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Below is a family biography included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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JOHN M. DITMORE, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 12; P. O. Arcanum. The subject of this memoir was born in Montgomery Co. Aug. 4, 1834, and is a son of George Ditmore, whose sketch appears in this work; he helped his father on the farm till he was 23 years of age, and he was only 12 years old when he came to this county, and has been a continuous resident here ever since. He was united in marriage to Mary, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Foreman, Oct. 23, 1856; three children were given to this union, viz.: Jacob, born Nov. 29, 1859; Levi, Nov. 12, 1857; George, June 29, 1861; Levi died April 22, 1860; George departed this life July 16, 1862; Mrs. Ditmore died Nov. 25, 1861. He was united with Mrs. Cunning, a daughter of the Rev. Mr. Wendall Minnich, a bishop of the German Baptist Church, and a pioneer preacher of this county, Aug. 24, 1862; eight children have been given to this union, viz.: Noah, born May 26, 1863; John A., Feb. 13, 1865; William H., June 12, 1866; Daniel E., March 20, 1868; Amanda, Sept. 16, 1869; Malinda B., March 11, 1871; Sarah A., July 30, 1874; Ira C., Sept. 27; 1876; one dying in infancy. Mr. Cunning was born June 18, 1832, and died Jan. 20, 1859, leaving two children, viz.: Mary C., born Jan. 24, 1858, now Mrs. Godown; Anna L., July 29, 1859. Mrs. Ditmore was born Nov. 11, 1838. Our subject has 80 acres of as good land as there is in Darke Co., all in a high state of cultivation, with good, comfortable improvements, the fruit of his own hard labor; he and his wife have been members of the German Baptist Church upward of twenty years, and are model Christian people.
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