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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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SHETTERLY, REV. B. F., P. O. Hartford; the subject of this sketch, was born in Indiana, in 1836, and was raised there till fifteen years of age, when he came to this county with his parents, in 1851; he was raised on a farm, and received his early education and training at Hartford, and in 1868, was licensed to preach, and entered the itinerancy in 1875; was married August 20, 1856, to Miss Rebecca Wellons, of Kentucky; they have a family of four children: Wm. L, Jemima B., Clarence G., and Lewis E.; he owns a little farm of 40 acres in section 18; he enlisted in the late rebellion, in Co. B, 34th Iowa Infantry, August 12, 1862, and served three years; his present charge is at Pleasantville, Marion county.
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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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