John was born in 1826. He passed away in 1885.
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DURBIN JOHN, farmer, Union township, the oldest son of Baptist and Catharine Durbin, was born in Belmont county. Ohio, August 26, 1862, and came with his parents to Knox county, Ohio, in 1832.
He was reared a farmer and has made farming and stock raising his principal vocation. He commenced working at the carpenter and joiner trade, at the age of twenty-one years, and has followed that business to some extent in connection with farming. In April, 1852, he married Miss Lucinda Sapp, born in Union township, Knox county, May 11, 1831, daughter of Levi and Mary Sapp, nee Colopy. They settled in Union township on the Sapp homestead, where the lived a few years, and after living on several farms in Union township, he purchased, in 1860, and moved on the farm where they are now living, one-half mile north of Danville. At this time he owns three farms, one in Jefferson township, one in Howard, and the one he is living on in Union township. They have ten children, five sons and five daughters. He filled the office of township treasurer four years. [2]
Place: Danville (Knox County), Knox County, Ohio, USA[24]
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Unsourced family tree handed down to Susan McCann.
↑ Hill, Norman Newell. History of Knox County, Ohio, its past and present: containing a condensed, comprehensive history of Ohio, including an outline history of the Northwest; a complete history of Knox County; its townships, city, towns, villages, schools, churches, societies, industries, statistics, etc; a record of its soldiers in the late war; portraits of its early settlers and prominent men; views of its finest buildings; miscellaneous matter; map of the county; biographies and histories of pioneer families; etc. Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, Inc, 1972.
Source: S-1279107726 Repository: #R-1582335960 Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,7667::0
Source: S-1279146452 Repository: #R-1582335960 Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,8054::0
Source: S-1279146485 Repository: #R-1582335960 Title: 1870 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,7163::0
Carson, Betty Jewell Durbin. "Durbin and Logsdon genealogy with related families, 1626-199." Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc. 1991, p. 132.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD5C-68N : 8 December 2014), John Durbin and Lucinda Sapp, 15 Apr 1853; citing Knox, Ohio, United States, reference cn 16, p 372; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 378,591.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M896-J5K : 14 July 2016), John Durbin, Union, Knox, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 155, sheet 209A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1038; FHL microfilm 1,255,038.
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X828-CZK : 8 December 2014), John Durbin in entry for Frances I Gaume, 27 Apr 1919; citing Akron, Summit, Ohio, reference fn 29953; FHL microfilm 1,984,694.
Acknowledgments:
Thank you to Brad Higgins for creating WikiTree profile Durbin-378 through the import of Higgins_Miller_Showalter_Workm.ged on Dec 29, 2013.
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Durbin-1627 and Durbin-378 appear to represent the same person because: Thank you for putting me on Lucinda Sapps trusted list. Can you please do the same for John Durbin, her husband. He was my grandmothers grandfather.