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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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MOORMAN, WM. J., farmer, Sec. 22, P. O. Ackworth; was born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1817, and was raised there, and came to this county, in March, 1851, and bought out a party by the name of Thomas Fagan, who owned 160 acres; he now owns 311 acres; was raised on a farm, and followed the occupation till about twenty-one years old, when he learned the carpenter’s trade; in 1851 he took the contract to build the county jail, from P. P. Henderson, who was county judge at the time; he hewed all the logs himself, and completed the edifice in 1852, and the same building is still used for jail purposes; he was married to his present wife in 1865, a native of Indiana; they have three children living: Elmira J., Joseph E. and Iona.

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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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