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DANIEL EICHLING, justice of the peace, Troy, Ind., is a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, born September 5, 1841. He is one of ten children born to the marriage of Andrew Eichling and Catherine Rauscher, natives of Pennsylvania and Germany respectively. The former, who was a practical farmer, came to Spencer County in 1855, and located on a farm in Clay Township, where he resided until he became blind. He is now living a retired life with his son. Daniel grew to manhood on the farm, receiving a fair English education. He followed stationary engineering until the war when he enlisted as a private in Company E, Ninety-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he served three years. After his return, he learned the cabinet-maker’s trade, following it principally on the home farm until 1872, when he came to Troy and worked in a planing-mill until 1875. In that year he engaged in the undertaking business, and in 1879 he added the manufacture of furniture, in which combined enterprise he has since continued. December 23, 1869, Mary E. Crawford became his wife, and to this union two children have been born, Cora B. and Maggie F. He is a Democrat, and has held the office of magistrate for one year. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. (Encampment).