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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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HARBISON, R. T., merchant; of the firm of Graham & Harbison, grocers and provision dealers; was born in Bloomington, Ind., in 1836, and lived there until eighteen years of age, then came to this county in 1854, and has lived here since that time; he enlisted in the 3d Iowa Infantry during the late war, and was discharged on account of disability; he engaged in merchandizing in 1862, and has continued the business the greater part of the time; he married Miss Mary M. Pritchard in 1874; she was born in Iowa City, and died in Indianola in 1876; he afterward married Miss Alice C. Campbell, a native of Ohio, in 1877; they have one daughter: Ada May.
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