Jacob Darner ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

Nancy Kiddo notes he was not married in 1870. Jacob moved to Vermillion County. Illinois. Researcher Charles Lanz records has his birth as 1813 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. (per Dannell Hopkins, http://www.geocities.com/danni_74932/)

NOTE - If he was not married in 1870, then who was the Jacob Darner that married Jennie Border in 1869?

More mystery: the will of Jacob's father, Andrew Darner, dated 26 Aug 1857, Sealed 26 Aug 1857, shows wife of Jacob Darner as Jennie Darner. This was 12 years before he was married to Jennie Border. Presumably in 1857 Jacob was still married to Eliza Hull because their daughter Melinda was born in 1858. So how and why did his wife's name suddenly become Jennie instead of Eliza?
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UPDATE, 28 May 2022
Jacob's wife's name of "Jennie" as it appeared in his father's will of 1857 may be because Eliza's middle initial was "J" which could have been for Jennie. At that time of her life she may have preferred her middle name of Jennie instead of Eliza.

If Jacob did remarry in 1869 to "Jennie Border" is was probably just coincidental that her name was Jennie, the same as Jacob's first wife.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1818 and a birth location of Ohio.

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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Perry Township, Muskingum County, OH on June 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 18, Family 121
Perry Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Jacob Damer..42..OH

(Living with wife and 7 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 20 Nov 1815, then his age should have been 44 instead of 42.
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• He was buried after 13 June 1880 in the Georgetown Cemetery in Georgetown, IL.

Find A Grave Memorial 79471221
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Jacob married Eliza J. Hull, daughter of Benjamin Hull and Lucinda, on 4 May 1841 in , Delaware County, OH.¹ (Eliza J. Hull was born in 1816 in Ohio ⁶ and died on 4 July 1861.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 4 May 1841, in , Delaware County, OH. ¹ Name: Jacob Darner
Spouse's Name: Eliza Hull
Marriage Date: 4 May 1841
Marriage Place: Delaware, Ohio, United States
Source Details: p 279-2

"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z8SR-4K6Z : 13 October 2021), Jacob Darner and Eliza Hull, 1841.
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Perry Township, Muskingum County, OH on June 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 18, Family 121
Perry Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Jacob Damer..42..OH..Farmer
Eliza Damer..39..OH
Austin Damer..17..OH
Nelson Damer..15..OH
Lauren Damer..13..OH
Hulda Damer..11..OH
Armstead Damer..9..OH
Michael Damer..4..OH
Melinda Damer..2..OH

NOTE - The name Darner was transcribed and indexed as Damer.
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  Marriage Notes:

I have been unable to locate Jacob Darner with either wife of Eliza Hull of Jennie Border in any census other than 1860 when Jacob was 42 years old. I believe that he and his wife stayed in Ohio his entire life except perhaps in the last few years when he might have moved to Illinois probably to be near one of his sons. Maybe this was done to be cared for by one of his children.

At least two of his children, Austin and Mitchell, were later married in Kansas. Austin shows up in Illinois so maybe it was with Austin that Jacob spent his final years. Several of the other children migrated to Missouri.

His first wife, Eliza, either died sometime around 1865 or else she and Jacob were divorced. One source entitled, Colonial Families of the United States, Vol III, has an entry for Benjamin Hull and indicates that his daughter, Elizabeth died 4 Jul 1861.

Jacob had an illegitimate daughter named Eva Idalia Border Darner that was born in November 1861. Jacob was married to Jennie Border eight years later in 1869. Perhaps because of his affair with Jennie Border, his first wife, Eliza Hull, may have divorced him but no records to support that have been found.
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Jacob next married Jane Border, daughter of Samuel Border and Margaret Elizabeth McCurdy, on 17 July 1869 in , Muskingum County, OH.² (Jane Border was born on 19 March 1842 in Sonora, OH,^{7 8} died on 25 October 1914 in Zanesville, OH ^{7 8} and was buried after 25 October 1914 in Bowers Cemetery, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States ^{7 8}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 17 July 1869, in , Muskingum County, OH. ² Name: Jacob Damer
Spouse's Name: Jennie Border
Marriage Date: 17 Jul 1869
Marriage Place: Muskingum, Ohio, United States
Source Details: p 85

"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZCW-KJ6 : 29 September 2021), Jacob Damer and Jennie Border, 1869.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Jacob Damer
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 17 Jul 1869
Event Place: Muskingum, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Jennie Border
Reference ID: p 85

Citing this Record:
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZCW-KJ6 : accessed 18 Feb 2014), Jacob Damer and Jennie Border, 17 Jul 1869; citing Muskingum, Ohio, United States, reference p 85; FHL microfilm 865143.
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