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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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RICHARD MORROW, farmer; P. O. Covington. Richard Morrow is a son of Allen Morrow, a native of Pennsylvania; emigrated to Ohio in the year 1812; located first in Hamilton Co., afterward moved to Montgomery Co., and in 1837 arrived in this county and located in Washington Township, where he lived until death. The subject of this sketch was born in Armstrong Co., Penn.; after he attained his manhood he farmed eight years, then kept a hotel in Waynesville, Warren Co., Ohio, for fourteen years; came to the conclusion that it was not a good place for his children, sold out and bought a farm in this township, where he now lives. He married Miss Ruth Beck, of Greene Co., August, 1837. They had eight children, of whom five are living, all married.

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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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