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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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STIERWALT, H. A., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Sandyville; born in Warren county, Indiana, Sept. 28, 1841; his parents moved to Polk county, this State, in 1856, where they remained two years, and then moved to this county. The subject of this sketch followed farming pursuits until Aug. 9th, 1862, when he enlisted in Co. D, 34th Iowa Inf., and served until Aug. 11, 1865, when he was discharged at Houston, Texas. He was in the battles of Arkansas Post, Siege of Vicksburg, Forts Morgan, Gaines, and Blakely, and numerous other skirmishes in which the company was engaged. After he returned home he resumed his farming; he purchased his present farm of 80 acres in 1879. He married Dec. 19, 1866, Miss Sophia J. Pennington, of this county, who died Aug. 12, 1867; he married again, Jan. 28, 1869, Miss Elizabeth Baker, a native of Ohio; they have two daughters: Florence A. and Hattie Alice, both living.

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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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