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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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KELLOGG & JONES, law firm, West Milton. Edward Payson Kellogg, the senior member, was born Nov. 3, 1830, in Jamaica, Windham Co., Vt.; came to Ohio Dec. 6, 1852, and entered upon the profession of civil engineering, for which he was educated; he commenced, in December, 1859, the practice of law in West Milton, where he has followed his profession ever since. He married Anna Maria Nishwitz Oct. 25, 1854, the daughter of George Nishwitz, then a merchant of West Milton; their children were Frederick Albertus, born Nov. 12, 1855, died April 1, 1859; Mary Emma, March 30, 1858; Frances Henrietta, May 20, 1860; Clara E., Nov. 6, 1862; George Nishwitz, Dec. 21, 1864; Charles White, Sept. 23, 1867; Willis Arthur, Nov. 3, 1869, and Newton Esta, July 6, 1877. Samuel C. Jones, the junior member of the firm of Kellogg & Jones, was born Jan. 21, 1855, in Union Township, Miami Co., Ohio; his father was a farmer and reared a large family of boys, training them to habits of industry on the farm, but giving to each a liberal education; among them are one physician, one lawyer and two preachers. Samuel married the eldest daughter of his law partner, and has one child, a boy- Victor W., born Aug. 7, 1879. He was admitted to the bar April 7, 1879.
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