The Indians

Fort Greenville

First Settlements in Darke County

Darke County Organized

The Pioneers of Darke County

The Darke County Seat

First Darke County Buildings

Darke County 1816-1824

Darke County in 1840

Darke County Officials 1817-1880

The Underground Railroad

Roads-Turnpikes-Railroads in Darke County

Schools in Darke County

Roll of Darke County Pioneers

The Civil War and Darke County, Ohio

Included is biographical information for 659 families including each of the following family surnames: (sample biographies can be viewed here: Darke County, Ohio Genealogy) (many thousands of additional family surnames are also mentioned throughout the book text and within these family biographies): Albright * Aldrich * Allen * Allread * Alter * Amann * Anderson * Apple * Archard * Armstrong * Arnett * Arnold * Aten * Avery * Bachman * Bacon * Bailey * Baird * Baker * Bashor * Baughman * Beanblossom * Beatty * Bechtolt * Beckler * Beery * Bertz * Bickel * Billhimer * Biltemier * Bireley * Bish * Bishop * Blackburn * Blease * Blocher * Bloom * Blottman * Bobbs * Bobenmoyer * Bonham * Bornstein * Boyer * Brandon * Breaden * Brenner * Brewer * Briney * Bristly * Brown * Bruss * Bryson * Buchwalter * Bunch * Burke * Burns * Butt * Byers * Byrd * Calderwood * Calkins * Campbell * Carson * Cassell * Chenoweth * Christian * Clark * Cline * Cloyd * Coate * Coblentz * Cole * Collins * Conkling * Cook * Cool * Coons * Corwin * Cox * Craig * Creager * Creviston * Cromwell * Cruea * Culbertson * Dabe * Darland * Davis * Davison * Day * Deardourff * Deeter * Denham * Denise * Denniston * Deubner * Devor * Dill * Dininger * Ditman * Ditmer * Ditmore * Downing * Drew * Duckwall * Dunkel * Dunn * Dwyre * Dye * Eakins * Eichelberger * Eidson * Eliker * Emrick * Erisman * Esty * Evans * Fackler * Fahnestock * Farst * Fasig * Fertick * Flaig * Fleming * Fletcher * Flory * Folkerth * Ford * Fourman * Fouts * Frampton * Frank * Fredrick * French * Fry * Fryman * Funk * Funston * Gard * Garrison * Garver * Gauby * Gebhart * George * Gilbert * Gilfillan * Glander * Glunt * Goens * Gordon * Greer * Griffin * Grise * Groff * Grubs * Guntrum * Gutheil * Hager * Hahn * Halderman * Hall * Hamiel * Hamilton * Hand * Hangen * Harper * Harsh * Harshey * Hart * Harter * Hartman * Hartzell * Hawes * Heffner * Hemp * Henkle * Henne * Henninger * Hershey * Hess * Hill * Hime * Hindsley * Hinsey * Hittle * Hoffert * Hole * Holland * Hollaway * Hollis * Holsapple * Horine * Horn * Horner * Hostetter * Houpt * Howell * Huddle * Huffer * Huhn * Hulse * Hunchberger * Hunt * Hunter * Hyer * Irelan * Ivester * Jackson * Jamison * Jefferis * John * Johnson * Jones * Judy * Karn * Katzenberger * Kaucher * Kauffman * Keckler * Kemper * Kepner * Kerlin * Kerst * Kester * Ketring * Kinney * Kipp * Klee * Klinger * Klipstine * Knick * Knoderer * Kraus * Kress * Kuhnle * Kusnick * Kyle * Landis * Lansdowne * Laurimore * Leas * Lecklider * Lehman * Limbert * Lindamood * Long * Longenecker * Love * Lowdenslager * Lowry * Ludy * Lynch * Lyon * Maher * Manix * Mark * Marker * Markwith * Marshall * Martin * Martindale * Martini * Martz * Matchett * McCabe * McClure * McCool * McCoun * McCowen * McDaniel * McEowen * McFarland * McGinnis * McGriff * McNeil * McNight * Medford * Meeker * Mehaffie * Mendenhall * Meyers * Miller * Milligan * Mills * Minnich * Mongeville * Moore * Morningstar * Morrison * Mote * Mundhenk * Murphy * Nealeigh * Neff * Negley * Netzley * Nisonger * Niswonger * Noggle * North * Nyswonger * O'Brien * O'Connor * Olwine * Oswalt * Otwell * Ozias * Parent * Parks * Parson * Patty * Pearson * Peck * Peiffer * Perry * Peters * Phillips * Plessinger * Poling * Polly * Pressler * Puterbaugh * Putman * Ramsey * Ratliff * Reck * Reed * Rehling * Reichard * Reigle * Requarth * Rhoades * Rieker * Riffle * Rike * Roads * Robbins * Roberts * Robeson * Rohr * Roland * Rose * Ross * Roush * Royer * Runkel * Rush * Rynearson * Sater * Schafer * Schaurer * Scheiding * Schell * Schlechty * Schlemmer * Schneider * Schultz * Schwable * Scott * Sebring * Seibt * Senseman * Serber * Settles * Shade * Shafer * Shank * Shields * Shilt * Shover * Shuler * Shumaker * Sigerfoos * Sigler * Simon * Sinks * Smith * Snell * Snodgrass * Snook * Snyder * Spencer * Spitler * St. Clair * Stahl * Stauffer * Steele * Steinle * Stephens * Stevenson * Stover * Strait * Strobel * Studabaker * Stutsman * Surber * Swadner * Swank * Swisher * Taylor * Teaford * Teal * Tennell * Thatcher * Thomas * Thompson * Tillman * Tilman * Todd * Townsend * Troxell * Trump * Tullis * Turner * Turpen * Valentine * Vanden * Vandyke * Vantilburgh * Voelkle * Vogt * Wade * Wagner * Walker * Ward * Ware * Warner * Warvel * Wasson * Weaver * Webb * Webster * Weikle * Weills * Welbourn * Wenrich * Wenrick * Werts * Westfall * Weston * White * Whitenack * Wild * Willcox * Williams * Williamson * Wilson * Winbigler * Winklebleck * Winner * Woods * Worch * Wright * Yoder * Youart * Young * Zeeck * Zimmerman *

About this book:
This book was originally published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co., Chicago and is divided into five basic sections:
The Northwest Territory (74 pages)
The History of The State of Ohio (112 pages)
The History of Darke County, Ohio (264 pages)
Darke County Biographical Sketches (288 pages - 659 biographies)
Darke County Business Directory (8 pages)

Darke County is located in west central Ohio and bordered by: Preble County, Ohio * Montgomery County, Ohio * Miami County, Ohio * Shelby County, Ohio * Mercer County, Ohio * Jay County, Indiana * Randolph County, Indiana * and Wayne County, Indiana * (click on highlighted names for a full description)

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