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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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SPREEN, HENRY C., saloon; was born in Germany Sept. 13, 1843 when 15 years of age, he came to America in 1858, and lived in Pittsburgh, Penn., until the war broke out, when he enlisted as private in August, 1861, in the 77th Regiment Penn. V. I., Co. B, Army of the Cumberland; he was in the battles of Shiloh, Stone River, Liberty Gap, Chickamauga, where his regiment was nearly all captured, also at Lookout Mountain, in the Atlanta campaign, at Jonesboro, Franklin and Nashville; he was wounded in the battle of Stone River; was promoted and commissioned Lieutenant, and received the Badge of Honor; it is of gold; the triangle represents the 4th, the acorn, the 14th, and the star, the 20th, army corps; after the war, returned to Pittsburgh; he came to Iowa and located in Fort Madison in January, 1875. He married Miss Sophia Voight, a native of Germany, in September, 1867.
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