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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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ABEL, JACOB, far., Sec. 35; P. O. Warren; owns 117 1/2 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; born Feb. 16, 1822, in Germany; parents emigrated to the United States in 1832, locating in Stark Co., Ohio; in the fall of 1836, came to West Point, Lee Co., Iowa, where his father died in 1874, and his mother in 1862; in the spring of 1847, Mr. Abel went with a party with ox-teams across the plains to Oregon; the fall of 1848, returned home by overland route; in the spring of 1850, he again went across the plains to California; followed mining there till the fall of 1852; returned via Panama route to New Orleans. He married Miss Etta Burich April 22, 1853; she was born in Germany May 30, 1830; after his marriage, he lived in West Point Tp. till the spring of 1870, then moved to Fort Madison and engaged in the grocery and express business, which he continued till the spring of 1873, when he moved on to his present farm. Their children are Henrietta, Jacob and Matilda; lost one daughter — Caroline. Member Lutheran Church; Independent.
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