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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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J. W. GUTHRIE, physician and surgeon, Aberdeen, was born in Highland County, Ohio, in 1841, and is a son of Andrew Guthrie, a native of Ohio. William, the father of Andrew, was from Pennsylvania, and located in Warren County, Ohio, in 1812. The boyhood of our subject was passed mostly in Martinsville, Ohio. His elementary education was developed in the Ohio Wesleyan University. He studied medicine under his father, who was a physician; he entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1858, and graduated in 1859. The same year, he located in Aberdeen, where he has since given exclusive attention to the demands of his practice. In July, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was detailed to hospital duty; owing to ill health, he was discharged in December of the same year. In 1863, he was married to Mary, the daughter of Capt. J. C. Power. He was elected Mayor of Aberdeen in 1875, and is the present incumbent of that office. In 1882, he was elected Treasurer of the township.
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