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Below is a family biography included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880. 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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BENJAMIN C. JACKSON, farmer and teacher; P. O. Arcanum. Born in New Jersey July 4, 1828; his parents being dead, he lived with his grandfather until 1845, when he entered the Mt. Retirement Seminary, Sussex Co., Vt., where he remained until 1848, then engaged in teaching till 1851, at which time he entered upon duty with the N.Y. & E.R.R. Co. as telegraph, freight and ticket agent at Chester, Orange Co., N, Y., where he remained until 1856; he then engaged as book-keeper in a wholesale cigar and liquor store in New York City until 1857, and since has been principally engaged in teaching. In 1861, he united in marriage in Montgomery Co., Ohio, with Mary A. Kimmel, and by this union has two children; viz., Carrie V. and George E. In 1872, he came to Darke Co. and bought the farm of 57 acres where he now lives, in Sec. 7, valued at $3,500.
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