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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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JAMES, WM. N., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Lothrop; born in Harrison county, Ohio, in January, 1824; lived there till sixteen years old, and went to Illinois, where he remained till in the fall of 1847, when he came to this county and followed blacksmithing in an early day; was first married to Mary A., daughter of Philip Colclazier, in 1849; she died in 1862, and left a family of four children: Margaret J., John T., Samantha and Matilda, living; he married a second time, to Sarah Starks, a native of Carolina, in September, 1862; had two children, both dead; have a farm of 416 acres; he has held the office of Justice of the Peace.

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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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