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Below is a family biography included in The History of Switzerland County, Indiana published by Weakley, Harraman & Co. in 1885. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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GEORGE W. DUFOUR, farmer, Jefferson Township, was born in this county September 15, 1826, and enjoyed the benefits of the Vevay “select” schools of those times. He has been a farmer all his life, except making a few trips down the river to New Orleans on flat-boats about 1847, and after the war to Vicksburgh. He married Harriet E. Thiebaud, and by this union was born Charles A., July 10, 1864. After the death of his first wife he married Eliza Burnand, a native of Lousiana, born May 10, 1848. Mr. Dufour is a member of Indiana Lodge No. 126, I. O. O. F. He is also a member of the Baptist Church, and an esteemed citizen of the township.
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This family biography is one of 215 biographies included in The History of Switzerland County, Indiana published in 1885 by Weakley, Harraman & Co. For the complete description, click here: Switzerland County, Indiana History and Genealogy
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