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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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THOMAS B. MATTHEWS, hame manufacturer, St. Martin’s, son of William C. and Mary (Nash) Matthews, was born in Columbia, Hamilton Co., Ohio, July 11, 1848. He was a broom-maker by trade, working chiefly at his trade, chiefly in the winter season. He was married in Columbia, April 20, 1870, and has three children — Lilly M., Jessie P. and Louis H. He was engaged in a hame factory in Linwood several years, and was also engaged in carpentering several years. In October, 1877, he came to this township and rented a building of John Ferris, at Ferristown, where he is now engaged in the manufacture of hames quite extensively; runs a twenty-five horse-power engine, and has all the latest improvements in the business, and manufactures mostly the heavy draft hames, and employs two or three men continually, besides himself. He manufactures annually about thirty thousand pair of hames. Mr. Matthews is a member of the Odd Fellows society.

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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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