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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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TRIMBLE, ENOCH, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Liberty Center; born September i8,1836, in Knox county, Ohio; came to this county in fall of 1857, and settled in White Oak township in 1873; owns a fine farm of 100 acres of well improved land; enlisted in Co. D, First Iowa Cavalry, June13, 1861; served as a private during the war and was honorably discharged September 9,1864; was in battles of Fredricktown, Missouri, Lone Jack, Prairie Grove, Saline River, and many skirmishes; was never off of duty and never answered the doctor’s call while in the service: married August 21, 1865, to Hettie V., daughter of Daniel Mahlon, of Warren county; they had six children: Mahlon R., Samuel G., John H., Nannie M., Alvin H., Clarence S.; Alvin H. died in infancy.
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