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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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PATTERSON, THOMAS J., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 22; P. O. Milo; he owns a fine farm of 196 acres; was born Dec. 25, 1840, in Warren county, Indiana; he lived there till he was twenty-one years of age, and being of a roving disposition, he made a tour through the northern states, and most of the southern, and finally settled in this township; came on to his present farm in 1876; he enlisted in Co. D, Fiftieth Indiana Infantry, August 28, 1862, and served about two years, when he was transferred to the Fifty-second Indiana Infantry, and was discharged July 16, 1865; he was in all the battles in which his regiments was engaged; he returned home and went to farming, about ten years ago; he was badly crippled several years ago, by having both legs broken, by falling through the railroad bridge at Iowa City, from a stock train; he was married December 1, 1878, to Miss Mary Lee, who was a resident of this township.
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