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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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STARBUCK, MRS. C. A., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Indianola; born July 5, 1828, in Guilford county, North Carolina; parents moved to Tennessee in 1839, and to Kentucky, and came to Clinton county, Ohio, in 1833; she came to Indiana in 1842; here she was married February 24, 1848, to Gayer Starbuck, who was born June 10, 1829, in Clinton county, Ohio, and died November 11, 1859, leaving her with a family of six children; Isaac J., Moses T., George H., Leander, Mary E., William O., all living; they came to this county in 1855, and onto their present farm in 1865; she married again November 12, 1861, Benjamin Starbuck, who was born August 7, 1827, in Gilford county, North Carolina; he died March 3, 1876, leaving her with five children by this union: Louis, Eliza J., Malinda, Laura and Cynthia A., all living; she owns a fine farm of 320 acres of land.

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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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