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Below is a family biography included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880.  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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FREDRICK K. HOLSAPPLE, retired farmer; P. O. Castine; an old resident of Darke Co.; was born in Perry Co., Ind., Nov. 14, 1802. Was married to Sarah Morrison Aug. 23, 1827; she is an aunt to Silas Morrison, whose biography appears in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Holsapple removed to Ohio in 1831; settled first in Montgomery Co., near Salem; came to Darke Co. in 1851 and purchased the southwest quarter of Sec. 14, Butler Township, where they have resided ever since. This neighborhood was then a swampy wilderness, with here and there a small “opening,” but no road worthy of the name. Mr. and Mrs. Holsapple were, however, true pioneers, and bravely undertook the task of makinga home of this then very uninviting looking place, and right well have they succeeded; they now have 160 acres of rich, fertile land, under a good state of cultivation, with two sets of buildings. They are the parents of five children, four of whom are living, viz., George and Elizabeth, both married, and both residents of Illinois; Susan and David, now married, who resides on and has charge of his father’s farm.

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This family biography is one of 659 biographies included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Darke County, Ohio History and Genealogy

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