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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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HERRING, SOPHIA, far, Sec 13; P. O. Fort Madison; born in Morgan Co., Ohio, in 1820; lived there until 18 years of age; then, with her parents, came to Lee Co., and at the age of 19, married Mr. Robert Herring, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1810; brought by his parents, when 4 years of age, to Lee Co., where they settled on Sec. 13, his father having entered the entire section of land. Their first settlement, after their marriage, was made in Washington Township, where they remained until 1868; removed to Fort Madison, and remained nine and one-half years, then left for California by water via Panama, and there remained eight months, and returned to their home — the farm where she now resides, and owns eighty acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. Mr. Herring died in March, 1877, at the age of 61. A member of the M. E. Church, to which Mrs. Herring has also belonged for twenty-five years.
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