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WILLIAM K. KERLIN, retired, Greenville; born in Wayne Co., Ind., March 2, 1832, and is a son of Elijah and Malinda (Sands) Kerlin, both natives of Washington Co., East Tenn.; they emigrated to Indiana and located in Wayne Co. in 1831; Mrs. Kerlin died September, 1879. Mr. Kerlin now resides in the same township where he located in 1831. They raised a family of eleven children, eight now living. Our subject, the second son, assisted his father in farming until he attained his majority. Upon the 1st of December, 1853, was united in marriage with Hannah B. Jefferis; she was born in Wayne Co., Ind., Nov. 28, 1830. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom ten now survive, viz., Anna E., Emma, Oscar, Mary B., John D., William L., Edwin, Carrie, James and Elijah. Mr. Kerlin continued farming in Wayne Co., Ind., until March, 1865, when he came to Harrison Township, Darke Co., continuing the same occupation until 1870, when he removed to Greenville, where he has since lived; during his residence in Harrison Township, he held the office of Justice of the Peace two terms, and one term in Greenville; was Deputy County Treasurer from 1871 to 1875; was elected County Treasurer in 1874; re-elected in 1876, by a majority of upward of nine hundred, largely leading his ticket; during his term of office he handled upward of $2,000,000 of the public funds, and so satisfactory was his administration that the press of both parties were unanimous in their approval of the same. Mr. Kerlin is a strong leader of his party, and has probably done as much or more in controlling the political affairs of the past ten years, than any man in Darke Co.