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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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ROSE, JNO. B., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Bevington; is a native of France, and was born in Bashen Alses, May 11, 1810, and lived there until 1839, when he emigrated to the U. S., and settled first in New York, and after a short residence there came to Ohio; he followed milling and baking for about fifteen years; he came to Warren county in 1854; he married Miss Mary A. Machler, a native of France, in 1847; she died in 1862; he has a family of eight children living: Magdalena, Andrew, Elizabeth, Clemons, Leo, Josephine, Mary A., and Caroline; he owns a good farm of 168 acres.
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