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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. J. WHITE, Superintendent of Boyd Manufacturing Company, Levanna. Mr. White was born in Mason County, Ky., in 1845, and is a son of Peyton and Virginia (Owens) White, both natives of that State, where he died in 1857. He left home when nineteen years of age, and three years after engaged as book-keeper in the lumber business at Maysville, Ky. In 1874, he came to Ripley, and engaged with the Boyd Manufacturing Company as traveling salesman, which business he followed until 1878, when he was installed as book-keeper for the company at Levanna, a position that he filled until 1881, when he was appointed to the superintendency of the mills at that place. He was married to Miss Anna B., daughter of Philip Rossman, in 1877. Mr. White has been a member of the I. O. O. F. since 1869. Mr. and Mrs. White have a family of three children — Thomas J., Jr., John S. and Catharine.
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