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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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McINTOSH, D. G., farmer, Sec. 20; P, O. Summerset; born in Columbiana county, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1815, and was raised there: has been engaged on public works since twenty years old; he came to Lee and Van Buren counties, this State, and with Capt. Black took a contract on the Des Moines Valley Railroad from Keokuk to Farmington, a distance of twenty-eight miles; he was one of the first railroad contractors in the State; has been in this county since 1862, and been mostly engaged in farming; owns a farm of 300 acres: he married Miss Nancy D., daughter of David Doud, of Doud’s Station, on the Des Moines Valley Railroad, in June, 1861, a native of Licking county, Ohio; their family consists of two sons and three daughters: Nannie, Isabel, David, Drusilla and William.
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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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