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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 7 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1887. 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 A. ZWICK, a native of Wurtemburg, Germany, was born March 14, 1836, and is a son of George and Frederica (Bracher) Zwick. He was reared in Goettingen, Germany; immigrated to the United States in 1847, and first settled in Cleveland, Ohio, but subsequently moved to Cincinnati, attending the English schools in the latter place and in Hamilton. At the age of twenty-one he returned to Germany, and attended the university at Tubingon, and two years, afterward graduated in pharmacy. He then returned to the United States, settling in Cincinnati, where he engaged in the drug business from 1851 to 1857, and again from 1859 to 1865. In the latter year he removed to Covington, Kenton Co., Ky., when he engaged in the same business, and now owns two stores, one on the corner of Eleventh and Madison Streets, and the other at 15 Madison Street, Cincinnati. In November, 1865, he married Miss Julia Taxis, a native of Germany, who bore him four children, viz.: Albert, Carl, Amanda and Augusta.
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This family biography is one of 150 biographies included in the Kenton County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 7 published in 1887 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company. For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 7
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