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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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WESTFALL, R. F., farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Spring Hill; born in Miami county, Ohio, and emigrated with his parents to Indiana when quite young, and came to the State of Iowa when about 16 years of age, and to this county in 1861, and since that time has made it his home. He was married in the State of Illinois in 1852 to Miss Malinda Skellinger, a native of Jackson county, Ohio; they have a family of ten children living, six sons and four daughters: Benjamin C., Levi K., James L., Lewis S., Samantha O., Chester C., Francis G., Bertha J., Addie, and Florence B., and two deceased: John and Stella.

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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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