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Below is a family biography included in County of Todd, Kentucky, Historical and Biographical edited by William Henry Perrin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Co. in 1884.  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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M. HALL, firm of Levy & Hall, dry goods, is a native of Bohemia. In 1845 he came to Grant County, Wis.; was there employed in the dry goods business, where he remained two or three years; he then removed to Randolph County, Ill.; continued in the same business there about three years, after which he went to Louisville, Ky.; there he remained but a short time, and after various other changes came to Hadensville in 1853, and for the past thirty years has been a resident of this locality. He is the oldest business man in Guthrie, and with the exception of an absence of about eight months, he has been in business in Guthrie the past fifteen years. The present firm was established in 1884. Mr. Hall was married, in 1854, to Miss B. J. Halscel, of Montgomery County, Tenn. This lady died October 27, 1883, aged fifty, leaving two children-one son and one daughter.

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This family biography is one of 200 biographies included in The History of Todd County, Kentucky published in 1884.  For the complete description, click here: Todd County, Kentucky History and Genealogy

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