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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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HAGAN, GEO. W., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Felix; born Sept. 10, 1842, in Guernsey county, Ohio; parents moved to Wappello county, Iowa, in 1855, and to this county in 1858; came on to his present farm, where he owns eighty acres of land, in 1867; he enlisted Oct. 13, 1861, in Co. C, 10th Iowa Infantry, as a private; was promoted to Corporal, and served till the 20th of January, 1864, when he was discharged by reason of reenlistment, which he did on Jan. 21, 1864, in same Co., and served to the close of the war, and was discharged August 15, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark.; he was in the battles of Bloomfield, Island No. 10, siege of Corinth, Vicksburg, Champion Hills, siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Iuka, second Corinth, Atlanta, Savannah, Goldsborough, and all the skirmishes the regiment was engaged in; he was never off duty or in the hospital a day while in the service; he was married Nov. 15, 1867, to Sarah, daughter of Samuel Moore, of this county; they have five children: Ida M., Wm. E., Luella, Chas. E. and Emmet A.—all living.

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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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