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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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JOHN E. LUCAS, farmer; P. O. Piqua. Mr. Lucas is a native of Virginia; is a son of Basil and Aphariba (Mussetter) Lucas; they came from Virginia to Ohio in 1836, and located in Clinton Co., from which they removed to Greene Co., and came to Miami Co. in 1860, purchased 265 acres of land, known as the Townsley farm, which has since been added, till now the farm contains 316 acres, in an advanced state of cultivation, with good buildings and a nice gravel drive to the house, situated about a half-mile distant from the pike; Mr. Basil Lucas, now in his 74th year, retired from active labor about twenty years since, and the farm is carried on by John B. and his brother Thornton H.; Mrs. Lucas’ decease occurred in Greene Co.; she left four children— James W. (a resident of Michigan), the two brothers above mentioned, and Emma; upon the latter, the care of the house has devolved since the death of her mother.
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