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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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JACKSON CRAWFORD, farmer, P. O. Mt. Oreb, was born January 18, 1829, in Highland County, Ohio, his parents are James S. (deceased) and Eleanor Crawford. He has from his youth up been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and received a fair English education. On March 3, 1852, he married Elizabeth A. League, by whom he had eleven children, eight of whom are now living, viz., Charles L., Martha E., Nancy E., Cary R., Edward S., Jesse L., Maggie B. and Hanson E. In 1842, with his parents, he came to Green Township, Brown County, where he has served as Trustee and Clerk of the township. At one time he was a member of the I. O. O. F. at Mt. Oreb. He is the owner of 112 acres of land, in a fine state of cultivation. His father, James S. Crawford, was born in 1800, in Virginia, and about 1819, emigrated to Highland County, Ohio, where he married Eleanor Fenner, by whom he had five children, three of whom are now living — Andrew, John F. and Jackson. In 1842, he settled in Green Township, Brown County, where his son, John F., at present resides. He departed this life May 22, 1857; his widow survives him, now in her eighty-second year.
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