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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, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec 16; P. O. Lothrop; is a native of Kentucky; born in Henderson county, October 26, 1816; he emigrated, while a child, with his parents to Illinois, in Hamilton county, where he remained till about ten years old, when he removed to Schuyler county, Illinois, and remained till 1833, when he came to Burlington, this State, and lived for a short time; then to Henry county, and lived about eighteen years, and to this county in 1856; was first married to Hannah Watters, a native of Indiana, in 1837; who died in 1852; by this marriage they have three children living: Joel, Elias, and B. R; his second marriage was to Mrs. Mary J. Herring, a native of Pennsylvania, in 1854; have one son, Caroline B.; Mr. Smith enlisted in the Black Hawk war in 1832, June 6, and served till its close; has been justice of the peace for five years; went to California in 1850, and to Oregon in 1866, and crossed the plains with ox teams.
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