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I. D. PARENT, farmer; P. O., German. This gentleman was born March 1, 1830, on the place where he now resides; he is a descendant of one of the early pioneers of this county, Samuel Parent, Sr.; he was a native of New Jersey, and emigrated to Ohio in 1814 or 1815 and settled on a farm near Franklin, Butler Co.; at the end of three years, he came to this county and settled on the farm where our subject now lives, in Sec. 13; here he passed the remnant of his days; his family constituted one of the first in the township, and not an acre of his farm was reduced to the uses of civilization when he moved on it; the excellent turn pike which now crosses the farm was then only an Indian trail, and the “feeble sons of the bow and arrow “ still lingered about; a pioneer life, with all the privations and hardships incident to it, was before him; but, nothing daunted, he launched out, and by his indomitable will and energy soon carved for himself and for future generations a beautiful home and farm out of the dense wilderness. He was united in marriage to Miss Hackey before coming to Ohio, and was the father of eleven children, two of whom died in infancy; nine grew up to mature years, and five are still living; the sketches of three of these appear in this work. The death of Mrs. Parent occurred in 1861, and that of Mr. P. one year later, in 1862. Our subject’s life has been that of a farmer; he assisted his father on the farm till he was 22 years of age, at which time he was married to Miss Lucinda Friar; he immediately moved on an adjoining farm, where he remained three years, when he returned to the homestead, which he purchased, and took care of his parents till their death; one child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. P.— Leander H., born September, 1857. By the appearance of Mr. Parent’s buildings and the condition of his farm, he would be and is counted one of the thrifty, enterprising farmers of German Township.