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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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WARD, WM., farmer, Sec. 5, P. O. Avon; was born in Mason county, West Virginia, April 16, 1816; when ten years of age, he went to Springfield, Illinois, with his brother; his father died when he was six years of age, and his mother, when he was but two years old; he remained in Springfield till nineteen years of age, then went to Dubuque and worked for two years, then went eighteen miles southwest of that place, and took a claim and went to farming; where he lived till 1855; he married in Jackson county, this State,, June 3, 1840, to Miss Mary A. Snodgrass, of Ohio; they have one son and four daughters: Wm., Sarah E., Margaret, Ellen and Laura, lost one son in the late rebellion, he belonged to the Thirty-ninth Iowa, and was shot through the leg at Kingston, Georgia; he owns 504 acres of land.
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