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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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McELROY, W. T., farmer, Section 15; P. O. Ackworth; was born in Ohio, in the year 1828, and was raised there till he came to this State in 1855, and located in Warren county, but has only lived on his present home stead for about eleven years. He has been twice married; first, in the State of Ohio, in 1851, to Miss Eliza J. McKee, of that state, who died in 1863, leaving a family of four children, John S., W. L, L. T. and G. L. His second marriage was in the year 1866, to Amanda J. Gill, of Ohio, They have six children, Samuel E., Minta E., Arthur, Cora A., Etta and Anna J. Mr. McElroy was raised on a farm, and now owns one of 135 acres. At nineteen years of age he learned the carpenter’s trade, which he has followed more or less since. When he first came to the county, he was connected with a saw mill.
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