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Below is a family biography included in The History of Posey County, Indiana by John C. Leffel and published by Standard Publishing Company in 1913. 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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Dr. T. J. Hall, of Caborn, Ind., was born March 15, 1862, in Harrison county, Kentucky. He was a son of Volney and Nancy (Oder) Hall. His early life was spent on the farm, attending the district schools at intervals. Later he attended school at Lebanon, Ohio, after which he taught in the public schools for a few years. He took his medical degree at the Cincinnati School of Medicine and Surgery, graduating March 22, 1892, at the age of thirty years. He began the practice of medicine at Springfield, Ind.; afterwards spent some time at Grafton, and practiced awhile at Mt. Vernon. In the summer of 1889 he took a special course in the diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, in New York City. He located in Caborn, Posey county, in 1897, and has resided there ever since. He was married to Miss Lena Kuhn, of Farmersville, Ind., in 1896. One son, Morris, has blessed this union.
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