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ANDREW J. SERBER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 18; P. O. Arcanum. To the subject of this sketch we are pleased to accord a place in the front rank of the early settlers of Darke Co.; he was born in Rockingham Co., Va., Nov. 25, 1837, and is a son of Andrew and Caroline (Hansberger) Serber, natives of Vermont; his father was born in 1799 and died in this township aged 54 years 11 months and 17 days; his mother was born in 1807 and died in this township aged 71 years 10 months and 25 days. Our subject spent his early life on a farm, and assisted his father in agricultural pursuits till the age of 22, when he began life for himself and carried on the old home place in partnership with his brother Robert for about four years; then selling his interest, he purchased 80 acres of land in Franklin Township, all in the woods; after clearing 20 acres, he disposed of this land and purchased 92 acres, where he now resides, and by dint of hard labor, he has cleared the balance and has good, comfortable and substantial buildings erected thereon; he has been very successful in life, and he and his good lady have undergone their full share of toil and privation and now are enjoying the fruits of their toil and are surrounded by all the comforts of life. He celebrated his marriage with Susannah, daughter of Henry and Esther Bowers, April 21, 1864; Mr. and Mrs. Bowers were natives of Pennsylvania, afterward residents of Montgomery Co. Mr. Bowers departed this life Oct. 5, 1864; he was born May 16, 1815; Mrs. Bowers (now Mrs. Zumbrunn) resides in Montgomery Co.; she was born Aug. 20, 1820; they were the parents of four children; Mr. and Mrs. Serber are the parents of three children, viz.: Esther, born April 6, 1865; Mary E., Oct. 26, 1867; Elmer E., July 18, 1870; Mr. and Mrs. Serber have been members of the German Baptist Church for three years and are good Christian people and take a lively interest in the promulgation and advancement of Christianity. Andrew Serber, Sr., was the father of eleven children, viz.: Charles, born in 1830; Joseph and John (twins) in 1833; Robert, in 1839; Caroline, in 1844; Mary E., in 1840; Emeline, in 1843; Amanda, in 1852; George W., in 1855; Margaret, in September, 1857; Mary E., died in March, 1856; Charles in June, 1856; Henry Bowers was the father of four children, viz.: Jeremiah, born Oct. 7, 1831; Susannah, Aug. 30, 1843; Elizabeth, June 24, 1846; John, Feb. 9, 1849.