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Source:
History of Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY
Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888.
Transcribed by Sharon Wick

  PHILIP YARNELL, Freedom, Napoleon p. o., was born in Napoleon in 1858, and was married in 1880 to Elma Sworden, who was born in 1860.  They have had two children:  Bertha and LelaElma was a daughter of George and Susan (Babcock) Sworden.  He was born in Marion county and his wife in Seneca county.  George died Feb. 15, 1887, at the age of fifty years, leaving a widow and a family of eight children:  Elma, Jennie, Olive, Evert, Charlotte, Mary, Charles, and Dolly B.  George was a son of Zenas and Polly (Bowen) Sworden, who were early settlers in Henry county.  Philip was a son of Daniel and Barbara Yarnell.  Barbara died in 1871.  They had ten children, eight of whom are now living:  Byron, Charles, Sarah J., Philip, Celia, Harry, Daniel jr., and Leora.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888
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  DANIEL YARNELL, Wanseon, Wauseon p. o., a retired farmer and representative man of Henry county, O., was born in Wayne county April 20, 1820, and in early life was engaged in farming.  He was a son of Philip and Ruth Yarnell.  Ruth died leaving a family of eight children, two of whom are now living, Daniel and NancyDaniel settled in Napoleon in 1845, and became proprietor of the Craig Hotel.  He sold it in 1848 and became engaged in the general grocer and provision business.  In 1851 he was elected sheriff' of the county, and at that time sod his stock of goods. lie was elected treasurer 1854 and 1856, and was engaged in the general jobbing business from 1858 to 1863.  In 1863 he settled on his farm, which consisted of one hundred and twenty acres, and now owns about two hundred acres in Liberty and Freedom.  He was elected county commissioner in 1875, and again was elected to that office in 1878. he returned to his farm in 1881, and became a resident of Wauseon in the fall of 1885. He was married in 1848 to Barbara Funk, who was born in Wayne county.  She died Sept. 20, 1872.  They had a family of ten children, eight of whom are now living: Byron, Charles, Sarah J., Philip, Harry, Daniel jr., Celia, and Leora.  Mr. Yarnell married for his second wife Catherine Gehrett, of Fairfield county, in September, 1875.  By an accident in 1841 Mr. Yarnell lost his left arm.  His father died in Napoleon in 1858.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888
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