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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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J. WISWELL, of the firm of Spencer & Wiswell, stock-dealers, and of the firm of Wiswell & Co., meat market, was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1856, and received his rudimentary education in the district schools of his native county. He then spent three years in a literary course at the Grand River Institute, of Ohio, and afterward two years in the Wooster University, of Ohio; meantime he engaged in the profession of teaching, and was connected with it in Ohio till 1880, two years of which he spent as teacher in Wooster University. In 1880, he came here and accepted the principalship of the city schools, and has reputably held it to the present year, meantime engaging in the above named industries successfully. On Christmas, 1879, he married Miss Jennie E. Bishop, of Harpers-field, Ohio. They have one little girl— Alice J. Mr. Wiswell has worked actively in all measures tending toward the development of the industries of the city since locating here.

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This family biography is one of 289 biographies included in The History of Cherokee County, Kansas included within the History of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published by A. T. Andreas, 1883.  For the complete description, click here: Cherokee County, Kansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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