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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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WASSON, J. C. S., hotel and post-office, Hartford; is a native of Highland county, Ohio; born in 1819, and was raised in that State, and made it his home till he came to this county and settled at Hartford, in 1854, and since that time has been a permanent resident; in 1855 he engaged in the mercantile business, which he followed up to 1876, except one year that he was in the late war; he enlisted in Co. B, Thirty-fourth Iowa Volunteers, Aug. 12, 1862; he made up the company, and upon its organization was made First Lieutenant, which position he held till August, 1863, when he was discharged on account of disability; he was married in Ohio, in 1845, to Miss Julia A. Spry, of that State; they have a family of five children living: James R. (Paymaster in the United States Army in Texas), Anna E. (wife of M. Barkhurst), Minnie J., George W. (Paymaster’s Clerk in the U. S. Army in Texas), and Bertrand; his son James R. is a graduate of West Point, and was sent to Japan by the Government, and while there was in the Japanese army two years, and also Professor of Engineering in a college in Yeddo. Mr. Wasson was appointed Postmaster under Buchanan in 1857, and has held the office since, except six years.

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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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