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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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FOLGER, J. M., painter and writing teacher; he was born June 23, 1834, in Union county, Indiana; his parents moved to Rush county, Indiana, in 1837; there he grew to manhood, and was educated in the common schools; he learned his trade in Rushville, Indiana; he came to this county in May, 1857, and settled in this town, and went to work at his trade, which he has followed during the summers since; he being a professor of penmanship, he teaches writing during the winter; he is the author of Folger’s System of Penmanship, which is soon to be published; he has taught forty-three terms in this town during the last twenty years, and ten classes in drawing; he enlisted August 13, 1862, in Company D, 34th Iowa Infantry; he was promoted to Hospital steward in May, 1863, and served to December 22, 1864, when he was discharged for general disability, caused by exposure while in the line of duty; he was married October 4, 1855, to Miss Sarah A. Holland, who was born May 27, 1835, in Dayton, Ohio; they have a family of five children living: Ella K., Emma B., Ida C., Sallie D. and Flora; one son, John P., died in infancy.

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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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