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Below is a family biography included in The History of Miami 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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ADAM MINNICH, Justice, Covington; is one of the oldest residents of Miami Co. now living in Covington; he was born in Pennsylvania in 1810; his youth was spent on a farm, and he had the privilege of attending school in winter; in 1832, he came to Montgomery Co., Ohio; in the following year came to Covington, where he has resided continuously ever since. There were not, when he arrived, over half a dozen houses in the town, not one of which is now standing, except as a part of some remodeled building. Mr. Minnich has been identified with the interests of Miami Co., and particularly of Covington, nearly a half-century, having been engaged in merchandising almost continuously until 1860, since which he has occupied some of the local offices, being the present Justice at Covington. He was married in 1838 to Miss Mary A. Shade, daughter of Jeremiah Shade, who was a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Miami Co. about the same time Mr. Minnich did. Mary was born in 1818, and was the mother of fourteen children, ten of whom are living.

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This family biography is one of 964 biographies included in The History of Miami County, Ohio published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Miami County, Ohio History and Genealogy

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