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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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W. C. SIGAFOOS, merchant, West Milton; was born in Holmes Co., Ohio, in 1844, and is a son of Dr. J. Sigafoos, who was born in the same county, and removed to this county, in which he successfully practiced medicine for eighteen years; after a sojourn of five years in Iowa, returned to Ohio. Our subject was reared in West Milton, in which he received the rudiments of an education that was afterward developed, in Lebanon College, where he received the requirements necessary for teaching school, in which he afterward engaged in this county; from here he went to Louisa Co., Iowa, where he assumed the duties of his profession, and was elected Superintendent of Schools in the above county; in 1873, he returned to West Milton and engaged in mercantile life, in which he has been very successful; he carries the largest stock in town, exceeding his competitors in the aggregate of sales. July, 1862, he enlisted in the 85th O. V. I., in which he served three months; was discharged, and afterward re-enlisted in Co. A, 88th O. V. I., serving till the close of the war. As he was specially qualified, he was detailed to the Government Detective Force, which hazardous position he held to the satisfaction of the Government; he was honorably discharged from the service of his country July 3, 1865. Oct. 20, 1873, he married Lucy A., an accomplished daughter of the Hon. J. H. Randall, whose sketch appears in this work. One child is the result of their marriage— Howard C., born Sept. 4, 1878.
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