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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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RIX, JOHN, surgeon dentist; was born in Canada Jan. 4, 1839; came to the States in infancy, and was brought up in Western New York, thence came to Michigan. During the war, he enlisted in Detroit Aug. 28, 1862, in the 4th Regt. Mich. V. C., Co. A; he was promoted and commissioned Lieutenant of Co. G March 19, 1863; his regiment was in seventy-five battles and skirmishes, and was the banner regiment of the State; it was the regiment which captured Jeff Davis; was mustered out at Nashville July 1, 1865. After the war, Lieut. Rix returned to Michigan, studied dentistry, and took a medical course at the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor; he came to Iowa and located at Fort Madison in August, 1874, and since then has practiced here. He married Miss Maria E. Hazlit, from Cass Co., Mich., Jan. 1, 1867; they have one daughter — Lottie A.

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