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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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WEIL, CASPER, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Lothrop; is a native of Germany; born April 15, 1816, and came to the State of Ohio, in 1848, and lived there till he came to this State, and first stopped in Mahaska county for a few months, then to Madison county, and remained till he came to this county, in the spring of 1859; he was married in Ohio to Catharine Armbreast, a native of Alsace, then under the French government, but now belongs to Germany; they have a family of six sons living: Joseph M., Edward, Charles F., Peter J., John C., and Conrad C.; three sons and two daughters deceased; owns a farm of 600 acres.
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