Danner, David bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 429, Astoria Township
David Danner, farmer, sec. 13; P. O., Astoria. The subject of this biography was born in York Co., Pa., in 1828. His ancestry can be traced back to an early date in the pioneer history of the Keystone State. While a youth David learned the wagon-maker's trade, and for a short time worked as a journeyman. In 1847 he took unto himself a wife in the person of Miss Grissie Ann Baker, who has borne him 10 children. In 1864 Mr. D. came to Illinois and located in Astoria tp. In 1865 he purchased his present farm.
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