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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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REV. MOSES P. PORTER, minister and farmer, Ripley, son of James B. and Mary Porter, was born in Union Township September 25, 1849. He was reared to maturity on his father’s farm and received the elements of his education in the Ohio Wesleyan University of Delaware, Ohio. In 1874, he entered the ministry, by joining the Central Illinois Conference, and subsequently was transferred to the South Kansas Conference, where he labored with encouraging success, up to 1881, when his health failed. He then returned to his native place and took charge of his father’s farm. November 4, 1873, he was united in marriage with Miss Maggie A. Coulter, a native of Union Township, where she was born February 25, 1855. She was a daughter of Ralph V. and Harriet Coulter. Four children were the fruits of this union — Minnie M., born September 10, 1874; Ida M., born April 22, 1876; Mary L., born March 7, 1878, and Hattie L., born April 17, 1880.
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