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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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JAMES COOGAN, farmer, P. O. Fayetteville, son of Hugh and Bridget (Dyer) Coogan, was born in Wicklow County, Ireland, in 1807. He was raised on a farm, and was also engaged with his father quite extensively in the butchering business. He was married, July 29, 1836, to Elizabeth Ward, by whom he had six children, four living — Eliza, Hugh, John and Bridget. They emigrated to this country in 1842 and settled in Cincinnati, where they resided a number of years and where his wife died of cholera in 1851. He again married in Cincinnati in 1853, to Elizabeth, daughter of Laughlin and Ellen (O’Connol) Byrne. They have had nine children, seven living — Mary A., Julia, Ellen, James, Michael, William and Joseph. In 1855 he came to this township and bought sixty acres of land three miles south east of Fayetteville, where he now lives. Family are all members of the Catholic Church.
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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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