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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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LAWRENCE L. LEHMAN, teacher, Versailles, Ohio. Jacob, his father, is a native of Ohio, born in Covington, Miami Co., on the 1st of January, 1825; he received a good common-school education; celebrated his marriage with Jemima Sullenberger, on the 25th day of November, 1851; he came to Darke Co. in 1856, and at present resides in Versailles; they are the parents of thirteen children, of whom nine are living, viz., Maggie A., Eugene, Columbus, Oliver H., Luella, Morrie, Addie L., Mary and Lawrence L., the subject of our sketch, who was born in Miami Co., Ohio, in 1852; received his preparatory education in the common schools after which he entered the Ohio Central Normal School, in Worthington, Ohio from which he graduated in 1874, receiving a good academic education; he taught school when he was only 16 years old, thereby helping to support the family, it being very large; he is at present reading law with T. A. Burns, of Versailles.

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This family biography is one of 659 biographies included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Darke County, Ohio History and Genealogy

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