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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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LINDSAY, S. B., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Indianola; born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1821, and when about six years old his parents emigrated to Guernsey county, Ohio, where, in 1848, he received a local injury, which rendered him unfit for farming, and he engaged in the mercantile business, which he followed till 1856, and then emigrated to Rock Island county, Illinois, and engaged in farming, and in 1858 he came to Marion county, where he also followed farming, and came from there to this county in the spring of 1860, and first settled in Allen township and came to his present homestead of 120 acres in 1866; in 1864 he represented this county in the tenth general assembly, elected by a majority of about 900. In May, 1864, he enlisted in Co. A, Forty-eighth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served till the expiration of the term of the enlistment, which was one hundred days; he was married in Ohio in 1844, to Miss Maria Chidester, of that State; they have seven children living: Francis A. (wife of A. Cramer, deceased), R. J. (wife of S. A. McElroy),.Wm. T., S. I. (Principal of Commercial College, Monmouth, Illinois), J. P., Martha H., and Charlie B.

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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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