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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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ROBERS, GEORGE, manufacturer and dealer in harness and saddlery hardware; was born in Holland Aug. 25, 1833; his parents emigrated to the United States in 1837; they lived in St. Louis two years; went to Cincinnati in 1840, where George learned his trade of his father; the latter died in 1849, and George came to Fort Madison in July, 1850, and engaged in his present business, and has continued it twenty-nine years longer than any other harness house in Lee Co., except Leopold, of Keokuk. He married in October, 1857, Miss Catharine Shields, a native of Philadelphia; they have eight children — Gertrude, Henry, Emily, Katie, Minnie, Edward, Lewis and Pet.
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