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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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STUMBO, WM. C., former, Sec. 3; P. O. Carlisle; born in Lawrence county, Ohio, August 2, 1822; he left his home in Ohio when about twenty-one years of age, and came to Mahaska county, this State, April, 1843, being one of the first settlers of that county; two years later he came to Polk county, and took up a claim on Sec. 36, Allen township, about two miles from his present home; he owns a farm of 230 acres; married Miss Drusilla Langdon, in 1847, a native of Lawrence county, Ohio, who died Oct., 1848; he married again to Nancy Deaton, May 30, 1850, a native of Morgan county, Ind.; they have by this union one son and six daughters: Emaline, Eliza A., Ellen, Lilly B., Flotilla, Geo. E. and Carrie.
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