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Below is a family biography included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880. 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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JAMES W. MARTIN, harness-maker, Greenville. The subject of this memoir was born in Greenville Township, Sept. 24, 1845, and is a son of William Martin, another of our early pioneers, and whose sketch appears among the biographies in this work. James W. obtained his education in the public school of Greenville, and at 18 years of age was apprenticed to learn the harness-maker’s trade, serving three years; he then went to Richmond, where he worked two years, from there to Illinois; he then returned to Greenville in 1869, and engaged in the above business for himself and continued the same till 1880, when he sold out on account of ill health. His marriage with Fannie Jones was celebrated in Greenville, May, 1875; she was born in Darke Co., in 1848; they have one child, Jessie W.
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This family biography is one of 659 biographies included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co. For the complete description, click here: Darke County, Ohio History and Genealogy
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