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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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WILLIAM N. PARKER, farmer, teacher and Justice of the Peace, P. O. New Hope, was born in Brown County, Ohio, May 10, 1831, and is the son of William and Elizabeth (Levi) Parker, the former a native of Dublin, Ireland, and the latter of Virginia. Our subject received a good education in the graded schools of Georgetown, and when quite young commenced teaching school. He taught twelve years in three districts, and also taught in the villages of Mt. Oreb, Aberdeen and New Hope. He is a close student, and has been a School Director and teacher in the same district. In 1854, he married Elizabeth Stumps, a daughter of John B. Stumps, and by her has one child, a son — J. W. Parker, a teacher at Mt. Oreb. Our subject is a Democrat, and is now serving his township in the capacity of Justice of the Peace. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died in Brown County in 1864; his mother died September 22, 1859. His grandfather, Levi, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; was taken prisoner by the British, and escaped; was shot in the eye and through both legs, but recovered and lived to a ripe old age.
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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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