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Below is a family biography included in The History of Cherokee County, Kansas included within the History of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published by A. T. Andreas, 1883. 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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A. D. WILSON, strawberry farmer, P. O. Columbus, was born in Ohio, September 26, 1820. At the age of twenty-one he began the study of medicine, and after reading three years he attended lectures at Cincinnati, Ohio. After a short visit to Wisconsin, he returned to Ohio in 1844, and in 1848 went to Illinois, where he commenced the active practice of his profession, and followed it twenty-one years. He came to Kansas in 1869, and is now located in Columbus, where he has been engaged in improving his farm, and turning it into a straw berry farm. He has now about twelve acres of vines.
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