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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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JAMES McCARREN (deceased), son of Thomas and Alice McCarren, was born in Ireland about 1816. When he was about eighteen years old, his parents came to this country, and settled in Providence, R. I., where they resided about six years. They then removed to Cincinnati, where he was engaged in an iron foundry about nine years, and was married in 1842, to Henrietta, daughter of Joseph and Barbara Seitzer. They have eleven children — Thomas, Joseph, Alice, Barbara, James, John, Frank, Rosa, George, Mary and William. They came to this township in 1851, and bought 100 acres of land, near Chasetown, since which time they have bought fifty-three acres, adjoining. Mr. McCarren died October 1, 1868. The family are members of the Catholic Church of Fayetteville. Mrs. McCarren’s parents came to this township from Indiana in 1852. Her father died November 19, 1872; and mother, April 16, 1873, interred at Fayetteville.
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