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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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HENRY WARDLOW, farmer, P. O. New Hope, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Nesbit) Wardlow, was born in the present limits of Brown County May 12, 1812; his parents were both natives of Virginia; his father came to Ohio in 1798, with his grandfather, and settled near the Forks of White Oak Creek, with no white settler within ten miles of them. His father served a campaign in the war of 1812, and his uncle William Wardlow was wounded at St. Clair’s defeat, so he was unable to make his retreat, and the last seen of him he was sitting against a tree and said, “I will try and save another red skin before I die.” The pioneer life of the Wardlows would be voluminous and interesting, but much of it is lost. The subject of this sketch was married to Mary L., daughter of Benjamin Purdum, and raised a family of seven children — William (married Maxie, daughter of John Wright), Benjamin F. (married Sarah, daughter of William Campbell). Elizabeth (wife of O. F Dunn, deceased), Mary M. (wife of Peter McKee), Thomas (married Margaret, daughter of Frances M. Patton), James (married Maranda J., daughter of John Davison), Nancy (wife of J. J. Hiler). Mr. Wardlow settled just above the village of New Hope, where he owns 166 ½ acres of well-cultivated land. He also owns and runs a portable saw-mill.
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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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