Saline County Bios "Portrait and Biographical Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion Counties," 1893
DANIEL DONMYER, a well-known farmer residing on section 25, Cambria Township,
Saline County, claims Pennsylvania as the
State of his nativity. He was born in Cambria
County, November 16, 1839, and is a brother of
S. P Donmyer, whose sketch appears elsewhere in
this work. No event of special importance occurred during his childhood days, which were
quietly passed upon his father's farm. As soon as
old enough to follow the plow he engaged in farm
labor during the summer months, while in the
winter season he attended the common schools.
Under the parental roof he remained until twenty-six years of age and was then married to Miss
Jane Murphy.
Farming has been his chief occupation throughout life. He followed that pursuit for some years
in the Keystone State and then decided to try
his fortune in Kansas. He has been a resident of
Saline County since 1876. In that year he purchased his present farm of one hundred and sixty
acres, for which he paid $2,300, and it has since
been his home. He has made many good improvements upon it. It is surrounded by a wire fence,
the fields are well tilled, the buildings are such as
are found on a model farm, and the neat appearance of the place indicates the
thrift and enterprise of the owner, who is one of the substantial
and progressive agriculturists of the community.
After a short married life of six years, Mr. Donmyer was called upon to mourn the loss of his
wife, who died about 1871, leaving three children:
William, who is now occupied in farming in this
county; Laura, wife of Jacob Stauffer, of Cambria
Township and one since deceased.
After two years, Mr. Donmyer was again married, his second union being with Miss Mary
M. Seese, also a native of Cambria County, Pa.
Their union has been blessed with four children,
John, Albert, Daniel and Jacob, who are all yet
at home. The parents are members of the English Lutheran Church, and Mr. Donmyer exercises
his right of franchise in support of the Democratic party. By his industry and enterprise he
has accumulated a comfortable competence and
now has a nice farm, well improved, on the line of
the Union Pacific Railroad. He is a straightforward, upright
business man who has won the confidence and good-will of all with whom he has
come in contact. His life has been well and
worthily spent and he is highly esteemed for his
sterling worth.
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