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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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PIERCE, P. F., DR., was born in Germany July 14, 1854; came to the United States in 1861; lived at Farmington, Van Buren Co., Iowa, until 1865; then removed to Dover, Lee Co., where he remained until he came to Keokuk in 1868; learned the drug business and read medicine with F. H. O’Connor, M. D.; graduated from the Eclectic Medical College, of St. Louis, in 1874; he then returned to Farmington and was engaged in the drug business and practice of his profession until 1876; he then came to Keokuk again; the Doctor manufactures what he calls Pierce’s Little Liver Pills, which he claims to be a perfect liver medicine, aiding digestion and cleansing blood, causing no pain, purely vegetable, containing no calomel, as many remedies for similar diseases do.
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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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