Versailles, Ohio

Co., locating near Versailles, where they spent the remainder of their days ; he departed this life in 1853, and his wife in 1869. Prosper, the subject of this sketch, was born in France, on the 12th day of August, 1833 ; he, with his parents, came to Darke Co., in 1847, locating in Patterson Township, where he received his education in the common schools. He celebrated his marriage on the 2d of October, 1856, with Miss Adaline Trion, who was born in France in 1840 ; in 1869, he moved to Versailles, where he has resided ever since ; he engaged in the manufacture of tile, which business he still carries on, and, in 1879, he added the grain business, operating the Commercial Elevator - he handled, last year, about 22,000 bushels of wheat, 10,000 bushels of oats, and about 2,000 bushels of corn, and, at present, is prepared to handle all kinds of grain. Mr. Dabe has had his full share of township offices since his residence in the county - served as Trustee of Patterson two years, Assessor one year, Treasurer two years, and Trustee of Wayne two years. Mr. and Mrs. Dabe are active workers in the cause of religion, being members of the Christian Church. They are the parents of fourteen children, of whom twelve are living, viz., Peter, Lewis, Edmond, Jennie M., Charles, Anna, Mary, Lawrence, Harry, Clara, Franklin and Lucy. Mr. Dabe has accumulated a considerable amount of property by his hard labor, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and industrious wife.

Passage source: The History of Darke County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men;, published 1880.

HOR VTIO DYE, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Versailles. F. L. Dye, the father of Horatio, was born in Miami Co., Ohio, in the year 1808 ; Sarah Lafevere, his wife was born in Miami Co., Ohio, in the year 1810 ; he came to Darke Co. in the year 1855, where he continued to reside till the death of his wife, which occurred in September, 1866, after which he sold out and moved to Sydney, Ohio, where he married Ann Easty in the year 1868, and at present resides there. Horatio, the subject of this sketch, was born in Miami Co., Ohio, on the 7th day of April, 1834 ; lived with his parents till he was 23 years old, working on the farm during the summer season and attending the district school in the winter ; obtained a good common-school education. When he was about 23 years old, he bought a farm of 82 acres in the same county, and engaged in the cultivation of the soil on his own responsibility, and on the 2d day of December, 1858, was united in marriage to Miss Lucinda Perry, in Miami Co.; she was born in Miami Co. on the 16th day of

Passage source: The History of Darke County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men;, published 1880.

January. 1835 ; he remained on his farm about eight years, meeting with good success, after which he traded his farm for the Zolinger farm, consisting of 72 acres in Miami Co., two miles west of Piqua. Ohio, on the Clayton pike ; remained for two years, after which he sold out for $5,000 ; this was the most successful trade of his life ; he bought 74 acres in the same county, northeast of Tippecanoe, where he moved, remaining there for four j-ears ; sold out for $4,600, and moved to Versailles, Ohio, and engaged in the tanning business for a period of three years, losing about $1,800 ; he then traded the tanyard for a farm of 82 acres, in Wayne Township, Sec. 12, where he has resided ever since. Mr. Dye has, in no sense of the term, been an office-seeker, }-et he has had his full share of township offices ; was elected to the office of Supervisor four or five times ; School Director for three years ; he has taken a very active part in religion, being a member of the Presbyterian Church for a period of twenty-three years ; he and his good and amiable wife have been active members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for about four years, living devoted and consistent Christians ; he has held very important offices in the church ; while in Piqua he was elected Elder in the First Presbyterian Church, serving three years ; was elected President of the " Union Sabbath School Convention "of Darke Co. for one year, and is at present holding the office of Elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church ; Mr. Dye is strictly a temperate man ; he neither chews nor smokes tobacco ; he has, by the help of his industrious wife, accumulated a considerable amount of property ; the}- have no children. Amoses Perry, the father of Lucinda, was born in South Carolina in the year 1781 ; emigrated to Miami Co., Ohio, when he was 21 years old, where he resided until his death, which occurred in the year 1860 ; Rachel Long, his wife, was bom in Kentuck}' in the year 1795 ; she came with her parents to Miami Co., Ohio, when she was about 1 year old ; she departed this life in the fall of 1865 ; Mr. Peny followed school teaching, and was elected to the State Legislature in the year 1833 ; Lucinda is an active worker in the cause of religion, as well as a strong advocate of temperance ; also a life member of the American Bible Society.

Passage source: The History of Darke County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men;, published 1880.

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