Daniel Vandemark, Jr.
The Vandemarks are originally from Holland. They came to America previous to the Revolutionary war, and settled in Pennsylvania. Here, in the year 1782, Daniel Vandemark, Sen., was born, and lived until 1809, when he moved to Fairfield County, Ohio. In 1805 he married Catharine Bush, born in Pennsylvania in 1784. They remained in Fairfield County until December, 1814, when they came to Shelby or rather Miami County, and located two and a half miles south of where Sidney now is. The family at that time consisted of father, mother, and three children. Henry B., the fourth one, was born after their arrival in Shelby County. Elizabeth, the eldest one, was born in 1806. She afterward married Hiram Wilson. Catharine was born in 1810. She married Judge William A. Carey. Daniel was born in 1812, and Henry B. in 1815. Mr. Vandemark died in 1840; his wife died in 1848.
Daniel Vandemark, Jr., was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, October 3, 1812, consequently was less than three years of age when brought to this county. He lived at home with his father until 1839, when he married Margaret Duboise, and shortly afterward located in Green Township, where he lived until 1865, when he removed to Perry, where he now resides. Mr. V. has raised a family ol' four children, viz., Laura, Marcus E., Elizabeth, and Josephine. His opportunity for education was limited. He had to walk two and a half miles through the woods to Sidney, and cross the river to get to the school-house, made of buckeye logs, where he received his first school instruction. Mr. Vandemark has been one of the large land owners of the county. He at one time owned over one thousand acres, some of which he has given away, but still owns over six hundred acres. He has been quite an invalid for a number of years, and has retired from labor, but has a. competence for his remaining days.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883