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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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CONWAY, CHARLES, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Indianola; born in Coshocton county Ohio, April 19, 1825, lived there until 1853, and then emigrated to Logan county, Illinois, and after a few months residence there, removed first to Pekin, Tazewell county, and afterward to Warren county, Illinois, and lived there several years, and after a residence of three years in Madison county, came to this county in 1868 and settled on the farm he now occupies; owns an improved farm of 169 acres; his buildings occupy a fine elevation, and Mr. Conway is a thorough farmer, doing whatever he under takes to do well: is a man of sterling integrity and enjoys the confidence of all with whom he has business relations; married Miss Martha Jones, March 19, 1850; she was a native of Knox county, Ohio, and died in 1860; the following year he married Miss Mary L. Butler, of Warren, county Illinois; their family consists of six children: Adolphus N., Charles F., William A., Giles H., Flora L., and Warren F.; one son, Erastus, died in March, 1854.
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