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Below is a family biography included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1883. 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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J. H. WILLIAMSON, physician, Higginsport, was born August 31, 1850, in Jefferson Township, Brown County, where he grew to almost maturity on his father’s farm, devoting his winter months to school, whereby he acquired his elementary education. This he supplemented by teaching, in which he engaged when eighteen years of age, and continuing for a period of eight years, the last two of which he was Superintendent of the Cherry Grove Schools, Hamilton County, Ohio. In 1874, he took up the study of his chosen profession (medicine), which he studied while teaching until 1876, when he entered the Ohio Medical College, from which he graduated in March, 1879, and immediately located where he is now practicing. Having had only three years’ experience, he has, by close application to his profession, acquired a fair and growing practice. He was married, July 6, 1876, to Eva J., daughter of John P. and Hester A. Cropper, of Jefferson Township. She was born May 22, 1854. To their union, two children are given, Frank E. and Lutie E.
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