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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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STEPHEN WAITS, farmer, P. O. Eastwood, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Day) Waits, was born in Sterling Township March 14, 1824. Jacob Waits was born at Red Stone Fort, Penn.; came to Kentucky in 1802, and to Sterling Township soon after. Elizabeth Day was born in Sterling Township September 21, 1800, the first white child born on Crane Run. Mr. Waits was married in December 28, 1848, to Annie, daughter of Levi and Sarah Smallwood, and raised five children — Granville A., married Louisa, daughter of Hiram Malott; Henry, married Barbara, daughter of Alcana Malott; Sarah E., wife of Milton C. Ballanger; Minnie E., single and at home, and Iva Jane, also at home. The two boys, Granville and Henry, are running a flouring mill at Mt. Oreb. Mr. Waits is a model farmer and owns 195 acres of land, made by his own industry. James Waits, his grandfather, was a soldier in the Revolution, and died at ninety-five years of age. Jacob Waits’ father moved to Missouri, and came back, and died at eighty-six years of age, after raising a family of twelve children.
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