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Below is a family biography included in History of Lee County, Iowa published by Western 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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WIEGNER, J. PHILLIP, farmer and stock-dealer, Sec. 36; P. O. Franklin Centre; owns 265 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; son of Henry and Mary Wiegner; born Feb. 14, 1839, in Bavaria, Germany; in the fall of 1850, his parents emigrated to the United States, locating in Charleston Tp., Lee Co., where he remained till the fall of 1866. He then returned to Germany, and on the 14th of March following, he married Miss Caroline Schmidt; she was born in April, 1847. The same spring, after his marriage, he returned to Lee Co. and commenced keeping house on the farm he still owns, having purchased it in 1864. On the 21st of November, 1868, his wife and an infant son died. He again married, Elizabeth Abel, of this county, Feb. 20, 1873; she was born April 13, 1851, in this county, by whom he has one son — Carl Alfred, born Nov. 21, 1873. The Weimer, town of South Franklin was laid out on his land in 1872, a year after the railroad came through. Mr. W. is a member of the Evangelical Church; Democrat.
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