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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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McELROY, J. I., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Indianola: born in Holmes Co., Ohio, in 1839, and was raised there till about twelve years of age, when his parents emigrated to Marion county this State, where he remained till he came to this county in June, 1869. He was married in Marion county in 1866, to Miss Katie Diehl, a native of Germany, whose parents came to Ohio when she was but a child, where she was raised. They have no children living, but four deceased. He enlisted in the late war in Marion county, in Co. A, 33d Iowa, August 15, 1862, and served till the close of the war. He was mustered out at New Orleans, and discharged at Rock Island. He was raised on a farm till 1857, when he learned the plasterer’s trade, which he followed for about twenty years, till he settled down to his present occupation. He owns an improved farm of 80 acres.
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