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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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D. A. YOUNCE, physician, Covington; is a son of Abraham Younce, a German Baptist minister, and a native of this county, now residing in Preble Co., Ohio, who has been preaching for forty years. The subject of this sketch was born June 2, 1837, in this county, and was reared a farmer, having a common-school education; after he attained his manhood, he followed farming for eight years; while lifting a heavy box, he broke a ligament in his hip, by which he lost the entire use of his leg; a kind friend prescribed a remedy, and, by adding several oils, he effected a cure; during his lameness, he began the study of medicine; by the addition of several more oils, he effected many great cures; he is the patentee of D. & A. Younce’s Indian Cure Oil, which is sold in seventeen different States besides his own; he treats all chronic diseases. He married Miss Catharine Westfall, and their children are— Sarah A., Rosetta, Mary Ida, Elizabeth J., Martha E., Davis E., R. Delley, Belle, Clara A. and William C.
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