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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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TOWNSEND, ELDER T. C., P. O. Norwalk; the subject of this sketch was born in Nottaway county, Virginia, January 2, 1799, and since that time has lived in Kentucky, and Virginia, and came to this county in December, 1860, and since that time has been a permanent resident, and more or less identified with its interests; December 2, 1824, he married Miss Polly Voriss, of Kentucky, and has but one son living, W. F., and two daughters, deceased: Catharine, deceased (wife of James Brownlee, of Grant county, Indiana), and Emma, deceased (wife of Hon. J. D. Cassatt, of Wabash county, Indiana); he owns an improved farm of 112 acres; Mr. Townsend has been permanently connected with the church at Norwalk for a number of years, and has also been an ardent worker in the cause of temperance; he has published a neat little volume entitled the reminescences of Elder T. C. Townsend, which contains a complete history of his life, and connection with the church.
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