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DAVID J. STAHL, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Versailles; was born in Adams Township, Darke Co., Ohio, Nov. 17, 1850, and is a son of Jacob K. and Sarah (Limber) Stahl; he was born in Pennsylvania in 1812, and died in Greenville Township in November, 1861; she resides with her daughter, Mrs. John C. Hill, in Newton, Miami Co., Ohio; he came to Darke Co. among the early settlers, with his father, Henry Stahl, therefore the family is identified among the first settlers of the county; he was noted for his enterprise and industry; he accumulated a large property; at his death he owned the grist and saw mills, with 40 acres of land in Coletown, a large landed property in Greenville, 266 acres in Adams Township, and the homestead farm, where the subject of this sketch resides, in Richland Township. David J. has always followed farming, and has resided in this county, except six years, during which he worked his mother’s land in Miami Co., Ohio. He married Sarah Curtis Aug. 19, 1872; she was born near Fredericksburg, Miami Co., Ohio, July 16, 1850; her father, William Curtis, married Anna Feece; she was born Jan. 7, 1832; they reside near Troy, Miami Co., Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Stahl have three children, viz.: Leonia Belle, born Oct 4, 1873; Daisy, born Dec. 6, 1875, and William Allen, born Oct. 14, 1877. He owns one-half of the homestead, containing 235 acres—the first land his father settled on in this county of his own.