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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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PATRICK SAVAGE, attorney, Fayetteville, son of George and Sarah A. (Cane) Savage, was born in Perry Township, near the Ursuline Convent, May 4, 1844. He was reared on a farm till eighteen years of age, when he was bound to Judge Sloane, Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio. He remained about one week, when himself and another student, James Vickers, concluded to run away, and as the war of the rebellion was then raging, they enrolled their names. Patrick enlisted in Cincinnati, in the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Capt. Lewis. He was in thirty-six engagements, including skirmishes, and after serving three years he was discharged at Nashville, and returned to Fayetteville and read law under James H. Thompson, of Hillsboro, and was admitted to the bar at Georgetown, September 11, 1868, and has since practiced in this village, where he is enjoying a good practice. He was married here, January 6, 1869, to Rosa A., daughter of Joseph and Rosa A. Brulport, born in Boston, Clermont Co., Ohio, in 1851. They have three children living — George F., Rosa B. and Clifford; two deceased, Francis and Clarence.
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