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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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GRIFFITH, J. H., physician; is a native of Fayette county, Ohio; born December 29, 1826, and emigrated with his father to Ohio when about nine years of age, where he remained till August, 1850, when he came to this county, and since that time has made it his permanent home; he was married in this county in 1855 to Miss Cornelia J. Williams, of Monongahela county, Virginia; they have two sons: P. Y. and A. G.; he was raised on a farm till about twenty years of age, when he bought his own books and began the study of his profession; he attended two courses of lectures at the Kush Medical College and has followed the practice of his profession since 1853.
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