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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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WILLIAM SNODGRASS, farmer; P. O. Piqua; was born in Miami Co., Ohio, Aug. 24, 1826, and is a son of Thomas and Lucinda (Meighers) Snodgrass. Thomas was born in Virginia Jan. 9, 1795, and Lucinda, near Pittsburgh, Penn., April 24, 1805. They were among the early pioneers of Miami Co., where Thomas followed farming chiefly during life, which ended in 1870. They were the parents of eight children—six are now living, of whom William is the eldest. He was raised to agricultural pursuits, and obtained a fair education; he purchased his present farm of 160 acres, in Secs. 8 and 9, Spring Creek Township, a part of which he has owned for the past twenty-nine years; in his early life, he taught school a few years, and since residing on his present farm, filled the official duty of Justice of the Peace seventeen years, Township Trustee, etc. The marriage of William Snodgrass and Eunice Sanders was celebrated March 13, 1851. They by this marriage have had six children, three are now living— Henrietta, now Mrs. W. F. Sims, Lucinda, now Mrs. H. Houser, and Franklin. Henrietta, when at home, through respect to and for remembrance of her ancestors and friends, accumulated locks of hair, from which a beautiful wreath was manufactured; this is now an ornament to the room and is highly prized.
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This family biography is one of 964 biographies included in The History of Miami County, Ohio published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co. For the complete description, click here: Miami County, Ohio History and Genealogy
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