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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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CHURCHMAN, MRS. HELENA, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Bevington; widow of Michael Churchman, who was born in Germany in the year 1808, and came in 1830 to Ohio; before he came to Ohio he lived in New York about one year; he came to this county in the spring of 1854, and died in April, 1877. Mrs. Churchman, whose maiden name was Helen Wonderlen, was born in Switzerland in 1818, and married to her husband in 1839; have a family of nine children: Mary, Elizabeth, Isabel, Helena, Susan, Henry, John, Joseph, and Michael; she owns a farm of about 900 acres.
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