Daniel Killian
The Killians are of German extraction, but it was several generations back when they came to this country. The first we know of them was in Pennsylvania. It was here that Jacob Killian was born in 1813. In 1829 he came to Stark County, Ohio. He married Cassannah Dellinger in 1832, and came to Shelby County in 1852. They had born to them eleven children, six of whom are now living. Mr. Killian died in 1873. Daniel KilIian, son of the above, was born in Stark County in the year 1846. He lived with his parents until his majority, and afterwards learned the blacksmith trade, which he has followed until the present time. In 1870 he married Miss Rachel Crossley, a daughter of Joseph and Joanna (Davis) Crossley, of Allen County, Ohio. By this union they have two children, Lilly M. and Ira D. In 1877 they located in Newport, where he carries on a smith shop. The Crossleys, the parents of Mrs. Killian, were pioneers of Allen County. They were the first settlers on the land now occupied by Lima. Mr. Crossley was a brickmaker. He made the first brick and built the first brick house in the town of Lima.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883