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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 R. STEPHENSON, farmer, P. O. Ripley, son of Robert P. and Mary Stephenson, was born near Ripley May 12, 1843. He was brought up to farming and was educated in the common schools of the neighborhood. He took a commercial course in Grundy’s College and graduated in March, 1864. He began reading law, in 1872, with W. H. Sly, of Ripley, and was admitted to practice in the Circuit Court in September, 1874. He practiced his profession there one year, then engaged in buying and shipping tobacco at Logan s Gap till 1880. He resumed his law practice in Ripley, and, in the early part of 1881, took charge of his father’s farm. November 7, 1879, he was married to Miss Sarah B. Myers, daughter of James and Salina Myers. Two children were born to this marriage, viz.: Myrtie L. and James R. Mr. Stephenson is identified with the Masonic body and Knights of Pythias. Politically, he is a Democrat.

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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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