Daniel Alspach, Sr.

"At the age of ten years he was brought to Ohio by his parents, who located in Fairfield county, and there he learned the carpenter's trade... " ".. the the union of Daniel and Elizabeth were born 14 children in the following order: Elisabeth, died in infancy; Amos, a retired farmer of Wells county, IN, Jesse, deceased; Abraham B., an old settler of Van Wert county, Ohio; Nancy, widow of Jacob Richmond, of Perry county; Christine, deceased; Moses, deceased; Jeremiah, farmer, of Licking county; Henry K., farmer of Perry count;, DeLeslie, who died in infancy, Samuel, farmer of Perry county; Joe, reform minister, of Illinois; Sophia, wife of John Castanian, farmer of Wyandot county, and Daniel, who died in infancy. After his marriage Daniel Alspach settled in Jefferson township, Fairfield county, where he followed his trade as carpenter until 1825, when he bought a farm which he cleared up from the woods and resided on for five years; in 1830 he sold and moved to Perry county, and on this he made his home until his death, which occurred April 5, 1839; his widow survived until June 21, 1878."

Source: A Portrait and Biographical Record of Mercer and Van Wert Counties, Ohio", A. W. Bowen and Co., 1896, p 16. (Note: date of death is believed to be 1869)

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