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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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PETERS, CHARLES H., of the firm of Peters & Bernhard, proprietors of Potowonock Mills; was born in Fort Madison Sept. 13, 1849; he grew up here and received his education at Fulton, Whiteside Co., Ill.; then entered Commercial College at Chicago, and graduated; entered the wholesale drug house of Fuller & Fuller, in Chicago, and remained there three years; in 1870, he became connected with the mills, and he has the financial management of the business. He holds the office of Treasurer of the Construction Company for building the Fort Madison Narrow Gauge R. R. He married Miss Emma Howard, from Burlington, May 3, 1870; they have two children — Milton E., Florence M.
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