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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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WADE, BENJAMIN, farmer, Sec. 26, P. O. Carlisle; born in Lucerne county, Pennsylvania, January 30,1822; was four years of age, when his parents moved to Muskingum county, Ohio, but was principally raised in Seneca county; was married there to Miss Maria Miller, December, 1844, a native of Fairfield county, that State; they came to this county, in 1856, and he now owns 204 acres of land; they have a family of five sons: Lafayette, Joseph, Abraham, Robert and Benjamin Jr., they have lost two sons and two daughters: James and Chaney, who were killed by the Indians, near Fort Kearny, Margaret T. and Rebecca E.

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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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