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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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SANDY, J. E., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 33; P. O. Sandyville; owns a fine farm of 500 acres of choice land, which is well improved and kept in a state of high cultivation. He was born June 22, 1836, in Owen county, Ind., where he was principally raised; he came to this county in 1852, and is one of the county’s earliest settlers; he is a man of great energy and has endured many of the hardships of the pioneer; he is known by his neighbors only to be respected as a friend of sterling integrity; he has been an active business man all his life; he is a member of the firm of Sandy Brothers, which is the heaviest stock shipping firm in the county. He was married to Miss Marietta Burgess, a native of Canada; they have a family of five children: Lizzie (now Mrs. John Trotter, of this county), Charles, Albert, India and Henry, all living.
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