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Below is a family biography included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1883.  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. W. TROUT, merchant, Feesburg, son of John Trout, whose sketch appears in this volume, was born December 16, 1835, in Lewis Township, and was raised to farm life. He acquired a common school education, and since 1856, save a few intervals aggregating about seven years, has been engaged in the mercantile trade, and now carries a full line of all goods kept in a general retail store, and has connected with it the post office. He enjoys a favorable patronage, and is a good business man. He was married, May 5, 1860, to Miss E. J., daughter of Abraham W. Norris. She was born May 23, 1841. A. W. Norris was born during the war of 1812, and has been a long and faithful citizen of Brown County. He has devoted considerable time to farming and coopering, and about ten years to the mercantile trade in Feesburg. He has been one of the prominent pork dealers of the county. During the late war, he dealt largely in horses, furnishing them for military service. Publicly, he has served as Justice and Trustee of his township several terms. About 1836, he married Eliza Kendall, who was born near Steubenville, Ohio, June 21, 1816, and died in Brown County, Ohio, in 1878. She was the mother of five children, four of whom are now living. Eliza Kendall was a daughter of James and Charity (Cox) Kendall; the former was born in Maryland about 1780, and the latter in Virginia, near Halifax Court House, about the same time. The parents of James and Charity emigrated to Ohio, settling near Steubenville about the same year. In that vicinity they married, and in 1821 settled near Newtown, Hamilton Co., Ohio, and three years later, came to Brown County, locating near where Eden Church now stands. About 1830, he attended a mustering at Georgetown, and while riding home his horse took fright and threw him, near Bald Point, causing almost instant death. His body was conveyed home by Jesse R., father of Gen. Grant, who then lived in Georgetown. James Kendall was a good citizen, having lived in the county only about six years, leaving a wife, who remained his widow nearly forty years, when she died. He was a patriot in the war of 1812.

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This family biography is one of 992 biographies included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published in 1883 by W. H. Beers & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Brown County, Ohio History and Genealogy

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