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DANIEL BARNHART, retired farmer; P. O. Delano; born in Union Co., Penn., Sept. 24, 1805; he emigrated with his parents to Ross Co., Ohio, in 1810, where he lived until 1854, when he came to Illinois, and located in Arrowsmith Township, McLean Co., and, in the fall of 1855, he came to West Township, where he purchased 170 acres, upon which he lived until 1872, since which time he has been living with his son, upon Section 2. He married Catharine Senff, Jan. 31, 1833; she was born Aug. 26, 1807, in Ohio; she died Dec. 28, 1870. They had five children, of which two are now living—David and Lavinia J. David is the only son now living; he was born in Ross Co., Ohio, Dec. 27, 1833; he emigrated with his parents to McLean Co., Ill., and, since 1855, has lived upon the same farm, with the exception of fifteen months engaged in the saw-mill business. He now has 240 acres of land under fence and in a good state of cultivation, upon which he has good farm buildings. His marriage with Elizabeth Creachbaum was celebrated in Ohio Feb. 9, 1854; she was born in Ohio, Oct. 11, 1837. They have nine children, Viz.: George N., born Nov. 15, 1854; Franklin S., Nov. 24, 1856; William D., March 19, 1859; John R., Jan. 11, 1862; Charlie L., Oct. 20, 1866; James D., Nov. 1, 1870; Benjamin L., June 14, 1873; Maggie A. M., June 27, 1875; Aubry E., Sept. 4, 1877. Mrs. Barnhart was a daughter of John Creachbaum, who was born in Ross Co., Ohio, where he died October, 1867. He married Catharine Rough; she was born in Ross Co., where she died Nov. 23, 1878. Of township and school offices Mr. Barnhart has had his full share, having filled the following offices: School Director, twenty years; School Trustee, three years; Assessor, one year; Town Collector, one year; and other petty offices.