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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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WOOD, JOHN, farmer and stock-dealer, Sec. 18, P. O. Summerset; was born in Berwickshire, Scotland, August 19, 1824, and lived there till 1850, when he emigrated to America, and settled in Columbiana county, Ohio, for two and a-half years, then came to this county, in the fall of 1852, and located where he now lives; owns a farm of 120 acres; he married Miss Mary Runciman, April 1, 1850, a native of that place; has held various township offices, and in 1872, he returned to his old home, and was absent for three months.
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