of the Democratic party and his wife was a zealous member of the German Reformed Church. Source: A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio by Peeke 1916 pages 854-857
Note: Shortly after the close of the War of 1812 George Reighley, settled in Norton T
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