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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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MICHAEL CLINE, cooper, Arcanum; was born Jan. 20, 1811, in Hampshire County, Va., where he remained until March, 1836, when he came to Montgomery County, Ohio, and commenced coopering, which occupation he has followed through life. Jan. 14, 1844, he was united in marriage with Martha A. Miller, and by this union they have five children, viz., Mollie E., Henry M., Charles C., Edward A. and William; Mollie has been a teacher of the public school for a number of years. Mr. Cline came to Arcanum, Darke Co., in 1866, where he has since resided, and since then has filled the office of Township Trustee five successive terms, Town Councilman one term. The sum of the ages of our subject, father and mother, and both of his grandfathers and grandmothers, was 582 years, this shows remarkable average age.
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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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