Married Samantha Fansher daughter of James and Mary Flansher . She was born in Morgan Co. Ill. in 1835 ----------------------------------------------------------------- J HISTORY OF MISSOURI 1888 Sullivan Co. John Michael, a farmer and stock raiser of Union Twp is a native of Marion Co. Ohio where he was born in 1832 is the son of David and Sarah ( Hobbs ) Michael natives of what is now West Virginia and born in 1798 and 1795 respectively where they were reared and married but a few years later moved to Marion Co. Ohio where they lived until 1835 then to La Grange Co, Ind.and from there to Shelby Co. Mo in about 1840..
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From HISTORY OF ADAIR, SULLIVAN,PUTMAN AND SCHUYLER CO. MO.Biographical Appendix Pg 855-856
When David died in 1844 the family moved to Sullivan Co west of Owasco. His mother, Sarah, died in Idaho in 1881. His mother saw that he had a common school education and that he enjoyed reading all the books available.
He developed 181 acres of good farm land,