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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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M. W. MATHERS, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Conover; was born on his present farm in March, 1832, and is a son of David and Margaret (Williams) Mathers; he is a native of Ohio, and his wife of New York. They were married in Hamilton Co., Ohio, in 1821, and, in 1826, came to this county, settling on the southeast quarter of Sec. 9, which had been entered by his father a short time previous; here they cultivated and improved the farm; the father died in 1850 or 1851, in the 53d year of his age, his wife surviving until 1875, when she, too, passed away, in the 77th year of her age. Our subject was raised to agricultural pursuits, and nobly assisted his father in clearing and improving his present farm, which he began to purchase about 1860; at intervals, he has added to it, until he now owns the full quarter in Sec. 9. In 1859, he married Miss Catharine Moore, who is a native of Champaign Co., Ohio, and is nearly six years his junior; by this union they have had four children, of whom three are now living, viz., Luella, William C. and John H.
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