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JACOB HUNCHBERGER, merchant, blacksmith and farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Union City; the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Feb. 8, 1824; his father, Jacob Hunchberger, Sr., was born in the same county in 1784, and is now living in Montgomery Co., Ohio, at the advanced age of 95 years; he married Mary Dravenstadt who was born in the above county, and died in Fayette Co., Ill., at 60 years of age. The subject of this sketch followed farming in Pennsylvania until 19 years of age, when he learned and worked at the blacksmith trade in Wayne Co., Ohio, three years; he then followed the blacksmith trade for himself in Ashland Co., until 1858, at which date he came to Darke Co., Ohio; in 1870, he located upon his present place, where he has 66 acres of land, with blacksmith-shop, store and farm buildings; in 1874, he connected the merchandise trade with his other business, devoting his personal attention largely to this branch of his business, while his son, who is a first-class blacksmith, attends to that branch of his business. He was married in 1851, in Ashland Co., Ohio, to Mary Crouse. They were the parents of nine children, of whom three daughters and one son are now living, viz., Cornelius D., Florence, now Mrs. J. C. Boze; Loa D. and Hattie.