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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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TINCHER, B. W., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. St. Charles; born in Clark county, Kentucky, March 7, 1823; when twelve years of age he removed with his parents to Hendricks county, Indiana, and was married in that county July 13, 1845, to Miss Phebe L. Clampitt, a native of that county; they have six children living: Rebecca J., Cynthia A. (now Mrs. A. Gough, of Madison county), Olive O., Francis M., William A. and Rosetta O., having lost four: Mary C., Elizabeth P., John W. and Ida May. Mr. Tincher removed to this county in 1855 and engaged in farming, following that occupation until January, 1865, when he enlisted in the Twenty-third Iowa Infantry, participated in the siege of Spanish Fort, was discharged with his regiment at Davenport September, 1865. Mrs. Tincher died April 21, 1866. He took for himself for second wife Miss Mahala Knott, a native of Kentucky; Mr.Tincher is a genial, hospitable gentleman, respected by all his neighbors.
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