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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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WILBUR, JOSIAH, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 33; P. O. Sandyville; born Sep. 4, 1823, in Jackson county, Ohio, where he was raised to manhood. He came to Marion county, Iowa, in 1848, and remained there till 1864, when he came to this county, locating where he now lives; he owns 415 acres of land. He has in past years made his principal business stock raising, but now has turned his attention almost entirely to breeding and raising of fine stock. He is a man of unblemished reputation, and one who believes in and practices the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have others do to you.” He was married April 10, 1847, in Jackson county, Ohio, to Miss Louisa Carr, a native of Pennsylvania; they have a family of ten children: Anna E. (wife of J. J. Winning, of Cal.), Abraham, Nancy E. (now Mrs. Willis S. Hubbard, of this township), Sylvia (now Mrs. P. F. Howell, of this State), Joseph S., Emma J., Wm. S., Flora D. and Eva May, all living; and three deceased: Josiah, Louisa, and an infant unnamed.

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