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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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DAVID MANSON, farmer, now Township Trustee; P. O. Piqua; was born in this county in 1823, and is a son of Morton Manson, who was born in Pennsylvania Jan. 5, 1796; early in the nineteenth century he came with his parents to this county, where he, on Dec. 31, 1818, married Catherine Smith, who was born June 25, 1796; she died about 1855, and he in the same month followed her to her long resting-place. David was brought up to farming, and received an ordinary education, and, in 1848, married Elizabeth Covault, who was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1833, and is a daughter of Thomas B. and Phebia Covault; he was a native of this county, and she of Virginia; David Manson and wife are the parents of eight children, viz., Catherine, Clara C., James L., John H., Iza D., Harle W., Memery M. and Rilla M.; in 1857, they located where they now live, and own 80 acres of land in Sec. 12; he has for nine years held his present office of Township Trustee.

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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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