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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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SMITH, THOMAS, dairyman and ice-dealer; was born in England Aug. 20, 1815; lived there until 1848, when he emigrated to America; came to Iowa and located in Fort Madison the same year, arriving there in June, 1848. While in England, married Mary Ekins in 1837; after coming here he kept a dairy for a long time; he owns Island No. 14 in the Mississippi River, opposite Fort Madison, and has served steam boats with milk day and night during the summer season for twenty-eight years; he has also been engaged in the ice business over twenty years. Has held the office of City Alderman. They have six children — Robert, Walter, Ekin, Edwin B., Mayme and Sidney T.
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