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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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COUNCIL, WILLIS, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Lothrop; born in Illinois in 1812, and lived there till the 7th of March, 1832, when he enlisted in the Black Hawk war,, under Gen. Adkinson, and served till the close, August 27th of the same year; he left Illinois in 1844, and came to Carroll county, Mo., and remained till he came to this county, in August, 1846, and since that time has lived here; he was the second child born in the State of Illinois; was first married in Illinois, to Miss Matilda Basman, a native of Kentucky, in 1834; by this marriage he has a family of two sons and three daughters: Jane, Frances, Clarinda, Leonard B., and John W.; he was married a second time to Elizabeth M. Stockton, a native of Illinois, in August, 1872: he owns fifty-seven acres of land.

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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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