Ebenezer Dains, Section 30, Dover Township, was
born in Guernsey County, Ohio, May 10, 1820. He came to this county in 1831
with his parents, where he has since resided, with the exception of four
years-one year in Perry County and three in Indiana. His father, Jacob B.
Dains (deceased), was a native of New Jersey. Mr. Dains owns 133 acres of
land, and is engaged in farming and stock raising. He was married July 15,
1841, to Catherine Dewitt, daughter of James Dewitt. They have had thirteen
children., of whom ten are living---George W. , Jasper N., Mary, Elizabeth,
James, Lydia, Sarah, William, Thomas, and Eliza J. One son John died in his
seventeenth year.
From The History of Hocking Valley p. 747.