Holt County Missouri. From: Reprint of History of Holt County, Missouri, 1882. Reprinted by The Holt County Historical Society, 1973. Litho Printers & Bindery, P.O. Box 488, Cassville, Missouri 65625. Page 476-477 ================================================================ ==== Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: © Pat Combs O'Dell ================================================================ ==== JUDGE DANIEL VAN WORMER, one of the leading citizens of Holt County, was born in Allegany County, New York, July 29, 1829. His father, Aaron Van Wormer, and also his mother, whose maiden name was Phileta Wagoner, were born in the same county. In the fall of 1846, the family moved to Miami County, Indiana. The youth of the subject of this sketch was passed on a farm, he receiving a common school education. He was married in Miami County, Indiana, April 14, 1853, to Miss Martha Hetzel, daughter of Samuel Hetzel. After his marriage, Mr W. moved to Missouri, and settled in Jackson County in the fall of 1853, where he engaged in farming. He resided there until the fall of 1862. From this date he was unsettled for three years, and was during that time again a resident of both Ohio and Indiana. In 1865, he returned to his farm, on which he remained three years. In the spring of 1869, he moved to Holt County, and settled in Union Township, on his present place. He has 185 acres of land, all in cultivation, with fair improvements, and a young, bearing orchard. He makes a specialty of handling and feeding stock. Mr and Mrs Van Wormer have seven children: William, Albert, Phileta, India, Jennie, Eunice and Martha. Mr Van Wormer is Republican in politics, and at the general election of 1874, he was nominated and elected by his part as one of the judges of Holt County, and served in this capacity four years. He resides on section 17, township 62, range 39. They are mem-[page 477]bers of the Missionary Baptist Church, and Mr Van Wormer belongs to the Odd Fellows' order.