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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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GUSTAVUS A. BOEHM, farmer, P. O. Higginsport, was born in Saxony, Germany, July 18, 1841, the son of Frederick Joseph and Caroline (Sonday) Boehm, who emigrated to America in 1851. He received a common school education in Germany, and chose farming as his occupation. In it he has been successful, and now owns a farm of 158 acres, under a high state of cultivation, well adapted for tobacco raising. He enlisted in Company G, Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1862, under Capt. Kautz, and was discharged in 1865. In 1866, he married Christine Gray, a native of this county, but of German parentage. They have one child, Caroline Rosa. Both are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Boehm commenced life by working by the month, and has accumulated his property by his own industry. He is a Republican. His father died in Lewis Township in 1881.
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