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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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NEAL, ENOS H., far., Sec. 6; P. O. Pilot Grove; born in North Berwick, Me., July 1, 1815; his father was a black smith by trade; he was early apprenticed to that trade, which he followed for thirty-five years; at the age of 21, he removed to Beaver Co., Penn., where, in 1842, he married Eleanor Cook, who was born in Ohio, near Richmond, in 1815, to which place her parents, Ellis and Elizabeth Cook, nee Carter, in the early times of that State, had carried their household stores on horse-back many miles through the wilderness; her mother died when she was but 4 years of age, and she was raised by an aunt in Beaver Co., Penn.; they remained in that county until 1854, when they came to Lee Co. and settled upon the farm he now owns, consisting of 160 acres, valued at $45 per acre. March, 1854 (soon after coming to this county), his wife died, leaving four children, one son and three daughters. He then married Melinda, daughter of Jacob Hampton and widow of Mahlon Townsman; she was born in Richmond, Ind., in 1823; they have four children, one son and three daughters. Mr. N., in his younger days, was a Whig and an Abolitionist, then a Republican, but finally voted the Greenback ticket; himself, his first and present wife were raised in the Friends’ Church.

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This family biography is one of 668 biographies included in The History of Lee County, Iowa published in 1879.  For the complete description, click here: Lee County, Iowa History and Genealogy

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