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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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THOMAS B. WENRICK, farmer and minister; P. O. Union City; residence Sec. 26. This gentleman was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., upon the 26th of March, 1818; at 2 years of age, he removed with his parents to Cumberland Co., Penn.; in 1836, he came to Montgomery Co., Ohio, and in 1838 located in Miami Co.; in 1841, he came to Darke Co., and, after a residence of six years, came to Darke Co. and located in Jackson Township in the year 1847, where he has lived thirty-two years within a distance of three-fourths of a mile; in 1853, he commenced preaching, and has since continued the same in connection with farming; he now has 220 acres of land, with good farm buildings. Mr. Wenrick was a son of Thomas and Esther (Brant) Wenrick; his father was born in Pennsylvania, and died in Miami Co., Ohio, in 1853; his mother was also a native of Pennsylvania, and died a few years after the death of her husband.
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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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