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SAMUEL HEFFNER, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 32; P. O. Greenville; another of the old settlers of Darke Co.; born in Berks Co., Penn., Oct. 30, 1818; he was a son of Jacob Heffner, who was born in the above county, and came to Darke Co. in 1857, and located in Neave Township; he died in Greenville Township, Darke Co., about the year 1867; our subject was brought up to agricultural pursuits in Pennsylvania until 18 years of age, when he learned and worked at the carpenter trade in Pennsylvania until 1848; he then emigrated to Ohio and located in Butler Co., and, in 1849, came to Darke Co., and, after a residence of two years in German Township, removed upon his present place, where he has lived for a period of thirty years; upon locating here, there were but 40 acres cleared; he has since cleared 80 acres and brought it to a good state of cultivation by his own hard labor, and now owns 122 acres of good land, with good farm buildings; he has also three acres in Hill Grove, the whole being valued at upward of $10,000. Mr. Heffner commenced here with no capital save a strong arm and willing hand, and has accumulated all the above property by his energy and industry, and has, by the above means, placed himself among the large land-holders and successful farmers of Darke Co. In October, 1850, he was united in marriage with Dorotha Dininger; she was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Jan. 25, 1838; they were the parents of six children, viz.: Sarah E., born Nov. 6, 1851; Lewis C., Jan. 11, 1854, died Jan. 22, 1854; Mary S., born July 19, 1855; Amanda L., Dec. 28, 1859; Samuel, Oct. 15, 1862, and Jacob, born Dec. 20, 1866; Mrs. Heffner is a daughter of Jacob Dininger, one of the early pioneers of Darke Co., who located here in the spring of 1834. Mr. and Mrs. H., with four of their children, are members of the Lutheran Church.