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JOSEPH FIRST, farmer, P.O. Evansburg, was born July 31, 1837, in Wayne Township, this county, where his parents, Christopher and Lydia. (Brobst) First, settled in an early day, coming from their native place to Pennsylvania. They were parents of twelve children, the following of whom survive: Elizabeth (Mrs. J. Newbold, with a family of four children), Barbara, John, Obadiah, Joseph (our subject), Solomon, George and Daniel. Our subject has carried on for many years, in connection with farming, the business of saw- milling, being head sawyer for the Andrews Mills. He was married in 1860 to Sylvia Gilbert, by whom he had two children: Elmer E. and Myrtle. She dying, he married, in 1810, Rebecca, daughter of Reuben Brown, by whom he has three children: Sarah Maud, Willie D. and Albert J. Mrs. First belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church; Mr. First is a member of the A.O.U.W., of Lodge 980, I.O.O.F., at Conneaut Lake, and Rebekah Lodge of I.O.O.F., also of the E.A.U.
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