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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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McCOLLAM, JOSEPH, attorney at law and justice of the peace, P. O. Lacona; born October 3, 1829, in Harrison county, Ohio; moved to Van Buren county, Iowa, in 1851, and to this county and settled in this township in 1866; he was educated in the common schools, studied law on the shoe-bench (being a shoemaker by trade), in Van Buren county, Iowa; he was admitted to the bar in this county, in 1868, by Judge Maxwell; he practiced nearly ten years before he was admitted to the bar; has held every office in the town, and been county supervisor, and is now justice of the peace; he was married December 27, 1857, to Louisa M., daughter of John Gilbert, of Van Buren county, Iowa; they have had four children: Jas. W., Octavia J., Ida M., Lenora; Ida is dead.
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