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HENRY VANTILBURGH, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Greenville. We are pleased to make mention of the above gentleman among the old settlers of Darke Co. He was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, March 6, 1813. His father, John Vantilburgh, was born in New Jersey, and emigrated to Warren Co., Ohio, thence to Montgomery Co., and about the year 1835 came to Darke Co., where he died in 1837; his wife’s maiden name was Sarah Francis; the last fourteen years of her life were spent with her son Henry, and died at his residence about the year 1864. The subject of our sketch lived in Montgomery and Warren Cos. until 25 years of age, when he came to Darke Co., and after a residence of two years, removed to Preble Co., and in 1844 returned to Darke Co. and located upon his present place, where he has lived for a period of thirty-five years, and has since cleared about 60 acres by his own labor. Upon locating here, his worldly possessions consisted of one small team of horses, and he was in debt $65; he, with the assistance of his amiable wife, battled against poverty, until they have secured a pleasant home and have secured sufficient of this world’s goods to carry them through life. In June, 1843, he was united in marriage with Mabel F. Holly; she was born in Butler Co., Ohio, in 1821; they have one son and six daughters, viz., Nancy, Albinia, Eliza, Louisa, Sanford, Mabel and Maria.