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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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WOOLMAN, JOHN A., far., Sec. 14; P. O. Clay’s Grove; owns 175 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; he was born March 24, 1835, in Columbiana Co., Ohio; parents emigrated to Iowa in the spring of 1842, and located near Salem, in Henry Co., where his father died April 14, 1877, and mother Aug. 19, 1877. Mr. Woolman married Elizabeth C. Baldwin May 24, 1864; she was born July 23, 1838, in Franklin Co., Ohio; her parents were Sylvanus and Minerva Brewster, who emigrated to Iowa in 1839; located near Burlington; came to this township in 1841, where her father died May 1, 1850; have two adopted children — Anna E. and Charles W. Mr. Woolman is a member of the Friends’ Church, and Mrs. W. of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Republican.
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