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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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SANDY, J. G., farmer, stock dealer and merchant, P. O. Sandyville; was born in Owen county, Indiana, August 18, 1829; he was raised a farmer, and came to this county, in 1854; his father, Jeremiah Sandy, was among the early settlers, and entered the land on which the town is located, being the third entry in the county, and the first in the township; the subject of this sketch, engaged in farming, and in 1866, in company with A. K. Henry, Esq., president of the First National Bank, of Indianola, engaged in mercantile pursuits, and continued in business until 1874; in 1879, he again engaged in general merchandizing; he devotes considerable attention to agricultural pursuits, and deals largely in stock, having shipped the present season, over one hundred car loads, in connection with his brothers, J. E. and T. D. Sandy, under the firm name of Sandy Bros.; Mr. Sandy has been a large land owner, and one of the heavy tax-payers of Warren county; he is a stock holder and director in the First National Bank, of Indianola; during the present year, Mr. Sandy has made a division of his real estate among his children; he has been largely identified with the interests and growth of Warren county; as a business man, he has a wide and honorable reputation; he is well qualified for business and social intercourse, prompt, courteous and frank in his manners, and from his natural quickness of perception and his constant habit of mingling with men, he has a clear and accurate knowledge of human nature, and in his intercourse and dealing with his fellowman he has well earned the reputation in which he is held; he married Miss Lodena Stitt, April 14, 1850, she was a native of Morgan county, Indiana; she died October 13, 1863, leaving three children: Emily B. (now Mrs. W. A. Henry), Sarah A. (now Mrs. John A. Shuler), Catherine L. (now Mrs. Darnell); June 3, 1865, he married Miss Mary J. McCormick, who was born in Owen county, Indiana; by this marriage, they have one daughter: Ada Elizabeth; Mr. Sandy lost three children by his first marriage: Thomas, Henry and Ephraim.
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