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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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KENNEDY, JOSIAH, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Big Mound; owns 340 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; born Jan. 18, 1817, in Casey Co., Ky.; emigrated with his parents to Morgan Co., Ill., in the fall of 1828. Married Julia Scott, of Scott Co., Ill., in March, 1837 (her father was the first settler, after whom the county was named); wife was born in Morgan, the adjoining county, April 2, 1819; in the fall of 1842, he emigrated to Iowa, stopped in Van Buren Co., till the spring of 1843, when he came into Lee Co., where he since resided most of the time in Cedar Tp., which he has served as Township Trustee sixteen years, and in other official capacity; politically, he has supported the Republican party since 1854; till the fall of 1878, voted the Greenback ticket; member of the Christian Church. Have five children living — James, Joanna, Nellie, William H. and Eda; lost four — Josephine, John S., Mary and Sophia.
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