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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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W. H. PRENTICE, school teacher, Georgetown, was born in Ripley, Ohio, May 13, 1846. His parents died when he was in his infancy. At the age of four years, he was adopted by William Lake, and remained with him till he was twenty-five years old. At the age of seventeen, he commenced teaching school, working, in the meantime, for his adopted parent, under whom he obtained a good education at Oberlin, and at the Union Christian College in Indiana. He read law, and was admitted to the bar, but before he had built up a practice his health failed, and he abandoned it. In all, he has taught thirteen terms of school in Brown County. Recently, he has accepted a position in a Southern Railroad office, and, at this writing, expects to leave Brown County soon. In 1870, he was married to Fannie Drake, a native of this county.
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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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