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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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PERKINS, SOLOMON, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Norwalk; born in Kentucky February 1, 1801, and when he was yet a small boy his parents emigrated to Illinois, where he remained till he came to this State, and first settled at Burlington, where he lived for a number of years; he crossed on the first ferry boat that ever crossed at that place, and was one of the first two sheriffs the State ever had; he came to this county in November, 1853, and settled at Greenbush; he was married in the State of Illinois, in 1820, to Miss Mary Ogle, a native of Virginia,, whose parents came to Illinois in an early day; they have a family of twelve children living; six sons and six daughters: Isaac O., E. M., B. O., I. R., E. M., Joel, Solomon, Jr., Rachel, Anna M., Isabella, Elizabeth, and Mary, and one deceased.
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