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Below is a family biography included in History of Lee County, Iowa published by Western 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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BEAN, DAVID W., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Fort Madison; of Irish descent; his great-grandfather, during the first settlement of Pennsylvania; emigrated from Ireland to that State with a family of ten children; settled in Delaware, Mercer Co.; his grandfather married at that place Mary Strige, also a native of Ireland; was father of three sons and four daughters; the father of David W. was the second; born in that county in 1817; married Margaret E. White, also a native of Mercer Co., born in 1815; had seven children - five now living; the second, David W., born at West Salem, Mercer Co., Penn., July 26, 1845; in 1869, came to Lee Co., and engaged in farming in Green Bay Tp. for two years, then visited his native State. Nov. 28, 1873, married Miss E. G. Gregg, daughter of Silas Gregg; she was born in this county March, 1851; they returned to Pennsylvania, remained for three years, and January, 1877, removed to Iowa, Cass Co., thence to Red Oak, Montgomery Co., and in March, 1878, to his present place of residence, consisting of a farm of sixty acres, valued at $40 per acre; they have three children — Alfred O., born Dec. 24, 1874; Bessie M., Aug. 6, 1876; Milo W., March 2, 1878. Republican; she is a member of the Christian Church.
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