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Below is a family biography included in The History of Miami 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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DAVIS T. JESTER, farmer; P. O. Ginghamsburg; is one of the sons of William S. and Ann Jester, who take front rank among the pioneers, William being born in 1801; his wife, Ann Pearson, was Benjamin Pearson’s daughter, and was born in 1800; they came from South Carolina, and their family history may be traced to the coming of William Penn; their marriage was in 1824, as nearly as can be ascertained, and they were the parents of ten children— Davis, Mary, Harry, Magdalena, Lavina A. and Lucinda are living, and all married except Mary; Davis was married to Miss Keren H. Evans in 1868; she was the daughter of Robert and May Evans, who were married in 1835, and had six children— Mary L., Aaron, Jesse J., Keren H., Robert M. and Elizabeth; all are living except the two eldest. Davis and his wife are the parents of two children— Davis L. and Ira; Mr. Jester was previously married to Miss Jane Coate, in 1862; they had two children— Delia S. and Charles W.; their mother died in 1864; they live on a nice farm of 85 acres; his father lives with Henry Harshman, the husband of Lucinda. William Jester is next to the oldest man now living in this township.
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