Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 31 May 2003

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WILLIAM VANDOREN, farmer; P. O. Clarksville; was born in Somerset Co., N. J., Feb 12, 1800; his parents, John and Mary (Todd) Vandoren, were also New Jersey people; his father held an official rank in the late war with Great Britain. Mr. Vandoren came with his parents to Cincinnati, in 1814, and to this township in 1817, where they were early pioneers. At an early age, our subject learned the carpenter and joiner’s trade, with his father, and followed that business for about thirty-five years. He was married Oct. 16, 1824, to Miss Athalina Ludington, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Ludington, born in Connecticut, Sept. 8, 1804; thirteen children were the fruits of this union; of these, eleven are living, viz., Sarah A., wife of Dr. F. M. Sanderson; Alfred, Barkley, Elizabeth, wife of George Shoemaker; Susanna, wife of Alexander M. Penquite; Martha, wife of Ephraim Castello; Esther, George, Farinda, wife of William Hadley; Nathan and Amos D.; John and Lucinda are deceased. Mrs. Vandoren departed this life Aug. 11, 1881. Mr. V. is a member of the M. E. Church. Politically, he is Republican. He served as Treasurer of Washington Township for twenty years, and, finally, by the bankruptcy of two banks, he lost $5,000; he owns 72 acres of land on the Lebanon and Wilmington pike.