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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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WRIGHT, ROSANNA, Mrs., formerly Miss Rosanna Irvin; was born in Virginia; came to Indiana, where she married Thomas Wright in 1827; he was a native of South Carolina and was born in 1801; they lived in Indiana about ten years, then removed to Illinois, where they lived until coming here in 1851; Mr. Wright died of cholera in 1850, leaving nine children — Margaret (now Mrs. Henderson, who lives here), Mary, Perry C. (living South), Thomas W. (an engineer), Caroline (now Mrs. Col. Sanford, of Marshalltown). Nancy M. (now Mrs. Samuel Atlee), Ella (now Mrs. Strain, living in California), John T. (an engineer), Artemisia (now Mrs. Myers, of Kansas); during the war, Perry C. enlisted, served as ensign in the navy and had charge of the tug dispatch-boat Ivy.
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