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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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EIDSON, JEREMIAH S., Street Commissioner; was born in Preble Co., Ohio, Oct. 2, 1821; lived there until 1838; when he came with his parents to Iowa, they came by wagon; were five weeks on the way; arrived in this county in the spring of 1839; they bought a claim containing a section of land and entered it from Government when it came in market; Jeremiah was brought up on a farm. He married Miss Charlotte McGinley, a native of Ohio, in the spring of 1844. The following November, they moved into Fort Madison, built the house where he now lives in 1846 and has lived in it ever since. He was engaged in business for the St. Louis Packet Company for fourteen years, and was very successful; he owns the property where he now lives and other city property and a farm near the city. He was elected Street Commissioner in 1878 and again elected in 1879. Mrs. Eidson carries on the dress making business on Pine street and does a good business. They have one adopted child — Addie.
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