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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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ORR, MRS. ANNA, Sec. 26; P. O. Rose Mount; born July 3, 1816, in Shenango county, New York; parents moved to Delaware county, New York, in 1833; they came to Michigan in 1843, and to Illinois in 1857, and to this county in 1868, when they settled where she now lives; she was married Oct. 23, 1834, to Ambrose Orr; he was born March 5, 1808, in Delaware county, New York, and died Aug. 17, 1871, of rheumatism of the heart, leaving a family of nine children: Ambrose C., Hugh L., James, Wallace, Sarah J., Ellis, Anna; three died in infancy; she now lives with her son Ellis, as she has disposed of all her landed interests.
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