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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 E. TEAL, grocer, Sec. 4; P. O. Hill Grove; was born in Wabash Co., Ind., May 6, 1837, and moved to this township in 1858; was raised a farmer, but has followed the grocery business from the time he moved to this county; is and has been four years County Coroner; was Postmaster many years, and is now acting deputy; the office is and has been in his store about twelve years; has been School Director a number of years, also railroad and express agent; when a boy in Wabash Co., Ind., his nearest neighbors and playmates were Indians; thus fresh in his memory are the recollections of border life, the games, sports, and turbulence of semi-civilization; his father, Walter Teal, settled there, on Eel River, in 1836; he was born in Vermont Dec. 11, 1784, and married Rebecca Stephenson, of Fairfield Co., Ohio (where she was born Jan. 7, 1807); he died Dec. 11, 1841 she March 23, 1878. Thomas E. Teal married Ellen Crouse, of Darke Co., Ohio, Feb. 1, 1862; she died Jan. 8, 1864, leaving one daughter, Olive R.; his second marriage was with Lucetta Heckerman, of the same place (Hill Grove) Feb. 27, 1868.
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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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