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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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LEWIS BOLENDER, farmer, P. O. Higginsport. This gentleman is a descendant of a noble progenitor and pioneer, Stephen Bolender, and was born January 29, 1826, in Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio. He grew to manhood on his father’s farm and assisted in clearing it up. During his early life, he enjoyed the common schools of that day, and remained at home until 1850, when he, with his brother, purchased a part of his present farm, and two years later married Cyntheanna Love, a descendant of Alexander Love, elsewhere mentioned in this work. She was born in Franklin Township. Clermont County, Ohio, July 5, 1834, where she was raised, educated and married. Early in their united life, they settled on his farm, where they still live, and have taken it from a dense forest to a well-improved farm of 250 acres. His principal crops are corn, wheat and tobacco. Mr. and Mrs. Bolender are the parents of nine children, of whom seven are now living.
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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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