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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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JOSEPH GRAY, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born in this township in 1799, and is a son of John and Polly Gray, of whom mention is made in the sketch of James S. Gray. Our subject was reared on the farm and married Jane, the daughter of William and Elizabeth Kilgore, in 1818, since when he has lived in this township. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, to which they have belonged for forty years; to them have been born sixteen children, eight of whom are living — William, Nancy, Lovina, Eliza, Mary A., Isabelle, Susan and Joseph; the deceased are John, Oliver, Malinda, Abba, Mary, Jane, James and an infant. Mr. Gray owns at present 200 acres of good land; Oliver Gray was a member of Company F, Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in Tennessee in 1862.
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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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