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PETER S. WOMACKS, farmer, P. O. Russellville, was born June 2, 1826, in Franklin Township, Brown Co., Ohio. His parents were Terry and Roxie (Reynolds) Womacks. He received a good English education, which he acquired, principally, by studying at night in a log-cabin, and burning hickory bark in a fire-place as a means of obtaining light. When about nineteen years of age he began to teach school, which he followed for perhaps eighteen years, during the fall and winter terms, and during the summer season his time was devoted to farming. On April 7, 1848, he married Amanda Heaton, by whom he had eleven children, eight of whom are still living; she died in July, 1870. He again married in December, 1874, this time to Jennie Hunter, by whom he had one child — Ettie L. He is a member of the Russellville Lodge, F. & A. M., of which he is, with one exception, the oldest member, and has been Worshipful Master for two terms. In 1864, he was elected Clerk of Jefferson Township, and served one year. While residing in Eagle Township, he served three years as Justice of the Peace. He is of Democratic antecedents, of Greenback proclivities and Republican convictions. Mr. Womacks is one of our substantial, self-made men, and a more honorable, law-abiding citizen Brown County cannot bring forth.