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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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F. M. STEPHENSON, farmer, P. O. Ripley, was born in Union Township in the year 1843, and is a son of Mills and Eleanor (Flaugher) Stephenson, old settlers, whose sketches appear in this book. She was a daughter of David Flaugher, of whom mention is made in this work. The early life of our subject was passed in this and Union Townships, and he received a common school education. He was married, December 16, 1875, to Sarah E., the daughter of Hon. E. M. Fitch, an old settler, of whom mention is made in this work. After his marriage, he lived two years at Logan’s Gap, where he was engaged in handling and pressing tobacco, after which he removed to his farm, but still continued to handle tobacco. He owns 165 acres of well improved land, which has been accumulated by him since living on the farm. He still continues in the tobacco business, began in 1873. He has been Trustee of this Township two terms, and is a member of Ripley Lodge. No. 71, F. and A. M., and Chapter No. 82. He has the following children: Portia, Clay, Black, Marian, Oliver, and Eleanor West.
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