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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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LEO. BRULPORT, merchant, Fayetteville, son of John F. and Frances (Bourgeois) Brulport, was born in France June 27, 1834. When nine months old, his parents came to the United States, and settled in Clermont County, Ohio, where his father, a farmer, resided ten years; he then came to this township and bought 138 acres of land on the East Fork of the Little Miami River, two and one-quarter miles north of Fayetteville. Mr. Brulport was married, in Fayetteville, in 1861, to Mary, daughter of Morris and Sarah Andriot, a native of France, born May 14, 1838. They have three daughters — Mary and Leona (twins), and Matilda. In February, 1869, Mr. Brulport came to this village and opened a general store, where he keeps a choice stock of dry goods, groceries, queensware, ready-made clothing, hats and caps, boots and shoes, hardware, millinery goods, etc.; carries a stock of about $4,000, and is doing a good flourishing business. The family are all members of the Catholic Church.
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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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