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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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SCHNELLBACHER, GEO. W., contractor; was born in Ross county, Ohio, in 1844, and came to Madison county in 1856, and, in 1859, although only fifteen years of age, he crossed the plains to Colorado, and endured hardships that seemed impossible for one so young to bear; he returned to Madison county in 1864, and in 1867 went to California, and was engaged on public works in that State, and remained there until 1875, when he returned to Iowa, and is now settled in this county, and is at present engaged in constructing the bridges of the county; he married Miss Drusella Morgan, of St. Charles, Madison county, in 1866; she was born in West Virginia; their family consists of five children: Maud, Oliver, Quimby, Dudley and Braxton.
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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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