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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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MARSH, MULFORD, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Fort Madison; son of James Marsh, who was born in Preble Co., Ohio, in 1802. There married Annie McDaniel, who was born in Kentucky, in 1808; they first settled in South Carolina, returned to Ohio, and, in 1840, to this county, where they lived for thirty years, and, in 1870, removed to Anderson Co., Kan., where he died in 1873, his wife having died in 1872, they raised a family of six children — Mary A., born in Preble Co., married A. H. Morton, of Lee Co., and died in this township in May, 1870, at 47 years of age; Martha, who became the third wife of A. H. Morton, died January, 1874, aged 42 years; the third Mulford, born in Preble Co., Ohio, in 1838, was 2 years of age when brought to this county by his parents, who settled on the farm where he now resides, consisting of 80 acres, which he values at $45 per acre. Nov. 18, 1857, he married Miss Melinda Marsh, daughter of Samuel H. Marsh, also from Preble Co., a resident of California since 1853; she was born in Lee Co., in 1841; they have one child — Belle, born April 12, 1859; Mr. M.’s sister, Lucinda, married David Adams, of Harrison Co., Ohio, and died January, 1865; his brother Stephen married Maria Kerny, and died in Anderson Co., Kan., September, 1874; his wife in August of the same year; Harrison, the youngest brother, married Emily Luther; died in same county, Kansas, September, 1868.

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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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