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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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CLARK, ISSAC, farmer, Sec 22; P. O. Big Mound ; son of Libbeus and Mary (Evans) Clark; was born April 28, 1834, in Washington Co., Penn.; emigrated to Vermilion, Co., Ill., in the spring of 1855; the fall of 1857, came to Lee Co., Iowa, Pleasant Ridge Tp.; in the spring of 1859, came into Cedar Tp., and rented the Brownlee farm, where he remained till the spring of 1862, when he came on to his present farm of 312 acres, valued at $45 per acre. He married Lydia Clark Jan. 1, 1861; she was born Dec. 21, 1841, in West Virginia; have six children living — Frank L., Owen H., Alice N., Ira F., Maggie B. and Jennie M.; lost one, James E. Mr. Clark is a man of intelligence and ability; a friend to all literary or educational enterpriser; has served his township as Justice of the Peace and Trustee, several years; also Director of the County Agricultural Society; was a candidate for the Legislature, on the Republican ticket, in the fall of 1877, and defeated by 110 votes, the average Democratic majority being about 700 in the county. Member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
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