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Below is a family biography included in The History of Spencer County, Indiana published by Goodspeed, Bros. & Co. in 1885. 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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W. W. KELLAMS, surveyor of Spencer County, Ind., was born December 9, 1857, and is the fifth in a family of eleven children born to the marriage of G. R. Kellams, who was born in this county June 6, 1828, and Maria Egnew. G. R. Kellams was a soldier of the late war, going out as first lieutenant of Company H, Forty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteers. He was promoted to captain, and from that successively to major, lieutenant-colonel and colonel, and was honorably discharged in July, 1865, after participating in some of the most hotly contested battles of the war. He is a Democrat, a Mason, and at present is engaged in the practice of law and as collection agent at Gentryville. W. W. Kellams, subject of this sketch, after receiving a good common school education in youth, turned his attention to teaching at eighteen years of age, and after continuing that five years, took a course in the State Normal at Terre Haute. In 1880 he began the study of law, and in 1883 was admitted to the bar at Indianapolis. He is a Democrat in politics, and the fall of 1884 was elected to his present position as Surveyor of Spencer County.
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This family biography is one of 344 biographies included in The History of Spencer County, Indiana portion of the book: History of Warrick, Spencer and Perry Counties Indiana published in 1885 by Goodspeed, Bros. & Co. For the complete description, click here: Spencer County, Indiana History and Genealogy
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