LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Lydia Huber {the Company's Corporate Secretary} and Marilyn Johnson
{other authorized officer} signing singly, and with full power of substitution,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,
and submit to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission a Form ID,
including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate
to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic
filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission of reports
required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or
regulation of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5
and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.

	The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)               this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, any
such attorney-in-fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to
such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)               any documents prepared and/or executed by any such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such
attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)               neither the Company nor any such attorney-in-fact assumes (i)
any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (ii) any liability of the
undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any
obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section
16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(4)               this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including without limitation, the reporting
requirements under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.


	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this __16th day of October, 2020.

                                              /s/ Jo ELLEN HORNISH

                                              Signature


                                                JO ELLEN HORNISH
                                         _________________________________
                                         Print Name

STATE OF OHIO

COUNTY OF FULTON

	On this ____16th_______ day of October, 2020, Jo Ellen Hornish personally
appeared before me, and acknowledged that she executed the foregoing instrument
for the purposes therein contained.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.


                                         ____Julie Katakis_________
                                         Notary Public

                                         _Notary Public, State of Ohio ___
                                         My Commission Expires: July 17, 2024