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G. W. SIGERFOOS, deceased. The subject of this sketch was born in the State of Maryland Dec. 13, 1825; he emigrated to Montgomery, Ohio, when 9 years of age, his early life being devoted to farming and teaching. Upon the 28th of July, 1850, he was united in marriage with Nancy Shanck, a daughter of Peter Shanck, whose biography appears among the sketches of Monroe Township, in another part of this work; she was born in Montgomery Co. Oct. 2, 1830; upon the marriage of Mr. S., he followed brickmaking and school-teaching some five years in Phillipsburg; in 1855, he engaged in the dry-goods trade at Georgetown, Miami Co., continuing the same ten years; he then devoted six years to fanning, then came to Gordon and again engaged in the dry-goods trade, and in 1872 came to Arcanum and engaged in the dry-goods trade, continuing the same until his death, which occurred Oct. 16, 1875. The children of G. W. and Nancy (Shanck) Singerfoos were six in number, viz.: Lorin, born Aug. 25, 1851, died Nov. 28, 1870; Orrin, born March 22, 1853, died Aug. 12, 1870; Arrabella, born Oct. 22, 1856; Ella B., Jan. 26, 1863; Charles P., May 4, 1865, and Edward, Dec. 14, 1868. It will be seen by the above that the family circle remained unbroken until Aug. 12, 1870, when the death messenger entered and claimed Orrin as its first victim, and the November following again made his appearance, this time laying his cold, icy hands upon the first-born; thus within the short space of about three months two of the members of this happy family were removed from earth to Heaven, followed five years later by the death of a kind husband and father.