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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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FREEL, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 15, P. O. Hartford; was born in Clermont county, Ohio, January 11, 1810; in 1814, his parents removed to Fayette county, Indiana, and afterwards to Hamilton county, where he was raised; he came to this county, in 1848, and located where he now lives; he has been twice married, first, to Miss Mary Guisen, a native of Virginia, who died and left six children, five of whom are now living: Paulina, Hester, Wm., James and Malinda, and two deceased; he was married a second time, March 30, 1849, to Miss Louisa Moore, a native of Pennsylvania; they have eight children living: Samuel, Benoni, Albert, Reason, Emma, Adaline, Margaret and Eli, and one deceased: Clara J.; he owns eighty acres of land; his father, Benoni Freel, was in the war of 1812, and his grandfathers on both sides, were in the Revolutionary war.
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