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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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McCLURE, T. M., retired farmer; P. O. Indianola; born in Clinton, Ind., Dec. 30, 1834, and lived in that State until seventeen years of age, when his parents removed to Marion county, Iowa, and in March of 1852 came to this county; owns 207 acres of land on which there is a fine orchard; he has given considerable attention to the raising of bees; he has held all the township offices excepting constable; he is a man of independent thought, but kind and obliging, and impresses all with whom he has business transactions, of his honor and integity; he married Miss Mary J. Latimer, March 22, 1855, she was born in Indiana; they have four children: John T., Dora F., Frank H. and Dell; they have lost two: Amos P. and Mary C.; the latter died June 27, 1879, aged twenty-one years.
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