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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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WILLIAMS N. STEWARD, merchant and farmer, P. O. Crosstown, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (McIntosh) Steward, was born in Sterling Township October 14, 1834. His father and mother were natives of New York, and came to Ohio in 1820. He was raised on a farm until sixteen years old, when he commenced the carpenter trade, at which he has worked at intervals ever since. He was married, February, 1855, to Malissa, daughter of Peter Malott, and a native of Clermont County, of German descent, by whom he had three children — Annie, wife of James McKewer, of Clermont County; Posy E., single and is running a blacksmith shop in this township; and William Sherman, single and works on the farm. Mr. Steward keeps a general assortment of goods, and is doing a thriving business; he also owns a well-cultivated farm. Thomas Steward, father of William, made the first brick made in Georgetown.

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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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