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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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LEWIS TROUTMAN, farmer, P. O. Higginsport, is a son of Henry Troutman, who was born in Germany May 13, 1811, and died in this township March 19, 1882. He emigrated to America after arriving at his majority, or about 1839, and located in Ripley, where, on January 28, 1842, he married Catharine New. She was a sister of Peter New, and was born in Germany, in 1826, and, at three years of age, came to America; she died December 24, 1868. They settled in Eagle Township, this County, where they resided until 1866, when they removed to the farm now owned by our subject, where her death occurred. She was the mother of nine children, of whom four now survive. One of the deceased children grew to maturity but was stricken down and died with that fatal disease of which the mother died - consumption. Of the four surviving children, Lewis, our subject, is the youngest, and was born November 15, 1850, in Eagle Township, Brown County, Ohio, and was sixteen years of age, when, with his parents, he came to Lewis Township, and here he arrived at his majority, finishing his education in the common school of their neighborhood. He remained at home with his parents, and early learned the rudiments of farming, which has been the honorable occupation of his life. He now owns a good farm of ninety-four acres of land, which is under good cultivation. He gives his attention to raising tobacco, cultivating yearly eight to ten acres of the same. He is well and comfortably settled in life, and is one of the enterprising farmers of Lewis Township. On March 3, 1872, Mr. Troutman was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Shotsman, who is of German descent, but born in Brown County July 23, 1851. By this union they have two children — Flora C. and Ollie L. Two of Mr. Troutman’s sisters, yet unmarried, reside with him at his pleasant home. Mr. Troutman is a citizen highly esteemed and respected throughout his community, justly possessing the confidence of the people. He is now one of the Trustees of Lewis Township, to which office he was elected in the spring of 1881.

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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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