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| | Wells County Biography Ref. Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | John Studabaker, of the Exchange Bank of Bluffton, and a prominent and one of the oldest citizens of Wells County, was born in Darke County, Ohio, August 15, 1807, a son of Abraham and Mary (Townsend) Studabaker. |
 | | In 1850 Wells County was in the mud, and he, with others, originated and built the Bluffton and Fort Wayne plank road, which opened quite an outlet for the produce. |
 | | Studabaker came to Wells County to invest in lands, and among other tracts entered the one on which Bluffton is not situated, and in 1838, when the county seat was located, he donated said land for the benefit of Wells County. |
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