Daniel Wonders ¹

  General Notes:

DANIEL WONDERS, farmer; P. O., Bellefontaine; is one of the most successful and well-known farmers in the county, and was born Sept. 10, 1829, in York Co., Pa.; he is a son of Jacob and Christiana (Lease) Wonders, both of whom were born in that county; his father followed teaming in early life, and was detailed as a teamster in the war of 1812; after his marriage, however, he went to farming, and in 1836, wooed to this county, where he resided eighteen months, and then went back to Venango Co., Pa., where his father had bought a large tract of land for the purpose of giving each of his children a farm. Jacob sold his in 1844, and carne to this county and settled in Zane Tp., where he died in 1877, and his wife one year previous. Daniel went to the blacksmiths' trade when 19 years old, and after an apprenticeship of two years returned to his father's, where he worked at the trade and on the farm-for two years, and then commenced dealing in stock; he followed that, together with farming, with the best of success for many years, and by his own exertions has accumulated a handsome property, owning two good farm:, and has built good and substantial buildings; he has not dealt in stock of late years, preferring a quieter life; he was married Sept. 13, 1853, to Elizabeth, daughter of Richard M. and Margaret (Henry) Dickinson; she was born April 5, 1826, in this county, her parents being among the first settlers of the county, and are both yet living, having been married sixty-two years. Daniel's marriage has been blessed with three children - Margaret M., George M. and Mary C.; the eldest is married to Wallace Jameson. He has beet a member of the Agricultural Society for nine years, and he and wife and two eldest children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he was a Democrat in early life, but has been a Republican since the organization of that party

Daniel married Elizabeth Dickinson, daughter of Richard M. Dickinson and Margaret Henry, on 13 Sep 1853. (Elizabeth Dickinson was born on 5 Apr 1826 in Logan County, Ohio, USA ².)