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Born 1877, Shawnee township
From History of Allen County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1906)
LARENCE N. BREESE, deputy county clerk of Allen County, and one of the enterprising and successful young business men of Lima, was born in Shawnee township, Allen County, Ohio, December 13, 1877, and is a son of George L. Breese, and grandson of David M. Breese, of whom sketches appear is another part of this work.
Clarence N. Breese obtained his eleven-
As printed in History of Allen County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Christian Lehman (b. 1828) George L. Breese (b. 1851)
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