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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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McCLINTIC, J. W., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Summerset; born in Virginia in the year 1823; his parents came to Indiana when he was about ten years old, where he lived till he came to this State and settled in Lee county, and came from there to this county in the fall of 1850; he was married in Clarke county, this State, in 1855, to Sarah Bennum, a native of Illinois; they have a family of two sons and three daughters: Mary A., Sarah J., Ella M., Milo Curtis and James E.; he owns an improved farm of 134 acres; he was raised on a farm, but had the advantages of a good education, and his life has been somewhat varied as to occupations, but for a number of years past he has followed his present one.
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