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JACOB HINSEY, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 1; P. O. Arcanum; one of the old settlers of Darke County, he was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., in 1816, and is a son of John and Mariah Hinsey, natives of Lancaster Co., Penn. Our subject assisted his father on the farm till he was 25 years old, when he removed to Ohio with his parents and settled just below Hamilton, and resided here for four years, when he removed to Montgomery County, where he remained till 1840, when he came to Darke County, where he now resides; he first purchased 82 acres of land, which he has cleared up and improved, and in addition, owns a fine lot in Arcanum; his father died at the age of 84 years, and his mother at the age of 80; he celebrated his marriage with Catherine daughter of Jacob Baker, in 1840, and by this union had eight children, viz., Susanna, Mahala, Sarah, Catherine and Samuel; three deceased; some time after the death of his first wife, he celebrated his marriage with Elizabeth Smith, who was born in Berks Co., Penn.; two children have been given to this union, viz., Mariah E. and William; he has been a member of the German Baptist Church for sixteen years; is one of our self-made men, having begun life with $1 in his pocket, but owed just 50 cents more than his cash assets.