Daniel Whitmer
Daniel Whitmer was born in Lancaster County, Pa., in the year 1800. He came to Dayton, Ohio, in the spring of 1818, remained there but a few months, then came to the present limits of Shelby County, where he made his home with Peter Mussulman, Jr. In 1821 he married Rhoda Blankensheets, with whom he lived only about one year, when she died. In 1825 he married Fanny Mussulman. The result of this marriage was eight children, viz., Elizabeth, Fanny, John, Jane, Peter, Franklin, Susan, and David. After his marriage, Mr. Whitmer settled in Perry Township, on the Mosquito Creek, where he continued to reside until 1876, when they removed to Champaign County, where Mrs. Whitmer died in 1882. Mr. Whitmer was the eighth settler in Perry Township.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883