Daniel's obituary was reported in the Union City Times-Gazette, Wednesday, October 2, 1940 [1] [2]:
D. F. Amspaugh passes away. - Services Thursday for ex-Darke County official.
Daniel F. Amspaugh, 80, former Darke county commissioner and for many years a leading figure in civic and political affairs, died at 9:55 p. m. (EST) Monday at his late home, three and one-half miles north of Woodington.
His last illness extended over a period of nineteen months, dating back to February, 1939, when he was injured in a fall in a barn adjoining his home.
Mr. Amspaugh, who during his extended career had also served as a trustee in Brown township, was elected as county commissioner in 1908.
He was a member of the Teegarden Christian church.
Immediate survivors included three sons, Dallas, of Rossburg; Wilford of Versailles, and Daniel, Jr., of Greenville; five daughters, Mrs. Floyd Smith and Mrs. Edward Applegate, both of Union City; Mrs. Roy Petersime, of Ansonia route 1; Mrs. Joseph Ruebush of Ansonia, and Mrs. Foster Brewer, Greenville.
There also are 15 grandchildren; one brother, Edward Amspaugh, of Anderson, and three sisters, Mrs. Christena Murray and Mrs. Maggie Moyer, of Union City, and Mrs. Lizzie Clark, of Anderson.
Funeral services will be held at the Teegarden church at 2 p. m. (EST) Thursday with Rev. Earl Lantz officiating. Burial will be in Teegarden cemetery.
Friends may call at the Amspaugh residence.
(Miller Funeral Home records state that Daniel Frederick Amspaugh was born March 29, 1860 in Logan County, Ohio, the son of Daniel Amspaugh (born PA) and Margaret Daubeminer (born Germany). His wife was Susan Catherine Zeller who died May 2, 1939 and is also buried in Teegarden cemetery.)
1939 Susan Amspaugh died. [3] [4] [5] [6]
MRS. SUSAN C. AMSPAUGH GREENVILLE, Ohio, May 3. Mrs. Susan C. Amspaugh, wife of Daniel F. Amspaugh, well-known Brown township farmer, died at 10:50 a. m. Tuesday at her home three miles west of Ansonia following a lingering illness. She would have celebrated her sixty-ninth birthday May 3. Funeral services will be held at p. m. Friday at the Teegarden church with Rev. Earl Lantz officiating. Burial will be in Teegarden cemetery.
[1] The Journal Herald, Dayton, Ohio, October 1, 1940, page 4, [NewspapersClip].
[2] Greenville Daily Advocate, Greenville, Ohio, October 1, 1940, page 1, [NewspapersClip].
[3] Palladium-Item, Richmond, Indiana, May 4, 1939, page 8, [NewspapersClip].
[4] The Union City Times-Gazette, Union City, Indiana, May 3, 1939, page 1, [NewspapersClip].
[5] Palladium-Item, Richmond, Indiana, May 3, 1939, page 14, [NewspapersClip].
[6] Greenville Daily Advocate, Greenville, Ohio, May 2, 1939, page 1, [NewspapersClip].