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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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NEAL, C., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O., St. Mary’s; born in Monroe county, Tennessee, May 22, 1828, where his early youth was spent; when eleven years old his father, Jesse Neal (who was a ranger in the war of 1812), removed to Van Buren county, this State, and five years after to Wapello county, improving a farm in that county; young Neal went to California in 1852, where he was engaged in mining for five years very successfully; returning to Wapello county, he was married Feb. 4, 1858, to Miss Margery J. Robinson, of that county; their family consists of nine children: Mary A., Wm. O., Geo. Albert, Eurrice E., Minnie J., John Mc., Carrie A., Amon F. and Thomas J., having lost one son, Irvin F., died Feb. 28, 1879; soon after his return from California, Mr. Neal engaged in farming and stock raising, which occupation he has followed with but little interruption since; in the spring of 1864 he concluded to try another mining operation; the gold fields of Montana seemed to offer superior inducements; he returned home in the fall of 1865, with less money and more experience than when he left; he removed to this county in 1872, improving a choice piece of land of some 200 acres; genial, courteous and kind, he is respected by all that know him.
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