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Below is a family biography included in History of Warren County, Iowa published by Union 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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HASTIE, ANDREW, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Carlisle; born in East Loathen, Scotland, September 19, 1823, and was raised there; and came to America when past twenty-one and located in Mount Vernon, Ohio, in 1845; he lived in Ohio for about six years, and most of the time was engaged in the railroad business; while there he married Miss Elizabeth Whittaker, October 26, 1849; in 1852 he came to this county, and located where he now lives; he owns a farm of 620 acres; his wife died April 1869, and left four sons and two daughters: Phillis W., Ephraim D., Lydia, Elizabeth, Charles and Andrew, who has since died; he married again to Mrs. Nancy, widow of E. Smith, October 16, 1869, a native of Illinois.

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This family biography is one of 548 biographies included in The History of Warren County, Iowa published in 1879.  For the complete description, click here: Warren County, Iowa History and Genealogy

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