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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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PARK, MRS. ELIZABETH, farmer, Section 19; P. O. Palmyra; widow of Wm. Park, who was born in Ireland in 1822 and came to America in 1844, and first lived in Pennsylvania, and then came to Ohio, where he made his home till he came to this State, in 1851, and to Warren county in 1855; he died in January, 1879. Mrs. Park was married to her husband in Ohio in 1849; she has a family of six children living: James, Nancy J. (now wife of M. Talbot), Geo., Milton, Zachariah, and Emmet; her homestead consists of 302 acres of land.
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