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FREDRICK HOUPT, retired farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Darke, Ohio; was born in Lebanon Co., Penn., Aug. 10, 1814; his father, Fredrick Houpt, was born in Schuylkill Co., Penn. The subject of this sketch, at the age of 12, went to work on a farm and worked five years for his board and clothes; he then learned the cooper’s trade; moved to Dayton, Ohio, in 1833, worked at farming in summer and in winter at his trade; in the spring of 1846, he moved to where he now resides; the first land he owned was 25 acres, which he bought in the wilderness in the eastern part of Darke County, for $275; he sold it for $1,000 in 1856. He married Sarah Wilds April 2, 1844; she was born in Ohio, Aug. 16, 1815, and died Feb. 7, 1879; they have had four children, viz.: a little boy, died unnamed; John, born Feb. 16, 1849, died Nov. 5, 1869; David, born Nov. 4, 1851, and Sarah Ann, Dec. 27, 1854; she married Calvin Young; David resides at home; he married Almira Heck April 10, 1873; she was born in German Township, Darke Co., March 28, 1855, and died March 30, 1876; they had one boy, William F., born Nov. 19, 1873, died Feb. 6, 1875. His second marriage was with Phoebe Rodgers, Dec. 26, 1878; she was born in Washington Township April 21, 1858. Fredrick Houpt owns a good home and 623 acres of land, and other good houses and buildings.