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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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SHEWSBURG, T. J., farmer and stock dealer, Sec. 33; P. O. Sharon, born in Breckinridge county, Kentucky, July 7, 1821; removed with his mother to Putman county, Indiana, in 1833, and was married in that State, July 26, 1857, to Miss Mary E. Butler, of Owen county; they have five children: Hannah E. (now Mrs. H. H. Olge of this county), Nancy J., Charles B., Sarah M., and Thos. B.; removed to this county in 1867, and located in Squaw township, and seven years after to where he now resides; Mr. Shrewsburg is a man of considerable wealth, owning 520 acres of land in this township, a valuable farm near Bloomington, Illinois, is extensively engaged, in company with his son Cas. B., in stock raising, in Western Nebraska.
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