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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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SMITH, JOSIAH, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Commerce, born in Rockingham county, Virginia, in 1817, October 5, and lived there till 1852, when he came to Illinois, and lived there till he came to this county, in 1865; he was married to Miss Barbara Campbell, a native of Virginia, in the year 1839; they have a family of six children, living: Elizabeth J., Francis, Josephine, Jackson, Amanda, and Clara Isabella; he owns a farm of 600 acres; his son Jackson, born in Virginia, in September, 1857, was married to Rose Ann Durigan, a native of Illinois, in the year 1873; they have a family of three children: Arthur D., Barbara A., and Lucretia J.

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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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