Biographies

Source:  History of Preble County, Ohio -
her people, industries and institutions
by R. E. Lowry
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Old Families
Illustrated
1915
B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana
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	JOHN A. DALRYMPLE.  Practical industry, wisely and vigorously applied, never fails to bring success.  It carries a man onward and upward, brings out his individual character and acts as a powerful stimulant to the efforts of others.  The greatest results in life are often attained by simple means and the exercise of the ordinary qualities of common sense and perseverance.  The every-day life, with its cares, necessities and duties, affords ample opportunity for acquiring experiences of such kind, and its beaten paths provide a true worker with abundant scope for effort and self-improvement.  John A. Dalrymple, a young farmer living in Washington township, this county, has, from the beginning of his career, taken advantage of opportunities as they were offered.  In the community in which he lives he has established a reputation for industry, thrift and good management.      John A. Dalrymple was born in Washington township, Preble county, Ohio, Aug. 16, 1885, a son of F. J. and Laura (Kayler) Dalrymple, both of whom are natives of Preble county, and are now residents of Eaton.  F. J. and Laura Dalrymple were the parents of four children; Charles A. a farmer in Darke county, Ohio, who married Gladys Shoemaker; John A., immediate subject of this review; Earl O., a resident of Eaton, who married Nellie Gates, and Mary M., a graduate of the Eaton high school was living with her parents.      John A. Dalrymple was reared on the farm where he now lives, and ___ed his education in the district schools, from which he was gradu___ after which he became a student of the Jacobs Business College, __ Ohio, from which institution he was graduated.  After leaving ____ he returned to the farm and has since engaged in agricultural pursuits.  ___ Dalrymple believes in the modern science of farming and keeps __sive set of books, and at any time can ascertain exactly what his profits ___osses are on the farm.  His bookkeeping knowledge has proved of ____ service to him.      Mr. Dalrymple was married on Jan. 28, 1906, to Cora Kirkhoff, the daughter of Thomas M. Kirkhoff, who is a resident of Eaton, Ohio.  She __ a student of the Eaton public schools and was graduated from the ____.  To Mr. and Mrs. Dalrymple have been born four children, Blanche, ___yrtle C., Mildred L. and Lois J., the latter of whom died on Mar. _____5.      The Dalrymples are active members of the Lutheran church, and Mr. Dalrumple is one of hte trustees of the church to which he is attached.  He ___ member of the Preble County Protective Association, and was secretary ____ organization for three years.  He is a Democrat, but has never taken ____ part in politics, and has never aspired to or held office.  He has made ___eminent success in managing the old homestead of one hundred and ___ive acres, situated five miles north of Eaton, and is one of the respected ___ of the community in which he lives. Source:  History of Preble County, Ohio - Illustrated - 1915 - B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 842 (Taken from a bad copy at Google Books & Archive - will be looking for a better copy to make corrections ~ Sharon Wick)
George W. Deardorff	GEORGE W. DEARDORFF.    Among the enterprising and progressive citizens of Preble county, Ohio, none stands higher in the esteem of his fellow citizens than George W. Deardorff, a farmer living in Washington township, Preble county, Ohio.  He has long been actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, and his standing as a citizen and neighbor has increased with the years of his residence in Preble county.      George W. Deardorff was born Feb. 5, 1850, in Darke county, Ohio, and is a son of Samuel and Cynthia A. (Miller) Deardorff, the latter of whom died Dec. 26, 1914.  She was born in November, 1828.  Samuel Deardorff died in 1884.  He was born in Preble county, Ohio, and was a son of Jacob Deardorff, who settled in Preble county in an early day. Jacob Deardorff carved a farm out of the wilderness in Lanier township, where he and his wife reared the following children, Peter, Paul, John, Jacob, Benjamin, Isaac, Anna, Rebecca and Samuel.      Samuel Deardorff went to Darke county, Ohio, where he lived for three years, at the end of which time he returned to Preble county, and lived on his father's farm.  In 1856 he bought the farm where his son, George W., now lives, and remained on this latter place until his death.  He and his wife were the parents of four sons and two daughters, all of whom are living: George W., with whom this narrative deals; Nancy, the wife of Reuben Swisher, of Des Moines, Iowa; William H., of Colorado; Mary, the wife of Benjamin Neil, of Eaton, Ohio; Laban, of Chicago, Illinois, and David, a resident of Louisiana.      George W. Deardorff came with his parents from Darke county, Ohio, to Preble county when he was two years of age, and in the public schools of this county he received his education.  He remained at home with his parents until his father's death, and has never married.      Mr. Deardorff is a Republican, and is well known in Washington township, and by his upright and honorable life has won the esteem of a large number of people. Source:  History of Preble County, Ohio - Illustrated - 1915 - B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 592
George W. Deem James K. Deem	THE DEEM FAMILY Source:  History of Preble County, Ohio - Illustrated - 1915 - B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page 720

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