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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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REV. PETER A. HONAKER, carpenter and preacher, Hamersville, was born in Virginia November 11, 1829. He is the son of Samuel and Amelia (Wright) Honaker, natives of Virginia, of German and Scotch descent. Our subject commenced learning the carpenter trade at the age of eighteen years, and has followed it most of the time since then. He was married, in 1844, to Martha Jane Lovill, a native of North Carolina, by whom he has had eight children, of whom five, four boys and a girl, survive. Mr. Honaker, in politics, is not bound by party affiliations, but votes for the man he thinks would make the best public servant. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, in which he is a preacher.
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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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