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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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NICHOLAS J. MUEL, farmer, P. O. Fayetteville, son of Joseph and Janette Muel, was born in Belgium in 1823. He came to the United States in 1848, and was married in this township in 1850, to Catharine, daughter of Henry J. and Mary J. (Bowen) Leonard. They have a fine family of seven children, all born in this township. Soon after his marriage he came to the southeastern part of this township, where he bought twenty acres of his present farm of eighty-eight acres of land. Himself and family are 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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