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MICHAEL W. DININGER, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Greenville. The subject of this sketch is a brother of John and Lewis Dininger, who are also mentioned in this work, and a son of Jacob Dininger, who is prominently mentioned in the sketch of John Dininger. Michael W. was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Jan. 29, 1833, and came to Darke Co. with his parents in 1834; his education was obtained in a rude log schoolhouse, and, by hard study, he obtained a fair common-school learning; he assisted his father in agricultural pursuits until 21 years of age, when, on the 21st of September, 1854, he was united in marriage with Mary A. Kerst; she was born in Pennsylvania in 1835; they are the parents of five children, of whom four are now living—Sarah E., Isaac, Mary C. and Margaret R.; the deceased died in infancy. Upon the marriage of Mr. D., he located upon his present place, where he has since lived; his home farm contains 100 acres, with good farm buildings, which he has brought from a wilderness to its present high state of cultivation by his own hard labor. He has been a member of the Lutheran Church for many years, his wife and three of his children being members of different churches.