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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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ALLEN COPPOCK, farmer; P. O. Pleasant Hill. Prominent among the farmers of Newton Township is the gentleman whose name heads this sketch; he is a descendant of a worthy family of early pioneers of this county, and son of Joseph C. Coppock, whose sketch appears in another part of this work; he was born in 1838, on the place where he now resides, and which has always been his place of abode, with the exception of about six years; his life has always been that of a farmer, which, by industry and good business habits, he has made an eminent success. His nuptials with Miss Maria Furnas were celebrated in 1865; she is the daughter of Joseph Furnas; after the marriage of Mr. C., he located in the northeast quarter of Sec. 29, where he remained a period of six years, and then moved to his present farm; he operates a farm of 300 acres, two-thirds of which is arable and under a good state of improvement; Mr. and Mrs. C. were the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters; two children are dead.
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