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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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NOTESTINE, JOHN A., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Milo; born October 26, 1833, in Juniatta county, Pennsylvania; came to Peoria county, Illinois, in 1853, and to this county in 1865; settled where he now lives in 1873; enlisted December 23, 1861, in Co. C, Fifty-seventh Illinois Infantry, as a private, served his three years and was honorably discharged February 23, 1865; was in nearly all the battles in which his regiment was engaged; married June 1, 1854, to miss Catherine A. Barber, of Peoria county, Illinois; have four children: William J., Prudence J., Mary L., and Catherine A.; William J. died at two years of age.
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