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DAVID W. SIGLER, Sec. 21; P. O. Union City; firm of Sigler, Fahnestock & Co., proprietors of the Buck Horn Saw-Mill. The subject of this sketch, though a young man, may be considered an old settler; he was born in Iowa, near Iowa City, upon the 19th of October, 1840; when less than 2 years of age, his father died, and he, with his mother, removed to Preble Co., Ohio, residing seven years. In 1849, they came to Darke Co., his mother died two years later, and he was left an orphan, to carve out his own way in life; his first employment was at a hotel at Hill Grove, where he remained three years; he then obtained employment upon a farm until 1863, at which date he was employed in the above mill, and two years later he purchased an interest, and in 1876, the above firm was formed with Mr. Sigler as superintendent; their mill is one of the oldest steam saw-mills in the county, and has a wide reputation. He married Jarusha L. Benson, in 1865, in Jackson Township, she was born in Maryland, and came to Ohio, with her parents, at an early day; they have four children now living, having lost one by death; the living are Effie V., Mordecai O., Jarusha J. and Mary; the deceased, Mary, died in infancy.