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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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L. R. MARTIN, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec 5; P. O. Woodington; one of the old settlers of Darke Co., Ohio; born in Miami Co., Ohio, Sept. 14, 1836; at 9 years of age, he removed to Indiana, near Ft. Wayne, where he resided some eight years, and, in 1853, came to Darke Co., where he has since lived; he remained with his father and followed carpentering and agricultural pursuits until he attained his majority, after which he pursued his trade two years on his own account; he then engaged in clerking in the merchandise store of W. B. Mendenhall at Woodington, and, after clerking three years, was admitted as partner, and continued the merchandise trade at this place under different firm names until 1877, when he disposed of his interest in the merchandising business, and has since given his whole attention to farming; he has 170 acres of land under a good state of cultivation, with good farm buildings; his brick residence, located at Woodington, was erected by him in 1874, at a cost of $2,800. His marriage with Nancy A. Mendenhall was celebrated in 1861; she was a daughter of W. B. Mendenhall, whose sketch appears among the biographies of Brown Township in another part of this work; she died in 1867, leaving one child—Ida M., born July 31, 1862; his second wife was Eliza A. Hine; they were married in June, 1870; she was born in Darke Co. in 1841; two children were born to them— Maud A., July 5, 1872, and Harry C., born Dec. 24, 1874.

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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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