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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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MICHAEL KAUCHER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 9; P. O. Hill Grove; was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Aug. 13, 1813; has always followed farming; never attended any but a German school; his father, Godfrey Kaucher, was born in Berks Co., Penn., Sept. 1, 1774, and married Christina Fay, who was born in the same county Aug. 14, 1773; they moved to Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1808, and to Washington Township, Darke Co., in 1831; he died Nov. 13, 1850, and she died April 13, 1855; both are buried on the old homestead in Sec. 9; they had nine children, viz., Jacob (deceased), Hannah (deceased), Elizabeth (she married William Oswald), Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, Christina, Michael and Rebecca; the three last are living on the old homestead. In his early days, Michael was quite a hunter of wild game, which was very abundant; he has killed, probably, fifty deer, and great numbers of wild turkeys and smaller game; he owns the old homestead, 91 acres, and a good home.
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