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Below is a family biography included in History of Warren County, Iowa published by Union 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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GILFILLAN, AMAZIAH, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Commerce; born in Ross county, Ohio, July 19, 1816; and lived in Ohio till twenty-two years old, then emigrated to Clinton county, Indiana, and remained till he came to Madison county, this State, and from there to this county in the spring of 1856; was married in Ohio to Miss Belle Bailey, a native of Virginia, in 1837, September 24th; have a family of eleven children living: Adam E., Drusilla (wife of Henry Wooden), William, Elizabeth (wife of David Pettit), Eliza J. (wife of Benjamin F. Burkhead), Caroline, Mary A. (wife of Elihu Ellis), Jasen, Melissa (wife of John Spencer), Rosetta, and Thomas; three deceased, Lillian D., Ida B., and an infant; owns a farm of 237 acres.

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This family biography is one of 548 biographies included in The History of Warren County, Iowa published in 1879.  For the complete description, click here: Warren County, Iowa History and Genealogy

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