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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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MARSHALL, SAMUEL TAYLOR, attorney at law; was born near Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio; educated in Miami University, at Oxford, from which he graduated in 1840; he studied law a few months in Cincinnati; went from there to LaFayette, Ind., and continued his studies in the office of Pettit & Orth, leading lawyers of that State; he joined the Patriot Expedition to Canada, was captured, and suffered much in prison from July, 1841, until February, 1842; he holds a commission as Lieutenant Colonel received in that service; in December, 1842, he came to Fort Madison, and the county seat being located at West Point, he began the practice of law there in February, 1843; in 1846, Mr. Marshall came to this city; has practiced and resided here ever since, with good success. Mr. Marshall married on the 26th of February, 1846, to Miss Louisa Patterson, daughter of Col. Wm. Patterson, of this city, and has had a family of ten children, six now living.

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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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