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Below is a family biography included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880.  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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REBECCA G. DAVISON, widow of Edwin R. Davison, deceased; Sec. 24, P. O. Ansonia. Edwin R. Davison was born in Greene Co., Ohio, Aug. 6, 1830 and died in Richland Township July 30, 1878, after several months of suffering with cancer. His father, Robert Davison, was born in Bourbon Co., Ky., April 8, 1798, and married Mary Stratton, March 26, 1829; she was born May 23, 1807, and died March 22, 1847; he now resides in York Township, Darke Co., with his daughter, Louisa Oliver; he moved to Darke Co., in 1831; by trade was a tanner and currier; he bought land in this township in 1830 and settled here, and engaged in farming, which he has ever since followed; he now owns 117 acres of his original purchase, and other lands in Brown Township. He married the second time, Aug. 8, 1847, Mary Brown; she died Aug. 16, 1865, leaving no issue; but by his first union were seven children, viz., Edwin R., the subject of this sketch; Louisa, present wife of David Oliver; Mary A. and Sarah A., twins; Mary A. deceased; she married James Deardoff, Sarah A. married Adam Coppess; Oscar A., Amanda F., who married Isaac Deardoff; Emily, married Irvin Warvel, both are deceased; and Mortimer, deceased; Edwin Davison, deceased, was raised a farmer, and always followed it; he married Rebecca G. Warvel, Jan. 27, 1853; she was born in Rockingham Co., Va., May 4, 1832, is a daughter of John Warvel (See George H. Warvel’s biography in this work.) Mr. and Mrs. Davison have had six children, viz.: Sarah J., born June 28, 1853, she married Riley Brandon; William H., born Sept. 4, 1855; Robert, Nov. 4, 1860; Iola M., Nov. 7, 1862; Luella, Jan. 17, 1866, died Oct. 4, 1867; Seymour, born Oct. 17, 1868. She owns 146 acres of land and a good home.

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This family biography is one of 659 biographies included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Darke County, Ohio History and Genealogy

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