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Below is a family biography included in The History of Warrick County, Indiana published by Goodspeed, Bros. & Co. in 1885. 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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CHARLES F. PICKER, one of Boonville’s most progressive merchants, is a native of Germany, his birth occurring August 16, 1843. He is the eldest of two children born to Charles F. and Louisa (Lucking) Picker, who emigrated from the old country to Cincinnati, O., in 1845, where the father died in 1849. Charles F. Picker, Jr., the subject of this biography, was reared and educated in Cincinnati and at the age of eighteen years he enlisted in Company C, Sixteenth Regiment of United States Infantry, serving his country faithfully three years. After the war he was employed by a New Albany wholesale dry goods house as traveling salesman, a position he retained twelve years. In 1876 he came to Boonville and embarked in the dry goods and general merchandise business, where he has since continued with success. Mr. Picker was married to Carrie H. Hill, of Louisville, Ky., on the 1st of April, 1865, and by her he is the father of three sons and two daughters. He is a member of the Masonic brotherhood, and Mrs. Picker belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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This family biography is one of 274 biographies included in The History of Warrick County, Indiana portion of the book: History of Warrick, Spencer and Perry Counties Indiana published in 1885 by Goodspeed, Bros. & Co. For the complete description, click here: Warrick County, Indiana History and Genealogy
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