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Below is a family biography included in The History of Darke 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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EDWARD LAWRENCE WELBOURN, physician, Union City; son of George Welbourn and Jane Lawrence; was born in Marion County, Ohio, Jan. 11, 1843. Mr. Welbourn graduated at the Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania, Jan. 25, 1866, and began the practice of medicine at Union City, Ind., March 31 of the same year; from the first, his practice was a grand success, and he made money rapidly, but owing to failing health he purchased a farm on Sec. 20 the next year, and turned his attention to farming and experiments in organic chemistry; in the spring of 1870, he began the manufacture of a chemical antidote for rheumatism, and has been so successful in its introduction that it is known from Maine on the east to the Pacific Coast on the west; at the same time the Doctor has an office practice one day each week at Union City, which he intends to continue in the future. The Doctor was married to Martha Levina Jones, of Harrison Township, Jan. 1, 1866. Two children were born to them, namely, Ulysses Edward Alaska and Oclasco Carlos; Mrs. Welbourn departed this life Oct. 28, 1879.
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