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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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ALBRIGHT, JACOB W., insurance agent; was born in Lancaster, Penn. Aug. 31, 1811; he was brought up in Pennsylvania, and served an apprenticeship as a printer in Harrisburg; he came to St. Louis in 1833, when that city contained only 8,000 people, and started the Evening Herald, the first newspaper published west of the Mississippi River; in 1837, he removed to Illinois, and was engaged on public works for a few years, then went to Philadelphia, and married Miss Rachel J. Wilson, a native of that city, July 5, 1840; they came to Iowa, and located in Fort Madison in the spring of 1841; he engaged in the mercantile trade with his brother, W. G. Albright; continued in business twenty-eight years; since 1869, has been engaged in the insurance business. He has held the office of City Treasurer for three years; also City Alderman. They have three children — Katie, Jacob W., Jr., (in the Fort Madison Bank,) Daniel K. (in R. R. office in St. Louis); have lost four children.
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