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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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R. A. BROWN, retired farmer, P. O. White Oak. To another of the early settlers of Pike Township we are pleased to allot a space in this biographical album of this work. He has been a resident of this county since his birth, which took place June 11, 1819, and has been schooled in the pioneer days of Brown County, passing through many privations and hardships that can be described by only those that experienced the trials of those days. He was raised to farm life, and shortly after his marriage he began farming as a renter. Thus he continued for a few years, when he bought fifty-three acres; not liking the location, he sold and purchased two other tracts, and neither of these tracts suiting him, he sold and bought 126 acres where he now resides. His marriage with Elizabeth Wardlow, was solemnized September 30, 1840. The following children were the issue of this marriage, eleven in number, of whom seven now survive: Mary, Martha, William R., Adda, Robert L., Jackson J. and James H.
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