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NOAH FRYMAN, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Arcanum. One of the old settlers of Darke County, and was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Aug. 2, 1835, and is a son of Jacob and Catherine Fryman, both old residents of Montgomery County. Our subject was reared a farmer’s boy, and labored on his father’s farm till his 21st year, when he began life for himself, and followed the occupation he was reared to. He removed to Darke County in 1848, and settled on Sec. 6, where he remained till 1859, and then removed to the place where he now resides. He first settled on 40 acres of wild land that took years of toil and privation before he had it in a condition that makes farm labor agreeable and profitable; by great industry and good management, he added to his little farm, till now he owns 125 acres of choice farming land, all in a high state of cultivation. He has been very successful in life, and through his own exertion he has made the greater part of his possessions. He celebrated his marriage with Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas and Leah Niswonger, April 5, 1859. Her parents were residents of this township. Her father was killed Sept. 16, 1864: her mother died in 1839. Mr. and Mrs. Fryman are the parents of ten children, viz., George, born Jan. 9, 1860; Ananius born March 17, 1861; Nicholas, born May 9, 1864; Mary C. born Dec. 17, 1866; Lewis, born Jan. 10, 1870; Hetta, born June 24, 1877; one son and three daughters died in infancy; Mrs. Fryman was born April 27, 1840. Our subject is greatly interested in educational matters, and delights in educating his children. He and his amiable wife have been members of the German Baptist Church for a period of twenty years, and are generous Christian people.