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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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WILLIAM BRINDLEY, Jr., farmer, Craig Township, is a son of William Brindley, Sr. He was born in Pleasant Township March 28, 1823. His early life was passed in a manner common with farmers’ sons and in the district schools he obtained a limited education. At the age of eighteen, he began boating, and has made fifteen or more successful trips to New Orleans. In 1844 he married Lucinda Huckleberry, and located in Craig Township, in which he has since resided and been prosperous. He enlisted in September of 1864, in Company B, of the One Hundred and Fortieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served his country till the close of the war, doing much hard marching, and considerable skirmishing. Officially he has served one term as trustee of Craig Township, and is now one of the board of county commissioners, having been elected by his Democratic constituency. He is one of the large real estate owners, owning 350 acres of land, which he farms to stock, hay and grain. Mr. Brindley and his estimable wife are the parents of ten children, viz.: Albert A., William W., Ira M., John H., Daniel A., Edward H., Jasper N., James M., Henry J., Mary E. All the above children are living.
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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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