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PROSPER DABE, grain-merchant and file-manufacturer, Versailles. Peter H., the father of Prosper, was a native of Belgium, born in 1793; he married Jane R. Fumer, who was born in France in 1796; they emigrated to America in 1840, landing in the city of New York, thence to Buffalo, from there to Canton, Stark Co., Ohio, where they remained two years, after which they came to Darke Co., locating near Versailles, where they spent the remainder of their days; he departed this life in 1853, and his wife in 1869. Prosper, the subject of this sketch, was born in France, on the 12th day of August, 1833; he, with his parents, came to Darke Co., in 1847, locating in Patterson Township, where he received his education in the common schools. He celebrated his marriage on the 2d of October, 1856, with Miss Adaline Trion, who was born in France in 1840; in 1869, he moved to Versailles, where he has resided ever since; he engaged in the manufacture of tile, which business he still carries on, and, in 1879, he added the grain business, operating the Commercial Elevator, he handled, last year, about 22,000 bushels of wheat, 10,000 bushels of oats, and about 2,000 bushels of corn and at present, is prepared to handle all kinds of grain. Mr. Dabe has had his full share of township offices since his residence in the county—served as Trustee of Patterson two years, Assessor one year, Treasurer two years, and Trustee of Wayne two years. Mr. and Mrs. Dabe are active workers in the cause of religion, being members of the Christian Church. They are the parents of fourteen children of whom twelve are living, viz., Peter, Lewis, Edmond, Jennie M., Charles, Anna Mary, Lawrence, Harry, Clara, Franklin and Lucy. Mr. Dabe has accumulated a considerable amount of property by his hard labor, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and industrious wife.