There are a number of referencces containing historical background information
on the Dresden Ohio area and Eschman relatives who lived there.

1) Past and Present of the City of Zanesville and Muskingham County, Ohio: Together with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Leading and Prominent Citizens and Illustrious Dead,
By J Hope Sutor, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1905
Selected excerpts as a doc file

2) History of Muskingum County, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, Published by J.F.Everhart & Co., 1882
Link to large pdf download

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