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Below is a family biography included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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DANIEL WALKER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 33; P. O. Wiley Station; was born in Baltimore Co., Md., Nov. 20, 1817; son of Christopher and Hannah Walker, who came to Darke Co., settling first in Butler Township and afterward in Harrison, where their decease occurred—his in 1840, and hers in 1857. The subject of this sketch remained at home until 1842, when he was married to Miss Nancy, daughter of Elam and Mary Purviance; she was born in Preble Co. Dec. 4, 1818, they first settled in Preble Co., and after twelve years’ residence sold out and purchased and removed to the farm on which they now reside. Mr. Walker has made and lost a large amount of money during his residence here, having dealt quite extensively, for several seasons, in hogs. He now owns 160 acres in Sec. 34; also one tract of 50 acres, and one of 57, in Preble Co., besides the home place, which consists of 257 acres of excellent land, finely improved, his house and yard being a model for neatness and beauty. He is also a stock holder of the Farmers’ National Bank of Greenville.
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