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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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STACY, GIDEON, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Madora, born December 17, 1816, was a descendant of Col. Stacy, of revolutionary fame, and lived on the farm drawn by his-grandfather, from the government, until he was thirty years of age; he married, September 30, 1837, Asenath, daughter of Owen Hays, of Washington county, Ohio; had six children: Ed. P., Sheldon H., Lucy A., Wesley H., Eugene S., and Sarah M.; of these Sarah M. and Lucy A. are dead; moved with family to Wyandott county, Ohio, in 1846, and to this, county in 1857, where he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land, upon which the family now reside; he died, surrounded by friends, February 14, 1877; he was one of the pioneers of the township, and took great interest in the politics of the county; was a member of the Presbyterian church.
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