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JOHN E. FACKLER, physician and surgeon, Versailles, Ohio. George F., the father of John E., was a native of Pennsylvania, born in Lancaster Co. in 1800; he emigrated to Ohio, locating in Miami Co. in 1818; removed to Montgomery Co. where he resided till his death, which occurred in 1864; he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Christian in 1825; she was a native of Pennsylvania, born in Lancaster Co. in 1803; she came to Ohio in 1817, locating in Montgomery Co. John E., the subject of this sketch, is a native of Ohio, born in Miami Co. on the 30th of September, 1836; he lived with his parents till he was 22 years of age, assisting his father on the farm during the summer, and attending school during the winter, thereby obtaining a good common-school education; he then taught school during the winter and farmed in the summer; at the age of 22, he entered the office of Dr. G. V. Dorsey and commenced the study of medicine, and in 1863 he graduated at the Ohio Medical College; he then opened an office in El Dorado, Preble Co., but only remained there a few months, when he went to Webster, Darke Co., where he remained until 1869, when he removed to Dayton, Ohio, remaining till 1870, after which he removed to Versailles, Ohio, where he now resides, having a large and lucrative practice. He celebrated his first marriage with B. Lizzie Rogers, in 1866, in Miami Co.; two children were born to this union, viz.: Susan Edith, born in 1867; Georgiana Henriette, born in l868. On the 20th of June, 1870, the messenger of death entered this peaceful and interesting little family, removing from earth to heaven Lizzie, his wife, who was a good wife and a loving mother; in 1871, he celebrated his second marriage, with Pernina Berry, in Greenville, Ohio; three children have been born to them, viz.: Volney N., born in 1872; Clement I., in 1874; Jane C, in 1877. The Doctor is strictly temperate in all his habits; the writer in looking over his diary came across the following language: “Feb. 12, 1863. From this day forth and forever, I will not smoke nor use tobacco in any form.” “Oct. 26, 1864. This evening I cast my eyes on the top of this page; I now have to remark that it was almost one year subsequent to the estate that I succeeded in and entirely overcame the habit of using tobacco.”