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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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CHARLES CONRARD, farmer, P. O. Fayetteville, son of Joseph and Mary A. Conrard, was born in France in 1825. In 1832, his parents came to this country and settled in this township, about one mile southwest of Vera Cruz, where they bought sixty acres of land; his father died in 1874, and his mother in 1852; he was married in this township in 1850, to Frances Berger. They have had nine children, six living — Catherine, Mary A., Josephine, Julius, Louisa and Edmund. The deceased were Charles, Frances L. and Fannie. In 1852, Mr. Conrard bought 115 acres of the farm where he now lives, upon which he moved his family. By industry and economy he has added to it, till he now possesses 450 acres of fine land, 300 of which are under cultivation. The family are members of the Catholic Church of Fayetteville. Mr. Conrard’s father was an old soldier under Napoleon I. After serving two years, he was captured and sent to Spain, where he was held as a prisoner ten years; he taught school a number of years before and after he was in the war.
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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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