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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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McELROY, M. B., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Indianola; is a native of the State of Ohio; born in the year 1834, and was raised there till he came to Marion county, this State, where he lived for three years, and came to this county in October, 1857, and has lived here since, except one summer that he spent in California and Oregon, in 1873; he was married in Marion county, this State, in 1855, to Miss Mary J. Smith, a native of the State of Indiana; they have a family of two children living: Luetta and Frank E., and three deceased: Anson J., Charles L. and John W.; he owns an improved farm of 100 acres; he was raised on a farm, but when seventeen years of age he served an apprenticeship at carpentering, and followed it up to 1876, at the same time managing his farm.
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