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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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WHITNEY, A. J., contractor, Sandusky; was born in Massachusetts in 1828; came to Burlington, Iowa, in 1856; while there he was engaged as locomotive engineer on the B. & M. Railroad; in 1860, he removed to Keokuk; he was then, for some time, engineer on the D. V. road, and afterward foreman of the shops, and master mechanic on the D. V. road; in 1865, he returned to Burlington, and took charge of the Burlington Foundry and Machine-shops; went to Green Bay, Wis., and engaged in the foundry business; he returned to Burlington in the spring of 1869; he came to his present location in 1870, and became superintendent of George Williams’ contract on the Des Moines Rapids Canal; has been employed on contracts on Upper and Lower Mississippi since 1870. He married in 1851, Lucretia Blodgett, a native of Ohio; she died in 1864; he married the spring of 1867, Miss Kate Kelley, a native of Canada; Mr. Whitney has four children by first marriage — Frank, Marietta, Charles and Henry; has two by second marriage — Wilber and Arthur.
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