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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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RHINE, J. W., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Hartford; born in the State of Maryland in 1819; when but a small boy his parents moved to Ohio, where he was raised till in the fall of 1845, when he came to this county, with his family, in wagons, and remained but one year, when on account of sickness in his family, he returned to Ohio, and remained till the spring of 1852, when he came back to this county and settled on his present farm of 122 acres; he was twice married, first in Ohio, in 1841, to Miss Sophia Ginder, who died in this county in December, 1858, and left six children, four of whom are now living: John, Jacob M., James A., and Thomas; two deceased, Wm., H., who died in the army, and Sophia E.; he was married a second time to Malinda Wilson in 1859; they have nine children: George, Louis, Franklin B., Amanda, Homer, Mark, Freddie, Petromella, and Stella.
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