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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 JAMES, farmer, P. O. Marathon, Clermont Co., Ohio, son of John and Mary James, was born in France in 1819. In 1846, he came to this county and settled in this township two miles northeast of Fayetteville, where he kept a store one year and then went to New Orleans, where he remained over one year, and then returned to this township and was married, October 25, 1848, to Maria, daughter of Joseph and Mary A. (Matlet) Conrard. They have had ten children, seven living — Edmund J., Louisa, Charles, Julius, Elizabeth, William and Joseph. Shortly after his marriage, Mr. James bought twenty acres of land on Glady’s Run, this township; afterward purchased 170 more. He still owns 120 acres of it. In 1865, he bought 172 ½ of his present homestead near Marathon P. O., but in this township. His homestead now comprises 341 acres, 112 ½ of which are in Jackson Township, Clermont Co., Ohio. Mr. James has erected a fine residence on a beautiful natural eminence, at a cost of nearly $3,000. Himself and family are members of Catholic Church.
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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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