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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 7 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1887. 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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JOHN C. SCHROLL, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, was born August 20, 1845, a son of Martin and Dorothea (Fleckenstein) Schroll, natives of Bavaria, Germany. Martin Schroll immigrated to Cincinnati in 1840, where he engaged in marble and free stone business, but moved to Newport in 1848, where he engaged in the same business several years. John C. Schroll was educated in Newport, and worked in and carried on the stone business until 1869, when he began the study of law; attended the Cincinnati Law School in 1869-70, where he graduated in 1871. In 1874 he was elected circuit clerk of Campbell County, which office he has held continuously since, his present term expiring in 1892. May 5, 1870, he married Miss Martha Band, of Newport, and seven children have blessed their union.
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This family biography is one of 41 biographies included in the Campbell County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 7 published in 1887 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company. For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 7
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