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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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McKIMMY, J. S., attorney-at-law, Sec. 22; P. O. Lothrop; is a native of Washington county, Ind; born May, 1831; in 1841 he came to Burlington, this State, and remained till 1849,’when he emigrated to Warren county, and has been identified with its interests ever since: in Oct., 1853, he went to Des Moines county and married Miss Jeanette Woodside, a native of Henry county, Ind., and resided in Indianola till 1858, and followed the carpenter trade; then moved to section 31, in Jefferson township, and lived there till 1866, and for the purpose of schooling his children he moved to his present home; having been elected justice of the peace in 1860, he received such a knowledge of the law that he naturally drifted into the practice of his profession, and is now a licensed attorney in the Supreme Court of the State, and his entire attention is given to the practice of law; he also owns a saw-mill, and for several years has been connected with the lumber business; he has a family of seven children living, whose names are, respectively, Roswell A., Mary E., Lorah E., Eugene C., Robert W., Cora A. and Lydia J.; he owns 430 acres of land.
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