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DANIEL REIGLE (retired); P. O. New Madison; was born in Berks Co., Penn., July 3, 1805; remained with his parents on a farm until of age, having almost no educational advantages; when about 14 years old, he commenced to wagon from Hamburg to Philadelphia, Penn.; when of age, he commenced for himself by hiring to a collier; he soon became “boss collier,” and continued in this business in different parts of Pennsylvania until 1831, when he removed to Belmont Co., Ohio, where he leased a piece of ground, and commenced raising tobacco; in 1833, He removed to Fairfield Co.; here he purchased 55 acres of land, and resumed the culture of tobacco; in 1839, he went to Adams Co., Ind., where he purchased 800 acres of land, but the country was so wild and backward about settling up that he could not content himself, and, leaving his land, he returned to Ohio; in February, 1841, he purchased 164 acres of land in Butler Township, for $800, which he improved, and in 1868, sold for $10,000; in 1863, he purchased 6 acres in New Madison, upon which he built, and removed there the following year, where he has since lived, enjoying in a quiet way the benefits of his quite large accumulations, all of which he came to by his own exertions, having, when he crossed the Ohio River (to use his own expression), “Thirty-five dollars in money, one wife, two guns and one dog.” Mr. Reigle was commissioner of Darke Co. for two terms, being elected by ninety-four votes, and re-elected by over three hundred; the County Infirmary was built during his commissionership. He was married to Sarah Bitler, in Pennsylvania, in 1827; they had ten children, four of whom are living—Samuel B., Daniel, Catharine A. (now Mrs. Humbert), and Sarah A.; the names of the deceased are, George, Mary E., Rebecca A., Charles A., Solomon and Joseph W. S. Mrs. Reigle’s death occurred in New Madison, June 28, 1872. His marriage with Mrs. Lydia A. Simpson-Burr was celebrated in Eaton, Ohio, Dec. 19, 1872; Lydia Simpson-Burr is the mother of two children—William S. (deceased), and Orlando, now living in Preble Co.