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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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T. B. McCHESNY, blacksmith, Hamersville, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, June 4, 1837. He is a son of Abner and Eliza (Early) McChesny, the former a native of New Jersey, of Irish descent, and the latter of Maryland, of English parent age. He received his education in Clermont County, and when eighteen years of age, learned the blacksmith trade with John Early, of Hamersville. He has been engaged at his trade ever since, and has met with good success; he owns his shop, home property and eight acres of land adjoining the village. In 1876, he invented a patent road scraper and cultivator, which has had a very good sale, and is in general use in this and adjoining counties. Mr. McChesny was married, in 1859, to Martha Burton, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Henry Burton. They have four children — Anna Eliza, wife of L. A. Rees, a farmer of Lewis Township; Charles V., a student at the National Normal University, of Lebanon, Ohio; Maggie and May.
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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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