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DAVID PATTY, farmer; P. O. Bradford, Ohio; James, his father, was a native of South Carolina, born on the 1lth of November, 1805. He married Nancy Jones, who is a native of the same State, born on the 4th of October, 1814; they were married in Miami Co., Ohio, on the 3d day of April, 1831; shortly after their marriage, they moved to Darke Co., locating in Adams Township, Sec. 33; they commenced life with but little of this world’s goods, but by hard labor, connected with temperate and correct business habits, accumulated a considerable amount of property. On the 26th of November, 1871, the angel of death entered their peaceful and interesting family, removing from earth to heaven James, the father, who was a loving father and a kind husband; Nancy, his widow, is living at the present writing on the old home farm. They were the parents of sixteen children, of whom only five are living, viz., David, Joseph J., Ennis E., Malinda, Nancy J.; David, the subject of this sketch, was born in Darke Co., on the 10th of September, 1851; he spent his boyhood days on his father’s farm, assisting in the clearing and the cultivation of the soil during the summer months, and attended the district school in the winter, thereby obtaining a good common-school education; he also attended two terms at Pleasant Hill (Miami Co.) Graded School, also two terms in Gettysburg, Ohio; on the 31st day of April, 1870, he met with a shocking accident; while tying a jack in the stable, the animal caught him by the calf of the left leg, chewing it so badly that he was compelled to have it amputated above the knee; Mr. Patty owns the old home farm, where he and his mother resides at present; his mother is a member of the Christian Church, living a zealous and consistent Christian. Children—Joseph J., born 23d of March, 1857; Ennis, born 26th of September, 1840; Malinda, 20th of October, 1842; Nancy J., 17th of February, 1853. Joseph J. is married, and has erected a beautiful two-story frame house on part of the old home farm.