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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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FOUNTAIN INSKEEP, farmer, P. O. Ash Ridge, is a son of James Inskeep, an account of whose life appears in the general history of this township. Our subject was born April 14, 1822, in what is now known as Brown Co.. Ohio. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. On January 29, 1846, he married Elleanor West, daughter of Edward and Sarah West, of Brown County. This union has been blessed with eleven children, viz.: James, Edward, George, Job, Origen, Reason, Sarah E., Susan, Martha A., Ella and Mary. In 1870, he moved to a farm in the southwestern portion of Jackson Township, where he still resides. He has served as Trustee and Clerk for Jackson Township, also as Justice of the Peace for twelve years. Mr. Inskeep is of a modest, unassuming nature, a man of good judgment, reliable integrity and unblemished character, and the owner of 250 acres of land, in a good state of cultivation.
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