Darius McIntire, a retired farmer near Pharisburg, was born in Clark County, Ohio, May 15, 1823. He is a son of James and Nancy (Roback) McIntire, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Irish and the latter of Dutch descent. They had ten children, five boys and five girls of whom two boys and one girl survive. Our subject, who was the ninth child, was brought tip on the farm, and has followed farming until recently, when he retired from active life. His wife Betsey was born June 11, 1828, and was married June 27, 1848. They have three children - Elatha Ann born January 12, 1851. wife of Francis M. Clevenger, by whom she has one child, Sarah Jane, born November 25, 1872; Clarissa J., born April 30, 1858, wife of Francis . M. Loy ; and James I., born July 4, 1860. Mr. McIntire enlisted on September 14, 1861, in the Sixteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served fifteen months : he was also a member of the One Hundredth Ohio Cavalry.