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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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CLAPP, L. B., salesman; was born in South Hampton, Mass., in 1827, and removed with his parents to Litchfield, Medina county, in 1831; his youth was spent on a farm and in a store; he came to Warren county in 1856, and he has been selling goods almost the entire time since he became a resident of the county; he married Miss Magdaline Wells in January, 1851; she died in September, 1857; he married for his second wife Miss Rebecca Fitzgerald in December, 1860; they have two daughters, twins: Martha and May, born March 20, 1862.
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