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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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JOHN C. BRECKENRIDGE, farmer, P. O. Fincastle, was born April 14, 1830, in Eagle Township. Brown County, Ohio, near where he at present resides. His parents were Samuel and Mary (Cross) Breckenridge. They settled in Eagle Township about the year 1829, and were the parents of nine children, four of whom are still living — John C., Mary J., Eliza R. and Sarah T. Samuel died in October, 1878; his widow survives him, now in her seventy-ninth year. Our subject was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. In March, 1857, he married Elizabeth J. Duffy, by whom he had one child — Mary C. She died in May, 1858. He subsequently married Ella Blair, daughter of William and Louisa Blair, of Pike Township, Brown County. This union has been blessed with four children, viz., William J., Robert W., James S. and Sarah L. Mr. Breckenridge has served as Treasurer one year, and Justice of the Peace nine years, for Eagle Township. He is the owner of seventy-five acres of land, located near Fincastle.
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