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Below is a family biography included in History of Lee County, Iowa published by Western Historical Company in 1879. 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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BROWN, CHARLES, far, Sec. 7; P. O. Montrose; owns 240 acres; Mr. Brown was born in Pennsylvania in 1826; he came to Iowa with his parents, Richard and Sarah Brown, in 1844; his mother died in 1852, Lis father in March, 1865. Mr. Brown married, in 1850, Sarah Parks, a native of Putnam Co., N. Y., whose parents, Frederick and Lucy Parks, came to Lee Co. in 1845. Mr. Parks died in 1872; Mrs. Parks is still a resident of Montrose. Mr. Brown has nine children — George E., Sarah N., Charles, Frederick R., Mary Belle, Leroy, Richard, Addie and Minnie; lost two children in infancy.
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