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JAMES ESTY, retired farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 31; P. O. Greenville; another of the old settlers of Darke Co.; born in the province of New Brunswick Sept. 17, 1814; his father, David Esty, was born in the above province July 31, 1792; he came to Ohio in 1822, and located in August of the same year, having been two months on the way; he engaged in farming and milling until his death, which occurred Nov. 20, 1874; he was married, in New Brunswick, to Ann Knoop, Sept. 30, 1813; she was born March 19, 1792, in New Brunswick they were the parents of eleven children, all of whom lived to grow up; ten are now living, of whom James Esty is the oldest; Mrs. Esty died Aug. 21, 1873. The Bible from which the above record was copied was purchased by David Esty in 1829, and is now valued very highly as an heirloom by our subject, who came to Miami Co. with his parents in 1822, being then 8 years of age; he was raised to farming and running a saw-mill until Jan. 1, 1842, when he was united in marriage with Jane McDowell; she was born in Franklin Co. Feb. 20, 1817; they have one son by this union—John C., born Dec. 4, 1842. Upon the marriage of Mr. Esty, he commenced farming for himself in Miami Co., and continued there until March 4, 1856, when he located upon Sec. 31 in Greenville Township, where he has since lived; he now has 165 acres of land, with good farm buildings, located two miles from Greenville. John C. Esty, the only son of James and Jane (McDowell) Esty, has always lived upon the home farm, and for the past two years has been a partner with his father in the products of his farm. He married Ellen Greenawalt on Dec. 18, 1873; she was born in Greenville Jan. 5, 1847; they have one child—Eva May, born March 8, 1875.