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Below is a family biography included in the book, Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan and Franklin, Nebraska published in 1890 by F. A. Battey & Company. 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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J. D. RENEAU, a resident of Fairfield township, Harlan county, Nebr., was born in Lynn county, Iowa, in 1858. His father, W. T. Reneau, is a native of Indiana, born in 1828, and moved to Lynn county, Iowa, and thence to Nebraska in 1878. In 1856, he married Miss Nancy Harkness, who was born in Ohio in 1833, and who bore five children — J. D., our subject; J. L., at home; Mary E., in Harlan county; L. E., in Chase county, Nebr., and W. A., at home. The father of this family is a Master Mason and is held in high esteem by all who know him.
J. D. Reneau grew to manhood in his native county, and from there went to Kansas, where he resided five and a half years; thence he went to Iowa, and in 1879 came to Nebraska, settling on section 30, township 1, range 20, in Harlan county. He has been dependent on his own exertions since he was twenty-one, and really began his business life with nothing. He now owns a good, well-stocked farm, and enjoys the reputation of being a rising young man of sterling worth. For some years he has been engaged in teaching, and his continuing the profession in the same district is sufficient evidence of his efficiency. In politics, he is a prohibitionist, and he has been entrusted with several positions of honor by his fellow-townsmen, serving at present as county supervisor.
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This family biography is one of the numerous biographies included in the book, Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan and Franklin, Nebraska published in 1890 by F. A. Battey & Company.
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