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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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FOULKE, CHARLES F., retired; born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, Dec. 12, 1825; when fourteen years of age his parents moved to Fayette county, Pennsylvania; while there he was married to Miss Margaret Coburn, July 18, 1850, a native of Yorkshire, England; he came to Polk county in 1854, and stopped for about one year, then removed to what is known as the Allen & Parmlee Mills, on Middle river, the oldest flouring mills in central Iowa; in 1856 he came to this place and took charge of the Carlisle Mills for the Carlisle Milling Company; he remained in charge most of the time up to the outbreak of the war; in August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. D, Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry, and served about fifteen months; was present at Sherman’s first attack of Vicksburg, also at Arkansas Post; after this his regiment was sent north with the prisoners, and he was sent to the hospital at St. Louis, where he remained till his discharge; after returning from the army he engaged in the milling and mercantile business up to one year ago; their family consists of one son, James, who still lives at home.
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