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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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GEORGE MARKER, farmer and gunsmith; P. O. Gettysburg; was born in 1830 in Montgomery Co., Ohio; his parents were Jacob and Sarah Marker; Jacob was born in Maryland in 1803, and Sarah in Montgomery Co., Ohio; her maiden name was Shively, and she was born in 1809; they came to this county in 1835. Mr. Marker, the subject of this sketch, was married, in 1852, to Lydia Ebert, who was born in 1835; she was the daughter of William and Mary Ebert, who came from Pennsylvania at an early day; they have had born to them eleven children, eight of whom are now living, viz., Isaac, Luther, Mary Elizabeth, Anna Jane, George Calvin, Dora Margaret, Jacob Wm. and Lewis Hiram. They located upon the farm where they now reside, containing 55 acres of land, with not a stick of timber cut; cleared out a small piece of land, put up a log cabin, and thus made a foothold to what is now their home, and then continued to work on clearing up and improving, as time and means would permit, till now they have a good farm house, a large, fine barn, and other buildings convenient and comfortable, 40 acres cleared and well cultivated. When he commenced life, he had about $700, and from this start he has accumulated a handsome property by hard labor and industry, which we can place upon the pages of this book as a worthy example to the young and rising generation.

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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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