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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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JOHN COSLETT, Jr., miller, Ripley, is a son of John and Sarah (Potts) Coslett, settled in this county in 1831. He (John), with two others, purchased the mill in 1855 and continued its business for fourteen years, when his two sons, John, Jr., and Joseph, succeeded him. This firm control a large trade, and in favorable seasons turn out from ten to twelve thousand barrels of flour per year. The subject of this sketch enlisted in 1863 in Company I, Eleventh Regiment Ohio Cavalry, and, after a service through the war, was sent to the frontier, with headquarters at Fort Laramie, Dakota, where his service closed. He was married, in 1871, to Miss Hannah Hass, a native of Brown County. This union has been blessed with six children, all of whom are living, viz.: Joseph, Charles, Annie, Ermie P., Clarence and Edna. Mr. C. has served as School Director, and in 1880 was a defeated candidate in the run for County Sheriff. The family are widely known, and their business as millers has been entirely successful.

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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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