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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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RUNCIMAN, WM., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Carlisle; was born in Berwickshire, Scotland, April 16, 1826, and. was raised there till twenty-one years of age; he traveled more or less till December, 1851, when he came to this county and located where he now lives, and owns 320 acres of land; he married in the state of Ohio, December 11, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth Hastie, a native of Scotland; they have a family of two sons and three daughters: Jeanetta, Mary, Wm. H., Elizabeth and John W.; he represented this district in the Fifteenth General Assembly during the winters of 1874 and 1875; was one of the first board of county commissioners in 1862; has held the office of township treasurer a number of times.
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This family biography is one of 548 biographies included in The History of Warren County, Iowa published in 1879. For the complete description, click here: Warren County, Iowa History and Genealogy
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