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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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WELTY, EPHRAIM, physician and surgeon, Norwalk; is a native of Hocking county, Ohio; born July 7, 1840, and lived there till 1876, when he came to his present location in this county; he received his early education in his native county, and his medical education in his native State; he was married in the year 1868 to Miss Ellen Branstitter, a native of Allen county, Ohio; they have one son, born in Allen county, Ohio, Nov. 23, 1869; he enlisted in the late war, August 17, 1862, in Co. G, 114th Ohio Infantry, and was discharged on account of disability, November, 6, 1863; was in Sherman’s defeat, at Chickasaw Bluffs, Miss., Dec. 28, 1862.

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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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