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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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GRAHAM, T. W., justice of the peace; was born in Franklin county, Ohio, in 1828, and was raised a farmer, and resided on the farm on which he was born twenty-six years; his ancestry were of Scotch-Irish origin.; his father, mother and his grandparents and great grandparents are buried in the same cemetery; in his father’s family there were five sets of children, and a discordant word or family jar was unknown; the subject of this sketch came to Illinois in 1856, and in 1871 came to Warren county; he married Miss Margaret J. Taylor in May, 1854; she was born in New Athens, Harrison county, Ohio; they have five children: Wm. Marshall, Martha E., David W., Andrew H. and May.
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