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Below is a family biography included in The History of Spencer County, Indiana published by Goodspeed, Bros. & Co. in 1885. 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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A. M. SIDWELL, a native of Spencer County, Ind., was born August 24, 1851. He is the youngest son in a family of five sons and five daughters born to Joseph and Julia (Masterson) Sidwell, both natives of Kentucky. About 1836, they came to Spencer County, Ind., and located on a farm in Grass Township, where they remained until 1853. In that year they removed to Northfield, Minn., remaining seven years. They then returned to Spencer County, where they lived in Grandview and Hammond Townships, until their deaths—the former in March, 1882, and the latter in 1863. Andes M. Sidwell remained at home working on the farm for his father until attaining his majority. In 1872 he began his career as a farmer, in which business he continued until 1879, when he went to Kansas and learned the jeweler’s trade of his brother. After serving an apprenticeship of two years, he returned and established his present business, in which he is very successful. December 31, 1873, he married Evaline Sargent, a native of Spencer County, Ind. They have had four children, three of whom, Thomas C., Joseph E., and Elva E., are living.
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This family biography is one of 344 biographies included in The History of Spencer County, Indiana portion of the book: History of Warrick, Spencer and Perry Counties Indiana published in 1885 by Goodspeed, Bros. & Co. For the complete description, click here: Spencer County, Indiana History and Genealogy
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