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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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SAWYER, SILAS N., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Montrose; owns 60 acres; was born in Ohio in 1842, and came to Lee Co. with his parents in 1850, and to Montrose in 1865. He married in 1868, Laura A. Le Fever, a native of Montrose, born in 1846; they have two children — Frank H. and Addie Grace. He purchased the farm he now owns in 1868. Mr. Sawyer enlisted in March, 1862, in Co. I, 17th I. V. I.; was at the battles of Corinth, Iuka and Jackson; was captured at the battle of Lookout Mountain; was imprisoned first at Belle Isle; then transferred to Andersonville, where he remained nine months; was then removed to Charleston, thence to Florence and Wilmington and paroled after being a prisoner fourteen months; was discharged the 15th of April, 1865.
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