From History of Vernon County, Missouri. 1887, p. 775.

The names that appear above are borne by men who are destined to occupy positions of esteem and wide influence in their, respective communities before a great time shall have elapsed, and judging by their career in the past and their present commodious and substantial surroundings, the future for them is full of promise. Children of the same parents, and therefore brothers, and brought up together, they are however owners of different farms, but their life history has seemed so interwoven _ not to permit of separation. Abraham Darlington, the father, was a native of Pennsylvania and by trade a mason. He married a lady of the same State as himself—Miss Charlotte Brinton, who became the mother of eight children. Of these Weldon, the fifth child and third son, was born in Chester county, Pa., February 10, 1851. He grew to manhood there, acquiring a thorough knowledge of the carpenter’s trade, and continued to follow that calling at his old home until coming to this county December 25, 1878. Here his attention has since been directed to agricultural pursuits and the stock industry, and as is well known the latter is receiving the principal part of his time and efforts. The improvements upon his place and the expenditures and. outlays put upon this good farm of 568 acres in recent years cannot fail of substantial results, while the good judgment and management manifested in the stock business is hound to bring forth a successful end. In 1881 Mr. Darlington was married to Miss Mary Spraker, and they have two children, Charlotte B. and Jennie E.

Martin Darlington is deserving of no less credit for the manner in which he has marked out his own career thus far in life. His birth also occurred in Chester County, Pa., his natal day being in 1855, so that he is not much beyond the age of 30 years. Like his brother he was reared to learn a trade, that of carpentering, and became well versed in its various details, but in later years he has made as much if not more, of a success in the stock business in connection with farming. His landed estate contains 700 acres, and of this 300 acres are devoted to clover and timothy, affording superior pasture for grazing purposes. In 1881 Miss Barbara Rohrer, an estimable young lady, became his wife, and they now have two little boys, Joseph and John. Mrs. Darlington was horn in Missouri and is a daughter of John O. Rohrer, Esq., not unknown to the many readers of this volume.