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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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WELCH, THOS., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. West Point; born in Harrison Co., Ohio, Aug. 2, 1807; when 21 years of age, removed to Athens Co., Ohio, where he engaged in milling, which occupation he followed for three years. In 1837, he married Miss Ann Starr, who was born in Athens Co., Ohio, in 1810; July, 1838, they came to Lee Co.; purchased a claim in West Point Tp., adjoining Louis Pittman; in 1839, his wife died, leaving one child — John, born Feb. 15, 1838, now a resident of Allen Co., Kan.; a farmer. He then married Mary, daughter of Joseph Isham; she was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., Feb. 4, 1822; in 1866, they removed to their present place of residence, where he owns 120 acres of land, valued at $45 per acre; they have three children — Martha, born May 4, 1842; George, July 23, 1843, and Nathan, July 2, 1851. Mr. Welch was one of the Judges at the first election of Lee Co., under the Territorial law; also Treasurer of the Lee County Agricultural Society, and has held all the township and various school offices.
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