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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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GUY, L., farmer and merchant, Sec. 23; P. O. Madora; was born October 6, 1820, in Lawrence county, Indiana, and moved with his parents to Brown county, Indiana, where he grew to manhood, was educated in the log school-houses, with Poplar logs split for seats; was married February 19, 1844, to Dulcena, daughter of Dudley Richardson, of —county, Indiana; has ten children: James M., Elizabeth, Maranda J., Peachy, Hamilton D., Franklin M., Dulcena, Newton P., Lee Eldus, Lyman; all alive except Peachy, who died in Indiana; came to this county in the fall of 1854, and settled on Sec. 11, and afterward on 23, where he now lives; was one of the first settlers, and helped to organize the first township; voted at the first election held in the township; at one time he owned 480 acres of land, a part of which he has given to his children; he built the only brick residence in the township, where he now lives; he also keeps a general stock of goods in the village of Madora; was one of the original movers in laying out the village.

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