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Below is a family biography included in The History of Perry County, Indiana published by Goodspeed, Bros. & Co. in 1885.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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JACOB DAUNHAUER, grain and produce merchant of Troy, was born in Rheimberg, Germany, July 24, 1830. He came to America with his parents when an infant, and was reared on a farm in Dubois County, Indiana. October 19, 1852, he married Maria Spade, a native of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. The following spring he came to Troy and engaged in the grocery and liquor business; and later added dry goods. Shortly before the war, he engaged in flat-boating, but since that time, has been in business in Troy, dealing in liquors, grist-milling, and also in produce and grain, with the exception of one year, when he was in Evansville. Mr. Daunhauer is a self-made man, and has succeeded in accumulating quite a competency. He is a Mason, and himself and family are members of the Catholic Church. He is the father of five living children: Mary (now Mrs. C. C. Lugg), Jacob N., Josephine, William G. and Andrew. His parents, Joseph and Sophia (Reickert) Daunhauer, came to the United States from Germany in 1831, and located in Pennsylvania, where they remained until about 1841, when they removed to Dubois County, Ind. The mother died in 1860. The father is still living at Owensboro, Ky., having attained the age of ninety years.

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This family biography is one of 257 biographies included in The History of Perry County, Indiana portion of the book: History of Warrick, Spencer and Perry Counties Indiana published in 1885 by Goodspeed, Bros. & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Perry County, Indiana History and Genealogy

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