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Below is a family biography included in The History of Switzerland County, Indiana published by Weakley, Harraman & Co. in 1885. 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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THOMAS E. ABBOTT, farmer, Posey Township, born in Kentucky in 1831, is a son of John and Elizabeth (Lacy) Abbott. His parents married in Kentucky, and his father died in Cincinnati when our subject was a child; Mr. A. grew to eighteen years of age in Kentucky and in 1850 came to this county where he married in 1858, Almira Humphrey, daughter of Arthur Humphrey, whose history appears elsewhere in this work. He has since been engaged in farming in this county; flat-boated two seasons but has given his chief attention to the farm. He has ten children: Arthur; Hulda, wife of Thomas C. Gillis; James W., store keeper at Patriot; Lizzie, wife of L. G. Wilson; Grant, Cornelius, Theodore, Ellen, Morton and Pearl. Mr. A. is a member of the F. & A. M. and one of the substantial farmers of the county; has 382 acres of land of excellent quality and does quite an extensive farming business.
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This family biography is one of 215 biographies included in The History of Switzerland County, Indiana published in 1885 by Weakley, Harraman & Co. For the complete description, click here: Switzerland County, Indiana History and Genealogy
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