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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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DUNN, J. R., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 18; P. O. Milo; born August 28, 1830, in Green county, Ohio; came to Warren county, Indiana, 1831, and to Green county, Wisconsin, in 1845; was educated in common schools; came to this county in 1859, and settled on his present farm in 1864; when he came to this State he had nothing; what he has he has made by honest, hard labor; has been town trustee, and taken great interest in educational matters; has been a strong advocate of the cause of temperance, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church; was married March 26, 1857, to Emma, daughter of Pleasant Thomas, of North Carolina, who died July, 1869, and left six children: Virginia A., Florence D., Thomas J., Charles P., Wallace B. and Alonzo; Florence D. died at eight years of age; married again June 21, 1872, to Mary E. Burson.
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