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Below is a family biography included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 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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COLLINS BOOTHBY, farmer, P. O. New Hope, was born in Scott Township September 21, 1838. He is a son of James and Elizabeth (Dives) Boothby, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Maryland. Our subject received a common school education, and having adopted farming for an occupation, has followed it with good results, now having 178 ½ acres of land in his native township. In 1859, he married Lydia Ann Wardlow, a daughter of Preston and Nancy Wardlow, and by her had ten children — James P., Nancy E., Perry Lee, Lewis Warren, Emma, Charles W., Sarah E., Mary Nellie, N. C. and Edward. The parents and five oldest children are members of the Christian Church, in which the father has been a Deacon. He is a Democrat in politics, and has occupied the offices of Trustee, Clerk of the Township, School Director and Supervisor. He is highly respected in the neighborhood.
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