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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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THOMPSON, N. M., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Summerset; son of Thomas and Margaret Thompson; born in Grant county, Kentucky, January 27, 1839; his parents moved to Clark county, Kentucky, where they lived till 1851, when they returned to Grant county; the same year he came to this county, and bought a farm, and returned to Kentucky and brought his family, in 1853; his father had two sons and one daughter; the subject of this sketch being the second son, who was married to Miss Selina Dyke, September 22, 1865, a native of England; they have four sons and two daughters: Margaret, David, Mildred, Arthur, Frank and Wesley; lost one son, Thomas; he owns a farm of eighty acres, and has been engaged, more or less, in buying stock.

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This family biography is one of 548 biographies included in The History of Warren County, Iowa published in 1879.  For the complete description, click here: Warren County, Iowa History and Genealogy

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