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Below is a family biography included in The History of Miami 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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JOHN SHARP, farmer; P. O. Piqua. To the above name, we are pleased to accord a space in this volume; he was born in Ireland in 1814, and is a son of William and Jane (Ginn) Sharp, who were both natives of Ireland, where they lived and died. John was the only child born to them; he was raised to farming, and in 1833, emigrated to United States and located in Piqua, this county, where he, in 1852, married Sarah A. Correll, who was a native of New Jersey, and is a daughter of John B. and Sarah Correll, who were both born in New Jersey, and are now dead. John and Sarah Sharp are the parents of four children, viz., Sarah J., Mary E., Rebecca C. and Bayard. After the above marriage, they made several changes, bought and sold land several times, mostly out of this county, but in 1870, bought their present farm of 80 acres, in Sec. 15, whereon they moved, and are now comfortably situated for life.
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