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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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W. O. DAUM, book-keeper, Levanna, was born at Higginsport September 10, 1860. He is the son of Philip J. and Bertha (Boehm) Daum, and the eldest of a family of six children. His mother emigrated from Germany when she was fourteen years of age, with her parents, Frederick and Caroline Boehm. She was one of a family of sixteen children; her parents stopped a short time at Cincinnati; then moved to a farm on Straight Creek, above Arnheim, and afterward near Higginsport, where both died. The paternal great-grandfather of our subject, Frederick Daum, emigrated to America from Germany in 1828; he remained eight years in Beaver County, Penn.; thence came to Brown County; he died at Higginsport. His son, Philip, grandfather of W. O., married Christina Kantz, and died in Mexico soon after the close of the Mexican war. Philip J. Daum was the oldest of his three children, two sons and one daughter. He was born in Vicksburg, Miss., June 3, 1838, and the year following his parents returned to Brown County; he is now residing at Higginsport. W. O. received his education in his native village. In 1877, he accepted a position in Boyd’s store, at Levanna, and remained three years. January 1, 1881, he went to Cincinnati and completed a commercial course at Nelson’s Business College. Since his return, he has been book-keeper in the Boyd Manufacturing Company at Levanna. He was married, November 10, 1881, to Miss Mattie Boyd, daughter of Capt. C. W. Boyd.

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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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