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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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L. D. FALKNOR, farmer and dairy; P. O. Covington. L. D., son of David Falknor, a native of this county, was born near West Milton in 1816; was raised near Covington, upon his father’s farm, afterward belonging to him; he put all the improvements upon the farm; during the thirty years of his married life, there were only three seasons that he did not put up a building of some kind. He died Feb. 19, 1880, a highly respected citizen. L. D. was born June 9, 1851, near Covington; he was raised and educated upon the farm where he lives; besides farming he has been engaged in the dairy business for about four years; he supplies Covington with milk that gives general satisfaction, he married Miss Ellen, a daughter of James Kelsey, deceased, Oct. 14, 1872; they had three children— Gracey Alma, Pearl and James William.
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