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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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JOHN S. THOMPSON, farmer, P. O. Hiett, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in the year 1845, and is a son of John and Agnes (Stewart) Thompson, natives of Scotland. Mr. Thompson died in 1857, aged thirty-six years; and in 1858, Mrs. Thompson and her son, John S., came to this place, where he has since made a permanent home, while she resides in Kentucky. She had two children, viz., Ludwig and our subject. John S. was married in 1865 to Jane, the daughter of Amos Evans, by whom he has had four children, viz., Agnes, Amos, Ludwig, and Robert. Mr. Thompson owns a good farm, which is the place the Evans family settled on in 1800. He is a neat and tidy kind of farmer, and a progressive man in every respect.
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This family biography is one of 992 biographies included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published in 1883 by W. H. Beers & Co. For the complete description, click here: Brown County, Ohio History and Genealogy
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