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Below is a family biography included in History of Lee County, Iowa published by Western 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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DINGMAN, BARNEY, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. St. Paul; son of Garret Dingman, who was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1800, and, soon after becoming of age, emigrated to America, and afterward became a resident of Lee Co., where he for several years engaged as a farm laborer, and married Anna Mary Shutte; they had four children, of but two are living; the subject of this was the second, born in Marion Tp., in 1842, and married Maggie, daughter of Barney Holtcamp; she was born in West Point in January, 1855; they settled in Marion Tp. until 1878, when he purchased his present place of residence, consisting of 104 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; they have four children – Barney, born Jan. 7, 1875; Harmon, Jan. 4 1877, and Katie and Lizzie in September, 1878.
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