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Below is a family biography included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1883. 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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ABRAM LIMING, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, son of Abram and Mary Liming, was born in Clark Township, Brown Co., Ohio, May 28, 1833. Abram Liming, Sr., was a son of Joseph Liming, one of the first settlers in Clark Township. (See Township history.) The subject of this sketch was married in 1859, to Nancy Jane, daughter of James Montgomery, by whom he had five children — Emma Belle, Anna Eliza, Edward, Eugene and Wesley. Mrs. Liming died in 1868, and Mr. Liming was married in 1871 to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Martin and Matilda (Creager) Reddick, of Sterling Township. They have three children — Luella, Mary Elizabeth and Martin Reddick. Mr. Liming was drafted in 1865, and paid $1,000 for a substitute. He is one of our quiet, hard-working farmers — one of the kind of men that makes a community prosperous.
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This family biography is one of 992 biographies included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published in 1883 by W. H. Beers & Co. For the complete description, click here: Brown County, Ohio History and Genealogy
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