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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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JOSEPH CAMPBELL, farmer; P. O. Piqua; was born in Virginia, Jan. 19, 1811 and is a grandson of Andrew and Elizabeth (Karr) Campbell, who came to Shelby Co., Ohio, in 1835; he died about 1837 and she in 1840; they were both interred in the Sidney Cemetery; Joseph C. Campbell is a son of William and Jane (Wynkoop) Campbell, he being born in Virginia, where he died in 1813, at the age of 26 years; she was also a native of Virginia, born about 1800, and died in 1862; the fruits of this union were four children, of whom one (our subject) is the only one who came to Miami Co; came here in 1835, and Dec. 6, 1837, married Sarah J. Garhard, a native of Miami Co.; she died Dec. 15, 1876; they were the parents of three children, Mary E. (born Sept. 18, 1839, and died, March 29, 1857), Laura E. (born Oct. 22, 1848, became Mrs. Coffing, and died Nov. 30, 1878), Eliza C., born April 13, 1840, and still remains with her father, who owns 95 ¾ acres of good land in Sec. 21.
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