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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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GEORGE W. WILSON, farmer, P. O. Eastwood, son of Curtis and Isabel (Gray) Wilson, was born in Sterling Township, Brown Co., Ohio, May 1, 1834. His father was a native of Vermont, and his mother of Hamilton County. George Gray, grandfather, was a soldier of the war of 1812, and was the largest man in his regiment, being six feet and seven inches in his stockings, and weighing 250 pounds. The subject of this sketch was married, in 1862, to Amelia Bell, daughter of Steward and Minerva Rounds. They have six children — Alice (wife of John M. Arthur), William, Steward, Lawrence, Bertha, Isaac Sharp. Mr. Wilson was raised on a farm, and now occupies a nice little farm of his own near Eastwood Station on the C. & E. R. R. He is a Democrat of the old school.
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This family biography is one of 992 biographies included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published in 1883 by W. H. Beers & Co. For the complete description, click here: Brown County, Ohio History and Genealogy
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